Skill Progression for the Enchanter

15 skill points are recommended to effectively train your enchanter.

This table does not include the Keen Eye skill which claims to make spotting runes easier. In reality, all runestones glow already and do not blend into the vegetation like many other collectible materials, so once you learn to recognize them they can be easily spotted from afar.

Nor does this table include the hireling. While sometimes useful, when skill points are at a premium I'd not spend any here.

Potency Runes

Potency runes determine the strength of an effect and is tied to the minimum level of an item upon which the resulting glyph can be applied. Each tier has potency runes that are classified as either additive or subtractive; this factor combines with the Essence Rune to determine the precise effect produced.

Every runestone has a 1/3 chance to drop a potency rune in addition to its aspect & essence runes and occasionally you will also find a Mundane Rune which is used in furniture crafting. When they are found, potency runes have a 50% chance to be based on character level and a 50% chance to be based the Potency Improvement skill. If you are unable to find the proper potency runes in the wild, you can purchase them from a vendor.

It is unclear whether there will come a time when potency runes are distrubuted this way only in battle-skilled areas rather than all nodes everywhere (GMs seemed to misunderstand the issue of concern in the official feedback thread). It is possible they may make gathering resources for enchanting more similar to gathering other resource nodes and make this 50/50 split only occur in battle-zoned areas (Cyrodiil & DLCs) with other areas partially tiered to the level of the zone.

ADDITIVE RUNES					SUBTRACTIVE RUNES
	Rune Translation	Potency	Glyph Prefix	Item Level	Rune Translation
	Jora Develop	1	Trifling	1+	Jode Reduce
	Porade Add	1	Inferior	5+	Notade Subtract
	Jera Increase	2	Petty	10+	Ode Shrink
	Jejora Raise	2	Slight	15+	Tade Decrease
	Odra Gain	3	Minor	20+	Jayde Deduct
	Pojora Supplement	3	Lesser	25+	Edode Lower
	Edora Boost	4	Moderate	30+	Pojode Diminish
	Jaera Advance	4	Average	35+	Rekude Weaken
	Pora Augment	5	Strong	40+	Hade Lessen
	Denara Strengthen	5	Major	CP 10+	Idode Impair
	Rera Exaggerate	6	Greater	CP 30+	Pode Remove
	Derado Empower	7	Grand	CP 50+	Kedeko Drain
	Rekura Magnify	8	Splendid	CP 70+	Rede Deprive
	Kura Intensify	9	Monumental	CP 100+	Kude Negate
	Rejera Amplify	10	Superb	CP 150+	Jehade Divest
	Repora Reinforce	10	Truly Superb	CP 160	Itade Plunder

Essence Runes

Essence runes determine the variety of effect a glyph produces. Each essence rune can produce one of two different effects; which of those two effects the glyph carries is determined by using an additive or subtractive potency rune.

Whether a glyph can be placed on armor, weapon, or jewelry is determined by its effect. There are 18 jewelry effects, 14 weapon effects, and 4 armor effects. If the resulting glyph is classed for armor placement, realize that only armor glyphs applied to head, chest, legs, or shield fully gain its stated benefit. Forty percent (40%) of a glyph's stated benefit is granted when a glyph is applied to shoulders, waist, hands, or feet.

Every runestone should contain an essence rune along with an aspect rune since the launch of Dark Brotherhood. Essence runes are random; which area you farm makes no difference to the rune you acquire.

