The cat's out of bag! Ready yourself, adventurer. A massive announcement for The Elder Scrolls Online is on the way! Find out how you can learn about the upcoming ESO Chapter and what's coming to the game in 2019.



Tune in to https://www.twitch.tv/bethesda on Tuesday, January 15 at 5:00PM EST to be one of the first to learn about the next exciting adventure in The Elder Scrolls Online. Join us as Creative Director Rich Lambert announces what is coming to ESO in 2019 live to the world from the Twitch studio in San Francisco.

Want to earn some amazing goodies? In addition to Twitch Drops (PC/Mac only), you and your fellow viewers could unlock amazing rewards for all, simply by watching the stream. As the show hits certain peak concurrent viewer count milestones, the following rewards will be unlocked:

• 55k concurrent viewers: A unique Wallpaper based on the next Chapter’s concept art
• 70k concurrent viewers: A Hot Pepper Bantam Guar pet for all ESO players across all platforms
• 90k concurrent viewers: Rich will commit to getting an ESO tattoo somewhere (SFW) on his body!

The Hot Pepper Bantam Guar pet

However, that’s not all! Drop in early to check out the ESO pre-stream show (full details coming soon), and be sure to stick around after the show as special community guests discuss the latest news with Rich and ESO Community Managers Jessica Folsom and Gina Bruno!

It’ll be an amazing night of announcements, big-time reveals, and laughs, so be sure to join us on Tuesday, January 15 at 5:00PM EST for all the fun. See you there!

Earn bonus rewards, get double XP, and celebrate the end of the year in style during the New Life Festival. Learn about all the quests, collectibles, Achievements, and more you can enjoy during this end-of-year event!



The New Life Festival begins this Thursday, December 13, at 10:00AM EST and will run until Wednesday, January 2, at 10:00AM EST. If you’d like to take part in the festivities, pick up the New Life Festival Scroll from the in-game Crown Store and use it to find the New Life Herald, Breda, located south of Windhelm, Eastmarch.

Share a mead with Breda, the New Life Herald

Complete the initial quest titled “The New Life Festival” to unlock a host of New Life-themed and festive daily quests (nine in total) that have you bring cheer to every corner of Tamriel. Once you’ve completed your first New Life Festival quest, you’ll also have unlocked the Breda’s Bottomless Mead Mug collectible, which, in addition to greatly improving the mirth of those who imbibe, provides a two-hour, 100% boost to XP gains during the event period. This boon will stack with any other XP bonuses your character currently has, including those from XP scrolls or ESO Plus membership.

By taking part in the New Life Festival and completing the Herald’s quests, you’ll earn New Life Festival Gift Boxes. These celebratory containers house random items, including crafting materials, consumables, and style items. If you’re fortunate, you might also receive one of these rarer rewards, too:

• Skinchanger Motif chapters
• New Life recipes
• New Life collectibles (packaged in Runeboxes and tradeable):
• Sword-Swallower's Blade memento
• Juggler's Knives memento
• Fire-Breather's Torches memento
• Mud Ball Pouch memento
• Nordic Bather's Towel costume
• Colovian Filigreed Hood hat
• Colovian Fur Hood hat
• A selection of lights, lamps, and lanterns for your home to celebrate the Signal Fire Sprint
• Draughts of Stealth and Escape to celebrate the Trial of Five-Clawed Guile

New Life Charity Writs

In addition to the above rewards, New Life Festival Gift Boxes can now also include New Life Charity Writs! These new, event-exclusive writs task you with creating simple furnishing items to donate in the spirit of the season. Once you’ve completed one of these new writs, you can turn it into any writ return location for its item type. If you don’t have the recipe required to craft the writ, visit the relevant crafting vendor to pick it up.

Of course, performing this good deed is its own reward, but in addition to a philanthropic sense of satisfaction, if you complete 12 Charity Writs on a single character, you’ll unlock the “Newly Charitable” Achievement, granting you the incredible Crystalfrost skin!


The Crystalfrost skin

Starting December 13, you can turn your house into a festive holiday home with exclusive furnishing items from Heralda Garscroft, the Holiday Achievement Furnisher. You can find her in Grahtwood, Stormhaven, and Deshaan. Here’s how you can unlock these uniquely merry furnishings:

• The New Life Bonfire – Available for 10,000 gold once you complete the “Snow Bare Plunge" achievement
• The New Life Celebrant's Standard – Available for 2,500 gold once you complete the “New Life Celebrant" achievement

Check the Achievement section of your Journal to review progress.

