Online:Alliance Points

"A form of scrip paid out for participation in the Alliance War or Battlegrounds exercises. This currency is used to purchase siege equipment and item sets to help you in your war effort." —Daily Rewards description

Alliance Points are the currency used in Cyrodiil to purchase gear, siege weapons, repair kits and other items in the Alliance War. Points can be earned by killing other players, participating in the capture or defense of Keeps and Resources, recovering Elder Scrolls, and by completing certain PvP quests. Accumulation of Alliance Points goes towards your Alliance War rank, provides inspiration for the Alliance War skills, and determines your position on the campaign leaderboard. Also, the player gains 1 personal Skill Point for each rank gained in the Alliance War, up to the maximum of 50.

Earning Alliance Points

Participating in Player vs Player combat is one of the best sources of Alliance Points; but is naturally one of the hardest, since it pits players against other players. In addition, it can turn out to be an unreliable source, if enemy players cannot be found - or, indeed, if you tend to lose rather than win. Grouping with friendly players will cause points received to be distributed evenly, however the total amount of points per kill may decrease as the number of grouped players increases.^{[verification needed]} Note that direct combat is not necessary to earn Alliance points, and that playing a support or healing role to allies gives just as many points as killing players.

Attacking or defending keeps and their resources automatically distributes a flat amount of Alliance Points to the victors. When attacking, the points are awarded the moment the keep is secured; while defending, points are awarded after combat dies down enough for the keep to be considered safe. Both keeps and resources have a "bonus pool" of Alliance Points, which is filled as players die during the battle. When the keep has been successfully taken or defended, these bonus points are also distributed among the victors. Therefore, heavily contested keeps are more profitable than taking empty keeps.

Alliance Points can also be earned by participating in Battlegrounds matches. The amount you earn is dependent upon both one's team ranking at the end of the match, and one's own medal score.

Finally, repeatable quests handed out by faction notice boards and commanders award Alliance Points upon their conclusion. These include quests to kill opposing players, scouting keeps and resources, secure keeps and resources, and steal Elder Scrolls held by opposing factions. Only one of each type of quest can be given to a player at once, and each type of quest gives a different amount of points based on relative difficulty; with the least points given by scouting quests and the most by quests for the Elder Scrolls. Quests to take keeps, resources, and Elder Scrolls will not be given out if your alliance already controls all of the related objectives. In addition, participation in those objectives is mandatory to satisfy the quest - for instance, if a quest is taken to secure a keep, but the keep is then taken without your assistance, the quest will not register success. In order for such a quest to complete, either the objective must fall back into enemy hands to give another chance to succeed, or the quest must be abandoned.

The various repeatable daily quests in Cyrodiil's five minor towns - Bruma, Cheydinhal, Vlastarus, Cropsford and Chorrol (half of the Chorrol quests are given at nearby Weynon Priory) also give a few hundred Alliance Points each, which can add up if you succeed in doing all ten quests for the town that day: although if the town in question is under enemy control, the problem of actually getting close enough to speak to the quest giver to start or finish the quest without alerting the patrolling guards (or indeed any nearby enemy players) is left as an exercise for the reader. Cheydinhal and Chorrol are a little easier in this respect, since both towns are officially neutral in the war (although deep within a faction territory) and are patrolled by their own non-factional guards - although both players and guards of the controlling faction may pass through: the other three towns are in a state of open warfare, usually between the factions on whose borders they lie (if the third faction takes the town, it's either a quick smash-and-grab raid for a Conquest-board daily quest, or they dominate the entire board!), and in Bruma's case with an invasion of Dremora as well thanks to a Dolmen that has erupted in the town.

In addition, Alliance Points are frequently given out as Daily Rewards. These rewards will increase your alliance rank and skill lines just like those earned by participating in PVP, but only for the character that claims the rewards, so if you have multiple characters, be mindful of which one you use to claim Alliance point rewards.

Alliance Points Boosts

There are various methods to boost the number of Alliance Points earned. These buffs can stack.

• The Pelinal's Ferocity buff boosts Alliance Points and Experience Points earned from player kills by 100%. It can be obtained by activating a Scroll of Pelinal's Ferocity or Basin of the Gore Virtuous during the Whitestrake's Mayhem event.
• The Blessing of War buff boosts Alliance Points earned by 20% in Cyrodiil. It can be obtained by killing any delve boss in Cyrodiil. It uses the following icon:
• A campaign may have a Low Population Bonus and Low Score Bonus for alliances that have fallen behind in the leaderboard. These bonuses double the amount of Alliance Points earned in that campaign. These two bonuses can be stacked.
• Other Alliance Point bonuses may be made available from time to time, as part of limited-time events or PvP live testing.

