Experience The Elder Scrolls Online free during our next Free Play event!

The Free Play Event is happening now until Wednesday, November 13 at 10:00AM EST. During the free play period, you can download and play the ESO base game for all platforms (PC/Mac, Steam, PlayStation®4, and Xbox One) free, no purchase needed.

If you’ve played ESO during a previous free play event, you can continue your adventures, and all new ESO accounts created will also receive 500 crowns to spend in the in-game Crown Store.

With access to the ESO base game, you can begin your adventure by creating characters in four of the game’s classes (Nightblade, Templar, Dragonknight, and Sorcerer), exploring 23 unique zones, and taking on the game’s main questline, Mages and Fighters Guild storylines, and much more. How you play is completely up to you—it’s your story! In addition to this, you’ll also get access to the Morrowind zone and story, allowing you to discover the home of the Dark Elves.

Once the event begins, visit our Free Play page to select your platform and begin your adventure. Your progress will carry over if you decide to buy the full game. The Free Play event ends on November 13 at 10:00AM EST.

If you wish to continue or expand upon your adventures in Tamriel, for a limited time, you can acquire either The Elder Scrolls Online Standard Edition at up to 50% off.

The sale will run from Wednesday, November 6 at 10:00AM EST until Monday, December 2. Once the sale is live, visit the Steam Store to pick up the game on sale and experience a world without limits!

Boo! Battle Tamriel’s monsters, get double XP, and earn creepy new rewards during the Witches Festival in-game event! Learn everything you need to know about the frightening fete here.

Tamriel’s Witches Festival returns from Thursday, October 24 at 10:00AM EDT, and runs until Monday, November 4 at 10:00AM EST. During this chilling celebration, you can enjoy a 100% XP boost, receive creepy collectibles, and acquire Event Tickets!

To take part in this scary soiree:

• Navigate to the Holiday section of the Crown Store and acquire the free quest.
• Complete the quest “The Witchmother's Bargain" to receive the Witchmother's Whistle memento.

• 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.

