The Elder Scrolls Online is six years young, and that means you can enjoy bonus XP, special rewards, and cake during our Anniversary Jubilee event!

ESO’s six-year Anniversary Jubilee in-game event begins Thursday, April 2 at 10:00AM EDT, and runs until Tuesday, April 14 at 10:00AM EDT. To join the celebration, select the free Jubilee Cake Voucher quest starter from the Crown Store (listed under Quest Starters) to find the world-famous Chef Donolon.

Complete Chef Donolon’s quest to receive the new Jubilee Cake 2020 memento, which you can use to summon the new dessert. Each time you eat a slice during the celebration, you’ll enjoy a two-hour, 100% XP boost!


Eat cake and enjoy bonus XP!

During the event, complete any of the game’s daily quests and you’ll earn special Anniversary Jubilee Gift Boxes! These daily quests include but are not limited to:

• Daily crafting writs
• Daily Delve and World Boss quests
• Daily Alliance War and Battlegrounds quests
• Daily Dungeon and Trial quests
• Daily Heist and Sacrament quests

Within the Jubilee Gift Boxes, you have a chance to acquire a ton of unique items, including:

• Crafting Materials
• Motif Pages for assorted crafting styles
• Too many to list here!
• Furniture Recipes
• Outfit Style pages for one of the “Five Companions”
• Worm Cult Motif pages
• NEW Outfit Style pages for the Jephrine Paladin weapon or armor style
• Transmutation Crystals

Become a protector of the wilds with the Jephrine style

The first time you eat a slice of the Jubilee Cake 2020 each day of the event, in addition to the XP buff, you also receive three Event Tickets. Because there will be fewer events this quarter, you can also receive bonus tickets by defeating any boss in the game (Delve, World, Dungeon, etc.). You can earn two additional tickets per day from this method. This means you can earn a max of five tickets per day, for up to 65 tickets total if you play every day of the event. Don’t forget, you have to loot your tickets and be credited for defeating the boss!

You can find the Impresario in Daggerfall in Glenumbra, Davon's Watch in Stonefalls, and Vulkhel Guard in Auridon, and she will have the following items in stock:

• All four Indrik Feathers
• Icebreath Berries of Bloom and Icebreath Berries of Budding
• For an all-new Indrik evolution!
• Jephrine Paladin Outfit Style pages
• Group Repair Kits
• Replica Jubilee Cake furnishings
• Furnishing versions of all five anniversary cakes
• Note: Each cake furnishing is available for purchase only if you earned their respective mementos during previous Anniversary events

The Anniversary Jubilee features this quarter’s first two berries for the all-new, very cool Icebreath Indrik.


The tranquil Icebreath Indrik


For more on how Event Tickets and Indriks work, don’t hesitate to check out our guide.

Celebrate ESO’s sixth birthday with us with an amazing new cake and rewards. With dailies for almost every unique activity, how you earn your Jubilee Gift Boxes is completely up to you. Don’t forget to grab a slice and enjoy that XP boost, too! Let us know how you’ll be celebrating this new milestone via @TESOnline, Instagram, and Facebook.

ESO’s six-year Anniversary Jubilee in-game event begins Thursday, April 2 at 10:00AM EDT, and runs until Tuesday, April 14 at 10:00AM EDT.

Celebrate the absurd during the Jester’s Festival in-game event and you’ll earn wacky new rewards and bonus XP!

The Jester’s Festival begins Thursday, March 26 at 10:00AM EDT, and revels in the ridiculous until April 2 at 10:00AM EDT. During this frivolous fête, you can earn special event-specific rewards by completing Jester’s Festival quests.

To get started, find the Jester’s Festival pavilions located outside the cities of Ebonheart, Vulkhel Guard, and Daggerfall. If you’re having trouble, pick up the Jester’s Festival starter quest free from the in-game Crown Store for directions.



Visit a Jester’s Festival pavilion to join in the fun!

Strike up a conversation with the jester versions of the Skald-King, Queen Ayrenn, or High King Emeric (we’re reliably informed that the real Alliance leaders don’t mind the ruse) and complete the intro quest to receive the powerful AND delicious Pie of Misrule memento. When you activate this preposterous pastry, you’ll receive a two-hour, 100% XP buff! Note that you don’t need to complete this quest again if you’ve previously done so—just grab the memento from your collections.