Colovian War Torte, Molten War Torte, and White-Gold War Torte can be eaten to boost the rate at which experience is earned towards Alliance Rank and the Assault and Support Alliance War skill lines, but these foods do not actually increase the number of Alliance Points you earn.

Alliance War Ranks

Rank	Name	Grade	AP to Next Rank	Total AP for Rank	Skill Lines	Armor Dye	Furnishings
0	Citizen	N/A	700	0	Assault and Support Rank 1 Unlocked on entering Cyrodiil
1	Volunteer	Grade 1	900	700	Assault and Support Rank 2 Unlocked at 0000700700	Volunteer's Iron	Dominion Pennant, Small (page) Covenant Pennant, Small (page) Pact Pennant, Small (page) (00000607607  or 0000200200 )
2		Grade 2	6,400	1,600
3	Recruit	Grade 1	14,400	8,000	Assault and Support Rank 3 Unlocked at 00080008,000		Dominion Wall Banner, Small (page) Covenant Wall Banner, Small (page) Pact Wall Banner, Small (page) (00000607607  or 0000400400 )
4		Grade 2	25,600	22,400	Assault and Support Rank 4 Unlocked at 003800038,000
5	Tyro	Grade 1	40,000	48,000			Dominion Wall Banner, Medium (page) Covenant Wall Banner, Medium (page) Pact Wall Banner, Medium (page) (00000607607  or 0000600600 )
6		Grade 2	57,600	88,000	Assault and Support Rank 5 Unlocked at 009800098,000
7	Legionary	Grade 1	78,400	145,600	Assault and Support Rank 6 Unlocked at 0188000188,000	Legionary's Lead	Dominion Camp Banner (page) Covenant Camp Banner (page) Pact Camp Banner (page) (00000607607  or 00010001,000 )
8		Grade 2	102,400	224,000	Assault and Support Rank 7 Unlocked at 0308000308,000
9	Veteran	Grade 1	129,600	326,400			Dominion Wall Banner, Large (page) Covenant Wall Banner, Large (page) Pact Wall Banner, Large (page) (00030003,000 )
10		Grade 2	160,000	456,000	Assault and Support Rank 8 Unlocked at 0488000488,000
11	Corporal	Grade 1	193,600	616,000	Assault and Support Rank 9 Unlocked at 0758000758,000	Corporal's Green	Surplus Dominion Point Capture Flag (page) Surplus Covenant Point Capture Flag (page) Surplus Pact Point Capture Flag (page) (00040004,000 )
12		Grade 2	230,400	809,600
13	Sergeant	Grade 1	270,400	1,040,000	Assault and Support Rank 10 Unlocked at 11580001,158,000	Sergeant's Charcoal	Spare Dominion Ballista Figurehead (page) Spare Covenant Ballista Figurehead (page) Spare Pact Ballista Figurehead (page) (00050005,000 )
14		Grade 2	313,600	1,310,400
15	First Sergeant	Grade 1	360,000	1,624,000			Surplus Flaming Oil (page) (001000010,000 )
16		Grade 2	409,600	1,984,000
17	Lieutenant	Grade 1	462,400	2,393,600			Surplus Dominion Ballista (page) Surplus Covenant Ballista (page) Surplus Pact Ballista (page) (002000020,000 )
18		Grade 2	518,400	2,856,000
19	Captain	Grade 1	577,600	3,374,400		Captain's Violet	Surplus Dominion Scattershot Catapult (page) Surplus Covenant Scattershot Catapult (page) Surplus Pact Scattershot Catapult (page) (001500015,000 )
20		Grade 2	640,000	3,952,000
21	Major	Grade 1	705,600	4,592,000			Surplus Dominion Stone Trebuchet (page) Surplus Covenant Stone Trebuchet (page) Surplus Pact Stone Trebuchet (page) (002000020,000 )
22		Grade 2	774,400	5,297,600
23	Centurion	Grade 1	846,400	6,072,000		Centurion Metal	Surplus Dominion Battering Ram (page) Surplus Covenant Battering Ram (page) Surplus Pact Battering Ram (page) (002500025,000 )