• Use the whistle to summon the “Witchmother's Cauldron," which grants you and your party a two-hour 100% XP buff that stacks with all other XP bonuses.
• Use the Witchmother's Cauldron to transform your character into one of the undead. Spoopy!
• Note that you do not have to use the Witchmother's Cauldron to gain the XP buff, just the whistle. The Cauldron cannot be summoned in Cyrodiil.
Earn Horrifying Honors
During this freaky festival, you can earn some frightful Witches Festival-themed items, collectibles, and more, simply by defeating boss monsters and looting Plunder Skulls. When you tear open a Plunder Skull, you have a chance to snatch up some of these items:
• NEW pieces of the Skeleton Marionette memento
• Combine all 10 pieces to craft this collectible
• Hollowjack Motif pages or books
• Pieces of the Apple-Bobbing Cauldron memento
• Combine all seven pieces to craft this collectible
• A Runebox containing a Witches Festival-themed mask
• Collect all four!
• Witches Festival-themed recipes, including furniture and furniture recipes
• Bewitching Alchemy reagents and style materials
• …and an assortment of creepy and items!
Witches Festival goodies!In addition to this, the first time you defeat each different type of boss each day (detailed below) you’ll receive a Dremora Plunder Skull. This special reward contains the same kind of items in the regular Skulls, but also features a Dremora Motif style page. However, that’s not all! Dremora Plunder Skulls also have a chance to contain the following new items:
• NEW Glenmoril Armor Outfit Style page
• NEW Glenmoril Treasure map
• Use the map to find Glenmoril Weapon Style pages scattered all over Tamriel
• NEW Witches Festival Writ
• Complete these writs to unlock an Achievement that’ll earn you a new Witch hat collectible AND the “Witch” title!
The Glenmoril armor styleJust like last year, depending on the type of boss you slay, you’ll receive one of two different Dremora Motif pages:
• Final Arena Bosses drop Dremora Motif pages for Bows and Legs
• Dark Anchor, Geyser Bosses, and zone Dragons 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
Finally, as part of the #SlayDragonsSaveCats campaign, we’re continuing to donate $1 to animal welfare charities for every five Dragons slain. Check out our announcement article for the details.
Acquire Event Tickets
During the Witches Festival, the first time a boss drops a Dremora Plunder Skull each day, it’ll also drop two Event Tickets. Don’t forget to loot it! This event will be your first opportunity to collect the berries needed to evolve your Nascent Indrik into the stunning Pure-Snow Indrik mount. The Pure-Snow Indrik mountDuring the event, the Impresario will stock the following goods:
• Snow Berries of Bloom
• All four Indrik Feathers
• Glenmoril Weapon Outfit Style pages
• Glenmoril Armor Outfit Style pages
• Skeleton Marionette memento
• Apple Bobbing memento
• Witches Festival Writ, Wrapped
Note that all of the above items, when purchased from the Impresario, are bind-on-pickup and non-tradable. The Impresario is located in Daggerfall, Davon's Watch, and Vulkhel Guard.Don’t forget, every time you spend Event Tickets you’ve earned by doing in-game events (and not purchased directly from the Crown Store) on Feathers or Berries, you’ll earn bonus entries into the Season of the Dragon Sweepstakes, up to a maximum of 10! Check out the #SlayDragonsSaveCats page for more information on the Sweepstakes and its prizes, plus view the official rules here.If you have yet to sign up for the Sweeps, there’s still time and tons of prizes to win! Enter Sweepstakes
Spooky Crown Store Deals
This freaky festival also features some returning and new items in the in-game Crown Store. This includes the return of the Reaper’s Harvest and Hollowjack Crown Crates, the Hollowjack and Witches’ Coven furnishing packs, houses, polymorphs, and some truly terrifying new items: The Kynbound Senche-Panther mount & Witch’s Infernal Familiar pet! Aahh!All of the above items are available for a limited time only, so be sure to check out the latest Showcase article to see when they can be picked up. Don’t miss out!
A Ghoulish Gala!
The Elder Scrolls Online has no small amount of monsters, ghouls, and ghosts, but you can earn double XP and bonus rewards for hunting all the things that go bump in the night during the Witches Festival event. Are you ready to take the fright to Tamriel’s most dangerous fiends? Let us know on Twitter @TESOnline, Instagram, or Facebook.The grim spectacle of the Witches Festival returns from Thursday, October 24 at 10:00AM EDT, and runs until Monday, November 4 at 10:00AM EST.

The Season of the Dragon culminates with Dragonhold, the latest DLC game pack for The Elder Scrolls Online! Venture into Southern Elsweyr, restore the ancient Dragonguard order, and help Sai Sahan put an end to the Dragon threat once and for all. Learn all about the DLC and Update 24 base-game patch in this launch article.

The Dragonhold DLC and Update 24 brings new adventures and improvements to ESO:

• A new zone to explore: the lawless region of Southern Elsweyr
• An epic new main story to complete
• All-new side quests, Dragons, world bosses, and delves
• Exclusive Season of the Dragon bonus quests
• New rewards, including unique achievements and collectibles
• The first wave of base-game 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 Dragonhold and Update 24 on our official forums.

If you play ESO on console, don’t worry. This DLC and update will arrive for Xbox One and PlayStation® 4 on November 5.



The Dragonhold DLC game pack brings the year-long Season of the Dragon storyline to its epic conclusion with a new zone, quests, rewards, challenges, and more.

Explore Southern Elsweyr
Decades ago, the once-proud region of Pellitine was devastated by a terrible plague and fire. Those that remain struggle to survive in a world reduced to ruin and beset by bandits, slavers, and worse. Only in the southern capital of Senchal does a small bastion of defenders hold firm against the chaos. However, a rage of Dragons invades from the north, and Southern Elsweyr once again stands on the precipice.


Discover Pellitine’s ancient history

In the Dragonhold DLC, you can explore this new zone, uncover its history, and confront its many tormentors. Similar in size to previous DLC story zones, such as Clockwork City or Murkmire, you’ll discover tons of unique quests, bosses, delves and more, and journey through a scarred-but-vibrant world full of adventure.