Placement Additive Effect(s)	Additive Potency	Rune Translation	Subtractive Potency	Placement Subtractive Effect(s)
Weapon deals 3134-3395 Frost Damage	Frost	Dekeipa Frost	Frost Resist	Jewelry adds 3250-3520 Frost Resistance
Armor adds 802-868 Maximum Stamina	Stamina	Deni Stamina	Absorb Stamina	Weapon deals 2227-2413 Physical Damage and restores 327-354 Stamina
Jewelry adds 157-169 Stamina Recovery	Stamina Recovery	Denima Stamina Regen	Reduce Feat Cost	Jewelry reduces the Stamina cost of abilities by 191-203
Weapon grants a 3038-3290 point Damage Shield for 5 seconds	Hardening	Deteri Armor	Crushing	Weapon reduces the target's Physical Resistance & Spell Resistance by 1498-1622 for 5 seconds
Armor adds 441-477 Maximum Health, adds 401-434 Maximum Magicka, & adds 401-434 Maximum Stamina	Prismatic Defense	Hakeijo* Prism	Prismatic	Weapon deals 6268-6791 Magic Damage to undead and to daedra
Weapon deals 2853-3091 Disease Damage	Foulness	Haoko Disease	Disease Resist	Jewelry adds 3250-3520 Disease Resistance
Jewelry adds 84 health recovery, adds 84 magicka recovery, adds 84 stamina recovery	Prismatic Recovery	Indeko Prismatic Regen	Reduce Skill Cost	Jewelry Reduce Health, Magicka, and Stamina cost of abilities by 126-133
Jewelry increase the damage of your Bash attacks by 481-500 increases Weapon and Spell damage of bashing	Bashing	Kaderi Shield	Shielding	Jewelry reduces the cost of Bash & Blocking by 191-203
Weapon deals 2853-3091 Poison Damage	Poison	Kuoko Poison	Poison Resist	Jewelry adds 3250-3520 Poison Resistance
Jewelry adds 160-174 Spell Damage	Increase Magical Harm	Makderi Spell Harm	Decrease Spell Harm	Jewelry adds 856-927 Spell Resistance
Armor adds 802-868 Maximum Magicka	Magicka	Makko Magicka	Absorb Magicka	Weapon deals 2350-2546 Magic Damage and restores 327-354 Magicka
Jewelry adds 157-169 Magicka Recovery	Magicka Recovery	Makkoma Magicka Regen	Reduce Spell Cost	Jewelry reduces the Magicka cost of spells by 191-203
Weapon deals 3251-3522 Shock Damage	Shock	Meip Shock	Shock Resist	Jewelry adds 3250-3520 Shock Resistance
Armor adds 882-954 Maximum Health	Health	Oko Health	Absorb Health	Weapon deals 2350-2546 Magic Damage and restores 795-861 Health
Jewelry adds 157-169 Health Recovery	Health Recovery	Okoma Health Regen	Decrease Health	Weapon deals up to 4500-4875 Oblivion (unresistable) Damage based on 3.75% of the target's Max Health
Weapon increases Weapon Damage & Spell Damage by 320-348 for 5 seconds	Weapon Damage	Okori Power	Weakening	Weapon reduces target's Weapon & Spell Damage by 320-348 for 5 seconds
Jewelry increases duration of potion effects by 3.5-3.6 seconds	Potion Boost	Oru Alchemist	Potion Speed	Jewelry reduces cooldowns of potions below this item's level by 4-5 seconds
Weapon deals 3134-3395 Flame Damage	Flame	Rekeipa Fire	Flame Resist	Jewelry adds 3250-3520 flame resistance
Jewelry adds 160-174 Weapon Damage	Increase Physical Harm	Taderi Physical Harm	Decrease Physical Harm	Jewelry adds 856-927 Physical Resistance

^* Hakeijo runes can only be found rarely in the Imperial City's sewers or from Psijic Portals.

Aspect Runes

Aspect runes determine the quality of the glyph created. Every runestone should contain an aspect rune since the changes to enchanting with Dark Brotherhood; aspect & essence runes are found together in all runestones when they spawn. Aspect runes are random; which area you farm makes no difference to the rune you acquire.

If you find Kutas while leveling, I suggest selling or saving them until you reach gear-level cap. For the short time you will use any particular tier of lower level gear, it's simply not worth enchanting with anything beyond artifact (purple) quality enchants. The 6k-8k gold price of each Kuta can be far better spent while leveling.

Rune	Glyph Quality	Aspect Improvement
Ta	Base (white)	1
Jejota	Fine (green)	1
Denata	Superior (blue)	2
Rekuta	Artifact (purple)	3
Kuta	Legendary (gold)	4

Leveling Enchanting

Common sources of inspiration boost include joining ESO+ which grants a 10% boost to inspiration gain or spending thirty (30) Champion Points in The Tower for a passive 20% boost to inspiration gain. However as these bonuses are not available to all players, they are not reflected in the data below which displays base values without any inspiration bonus.

Translating a rune (the first time you use it in the creation of a glyph) grants a bonus to inspiration. Since this bonus increases as you level enchanting, it is wise to hold off on unnecessary translations until your enchanting level is in the mid-40s; waiting past level 46 will waste the translation bonus as you will max the craft with some runes still unknown. If you need a rune to create a glyph sooner then go ahead as needed (each translation bonus isn't that much inspiration), but saving unnecessary translations until enchanting level is in the mid-40s reaps the most rewards for this process.

Despite costing rune materials, creation of a glyph only grants roughly half the inspiration as deconstruction of a glyph of the same tier/quality. Creating glyphs is not the best way to level; runes should be saved and used to create glyphs as you need them or translated late in the leveling process. Never deconstruct a glyph you created as doing so yields only about 10% of the inspiration otherwise obtained, instead trade/sell it (often through a guild store) to another enchanter.

Prices are not the only variable that affect which glyphs are the right glyphs to purchase; your enchanting level matters due to the inspiration cap. The following table can help ensure you don't waste inspiration due to the cap. Note that the cap increases with inspiration boost, so 10% inspiration boost from ESO+ will raise the numbers shown below by 10% as well, making the same glyphs useful regardless of what amount of inspiration boost you do or do not have.

All purple and blue glyphs and most green glyphs are made by crafters, although green glyphs can apparently be acquired from writ rewards and on rare occasions while questing in certain areas (Sentinel zombie strand has been mentioned by @helediron). The following table shows comparative inspiration for different tiers/qualities of glyph and may help you choose which glyphs to purchase based on your server's prices.

Daily writs provide a boost to inspiration upon delivery and sometimes provide enchanting surveys which help replenish supplies. However, I'm not assured that doing daily writs will even allow you to break even on average.