During the event, you can also earn Event Tickets and purchase the final Indrik Feather required to unlock the Nascent Indrik mount (along with a #OurElderScrolls Sweepstakes bonus entry). This event’s feather is called the Opaline Indrik Feather.

To earn Event Tickets during this event, simply complete one of the nine New Life Festival daily quests. In addition to the New Life Festival Gift Box, you’ll receive one Event Ticket. Note that you can earn only one ticket per day per account, and they’ll reset at 1:00AM EST each morning.


Get the last Indrik Feather to unlock this beautiful mount

Once you have acquired 10 Event Tickets, you can trade them in to the Impresario (located at a special booth in Daggerfall in Glenumbra, Davon's Watch in Stonefalls, and Vulkhel Guard in Auridon) for the Opaline Indrik Feather. You can acquire 20 Event Tickets during this event, and the Impresario will continue to sell all previous Feathers throughout, meaning if you’ve missed some, you have a chance to catch up during the New Life Festival! For more information on acquiring the Nascent Indrik mount, check out our announcement article.

As with previous events, you can earn bonus entries into the #OurElderScrolls Sweepstakes by acquiring Indrik Feathers. For your chance to win amazing prizes, including a Grand Prize trip to BE3 2019, make sure you’ve entered by filling out this form. For more information and official rules, visit the #OurElderScrolls page.

Finally, in addition to your Event Ticket, when you turn in your first New Life Festival daily quest, you will also receive a Mysterious Reward Box. Originally part of the earlier Undaunted Celebration, these boxes have a chance to include rare styles and collectibles.

Throughout the event period, you can also acquire some merry seasonal items from the in-game Crown Store, including the beloved Garland Dapple Gray mount, the Winter Broadbrim Hat Pack, Sun’s Dusk Winter Hood, and Winter Scout’s Pack. These returning items are now on sale and can only be found in the Crown Store for a limited time.

Don’t forget, you can now acquire the Enchanted Snow Globe Home, too. The entrance to this magical, wintery home can actually be found within the New Life tent, so don’t hesitate to check it out for yourself.


The amazing Enchanted Snow Globe Home

In addition to the sale, from now until 2:00AM EST on January 1, 2019, you can earn a Snowcap Fledgling Gryphon pet when you gift Crown Store items this month. Check out our announcement article for all the details.

The New Life Festival begins soon, and it brings the spirit of the holiday season to all of Tamriel. How are you planning to bring in the New Year? Let us know if you’re going to make merry this holiday season on Twitter @TESOnline and Facebook.

The New Life Festival begins this Thursday, December 13, at 10:00AM EST and will run until Wednesday, January 2, at 10:00AM EST.

Play The Elder Scrolls Online and experience Tamriel like never before during our Free Play Event!



The Free Play Event will begin on Thursday, December 6 and will run through Tuesday, December 11. During this period, you can join millions of other adventurers in exploring Tamriel free on PC/Mac with no strings attached.

Here’s how you can take part in this event:

• Navigate to the Free Play page
• Select your platform
• Download the game for your desired platform
• Create an ESO account and play!

During the Free Play Event, you’ll get access to ESO’s base game and Morrowind DLC, allowing you to explore a massive world filled with beauty and adventure as you fight to restore the demi-god Vivec’s lost powers and reclaim your stolen soul from the Daedric Prince Molag Bal. In addition to this, ESO’s base game also includes access to Cyrodiil, a massive open-world PvP zone, and the Battlegrounds, a fast-paced 4v4v4 PvP arena. Even if you already own ESO but never acquired the Morrowind DLC or Chapter, you’ll be able to travel to Vvardenfell and experience the home of the Dark Elves during the event period.

All new ESO accounts receive 500 free crowns for use in the in-game Crown Store, allowing you to pick up some useful items that include XP Scrolls, consumables, or even collectibles. Any characters and progression earned from previous trial events will remain, and if you decide to buy ESO after the event, you’ll be able to continue your adventures without interruption.

The ESO game client is approximately 80 GB in size, so ensure you have enough space on your machine's hard drive for the download.

A whole world of adventure awaits you in The Elder Scrolls Online, so be sure to visit our Free Play page to get started. During the event, you can also sign up for the #OurElderScrollsSweepstakes for a chance to win some amazing prizes, including a Grand Prize trip to BE3 2019. For more information and official rules, check out the #OurElderScrolls page. Are you going to visit Tamriel during the Free Play Event? Let us know on Twitter @TESOnline and Facebook! 

