UESPWiki:Style Guide/Collections Layout

This page describes UESP's guidelines for the layout/organization of articles that describe ESO's collectibles.

Overview[edit]

{{Online Collectible Summary
|collectibletype=  <!-- The collectible's type, or main category (Mount, Pet, Appearance, Ally, etc) -->
|type=             <!-- The collectible's subcategory (Example: "Exotic" for Exotic pets, "Bipedal" for guar mounts, "Skin" under the appearance collectibles umbrella -->
|image=            <!-- The image to be displayed in the top left corner of the page -->
|icon=             <!-- The item's icon, displayed in the top left corner of the infobox -->
|id=               <!-- The item's internal id -->
|description=      <!-- A collectible's item description -->
|name=             <!-- A pet or mount's default name -->
|acquisition=      <!-- The source the collectible item is obtained from -->
|price=            <!-- The item's price, noted using {{ESO Crowns|}} for Crown prices -->
|crate=            <!-- Crown Crate name -->
|crate2=           <!-- The name of the second Crown Crate season a collectible appears in, if applicable -->
|tier=             <!-- Legendary / Apex / Radiant Apex -->
|date=             <!-- <Start date> (Month Day, Year) - <End date> (Month Day, Year)> -->
}}
<!-- A brief description of the item goes here. Include information about how to obtain it: where it comes from, how much it costs (if applicable), etc. -->
{{NewLeft}}

==Occurrences==
* For Crown Store items: list how often the item appears and when it appears, with an m dash separating the source from the date. -->
* Do not use this section on items that only appear in Crown Crates. -->
* This section is not necessary for collectibles that are only obtained in-game, with no history of being present in the Crown Store. -->

'''Appearances: 1'''
* <Item source> — <Month Day, Year - Month Day, Year>
*Crown Store — January 1, 2022 - February 12, 2023

==Physical Appearance==
<!-- This section can be used to describe the Collectible's appearance in excruciating detail. This is so that such descriptions don't clutter the main paragraph. -->

==Notes==
* Extra notes about the item.
* Should be a bulleted list.
* For mounts, consider whether a pet exists that's essentially a smaller version of that mount. List it on the mount's page, and vice versa for the pet.
* Same goes for matching head and body markings.

==See Also==
* Should be a bulleted list.
* Are there any extra items related to this collectible? Similar to it? 
* Are they obtained through similar (unique) means? Perhaps they're both rewards for watching one of ESO's Global Reveal Events on Twitch.
* If the item in question is a pre-order reward or a Chapter Collector's Edition item, list everything it's packaged with here.

==Achievements==
*Achievements should be listed on items that are awarded by receiving an achievement.

There is one [[Online: Achievements|achievement]] associated with this collectible.
{{ESO Achievements List|}}


==Gallery==
*Extra images go between the <gallery> tags. For mounts, this includes images of the mount with full riding upgrades, as well as summoning animations for special mounts that have them. 
*Most items have promotional renders: these should be added with a link in the caption to the Crown Store Renders subpage gallery a given collectible subcategory belongs on.  *Crown Crate items always have a card. This should be included. Some items have cards even if they haven't appeared in Crates yet: these should also be included.

<gallery>
File:ON-mount-Horse Name 02.jpg|Fully upgraded
File:ON-mount-Horse Name 03.jpg|Summoning animation / With passenger (for Radiant Apex and Multi-Rider mounts respectively)
File:ON-crown store-Horse Name.jpg|[[Online:Crown Store Renders/Mounts|Promotional render]]
File:ON-card-Horse Name.png|Card
</gallery>

==Bugs==

*Information about any bugs specific to this item
*This section is almost never used due to how bugs are typically documented in ESO. Chances are, it'll get patched before anyone can add it to the page.

==References==
<!-- Used if there are any references on the page. References must use the {{ref|}} template. -->
<references />

Creating a New Collectible Page[edit]

Blank templates exist for most collectible types so that any user can copy and paste them into a blank page for a new item of that particular type. Simply cull the phrases in the bio that you're not going to use, fill in the summary template and the sections below to the best of your ability, and presto! You've created a new collectible page with all of the required bells and whistles for that particular item class.

