ESO Announcements

Savor a slice and claim exclusive rewards while celebrating ESO's birthday during the Anniversary Jubilee in-game event!

ESO Turns Eleven!

Celebrate another year of adventures in Tamriel during the 2025 Anniversary Jubilee in-game event from April 3 at 10AM EDT and until April 22 at 10AM EDT. Throughout the jubilee period, you can earn various bonus rewards while enjoying a passive 100% XP buff. Veteran players might recall that this buff was once obtained by eating slices of anniversary cake, and while the cake is no longer necessary to obtain the bonus XP, that doesn't mean you shouldn't secure a slice of this sweet treat!

To earn this year's anniversary treat, complete the quest “For Cake's Sake,” which you can acquire by either speaking with the young Khajiit chef, Apprentice Mogh, near the docks of Vulkhel Guard, Davon's Watch, and Daggerfall, or by picking it up for free in the Quest Starters section of the in-game Crown Store.

Help Mogh and share a slice!

After securing the 2025 Jubilee Cake memento, you can use the item once per day to earn three Event Tickets each day of the event. Eat a slice of cake every day, and you'll collect up to a whopping 60 Event Tickets by the festival's conclusion!

Collect Celebratory Prizes

XP gains, event tickets, and cake aren't the only things to look forward to, since during the event, you can also earn exclusive Anniversary Jubilee Gift Boxes, offering multitudes of exciting rewards you won't want to miss out on. Even better, the first Gift Box you collect each day will be a Glorious Anniversary Jubilee Gift Box containing even more incredible rewards!

You can obtain Gift Boxes from any of the following sources (bear in mind that only the first Gift Box earned each day will be a Glorious box, no matter where you get it):

• Any daily quest in the game, as in previous years, including:
• Daily crafting writs
• Daily Delve, World Boss, and Incursion event quests
• Daily Alliance War and Battlegrounds quests
• Daily Dungeon and Trial quests
• Daily Heist and Sacrament quests
• Killing and looting any final Dungeon boss
• Killing and looting any final Trial boss
• Killing and looting any World boss
• Killing and looting any final Arena boss
• Killing and looting Tho'at Replicanum in Infinite Archive
• Completing any Incursion event, such as a Dark Anchor, Abyssal Geyser, Bastion Nymic, or similar
• Rewards for the Worthy reward mails (the box will appear inside the parcel received)
• Note that you must open the Rewards for the Worthy mail reward container before the end of the event if you wish to obtain an Anniversary Jubilee Gift Box inside it.
• A chance from Tales of Tribute reward mails, with a higher chance to receive one based on the challenge of the opponent or the number of opponents face during a daily (the box will appear inside the parcel received)
• Note that you must open the Tales of Tribute mail reward container before the end of the event if you wish to obtain an Anniversary Jubilee Gift Box inside it.

Interested in the goodies you can find within these boxes? Check them out below.

Glorious Anniversary Jubilee Gift Box rewards

• Crafting materials
• A motif chapter, furnishing recipe, or style item
• NEW: A tradeable outfit style page for the Worm Cult Hunter armor style
• A fragment for the Jubilee Steed mount (please note that you need 25 total fragments to make the steed)
• 1 to 10 Transmute Crystals
• Desecrated Grave Soil, the Worm Cult motif style item

Regular Anniversary Jubilee Gift Boxes rewards

• Crafting materials
• A small chance for a motif chapter, furnishing recipe, or style item
• A chance for 1 to 10 Transmute Crystals
• A chance for Desecrated Grave Soil, the Worm Cult motif style item
• Another small chance for a tradeable style page from any of the Bonemold, Earthbone Ayleid, or Worm Cult outfit styles

Hunt down Mannimarco's Minions

In conjunction with these Gift Boxes, you can also receive some special cosmetic rewards you might recognize from last year's Anniversary Jubilee, but this time you have an even higher chance of acquiring them:

• Fishing nodes have a small chance of dropping outfit style pages for the Trueflame Sword Replica.
• Your changes of obtaining this drop are higher if you have the Dominion, Covenant, or Pact Fisherman achievement, and even higher still if you have all base-game Master Angler achievements.
• Dolmen reward chests have a small chance to contain a style page for the Staff of Worms Replica
• Your chances of obtaining this drop are higher if you have the Dominion, Covenant, or Pact Anchor Shatterer achievement and even higher still if you have the Anchors Away achievement.
• World Bosses in Vvardenfell have a small chance to drop a style page for either the Sunna'rah Replica or the Barbas Helmet Replica.
• Your chances of obtaining this drop are higher if you have the Defender of Morrowind achievement and are even higher still if you have the Savior of Morrowind achievement.
• Abyssal Geyser trove clams in Summerset have a small chance to drop a style page for the Ul'vor Staff.
• Your chances of obtaining this drop are higher if you have the Abyssal Devastator achievement and even higher still if you have the Savior of Summerset achievement.

Event Tickets & The Impresario

Earned too many Event Tickets and nearing the cap? Head over to your local Impresario bazaar! In preparation for ESO's big day, the Impresario has refreshed her store's stock with a host of rewards. Don't forget you can only ever hold up to 12 tickets at a time, so be sure to spend them before you go over the cap or you'll lose them.

Here's what the Impresario will stock during the jubilee:

• All three Stonewisp of Truth and Law pet fragments
• Axiomatic Runestones
• Glyph of Law
• Powdered Wisp Remains
• The first two fragments for the Robes of Truth and Law costume
• Golden Fabric
• Sapphire Fabric
• Bound style pages for the Worm Cult Hunter armor style
• Anniversary Cake furnishings
• Note that these require you to own the respective year's cake memento to buy
• Anniversary Cake Slice furnishings
• Unlike the full cakes, you do not need to own the respective year's cake memento to buy these
• Collect seven Anniversary Cake Slice furnishings from 2016 – 2024 to claim the Cake Devourer Achievement!
• Jubilee Steed mount fragments
• Bags of Jubilee Yesteryear, containing the following and providing only items you do not currently own:
• Bound Worm Cult motif chapters
• Jephrine Paladin armor style pages
• Imperial Champion armor style pages
• Prophet armor style pages
• Lyris armor style pages
• Sai Sahan armor style pages
• Abnur Tharn armor style pages
• Bound Earthbone Ayleid armor style pages
• Bound Bonemold armor style pages
• Aurora Firepot Spider parts (excluding the instructions, which are available from the Impresario's assistant, Philius Dormier)
• Desecrated Grave Soil, the Worm Cult motif style item (note that this is a chance in addition to whatever else the bag contains)
• Group Repair Kits
• Companion Guild Commendations

During the 2025 Anniversary Jubilee, you can pick up the first two fragments needed for the Robes of Truth and Law costume. Be sure to watch for updates on when you can acquire the remaining fragments soon.

Uphold Justice with the Law and Truth costume

After you've finished checking out the Impresario's shop, be sure to stop by her assistant, Philius Dormier's store and take advantage of his unique offers:

• All three Unstable Morpholith pet fragments
• All three Deadlands Scorcher skin fragments
• All three Soulfire Dragon Illusion pet fragments
• All three Scales of Akatosh skin fragments

Lastly, Nenuluare the Indrik Vendor will have the following items available to purchase with Event Tickets throughout the event:

• Nascent Indrik Feathers
• Luminous Indrik Berries
• Icebreath Indrik Berries
• Shimmering Indrik Pet
• Rimedusk Indrik Pet

Raise a Glass to Another Year of ESO!

Indulge in a delectable slice while enjoying a massive boost to XP gains and exclusive event rewards with the Anniversary Jubilee in-game event! How do you plan on celebrating ESO's 11^th birthday? Let us and the #ESOFam know via X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, Bluesky and Facebook.

The Anniversary Jubilee in-game event starts at 10 AM EDT on April 3 and runs until 10 AM EDT on April 22.

Celebrate another year in Tamriel with style and aplomb this April 2025 and treat yourself with the in-game Crown Store!

It's not every month that ESO turns 11. In fact, it's just this one—why not celebrate the occasion? You'll find all manner of items and collectibles available this month, from the comfortable to the formidable.

Remember, you can always check out what's currently available by visiting the Crown Store page. Something catch your eye? Be sure to visit the Buy Crowns page to acquire however many crowns you need! Certain items and offers are available for a limited time only, so be sure to read their details below and don't miss out.

All ESO Plus™ members have access to a monthly selection of exclusive deals and items. You can find more information about them in this article. Any discounted or free items have a special callout.

New Items

These are new items coming to the Crown Store for the first time. The dates listed below are the times you can expect to find them in the Crown Store.

Crafting and Outfit Styles

Worm Cult Hunter Arms Pack

The vile cultists of the Black Worm seek to do their work in the shadows, but you're here to put an end to their plans! Alter your weapon's appearance to match the Worm Cult Hunter Weapons by using this complete set of Outfit styles.

The new Worm Cult Hunter Arms Pack will be available in the Crown Store on all platforms for a limited time, from 10AM EDT on April 10, 2025, to 10AM EDT on April 17, 2025. Matching armor pages will have a small chance to drop from Anniversary Jubilee Boxes. Bound versions of the armor pages can be purchased from the Impresario for 5 Event Tickets each during the event.

Deepsea Corsair Arms Pack

Sea Elf pirates possess a certain swagger that promises danger to anyone who crosses their paths. Alter your weapon's appearance to match the Deepsea Corsair by using this complete set of Outfit styles.

The new Deepsea Corsair Arms Pack will be available in the Crown Store on all platforms for a limited time, from 1PM EDT on April 14, 2025, to 10AM EDT on April 28, 2025.

Crown Gem and Seal of Endeavor Items

Deepsea Corsair Summoned Steed

Some Sea Elves are so connected to the ebb and swell of the ocean that the water itself responds to their call. This magical steed was created by a renowned sea witch celebrating their sixth century on the waves.

The Deepsea Corsair Summoned Steed will be available for Crown Gems and Seals of Endeavor on all platforms for a limited time, from 10AM EDT on April 17, 2025, to 10AM EDT on May 1, 2025.

Houses

Castle Skingrad

Count Calantius cordially invites a caretaker to maintain and decorate Castle Skingrad as he rides out to support his loyal citizens. This majestic castle stands just outside Skingrad, granting easy access to the city's amenities and nearby vineyards.

The new Castle Skingrad home will be available in the Crown Store on all platforms for a limited time, from 1PM EDT on April 14, 2025 to 10AM EDT on April 28, 2025.

Furnishings

Music Box, Merry Mudcrab Melody

When activated, plays the jaunty music box composition "Merry Mudcrab Melody."

The new Music Box, Merry Mudcrab Melody furnishing will be available in the Crown Store on all platforms for a limited time, from 10AM EDT on April 24, 2025, to 10AM EDT on May 8, 2025.

Furnishing Pack: Combat Training

Prepare yourself for combat! With the dueling mat and power ups in this pack, you can set up a sweet space to practice your battleground mastery.

The new Furnishing Pack, Combat Training will be available in the Crown Store on all platforms for a limited time, from 1PM EDT on April 14, 2025, to 10AM EDT on April 28, 2025.

Assistants

Voko, Carnaval Weapondancer

You and your group can prep for sanguine slaughter by summoning Voko to change and save armory builds outside of your home. A lack of wine and dancing disinterests him from offering his services in Cyrodiil or the Battlegrounds.