In the spirit of the holiday season, you will receive an in-game pet as a gift from us when you use the Crown Store Gifting system to bring joy to others.



Has your guildie or friend had their eye on a fancy pet or mount? Perhaps you want to help a new player get off to a fast start with some XP Scrolls? During the month of December, we’re rewarding everybody who loves to gift their fellow players Crown Store items with a brand-new pet!

This holiday season, when you gift 1000 Crowns or more worth of items to two or more different Elder Scrolls Online players, we’ll send you an adorable Snowcap Fledgling Gryphon pet!



Here’s everything you need to know:

• Gifting must occur between 2:00 AM EST on December 1, 2018 and 2:00AM EST on January 1, 2019
• You must send a gift to at least two different individual accounts
• The total value of all gifts must be at least 1000 Crowns or more on the same platform and region
• Note: NOT 1000 Crowns per gift, but 1000 Crowns total. Two individual gifts that are valued at 500 Crowns each would count, as would three gifts each valued at 400 Crowns. However, if you sent a gift worth 500 Crowns on the PC NA server and another worth 500 Crowns on the Xbox One NA server, it would not count. 
• You will receive your Snowcap Fledgling Gryphon pet after the promotion’s end by January 4, 2019.

To send your friend a gift, navigate to the item you wish to buy in the Crown Store and select the “Purchase as Gift" option, then enter their UserID, Gamertag, or PSN ID, depending on your platform. You can then personalize your gift with a custom-made or a pre-selected message. Note that homes cannot be gifted.


Gift consumables, collectibles, and more!

You can view all the currently available items, including pets, mounts, costumes, and more on our Crown Store page, and you can stock up on Crowns on our Buy Crowns page.

Don’t forget, this promotion kicks off on December 1, 2019 at 2:00AM EST and it will run until January 1, 2019 at 2:00AM EST. Happy gifting!

Take on Tamriel’s dungeons and earn bonus rewards during the Undaunted Celebration Event. Learn everything you need to know to get started, including how to earn more Event Tickets!



The Undaunted Celebration Event kicks off on Thursday, November 29 at 10:00AM EST and will run until Wednesday, December 5 at 10:00AM EST. During the event period, you can complete a random dungeon using the Dungeon Finder (Normal or Veteran) to earn Mysterious Reward Boxes, with a max of one box rewarded per character per day.

A Mysterious Reward Box has a chance to include some useful items and collectibles, including style pages, costumes, pets, mounts, and (in some rare cases) homes.


Frostbane Saber Cat mount & Grand Topal Hideaway home

If you’re lucky enough, you might even win the ultra-rare jackpot prize and receive over 130 mounts at once! This jackpot reward even includes mounts from previous Crown Crate seasons.


Dwarven Horse & Hollowjack Daedra-Skull Wolf mounts (available as part of the jackpot prize)

Here’s what you need to do to participate:

• Navigate to the Group & Activity Finder
• Select Dungeon Finder
• Select either Random Normal Dungeon or Random Veteran Dungeon
• Select your role (DPS, healing, or tanking) and queue up

In order to earn a Mysterious Reward Box, you will need to complete the dungeon by defeating its final boss.

Note: You receive Mysterious Reward Boxes as part of your character's daily random dungeon rewards. Once one of your characters has completed their dungeon daily and has received the rewards, you will not be able to get additional ones for that same character for 20 hours (the typical dungeon daily cooldown).

During the Undaunted Celebration Event, you can earn additional Event Tickets and pick up the third of the four Indrik Features (along with a #OurElderScrolls Sweepstakes bonus entry) required to summon the Nascent Indrik Mount. This event’s feather is called the Onyx Indrik Feather.

To earn Event Tickets during this event, complete a dungeon by defeating its final boss. In addition to the regular rewards the boss drops, you’ll receive three Event Tickets. Note that you can only earn these three tickets once per day per account and they’ll reset at 1:00AM EST each morning.


Don’t miss out on your Indrik Mount!

Once you have acquired 10 Event Tickets, you can trade them in to the Impresario (located at a special booth in Daggerfall in Glenumbra, Davon's Watch in Stonefalls, and Vulkhel Guard in Auridon) for the Onyx Indrik Feather. For more information on acquiring the Nascent Indrik mount, check out our announcement article.

