Progress in updating this post was halted for a bit due to the character limit being reached. Special thanks to @ZOS_AlanG for helping me clean up the first page, giving me room to expand & update my list as I need to.
Current Update: Half SotH, Half One Tamriel ... Will be finished updating in the next few days!
I decided to lay out all of the styles seen in ESO by their respective Motif Numbers. Some motifs are not numbered. This list will be updated whenever new information is available! (Specifically armors)
Motif 1. Altmer Craftable
Male
Female
Sets in this style:
Light:
• Almalexia's Mercy
• Apprentice Garb
• Robes of Destruction Mastery
• Syrabane's Grip
• Lamia's Song
• Vampire Lord
Medium:
• Ward of Cyrodiil
• Savior's Hide
Heavy:
None
Variable:
• Galerion's Revenge
How to obtain the Crafting Motif and Style Material:
Motif: Cabinets, Backpacks, Chests, and most other types of lootable furniture have a small chance of containing Motifs 1-9 in your own Alliance's (Lvl 1-50) zones.
Style Material - Adamantite: Found in almost all types of lootable storages, and can be purchased for 15 gold a piece at certain vendors.
Motif 2. Dunmer Craftable
Male
Female
Sets in this style:
Light:
• Magicka Furnace
• Prayer Shawl
Medium:
None
Heavy:
• Armor of Truth
• Dreugh King Slayer
• Thunderous Plate Mail
How to obtain the Crafting Motif and Style Material:
Motif: Cabinets, Backpacks, Chests, and most other types of lootable furniture have a small chance of containing Motifs 1-9 in your own Alliance's (Lvl 1-50) zones.
Style Material - Obsidian: Found in almost all types of lootable storages, and can be purchased for 15 gold a piece at certain vendors.
Motif 3. Bosmer Craftable
Male
Female
Sets in this style:
Light:
• Stendarr's Embrace
• Light Speaker
• Spinner's Garments
Medium:
• Archer's Mind
• Ranger's Gait
• Spriggan's Thorns
Heavy:
• Knightmare
• Green Pact
How to obtain the Crafting Motif and Style Material:
Motif: Cabinets, Backpacks, Chests, and most other types of lootable furniture have a small chance of containing Motifs 1-9 in your own Alliance's (Lvl 1-50) zones.
Style Material - Bone: Found in almost all types of lootable storages, and can be purchased for 15 gold a piece at certain vendors.
Motif 4. Nord Craftable
Male
Female
Sets in this style:
Light:
• Ysgramor's Legacy
Medium:
• Fiord's Legacy
• Kyne's Kiss
• Kyne's flight
Heavy:
• Akatosh's Blessed Amror
• Akaviri Dragonguard
• Crest of Cyrodiil
• Nikulas' Heavy Armor
Variable
• Alessian Order
• Thews of the Harbinger
How to obtain the Crafting Motif and Style Material:
Motif: Cabinets, Backpacks, Chests, and most other types of lootable furniture have a small chance of containing Motifs 1-9 in your own Alliance's (Lvl 1-50) zones.
Style Material - Corundum: Found in almost all types of lootable storages, and can be purchased for 15 gold a piece at certain vendors.
Motif 5. Breton Craftable
Male
Female
Sets in this style:
Light:
• Noble Duelist's Strikes
• Arch-Mage
• Light of Cyrodiil
• Silks of the Sun
• Undaunted Unweaver
• Vestments of the Warlock
• Netch's Touch
Medium:
• Oblivion's Edge
• Undaunted Infiltrator
• Crusader
• Leviathan
• Bone Pirate's Tatters
• Draugr Hulk
Heavy:
• Beckoning Steel
• Storm Knight's Plate
• Plague Doctor
• Shalk Exoskeleton
Variable
• Undaunted Bastion
• Armor of the Trainee
How to obtain the Crafting Motif and Style Material:
Motif: Cabinets, Backpacks, Chests, and most other types of lootable furniture have a small chance of containing Motifs 1-9 in your own Alliance's (Lvl 1-50) zones.
Style Material - Molybdenum: Found in almost all types of lootable storages, and can be purchased for 15 gold a piece at certain vendors.