The new Voko, Carnaval Weapondancer assistant will be available in the Crown Store on all platforms for a limited time, from 1PM EDT on April 14, 2025, to 10AM EDT on April 21, 2025.

Customized Actions

Lunar Oregathering

"May Azurah bless you. And moon's light shine forth as you work this ore."—Adept Lakjo

The new Lunar Oregathering customized action will be available in the Crown Store on all platforms for a limited time, from 1PM EDT on April 14, 2025, to 10AM EDT on April 21, 2025.

Skill Styles

Magelight, Passion Blossom

Applies to Magelight, Inner Light, and Radiant Magelight. Select in Skills Menu.

The new Magelight, Passion Blossom skill style will be available in the Crown Store on all platforms for a limited time, from 1PM EDT on April 14, 2025 to 10AM EDT on April 21, 2025.

Returning Items

These items are returning to the Crown Store after a previous showing. The dates listed below are the times you can expect to find them in the Crown Store.

Costumes

Breton Hero Armor

This costume pays tribute to a legendary Breton hero of the Daggerfall Covenant. Now you can honor this nameless rogue by adopting his intimidating outfit.

The Breton Hero Armor costume returns to the Crown Store on all platforms for a limited time, from 10AM EDT on April 7, 2025, to 1PM EDT on April 14, 2025. This is an ESO Plus discount item.

Elven Hero Armor

This costume pays tribute to a legendary High Elven hero of the Aldmeri Dominion. Now you can honor this nameless Altmer by adopting her epic appearance.

The Elven Hero Armor costume returns to the Crown Store on all platforms for a limited time, from 10AM EDT on April 7, 2025, to 1PM EDT on April 14, 2025. This is an ESO Plus discount item.

Nord Hero Armor

This costume pays tribute to a legendary Nord hero of the Ebonheart Pact. Now you can honor this nameless warrior by adopting his savage appearance.

The Nord Hero Armor costume returns to the Crown Store on all platforms for a limited time, from 10AM EDT on April 7, 2025, to 1PM EDT on April 14, 2025. This is an ESO Plus discount item.

• Pellitine Tea-Fete Gown—April 3, 2025, to April 10, 2025. This is an ESO Plus discount item.
• Shrike's Nocturnal Frock—April 21, 2025, to April 28, 2025. This is an ESO Plus discount item.
• Pact Mother Elite Ensemble—April 24, 2025, to May 1, 2025.
• New Moon Dragon Cult Garb—April 28, 2025, to May 5, 2025. This is an ESO Plus discount item.

Adornments

• Jester's Festival Hat Pack—March 31, 2025, to April 7, 2025. This is an ESO Plus discount item.

Crafting and Outfit Styles

Guild's Eye Arms Pack

Show your affiliation with the Mages Guild—alter your weapon's appearance to match the Guild's Eye Weapons by using this complete set of Outfit styles.

The Guild's Eye Arms Pack returns to the Crown Store on all platforms for a limited time, from 10AM EDT on April 3, 2025, to 10AM EDT on April 10, 2025.

Crown Crafting Motif: Moongrave Fane

Clan Mother Nisaazda decrees,"Soon Nisaazda will show you the heights we can reach. All we must do is follow her chosen Devourer and claim the greatest prey this world has to offer: Dragons. To prepare for this hunt we will learn from the Dragonguard and outfit ourselves accordingly." Use to learn the Moongrave Fane crafting style.

Crown Crafting Motif: Moongrave Fane returns to the Crown Store on all platforms, from 10AM EDT on April 3, 2025. Moongrave Fane chapters, and very rarely the complete book, have a chance to drop from Grundwulf in Moongrave Fane on at least Veteran difficulty.

Truth and Logic

The mark of Julianos shines brightly on those who bear these arms. Alter your weapon's appearance to match the Truth and Logic Weapons by using this complete set of Outfit styles.

The Truth and Logic outfit style returns to the Crown Store on all platforms for a limited time, from 10AM EDT on April 24, 2025, to 10AM EDT on May 1, 2025. This is an ESO Plus discount item.

• Crown Crafting Motif: Wayward Guardian—April 21, 2025, to TBD. Wayward Guardian chapters, and very rarely the complete book, have a chance to drop from Wayward Guardian Caches awarded from Ardanir in Markarth.
• Gloambound—April 21, 2025, to April 28, 2025. This is an ESO Plus discount item.

Crown Crates

• Ragebound Crates—April 17, 2025, to May 1, 2025.
• Ragebound Crate Bundle—April 17, 2025, to May 1, 2025.

Houses

Zhan Khaj Crest

Breezes carry verdant scents from the nearby jungle to caress the sand gardens in this former Desert Wind adeptorium. Though no longer a site of Khajiit practicing a dual-sword technique, this riverside location serves well as a meditative getaway.

The Zhan Khaj Crest home returns to the Crown Store on all platforms for a limited time, from 10AM EDT on April 3, 2025, to 10AM EDT on April 17, 2025.

Fogbreak Lighthouse

The cozy life of a lighthouse keeper awaits any who claim Fogbreak as a home. This welcoming lighthouse includes a large undercroft, stunning views of the sea, a beacon to help ships navigate dangerous waters, and plenty of outdoor space to savor.

The Fogbreak Lighthouse home returns to the Crown Store on all platforms for a limited time, from 10AM EDT on April 24, 2025, to 10AM EDT on May 8, 2025.

Furnishings

• Furnishing Pack: Jester's Festival Stagecraft—April 3, 2025, to April 17, 2025. This is an ESO Plus discount item.
• Statue, Kynareth's Blessings—April 24, 2025, to May 1, 2025. This is an ESO Plus discount item.
• Furnishing Pack: Equipment Stations—April 28, 2025, to May 5, 2025.

Houseguests

• M'aiq the Liar—April 3, 2025, to April 10, 2025. This is an ESO Plus discount item.
• Captain Isara Davaux—April 24, 2025, to May 1, 2025. This is an ESO Plus discount item.

Skins

• Shivering Isles Anointment—April 7, 2025to April 14, 2025, at 1 PM EDT. This is an ESO Plus discount item.
• Mind Shriven—April 10, 2025, to April 17, 2025. This is an ESO Plus discount item.

Personalities

• Treasure Hunter—April 21, 2025, to April 28, 2025. This is an ESO Plus discount item.

Customized Actions

• Dwarven Sphere Chop—April 28, 2025, to May 5, 2025. This is an ESO Plus discount item.

Mounts

Masqued "Unicorn" Steed

Is that the famed and incredibly-rare creature of legend, the true Unicorn from Hircine's Oblivion realm of the Hunting Grounds? …Well, no, it's a horse with a horn attached to its forehead. But the effect—it's just so magical!

The Masqued "Unicorn" Steed mount returns to the Crown Store on all platforms for a limited time, from 10AM EDT on March 31, 2025, to 10AM EDT on April 7, 2025. This is an ESO Plus discount item.

• Nightmare Stick Horse—March 31, 2025, to April 7, 2025. This is an ESO Plus discount item.
• Shadowghost Wolf—April 7, 2025to April 14, 2025, at 1PM EDT. This is an ESO Plus discount item.
• Mind-Shriven Horse—April 10, 2025, to April 17, 2025. This is an ESO Plus discount item.
• Vale Sabre Cat Growler—April 21, 2025, to April 28, 2025. This is an ESO Plus discount item.
• Cyan Dwarven Senche—April 24, 2025, to May 1, 2025.
• Shadowghost Senche—April 28, 2025, to May 5, 2025. This is an ESO Plus discount item.

Pets

• Madcap Jester Monkey—March 31, 2025, to April 7, 2025. This is an ESO Plus discount item.
• Small Bone Dragon Construct—April 21, 2025, to April 28, 2025. This is an ESO Plus discount item.

Events

• Event Tickets—April 3, 2025, to April 22, 2025.

Items Departing the Crown Store

In addition, the following items will be retired from the Crown Store on all platforms at 1PM EDT on April 14, so get them while you can!

Motifs

• Crown Crafting Motifs: Assassins League
• Crown Crafting Motifs: Thieves Guild
• Crown Crafting Motifs: Covenant Style
• Crown Crafting Motifs: Pact Style
• Crown Crafting Motifs: Dominion Style
• rown Crafting Motifs: Xivkyn
• Crown Crafting Motifs: Imperial
• Crown Crafting Motifs: Dwemer
• Crown Crafting Motifs Pack: Rare Styles
• Crown Crafting Motifs Pack: Pact Races
• Crown Crafting Motifs Pack: Dominion Races
• Crown Crafting Motifs Pack: Covenant Races
• Crown Crafting Motif: Refabricated
• Crown Crafting Motif: Arkthzand Arkmory
• Crown Crafting Motif: Ivory Brigade

Though these items are leaving the store for now, a stylish selection of crafting options are still available and include new offerings this month!

True style is timeless, but these deals are not, so why not use one to achieve the other? Don't forget, if you're ready to acquire any of the items mentioned in this showcase, you'll first want to pick up some Crowns via the Buy Crowns page. What has all this motion brought to your attention? Let us know via Bluesky, X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, and Facebook.

The ESO Direct livestream, an anniversary event, and more highlight an exciting month for The Elder Scrolls Online. Here's everything you need to know.

Don't forget, some of the dates and details below may change after publication. Keep an eye out for updates and additional surprises on the official website and social channels in the coming weeks!

Jester's Festival In-Game Event (Mar. 27-Apr. 3)

Tamriel's silly season continues into April, meaning there's still time for you to get your hands on the Alliance Mimicry outfit styles and Jester's Deadly Headband adornment.

April 2025 Daily Login Rewards (Apr. 1-30)

Log in to ESO this April and you can claim a bevy of in-game reward items, including the Murkmire Harvest customized action on day 10!

Log in to claim this customized action

Anniversary Jubilee In-Game Event (Apr. 3-22)

ESO's annual in-game celebration returns with a new cake, bonus rewards, and more! Share a slice and celebrate ESO's 11^th(!) birthday with us!

Golden Pursuits—Anniversary Adventures! (Apr. 3-24)

There's even more to celebrate this April with a new Golden Pursuits campaign. Complete activities to unlock the Breton Hero Statue, the 10-Year Anniversary Breton Hero costume, and a pile of gold!

2025 ESO Direct (Apr. 10)

Tune in to Twitch.TV/Bethesda on Thursday, April 10 at 3PM ET, to discover the future of ESO and the exciting adventures to come. Stick around for the post show after for even more!

Watch the show to acquire a new pet reward code

Kinda Funny x ESO Podcast (Apr. 11)

Our special limited-series podcast series with the Kinda Funny gang kicks off with the first of four episodes. Don't miss this dive into ESO's decade-long history.

Domination Battlegrounds Weekend (Apr. 24-29)

Take to the Battlegrounds and engage in Domination matches to earn a 25% bonus to Alliance Points—easy!

Unfortunately, we can't share everything coming to ESO this April just yet, but keep an eye out for more news and announcements in the coming weeks as things heat up for the adventures of Tamriel. Are you excited for the ESO Direct? Let us know via X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, Bluesky, and Facebook.

With today's launch of Update 45 on the consoles servers, we identified a display issue with some in-game face/body markings and skin collectibles, including makeup, that are resulting in character faces not displaying correctly (specifically, lighting and textures appearing dark and pixelated.) We have a fix readied as part of the next console incremental patch, which has been moved up to April 2nd to address the issue as quickly as possible.