Don’t forget, you can earn bonus entries into the #OurElderScrolls Sweepstakes by collecting Indrik Feathers. For your chance to win some amazing prizes, including a Grand Prize trip to BE3 2019, make sure you’ve entered by filling out this form. For more information and official rules, check out the #OurElderScrolls page for everything you need to know. Good luck!

Ready your party and prepare your supplies, the Undaunted Celebration Event is about to begin. Tamriel’s dungeons are fraught with danger, but the rewards for delving into these 4-player challenges have never been greater. Are you excited for the Undaunted Celebration? Let us know on Twitter @TESOnline and Facebook! 

The Undaunted Celebration Event begins on Thursday, November 29 at 10:00AM EST and will run until Wednesday, December 5 at 10:00AM EST.

Return to Sotha Sil’s greatest creation during the Clockwork City Celebration Event and earn double rewards from daily quests, bosses, and resource nodes. This is also your next opportunity to earn Event Tickets and Indrik Feathers – read more here!



The Clockwork City Celebration Event begins on Thursday, November 15 at 10:00AM EST and will run until Monday, November 26 at 10:00AM EST. During this period, you can earn additional rewards for the following activities within the zone:

• Double items harvested from crafting nodes
• Including Jewelry seams, but does not include nodes spawned from Survey Reports and Fishing Holes
• Double the reward boxes from completing Daily Quests
• Double the drops from bosses
• Including World Bosses, Delve Bosses, Trials Bosses, and Quest Bosses

Battle the Imperfect for double rewards!

To enter the city and begin your adventure:

• Find Divayth Fyr's messenger in Mournhold's City Center and acquire the quest “To The Clockwork City"
• Travel to the Clockwork City and the Brass Fortress directly via your map

• Like Coldharbour, it is located “outside" Tamriel on the world map

Finally, if you’re entering the Brass Fortress for the first time, you’ll also receive the Scintillant Dovah-Fly pet completely free – even if you’ve gained access via the ESO Plus Free Trial!

During the Clockwork City Celebration Event, you have another chance to pick up Event Tickets and acquire the second of the four Indrik Feathers needed to summon your very own Indrik mount.

To earn Event Tickets during the event, complete the zone’s Daily Quests (located within the Brass Fortress). You will receive two Event Tickets from the first Daily Quest you complete each day in addition to the other regular rewards. Note that the Event Tickets are tied to the Daily Quest timer, meaning they’ll reset at 1:00AM EST.

Don’t forget, once you have acquired 10 Event Tickets, you can trade them in to the Impresario (located at a special booth in Daggerfall in Glenumbra, Davon's Watch in Stonefalls, and Vulkhel Guard in Auridon) for an Indrik Feather. For more information on acquiring the Nascent Indrik mount, check out our announcement article.

If you don’t already own the Clockwork City DLC game pack, you can acquire it during the event for a discounted price. The standard DLC game pack will be on sale for 1400 crowns (30% off) from November 15 until November 27, and the Clockwork City Collector’s Bundle will be available for 2400 crowns (40% off) from November 15 until November 21.


The Clockwork City Collector’s Bundle

The Clockwork City Collector’s Bundle includes the DLC game pack, the Clockwork Skeevaton pet, the Kagouti Fabricant mount, and Five Crown Experience Scrolls. You can find both the base DLC game pack and the Collector’s Bundle in the Featured section of the Crown Store.

Don’t forget, the ESO Plus Trial Event will also begin on November 15, giving you an opportunity to try out ESO Plus membership and gain access to the Clockwork City DLC game pack completely free! Find everything you need to know about the ESO Plus Trial Event in our announcement article.

Hidden from the prying eyes of both mortals and Daedra alike, the Clockwork City is a realm outside of Tamriel designed and built by Sotha Sil himself. It is a place as mysterious as it is dangerous, filled with factotum servants and vicious fabricant monsters. Are you planning to return to the Clockwork City? Let us know on Twitter @TESOnline and Facebook!

The Clockwork City Celebration Event begins on Thursday, November 15 at 10:00AM EST and will run until Monday, November 26 at 10:00AM EST.

Curious about ESO Plus™? You can check out select ESO Plus benefits during the upcoming free trial with no strings attached! If you’re already a member, learn about the all-new rewards coming for all existing ESO Plus members.