Template Parameters[edit]

The Online Collectible Summary is used for every collectible item page. It puts an infobox with all of the essential details and numbers on the top right side of the page, and automatically formats the item's description and the primary image used on the page. You can learn about the template's parameters and how they work on its documentation page.

Here are a few things to keep in mind regarding these parameters when maintaining Collections pages:

Image[edit]

Follow the UESPWiki's conventions for naming collectible items in this section: "ON-mount-(Name)" for mounts, "ON-polymorph-(Name)" for polymorphs, "ON-head marking-(Name)" for head markings, etc.

Like NPC images, all collections images should have an aspect ratio of 1:1 (if it's 800 pixels tall, it should be 800 pixels wide and so on), in .jpg format, with the subject as neatly centered as possible.

You should not put ".jpg" at the end of the image name in the template's parameter, as the template automatically assumes you're inserting a .jpg. The Collectible General Entry template, which is used for Collectible mount, ally, and pet furnishing pages, also automatically assumes the item's image is a jpg, and inserting the file extension on the Online Collectible Summary will break the image in the Collectible General Entry template on pages like Online:Mounts Furnishings/Bipedals and Online:Non-Combat Pets Furnishings/Domestic.

This rule really only applies to mounts, pets, and allies: pretty much any collectible that is also a furnishing. For costumes and other items that will never be placed in a house, it doesn't matter whether the file extension is included in the image parameter. For mount, pet, and assistant pages, the image parameter should look like this:

MOUNTS:
|image=ON-mount-Piebald Destrier

PETS:
|image=ON-pet-Abecean Ratter Cat

ASSISTANTS:
|image=ON-npc-Nuzimeh the Merchant

--or--

|image=ON-furnishing-Tythis Andromo

COSTUMES / NON-FURNISHING COLLECTIBLES:
|image=ON-costume-Thieves Guild Leathers.jpg

--or--

|image=ON-head marking-Hircine's Hunt Face Markings

Date[edit]

This section should record the time period for the first time an item was available. Dates should follow Month-Day-Year notation, with the start and end dates for an item's availability separated with a hyphen. December 23, 2015 - July 31, 2016 is the preferred style: December 23rd, 2015 - July 31st, 2016 is not preferred. Day-Month-Year notation (23 December 2015) is used in the tables on Online:Crown Store's subpages, but it is not preferred for individual Collections pages.

If an item has appeared many times, these dates do not need to be put into the Collectible Summary: all of these dates can be relegated to the Occurrences section below the item's bio. The Pumpkin Spectre polymorph is a good example of a collectible in this situation.

A properly filled date parameter should look something like this:

|date=July 1, 2020 - March 30, 2021

ID[edit]

All collections items are assigned a collectid in the game's files. These IDs can be retrieved from the UESP's database at esolog.uesp.net. There are a great many things logged in the database, so if you're just looking for collectible items with the search bar, it is advised that you narrow your search by selecting "Collectibles" in the dropbox below the search bar. It can take upwards of 45 seconds to load depending on your Internet speed and how many logged entries contain the keyword you're looking for. An item's collectid can be found in the second column of the table that pops up after a search, labeled "id". The collectible id for the Whiterun Wolfhound is 12: there are well over 10,000 items with collectible IDs at the time of writing.

Filling in the ID parameter is important for bread-crumbing: it provides the infobox with a yellow link to the item's ESOlog entry.

Icon[edit]

This little image is set to appear in the top left corner of the infobox when the parameter is filled in. The format for icons is "ON-icon-(collectible type)-(item name).png". "ON-icon-mount-(Name)", "ON-icon-head marking-(Name)", etc. As with the image field, the file extension is assumed to be .png by default, so you should not type ".png" at the end of the file's name when inserting it in the template. Unlike the image parameter, adding the file extension to the icon parameter is guaranteed to break the icon on the page you're working on: the reason hairs are split in the image section is for the sake of other pages (furnishings), but the inclusion of a file extension in the icon field breaks the local page.