During the event, each jester can provide your characters with a unique daily quest, meaning each character can complete three of these quests every 24 hours.

Each time you complete a Jester’s Festival quest, you receive a Jester’s Festival Reward Box that can contain goodies such as valuables (to sell to vendors for gold), consumables, recipes, furnishings, and Revelry Pies. Even better, the first time you complete each quest each day, you are rewarded a Stupendous Gift Box instead of the regular reward. This prestigious package has a chance to include:

• Cadwell’s Kitchen Arms Style Pages
• Fragments of two Mementos: the Festive Noise Maker or Jester’s Festival Joke Popper
• Jokey Stealies to sell to vendors
• Runeboxes containing the Cherry Blossom Branch or Jester’s Scintillator mementos
• NEW fragments for the Sovereign Sow pet!
• Guaranteed drop within the first Stupendous Gift Box you open each day!
• This is the now the same porcine princess you save in the Jester’s Festival quest “A Noble Guest”

Some animals are more equal than others

If you’ve earned all three Stupendous Gift Boxes, don’t worry, you can keep earning regular reward boxes with your other characters, so keep the party going!

Take note, the Revelry Pies make for especially mirthful missiles, and should you add them to your Quickbar, you can gleefully cover all of Tamriel with sticky dessert! Fellow players, NPCs, guards (trust us, they won’t mind), or even the rulers of Tamriel themselves—all fear your delicious right arm during the Jester’s Festival.

As you cover all of Tamriel in pie, you’ll earn special event-specific Achievements:

• The Three Fillings War—Throw 10 Pies at players that are in a different Alliance
• The Upper Crust—Throw a pie at each of the Alliance Leaders
• More Than You Can Chew—Throw 10 Pies at Guards
• Dessert Domination—Complete the above Achievements
• Messy Business—Kill 10 players while they are covered in pie in Cyrodiil

By completing these absurd Achievements, you can earn special rewards, including the “Tin Soldier” and “Empieror” titles and the Obnoxious Mute Face Paint head marking! However, that’s not all, since you can also earn the Crown of Misrule hat and Lord / Lady of Misrule title by completing each of the three daily quests or the Royal Jester title and some furnishings by completing every Jester’s Festival achievement. Check your journal for everything!

The first time you complete a Jester’s Festival quest each day, you’ll earn three Event Tickets per account, allowing you to earn up to 24 tickets total throughout the event period. During the event, the Impresario will stock the following goods:

• All four Indrik Feathers
• All four Spectral Indrik Berries
• The Spectral Indrik pet
• Sovereign Sow fragments
• Jester’s Scintillator runebox
• Cherry Blossom Branch runebox
• NEW Group Repair Kits
• Allows you to repair worn gear for group members in your zone

This is your chance to acquire the final berries needed to evolve your Nascent Indrik into the ghostly Spectral Indrik mount!


Spooky yet majestic!

Beset by war, monsters, Dragons, and Necromancers, the world of The Elder Scrolls Online is serious business, but each year, the people of Tamriel get together for an all-too-short period of frivolity and fun. With bonus XP, unique collectibles, and a whole lot of pie, there’s a ridiculous amount of reasons to celebrate the Jester’s Festival. Are you excited to take part in this year’s most foolish fête? Let us know on @TESOnline, Instagram, and Facebook!

The Jester’s Festival begins on Thursday, March 26 at 10:00AM EDT and will run until April 2 at 10:00AM EDT.

Tune in to ESO Live this Friday, March 13, as the community team recruits Dungeon Lead Mike Finnigan and Stream Team member GNARLY_NATE for a Harrowstorm dungeon run!


Kicking off this Friday at 6PM EDT, join Jessica Folsom and Gina Bruno from the ESO community team as they host ZOS’ Dungeon Lead Mike Finnigan and special guest GNARLY_NATE for a Harrowstorm dungeon run of your choosing. You can tell us which dungeon you’d like to see the team tackle via this tweet.

Which dungeon do you want to see the team run on ESO Live this week? Vote now to choose!

Will our brave adventurers explore the frigid home of the Icereach Coven? Or will they help the Pyre Watch expel invaders from the Unhallowed Grave? Vote now!


Throughout the show, there’s sure to be tons of laughs, mostly unavoidable deaths, and kazoos (!?) in addition to giveaways and Twitch Drops (don’t forget to link your accounts).