The ESO Plus Free Trial Event begins on Thursday, November 15 at 10:00AM EST and will run until Wednesday, November 21 at 10:00AM EST. During the event, you can try out ESO Plus completely free with absolutely no strings attached (and no credit card required), giving you access to the following benefits:

• Full access to DLC game packs – new zones, quests, dungeons, and more
• Includes the Imperial City, Orsinium, Thieves Guild, Dark Brotherhood, Shadows of the Hist, Horns of the Reach, Clockwork City, Dragon Bones, Morrowind (zone and story), Wolfhunter, and Murkmire
• A Craft Bag offering you unlimited storage for all of your crafting materials
• Double Bank space for all the characters on your account
• 10% increase to Experience and Gold acquisition, Crafting Inspiration, and Trait Research rates
• Double Furnishings and Collectibles space in player housing
• Exclusive ability to dye costumes
• Double Transmute Crystal storage

Note that the monthly crown stipend and upcoming ESO Plus deals are available to paid members only.


Get access to the Craft Bag!

If you don’t own the Clockwork City DLC game pack, this is the perfect opportunity to earn Event Tickets and its associated Indrik Feather during the upcoming Clockwork City Celebration Event (more details soon). For more information about how you can unlock the new Indrik mount simply by playing the game, check out our announcement article.

Here's what you need to do to try out ESO Plus and enjoy some of the above benefits completely free:

• Log into The Elder Scrolls Online.
• Navigate to the Crown Store.
• Select the ESO Plus tab.
• Select “Free Trial!”

You don't need to provide a credit card or any other account info to check out ESO Plus. Simply go to the in-game Crown Store and activate it. Easy!

As previously announced, we’re continuously working to improve the value of ESO Plus and show our appreciation for our many existing members. So, from November 13, as an existing paid member, you’ll be able to benefit from an increase of the monthly crown stipend from 1500 to 1650 crowns and enjoy a host of new, exclusive rewards every month.

These new membership-only features include special deals, unique items (including free collectibles), and timed Crown Store exclusives. For example, starting November 13, ALL ESO Plus members will be able to acquire the Molag Bal statuette for FREE until December 6! For more information on what is coming to the Crown Store exclusively for ESO Plus members, check out our latest Crown Store Showcase article.


The Molag Bal statuette – perfect for the coffee table

November 13 also introduces the 12-month ESO Plus membership option for all platforms, providing you with the best bang for your buck and a whopping 19,800 crowns (in addition to all the other rewards). As mentioned above, ESO Plus Free Trial members will not benefit from the above rewards and bonuses.

We’ll be frequently updating the ESO Plus-exclusive items, including the free collectible, so be sure to check the ESO Plus tab within the Crown Store often to see what’s available!

With a massive (and growing) selection of DLCs to explore, a host of useful tools including the Craft Bag and Costume Dying, and bonuses to progression such as a 10% boost to Experience and Gold acquisition, ESO Plus has something for everyone. If you’ve never had a chance to enjoy the benefits of membership, now is the perfect time to give it a go and see what all the fuss is about.

If you’re already a loyal ESO Plus member, don’t worry, we’re making your membership even more valuable starting November 13, and we’ll continue to bring exclusive new items and deals in the coming months! Don’t forget, free trial ESO Plus membership will get you into the Clockwork City Celebration event – don’t miss out!

Are you looking forward to getting a taste of ESO Plus member benefits for yourself? Let us know on Twitter @TESOnline and Facebook!

We are thrilled to announce a series of brand-new updates to ESO Plus™, providing even more value to current members. Read on to find out what new rewards are coming to ESO Plus in November!



ESO Plus already provides a host of incredible benefits to its members, including access to every current and future in-game DLC game pack, free crowns, the Craft Bag, and much more. However, starting November 13, you’ll be able to enjoy even more rewards for your membership, including exclusive Crown Store items and deals, free in-game collectibles, and an increase to the monthly Crown stipend.

Starting on November 13, ESO Plus will include the following additional rewards for all platforms:

Even More Crowns
As an ESO Plus member, you will receive an additional 150 Crowns as part of your monthly stipend, bringing your total to 1650 per month. Note that if you are partly though a 3- or 6-month membership, you will be credited your bonus crowns by the end of November.

Exclusive Free Items
With this update, ESO Plus members will be able to acquire free collectibles from the in-game Crown Store. The free items will only be available to ESO Plus members and will be indicated in gold text labeled “Free” next to the Chalice icon. Free items will be added to the Crown Store only on rare occasions and for a very limited time.

