For this weekend only, you can get double XP, resource node drops, and gold in any zone in Tamriel during the Explorer’s Celebration!

Kicking off this Thursday, November 12 at 10AM EST, and running until Monday, November 16 at 10AM EST, the limited-time Explorer’s Celebration grants you additional rewards for the following in-game activities:

• Double drops from harvest nodes (not fishing!)
• Double XP gains from every source
• This stacks with other XP boosts such as scrolls or group multipliers
• Double gold earned from monster kills, quest rewards, and similar sources

These bonuses are available to all players in any zone in Tamriel—including Markarth’s two new zones, the Reach and Arkthzand Caverns!

Note that the Explorer’s Celebration doesn’t grant Event Tickets and doesn’t have its own unique quests, Achievements, or collectibles associated with it. Additionally, the Impresario isn’t available during this limited period.

To sum up, the Explorer’s Celebration begins tomorrow and runs for this weekend only, so don’t miss out on your chance to get extra XP, gold, and resource node drops—have fun!

The Dark Heart of Skyrim epic concludes with Markarth, our newest DLC game pack for The Elder Scrolls Online. Learn all about the new DLC and Update 28 base-game patch in this launch article.

The Markarth DLC game pack and Update 28 are now available on PC/Mac and Stadia*, taking you to the wilds of the Reach and bringing the year-long Dark Heart of Skyrim storyline to its epic conclusion. If you play on Xbox One or PlayStation®4, don’t worry—Markarth will release on consoles November 10!

Within the DLC and free base-game patch, you will find:

• Two new zones to explore: the Reach and Arkthzand Caverns
• Packed full of new quests, characters, and challenges
• The conclusion to the Dark Heart of Skyrim storyline
• New rewards, including item sets, Achievements, and collectibles
• A new solo arenaVateshran Hollows
• The new Item Set Collection system
• New quality-of-life 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 Markarth and Update 28 on our official forums.

The Reach is under siege, and the dark forces of the Gray Host prey on the land’s beleaguered tribes from deep beneath the city of Markarth. In The Elder Scrolls Online: Markarth, you can explore two new zones, discover the proud tribes of Reachfolk, and conclude the year-long Dark Heart of Skyrim adventure.

Explore the Reach & Arkthzand Caverns

For the first time in The Elder Scrolls Online, you can explore the unforgiving wilds of the Reach and the underworld beneath it. Filled with new stories, characters, and challenges, as you venture into this perilous part of Skyrim, you’ll encounter a people both stalwart and resilient, struggling to defend their home against the Gray Host.


Explore Markarth under Reach control

In addition to the Reach, you can also venture into the area of Blackreach known as the Arkthzand Caverns, the world beneath the city of Markarth. Filled with new quests, delves, world bosses, Harrowstorms, and more, these two zones will challenge even the strongest adventurers and doom those foolhardy enough to go it alone or unprepared. For more, check out our preview.

The Dark Heart of Skyrim Concludes

In the Markarth storyline, you’ll join forces with the local Reachfolk to confront the Gray Host. As you stand with the “Despot of Markarth” Ard Caddach and other Reach allies, you’ll unravel the terrible schemes of the Vampire Lord Rada al-Saran, and battle your way into the darkest depths of Blackreach to stop him.

While the Markarth storyline is a complete tale from start to finish, should you have already completed the Greymoor Chapter’s AND the Markarth DLC’s main storyline, you’ll unlock additional quests that bring the year-long Dark Heart of Skyrim adventure to its final epic conclusion.

Vateshran Hollows Arena

Test your mettle and discover if you’re strong enough to call the Reach home in Vateshran Hollows, a new solo arena designed to push even Skyrim’s strongest warriors to the limits of their skill and courage. Within this new single-player challenge, you’ll have the opportunity to choose your paths as you enter three realms touched by Oblivion and defeat the dangers within.


Choose your path in Vateshran Hollows

Filled with challenging boss battles and no shortage of secrets, you’ll earn rewards and honors for completing this new arena, including special item sets, Achievements, and collectibles. Get ready to claim the title of Spiritblood Champion—glory awaits!

The Reach’s Bounty

As you explore both the Reach and the world beneath, you’ll uncover and earn rewards unique to the new zone and DLC, such as powerful item sets (three zone sets and three crafted sets), exclusive collectibles, and Achievements. It won’t be easy, but the bounty of the Reach is there for those strong enough to take it.