This ESO Live begins Friday at 6:00PM EDT, March 13, on Twitch, YouTube, Mixer, and Steam.

See you there!

The Harrowstorm DLC game pack and Update 25 brings a host of new challenges, adventures, rewards, and improvements to ESO, including:

• Two new four-player dungeons: Icereach and Unhallowed Grave
• The start of the year-long Dark Heart of Skyrim storyline
• New rewards, including unique achievements and collectibles
• All-new PvP collectibles
• New performance improvements
• And more!

This DLC is free for all current ESO Plus™ members or available for purchase with crowns from the in-game Crown Store. You can read the patch notes for both Harrowstorm and Update 25 on our official forums.


The Elder Scrolls Online: Harrowstorm features two exciting new dungeons for four-player groups: Icereach and Unhallowed Grave. These new PvE challenges also kick off your Dark Heart of Skyrim year-long adventure, beginning a story that will take you to the upcoming Greymoor Chapter and more throughout the entirety of 2020.

Icereach

A supernatural storm lashes Skyrim’s northern coast, threatening the longboats and livelihoods of the local Nords. You and your party must investigate the mysterious origin of this storm: the barren island of Icereach. There, you must find the first lost expedition, confront the witches of the Icereach Coven, and put a stop to their terrible ritual before all of Skyrim is lost.


Confront the witches of Icereach

Unhallowed Grave

Deep beneath the sands of Bangkorai, the ancient remnants of a long-forgotten evil lies buried—forgotten to all but the crypt’s last guardians. Now, a gruesome band of Necromancers and monsters has looted the tomb for an unknown purpose. You and your allies must storm the Unhallowed Grave, repulse the mercenaries, and discover the dark secret at the heart of their invasion.


Explore the Unhallowed Grave

Both dungeons challenge you and your teammates with cunning enemies and monstrous boss battles, and you can attempt both Icereach and Unhallowed Grave in Normal and Veteran difficulties, with a Veteran Hard Mode option available if you wish to truly challenge yourselves. Finally, you can discover new rewards in both dungeons, including new item sets, Achievements, collectibles, and more.

For more information on these two dungeons, check out our previews of both Icereach and Unhallowed Grave.

The Harrowstorm DLC game pack is free for all ESO Plus members and available for purchase for 1,500 crowns from the in-game Crown Store (listed under DLC).

Note that if your ESO Plus membership lapses, you lose access to the DLC dungeons until you renew or purchase the DLC with crowns. You won’t lose any items or rewards you earned while you had access.

Harrowstorm Collector’s Bundle

The Harrowstorm Collector’s Bundle is also available for 4,000 crowns. This includes access to the DLC game pack, the Hallin's Jackal Pet, the Pyre Watch Jackal Mount, and five Crown Experience Scrolls. You can find and purchase the Harrowstorm Collector’s Bundle from the Featured section of the in-game Crown Store.


The Harrowstorm Collector’s Bundle

Once you have access to the Harrowstorm dungeons, you can begin your Dark Heart of Skyrim adventure by the following methods:

• By teleporting directly into the two dungeons from your map
• By using the Dungeon Finder tool
• By walking up to the dungeon entrances in the Bangkorai (Unhallowed Grave) and northern Wrothgar (Icereach)

Finally, simply by entering one of these two dungeons, you’ll earn the Wickerman Mishap emote!


Watch your fingers!

Releasing in tandem with the new DLC, Update 25 provides a host of new features and improvements for all ESO players, completely free. In particular, this update continues the performance work that began last year with a major Patching Overhaul and introduces new, unique rewards for PvP.

Patching Overhaul & Performance Improvements

The biggest change arriving with Update 25 is the Patching Overhaul. This update completely changes how the ESO game client is downloaded, patched, and stored on local hard drives. Because of this change, ALL ESO players are required to re-download the game client. Once complete, you will see improvements to the game’s load time and reductions in hard drive space requirements for future updates. You can learn more about this major overhaul in this article. There’s a free pet to be snatched up, too!

Additional performance updates associated with this patch include improvements to frame rates, the loading of fixtures and characters, and more, so don’t hesitate to check out our performance improvements timeline or Update 25’s patch notes on the official forums for everything you need to know.