Motif 6. Redguard Craftable
Male
Female
Sets in this style:
Light:
• Adroitness
• Elegance
• Desert Rose
Medium:
• Morag Tong
• Twin Sisters
• Sword Dancer
• Sword-Singer
Heavy:
• Durok's Bane
• Ice Furnace
• Sergeant's Mail
• Order of Diagna
How to obtain the Crafting Motif and Style Material:
Motif: Cabinets, Backpacks, Chests, and most other types of lootable furniture have a small chance of containing Motifs 1-9 in your own Alliance's (Lvl 1-50) zones.
Style Material - Starmetal: Found in almost all types of lootable storages, and can be purchased for 15 gold a piece at certain vendors.
Motif 7. Khajiit Craftable
Male
Female
Sets in this style:
Light:
• Robes of Alteration Mastery
• Skooma Smuggler
Medium:
• Shrouded Armor
• Jailbreaker
Heavy:
• Soulshine
• Beekeeper's Gear
How to obtain the Crafting Motif and Style Material:
Motif: Cabinets, Backpacks, Chests, and most other types of lootable furniture have a small chance of containing Motifs 1-9 in your own Alliance's (Lvl 1-50) zones.
Style Material - Moonstone Found in almost all types of lootable storages, and can be purchased for 15 gold a piece at certain vendors.
Motif 8. Orc Craftable
Male
Female
Sets in this style:
Light:
• Sanctuary
Medium:
• Sentry
Heavy:
• Armor of the Construct
• Brute
• Footman's Fortune
• Juggernaut
• Vampire Cloak
How to obtain the Crafting Motif and Style Material:
Motif: Cabinets, Backpacks, Chests, and most other types of lootable furniture have a small chance of containing Motifs 1-9 in your own Alliance's (Lvl 1-50) zones.
Style Material - Manganese: Found in almost all types of lootable storages, and can be purchased for 15 gold a piece at certain vendors.
Motif 9. Argonian Craftable
Male
Female
Sets in this style:
Light:
• Necropotence
• Mother's Sorrow
Medium:
• Shadow Walker
• Viper's Sting
• Skirmisher's Bite
• Nightshade
Heavy:
• Elf Bane
• Affliction
• Medusa
Variable:
• Vicecannon of Venom
How to obtain the Crafting Motif and Style Material:
Motif: Cabinets, Backpacks, Chests, and most other types of lootable furniture have a small chance of containing Motifs 1-9 in your own Alliance's (Lvl 1-50) zones.
Style Material - Flint: Found in almost all types of lootable storages, and can be purchased for 15 gold a piece at certain vendors.
Motif 10. Imperial Craftable
Male
Female
Sets in this style:
Light:
None
Medium:
None
Heavy:
None
How to obtain the Crafting Motif and Style Material:
Motif: Cabinets, Backpacks, Chests, and most other types of lootable furniture have an extraordinarily miniscule chance of containing this motif.
Style Material - Nickel: Found in almost all types of lootable storages, but is more rare than the style materials from Motifs 1-9. It is also purchaseable at certain vendors for 15 gold in piece.
Motif 11. Ancient Elf Craftable
Male
Female
Sets in this style:
Light:
• Healer's Habit
• Robes of Onslaught
Medium:
None
Heavy:
None
How to obtain the Crafting Motif and Style Material:
Motif: Cabinets, Backpacks, Chests, and most other types of lootable furniture have a very rare chance of containing this motif. This motif will not drop in your own Alliance's zones or your Cadwell's Silver zones.
Style Material - Palladium: Found in almost all types of lootable storages throughout Tamriel, but is more rare than the style materials from Motifs 1-10, 12, and 13. It can be found in all zones except your own Alliance's zones and your Cadwell's Silver zones.
Motif 12. Barbaric Craftable
Male
Female
Sets in this style:
Light:
None
Medium:
None
Heavy:
• Armor of Rage
How to obtain the Crafting Motif and Style Material:
Motif: Cabinets, Backpacks, Chests, and most other types of lootable furniture have an very rare chance of containing this motif. This motif will not drop in your own Alliance's zones.