A filled icon parameter must look like this. It calls upon "ON-icon-mount-White-Gold Imperial Courser.png" to display in the top left corner of the infobox:

|icon=ON-icon-mount-White-Gold Imperial Courser

If you do it like this, the template will add an additional file extension to the image. It will assume you're trying to call "ON-icon-mount-White-Gold Imperial Courser.png.png": that file doesn't exist!

|icon=ON-icon-mount-White-Gold Imperial Courser.png

Uploading Icons[edit]

Icons can be downloaded from the database and uploaded to the wiki proper. Just make sure that when you upload an icon, you include the given file name in the description of your upload.

In the ESOlog database, when you open an icon in a new tab, you can find the given file name in the URL at the top of your browser. For the Onyx Indrik, this is https://esoicons.uesp.net/esoui/art/icons/mounticon_indrik_onyx.png. The file name is at the end of the URL: to document this in your upload, you would copy mounticon_indrik_onyx and paste that into the description on the file upload page, labeled as a source file. The bare minimum looks like this: Source File: mounticon_indrik_onyx.

You can also easily find a source file name in the Raw Collectible Item Data, which is the yellow link at the top of the infobox brings you to when clicked if you've filled in the ID parameter. The Onyx Indrik's raw data can be found here. Under the "icon" field, you'll see the icon itself and the path to the icon listed beside it: /esoui/art/icons/mounticon_indrik_onyx.dds. Copy and paste the source file name after the last forward slash without the .dds, and insert it into your upload as the source file as detailed above.

When you upload an icon, it is crucial to provide it with the correct image category. Collectible icon categories follow a basic formula: Online-Icons-[Collectible Type]. You can activate HotCat in your Preferences to add categories to images easily, or you can paste [[Category:Online-Icons-Collectible Type]] into the description field on the file upload page. Collectibles category names are pluralized: Category:Online-Icons-Mounts is where mount icons are filed, Category:Online-Icons-Head Markings is used for head marking icons, Category:Online-Icons-Skins on skin icons, etc.

Description[edit]

Internal IDs aren't the only thing you may find yourself using ESOlog to find: if you click to view one of those entries that pop up in your search, you can find a variety of things to serve as food for the template, including an item's description. All collectible items have a description, and the template italicizes whatever's filled into this parameter.

Nickname[edit]

Only pets and mounts have nicknames. These can be found in a given item's page in the ESOlog database. The nickname is what is referred to as the "default name" in an item's bio.

Acquisition[edit]

Lists where an item is obtained from. The term "Crown Store" is autolinked if it's the first thing in the parameter, but there are cases where the Crown Store is not the only source for an item. The Glowgill Guar appeared as a Daily Reward before it ever made it to the store! In cases where an item has more than one source, editors should link both sources and separate them with a line break (  or  in HTML notation).

The acquisition field for the Knights of the Flame Pup, a pet that is obtained through pre-order and the Crown Store, looks like this:

|acquisition=Pre-ordering [[Online:High Isle (Chapter)|High Isle]]<br>[[Online:Crown Store|Crown Store]]: [[Online:High Isle Collector's Pack|High Isle Collector's Pack]]

The sources are listed chronologically: it was available via pre-order first, then the Crown Store over a year later.

If an item's source comes from a runebox or some other container that we would usually use the Item Link template for, make sure you enclose the item link in a pair of <savemarkup> </savemarkup> tags so the source shows up properly on furnishing pages. Examples of collectibles the item link template is used on include the Big-Eared Ginger Kitten, Imperial War Mastiff, and Powderwhite Coney.

The acquisition field for a collectible with a runebox should look like this:

|acquisition=<savemarkup>{{Item Link|Runebox: Big-Eared Ginger Kitten Pet|id=139464|quality=l}}</savemarkup>

The Powderwhite Coney comes from a runebox, but can also be purchased from the Impresario. That's formatted like so:

|acquisition=<savemarkup>{{Item Link|Runebox: Powderwhite Coney|id=182487|quality=l}}</savemarkup><br>[[Online:The Impresario|The Impresario]] during the [[ON:New Life Festival|New Life Festival]]

Crate[edit]

This section is self-explanatory, and almost everything you need to know about it is detailed on the template's documentation. Certain fringe cases used to make documenting Crates a hassle, particularly where an item is offered in more than one Crown Crate season. However, the advent of a new parameter in the template has simplified things considerably: |crate2.