New PvP Rewards

If you enjoy battling your fellow players in Cyrodiil, Update 25 introduces new rewards for PvP players: The Knight of the Circle Armor and Weapon Outfit Styles. You can obtain these new styles by purchasing a Knight’s Resolve or Knight’s Rebuke from a War Researcher in Cyrodiil.

• Combine Knight's Resolve with 20 Arena Gladiator Proofs to generate a random style page for armor in the Knight of the Circle style.
• Combine Knight's Rebuke with 40 Arena Gladiator Proofs to generate a random style page for a weapon in the Knight of the Circle style.

Show your valor with the Knight of the Circle styles!

Don’t forget, you need to complete Conquest daily quests in Cyrodiil to receive Arena Gladiator Proofs—no easy task! Finally, because the new style pages are not bound, you can trade them with other players.

With Harrowstorm, your next big year-long adventure begins, leading you into Skyrim’s dark heart with The Elder Scrolls Online: Greymoor and continuing throughout all of 2020. Are you ready to begin this exciting new storyline and delve into the frigid island of Icereach and the bone-laden halls of Unhallowed Grave? Let us know on @TESOnline, Instagram, and Facebook!

Part of the Dark Heart of Skyrim year-long adventure, the Harrowstorm DLC game pack is now live for PC/Mac and coming March 10 for Xbox One and PlayStation®4. This new DLC game pack arrives in tandem with Update 25, a free base-game update for all ESO players.
Harrowstorm Dark Heart of Skyrim Announcements Update 25

Learn about what makes Update 25 and the Patching Overhaul so important and the special pet we’re giving away in thanks!



The Patching Overhaul is a massive part of the Update 25 base-game patch (arriving February 24 for PC/Mac and March 10 for PlayStation®4 and Xbox One) that completely overhauls how the ESO game client is downloaded, patched, and stored on local hard drives.


What are the benefits of this update?

Once this update is complete, you will see major improvements to the game’s load time and the speed at which assets are loaded into the world.

Most notably, this change dramatically reduces the patch sizes for all future updates, and it results in a major reduction of space taken up by the client on your machine’s hard drive. Our console players will feel this improvement most strongly, and PC/Mac players also benefit from this change.


What do I need to do?

ALL ESO players are required to completely re-download the game client upon the launch of Update 25. For the most part, this should not require any additional effort on your part; the ESO Launcher for PC/Mac or your console will begin the download automatically once the update goes live, so just let it run on its own. You shouldn’t notice any other changes to the launcher or download process, and your user settings and add-ons should remain untouched (although it never hurts to back them up!).

Unfortunately, it is not possible to begin the download for Update 25 early (nor simply use the files from the PTS)—it will begin the morning of the update’s launch. Once the download has begun, it’s simply a matter of waiting for it to complete and launching the game as normal. Easy!


Did I hear something about a free pet?

Yes! As a “thank you” to the ESO community for completing the re-download, we’re adding the Crimson Torchbug Pet to the Crown Store, completely free. This glowing gift can be found under the Pets category of the Crown Store and is available only for two weeks after Update 25’s launch. This means PC/Mac players can grab their pets from February 24 until March 9, and console players can get theirs from March 10 until March 24. Plenty of time to complete the re-download!



Look at that little red butt!


Releasing in tandem with the Harrowstorm DLC game pack, the Update 25 base-game patch brings a host of performance fixes that all of ESO’s players can enjoy. In addition to this patching overhaul, you’ll experience better load times, frame rates, and more To stay up to date on all the performance improvements we are making to ESO this year and beyond, keep an eye on this article for its monthly updates!

Are you ready for the patching overhaul and re-download that is coming with Update 25? More importantly, are you ready for the adorably bright Crimson Torchbug pet? Let us know via @TESOnline, Instagram, and Facebook!
Development Update 25 Harrowstorm

Check out two new homes with Systems Designer Cullen Lee and enjoy a new “Life at ZOS” interview with Writer Taylor Cyr!

Tune in to ESO Live this Friday at 5PM EST/10PM GMT (slightly earlier than normal!) to see Systems Designer Cullen Lee showcase two new homes (Forgemaster Falls and Thieves’ Oasis) and discuss the creation process.

In addition to this, the community team will also interview Writer Taylor Cyr as part of the returning “Life at ZOS” series. They’ll talk about Taylor’s journey to ZOS and what it’s like to be part of the content team, and her most recent work.