Style Material - Copper: Found in almost all types of lootable storages throughout Tamriel, but is more rare than the style materials from Motifs 1-10. It can be found in all zones except your own Alliance's zones.
Motif 13. Primal Craftable
Male
Female
Sets in this style:
Light:
None
Medium:
• Barkskin
• Hawk's Eye
• Hide of the Werewolf
• Toothrow
Heavy:
None
How to obtain the Crafting Motif and Style Material:
Motif: Cabinets, Backpacks, Chests, and most other types of lootable furniture have a very rare chance of containing this motif. This motif will not drop in your own Alliance's zones.
Style Material - Argentum: Found in almost all types of lootable storages throughout Tamriel, but is more rare than the style materials from Motifs 1-10. It can be found in all zones except your own Alliance's zones.
Motif 14. Daedric Craftable
Male
Female
Sets in this style:
Light:
• Burning Spelolweave
• Spider Cultist Cowl
Medium:
• Sunderflame
Heavy:
• Embershield
• Rattlecage
How to obtain the Crafting Motif and Style Material:
Motif: Cabinets, Backpacks, Chests, and most other types of lootable furniture have a very rare chance of containing this motif. This motif will not drop in your own Alliance's zones or your Cadwell's Silver zones.
Style Material - Daedra Heart: Found in almost all types of lootable storages throughout Tamriel, but is more rare than the style materials from Motifs 1-13. It can be found in all zones except your own Alliance's zones and your Cadwell's Silver zones.
Motif 15. Dwemer Craftable
Male
Female
Sets in this style:
Light:
None
Medium:
• Strength of the Automaton
Heavy:
None
How to obtain the Crafting Motif and Style Material:
Motif: Dwemer-styled containers have a rare chance of containing chapters of this motif. Dwemer Ruins are usually a good place to find them.
Style Material - Dwemer Frame: You can loot Dwemer Scraps (raw material) as a rare drop from Dwemer-based enemies and Dwemer-styled containers. Deconstructing "The Maelstrom's" weapons also has a chance at giving you whole Dwemer Frame.
Motif 16. Glass Craftable
Male
Female
Sets in this style:
Light:
None
Medium:
None
Heavy:
None
How to obtain the Crafting Motif and Style Material:
Motif: Blacksmithing, Clothing, and Woodworking crafting writs have a chance at awarding you Glass Style Motif Fragments. Combining ten of these fragments with a Merethic Restorative Resin yields you one chapter.
Style Material - Malachite: You can find Malachite Shards (raw material) inside any locked chest. They are not too rare, but you must collect ten of them to refine into a single Malachite. You will not find these shards inside of lockboxes.
Motif 17. Xivkyn Craftable
Male
Female
Sets in this style:
Light:
• Spell Power Cure
• Scathing Mage
• Overwhelming Surge
• Combat Physician
Medium:
• Toxic Defiance
• Shock Master
• Sheer Venom
• Essence Thief
Heavy:
• Brands of Imperium
• Tormentor
• Leeching Plate
• Jolting Arms
How to obtain the Crafting Motif and Style Material:
Motif: Chapters can be found as part of the loot within Trophy Vault chests. These vaults require 60 specific trophies to enter, earned by defeating enemies scattered around the districts of the Imperial City and the Imperial City Sewers. The entire book has an impossibly small chance to drop from Imperial City District Bosses as loot.
Style Material - Charcoal of Remorse: Purchaseable from a vendor for 50 Tel Var stones each. This vendor can be found within your Alliance's base in the Imperial Sewers.
Raw Charcoal (raw material) is unobtainable.