The first free ESO Plus member-exclusive item includes a unique collectible: the Priestess of Mara costume. Note that the new costume will not be available immediately, but will arrive in the Crown Store later in the year.


Show your devotion to the Divine Mother

Exclusive Crown Store Deals
With ESO Plus membership-exclusive deals, you’ll be able to acquire select Crown Store items at a special, discounted price. The discounted items will be in the Crown Store with gold text and a Chalice icon. The items available at a membership-exclusive discount can change often (and some might only be available as part of a limited-time offer), so be sure to check the Crown Store on occasion to see what is available.

Exclusive Crown Store Items
In additional to unique deals, ESO Plus members will also gain access to exclusive Crown Store items. These exclusive items may be available for sale for Crowns or even free (as mentioned above). These items can include collectibles such as costumes, pets, mounts, and more, and will be identified by the gold text and Chalice icon. Like the exclusive deals, these items can change often, so be sure to keep an eye out.

To help you keep track of what deals are currently available when new benefits arrive, you’ll be able to visit a new ESO Plus tab within the Crown Store UI. From there, you will be able to check your current benefits and review what Crown Store items are available on sale or exclusively to members. Note that it will not be possible to Gift an item acquired for free, purchased at a discount, or purchased exclusively due to your ESO Plus membership. However, you can still purchase items as Gifts at full price.

With every new DLC release, ESO Plus gets better and better, and starting this November, we’ll be adding even more value for our members. Do you already enjoy ESO plus, or are you thinking about finally picking it up? Don’t forget, you can check out everything that’s currently available with ESO Plus and sign up on our website, and be sure to let us know your thoughts on the new and existing benefits on Twitter @TESOnline and Facebook!

Venture into the deep swamp and experience Argonian culture like never before in Murkmire, The Elder Scrolls Online’s newest DLC game pack. Discover this new adventure and zone in addition to the free Update 20 base-game patch!



We are thrilled to announce that the Murkmire DLC game pack and Update 20 base-game patch are now live on PC/Mac.

This new DLC game pack and update brings the following additions to ESO:

• A new zone to explore: Murkmire
• A new main story quest line
• A new 4-player arena: Blackrose Prison
• Destructible bridges and Milegates in Cyrodiil
• Quality-of-life improvements to the Housing Editor
• …and many more changes!

This new DLC is available free for all current ESO Plus™ members or can be purchased with crowns from the in-game Crown Store. In addition, Murkmire will be available as a Daily Reward during the month of November. The Update 20 base-game patch is available free for all ESO players.

Click here to check out the officialMurkmire launch trailer!

In the Murkmire DLC game pack, you are able to explore a new zone located on Black Marsh’s southern coast, experience a brand-new story questline, and test your mettle in the Blackrose Prison Arena.

Explore a New Zone
In this new zone, you can venture into the heart of Black Marsh to learn about the native Argonian people, their culture, and their history. In addition to the main story, this new zone is packed full of new adventures to experience, including unique quests, Delves, World Bosses, and countless other dangers that lurk in the deep swamp.


Discover the native tribes of Murkmire

Recover a Piece of Murkmire’s History
In Murkmire’s story questline, you shall work to investigate the long-forgotten past of this remote and unforgiving land and help an Imperial scholar search for an ancient and powerful Argonian relic. Ready your supplies and prepare to embark into a world secluded from Tamriel for centuries. You might even discover the hidden history of the Argonians themselves.

Face Blackrose Prison
If you’re looking for a fight, you and your companions will be challenged by Murkmire’s new four-player Arena, Blackrose Prison. In this former prison colony, you must face waves of monstrous beasts and Blackguard warriors in vicious combat. Be sure to make use of the new Sigils to survive, because should you claim victory, you’ll earn powerful new Blackrose weapons not found anywhere else in Tamriel!

As you explore, quest, and battle your way through the deep swamp, you’ll be rewarded with three new zone sets and unique, Murkmire-themed collectibles. Finally, this new zone also introduces the new Dead-Water motif style, acquired by completing daily quests – so get exploring!

The Murkmire DLC game pack is free for all ESO Plus members or available for purchase for 2,000 crowns from the in-game Crown Store. You can find it within the in-game Crown Store listed under DLC. It is also available as a Daily Reward during the month of November!

Note that if your ESO Plus membership lapses, you will lose access to the DLC game pack until it is renewed or purchased with crowns. You will not lose any items or rewards you earned while you had access.