There will be giveaways, Twitch Drops (don’t forget to ensure your accounts are linked!), and a Valentine’s Day surprise! It’s going to be an amazing show, so join us at 5:00PM EST/10:00PM GMT this Friday, February 14, on Twitch, YouTube, Mixer, and Steam.

Be sure to stick around after the show as our Australian office will be running a special charity stream to raise funds for the Australian Red Cross, supporting those affected by the bush fires.

Update: We have rescheduled this ESO Live for Wednesday, February 5, at 6PM EST due to previous technical difficulties.

Join us for the first ESO Live of the year as Dungeon Lead Mike Finnigan takes us on a tour of the two new Harrowstorm dungeons!

The show will kick off on Wednesday, February 5, at 6PM EST/11PM GMT and feature a walkthrough of both the Icereach and Unhallowed Grave dungeons, coming soon with the Harrowstorm DLC game pack. During the tour, Mike will talk about the dungeons’ unique setting, story, and challenges.

Before the tour, we’ll share stories from the recent Global Reveal Event in Las Vegas where we announced the Dark Heart of Skyrim and also present a short video from the combat team explaining the changes to Block currently on the PTS.

We’ll enable Twitch Drops throughout the show, so don’t forget to link your accounts! To catch all this, tune in at 6:00PM EST/11PM GMT this Wednesday, February 5, on Twitch, YouTube, Mixer, and Steam.

Clash with your fellow players in Cyrodiil, the Battlegrounds, and Imperial City during the Midyear Mayhem event and you’ll earn bonus Alliance Points and exclusive new rewards!

Midyear Mayhem is back, and the horns of war bellow once more from Thursday, January 23 at 10:00AM EST, until Tuesday, February 4 at 10:00AM EST. During this PvP event, you can earn bonus rewards, XP, and Alliance Points by battling your fellow players in the Alliance War, Battlegrounds, and Imperial City.

1. Here’s how you can join the fight:
   
2. Navigate to the in-game Crown Store and acquire the FREE “Details on the Midyear Mayhem" quest from the Quest Starters category.
   
3. Travel to your faction's main gate in Cyrodiil from the Alliance War menu.
   
4. Locate the NPC called “Predicant Maera" and acquire the quest titled “Midyear Mayhem." (If you completed the quest previously, you won't need to do it again.)
   
5. Complete the quest to receive your Scroll of Pelinal's Ferocity and a Pelinal's Midyear Boon Box.
   
6. Use the scroll to activate a two-hour, 100% buff to Alliance Points and XP from player kills in PvP activities.
   
7. To ensure you receive your due honors, hang on to the Scroll of Pelinal’s Ferocity and reuse it during the event period. If you happen to discard it, you can acquire another from Predicant Maera for 100 gold or 100 Alliance Points (look for her near Battleground camps for this purpose also).

Keep an eye out for three additional PvP campaigns opening up for the duration of the event, too! They won’t be Alliance locked.

During Midyear Mayhem, you can earn new collectibles as rewards in addition to the Midyear Victor’s Laurel Wreath.

Legion Zero Outfit Style Pages

You can don the garb of the legion by picking up the Outfit Style pages for the Legion Zero’s armor, dropped from bosses in the Imperial City, including those found in the sewers and the city proper.

Standard-Bearer Emotes

Show your colors with the Standard-Bearer emote! This new emote is earned by collecting 10 Standard-Bearer’s Emblems, found within the first Pelinal’s Midyear Boon Box you open each day per account. Once you have 10, you can combine them with a Standard-Bearer’s License (on sale for 50,000 AP) from Predicant Maera to create a Runebox with the emote for that character’s Alliance. Make sure to use it on a character of the Alliance whose banner you want to hold high!


Earn new rewards during Midyear Mayhem

Midyear Victor’s Laurel Wreath

As always, you can earn the Midyear Victor’s Laurel Wreath collectible by earning glory on the battlefield and completing the below event-specific Achievements:

• Mayhem Connoisseur: Receive the blessing of the Whitestrake at one of the Alliance Gates during the Midyear Mayhem.
• Echo of Pelinal's Fury: Read a Scroll of Pelinal's Ferocity during the Midyear Mayhem.
• Hand of the Whitestrake: Acquire your 25th Pelinal's Midyear Boon Box.
• Wrath of the Whitestrake: Defeat 50 opponents during the Midyear Mayhem.
• Pelinavant the Scourge: Win a Battleground match during the Midyear Mayhem.
• Pelinaline the Bloody: Capture a Keep in Cyrodiil during the Midyear Mayhem.
• Pelinerrif Insurgent: Capture an Imperial District during the Midyear Mayhem.