Earn all-new rewards in Markarth

The Markarth 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.

In addition to the base DLC, the Markarth Collector’s Bundle is also available for 4,000 crowns. This includes access to the DLC game pack, the Chaurus Egg Chaser’s Horse mount, the Teacup Chaurus Chitterling pet, and Crown Experience Scrolls. You can find and purchase the Markarth Collector’s Bundle from the Featured section of the in-game Crown Store.


The Markarth Collector’s Bundle

With access to the Markarth DLC, you can venture into the wilds of the Reach by the following methods:

• By teleporting directly to the North Markarth wayshrine from your map
• By using the DLC tab of your Collections UI and accepting the “The Despot of Markarth” quest from the Zone DLC section

Once you’ve entered the Reach, you can explore the new zone, begin the DLC’s storyline, discover its many delves, world bosses, and Harrowstorm locations, or encounter any of the local Reachfolk—it’s up to you!

Finally, the first time you set foot in the Reach, you’ll receive the Arkthzand Anfractuosity Shroud completely free.


Get this unique hat when you first enter the Markarth DLC content

Releasing at the same time as the Markarth DLC game pack, the Update 28 base-game patch brings a host of new features and bug fixes for all ESO players, completely free.

Item Set Collection system

With Update 28, you can now add hundreds of ESO’s item sets to your Collections UI and reconstruct them at a cost of Transmutation Crystals from any Transmutation Station (such as the one found in Clockwork City). You can find your collected sets within your Collections UI under the new “Sets” section. This new system will allow you to free up much-needed inventory, bank, or coffer space since almost every set in Tamriel (with the exception of crafted ones) can now be safely “stored” in Collections.


Collect Tamriel’s item sets

Don’t go deconstructing everything yet! Check out our preview and FAQ for everything you need to know about this new system.

Crafting Writ UI improvements

Also included in this update are improvements to the way you complete Crafting Writs. With this patch, if you have any Crafting Writ “quests” relevant to a crafting station you’re currently using, it’ll display appropriate details, including what materials or selections need to be picked to complete the quest. No longer will you activate a crafting station only to discover that you’ve forgotten what you need to craft for your writs!

For everything coming as part of Update 28, check out the patch notes section on our official forums.
With the launch of the Markarth DLC, the year-long Dark Heart of Skyrim adventure comes to its thrilling conclusion. Explore the perilous Reach, challenge yourself in Vateshran Hollows, confront the Gray Host, and uncover the dread secrets found beneath the stone city of Markarth—all of Skyrim hangs in the balance! Tell us if you’re planning to venture into Skyrim’s dark heart and conclude your year-long epic via Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.

The Dark Heart of Skyrim epic concludes with the Markarth DLC game pack and Update 28, now available for PC/Mac and Stadia* and arriving November 10 for Xbox One and PlayStation®4.

*Available only in limited territories.

Tamriel’s most ghoulish gala returns! Put monsters to the sword to receive ghastly goodies and double XP during the Witches Festival in-game event!

The Witches Festival begins next Thursday, October 22 at 10:00AM EDT/03:00PM BST, and will run until Tuesday, November 3 at 10:00AM EST/03:00PM GMT. Throughout this terror-filled term, you can receive repulsive rewards in the form of spoopy Plunder Skull containers, a 100% XP boost, Event Tickets, and collectibles.

To take part in this ghoulish gala:

1. Navigate to the Holiday section of the Crown Store and acquire the free quest.
2. 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 Witchmother’s Whistle or complete the quest again, and you can use the whistle already found in your Collections menu.

• Use the whistle to receive a two-hour 100% XP buff and summon the “Witchmother's Cauldron.”
• Use the Witchmother's Cauldron to transform your character into one of the undead.
• Note that you do not have to use the Witchmother's Cauldron to gain the XP buff, just the whistle.
  
  
  Gah! The Witches Festival has returned!
  