In the meantime, we recommend players on our console servers please unequip any face/body markings and skins that are not displaying properly. We are aware that some of the affected body/face markings cannot be removed due to being set at character creation, and we apologize for the inconvenience. When this issue is fixed, it will automatically apply to any equipped or unequipped body/face markings or skins.

Lastly, please be aware that there are a handful of body/face markings in the Carnaval Crown Crate launching tomorrow that may be affected. However, these will also be fixed with the incremental patch on April 2nd.

Thank you all for your patience and understanding while we work to fix this visual issue.

Defend an Elder Scroll and experience a host of changes and additions to the game with the Fallen Banners dungeon pack and Update 45 base-game patch.

The Fallen Banners dungeon pack and free Update 45 base-game patch are now live on PC/Mac, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5. In this release, you can save Cyrodiil from plunging further into chaos with two new dungeons and experience a host of changes and quality-of-life additions.

Fallen Banners dungeon pack

You can get access to the Fallen Banners dungeon pack at launch via ESO Plus™ membership. Note that alternative means of acquiring it will be revealed as part of the upcoming ESO Direct on April 10.

Fallen Banners

Gather your party for two challenging new PvE dungeon experiences: Lep Seclusa and Exiled Redoubt. Unlock new achievements and earn new rewards including item sets, collectibles, and more as you fight to preserve what little peace remains in the war-torn region of Cyrodiil.

Lep Seclusa

The Moth Priests of Lep Seclusa are besieged, and the cunning Orpheon the Tactician is set on seizing the power of the Elder Scroll they safeguard. You must help Sister Chana defend the sanctuary against an army of deserters, protect its people and secrets, and confront Orpheon before he can use the power of the scroll to forever change the face of Cyrodiil.

Defend the Moth Priest sanctuary

To learn more about Lep Seclusa, check out this preview blog.

Exiled Redoubt

Soldiers of the Alliance War, regardless of their faction, are vanishing, and all trails lead to the Imperial fortress known as the Exiled Redoubt. Team up with the Battlemage Lucilla, infiltrate this mysterious stronghold, and put a stop to the schemes of a once noble Imperial house before its chaos can spread beyond its stone walls and throughout Tamriel.

Battle your way into an Imperial stronghold

To learn more about the Exiled Redoubt, check out this preview blog.

New Dungeon Loot

Those who brave Lep Seclusa and the Exiled Redoubt also have a chance to loot and unlock a host of special rewards, such as new collectibles, item sets, and Achievements. This includes the Tactician's Gold Lattice Skin, earned by completing both dungeons on veteran difficulty—no easy task!

Unlock a new Cyrodiil-inspired skin

Getting Started

At launch, you can access the Fallen Banners dungeon pack with an ESO Plus membership. If your ESO Plus membership lapses, you will lose access to the DLC until you renew your membership or acquire it by other means.

Note that while at launch ESO Plus membership is the only way to access the dungeon pack, there will be additional ways to acquire it in the future—stay tuned for more information during the April ESO Direct.

Once you have access to Fallen Banners, you can dive right into the two new dungeons via the following methods:

• By teleporting directly into the two dungeons from your map
• By using the Dungeon Finder tool
• By visiting their specific dungeon entrances within the Hew's Bane (Lep Seclusa) and West Weald (Exiled Redoubt) zones

As a base-game patch, Update 45 will be automatically downloaded by your game clients when it launches.

Update 45 Base-Game Patch

Arriving in tandem with the dungeon pack is the Update 45 base-game patch, a free update for all ESO players that features additions, bugfixes, and improvements to the game.

Starter Zone Refresh

To help keep ESO as welcoming to new (and returning) players as possible, the game's starter zones have received a visual refresh, bringing them closer to the quality of more recent additions. Bleakrock Isle, Bal Foyen, Stros M'kai, Betnikh, and Khenarthi's Roost have each received improvements to their lighting, enhanced ground and water textures, updated structures, and the addition of more clutter or props.

Discover updated starter zones

Cyrodiil Champions PC/Mac Test

ESO's Alliance War veterans can help the team test future changes and iterations on the game's open-world PvP with a PC/Mac-only test called Cyrodiil Champions. With the goal of improving stability and performance in Cyrodiil (and perhaps other environments), look for a special Alliance War campaign called Vengeance to participate from March 24-31, 2025.

General Changes and Improvements

Along with the above, Update 45 also boosts mount starting speed, overhauls the Craft constellation to ease micromanagement, and introduces a general UI cleanup of the in-game map to help improve readability. It also moves the game's disguises out of the inventory and into your collections and improves the visibility of Mundus Stone boons—phew!

You can discover more about the update's features in this preview blog. For everything arriving as part of the base-game patch, check out the Patch Notes on our official forums. Don't forget, the Update 45 base-game patch is FREE for all ESO players and is downloaded automatically at launch.

Delve into the Endless Conflict

Gather your party and prepare to delve into two challenging new PvE experiences with the Fallen Banners dungeon pack. Are you ready to witness the true cost of the Alliance War? Are you excited to make use of the base-game patch's various improvements and additions? Let us know via Bluesky, X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, and Facebook.

The Fallen Banners dungeon pack and Update 45 is now live for ESO Plus members on PC/Mac and Xbox and PlayStation consoles. Look for more details on additional ways to acquire Fallen Banners during the upcoming April ESO Direct.

The Lord of Revelry invites you to go wild with desire for the items and collectibles found in the new Carnaval Crown Crates.

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Blood on the air, wine in your cup, and music all around you. It must be? It is! Carnaval is here! The Daedric Prince Sanguine is throwing a party and everyone is just dying to get in. This raucous party celebrates living at its most debauched. Will you dance till you drop? Perhaps drink deeply of the dangerous brew in the kettle? And most importantly, will you walk away from this celebration with your soul intact? Let's find out together at Car-na-val!

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** Update for Mar. 27, 2026 - Due to an issue with Update 45 on consoles, some body/face markings and skins found within the Carnaval Crown Crate may display incorrectly. This bug will be fixed as part of the incremental patch on April 2, 2025. You can find out more information on this issue in this forum post. Thank you for your patience. **

The new Carnaval Crown Crates arrive in the Crown Store this Thursday, March 27, 2025 at 10AM EDT. When opening these crates, you have a chance to find items spectacular and scandalous in the form of new and returning items and collectibles.

These goods include unique mounts, pets, furnishings, and much more. You can see just some of the items available within Carnaval Crown Crates below.

Carnaval Celebrant costume and Featherdance Carnaval Recall customized action

Carnaval Fan Dance emote and Dancer personality

It'll be cause for true celebration if you find the rarest and most precious of the goods in these crates—radiant apex mounts fit for a Daedric Prince.

Kynareth's Quasigriff and Carnaval Feathered Guar mounts

Sanguine Gargoyle mount

Carnaval Crown Crates will be available in one-, four-, 15-, and 25- crate bundles in addition to a unique 25-crate offering, the Voskrona Guardian Crate Bundle, that is available as a one-time purchase only. In addition to the crates, this special bundle includes the Voskrona Guardian polymorph.

Protect your wealth of Crown Crates as a Voskrona Guardian

When you first purchase this one-off bundle, you will unlock the polymorph automatically and have it added to your collectibles. It is not part of the Carnaval crates themselves.

Of course, the above are just some of the items celebrating Sanguine's decadent Carnaval. If you wish to see the full list of items you have a chance to receive when opening a Carnaval Crown Crate, check out this thread on our official forums.

Be warned, when the new crates go live, the currently available Mirrormoor Crown Crates will be removed from the Crown Store, so don't forget to pick them up while they're still available!

Carnaval Crown Crates arrive this Thursday, March 27, at 10AM EDT, and you can acquire them from the Crown Crate section of the in-game Crown Store. Are you ready for riotous revelry? Let us know via Bluesky, X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, and Facebook.

Join the new Vengeance Alliance War campaign and help us test changes and collect data that could inform future improvements to the game.

Put Cyrodiil to the Test

Part of the ongoing effort to improve performance and stability in ESO's open-world PvP experience, Cyrodill Champions has now found its way to the PC/Mac live servers with the Vengeance campaign.

This test Alliance War campaign is now live until the morning of March 31 (during scheduled maintenance). Note that during this time, this will be the ONLY Alliance War campaign available for PC/Mac players.

If you'd like to help us test changes to Cyrodiil and its open-world combat, you can do so by following the process below:

1. Navigate to the Alliance War menu
1. Either by pressing L on your keyboard or navigating direct via the UI
2. Select the Campaigns tab
3. Select Cyrodiil and then the Vengeance campaign

Vengeance Campaign

The Vengeance campaign is open to all players level 10-50 and introduces a special ruleset to the Alliance War, templatizing player builds to help improve stability.

• All players have normalized stats regardless of level
• Each Class has a modified set of abilities and items
• While in Vengeance, you cannot access your bank, vendors, or crafting nodes
• Only Experience Points, Alliance Points, gold, and Champion Points are retained upon leaving the campaign, and no items can be taken out
• The Champion System is disabled in this campaign
• All quests are disabled in this campaign

Upon entering the campaign, your character is changed to match a specific template for their class. As mentioned above, this includes pre-determined abilities, attributes, consumables, and item sets. It also includes a backpack of supplies that cannot be removed from the campaign.

Note that the templatizing of characters is an experiment and does not necessarily mean that these changes will be made to the Alliance War in the future. By introducing templatized characters for this specific test, we can isolate the variables that impact performance, helping us plan future improvements.

For more, check out this Vengeance Campaign Q&A on the official forums.

Not only does this campaign help test Cyrodiil's performance while under specific conditions, but it also allows you to battle your fellow players on a completely even playing field. No matter your experience level or items, everybody who enters the Vengeance campaign is at the same power level—leaving only your skill to determine the victor!

Help Us Help Cyrodiil

As you fight to control Cyrodiil, a bonus Golden Pursuits campaign is running at the same time, allowing you (on any platform) to earn even more Gold and Alliance Points. Take up arms on behalf of your chosen Alliance and help us chart the future of ESO's open-world PvP game mode—we need you!

Don't forget, this test is for PC/Mac users only (although anybody can complete the Golden Pursuits activities and earn the bonus rewards) and is now live until March 31. Are you ready to return to Cyrodiil? Let us know via X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, Bluesky, and Facebook.

Clash against rival factions for dominion over Cyrodiil during March's Golden Pursuits campaign!

** UPDATE FOR Mar. 24, 2025 - Please note that the mention of Tel Var stones as a milestone reward was incorrect. The correct reward for second milestone is 30,000 gold. We apologize for any confusion caused by this error. **

Battle for Supremacy

The Cyrodiil Conquest Golden Pursuits campaign is now live and will run until March 31 at 10AM ET. Battle it out with your fellow players in the Alliance War to complete various PvP in-game activities and you can earn up to 300,000 bonus Alliance Points!

Note that while this new Golden Pursuits campaign coincides with the PC/Mac Cyrodiil Champions test, console players can still complete these challenges and earn the bonus rewards for themselves, too.