The Orc Wise Woman's Vestment costume is available in both New Moon Crates and Buoyant Armiger Crates. This doesn't seem like that big of a deal until you try documenting both in the Crate field. For items present in more than one Crate season, the first crate should go into |crate= and the second should be noted in |crate2=.

Price[edit]

The price is required for all Crown Store items and any item purchased from an in-game source such as the Impresario. Several different templates are used in this field to denote which currency can be used to purchase an item: {{ESO Crowns|}} for Crowns 00000 , {{ESO CG|}} for Crown Gems 00000 , {{ESO SoE|}} for Seals of Endeavor 00000 , and {{ESO ET|}} for Event Tickets 0000000. Simply fill in the amount: if you don't know how much an item was offered for, put a {{huh}} in the empty parameter as such: {{ESO CG|{{huh}}}} (ata]]^(?) ).

If an item can be acquired with more than one currency, or has been offered for two or more different prices over the years, each of these prices should be separated with a line break just as different methods of acquisition are.

If an item has been offered at a discount at some point, the discounted price should be listed second. Next to the price, an editor should write "Discounted" between superscript tags () or small text tags () to denote that the listed price is a discount. For those wholly unfamiliar with how to use HTML tags, the note for a discounted price should read as follows: Discounted. In action, it looks like this: ^Discounted.

Seals of Endeavor and gems do not need to be filled in for Crown Store items: the price is autofilled by the "tier" parameter for all except the Radiant Apex tier. The exception is Radiant Apex mounts, which do require their gem and seal prices to be recorded by hand, as all three of a Crate season's given Radiant Apex-level rewards are priced differently.

If an item returns to the store with a different price than it was originally marked with, and the price is not associated with any clearly labeled discount, the currency template on the deprecated price should be edited to reflect the modern price reduction. You can use HTML tags to strike through the old price, but it's a simple matter to do this in the template itself: {{ESO Crowns|2,500|old}} will come out looking like this 025002,500 .

The Bravil Retriever pet is an example of a page with a modestly filled price field:

|price={{ESO Crowns|400}}<br>{{ESO Crowns|320}}<sup>Discounted</sup>

Cat/Subcat[edit]

These parameters are designed to allow editors to define furnishing category/subcategory for Collectibles whose furnishing categories are different than their Collections categories. For now, this only applies to Assistants.

For Merchant Assistants, the following should be appended to the bottom of the Collectible Summary template:

|cat=Services
|subcat=Merchant Assistants

For Banker Assistants:

|cat=Services
|subcat=Banker Assistants

For Deconstruction Assistants:

|cat=Services
|subcat=Deconstruction Assistants

For Armory Assistants:

|cat=Services
|subcat=Armory Assistants

Page Sections[edit]

Below the template and the item's editor-written description (abbreviated to "bio" on this page), a collectible page displays a variety of sections that provide information beyond the template.

The sections are largely consistent across all pages, with some notable exceptions. Hats and costumes have most of the same criteria: you can dye them, so all costume and hat pages should have a "Dyeing" section. Obviously, mounts cannot be dyed, thus they don't need one.

There are some sections which appear on some collectible pages, but not all of them. This includes the "Crown Store Showcase Description" section. These are seldom used, and thus not listed in the copy-paste templates above. There are a plethora of collectibles that use this section if you ever require an example, including Online:Baby Netch, Online:Alliance Rider Hood, Online:Black Bear Cub, and Online:Dro-m'Athra Senche.

Online:Zombie Horse is a model example of a mount page with many niche cases and caveats covered in its infobox and bio.

All sections below a collectible item's bio use level 2 headings. Let's break down the more common sections in the order they appear in the template structure pages:

The Bio or Item Description[edit]

The bio is a basic description of the item written by an editor. It should tell the reader which item they're looking at, whether or not it has a default name, the item's source, and the item's price (if applicable). The item's name should be the first thing listed in the bio, and it should be bolded.