Become the Star-Made Knight

Note that access to the Imperial City DLC game pack is required to earn all of the above Achievements (now free in the in-game Crown Store!).

When you engage in PvP during the Midyear Mayhem event, you’ll receive Pelinal’s Midyear Boon Boxes in addition to your regular Rewards for the Worthy containers AND as rewards from various PvP daily quests. These dailies include:

• 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 (Requires “The Sublime Protector” achievement, earned by completing the Imperial City main questline)

Pelinal’s Midyear Boon Boxes have a chance to contain the following items:

• Transmute Crystals
• Alchemy reagents
• PvP consumables such as repair kits, forward camps, and siege weapons
• Motif pages for the Alliance and Akaviri styles
• Style items for your Alliance
• Akaviri style items
• Coldharbour siege weapons
• Prismatic Runestones
• Books of Pelinal housing items

In addition to this, during the event, harvesting nodes within both Cyrodiil and the Imperial City drop double their regular resources, and the Cyrodiil merchant Adhazabi Aba-daro (also known as “The Golden”) stocks Alliance War Legendary-quality jewelry, with necklaces during the first weekend and rings during the second.

To earn Event Tickets during Midyear Mayhem, complete any of the following PvP daily quests:

• 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 (Requires “The Sublime Protector” achievement, earned by completing the Imperial City main questline)

When you complete one of these quests, you receive three Event Tickets in addition to your regular rewards. Note that you can earn only three tickets per day per account, resetting at 1:00AM EST each morning.

During the event, the Impresario will stock the following items:

• Indrik Feathers
• Legion Zero Outfit Style pages
• Standard-Bearer Emotes
• Spectral Berries of Bloom
• Spectral Berries of Budding

This event features the first two Indrik Berries for this quarter’s evolution, the otherworldly Spectral Indrik! Be aware that if you purchase the Legion Zero Outfit Style pages and Banner Emote items for Event Tickets, they are bound to your account, meaning you can’t trade them.


Collect berries for the Spectral Indrik!

You can acquire 39 Event Tickets during this event. Additionally, the Impresario continues to sell all Feathers throughout, allowing you to unlock a new Nascent Indrik, too.

Wage war against your fellow players in the Battlegrounds, Cyrodiil, and Imperial City, and you’ll be honored with bonus rewards and new collectibles. Whether you’re a seasoned campaign veteran or a recruit ready to test your mettle, the Midyear Mayhem event is the perfect opportunity to check out ESO’s unique PvP action. Are you ready and willing to fight for glory? Let us know on Twitter @TESOnline, Instagram, and Facebook!

The Midyear Mayhem in-game event begins on Thursday, January 23 at 10:00AM EST, and runs until Tuesday, February 4 at 10:00AM EST.

Yesterday evening, we announced The Elder Scrolls Online’s next big year-long adventure and Chapter live from the HyperX Esports Arena Las Vegas. In case you missed it, here’s everything we showcased and announced during the big event!

The event’s biggest reveals, of course, were the announcement of both the Dark Heart of Skyrim year-long adventure and Greymoor Chapter, and the show kicked off on a high note with this new cinematic trailer:


ZOS’s Creative Director Rich Lambert and Bethesda Softwork's SVP of Global Marketing and Communications Pete Hines took the stage to discuss the new Chapter, showcasing the content’s new zone, storyline, and systems. You can watch the entirety of the announcement HERE on Twitch.

With the announcement stream complete, we went into a post-show with Community Team members Jessica Folsom and Gina Bruno, who hosted community guests and ESO Dev Team members such as Dungeon Lead Mike Finnigan and Loremaster Leamon Tuttle! Watch it HERE on Twitch.

For hitting 80,000 concurrent viewers during our Dark Heart of Skyrim global announcement stream, we're giving all ESO players the Long-Winged Bat pet. To qualify, simply log into the game and kill any enemy monster any time between now and January 22, 2020 at 11:59 PM EST.

As long as you qualify, you’ll receive your Long-Winged Bat pet by the first week of February. It’ll be added to your Collections automatically.