Take a look at each milestone reward available to obtain below and discover how many in-game activities you must successfully finish to unlock them:

• Complete one activity—60,000 Alliance Points
• Complete four activities—30,000 Gold
• Complete eight activities—240,000 Alliance Points

There are 12 different PvP-related activities available for you to complete such as defeating foes, capturing territory in Cyrodiil and more, so feel free to tackle whichever task you prefer! Even better, while you clash in the PC/Mac Cyrodiil Champions test campaign, you'll be helping us compile important valuable to help us improve the overall ESO experience.

Reap the Spoils of War

Earn extra rewards earned as you compete for dominance during the Cyrodiil Conquest Golden Pursuits campaign! If you'd like to learn more, check out the in-game Group & Activity Finder. From there you can easily track progress, claim rewards, and explore all available campaign activities. For more info on Golden Pursuits, check out this guide.

Will you fight for supremacy over Cyrodiil during this month's Golden Pursuits campaign? Let us know via X (formerly Twitter), Bluesky, Instagram, and Facebook—have fun!

Spread cheer and chaos in equal measure to receive raucous rewards during this year's Jester's Festival in-game event!

A Festive Frolic for All

The Jester's Festival in-game event makes its grand return on March 27 at 10AM EDT and will continue until April 3 at 10AM EDT, 2025. Once the fun begins, you can enjoy increases to XP gains and revel in raucous rewards after completing event-specific quests.

To receive admission to the festivities, head over to the event pavilions located within Ebonheart, Vulkhel Guard, or Daggerfall, and speak with one of the three jesters posing as an alliance leader. If the buffoonery of the bash is making your head spin while trying to locate these event sites, open the in-game Crown Store and pick up the Jester's Festival Invitation Quest.

Everybody's getting in on the party

Upon completing the introductory quest, you'll earn the delectable Pie of Misrule memento reward, which can be located within the Mementos section of your Collections. However, unlike some previous years, you will no longer need to obtain or use the Pie of Misrule to take advantage of the 100% XP buff. This bonus will now be shared passively to all adventurers participating in Tamriel's most hilarious holiday. Still, the Pie doesn't seem to get stale despite the time passing, so feel free to dig in!

Complete Quixotic Quests, Grab Goofy Goodies

Throughout the Jester's Festival, you can pick up various event-specific daily quests. For each one completed, you'll receive a Jester's Festival Box. Furthermore, the first Jester's Festival daily quest you complete each day will reward you with one Stupendous Jester's Festival Box.

Each of these boxes can include the following items:

• Festive Dazzlers
• Cherry Blossom Confetti
• Revelry Pies
• Festive furnishings
• Jester's Festival provisioning recipes
• Treasures that can be sold to vendors for Gold
• Previous years' style pages
• One of the following:
• A random unbound page for either the Broom or Bucket styles.
• Regal Regalia, Second Seed, or Jester's Seeker Suit style pages
• A fragment for previous Jester's collectibles:
• Cadwell's Surprise Box memento
• Sovereign Sow pet
• Playful Prankster's Surprise Box memento
• Jester's Daedroth Suit costume

In addition to the aforementioned rewards, the Stupendous Jester's Festival Box has a chance to contain the following goodies:

• NEW: A random unbound page of the Alliance Mimicry outfit style
• Note that this style consists of head and chest pages for each alliance
• NEW: An unbound Jester's Deadly Headband adornment Runebox
• Jester's Scintillator Runebox
• Cherry Blossom Branch Runebox
• Cadwell's Kitchen weapon style page
• High-value treasures
• Festive Noise Maker Parts
• Joke Popper Parts

Alliance Mimicry Styles and Jester's Deadly Headband adornment

Event Tickets and Merchants

During the festivities, you can collect three Event Tickets for the first Jester's Festival quest completed each day. Participating in the festivities every day of the event can earn you up to 24 tickets total.

Note that the total number of Event Tickets you can carry at one time is capped at 12. If you are close to the limit, then be sure to spend a few to avoid wasting any Tickets. That'd be a little too silly even for Jester's Festival!

Never one to miss a party, the Impresario has special wares on sale during the event:

• All three Stonewisp of Truth and Law pet fragments
• Axiomatic Runestones
• Glyph of Law
• Powdered Wisp Remains
• All three fragments for the Logical Rune Extraction customized action
• Exalted Icon of Logic
• Flawless Prism
• NEW Jhunal's Magnificent Extrication
• Bound style pages for the Alliance Mimicry outfit
• The Jester's Deadly Headband adornment

This is the first showing of the full set of fragments you need for the Logical Rune Extraction customized action. Be sure to grab it now that you'll have the opportunity!

Logical Rune Extraction customized action

In addition to the above items, Nenulaure, the Indrik vendor, will offer the following items for Event Tickets:

• Nascent Indrik Feathers
• Dawnwood Indrik Berries
• Spectral Indrik Berries
• Springtide Indrik Pet
• Haunting Indrik Pet

Lastly, the Impresario's Assistant will sell the following items, also purchasable with Event Tickets:

• Unstable Morpholith pet fragments
• Doomchar Plateau house fragments
• Soulfire Dragon Illusion pet fragments
• Sacred Hourglass of Alkosh fragments

Step Right Up!

Spread cheer across Tamriel and leave all grinning in your wake! There's a host of ridiculous rewards available when you do. Let us know what manner of mischief you plan to pull via Bluesky, X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, and Facebook.

The Jester's Festival in-game event begins Thursday, March 27 at 10AM EDT, and runs until Thursday, April 3 at 10AM EDT.

Turn toward Tamriel and walk through West Weald thanks to great savings—find the deal that's right for you!

The 2025 March ESO Sale is now live, bringing great savings for The Elder Scrolls Online: Gold Road Chapter at up to 70% off and The Elder Scrolls Online: Standard Edition at up to 90% off depending on platform. These seasonal deals are available across various platforms, including Xbox (Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S), PlayStation (PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5), and PC/Mac (The Elder Scrolls Online Store, Steam).

The Elder Scrolls Online Standard Edition offers the full ESO base game, which includes four of the game's classes (Sorcerer, Nightblade, Templar, and Dragonknight), 24 unique zones to explore, and access to ESO's PvP game modes such as the Battlegrounds and the Alliance War.

You can also enjoy these savings on all versions of the Gold Road Chapter (Collection, Deluxe Collection, Upgrade, and Deluxe Upgrade), allowing you to explore the wilderness of West Weald, traverse the many paths of fate, and master the art of Scribing!

Wander West Weald with the Gold Road Chapter

Platform Sale Information

Check out the dates listed below to know when the 2025 March Sale will be live on your platform of choice, including specific editions:

UPDATE FOR MAR. 14, 2025 – Please note that a prior version of this article incorrectly included a sale on The Elder Scrolls Online: Standard Edition through the ESO Store. We apologize for the confusion.

Xbox

• Standard Edition—March 11, 2025-March 24, 2025
• Gold Road—March 11, 2025-March 24, 2025

PlayStation

• Gold Road—March 12, 2025-March 26, 2025

Elder Scrolls Online Store

• Gold Road—March 13, 2025-March 20, 2025

Steam Store

• Standard Edition—March 13, 2025-March 20, 2025
• Gold Road—March 13, 2025-March 20, 2025

Check your preferred retailers to confirm sale details. Head over to our Buy Now page to get ahold of these discounts and set yourself up for savings on your next adventure!

Don't forget about the ongoing Free Play event if you want to try before you buy—you'll be able to continue your adventures with no loss of progress by picking up the base game or any Gold Road edition. Are you ready to visit Tamriel? Let us know via Bluesky, X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, and Facebook.

Tune in this April to discover what's coming to ESO in 2025 in a special livestream followed by the first episode in a new Kinda Funny x ESO podcast series!

2025 ESO Direct

Get ready for the 2025 ESO Direct live on Thursday, April 10, 2025 at 3PM ET as Studio Head Matt Firor and the team showcases The Elder Scrolls Online's bright future. Learn about the changes coming to ESO to keep the game fresh as we share the new and exciting adventures you can discover this year. We have big plans for ESO in 2025—so be sure to tune in!

Immediately following the ESO Direct, Community Managers Gina Bruno and Jessica Folsom will also host a special post show. Together, they'll recap the big news and dive deeper into some of the major base-game changes coming with Update 46 and beyond.

2025 ESO Direct

When: Thursday, April 10, 2025, at 3PM ET

Where: Twitch.tv/Bethesda or YouTube*

2025 ESO Direct Post Show

When: Thursday, April 10, 2025, immediately following the ESO Direct

Where: Twitch.tv/Bethesda

Livestream Reward Items and Collectibles

Twitch Drops will be enabled during both livestreams, so don't forget to link your accounts before the show kicks off. If you view the ESO Direct on Twitch, you will earn a 150% XP scroll after watching for 15 minutes. There will also be a separate drop available during the post show, allowing you earn a Skill Respecification Scroll after viewing for 30 minutes.

In addition to the drops, keep an eye out for a special sharable reward code during the livestream that'll allow you to unlock the 10-Year Anniversary Monkey in-game pet. This charming creature, inspired by the beta monkey from a decade ago, is gilded and gussied up for the big show—don't miss out!

Prepare for monkey business!

Kinda Funny Podcast

Finally, we are also thrilled to announce a collaboration with Kinda Funny on a new limited podcast series. Together, the Kinda Funny gang will be joined by the ESO development team to talk about the game's 10-year journey. There will be four episodes in total, with the first going live on Friday, April 11 (the day after the ESO Direct).

Tune In This April

Get ready for a host of reveals and fun with the 2025 ESO Direct, kicking off this April 10 at 3PM EDT on Twitch.tv/Bethesda. Change is coming to the game and Tamriel, and this is just the first step! Are you excited to learn more about what ESO has in store for you in 2025? Let us know via Bluesky, X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, and Facebook.

*Twitch Drop rewards will be available only for those watching on Twitch with linked accounts.

Discover and connect with communities of like-minded players ready to aid you throughout your adventures during the 2025 ESO Guild Celebration.

The time you spend with other players can be one of the most rewarding aspects of The Elder Scrolls Online, and from now until March 21, the 2025 ESO Guild Celebration will make it easier than ever before to foster those connections. See what is going on with this new celebration and how to participate below!

Guild Summit

Initially announced in February, this online Guild Summit will allow active and aspiring guild organizers to participate starting tomorrow, March 13. There, they will discuss the state of the guild system, take part in breakout sessions, and speak directly with developers about the future of guilds in ESO.

If you're participating in the summit, make sure to check your email for confirmation and an invitation which includes Discord channel information you'll need to join the virtual conference. Note that invites to the summit are now closed.

Guild Endeavors

If you enjoy taking part in guild-themed in-game activities, from now until the Guild Celebration's conclusion, you can complete special daily and weekly endeavors to score some extra rewards. Check out what is now live and coming soon below!

Guild Celebration Endeavors

If you finish both weekly endeavors and all three daily endeavors, you'll have amassed 555 Seals of Endeavor, 3,000 bonus XP, and a small parcel of gold. Who knows, maybe you'll also end up creating some lasting friendships along the way!

Guild Recruitment Fair

Want to connect with ESO communities that share your same passion and interests? You're in luck—the Guild Recruitment Fair is just around the corner and will be the perfect opportunity to meet with groups of like-minded players who are on the look-out for new members. Starting March 18 and running until March 21, we'll be hosting this virtual recruitment fair on Discord where players can browse and learn more about various in-game guilds. The recruitment channels will be open from 11:00 AM ET-3:00 PM ET on Tuesday March 18, and Wednesday, March 19, and from 2:00-6:00 PM ET on Thursday March 20, and Friday March 21. If you're unable to attend either recruitment drive, don't worry! There will still be plenty of guilds on the lookout for new members on the ESO Forums!

