All 31 sources of Minor Protection in ESO
5 sets and 26 skill morphs grant Minor Protection — each with the exact datamined line that grants it.
What it does-5% damage taken.
Sets that grant Minor Protection (5)
| Set | How (exact bonus) |
|---|---|
| Indomitable Fury | After Breaking Free, you gain Minor Protection and Minor Heroism for 7 seconds, reducing your damage taken by 5% and generating 1 Ultimate every 1.5 seconds. |
| Ironblood | When you take damage, you have a 10% chance to turn your blood into pure iron for 10 seconds, gaining Major Protection, Major Aegis, and Minor Protection, but also reducing your Movement Speed by 25%. This effect can occur once every 10 seconds. |
| Oakensoul Ring | While equipped, you are unable to swap between your Primary and Backup Weapon Sets and gain Minor Berserk, Minor Courage, Major Brutality, Major Sorcery, Major Prophecy, Major Savagery, Minor Force, Minor Protection, Major Resolve, Minor Mending, Minor Fortitude, Minor Intellect, Minor Endurance, Minor Heroism, Minor Slayer, Minor Aegis, and Empower. |
| Squall of Retribution | (2 items) When you take damage, gain one random effect for 6 seconds: Gain Minor Protection, reducing your damage taken by 5%. Gain a damage shield that absorbs up to 5835 damage. Heal for 607 Health every 2 seconds. The Health restore scales off of your Max Health. This effect can occur once every 4.5 seconds. |
| Vampire Cloak | Gain Minor Protection at all times, reducing your damage taken by 5%. |
Skills that grant Minor Protection (26 morphs)
Listed per morph, because a morph is what you actually slot and morphs of the same skill do not all carry Minor Protection.
Area of effect (6)
Can apply it to more than one enemy per cast — what a group needs.
| Morph to slot | Skill line | How (exact datamined line) |
|---|---|---|
| Circle of Protection | Guild · Fighters Guild | You and your allies in the area gain Minor Protection and Minor Endurance, reducing your damage taken by 5% and increasing your Stamina Recovery by 15%. |
| Ring of Preservationmorph | Guild · Fighters Guild | You and your allies in the area gain Minor Protection and Minor Endurance, reducing damage taken by 5% and increasing Stamina Recovery by 15%, and are healed for 435 Health every 1 second. |
| Turn Evilmorph | Guild · Fighters Guild | You and your allies in the area gain Minor Protection and Minor Endurance, reducing your damage taken by 5% and increasing your Stamina Recovery by 15%. |
| Frost Impulsemorph | Weapon · Destruction Staff | Release a surge of frost, dealing 1742 Frost Damage to nearby enemies and applying Minor Protection to you and nearby group members for 6 seconds, reducing your damage taken by 5%. |
| Frost Pulsarmorph | Weapon · Destruction Staff | Release a surge of frost, dealing 1742 Frost Damage to nearby enemies and afflicting them with Minor Mangle, reducing their Max Health by 10% for 10 seconds and applying Minor Protection to you and nearby group members for 6 seconds, reducing your damage taken by 5%. |
| Frost Ringmorph | Weapon · Destruction Staff | Release a surge of frost, dealing 1799 Frost Damage to enemies and applying Minor Protection to you and nearby group members for 6 seconds, reducing your damage taken by 5%. |
Single target (20)
One enemy per cast.
| Morph to slot | Skill line | How (exact datamined line) |
|---|---|---|
| Runic Defense | Arcanist · Soldier of Apocrypha | You gain Minor Protection for 20 seconds, reducing your damage taken by 5%. |
| Runeguard of Freedommorph | Arcanist · Soldier of Apocrypha | You gain Minor Protection for 20 seconds, reducing your damage taken by 5%. |
| Runeguard of Still Watersmorph | Arcanist · Soldier of Apocrypha | You gain Minor Protection for 20 seconds, reducing your damage taken by 5%. |
| Protect the Broodmorph | Dragonknight · Draconic Power | You and your brood gain Minor Protection for 20 seconds, reducing damage taken by 5%. |
| Temporal Guardmorph | Guild · Psijic Order | While slotted you gain Minor Protection, reducing your damage taken by 5%. |
| Bone Totem | Necromancer · Bone Tyrant | Summon an effigy of bone at your feet for 11 seconds that grants Minor Protection to you and your allies, reducing damage taken by 5%. |
| Agony Totemmorph | Necromancer · Bone Tyrant | Summon an effigy of bone at your feet for 13 seconds that grants Minor Protection to you and your allies, reducing damage taken by 5%. |
| Remote Totemmorph | Necromancer · Bone Tyrant | Summon an effigy of bone for 11 seconds that grants Minor Protection to you and your allies, reducing damage taken by 5%. |
| Shadow Cloak | Nightblade · Shadow | While slotted on either bar, you gain Minor Protection, reducing your damage taken by 5%. |
| Dark Cloakmorph | Nightblade · Shadow | While slotted on either bar, you gain Minor Protection, reducing your damage taken by 5%. |
| Shadowy Disguisemorph | Nightblade · Shadow | While slotted on either bar, you gain Minor Protection, reducing your damage taken by 5%. |
| Bound Armor | Sorcerer · Daedric Summoning | While slotted on either ability bar, you gain Minor Protection, reducing your damage taken by 5%. |
| Bound Aegismorph | Sorcerer · Daedric Summoning | When slotted on either bar, you gain Minor Protection and Minor Resolve, reducing your damage taken by 5% and increasing your Armor by 2974. |
| Spear Wall | Templar · Aedric Spear | Gain Minor Berserk and Minor Protection for 6 seconds, increasing damage done and reducing damage taken by 5%. |
| Ice Fortressmorph | Warden · Winter's Embrace | You gain Minor Protection, reducing your damage taken by 5% for 30 seconds. |
| Impulse | Weapon · Destruction Staff | Frost Impulse also provides Minor Protection. |
| Elemental Ringmorph | Weapon · Destruction Staff | Frost Ring also provides Minor Protection. |
| Pulsarmorph | Weapon · Destruction Staff | Frost Pulsar also provides Minor Protection. |
| Ransackmorph | Weapon · One Hand and Shield | You also gain Minor Protection, reducing your damage taken by 5% for 15 seconds. |
| Deafening Roarmorph | World · Werewolf | While slotted you gain Major Evasion and Minor Protection. |