Join Sai Sahan & Restore the Dragonguard
In the Dragonhold main story questline, you can join Sai Sahan as he reforges the ancient order of Dragon hunters known as the Dragonguard. Only if you work together to uncover the secrets of this long-lost organization do you have a chance at stopping an all-new Dragon from once again dominating Pellitine. During your adventures with Sai and his allies, you receive rewards, including new and unique collectibles. You also gradually unlock improvements and additions to the Dragonguard’s base of operations.


Help restore the Dragonguard

Conclude the Season of the Dragon
Should you complete both the Dragonhold DLC and Elsweyr Chapter main story, you unlock a series of bonus Season of the Dragon quests that conclude the epic year-long story once and for all. The great Dragon Kaalgrontiid was not destroyed during the events of Elsweyr, only delayed.


Kaalgrontiid returns in fury

You need all of your might and the help of your most-powerful allies to put a stop to the Dragon’s plans before he can change the face of Tamriel forever.

As you venture into Southern Elsweyr, complete quests, and face the Dragon menace, you earn powerful new gear (including three new zone sets and three crafted sets), complete new achievements, and gather unique collectibles including new pets, furnishings, outfit styles, and more. Pellitine’s hidden riches await!

The Dragonhold DLC game pack is free for all ESO Plus members and available for purchase for 2,000 crowns from the in-game Crown Store (listed under DLC).

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

Dragonhold Collector’s Bundle
The Dragonhold Collector’s Bundle is also available for 4,000 crowns. This includes access to the DLC game pack, the Legendary Dragon Horse mount, the Legendary Dragon Wolf pet, and five Crown Experience Scrolls. You can find and purchase the Dragonhold Collector’s Bundle from the Featured section of the in-game Crown Store.


The Dragonhold Collector’s Bundle

Once you have access to the Dragonhold DLC, you can begin your journey into Southern Elsweyr by the following methods:

• By teleporting directly to Senchal from your map
• By using the DLC tab of the Collections menu and accepting the "The Dragon’s Lair" quest from the Zone DLC section

Once you set foot in the new zone, you’ll be gifted with the free Topal Corsair Helmet collectible.


Become a Pellitine pirate with this free hat!


In addition to the DLC game pack, we’ve also launched the Update 24 base-game update. This update features a ton of performance upgrades for the base game that improves the experience for all ESO players.

Memory Management Overhaul
This change fundamentally alters memory use in ESO to reduce fragmentation. What does this mean? It means improved game stability, resulting in reduced instances of crashing or dashboarding. This change is most notable for those who play on base consoles (Update 24 is coming to Xbox One and PlayStation®4 on November 5), but all should see some improvements.

Behind-the-scenes Combat Ability Improvements (Part 1)
To lessen server load, the team has been working on rewriting some of the most consumptive combat abilities. While initially this change might not appear to have a huge impact, eventually these improvements will lessen the server load and improve performance during larger combat engagements. Back to Chalman Keep!

Complete Rewrite of the Looking for Group System
Finally, the team completely rebuilt the Looking for Group system from the ground up, improving the tool’s reliability and speed when queuing for Dungeons and Battlegrounds. This change helps ensure the Group Finder works effectively even when under heavy load.

This is just the start of our proposed improvements to the game’s performance, and if you’d like to keep track of everything we’re doing to make the game run better, check out this article for monthly updates.

To see everything coming and changing in the Dragonhold and Update 24 patch, check out our official forums.


Dragonhold brings you the lawless region of Southern Elsweyr to explore, an amazing storyline to complete, a host of all-new rewards and gear to collect, and the epic conclusion to the Season of the Dragon year-long adventure. Are you excited to join the new Dragonguard order and finally put a stop to Kaalgrontiid’s plans? Let us know on Twitter @TESOnline, Instagram, and Facebook!