Murkmire Collector’s Bundle
In addition to the DLC game pack, the Murkmire Collector’s Bundle is available for 4,000 crowns from the in-game Crown Store.


Murkmire Collector’s Bundle

The Murkmire Collector’s Bundle includes the DLC game pack, the exclusive Shellback Warhorse mount, the Cantaloupe Swamp Jelly pet, and five Crown Experience Scrolls. You can find and purchase the Murkmire Collector’s Bundle in the Featured section of the in-game Crown Store.

Murkmire Daily Reward
During the month of November you can pick up the Murkmire DLC game pack for free, simply by logging into the game. To acquire the new DLC, you must log in for 24 of November’s 30 days. Even if you have an ESO Plus membership and already have access to the new content, you can completely own it by logging in over the month.

Once you have acquired Murkmire, the moment you set foot in Black Marsh’s southern coast, you’ll receive the Verdigris Haj Mota pet, completely free!


Trust us—he’s more cuddly than he looks!

Here’s how you enter this new DLC zone:

• By picking up the Murkmire main quest from the Collections UI
• Go to your Collections UI, navigate to Stories, then Zone DLC, then Murkmire, and finally select “Accept Quest”
• By teleporting directly to the city of  Lilmoth (Murkmire’s main city) via your map
• By taking a ship from Vulkhel Guard, Davon’s Watch, or Daggerfall

Arriving alongside the new DLC game pack is the free Update 20 base-game patch. This update has a host of improvements, fixes, and changes to ESO’s core experience, but it also introduces a series of new and exciting features that can be enjoyed by all ESO players.

Bring Ruin to Cyrodiil
With Update 20, Cyrodiil is getting even more deadly with the introduction of destructible bridges and Milegates. Now, you’re able to bring down any of the bridges and Milegates in Cyrodiil using ballistae, catapults, and trebuchets. Don’t worry, you can repair them if you wish, but we’ve also introduced a series of new goat paths around these chokepoints, giving you another way to enter enemy territory. This update also changes the shape of Cyrodiil by introducing a series of new Outposts AND offers brand new rewards, too.


Bring Cyrodiil crumbling down

New Housing Editor Tools
If you’re an avid home decorator, you’ll be thrilled to find that Update 20 also introduces an Undo/Redo function and the ability to link items together. With these new tools, you’ll be able to more easily make both small and large adjustments to your home, taking some of the pain out of shifting large or complex scenes. In addition to this, we’ve also added the first of the upcoming Music Boxes, allowing you to bring a little ambiance to your home. You can pick up the new Music Box from the Housing Editor for 800 crowns.

In addition to the above new features, Update 20 also introduces the ability to reorder your character select screen and brings a host of improvements to ESO Plus starting November 13. No matter how you play, Update 20 has something that’ll help you get the most out of Tamriel! Be sure to check out the Patch Notes forum for everything that’s coming with this update.

Venture into the deep swamp and discover an environment that is equal parts beautiful and perilous. Uncover the long-lost history of the strange Saxhleel people and face the Black Marsh’s many hidden dangers. Great adventure, knowledge, and rewards await those brave enough to explore the dark swamplands and mossy ruins of Murkmire – will you? Head on over to Twitter @TESOnline and Facebook to let us know if you’re planning to set off on an expedition of your own!

The grim spectacle of the Witches Festival has once again returned to haunt the people of Tamriel. Take part in this chilling celebration to earn bonus XP and unique rewards. It’s also your first opportunity to earn Event Tickets and Indrik Feathers – don’t miss out!



The Witches Festival kicks off at 10:00AM EDT on Thursday, October 18 and will run until 10:00AM EDT, Thursday, November 1. During this spoopy event, you can enjoy a 100% XP buff, become an undead monster, and acquire a creepy collection of Witches Festival-themed items. In addition to this,we’re also introducing the brand-new Dremora Plunder Skulls, containing a never-before-seen Motif!

Follow the steps below to take part in this frightful festival:

1. Navigate to the Holiday section of the Crown Store to acquire the “Crow Caller" item.
   
2. Complete the quest “The Witchmother's Bargain" to receive the “Witchmother's Whistle" memento.
   
   1. If you completed the quest in previous events, you don’t need to acquire the Crow Caller or complete the quest again, and you can use the whistle already found in your Collections menu.
3. Use the whistle to summon the “Witchmother's Cauldron" and grant you and your party a two-hour 100% XP buff that stacks with all other XP bonuses.
   
