Impaling Shards Changes in Update 51
The Update 51 PTS patch notes change Impaling Shards. Here is the verbatim note and, where the notes give old and new values, the exact before/after — straight from the official patch notes.
from the Update 51 PTS patch notes · updated 2026-08-19What the patch notes say
Models that are used within VFX, such as the Warden's Impaling Shards and Dragonknight’s Molten Weapons, are not affected by these settings. The VFX applied to those models, however, are impacted by these settings. Due to this limitation, some models with VFX materials applied to them – ice-based combat abilities, as an example – will appear more solid when VFX are reduced because the VFX material applied to the model is being reduced, but not the model itself.
Verbatim excerpt from the Update 51 PTS patch notes · Official patch notes.
More on Impaling Shards
See the Impaling Shards skill page — the full datamined morphs and values on ESO Decoded. All Update 51 changes →