The Dragonhold DLC game pack is now live on PC/Mac and is coming November 5 for PlayStation®4 and Xbox One. It is available free with ESO Plus membership or purchased with crowns from the in-game Crown Store.
Announcements Dragonhold Update 24

Help rid Elsweyr of its Dragon problem and support two amazing pet welfare charities during #SlayDragonsSaveCats. Learn everything you need to know about this end-of-year promotion including upcoming in-game events, sweepstakes, and rewards!

The Elder Scrolls Online has its fair share of heroes, both in and outside of the game, and during the #SlayDragonsSaveCats promotion, you and all of Tamriel’s heroes can come together for a great cause by taking part in the following activities:

• Slay Dragons to help raise money for two great charities: Best Friends Animal Society and FOUR PAWS International.
• Enter a massive Season of the Dragon Sweepstakes that features multiple drawings and the chance to win amazing prizes.
• Earn tons of new loot and collectibles with in-game events.
• Share your stories of triumph and pet care with the ESO community.

We are thrilled to work with GlobalGiving to support Best Friends Animal Society and FOUR PAWS. Want to do your part? Become a Dragon slayer!

The ESO community has already brought down over a million beasts since The Elder Scrolls Online: Elsweyr launched in June, but from now until December 9, 2019, for every five Dragons slain, we’ll donate $1 to the cause up to a maximum of $200,000!

You can find Dragons to defeat in the Northern and Southern Elsweyr zones (accessible via the Elsweyr Chapter or Dragonhold DLC) or in the Scalebreaker DLC dungeon “Lair of Maarselok.” This includes the Dragons in the Sunspire Trial, too!


Help protect pets inside the game and out

Visit the #SlayDragonsSaveCats website to see the charity fund progress and donate directly yourself!

Theis period also features a ton of fun in-game events, bringing new rewards for you and your fellow adventurers. Here’s what’s coming up from now until the end of the year:

• Dragon Rise (10/3-10/13)—Explore the home of the Khajiit and complete the Northern Elsweyr Pathfinder Achievement to unlock new collectibles for all Elsweyr owners. Check your progress on the Dragon Rise website and find more info in the announcement article.
• Witches Festival (10/24-11/3)—Tamriel’s grim celebration returns with ghastly quests and spooky new rewards—boo!
• Undaunted Celebration (11/14-11/17)—Take on ESO’s challenging dungeons to receive reward boxes.
• Dawn of the Dragonguard (11/26-12/8)—Fell Dragons to earn bonus loot and earn double rewards from the Wrathstone DLC, Elsweyr Chapter, Scalebreaker DLC, and Dragonhold DLC.
• New Life Festival (12/19-1/1/2020)—Celebrate the end of another great year and the beginning of the new one with fun quests and mud balls. Lots of mud balls.

Each event brings both new and returning rewards, including collectibles such as pets, costumes, styles, and furnishings. During each event, you can also earn Event Tickets, allowing you to purchase the Indrik Feathers and Berries you’ll need to acquire the exclusive Pure-Snow Indrik!


Unlock this magnificent new Indrik mount

Even better, each time you acquire Indrik Feathers or Berries with Event Tickets earned via in-game activities (as in, not the ones you can purchase from the Crown Store), you’ll get one bonus entry to the Season of the Dragon Sweepstakes (more on that below), up to a maximum of 10!

Finally, don’t forget that slaying Dragons helps increase the donation tally on the #SlayDragonsSaveCats website, making the Dragon Rise and Dawn of the Dragonguard events the perfect opportunities to support the cause!

In addition to the charity support and events, you can also win in-game and real-world prizes with our Season of the Dragon Sweepstakes. We’re giving away of ton of amazing loot this year, including ESO merchandise such as the Horn of Ja'darri drinking horn and in-game rewards such as pets, mounts, or Crown Packs.

We’ll have multiple prize drawings throughout the next few months, culminating in a final draw for the grand prize: a wall-mounted Kaalgrontiid Dragon Head Trophy! The ultra-talented team at Volpin Props will craft this amazing real-world furnishing for the grand prize winner, forever celebrating their ultimate victory over the Dragons in Elsweyr.


There’s tons of in-game items to win and unlock!