4. Use the Witchmother's Cauldron to transform your character into one of the undead. Don't worry—this isn't permanent!
   
   1. Note that you do not have to use the Witchmother's Cauldron in order to gain the XP buff.

Should you take part in this year’s festivities take on some of Tamriel’s most fearsome monsters, you can earn some amazing Witches Festival-themed loot. Throughout the event, all boss monsters will drop Plunder Skull containers. Note that you don’t need to have the XP buff or polymorph active to acquire these unique rewards, but it can’t hurt!

Plunder Skull containers have a chance to contain the following spooky items:

• Hollowjack Motif Pages or Books
  
• Pieces of the new Apple-Bobbing Cauldron memento
  
  • Combine all seven to receive a runebox that contains this unique holiday-themed memento
• A Runebox containing one of these masks:
  
  • Pumpkin Spectre Mask
    
  • Scarecrow Spectre Mask
    
  • Hollowjack Spectre Mask
    
  • Thicketman Spectre Mask
• Witches Festival-themed recipes
  
• Furniture and furniture recipes
  
• Hollowjack and Dremora Style Materials
  
• Bewitching Alchemy reagents
  
• …and an assortment of creepy items!

In addition to regular Plunder Skulls, during the event, you can also acquire the brand-new Dremora Plunder Skulls. These devilish new rewards will be the first Plunder Skull drop you receive for each type of boss each day. A Dremora Plunder Skull contains all the same items found in a regular Plunder Skull, but it is also guaranteed to have a new Dremora Motif page based on the type of boss you defeated.

• Arena Bosses drop Dremora Motif pages for Bows and Legs
  
• Dark Anchor and Geyser Bosses drop Dremora Motif pages for Daggers and Gloves
  
• Delve Bosses drop Dremora Motif pages for Staves and Belts
  
• Final Dungeon Bosses drop Dremora Motif pages for Helmets and Maces
  
• Public Dungeon and Quest Bosses drop Dremora Motif pages for Shields and Boots
  
• Final Trial Bosses drop Dremora Motif pages for Swords and Chests
  
• World Bosses drop Dremora Motif pages for Shoulders and Axes

You can defeat each individual type of boss and be guaranteed a Dremora Plunder Skull once per day, meaning you can acquire up to seven each day. Should you defeat the same type of boss again after already receiving your Dremora Plunder Skull, you’ll receive a regular Plunder Skull instead. Dremora Motif pages can be traded, so get ready to take on Tamriel’s monsters!

The Witches Festival is also your first opportunity to acquire Event Tickets! As detailed in our announcement article, you can acquire one Event Ticket per day when you defeat a boss.Pick up 10 tickets and bring them to The Impresario (located in Daggerfall, Davon's Watch, and Vulkhel Guard) to purchase your first Indrik Feather.



Once you’ve acquired your Indrik Feather for the Witches Festival event, you can keep on earning Event Tickets to get a head start on the next one.

Leading up to and during the event, you can find some ghastly items returning to the in-game Crown Store, this includes the Death Mask Sabre Cat mount and the Sinister Hollowjack Items furnishing pack.



Death Mask Sabre Cat mount & Sinister Hollowjack Items furnishing pack

There’s a horde of new and returning Hollowjack-themed items coming to the Crown Store this month, so be sure to check out our Crown Store Showcase to preview it all.

Conjure curses safely away from prying eyes with the Exorcised Coven Cottage home. When the event begins, this home will return to the in-game Crown Store for crowns, however, it can also be purchased for gold if you have the Witches Festival Achievement titled “An Unsparing Harvest,” which can be acquired by earning these other Witches Festival Achievements, first:

• Happy Work for Hollowjack
  
• Plunder Skull Enthusiast
  
• Pumpkin Pairs Well With Guts
  
• Reaper's Harvest

You can find the details for this Achievement in your in-game Journal under the Holiday section of your Achievements menu. Don’t worry, if you’ve already picked up the prerequisite Achievements, you don’t need to get them again.

This home is ONLY available during the Witches Event period, so don’t miss out!

Celebrate all things ghastly and grim during the upcoming Witches Festival to unlock all-new rewards, Event Tickets, and a nice bonus to XP gains. Have you already made your preparations for this petrifying event? Let us know if you’re excited to celebrate the most frightening time on the Tamrielic calendar via Twitter @TESOnline and Facebook.

The Witches Festival begins on Thursday, October 18 at 10:00AM EDT and will end on Thursday, November 1 at 10:00AM EDT. Have fun!