Some items appear in the Crown Store many times: not every date needs to be described in an item's bio (that's what the Occurrences section is for), but at the very least, the first date an item appears and the first date it's removed should be noted in its bio. There are a few exceptions: Crown Crate offerings don't require dates in the infobox parameters or the bio, as these dates are documented on a given Crown Crate's page in the Occurrences section at the bottom of the page.

General price reductions and ESO Plus member discounts should also be noted in an collectible's bio.

If you're working with a pet or a mount, the item's default name should be the last thing listed at the end of the first paragraph in quotes. In order to adhere to the UESP Wiki Style Guide, the sentence detailing a mount or pet's default name should follow logical quotation: the period at the end of the sentence should be placed after the quotes, not inside them. Its default name is "Name". is the preferred style, not Its default name is "Name."

A {{NewLeft}} is always placed directly beneath the bio to provide space between the description and the sections below.

Here's an example of a properly formatted Occurrences section, courtesy of the Werewolf Lord polymorph:

==Occurrences==
'''Appearances: 5'''
*Crown Store — October 27, 2016 - November 1, 2016
*Crown Store — October 2, 2017 - October 6, 2017
*Crown Store — October 8, 2018 - October 11, 2018
*Crown Store — May 28, 2020 - June 1, 2020
*Crown Store — October 5, 2023 - October 12, 2023 ''(ESO Plus discount)''

Hidden Sections[edit]

If a page was created by a bot, or you're using one of the copy-paste templates above, you'll doubtlessly need to reveal a few hidden sections in order to document an item in full. These sections are hidden beneath the "hide element" tags, which look like this:  .  marks the end of a hidden section. Make sure that you pay attention to which tags you cull so the page doesn't break: If you delete a --> finisher but accidentally leave the corresponding <!-- opener on the page, any section beneath that opener will be hidden.

If you don't end up filling out a section, don't delete the hidden section: leave it there just in case someone ends up needing to use it in the future.

Dyeing[edit]

Only used on collectibles that can be dyed (hats and costumes). This should be the first section below the {{NewLeft}} if you're creating a costume or hat page from scratch. If you're working on a bot-created page that lacks a Dyeing section, it needs to be added above the Occurrences header.

Effect[edit]

Only used on memento pages. This should be the first section below the {{NewLeft}} if you're creating a memento page from scratch. If you're working on a bot-created page that lacks an Effect section, it needs to be added above the Occurrences header.

Occurrences[edit]

This section lists the date an item appeared and the source it came from in a bulleted list using Source-Date format. The amount of times an item has appeared should be noted above the list and bolded. As with the dates parameter in the infobox, start and end dates for an item's availability period should be listed in Month-Day-Year notation. The source and dates should be separated with an em dash (—, written in unicode as —).

The preferred format for entries in the bulleted list is as follows: *Crown Store — January 1, 2018 - January 12, 2018

If you're not working with a costume or hat, this should be the first section below the {{NewLeft}}. This section documents every time a collectible has appeared, be it as a Daily Reward or in the Crown Store. You don't need to provide links in this section: The source should already be linked in the occurrences parameter in the template and in the item's bio.

Crown Crate items should not use this section unless they appear in a source besides a crate. For example, the Oleander Senche-Serval only appears in Buoyant Armiger Crates, so it does not use this section. However, the Dro-m'Athra Senche was offered in the Crown Store as well as being a reward in Dwarven Crates: in this case, the Dwarven Crate is simply listed among the Crown Store entries.

Citing a Crown Store Showcase for a specific item's appearance is entirely optional. If you decide to go the extra mile, the {{ref|}} template is ideal for this task. A reference should consist of a link to the Crown Store Showcase with the article's name included. Such a reference can be seen on the Black Bear mount's page.