  
  Earn Eerie Endowments
  During the Witches Festival, when you defeat a boss monster, you’ll receive a Plunder Skull in addition to its regular loot. These creepy containers have a chance to award you with the following items:
  
  • New Pieces of the Throwing Bones memento
  • Combine 10 pieces to craft this collectible
  • Hollowjack style items
  • Dremora style items
  • Witches Festival-themed recipes
  • Witchest Festival-themed furnishings and furnishing recipes
  • Bewitching Alchemy reagents
  •  …and an assortment of creepy items!
  But hold on to your (witches) hats, there’s more! The first time you slay each different type of boss each day, you’ll receive a Dremora Plunder Skull. This reward contains the same kind of items in the regular Plunder Skulls, but has some additional rewards, too. Here’s what you have a chance to find in Dremora Plunder Skulls:
  
  • Dremora Motif chapters
  • Witches Festival Writs
  • Complete these writs to unlock an Achievement that’ll earn you a new Witch hat collectible AND the “Witch” title!
  • Glenmoril Treasure Maps
  • Use the map to find Glenmoril Weapon Style pages scattered all over Tamriel
  • Glenmoril Armor Outfit Style pages
  • NEW Grave Dancer Weapon Style pages
  
  
  
  Earn a menacing new weapon style
  
  Depending on the type of boss you defeat, 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, Craglorn Focus Points, Harrowstorms, 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, Imperial City Bosses, 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
  Whether you’re clearing Harrowstorms, exploring the Labyrinthian public dungeon, or hunting down Hordrek’s savage werewolf pack, you’ll earn these bonus rewards for slaying Tamriel’s monsters throughout the event period.
  
  
  Impresario’s Offerings
  During the Witches Festival, the first time a boss drops a Dremora Plunder Skull each day, it’ll also drop three Event Tickets—don’t forget to loot it. This event also introduces the final Indrik evolution, the Crimson Indrik.
  
  
  Light up Tamriel with the Crimson Indrik!
  
  Throughout the event, the Impresario will also stock the following items for Event Tickets:
  
  • All four Indrik Feathers
  • The first two Crimson Indrik Berries (Budding and Bloom)
  • Group Repair Kits
  • The Throw Bones memento
  • Grave Dancer Weapon Style pages
  • NEW Grab Bags!
  What are Grab Bags? These curious containers have a chance to contain a collectible from a previous Witches Festival event. When you open a Grab Bag, it will only ever contain items you don’t already own or know, and once you’ve acquired every possible item within them, they’ll no longer be available for purchase. Be sure to open each bag and remove its items as soon as you acquire it (to avoid duplicate items from subsequent bags).
  
  If you have acquired every collectible but still have Grab Bags to open, they’ll contain Group Repair Kits instead—useful! For this event, a Grab Bag can contain Hollowjack Motif pages, the Skeletal Marionette memento, Apple-bobbing Cauldron fragments, and the Spectre Mask collectibles.
  
  Crown Store Deals
  There’s a host of ghastly goodies making their way to the Crown Store this month, including these frightening items:
  
  
  
  Dark Passions Regalia costume & Witches Coven furnishing pack
  
  
  
  Nightmare Firestalker Cub pet & Sister Gellenna houseguest
  
  To grab some crowns and pick up these items, head over to the Crown Store page. For everything coming to the Crown Store in October, including even more creepy collectibles, check out our recent Crown Store Showcase. 
  
  
  A Ghoulish Gala
  Revel in Tamriel’s spookiest celebration and enjoy bonus XP and rewards for slaying all the things that go bump in the night. Are you excited to take part in the Witches Festival? Let us know via @TESOnline, Instagram, and Facebook—boo!
  
  The Witches Festival begins Thursday, October 22 at 10:00AM EDT/03:00PM BST, and will run until Tuesday, November 3 at 10:00AM EST/03:00PM GMT. Part of our #TamrielTogether celebration, the Witches Festival is the next event in a series of end-of-year events coming to The Elder Scrolls Online. For more on #TamrielTogether, including the massive Sweepstakes competition and information on how you can join us in our celebration of ESO’s many amazing communities, check out this article.
  

Celebrate and showcase your guild by crafting a recruitment poster or video and you could win amazing in-game prizes for your whole guild, including a custom-made mount and furnishings. 

#TamrielTogether is all about teaming up to do good in Tamriel, and one of the best ways to do that is to be a part of a Guild. To help showcase and celebrate some of ESO’s amazing guilds, we’re thrilled to announce the Tamriel Together Guild Contest.