Find your community

Whether you're seeking a hardcore PVP community or a relaxed group of housing enthusiasts, there's no shortage of amazing guilds ready to welcome you. Additionally, if you're a guild organizer that wishes to attract new members, feel free to grab the recruitment form below and share it across your channels.

Guild Recruitment Form

Establish New Connections

The Guild Celebration is a great chance to forge new relationships with other like-minded ESO players. You can be an active member in up to five guilds at once, so don't miss your chance to find your community from now until March 21, 2025. What sort of guild are you hoping to discover? Let us know via X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, Bluesky and Facebook

Discover Tamriel at no charge for a limited time during the March 2025 Free Play Event!

A New Adventure Beckons!

The Elder Scrolls Online March 2025 Free Play Event kicks off today and continues until Thursday, March 20, 2024. During this period, you can explore the rich immersive world of Tamriel and its many memorable stories and characters for FREE on Xbox and PlayStation consoles.

Throughout the event, you receive access to the ESO base game, which includes four different classes (the Sorcerer, Nightblade, Templar, and Dragonknight), 24 unique zones, and the opportunity to compete across ESO's PvP game modes.

Ready to jump in? Then make your way to our Free Play page and select your preferred platform! If you've already taken part in a prior Free Play event, you can continue your previous adventure right where you left off with no loss of progress. Additionally, 500 free crowns are distributed to any new accounts created during the event period.

Of course, the end of the Free Play Event on March 20 doesn't need to be the end of your adventure. Head to the Buy Now page and pick up your copy of ESO to continue your journey.

Discover Tamriel at No Cost!

Experience the expansive world of Tamriel at no cost during the March 2025 Free Play Event on Xbox and PlayStation consoles. Are you ready to take your first steps into The Elder Scrolls Online? Let us know via Bluesky, X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, and Facebook.

The Elder Scrolls Online March 2025 Free Play Event runs from Tuesday, March 11, 2025, until Thursday March 20, 2025.

Check out and download this new 10-Year Anniversary Celebration wallpaper and learn how it was made in a special livestream.

Take a trip back through the past 10 years of ESO with this intricately detailed wallpaper, produced by our very own Senior Concept Artist Lucas Slominski. This new piece features a host of some of ESO's most memorable characters and is brimming with fun details taken from the game's 10-year history for you to discover.

Want to use this illustration as your desktop or mobile background? Scroll down and select from the links below to download the wallpaper in your desired size.

An Anniversary Gathering by Lucas Slominski

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As you may know, Lucas is responsible for many works for The Elder Scrolls Online throughout the years. To learn more about Lucas and his process, tune in to Twitch.tv/Bethesda at 3PM EST this coming Wednesday, March 5, as ESO Community Team members Gina Bruno and Kevin Gbolie sit down to chat with the Senior Concept Artist about his latest illustrated masterpiece! Drops will be enabled during the show, so be sure to link your ESO and Twitch accounts before the team goes live.

How do you like this new illustration? Can you name every character represented? Let us know via Bluesky, X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, and Facebook.

Saddle up and check out what's coming to the Crown Store this March 2025.

As March begins, we have for you a selection of the finest goods in Tamriel for your perusal and purchasing. Among them are whimsical wares and perilous prizes, as well as a broad refresh of many of the common Crown Store mounts.

Remember, you can always check out what's currently available by visiting the Crown Store page. Something catch your eye? Be sure to visit the Buy Crowns page to acquire however many crowns you need! Certain items and offers are available for a limited time only, so be sure to read their details below and don't miss out.

All ESO Plus™ members have access to a monthly selection of exclusive deals and items. You can find more information about them in this article. Any discounted or free items have a special callout.

UPDATE FOR FEB. 28, 2025 - A previous version of this Showcase contained incorrect sourcing for the monster mask matching the Roksa the Warped Arms Pack. The sourcing has now been updated with the correct information. Thank you for your understanding.

New Items

These are new items coming to the Crown Store for the first time. The dates listed below are the times you can expect to find them in the Crown Store.

ESO Plus Exclusives

• Statuette: Imperial Knight—March 27, 2025 to May 12, 2025. FREE, exclusively to ESO Plus Members.

Costumes

Clockwork Tinker

"You'd be forgiven for mistaking my piles of cogs and springs for wayward scraps from one machine or another. But a trained eye sees them for what they are. Seedlings. Kernels of ideas waiting to be given form and purpose. Why not give it a go?"—Hyacinth

The new Clockwork Tinkerer costume will be available in the Crown Store on all platforms for a limited time, from 10AM EST on March 13 to 10AM EDT on March 20, 2025.

Crafting and Outfit Styles

Roksa the Warped Arms Pack

Matriarch Lladi Telvanni's favorite pet nix-ox inspired these impressive arms. Alter your weapon's appearance to match Roksa the Warped Weapons by using this complete set of Roksa the Warped styles.

The new Roksa the Warped Arms Pack will be available in the Crown Store on all platforms for a limited time, from 10AM EDT on March 20, 2025 to 10AM EDT on April 21, 2025. The matching mask page will have a small chance to drop from Matriarch Lladi Telvanni from Veteran Bal Sunnar. The matching shoulder page can be purchased from Urgarlag Chief-bane for 50 undaunted keys, or has a chance of dropping from Urgarlag's Mystery Coffer for 1 key. Having the achievement “Telvanni Tormentor” increases the drop chances of both items.

Furnishings

Music Box, Jester's Caprice

When activated, plays a music box arrangement of the freeform "Jester's Caprice" composition.

The new Music Box, Jester's Caprice furnishing will be available in the Crown Store on all platforms for a limited time, from 10AM EDT on March 27, 2025 to 10AM EDT on April 3, 2025.

Mounts

• Black Heights Camel—March 10, 2025—TBD.

Returning Items

These items are returning to the Crown Store after a previous showing. The dates listed below are the times you can expect to find them in the Crown Store.

Costumes

• Day of Release Roisterer—March 10, 2025 to March 17, 2025. This is an ESO Plus discount item.
• Pirate Costume Pack—March 17, 2025 to March 24, 2025. This is an ESO Plus discount item.

Crafting and Outfit Styles

Passion Dancer's Arms Pack

Embrace your passion and let your martial skills lead you into a dance of death. Alter your weapon's appearance by using this complete set of Passion Dancer's Outfit styles.

The Passion Dancer's Arms Pack returns to the Crown Store on all platforms for a limited time, from 10AM EST on March 6, 2025, to 10AM EST on March 13, 2025.

• Elder Scrolls Artifact: Firstblade—March 3, 2025 to March 10, 2025. This is an ESO Plus discount item.
• Crown Crafting Motifs: Grim Harlequin—March 10, 2025 to March 17, 2025. This is an ESO Plus discount item.
• Crown Crafting Motif: Drowned Mariner—March 13, 2025 to March 20, 2025. Drowned Mariner chapters, and very rarely the complete book, have a chance to drop from Zelvraak the Unbreathing in the Graven Deep dungeon. Harder difficulties will increase the chances of the item dropping.
• Pirate Skeleton Arms Pack—March 17, 2025 to March 24, 2025. This is an ESO Plus discount item. The matching mask page will have a small chance to drop from Captain Blackheart from Veteran Blackheart Haven. The matching shoulder page can be purchased from Glirion the Redbeard for 50 Undaunted Keys, or has a chance of dropping from Glirion's Mystery Coffer for 1 Undaunted Key. Having the achievement “Thoroughly Plundered” increases the drop chances of both items.
• Crown Crafting Motif: Silver Dawn—March 24, 2025 to March 31, 2025. This is an ESO Plus discount item. Silver Dawn chapters, and very rarely the complete book, have a chance to drop from Vykosa the Ascendant in the Moon Hunter Keep dungeon. Harder difficulties will increase the chances of the item dropping.
• Elder Scrolls Artifact: Chrysamere—March 24, 2025 to March 31, 2025. This is an ESO Plus discount item.

Crown Crates

Grim Harlequin Crate

A mystery collection of Grim Harlequin related items!

Grim Harlequin Crates return to the Crown Store on all platforms for a limited time, from 10AM EST on March 6, 2025, to 10AM EDT on March 20, 2025.

Houses

Colossal Aldmeri Grotto

Once a watering stop for the High Elf navy, this great cavernous grotto on the Summerset coast west of Dusk features shipboard compartments, magnificent Aldmeri ruins, weathered wood from several shipwrecks, and a sparkling subterranean waterfall.

The Colossal Aldmeri Grotto house returns to the Crown Store on all platforms for a limited time, from 10AM EST on March 13, 2025, to 10AM EDT on March 27, 2025.

Antiquarian's Alpine Gallery

Tucked away in scenic Hjaalmarch, this rustic gallery contains plenty of space to display all manner of antiquities. A gorgeous waterfall provides water to a private pond, creating a perfect setting for scholarly gatherings.

The Antiquarian's Alpine Gallery house returns to the Crown Store on all platforms for a limited time, from 10AM EDT on March 20, 2025, to 10AM EDT on April 3, 2025.

Furnishings

Target Serpent's Image, Trial

This is a large house item. This may be attacked and, when destroyed, will regenerate. This creature is equivalent to a veteran trial boss. Its abilities include granting a resource-restoring synergy opportunity, performance buffs, and self debuffs.

The Target Serpent's Image, Trial returns to the Crown Store on all platforms for a limited time, from 10AM EST on March 3, 2025, to 10AM EST on March 10, 2025. This is an ESO Plus discount item.

• Statue of Sai Sahan—March 10, 2025 to March 17, 2025. This is an ESO Plus discount item.
• Furnishing Pack: Hubalajad's Final Treasure—March 13, 2025 to March 27, 2025. This is an ESO Plus discount item.
• Music Box: Bleak Beacon Shanty—March 17, 2025 to March 24, 2025. This is an ESO Plus discount item.
• Statue, Bendu Olo—March 17, 2025 to March 24, 2025. This is an ESO Plus discount item.
• Music Box, The Mirefrog's Hymn—March 20, 2025 to March 27, 2025. This is an ESO Plus discount item.
• Statue, The Thirty-Fourth Sermon—March 20, 2025 to March 27, 2025.
• Music Box, The Mad Harlequin's Reverie—March 24, 2025 to March 31, 2025. This is an ESO Plus discount item.
• Furnishing Pack: Azura—March 20, 2025 to April 3, 2025. This is an ESO Plus discount item.

Houseguests

• Caska—March 13, 2025 to March 20, 2025. This is an ESO Plus discount item.
• Rigurt—March 24, 2025 to March 31, 2025. This is an ESO Plus discount item.
• Jester Anglidor—March 27, 2025 to April 3, 2025.

Skins

• Ayleid Ruins Wildgrowth—March 6, 2025 to March 13, 2025.

Personalities

• Scholar—March 3, 2025 to March 10, 2025. This is an ESO Plus discount item.
• Swashbuckler—March 17, 2025 to March 24, 2025. This is an ESO Plus discount item.

Customized Actions

• Stonelore Split—March 20, 2025 to March 27, 2025. This is an ESO Plus discount item.

