Tips for Playing Elder Scrolls Arena

These are some of the best tips and tricks I have discovered while playing Elder Scrolls Arena!

If you have any good tips or tricks for the game please feel free to share them in the comments and I can see about adding them to the article as I do updates.

Elder Scrolls Arena: Tips for New Players

• Fix your resolution
• The game runs too fast or slow!
• What is VIL in Elder Scrolls Arena?
• This game is hard!
• Why is my armor rating negative?
• Potions and Healing
• Get other healing items
• Strategically camp to heal
• Where to buy better gear?
• Camp to progress the story
• Wait to cure disease
• Your map is your best friend!
• Makes notes on your map
• Tips for reading your map
• Get potions!
• How to identify items
• How to make money in Elder Scrolls Arena
• Torcs and magical items...

How to Play – The Elder Scrolls: Arena

If you are an Elder Scrolls fan or someone who is new to the series you may be curious or nostalgic about where it all began.

There are actually numerous titles in the Elder Scrolls series. Some of which are lesser known than others (Travels, Battlespire, Redguard, etc.)

Today we will be installing and playing the very first entry into the series; The Elder Scrolls: Arena.

STEP #1

Arena can be downloaded for free directly from Bethesda’s website:

https://elderscrolls.bethesda.net/arena/

The game can no longer be download directly from Bethesda’s website so I am providing an alternate link to the files from the Elder Scrolls Wiki:

http://en.uesp.net/wiki/Arena:Files

Unzip the Arena106Setup.zip file you downloaded and run the Arena106.exe setup file t...