To enter the Sweepstakes and find a complete list of prizes, visit the official #SlayDragonSaveCats website. You can also check out the official rules. As mentioned above, you can earn up to 10 bonus entries by trading Indrik Feathers and Indrik Berries for Event Tickets, so don’t miss out on your chance to win one of the hundreds of amazing prizes!

During the #SlayDragonsSaveCats promotion, we want to hear and share your tales of adventure and personal stories of pet welfare. Have you taken up arms and spells to slay a mighty Dragon solo? Do you have a beloved rescue pet? Do you yourself work with or for animals in need? We’d love to share those experiences with the rest of the ESO community via Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook, so don’t hesitate to send them our way using the #SlayDragonsSaveCats hashtag.

Finally, we’ll be running a ton of unique real-world events and livestreams during the promotion all over the globe to support the cause. If you’d like to join in on the fun, keep an eye out on our social channels for future announcements!

During the #SlayDragonsSaveCats promotion, you can help the Khaiiti people rid their homeland of the Dragon menace while also supporting pets in need in real life! Do your part for this great cause and help raise up to $200,000 for Best Friends Animal Society and FOUR PAWS. Remember, there’s also five amazing in-game events to take part in and a massive Sweepstakes competition to enter, too. Phew!

Are you going to take part in ESO’s end-of-year fun? Let us know via @TESOnline, Instagram, or Facebook, and don’t forget to use the #SlayDragonsSaveCats hashtag!

Explore Elsweyr, slay Dragons, and complete the upcoming Dragonhold Prologue quest and you’ll unlock amazing new rewards for all Elsweyr players including collectibles, XP buffs, and more!

The Dragon Rise event kicks off on Thursday, October 3, at 10:00AM EDT and runs until Monday, October 14, at 10:00AM EDT. During the event, there are three exclusive rewards up for grabs:

• Green Dragon Imp pet
• Grim Harvester Costume
• Dragon’s Treasure Trove furnishing

A new pet, costume, and furnishing can be unlocked!

The final reward is more than an audacious display of wealth you can place in your home, however. It also features a series of lootable bags that provide all kinds of amazing items, including a new target dummy. However, that’s not all, as during Dragon Rise you can also unlock bonus XP and gold acquisition for the whole Northern Elsweyr zone!

To unlock these rewards, all Elsweyr players must work together to complete different activities and fill the three Dragon Rise meters:

• Explore Elsweyr and earn the Northern Elsweyr Pathfinder Achievement to unlock the primary rewards
• Check your in-game Journal for help completing this Achievement
• Slay Dragons to unlock a zone-wide XP boost (Northern Elsweyr only)
• Since the Elsweyr Chapter’s release, you’ve already bested over 1 million Dragons, so what’s a few more?
• Complete the Dragonhold Prologue quests (from October 8) to unlock a zone-wide gold acquisition boost (Northern Elsweyr only)

As you complete the different objectives, you can check everybody’s progress by visiting the Dragon Rise page. If you’ve already unlocked the Northern Elsweyr Pathfinder Achievement, don’t worry, it’ll still count, and you can continue to do your part by participating in the other two objectives.

In addition to unlocking a zone-wide XP boost, slaying Dragons also help increase the donation amount for the #SlayDragonsSaveCats campaign. Help pets in need while you help yourself to bonus XP—a win-win scenario!

Finally, as you defeat Northern Elsweyr’s Dragons and bosses, you have a chance to acquire a Nafaalilargus’s Strongbox as a bonus reward, including items such as crafting materials, style pages, gear sets, and more!


If you’ve yet to explore the home of the Khajiit, now is the perfect time to grab the Chapter with a 50% sale on all editions of The Elder Scrolls Online: Elsweyr, including the Standard Edition, Standard Edition Digital Upgrade, Digital Collector’s Edition, and Digital Collector’s Edition Upgrade.

Elsweyr brings a massive new zone to explore, the deadly Necromancer Class to master, and continues the year-long Season of the Dragon adventure.

This sale is live now and lasts only until October 8 (October 16 if on PlayStation®4), so visit our Buy Now page to get started.