Mounts

Evergloam Indrik

Woven carefully from shadow wisps of Nocturnal's realm, these noble indriks shy from the light of day until trained by a patient rider to tolerate it. Forever after, they move under Magnus's fierce glow as if to defy it.

The Evergloam Indrik mount returns to the Crown Store on all platforms for a limited time, from 10AM EST on March 13, 2025, to 10AM EDT on March 20, 2025. This is an ESO Plus discount item.

• Bal Foyen Circus Guar—March10, 2025 to March 17, 2025. This is an ESO Plus discount item.
• Dapple Gray Palfrey—March 10, 2025—TBD.
• Badger Bear—March 10, 2025—TBD.
• Painted Wolf—March 10, 2025—TBD.
• Dunewalker Senche-raht—March 10, 2025—TBD.
• Eldersblood Peak Ram—March 10, 2025—TBD.
• Falkreath Riding-Lynx—March 10, 2025—TBD.
• Hivethief Vvardvark—March 10, 2025—TBD.
• Autumn Messenger Fox—March 10, 2025—TBD.
• Sagacious Psijic Senche-Raht—March 10, 2025—TBD.
• Spiritwalker Pillion Elk—March 10, 2025—TBD.
• Alliance War Horse—March 24, 2025 to March 31, 2025. This is an ESO Plus discount item.

Pets

• Scorpion Fabricant—March 3, 2025 to March 10, 2025. This is an ESO Plus discount item.
• Dusky Fennec Fox—March 24, 2025 to March 31, 2025. This is an ESO Plus discount item.
• Novelty Stick Horse—March 24, 2025 to March 31, 2025. This is an ESO Plus discount item.

Events

• Event Tickets—March 27, 2025 to April 3, 2025.

Items Departing the Crown Store

In addition, the following items will be retired from the Crown Store on all platforms at 10AM EST on March 10, so get them while you can!

Mounts

• Mount: White Mane Horse
• Mount: Highland Wolf
• Mount: Nightmare Courser
• Mount: Cave Bear
• Mount: Pride-King Lion
• Mount: Tessellated Guar
• Mount: Hammerfell Camel
• Mount: Auroran Warhorse
• Mount: Yorgrim River Ram
• Mount: Grand Pillion Draft Horse
• Mount: Ja'zennji Siir Fox
• Mount: Skingrad Pillion Courser

These items will be replaced by some of the additions to the Crown Store coming this month, so don't fear—there will still be plenty of mounts to ride!

The Crown Store stables are in uproar with all the mounts moving about. Still, there's always great deals and fine goods available, so stop on by and take your pick of what's on offer. Don't forget, if you're ready to acquire any of the items mentioned in this showcase, you'll first want to pick up some Crowns via the Buy Crowns page. What has all this motion brought to your attention? Let us know via X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, and Facebook.

This March, you can enjoy the release of a new dungeon pack, Tamriel's silliest in-game event, and more. Check out the upcoming month's highlights below.

As always, please note that some dates and details may change after this blog's initial publication. Keep an eye out for updates on the official website and social channels.

Whitestrake's Mayhem In-Game Event (Feb. 20-Mar. 4)

The PvP action of the Whitestrake's Mayhem in-game event continues into early March, which means there's still time to claim its special rewards, including pages for the Arkay Unending Cycle outfit style. Check out this blog for all the details.

Golden Pursuits—Mayhem on the Battlefield (Feb. 20-Mar. 6)

The Mayhem on the Battlefield Golden Pursuits campaign provides even more opportunities for rewards while battling it out with your fellow players, including the Mini Siege Mining customized action. Find out more about the activities and rewards in this campaign in this blog.

March 2025 Daily Login Rewards (Mar. 1-31)

March also brings a host of PvP-flavored items as part of the month's Daily Login Rewards. Items include 5,000 Alliance Points on Day 6, 10 Crown Repair Kits on Day 10, and 100 Gold Coast Lethal Poisons on Day 13 (hopefully more than enough to do the job!). This month also adds 3 Crown Lessons: Riding Capacity consumables to Day 8 as part of our February downtime goodwill. Be sure to log in to the game on March 1 to see the full list of items!

March 2025 Endeavors (Mar. 1-31)

This month will also feature a host of Endeavors to complete. This includes a PvP-themed one starting March 17 that will reward you a whopping 230 Seals of Endeavor after you defeat 10 of your fellow players in Cyrodiil. Note that from March 3-4, you will also enjoy double Seals of Endeavors rewards as part of the February downtime goodwill.

Deathmatch Weekend (Mar. 6-11)

Whitestrake's Mayhem might be over, but that doesn't mean the battle is done. Keep things simple by facing down your fellow players in the Battlegrounds' Deathmatch game mode over a long, violent weekend.

Fallen Banners & Update 45 PC/Mac Launch (Mar. 10)

The Fallen Banners dungeon pack and Update 45 both go live for PC/Mac players! Explore two new dungeons and enjoy a host of base-game improvements, including a starter zone refresh and more.

Guild Celebration 2025 (Mar. 12-21)

We're bringing guild leaders and members together to share ideas and help their fellow adventurers find the communities that best suit them. Kicking off with the 2025 Guild Summit (note that signups to attend the summit are now closed), look for guild-focused fun and info on ESO's social channels starting March 12.

Cyrodiil Champions PC/Mac Test Campaign (Mar. 24-31)

If you're on PC/Mac, you can join a special new Alliance War campaign and help us test changes and improvements to ESO's open-world PvP game mode. Look for more information on the Cyrodiil Champions test on the forums closer to the live date.

Golden Pursuits: Cyrodiil Conquest (Mar. 24-31)

Complete PvP-themed activities in Cyrodiil to earn a wealth of bonus rewards, including Alliance Points and gold. While the Cyrodiil Champions test is for PC/Mac players only, players on all platforms can take part in this Golden Pursuits campaign. To arms!

Fallen Banners & Update 45 Console Launch (Mar. 26)

The Fallen Banners dungeon pack and Update 45 go live on consoles! Adventurers on Xbox and PlayStation consoles can now also explore the new dungeons and base-game improvements.

Jester's Festival (Mar. 27-Apr. 3)

The Jester's Festival in-game event returns to bring some light-hearted fun to the people of Tamriel, complete with special rewards that include a new style and adornment. Look for an announcement blog closer to the start date!

New dungeons, community celebrations, PvP brawls, and the Jester's Festival team up for an action-packed March 2025, but there's more to come we can't quite mention yet, so keep an eye on the official website for all the latest news and updates. What are you most looking forward to? Let us know via X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, and Facebook.

Earn bonus rewards by battling it out across ESO's PvP game modes during the Mayhem on the Battlefield Golden Pursuits campaign!

Mayhem Is on the Rise

The Mayhem on the Battlefield Golden Pursuits campaign is now live and will run until March 6 at 10AM EST. Engage in glorious PvP combat during this campaign period to earn a collection of awesome rewards, including a new Customized Action!

Clashing in epic duels and competing in Battleground matches are just a few of the Golden Pursuits activities available to complete during this campaign. Check out each milestone reward below and see how many in-game activities you must complete to unlock them:

• Complete five activities—150,000 Alliance Points
• Complete ten activities—15,000 Tel Var Stones
• Complete 15 activities—Mini Siege Mining customized action

Mini Siege Mining Customized Action

There are 19 different PvP-related activities in total for you to tackle, so feel free to take on whichever Golden Pursuits challenge excites you most! Don't forget, you can seize even greater rewards (including Event Tickets, collectibles, and more) with the Whitestrake's Mayhem in-game PvP event—now live until March 4 at 10AM EST.

Compete for Epic Rewards

Enjoy bonus rewards earned via glorious combat during the Mayhem on the Battlefield Golden Pursuits campaign! Want to learn more? Head over to the in-game Group & Activity Finder. From there you can track progress, claim your rewards, and view all currently available campaign activities. For more info on Golden Pursuits, check out this guide.

Are you prepared to clash against other players during this PvP-focused Golden Pursuits campaign? Let us know via X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, and Facebook—have fun!

Hi All. The ESO Team has been working on a survey to help us better track your experience when hitting lag spikes, rubberbanding, and general performance dips. The idea of the survey is to collect the same standard of data for our engineers to look at and work on improving your general experience in-game. In addition to English, the survey is available is the following languages: German, French, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Polish, and Brazilian Portuguese.

You can access the survey link here: https://feedback.bethesda.net/jfe/form/SV_5dLZWx81Em0b3oO?utm_source=Bethesda

If you run into a rough patch while you play, this is the form you should fill out to clearly define your experience. The information goes directly to our engineers who are using the information you send to guide their work. We want to thank everyone in advance for filling out the form and thank our forum community who helped in getting this survey in such a detailed state.

So as to not split the ongoing conversation, if you have comments or follow-up about your experience with lag, rubber-banding, and general performance dips, please go to the existing thread on this topic: Conversation on lag spikes and connection performance.,Providing a quick update here. We have adjusted the parameters of this survey to now allow multiple entries. So if you run into issues, you can now make note of individual instances of a disconnect or rubberbanding. Thanks for all of the info. The team is digging into entries now!

Receive bonus rewards as you face off against other formidable champions across Cyrodiil, the Imperial City, and Battlegrounds during Whitestrake's Mayhem!

Mayhem Spreads Across Tamriel

The Whitestrake's Mayhem in-game event makes its grand return Thursday, February 20 at 10AM EST, and will run until March 4 at 10AM EST. During this period, all players will enjoy a 100% boost to Alliance Point, XP in PvP zones, and Tel Var Stone gains as well as unique in-game rewards by competing in ESO's various PvP modes.

UPDATE FOR FEB. 20, 2025 - Please note that Tel Var Stone earnings are increased by 100% from all non-player sources with the following exceptions:

• Small, Medium, and Large Tel Var Satchels you get from the daily quests
• Treasure Scamp Satchels
• The Parcel of Tel Var Stones obtained from Pelinal's Boon Boxes

Eager to clash with your fellow players as they fight for riches and glory? Simply follow these steps below:

1. Head over to the in-game Crown Store to receive the “Details on the Whitestrake's Mayhem" quest
2. Visit your Alliance War faction's main gate in Cyrodiil using the Alliance War menu or a Battlegrounds camp outside major cities
• Please note that you are not required to travel to Cyrodiil to kick off this event
3. Locate the NPC “Predicant Maera" to continue the quest
• If you already completed this quest during a previous event, you won't need to do it again
4. Lastly, complete the quest to receive a complimentary Pelinal's Boon Box

Test your might before Predicant Maera.

Don't forget, the Scroll of Pelinal's Ferocity is no longer necessary to benefit from the buff to Alliance Point, XP, and Tel Var Stone gains. These useful bonuses are now passively shared to all those competing during Whitestrake's Mayhem.

Unlock Unique Rewards

A variety of exciting in-game rewards await those participating in this year's first Whitestrake's Mayhem in-game event. Let's see what goodies await!

NEW—Arkay Unending Cycle Outfit Style

Terrify your opponents with the macabre visage of the Arkay Unending Cycle outfit style, dropped in Pelinal Boon Boxes.