Motif 18. Akaviri Craftable
Male
Female
Sets in this style:
Light:
• Buffer of the Swift
• Robes of Transmutation (only Akaviri when purchased from Cyrodiil weekly vendor for either 200K AP or 100K gold a piece)
• Vicious Death (only Akaviri when purchased from Cyrodiil weekly vendor for either 200K AP or 100K gold a piece)
Medium:
• Shield of the Valiant
• Marksman's Crest (only Akaviri when purchased from Cyrodiil weekly vendor for either 200K AP or 100K gold a piece)
• Leki's Focus (only Akaviri when purchased from Cyrodiil weekly vendor for either 200K AP or 100K gold a piece)
Heavy:
• Bastion of the Heartland
• Fasalla's Guile (only Akaviri when purchased from Cyrodiil weekly vendor for either 200K AP or 100K gold a piece)
• Warrior's Fury (only Akaviri when purchased from Cyrodiil weekly vendor for either 200K AP or 100K gold a piece)
How to obtain the Crafting Motif and Style Material:
Motif: Chapters can be purchased from a friendly Siege Merchants for large amounts of AP. Different chapters can cost 100K AP, 250K AP, and 500K AP. Altogether, buying the "full" Akaviri motif costs 4.3M AP. (yes.... 4,300,000 AP)
Style Material - Goldscale: For 5K AP, you can purchase Ancient Scales (raw material) from friendly Siege Merchants in Cyrodiil. Ten of these can be refined into a Goldscale. Goldscales essentially cost 50K AP a piece.
Motif 19. Mercenary Craftable
Male
Female
Sets in this style:
Light:
• Treasure Hunter
Medium:
• Spelunker
Heavy:
• Knight-Errant's Mail
How to obtain the Crafting Motif and Style Material:
Motif: Chapters can be found as loot from Undaunted Chests. Keys to open these chests are earned from Undaunted Pledges. Bronze keys have a 40% motif chapter drop rate. Silver keys have a 50% motif chapter drop rate. Gold keys have a 60% motif chapter drop rate.
Style Material - Laurel: These materials drop as loot at the end of group dungeons. Knowing one chapter of the Mercenary motif grants your character a 50% chance at looting a Laurel at the end of Veteran Group Dungeons (increases ~4% per page). This drop trate is 1/4 as high for Normal dungeons. If your character doesn't know any chapters in the Mercenary style, you will have a 0% drop rate! Learn at least one chapter/page.
Laurel Leaf (raw material) is unobtainable.
Motif 20. Yokudan Craftable (available in One Tamriel)
Male
Female
Sets in this style:
Light:
• Martial Knowledge
• Infallible Aether
Medium:
• Way of Air
Heavy:
• Way of Fire
How to obtain the Crafting Motif and Style Material:
Motif: Chapters for this style are seldom rewarded for completing Craglorn repeatable quests.
Style Material - Ferrous Salts: This style material can be obtained either through completing Craglorn repeatable quests in Craglorn, or through deconstructing Yokudan style gear. Ferrous Sand (raw material) is unobtainable.
Motif 21. Ancient Orc Craftable
Male
Female
Sets in this style:
Light:
None
Medium:
None
Heavy:
None
How to obtain the Crafting Motif and Style Material:
Motif: Chapters have a small chance to drop from Wrothgar Delve Bosses.
Style Material - Cassiterite: You can create this style material by refining ten Cassiterite Sand (raw material). Cassiterite sand has a small chance to drop from harvest nodes throughout Wrothgar. Cassiterite is best found from deconstructing lots of stolen gear in the Ancient Orc style.
Motif 22. Trinimac Craftable
Male
Female
Sets in this style:
Light:
• Trinimac's Valor
Medium:
• Para Bellum
Heavy:
• Glorious Defender
How to obtain the Crafting Motif and Style Material:
Motif: You have a chance to earn chapters from Wrothgar Delve Dailies.
Style Material - Auric Tusk: This style material has a chance to drop from Wrothgar Delve bosses.
Motif 23. Malacath Craftable
Male
Female
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Sets in this style:
Light:
• Elemental Succession
Medium:
• Hunt Leader
Heavy:
• Mark of the Pariah
How to obtain the Crafting Motif and Style Material:
Motif: You have a chance to earn chapters by completing Wrothgar World Boss Dailies.
Style Material - Potash: This style material has a chance to drop from Wrothgar World bosses.
Motif 24. Outlaw Craftable
Male
Female
Sets in this style:
Light:
None
Medium:
None
Heavy:
None
How to obtain the Crafting Motif and Style Material:
Motif: Chapters can be earned through defeating Hew's Bane World bosses.
Style Material - Rogue's Soot: This style material can be found by harvesting nodes throughout Hew's Bane.