We are thrilled to announce that the Dragonhold Prologue quests will be live on Tuesday, October 8, at 10:00AM EDT. Because it’s part of the base game, you don’t need to have owned or completed any of the previous Chapter or DLCs to check them out.

In these two new quests, you must assist the returning Sai Sahan explore the lost histories of the Dragonguard in the hopes of acquiring an ancient relic to help turn the tides of battle against the Dragons that threaten all of Elsweyr.


Join forces with Sai Sahan to find an ancient relic

As you complete the prologue questline, you’ll earn rewards such as the Dragonhorn Curio memento and Dragonguard Banner furnishing, and as part of the Dragon Rise event, you’ll be one step closer to unlocking the gold buff for the Northern Elsweyr zone. By the way, you can get your very own Horn of Ja’Darri on the Bethesda Gear Store right now!


During the Dragon Rise event, all regular monsters in the Northern Elsweyr zone have a rare chance to drop Event Tickets when defeated. However, should you slay a boss monster in the same zone, an Event Ticket drop is guaranteed! Don’t forget to loot everything you defeat. You can earn two Event Tickets this way each day of the event.

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

• Cadwell style pages
• Abnur Tharn style pages
• The Onyx Indrik Pet
• All four Indrik Feathers
• All four Onyx Indrik Berries (including the final one, allowing you to summon your Onyx Indrik!)
The Onyx Indrik mountFinally, every time you spend Event Tickets you’ve earned by doing in-game events (and not purchased directly from the Crown Store), you’ll earn bonus entries into the Season of the Dragon Sweepstakes, up to a maximum of 10! Check out the #SlayDragonsSaveCats page for more information on the Sweepstakes and its prizes, and view the official rules here.
Explore Elsweyr, Unlock New Rewards!
As you can see, you have a lot of reasons to explore Northern Elsweyr during the Dragon Rise in-game event, and this is only the start of the #SlayDragonsSaveCats end-of-year promotion! If you’ll be touring the home of the Khajiit and slaying Dragons when the event kicks off this Thursday, let us know via Twitter @TESOnline, Instagram, or Facebook.The Dragon Rise event kicks off on Thursday, October 3, at 10:00AM EDT and runs until Monday, October 14, at 10:00AM EDT.

The Season of the Dragon saga reaches its epic conclusion with Dragonhold, The Elder Scrolls Online’s latest DLC story zone. Learn about this new adventure and all the changes coming with Update 24 in this preview article!

The Dragonhold DLC game pack provides a new zone to explore, a new main questline to complete, new mechanics and challenges to experience, and more. Update 24 is a free game update that arrives alongside the DLC and includes the first wave of our announced performance improvements, Twitch Drops for consoles, and additional fixes and balance changes.

The ancient Khajiiti kingdom known as Pellitine lies in shambles. Devastated by a terrible plague and its purging fire decades ago, Southern Elsweyr devolved into a lawless region beset by slavers, pirates, and brigands. As refugees from the surrounding land slowly make their way to the zone’s capital of Senchal, the city’s few remaining defenders muster for their last stand against the chaos.

However, worse things threaten the people of Pellitine. The Dragons, free from the Halls of Colossus, have brought their rage south. Bolstered by a cult of worshipers known as the Order of the New Moon, they devastate the region and continue their secret schemes.


All manner of rogues thrive in the ruined kingdom

These challenges and more await those willing to venture into the scorched confines of Southern Elsweyr. Consisting of three unique biomes (including scorched-but-recovering wilds, old-growth forests, and tropical grasslands) and packed with new delves, world bosses, quests, and Dragon hunts, this new zone contains plenty to keep you engaged.

The odds are stacked against you, but rest assured, the benefits gained by exploring Southern Elsweyr make it all worth it. The Dragonhold DLC boasts more rewards than any previous DLC story zone, including new titles (such as the much-requested “Pirate” title), tons of new collectibles (including a mix of costumes, mementos, and outfit styles), item sets, and more. Pellitine might be in ruins, but untold riches await those who know where to look!