Pelinal's Boon Boxes

Pelinal's Boon Boxes can be collected by completing the following activities throughout this in-game event:

• Battleground quests from Battlemaster Rivyn
• Scouting, Battle, Warfront, and Conquest Missions
• Elder Scroll capture and recapture quests
• Town quests in Vlastarus, Bruma, Cropsford, Cheydinhal, and Chorrol
• Imperial City daily quests

Each time you receive and open a Pelinal's Boon Box, you have the chance to receive the following items:

• Parcel of Tel Var Stones
• Cyrodiil Repair Kit
• Soul Gems
• ONE of the following:
• Alchemy ingredients
• Style item for your Alliance's armor style
• Style item for Akaviri armor style
• Daedric siege weapon
• Whitestrake's Mayhem book furnishing
• Forward Camp for your Alliance
• Chapter of your Alliance's armor motif
• There is a small chance that the full book may drop instead of a single chapter
• Prismatic Runestone
• Chapter for the Akaviri armor motif
• There is a small chance that the full book may drop instead of a single chapter
• Small chance to receive one or two fragments of the Alliance Breton Terrier pet
• Small chance to receive a Transmute Geode
• Very small chance to receive a NEW Unbound Arkay Unending Cycle outfit style page.
• An Ayleid Lich outfit style or Dovah's Du'ul style page may drop instead if you've already collected the Arkay Unending Cycle style pages

The Arkay Unending Cycle Style

Bonus Resources & The Golden

In addition to all these awesome rewards, harvesting nodes in Cyrodiil will provide bonus resources during Whitestrake's Mayhem.

But that's not all! Adhazabi Aba-daro, better known to some as “The Golden”, has chosen to update her store with rotating CP160 legendary-quality jewelry from various Cyrodiil item sets. Necklaces will be available during the first weekend of the event and rings from the same sets during the second.

Something to note: The Golden will not be offering Monster Masks to customers during Whitestrake's Mayhem. Additionally, she will only accept Alliance Points in exchange for purchases during this event, not gold (ironically).

The Impresario & Event Tickets

The rewards just keep on coming! Each day of the event, you can earn up to three Event Tickets by completing the following PvP activities:

• Two Event Tickets from the first Cyrodiil or Battleground daily quest
• These include Bounty Board quests, a Town Daily, the Conquest Board quests, or the daily Battleground quest
• One Event Ticket from an Imperial City District daily quest

If you collect three Event Tickets each day, by the event's conclusion, you'll amass a staggering 39 Tickets. However, don't forget that the total number of Event Tickets you can carry around at any one time is capped at 12. If you've got more Tickets than you know what to do with, try swinging by the Impresario's bazaar to trade them in for some excellent goodies!

Don't miss out on the Impresario's exclusive deals!

Now, let's peek at what the Impresario is offering players during Whitestrake's Mayhem:

• Stonewisp of Truth and Law pet fragments
• Axiomatic Runestones
• Glyph of Law
• Powdered Wisp Remains
• Logical Rune Extraction customized action fragments
• Exalted Icon of Logic
• NEW Flawless Prism
• NEW Arkay Unending Cycle style pages
• Bag of Veteran's Glory containing one of the following:
• Black Drake Clanwrap style pages
• Second Legion style pages
• Legion Zero style pages
• Legion Zero Vigiles pages
• Ebonsteel armor pages
• Black Drake's body or face markings
• Battle-Scarred body or face markings
• Standard-Bearer emotes
• One for each Alliance
• Standard-Bearer staves and shields
• One for each Alliance
• Tools of Domination weapon style pages
• Sancre Tor Paragon weapon and armor style pages
• Group Repair Kits
• Companion Guild Commendations

Check out Philius Dormier's offers!

In addition to his employer's offerings, the Impresario's Assistant will have the following items in stock which can be purchased in exchange for Event Tickets as well:

• Unstable Morpholith pet fragments
• Deadlands Flint
• Rune-Etched Striker
• Smoldering Bloodgrass Tinder
• Soulfire Dragon Illusion pet fragments
• Hallowed Hourglass Basin
• Illuminated Dragon Scroll
• Kvatchian Incense
• Doomchar Plateau house fragments
• Scorching Pillar
• Searing Column
• Molten Key
• Profane Pedestal
• Unholy Tablet
• Sacred Hourglass of Akatosh furnishing fragments
• Engraved Glassblowing Tools
• Hallowed White-Gold Ingot
• Mysterious Time-Lost Sands

Bring home a brand-new indrik!

Finally, Nenulaure the Indrik Vendor will also be renewing her shop's inventory with the following items that players can purchase with Event Tickets:

• Nascent Indrik Feathers
• Dawnwood Indrik Berries
• Spectral Indrik Berries
• Springtide Indrik pet
• Haunting Indrik pet

Triumph Over All

The time has come once more to clash against worthy rivals and reap glorious rewards as a testament to your valor in combat. Will you take up arms once again and vie for glory during Tamriel's most competitive season of the year? Let us know via X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, and Facebook.

The Whitestrake's Mayhem in-game event begins Thursday, February 20 at 10AM EST, and runs until March 4 at 10AM EST.

Developers, community leaders, and players get together to share and exchange ideas during the ESO 2025 Guild Summit.

There are few stronger bonds than among those who make up a Tamrielic guild in The Elder Scrolls Online. To celebrate these ties, we're thrilled to announce a special 10-Year Anniversary Guild Celebration this March that puts the spotlight on ESO's guild system and the amazing community that drives it.

As a major part of the Guild Celebration, the ESO 2025 Guild Summit will go live on March 13, 2025. Hosted on Discord, the Guild Summit will recap the recent guild survey and its findings, provide a brief overview of what future guild functionality the ESO development team is considering, host a Q&A between the guilds and development team, and feature a series of breakout sessions discussing a variety of topics.

If you're a current or aspiring guild leader and want to be an active participant in the future of guilds in The Elder Scrolls Online—you can sign up to watch and take part by filling out the form below.

This signup form is live from now until February 17 only and spots are limited. Official Guild Summit invites will then be sent via email during the week of February 24 with confirmation and Discord channel information, so keep an eye out!

The Summit is just part of the Guild Celebration we have planned in March, so look for more related to guilds next month on the official website and our social channels, including X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, and Facebook—we're just getting started!

Grab a stunning outfit blessed by Dibella herself during the Love Calls from Tamriel Golden Pursuits campaign.

Share the Love

The Love Calls from Tamriel Golden Pursuits campaign is live and will continue to run until February 19 at 10AM EST. Throughout this campaign period, complete labors (of love) to earn pages for the stunning Dibella's Exaltation outfit style!

Below, you can see how many Golden Pursuits activities you must complete before unlocking each specific reward page:

• Complete one activities—Dibella's Exaltation Boots
• Complete two activities—Dibella's Exaltation Belt
• Complete four activities—Dibella's Exaltation Bracers
• Complete six activities—Dibella's Exaltation Guards
• Complete eight activities—Dibella's Exaltation Arm Cops
• Complete 10 activities—Dibella's Exaltation Helmet
• Complete 12 activities—Dibella's Exaltation Jack

Dibella's Exaltation Outfit Style

There are 15 different activities available to tackle, and no restrictions on which ones you can take on to meet each milestone!

Greater the Passion, Greater the Reward

Flaunt a gorgeous outfit touched by a Divine during the Love Calls from Tamriel Golden Pursuits campaign! If you'd like to learn more, be sure to head over to your Group & Activity Finder, where you can track progress, claim rewards, and view all currently available campaign activities. For more info on Golden Pursuits, check out this guide.

Are you excited to unlock this new style as you spread love throughout Tamriel during February's first Golden Pursuits campaign? Let us know via X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, and Facebook—have fun!

Hi All! In our continued effort towards improving communication and addressing community concerns, we would like to ask for you to share your top five long-standing bugs/issues and top five pain points you would like to see us address, no matter how big or small. We will go through the results, and work towards addressing these two lists. While we may not be able to hit everything, the goal is that this be a living list that helps us prioritize the most important bugs/issues and pain points going forward.

Pain points could be anything that creates friction or takes away from your enjoyment in ESO. Some examples we've heard from all of you in the past include not being able to search for a specific guild by name in the guild finder tool, the world map being confusing/overwhelming, or lack of a minimap making it hard to navigate the world.

Also, just to save some time, you do not need to include the stuck-in-combat bug. The dev team is aware and has it on the list already, and it came up many times when we gathered questions for the general PVP Q&A that is coming later in February. (Incidentally, we will have an update on it in that Q&A.)

To help us keep this list as easy to read as possible, please respond in the following format:

Top Bugs/Issues

1. Bug 1
2. Bug 2
3. Bug 3
4. Bug 4
5. Bug 5

Top Pain Points

1. Pain Point 1
2. Pain Point 2
3. Pain Point 3
4. Pain Point 4
5. Pain Point 5

We also ask that everyone please create only one post and do your best to stick to the prompt. Having conversations in the thread will make it harder for us to review and collate your contributions and could derail from the main prompt. We would like to avoid both scenarios, so sticking to the one post prompt is greatly appreciated. If you'd like to have a discussion about something in this thread, we encourage you to start a new thread and have the conversation there.

If you see a prompt that you agree with, please feel welcome to use the "agree" reaction in the bottom right corner of the post to note your agreement. This will help us when reviewing comments. Please note, we aren't counting reactions as votes – everyone's top five are valid!

As always, please keep the Community Guidelines in mind as you provide your feedback. Thanks in advance for your feedback and this opportunity to address some of your top bugs/issues and pain points.

Love and war come to Tamriel this February, bringing a host of exciting events, rewards, and more—check out our roadmap here!

We got the new year off to a rollicking start during the month of January, and this February keeps the pace with new events, Golden Pursuits campaigns (yes, multiple ones!), and more. You can check out what is coming to ESO in February below.

Note that some dates and details may change between the time of this blog's publication and when these highlights officially kick off.

Ongoing Pan-Tamriel Celebration (1/23-2/4)

There are still a few days remaining in the ongoing Pan-Tamriel Celebration in-game event, which means you still have time to claim some great bonus rewards as you adventure and explore Tamriel. For all the activities, rewards, and details, visit this official blog. Similarly, the New Year, New Adventure Golden Pursuits campaign is also ongoing and ends February 4—complete those activities now!

February Daily Login Rewards (2/1-28)

There's 28 days of goodies you can claim throughout the month of February, simply by logging in. Highlights include sweetroll bundles (on day 7), some lovely tree furnishings (on days 14 and 21), and some ever-useful Instant All Research Scrolls (Day 27)—don't forget you have to log in to the game each day to progress and claim each reward!

Golden Pursuits—Love Calls from Tamriel (2/5-19)

In the spirit of Tamriel's Heart's Day, you can earn a striking new Dibella-themed armor style as part of a romantic new Golden Pursuits campaign. Don't worry, activities for the campaign will remain as varied as always with both group AND solo challenges. Keep an eye out on the website and in game for more information on the day.

Unlock pages for a lovely new style!

Crazy King Battlegrounds Weekend (2/6-11)

Compete in Crazy King Battlegrounds PvP matches over this special weekend to earn bonus Alliance Points—go capture those (ever shifting) points!

Gilded Glory Mini-Event (2/13-18)

Enjoy a 100% boost to gold gains from a host of in-game activities, including slaying monsters, completing quests, and more during this limited-time mini-event. Daily quest NPCs beware—the cost of doing business has just gone up!