Does your guild run Veteran Trials? Or do you like to put on fashion shows or roleplaying events? Maybe you have an amazing guild house that you think deserves to be seen. Whatever makes your guild a unique and welcoming place for its members, we want to see it captured in a recruitment-styled poster or video.

Your entry should celebrate and promote your guild to the larger ESO community. Here’s what you need to do to enter:

1. Create a recruitment-styled poster or video that showcases your guild

• If you’re recruiting, don’t forget to include information that’ll help players find your Guild!
• Video submissions must be no longer than two minutes and be uploaded to YouTube
• Poster submissions must be in JPG or PNG format

• Enter your poster or video using this form by Friday, November 6 at 11:59PM EST
Please review the official rules before submitting your entry. Your guild can submit an entry for each category, but you should only enter each category once, so be sure to submit your best entry for each category to have the greatest chance of winning. Once you’ve successfully submitted, feel free to share it with us on social (@TESOnline, Instagram, or Facebook) using the #TamrielTogether hashtag, too! We need YOU to showcase your guild
Win for Your Guild
Once the entry period has closed, the ESO development team will review entries based on their quality, creativity, and adherence to the theme (guild recruitment), and select two grand and four runners-up prize winners. Two Grand Prize Winners (one per category—poster or video)
• 3,000 crowns Crown Pack for each active guild member
• For each active guild member, a unique mount based on the existing Alliance War Horse, decorated with the winning guild’s tabard colors and crest
• A wall banner for the interior of the guild’s chosen base-game tavern bearing the winning guild’s tabard colors and crest, and a book retelling one of their favorite in-game memories together
• For each active guild member, a house furnishing banner (for the wall) bearing the winning guild’s tabard colors and crest, matching the one that is in the tavern
• For each active guild member, a house furnishing book that is a replica of the one we place in the tavern
• A Guild Spotlight article on https://www.elderscrollsonline.com showcasing your community!
Four Runners-up (two per category—poster or video)
• A 1,500 crown Crown Pack for each active guild member
• For each active guild member, a house furnishing banner (for the wall) bearing the winning guild’s tabard colors and crest
• A small nod to the guild in an in-game “one-sheet note” asset (a note, song, recipe, etc.) based on a favorite in-game memory that the guild experienced together
• A “one-sheet note” collectible for each active guild member (matching the one above) that can be placed in their homes
Phew! That’s a lot of prizes for everybody in your guild. As mentioned above, only active guild members will receive these prizes should their guild win, which means they need to have logged into the game at least once from the contest start and be a member of the winning guild by Friday, November 6, 2020 at 11:59 PM EST. Please check the official rules for more information. Note that winners will not receive all their prizes at once, and the ESO team will reach out to the submitters of the winning entries to discuss the creation of the custom collectibles and inform them as to when they can expect them in game.
#TamrielTogether Guild Contest
We can’t wait to see what kind of creative and wacky posters and videos the ESO community comes up with for this new contest. Don’t forget to share your entries with us using #TamrielTogether on social via @[/url]TESOnline, Instagram, and Facebook—we’d love to also share them with the rest of the community and maybe get you some new recruits in the process! #TamrielTogether is ESO’s end-of-year promotion, celebrating all the ways the ESO community jointly experiences the world of Tamriel. During this period, you can participate in in-game events, share your stories of camaraderie using the #TamrielTogether hashtag on social, and sign up for our massive sweepstakes—have fun!

The ESO Plus Free Trial is live and will run until Monday, October 19, at 10:00AM EDT/03:00PM BST. During the trial period, you gain access to the following ESO Plus benefits:

·        Full access to DLC game packs—new zones, quests, dungeons, and more 

o   Includes Orsinium, Thieves Guild, Dark Brotherhood, Shadows of the Hist, Morrowind (zone and story), Horns of the Reach, Clockwork City, Dragon Bones, Summerset (zone and story), Wolfhunter, Murkmire, Wrathstone, Elsweyr (zone and story), Scalebreaker, Dragonhold, Harrowstorm, and Stonethorn (our most-recent DLC!)

·        A Craft Bag offering you unlimited storage for all your crafting materials 

·        Double Bank space for all 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 

If you haven’t had a chance to check out the Dark Heart of Skyrim’s dungeon DLCs, Harrowstorm and Stonethorn, now you can, completely free! For more on the above benefits, check out our ESO Plus guide.