In the Dragonhold main questline, you work with fan-favorite character Sai Sahan (returning for this storyline) to gather a rag-tag group of pirates and adventurers and restore the ancient order known as the Dragonguard. Once thought lost to history, this ancient organization of Dragon hunters must return to aid the Khajiit of Elsweyr against the Dragon threat.


Face the Dragon threat with new and returning allies

The Redguard swordmaster is not your only companion in this endeavor, however. When you start the zone’s main story, a powerful and famous ally from Elder Scrolls lore joins you. No spoilers, sorry! Together, you and your new allies must seek out the secrets of the lost Dragonguard order and fight against the machinations of the mighty Dragon Laatvulon and his New Moon cultists.

Dragonhold also brings the year-long Season of the Dragon saga to its epic conclusion. Starting with the Wrathstone DLC and continuing with the Elsweyr Chapter and Scalebreaker DLC, the story that began at the start of the year reaches its climax in this final 2019 DLC.

In addition to its typical main-story quest content, Dragonhold features bonus quests that let you and your allies put an end to the machinations of the Dragon Kaalgrontiid (from the Elsweyr Chapter main story). You delayed the terrible Dragon’s plans in Elsweyr. Now, in Southern Elsweyr, his schemes must be stopped for good before he can gain the power of the gods!


Kaalgrontiid returns in fury

To unlock the Season of the Dragon finale quests, you must complete both the Elsweyr and Dragonhold main story questlines. You don’t have to complete the stories from this year’s two Dungeon DLCs, but you should if you want to see the whole picture!


In addition to the new DLC game pack, we are also launching a massive base-game patch, free to all players, that features the first wave of the previously announced performance improvements. This first batch of changes includes a memory management overhaul, the first phase of combat ability performance improvements, and a complete redesign of the Looking for Group system.

These changes will reduce the amount of crashes/dashboarding, improve combat responsiveness, and improve the reliability and speed of the Group Finder. We know that the ESO community has long requested a performance update, so we are thrilled to launch the first part of what will be a massive, year-long series of improvements with Update 24!


Update 24 also features the introduction of Twitch Drops for console players, allowing you to earn Twitch Drops for your Xbox One or PlayStation®4 account simply by watching Drop-enabled ESO streams! Note that while this addition is scheduled for Q4 2019, it might not be immediately available upon U24 console launch, so stay tuned for announcements in the future!


Soon, PlayStation®4 and Xbox One players will be able to receive Twitch Drops!


With Dragonhold and Update 24, your incredible year-long adventure reaches its exciting conclusion with an incredible new zone, story, and a host of improvements that’ll keep ESO going strong for years to come! It’s time to travel to the scorched lands of Southern Elsweyr, reforge the ancient order of Dragon hunters, and bring hope back to the people of Pellitine. Keep an eye on https://www.elderscrollsonline.com/ and our social channels for more information on the DLC and your chance to check it all out early when it comes to the Public Test Server on Monday, September 16!

Are you excited to explore the new zone and finally put an end to Kaalgrontiid’s schemes? Let us know on Twitter @TESOnline, Instagram, and Facebook!

Bringing the year-long Season of the Dragon adventure to its stunning conclusion, the Dragonhold DLC game pack is coming soon to PC/Mac, PlayStation®4, and Xbox One. It will be available in the in-game Crown Store or free as part of an ESO Plus™ membership. Included with the new DLC will be Update 24, a free base-game update for all ESO players.

Tune in this Friday, September 13 at 4PM EDT as Zone Lead Jason Barnes and Lead Writer Bill Slavicsek join us to preview Dragonhold, the new zone and story DLC coming in Q4.

During the show, the team will discuss the DLCs new zone, story, and how it ties in with the year-long Season of the Dragon adventure. If you’re excited to take a closer look at the scorched land of Southern Elsweyr, new Dragons, and Khajiiti pirates (!), this is the show for you!

The team will also answer your Dragonhold-themed questions throughout and we’ll have Twitch Drops enabled, so don’t forget to link your PC/Mac accounts. To catch all this, tune in a little earlier than usual at 4:00PM EDT this Friday, September 13, on Twitch, YouTube, Mixer, and Steam.