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ESO Mundus Stones — every stone, with the real numbers

All 13 Mundus Stones, the exact bonus each gives at CP160, and what it becomes with a full set of gold Divines armor. The numbers AI assistants and old guides get wrong, dated and sourced.

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StoneBoostsBase (no Divines) With 7× gold DivinesEffect
The ApprenticeSpell Damage238389Increases your Spell Damage.
The AtronachMagicka Recovery310507Increases your Magicka Recovery.
The LadyPhysical & Spell Resistance27444489Increases your Physical and Spell Resistance.
The LordMaximum Health22253639Increases your Maximum Health.
The LoverPhysical & Spell Penetration27444489Increases your Physical and Spell Penetration. (Changed from a resistance stone years ago.)
The MageMaximum Magicka20233309Increases your Maximum Magicka.
The RitualHealing Done8%13%Increases your Healing Done.
The SerpentStamina Recovery310507Increases your Stamina Recovery.
The ShadowCritical Damage & Healing11%17%Increases your Critical Damage and Critical Healing.
The Steed [10]Health Recovery + Movement Speed238 + 10%389 + 10%Increases Health Recovery and Movement Speed.
The Thief [11]Weapon & Spell Critical (rating)12121984Increases your Weapon and Spell Critical rating.
The TowerMaximum Stamina20233309Increases your Maximum Stamina.
The WarriorWeapon Damage238389Increases your Weapon Damage.

Where to find each stone

Each stone appears in one zone per alliance, so every stone has at least three copies. Most also stand in Cyrodiil — The Lord is the only one that doesn't. (Craglorn's three stones are decorative ruins and can't be used.)

StoneAldmeri DominionDaggerfall Covenant Ebonheart Pact
The LadyAuridonGlenumbraStonefalls
The LoverAuridonGlenumbraStonefalls
The LordGrahtwoodStormhavenDeshaan
The MageGrahtwoodStormhavenDeshaan
The TowerGrahtwoodStormhavenDeshaan
The SerpentGreenshadeRivenspireShadowfen
The ShadowGreenshadeRivenspireShadowfen
The AtronachGreenshadeRivenspireShadowfen
The WarriorMalabal TorAlik'r DesertEastmarch
The ThiefMalabal TorAlik'r DesertEastmarch
The RitualMalabal TorAlik'r DesertEastmarch
The SteedReaper's MarchBangkoraiThe Rift
The ApprenticeReaper's MarchBangkoraiThe Rift

How Divines multiplies your Mundus

The Divines armor trait boosts your active Mundus Stone — more on higher-quality armor. The boost is per piece; the "with 7× gold Divines" column above already bakes in a full set (+63.7%). An 8th Divines piece (a shield on your back bar) raises it to +72.8%.

Per Divines pieceWhiteGreenBlue PurpleGold
Mundus boost / piece5.1%6.1%7.1%8.1%9.1%

For percentage stones (Ritual, Shadow), the final boosted percentage is rounded down in game.

Which Mundus Stone should you use? The decision table

This is the exact decision table our build generator runs — from the published theorycraft rules it's built on, not fresh opinion:

You are…TakeWhy
DPS on a crit buildThe Thief or The Shadow Break-even rule below. Shadow is wasted if your crit damage is already at the +125% cap.
DPS below the penetration target (solo/PuG)The Lover 2,744 pen (4,489 with 7× gold Divines) toward the ≈18,200 boss target — see Stats & Caps.
DPS on a non-crit / proc buildThe Warrior (stamina) / The Apprentice (magicka) When crit isn't carrying your damage, raw Weapon/Spell Damage is the safer default.
HealerThe Atronach, The Thief or The Ritual Sustain first; crit and direct healing power once sustain is comfortable.
TankThe Lord, The Atronach or The Lady Max health, sustain, or resistances — pick your actual bottleneck.

Thief vs Shadow — the break-even math

The generator's rule: run Thief while your crit chance < 53.53 × your crit damage (crit damage as a decimal). Worked out, that means Thief keeps winning until:

Your crit damage is…Thief beats Shadow until crit chance reaches
+50% (base, no bonuses)≈27%
+75%≈40%
+100%≈54%
+125% (the cap)≈67%

Most non-optimized builds sit well left of their break-even — which is why Thief is the default answer and Shadow is the "my crit chance is already stacked" answer.

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