If the release times for an item are weird or set at different times than usual, you can record that in superscript tags (). These anomalies will typically be pointed out in the month's Crown Store Showcase, as they were in December 2023. Examples of formatting for this case can be seen on Online:Tree, Seasons of Y'ffre and Online:Ragebound Crate:

*Crown Store — December 21, 2023 ^{1PM EST} - January 4, 2024 ^{10AM EST}

Acquisition[edit]

This is a niche section that should only be present on pages for items whose method of acquisition is slightly more complicated than "complete an Achievement" or "purchase this item from the Crown Store". This section should fall between the headings for Occurrences and Physical Description. The Noweyr Steed and Windhelm Cliff Ram are examples of items that necessitate the use of an Acquisition section.

The Acquisition section should contain a numbered list detailing the instructions for obtaining the item. The above examples were received through both Amazon Prime Gaming and XBox Game Pass Ultimate. The instructions should be brief and clear. For example:

===Amazon Prime Gaming===
#Link your ESO and Twitch accounts (PC/Mac only).
#Get Twitch Prime with Amazon Prime.
#Visit twitch.amazon.com/eso and click "Claim Offer".

The ram would be in your Collections menu the next time you logged in. Those who claimed these items have them on both the North American and European servers; this was not an offer exclusive to whichever server players are on the most.

The instructions tell readers exactly how the item was acquired in the list. Below the list, additional information on possible stipulations ("Which server will I receive my mount on?") and the conditions by which the item was delivered (immediately upon the next login) are detailed.

Another outlier is the Vvardvark pet. If the item is acquired through fairly ordinary means (a Crate or the store) as well as a promotion, every manner of acquisition should be covered in the Acquisition section. The Vvardvark is available through three sources: Crown Crates, the Crown Store, and through the redemption of a code distributed by members of the ESO Stream Team. The latter necessitates an Acquisition section. Code redemptions usually aren't enough in and of themselves to warrant the existence of an Acquisition section, but again, the Vvardvark is an outlier.

Fragments should also be listed in the Acquisition section for collectibles that require them. See: the Peryite Skeevemaster costume.

Physical Description[edit]

This optional section can be used to describe an item's physical appearance (usually a pet or mount) in excruciating detail. This is to prevent the bio from becoming bloated, allowing basic information to be easily accessible while providing a space for anyone who wants to describe every inch of a mount a place to do so unrestrained.

Everything can be described here: unique idle animations, summoning animations, particle effects, footprint trails, mane styling, armor details, fur patterns, and even unique audio can be noted here. The Legion Zero Destrier and Legion Zero Charger have in-depth descriptions.

Crown Store Showcase Description[edit]

Crown Store Showcases occasionally provided little blurbs about an item that differed from the collectible's in-game description between 2015 and 2017. These differences could range from adding entirely new sentences to simply changing a word or two. They stopped doing this in 2018: Now, all Crown Store Showcase blurbs are identical to the items' in-game descriptions. Only items that appear in Showcases up to the end of 2017 should have this section.

If this section is needed, it should fall below the Physical Description (whether it's actually used on the page or not) and above the Notes. As with all information that comes from out of game sources, all Crown Store Showcase descriptions should be cited with the article they were pulled from. See the Falkreath Thane costume for an example.

System Mail[edit]

Like the Crown Store Showcase description, system mails warrant a niche section not present in the listed templates. If a Collectible is received through a promotional code, or an in-game mail is otherwise affiliated with its acquisition, this section should be added.

The mail should be formatted in a simple table. The table's header should include the title of the system mail. The mail's contents should be italicized within the section below the header. The example below...

{| class="wikitable" width="40%"
! [Insert Mail Title]
|-
|
''[Insert mail contents.]''
|}

... would display the following:

[Insert Mail Title]
[Insert mail contents.]

The Doom Wolf, Bristlegut Piglet, and Dwarven War Horse are examples of items with an associated system mail.

Notes[edit]

This section is intended to provide the reader with miscellaneous information about a collectible. Notably, items that share a theme with a certain collectible or otherwise match it are listed here. The Manelord Nightmare Senche, Legendary Dragon Body Marks, Gloomspore Horse, and Saturalia Ice Steed all list matching items and/or collectibles they share a theme with in the notes section.