We weren't able to hit our 150,000 concurrent viewer target required to unlock the ESO team member's IRL “Snow Bear Plunge,” but we're going to do it anyway! Keep an eye out on our social channels for information in the near future on when we dive in, and thank you for watching the show!

With the announcement of the Dark Heart of Skyrim and Greymoor Chapter, we’re set for another exciting year of adventure. Are you ready to return to the land of the Nords? Let us know on Twitter at @TESOnline, Instagram, or Facebook.

The Elder Scrolls Online: Greymoor arrives May 18 for PC/Mac and June 2 for Xbox One and PlayStation®4. Learn about the new Chapter’s editions and bonus rewards here, including how to pre-purchase.

You can pre-purchase Greymoor right now on select digital platforms and storefronts, including the ESO Store, Steam, and Microsoft Store. Greymoor is coming soon to the PlayStation®Store—check this help article for more information. To get started, click HERE and select your edition, platform, and retailer.

Greymoor launches for PC/Mac on May 18 and PlayStation®4 and Xbox One on June 2. In addition to this, Greymoor will be coming to Stadia. Stay tuned for more information about how you can play ESO on Stadia in the coming months!


If you pre-purchase The Elder Scrolls Online: Greymoor, you gain access to exclusive rewards, including:

• Pre-Order Costume: Jarl Finery
• This rugged but stylish raiment is typically reserved for northern nobility—just more proof of your heroic stature!
• Pre-Order Pet: Sacrificial Pocket Mammoth
• Though the arcane markings indicate its status as a sacrificial offering, these creatures often end up trundling along after soft-hearted souls like yourself.
• Pre-Order Reward: Nightfall Preview Crown Crate
• A select collection of Nightfall-themed items!
• Pre-Order Reward: Western Skyrim Treasure Maps
• A collection of three Western Skyrim Treasure Maps.
• Pre-Order Adornment: Jarl Crown
• Crafted from horker leather and metal reworked from weapons, this circlet marks your lofty status among the Nords.
• Pre-Order Reward: Two XP Scrolls
• 50% XP scrolls, created by a Priestess of Meridia, to help you get started on your adventures.

The above pre-order items arrive upon the game’s launch for your platform. In addition to this, should you pre-purchase Greymoor digitally, you also instantly unlock this exclusive in-game mount:

• Pre-Purchase Mount: Holdbreaker Warhorse
• Even the stoutest castle gates splinter under the thundering hooves of the exclusive Holdbreaker Warhorse! Astride this hardy steed, victory on the battlefield is assured.

Pre-order and pre-purchase rewards

Finally, should you pre-purchase The Elder Scrolls Online: Greymoor Standard Edition or Digital Collector’s Edition, you’ll also receive instant access to the ESO base game and ALL previous Chapter releases, including the Morrowind, Summerset, and Elsweyr Chapters. Immediately begin your adventures in Tamriel!

There are five unique editions of Greymoor currently available for pre-purchase. Whether you’re a new player or veteran, there’s bound to be an edition that’s perfect for you.

The Greymoor Physical Collector’s Edition is available ONLY as a physical version and includes the brand-new Greymoor Chapter (note: NOT the base game or previous Chapters) in addition to a selection of unique physical and digital items, including:

Digital Items (unlocked at launch)

• Exclusive Pet: Death Hound
• "I grew tired of the crush of humanity, so I got a Death Hound. Now I can't enter most taverns, but I also don't have people crowding my space."—Theldyn Faden
• Exclusive Memento: Orb of Magnus
• Hide from the oppressive light of Magnus with this memento.
• Exclusive Mount: Crypt Warden Death Hound
• Once these death hounds served crypt wardens exclusively, stalking the gloomy barrows of Skyrim in search of prey.
• Exclusive Outfit Style Conversions: Swordthane
• Claim a highly respected role among the Nords, the swordthane, and convert your gear to this distinctive style.
• Exclusive Emote Pack: Skyrim
• Skyrim-themed pack that includes the emotes Arrow to the Knee, Missing Sweetroll, and Ragnar the Red.