Whitestrake's Mayhem In-Game Event (2/20-3/4)

Cry havoc, and let slip the guar of war—the Whitestrake's Mayhem PvP event returns! Battle your fellow players in ESO's PvP game modes for bonus rewards and glory. Watch for the official announcement blog with all the details on the official website a few days before the mayhem begins.

Battle within the Imperial City during Whitestrake's Mayhem

Golden Pursuits—Mayhem on the Battlefield (2/20-3/6)

If you're a fighter not a lover, you'll enjoy this new Golden Pursuits campaign that puts the focus squarely on battling your fellow players (and coincidentally running through Whitestrake's Mayhem!). A new Customized Action is up for grabs, so once again look out for more information on the web and in game soon.

This is just some of the fun we have planned for ESO in the upcoming month. As ever, keep an eye on the official website and our social channels (X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, and Facebook) for all the latest information, updates, and news, including new Fallen Banner/Update 45 previews, livestreams, and more—have fun this February!

Hi All! We put together a guide to show the earnable quarterly collectibles for the 2025 morphing collectible. We'll update this per quarter. If you have any feedback, please let us know. Hopefully, this will help everyone keep track of some collectible goals!

Welcome to everyone in the Elder Scrolls Online community! As the year is drawing to a close, I'm going to take some time to walk you through my thoughts on 2024 – and look ahead to 2025 and how ESO will be evolving to meet the changing needs of the community. 

First, a few notes about 2024. I probably say this every year, but 2024's ESO content was among my favorite. I loved the vibe and story of Gold Road, and now that Home Tours is allowing me to see so many other people's homes, I'm seriously considering making Merryvine Estate my main house – although it will take a lot to unseat me from Mournoth Keep… 2024 showed that we are still creating wonderful content for all our players. We ended the year with two new Companions – I am currently adventuring with Zerith-var, although I'm early in my journey with him – as well some fun tweaks to Battlegrounds, and much more. I look back on 2024's content and updates, and am very satisfied with our story, content, and systems updates.

It was wonderful to spend time with fans in person in April at our Amsterdam 10 Year Anniversary event, and for team members – sadly I could not make it – to attend the German ESO Tavern in July. We had many other smaller regional community events – some for the first time in their territories – sprinkled throughout the year, where fans of the game got to meet one another and share stories about their shared time in Tamriel.

And now it is time to look forward, which will comprise most of this end of year message. Change is a constant, especially in gaming. The gaming industry changes, player habits change, other games come and go. In fact, change has been constant since ESO launched in 2014. We have been able to keep up with the times, make hard decisions and big changes when it was time to make them. Looking back on all the changes that have gotten us here, it is pretty clear that we have generally made the right decisions at the right times for our game. And now, we are looking forward to 2025 and how we can change ESO to keep it relevant, awesome, and compelling. 

Since 2017, we have released amazing content and systems every year - but always on the same schedule. This annual cadence pushed the team to focus on short deadlines – every June – where all types of content (systems, content, zones, etc.) had to be completed at the same time and has not left us much time for experimentation or thinking about doing things differently.
At the end of last year, we gave a slight heads up that we would be shaking things up. Our lead times are so long that we were already planning for some of these changes back then. And, I'm very happy to say that starting in 2025, you'll see new ideas and ways of launching content start rolling out. 

Turning the Page on Chapters 
We have been incredibly successful with our strong annual Chapter releases: starting with Morrowind in 2017 up through Gold Road just six months ago. Zone design and quest/content is at the core of every Elder Scrolls game, as our annual Chapter release model highlighted. We will still do lots of story content, but now, looking into 2025, we need to concentrate on different types of content to support all types of ESO players. So, we are putting Chapters aside and will be focusing on new types of content, and a new release philosophy. More on that below.

As 2025 will be a transition year for new content, we are going to have new zone-based content launch in 2025 - but you'll have to wait until April to hear the specifics about how it is different. Stay tuned!

Introducing Seasons  
Over the course of 2025 we will be moving more towards a seasonal content model and away from launching massive content updates once a year, as we did with Chapters. We will be talking much more about this in the future, but in 2025 expect to see named Seasons of three or six months duration with a mix of themed story content, events, store items, dungeons and more.  
2025 will be a mix of old and new as we move the dev team towards creating smaller bite-sized pieces of content. We will still have some larger items that we've been working on for over a year, which you'll see launch as well. 

Freeing up the dev team from needing to adhere to a strict annual cycle means we will be able to have teams launch content when it is ready throughout the year and not work to a date in June – this will let us focus on a greater variety of content spread over the year. This supports the new Seasons model, and will enable us to release content, updates, fixes, and systems in a more efficient manner.

A new focus on change and experimentation  
We have been hearing from you, the community, that we need to experiment more, to shake things up and not be so predictable. The game needs new and different types of content, and for long-standing feedback to be addressed. We have already started on some ideas that will be tested in 2025. These systems and ideas will be clearly marked as "experiments" in patch notes and are ideas that may or may not be fleshed out into full game systems. With our new focus on breaking up content into seasons and away from years, it gives us time to do these experiments and changes.

Here are some of the ideas that we are working on, some of which you may see on the live servers as tests in 2025 and beyond. Some of these will be tests and some will be improvements based on player feedback: 

• We need to seriously address Cyrodiil performance. Our (ambitious) goal is to return it to the concurrency levels we supported in 2014. So, we will be experimenting with a Cyrodiil campaign where all classes will have PvP-specific (and more performant) skills that replace the standard player skills with the expectation that we can support more players per campaign.

•  Increasing the difficulty of standard overworld combat

• Improving the overall feel of combat with animation, FX, and potentially audio work

• Experimenting with more zones like Craglorn (although not as large in area or scope), created exclusively for high-end group and soft-group content with associated gear chase 

• Adding and refining tools to make guild recruitment, interaction, and management easier and more logical 

• We have many more ideas here, and of course we are listening to you and will be coming up with new ideas based on your feedback 

Concentrating on new and returning user experience 
It is long past time that we address ESO's new and returning user experience. The game is so large at this point that we need to refine the new user experience. Our goal is to shield new players from being overwhelmed by dozens of content options presented to them on entering the world, and instead give them the essential guidance they need to enjoy the game before opening it up to all possibilities.

Additionally, we have many millions of players who return to the game every year after taking months to years off – and it is often confusing to them what they should be doing. We need to address this by making sure that the game's map and other quest/informational UI areas clearly show the user where they were when they left, what has been added since then, and where they will find content they will love. 

Here are just a few of the items planned to improve the new and returning user experience – some of these will launch in 2025, some afterwards:  

• A new patcher, with improved visuals and performance (PC only) 

• Returning to the original Wailing Prison tutorial area for all new players - this has already launched, but we will be regularly tweaking it to improve the experience 

• Visually improving base game zones with updated textures and art assets, starting with the "starter islands" - these should start rolling out in March 2025 

• Not showing new players prologue quest or Chapter quest compass pins. The jury is still out on how Stuga will feel about this

• Sprucing up the game's PC UI, which is long overdue for a modern visual upgrade

• Other map and UI systems (still in design/idea stage) to make returning to the game more seamless and get you back into the action quickly 

Continuing to tell great stories
With the changes to our content release model, please be assured that we are not abandoning new quest content – but we will do it in different ways than we previously have. As our focus will not be on adding giant new landmasses – although we will do that from time to time – instead, we will use existing zones and areas to tell new stories. Some of these are:

• Continuing the stories in existing zones and storylines and bringing back familiar characters 
• New stories focused on hallmark Elder Scrolls organizations like Dark Brotherhood, Thieves Guild, Fighters Guild, and Mages Guild
• Splitting a large zone across multiple updates

We are embarking on these changes to give the development team the space to find a new cadence that can mix new content and systems with addressing feedback, fixing issues, and adding new quests and activities to existing zones and stories. It will not be as regular as the old annual cadence - so expect Season launches and new content, systems, and tests announcements throughout the year, not necessarily in January as we have done since 2017. 

Speaking of, to give everyone a heads up, our next big announcement event will be in April 2025 as we introduce our first Season. There will be much more in the April announcement, but for that, you will have to wait. We will still have a content update in March 2025 (on PTS as normal in January), and we will give you more information about that sometime early in the new year.

You have already heard the news that we will not be doing a 2025 North American community event as we originally planned. This was a difficult decision, but as shown by all the planning and development changes listed here, we need to focus on the game itself for a while this year. That said, we will still see you at local community events in many territories, so stay tuned for announcements and details on those. 

And finally, my thanks to all of you. Thank you so much for being part of the wonderful community that makes up this amazing online virtual world. As I have said many times before, we would not be here without you. You all have navigated many changes throughout the years and have given us invaluable feedback that has helped steer our decision making since our beta program started in 2013. 

Have a wonderful holiday and see you in Tamriel!

Matt 

Hi all. We're gathering some feedback regarding the Environmental Sustainability Features added in U42. Specifically, we would like feedback on the following patch note:

• Reduced GPU use in Contextual Menus (Xbox Series X|S and PS5): When viewing most menus, (eg. managing inventory, achievements, quest journal, etc) framerate is now capped to 30fps. Some menus are exempt on a case-by-case basis (eg. conversations, various mini-games). Testing in Performance Mode while in these menus shows a 50% reduction in GPU consumption, resulting in overall power consumption going from approximately 63% of the maximum possible on a console down to 37%.

We're seeing your feedback about menus capped to 30fps is causing issues for some of you. Please let us know how it is impacting your play experience. We are sharing this with our teams to better inform them of your feedback and how we can improve the experience overall. Additionally, if you are experiencing other framerate issues with either your menus or player character, please note those here as well. Thanks, all.

Following up on Studio Director Matt Firor's message last month about the current and future status of Crown Store Gifting, we are moving forward with re-enabling this functionality for eligible players at the account level. In this post, we will detail what to expect.

In September, we temporarily disabled Crown Store gifting due to a rapidly growing issue of "bad actors" using various fraudulent means to amass crowns without paying for them, then using them in turn to sell Crown Store items to players for real-world cash outside of the game client. That said, we recognize that gifting is a meaningful part of our community, and we are in the process of manually re-enabling Crown Store gifting access for select players who meet our specific criteria. This work will be complete tomorrow, October 11, during the maintenance window from 09:00 AM ET to 12:00 PM ET.

Gifting eligibility is determined by an evolving list of factors including but not limited to the account being at least 180 days past its first login and previous engagement with in-game features. You may check if you have access to gifting in-game via the Crown Store as well as via your billing history page in the ESO account center. If you have access to Crown Store gifting, you will see "Allow Crown Store Gifting" in your billing history. If you try to send a gift via the in-game Crown Store and do not have access, you will see a "Gifting Locked" pop-up message. Please note that we are exploring better ways to display this information in-game in the future, such as updating the Gifting Tutorial.

If you do not have access to Crown Store gifting after it is re-enabled on October 11, 2023, and wish for a review of your account, please visit https://help.elderscrollsonline.com and submit a Customer Support ticket. Please choose the Billing / Purchase / Code category then Platform > I have a question about a sale / offer > I want to send gift items from this account.

We appreciate everyone's understanding and patience while we get this solution up and running. Multiple teams have worked long hours to evaluate the best technical solutions that we could stand up in a reasonably short time, while also prioritizing the Crown Store gifting player experience. We are dedicated to continuing to explore ways to make this better and reduce fraudulent activity in ESO. Thanks again for being a part of our community and for your continued support.