Other possibly interesting details can also be noted here: the page for the Winter Garland Dapple Gray, a mount with a unique mane style, notes that only two other horses so far share its look, while Online:True Ghost Horse mentions the mildly amusing etymology of its name and a unique physical trait that defines it from other ghostly mounts.

Gallery[edit]

Extra images are relegated to the gallery. Every collectible page should ideally have at least three images: the primary image that is inserted into the infobox at the top of the page, and, if available, the promotional render and the card.

Every Crown Store item has a promotional render: they can be easily downloaded from the Crown Store section of the official ESO website when an item is available. The Crown Store on the website always has renders in the highest available resolution. Barring that, almost every item that is listed in the Crown Store shows up in Crown Store Showcase articles, and the renders can be gathered there.

In addition to being listed in the gallery of the item it represents, promotional renders should be added to the aggregate galleries for Crown Store Renders. The hub page contains links to subpages that contain galleries for specific collectible categories.

Not every item has a card: these are used on Crown Crate pages. Some items that have not appeared in Crates have cards: these should be present in the gallery if available.

Achievements[edit]

Add this section if there is an achievement associated with the item. Quest rewards (Morag Tong Face Tattoo), dungeon rewards (The Taskmaster's Banner) and fragmented collectibles (Big-Eared Ginger Kitten) are all likely to be affiliated with an achievement. The formatting for this section is simple:

==Achievements==
There is one [[Online: Achievements|achievement]] associated with this collectible.
{{ESO Achievements List|}}

Bugs[edit]

This section may largely remain unused: ESO is updated regularly, and bugs may be patched before they're even recorded on an item's page. Don't worry about documenting every bug that's ever existed: that's what patch note documentation is for. Instead, focus on noting persistent bugs that haven't been fixed, such as on the Draugr polymorph.

References[edit]

Reveal this section if you end up adding a citation with the ref template. This gives citations a neat little hub for people to find them.

Collectibles With Fragments[edit]

Some collectible items are acquired by combining Fragments. The section formatting for these pages differs in that tables are used to present the fragments and information affiliated with them. The two most common varieties of fragmented collectibles are those that are capable of evolving into new items through the use of fragments, and those that are acquired by evolving a base item. The Passion Dancer Blossom and Nascent Indrik are two evolving collectibles with thorough documentation. The Scales of Akatosh skin and Dagonic Quasigriff are complete examples of collectibles that are obtained by evolving a base item.

Base Items[edit]

Base items typically have an ordinary bio with a table of contents on the right side of the page. The differences between evolving items and ordinary collectibles begins almost immediately: evolving items make use of a {{NewLine}} after the bio instead of a {{NewLeft}} to keep the infobox and the TOC from interfering with the aesthetic quality of the subsequent sections, which consist largely of tables to describe the fragments necessary for the synthesis and evolution of the base item.

Immediately after the new line, base items will have a section unique to them: the "Base [Item Type]" section. For the Passion Dancer Blossom and Unstable Morpholith, this is a "Base Pet" section. The Base Item section should be the first thing after the new line, taking precedence over all other sections in the hierarchy.

The section typically begins with a blurb explaining that the collectible in question is an evolving item, detailing its known morphs and how evolution works before presenting the reader with a table containing information on the fragments required to synthesize the base item. Below the table, an editor should insert a {{NewLine}} to prevent the base table from interfering with subsequent sections. Below is a blank table with all the necessary components to create a new base item section:

==Base [Item]==
In order to acquire the base [BASE ITEM NAME] [BASE ITEM TYPE], you must take part in in-game [[ON:Events|events]] and buy three magical fragments. Fragments can only be bought with [[ON:Event Tickets|Event Tickets]]. All three fragments were introduced during the {{huh|TBA}} event.
{|class=wikitable
!colspan=2|Item!!Description!!Price!!First Available
|-
!colspan=5| Fragments
|-
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Since 2021, base items have consisted of only three fragments. The first evolving item, the Nascent Indrik, required four. The table can be adjusted to suit the situation.