Collector’s Edition digital items (and pre-purchase mount)

Physical Items

• Vampire Lord Statue
• A menacing sculpture of a great Vampire Lord.
• Set of Four Collector's Coins
• Based on each of the realms found in ESO’s Chapters, including Vvardenfell, Summerset, Northern Elsweyr, and Western Skyrim.
• Exclusive Steelbook
• Hardy as a Nord’s ass (donkey!).
• Map of Western Skyrim
• Plan your adventures into the home of the Nords.
• One Month of ESO Plus™
• Enjoy access to select ESO Plus benefits, including the Craft Bag, DLC access, and more!

Physical Collector’s Edition physical items

If you pre-purchase this edition of Greymoor, as mentioned above, you also receive all pre-order rewards and the pre-purchase exclusive mount at launch. The Physical Collector’s Edition will be available in stores for all platforms on May 18, however, please note that if you pick up your copy on this date for PlayStation®4 or Xbox One, you won’t be able to play the new content until the console launch date of June 2. 

The Greymoor Digital Collector’s Edition includes instant access to the ESO base game and the Morrowind, Summerset, and Elsweyr Chapters in addition to the brand-new Greymoor Chapter at launch. It also includes a selection of unique digital items, including:

Digital Items (unlocked at launch)

• Exclusive Pet: Death Hound
• "I grew tired of the crush of humanity, so I got a Death Hound. Now I can't enter most taverns, but I also don't have people crowding my space."—Theldyn Faden
• Exclusive Memento: Orb of Magnus
• Hide from the oppressive light of Magnus with this memento.
• Exclusive Mount: Crypt Warden Death Hound
• Once these death hounds served crypt wardens exclusively, stalking the gloomy barrows of Skyrim in search of prey.
• Exclusive Outfit Style Conversions: Swordthane
• Claim a highly respected role among the Nords, the swordthane, and convert your gear to this distinctive style.
• Exclusive Emote Pack: Skyrim
• Skyrim-themed pack that includes the emotes Arrow to the Knee, Missing Sweetroll, and Ragnar the Red.

If you pre-purchase this edition of Greymoor, you also receive all pre-order rewards at launch and immediate access to the pre-purchase exclusive mount.

The Greymoor Digital Collector’s Edition Upgrade includes the new Greymoor Chapter and a selection of unique digital items, including:

Digital Items (unlocked at launch)

• Exclusive Pet: Death Hound
• "I grew tired of the crush of humanity, so I got a Death Hound. Now I can't enter most taverns, but I also don't have people crowding my space."—Theldyn Faden
• Exclusive Memento: Orb of Magnus
• Hide from the oppressive light of Magnus with this memento.
• Exclusive Mount: Crypt Warden Death Hound
• Once these death hounds served crypt wardens exclusively, stalking the gloomy barrows of Skyrim in search of prey.
• Exclusive Outfit Style Conversions: Swordthane
• Claim a highly respected role among the Nords, the swordthane, and convert your gear to this distinctive style.
• Exclusive Emote Pack: Skyrim
• Skyrim-themed pack that includes the emotes Arrow to the Knee, Missing Sweetroll, and Ragnar the Red.

If you pre-purchase this edition of Greymoor, you also receive all pre-order rewards at launch and immediate access to the pre-purchase exclusive mount.

The Greymoor Digital Upgrade includes the new Greymoor Chapter. If you pre-purchase this edition of Greymoor, you also receive all pre-order rewards at launch and immediate access to the pre-purchase exclusive mount.

The Greymoor Standard Edition includes instant access to the ESO base game and the Morrowind, Summerset, and Elsweyr Chapters in addition to the brand-new Greymoor Chapter at launch.

If you pre-purchase this edition of Greymoor, you also receive all pre-order rewards at launch and immediate access to the pre-purchase exclusive mount.


The Elder Scrolls Online: Greymoor is coming soon for PC/Mac, Xbox One, and PlayStation®4, but you can immediately access the game AND ride the Holdbreaker Warhorse mount if you pre-purchase it digitally today. Are you prepared to return to the home of the Nords and delve into Skyrim’s dark heart? Let us know which edition you’ll be picking up on Twitter @TESOnline, Facebook, and Instagram using the #DarkHeartOfSkyrim hashtag!

The Elder Scrolls Online: Greymoor is coming for PC/Mac on May 18 and PlayStation®4 and Xbox One on June 2. Pre-purchase Greymoor now digitally to receive unique bonus rewards and gain immediate access to the Holdbreaker Warhorse in-game mount (digital only—conditions apply). Don't miss out!