Step-by-step setup
Get Journal working in about fifteen minutes.
Five steps. Four required, one optional. If you get stuck on any of them, scroll to the bottom of the page — there's a link to where to ask for help.
Create your Journal account
Sign in with the account you already use. No new password to remember.
Already signed in? Step 1 is done.
Install the Journal addon
Journal's in-game half. It captures sales, motifs, research, recipes, and writs — automatically, while you play.
Most ESO players use Minion as their addon manager — search for "Journal" there and install. If you don't use Minion, the ESOUI page also has a direct download.
Upload your first sales
Sales, motifs, research, recipes, and writs are captured automatically as you play. To get them into Journal, you'll import your SavedVariables file.
ESO writes the file when you log out, so play a session first, then log out before importing. After that, repeat the import whenever you want fresh data — or skip ahead to Step 5 to install the Companion, which handles imports automatically in the background.
Join The Study
The Study is where the people who care about this work meet. ESO traders, crafters, anyone serious about the data. Setup help, market discussion, and a direct line to me are all there.
Install the companion
Manual imports work. Automatic is better. The companion is a small desktop program that watches your SavedVariables file and uploads to Journal in the background — install it once, then forget it exists.
Both the companion and its installer are open-source on GitHub. Nothing about how it works is hidden. You can read every line, run a single PowerShell command to install it, and remove it just as cleanly when you want to.
Stuck somewhere?
Help lives in #journal-help inside The Study. Say which step (1–5) you're on and what went wrong. Replies usually come within an hour.