Upgrades[edit]

This section is exclusively used for base evolving items, and makes use of a level two header: the next four sections below it, which include details about each individual upgrade, consist of level three headers.

The crux of this section is an explanation on how to evolve the base item. The gist of it is the same across all fragmented collectibles, but the details must be personalized for each item. Your typical Upgrades section reads as such:

==Upgrades==
The [BASE ITEM NAME] [BASE ITEM TYPE] can be upgraded once you have collected various fragments which are sold by the Impresario during various events in [YEAR] for {{ESO ET|10}} each. Upgrading the [BASE ITEM TYPE] removes it from your collections, but it can be re-obtained by collecting the first three fragments again. There are four upgrades for the base [BASE ITEM TYPE]: a [EVOLVED ITEM TYPE 1], and [three other unknown rewards]. All of the [YEAR] fragments will be available again from the Impresario during the final event of the year, the New Life Festival. Fragments for the [BASE ITEM NAME] [BASE ITEM TYPE] and its morphs will no longer be available after the [YEAR] New Life Festival ends.

There are typically four available evolutions per item, thus there are four level three headings below the Upgrades section. Each are identical in structure, again personalized to suit the particulars of the offered collectible.

===EVOLVED ITEM NAME===
:''[ITEM DESCRIPTION]''
{{icon|EVOLVED ITEM TYPE|EVOLVED ITEM NAME|al=right}}
[[File:ON-prerelease-EVOLVED ITEM NAME.jpg|thumb|left|]]
The [first / second / third / final] upgrade released in Q? is the [NAME OF EVOLVED ITEM] [TYPE], obtained by combining three different upgrade fragments with a [BASE ITEM NAME] [BASE ITEM TYPE]. [BASE ITEM NAME] will then morph into the [NAME OF EVOLVED ITEM].
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These level three headings have a {{NewLeft}} below them rather than a {{NewLine}}.

The pages for evolved items such as the Scales of Akatosh skin are much simpler in comparison. Editors should make use of the Acquisition section and copy the table from that collectible's subsection on the base item's page to the new page.

Below is the finished table for the Deadlands Scorcher skin. This is how the Acquisition table for a fragmented collectible should look when complete:

	Description	Price	First Available
Rune-Scribed Daedra Hide	A component required to morph an Unstable Morpholith in the Deadlands Scorcher skin.	000001010	Midyear Mayhem 2021 (January/February)
Rune-Scribed Daedra Sleeve	A component required to morph an Unstable Morpholith in the Deadlands Scorcher skin.	000001010	Tribunal Celebration 2021
Rune-Scribed Daedra Veil	A component required to morph an Unstable Morpholith in the Deadlands Scorcher skin.	000001010	Jester's Festival 2021

Collectible Furnishings and Allies[edit]

Furnishing data for mounts and pets should be provided with a Online Furnishing Summary as shown above. This can be done by HoodBot during page creation.

Houseguests, Companions, and Assistants also use the Collections data. An NPC's Collections data can be amended to their page under a "Furnishing" section as with Squire Caw, Bastian Hallix, and Stibbons. Kor and Hildegard are additional examples of how houseguests should be handled.

Collectibles under the Allies tab are a unique case. All except Giladil the Ragpicker and the factotum merchant/banker have two separate names: one for the collectible, and one for the NPC that comes out when the collectible is used. Tythis Andromo, the Banker is the collectible, while Tythis Andromo is the NPC. An About template should be placed at the top of both pages to direct readers to the collectible and the NPC from either page.

The About for Ezabi's NPC data reads as follows:

{{About|Ezabi's NPC data|Ezabi's Collections data|Ezabi the Banker}}

The About for Ezabi the Banker's Collections page is essentially reversed:

{{About|Ezabi's Collections data|Ezabi's NPC data|Ezabi}}

UESPWiki:Style Guide/Collections Layout

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Acquisition[edit]

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Price[edit]

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The Bio or Item Description[edit]

Hidden Sections[edit]

Dyeing[edit]

Effect[edit]

Occurrences[edit]

Acquisition[edit]

Physical Description[edit]

Crown Store Showcase Description[edit]

System Mail[edit]

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