24		Grade 2	921,600	6,918,400
25	Colonel	Grade 1	1,000,000	7,840,000			Surplus Dominion Fire Ballista (page) Surplus Covenant Fire Ballista (page) Surplus Pact Fire Ballista (page) (003000030,000 )
26		Grade 2	1,081,600	8,840,000
27	Tribune	Grade 1	1,166,400	9,921,600		Tribune's Steel	Surplus Dominion Oil Catapult (page) Surplus Covenant Oil Catapult (page) Surplus Pact Oil Catapult (page) (002500025,000 )
28		Grade 2	1,254,400	11,088,000
29	Brigadier	Grade 1	1,345,600	12,342,400			Surplus Dominion Firepot Trebuchet (page) Surplus Covenant Firepot Trebuchet (page) Surplus Pact Firepot Trebuchet (page) (004500045,000 )
30		Grade 2	1,440,000	13,688,000
31	Prefect	Grade 1	1,537,600	15,128,000		Prefect's Gray	Surplus Dominion Forward Camp (page) Surplus Covenant Forward Camp (page) Surplus Pact Forward Camp (page) (005000050,000 )
32		Grade 2	1,638,400	16,665,600
33	Praetorian	Grade 1	1,742,400	18,304,000			Surplus Dominion Lightning Ballista (page) Surplus Covenant Lightning Ballista (page) Surplus Pact Lightning Ballista (page) (003000030,000 )
34		Grade 2	1,849,600	20,044,600
35	Palatine	Grade 1	1,960,000	21,896,000		Palatine's White	Surplus Dominion Meatbag Catapult (page) Surplus Covenant Meatbag Catapult (page) Surplus Pact Meatbag Catapult (page) (003000030,000 )
36		Grade 2	2,073,600	23,856,000
37	August Palatine	Grade 1	2,190,400	25,929,600			Surplus Dominion Iceball Trebuchet (page) Surplus Covenant Iceball Trebuchet (page) Surplus Pact Iceball Trebuchet (page) (005000050,000 )
38		Grade 2	2,310,400	28,120,000
39	Legate	Grade 1	2,433,600	30,430,400		Legate's Black	Defaced Covenant Flag (page) / Defaced Pact Flag (page) Defaced Dominion Flag (page) / Defaced Pact Flag (page) Defaced Covenant Flag (page) / Defaced Dominion Flag (page) (00020002,000 )
40		Grade 2	2,560,000	32,864,000
41	General	Grade 1	2,689,600	35,424,000		General's Gold	Surplus Dominion Cold Fire Ballista (page) Surplus Covenant Cold Fire Ballista (page) Surplus Pact Cold Fire Ballista (page) (003000030,000 )
42		Grade 2	2,822,400	38,113,600
43	Warlord	Grade 1	2,958,400	40,936,000		Warlord's Red	Surplus Dominion Cold Fire Trebuchet (page) Surplus Covenant Cold Fire Trebuchet (page) Surplus Pact Cold Fire Trebuchet (page) (005000050,000 )
44		Grade 2	3,097,600	43,894,400
45	Grand Warlord	Grade 1	3,240,000	46,992,000		Grand Warlord's Violet	Dominion Keep Pennant (page) Covenant Keep Pennant (page) Pact Keep Pennant (page) (00080008,000 )
46		Grade 2	3,385,600	50,232,000
47	Overlord	Grade 1	3,534,400	53,617,600		Overlord's Purple	Disconnected Transitus Shrine (page) (0100000100,000 )
48		Grade 2	3,686,400	57,152,000
49	Grand Overlord	Grade 1	3,841,600	60,838,400		Grand Overlord's Brass	Decoy Elder Scroll (page) (0200000200,000 )
50		Grade 2	—	64,680,000
—	Emperor	—	—	—	—	Ruby Throne Red	Throne of Cyrodiil (page) (0250000250,000 )

Notes

• In appearance, Alliance Points resemble the rhombus-shaped Chim-el Adabal, and are stamped with the Imperial dragon.

Bugs

• When Update 13 was released, Decoy Elder Scrolls were unbound. These versions can be sold to players who have not achieved the rank of Grand Overlord. This was quickly hotfixed, so all new Decoy Elder Scrolls are now bound on pickup.