Note: The monthly crown stipend and ESO Plus deals are available only to paid members (not free trial members). Review everything that comes with ESO Plus on our website.

Here’s how you can get started:

1.      Log into The Elder Scrolls Online.

2.      Navigate to the Crown Store.

3.      Select the ESO Plus tab.

4.      Select “Free Trial!”

No credit card info is required to try out ESO Plus. Just visit the in-game Crown Store and activate it.

Make the most out of boosts to XP, gold, crafting inspiration, plus venture out on new adventures and stuff your Craft Bag full of all the materials it can carry with the ESO Plus Free Trial. If you’re planning to make the most out of this new trial period, let us know via @TESOnline, Instagram, or Facebook.

 

The ESO Plus Free Trial begins today and will run until Monday, October 19, at 10:00AM EDT/03:00PM BST.

Pick up the Greymoor Chapter at up to 50% off during the Lost Treasures of Skyrim sale.
The Lost Treasures of Skyrim sale is now live, giving you the opportunity to pick up ESO’s latest Chapter, The Elder Scrolls Online: Greymoor, at up to 50% off and the ESO base game at up to 60% off.

In Greymoor, you can explore the region of Western Skyrim and help the besieged Nords in their struggle against an ancient darkness that rises from the depths of Blackreach. Part of the Dark Heart of Skyrim year-long adventure, Greymoor is an important chapter of a story that began in February of this year and will conclude with the upcoming Markarth DLC.

Even better, the Lost Treasures of Skyrim in-game event also began today, giving you and your fellow players the opportunity to unlock bonus collectibles (including cosmetics, a pet, a massive house, and a houseguest) free for all Greymoor players, simply by playing the new Antiquities system. This event (and its rewards) is available only to people who own Greymoor. Find out more in our announcement article and page.

Uncover antiquities and unlock bonus collectibles (including an incredible new house) for ALL Greymoor players during the Lost Treasures of Skyrim event!

The Lost Treasures of Skyrim event begins Wednesday, September 23 at 10:00AM EDT, and will run until October 5 at 10:00AM EDT. During the event period, you can earn bonus rewards for completing Western Skyrim daily quests and unlock unique collectibles for all Greymoor players with the Antiquities system.

During the Lost Treasures of Skyrim event, you can earn unique collectibles for ALL Greymoor players by digging up antiquities throughout the entirety of Tamriel. As you and your fellow players seek out, excavate, and discover Tamriel’s hidden histories, you’ll slowly unlock up to three tiers of rewards:

• Tier 1: Horror Within Face and Body Markings
• Tier 2: Orchidfall Vale Fawn Pet
• Tier 3: Antiquarian’s Alpine Gallery home AND Antiquarian Phedre Houseguest
• This is the first Houseguest ever introduced to ESO!

Unlock these rewards by completing antiquities

What are Houseguests? Houseguests are a new type of collectible character you can add to your home in much the same way you add any other collectible. Each Houseguest is unique with a distinct appearance and can be interacted with, adding more life to your home. You can unlock this first Houseguest, Antiquarian Phedre, for free as part of this event, but look for additional Houseguests in the Crown Store in the future.

To check the community’s overall progress and see which rewards players have unlocked so far, visit the Lost Treasures of Skyrim page and review the meter. Each day, we’ll update the meter based on the community’s progress. The faster you dig, the faster the reward will be unlocked!

After the community has unlocked all three rewards (or the time runs out), all Greymoor players can claim the unlocked items from the in-game Crown Store for free. Note that only players who own the Greymoor Chapter can claim the rewards.

As you explore, quest, and battle throughout Western Skyrim during the Lost Treasures of Skyrim event, you’ll also have the opportunity to earn bonus rewards and new collectibles.

For starters, all Western Skyrim resource nodes will provide double rewards (not including fishing holes or crafting materials obtained from monsters). Also, all Western Skyrim world bosses, delve bosses, and Kyne’s Aegis trial bosses will have a chance to drop additional loot when defeated, and all Western Skyrim daily quests will award double reward boxes when completed.



In addition to these, the first time you complete a Western Skyrim daily quest each day, you’ll receive a Bulging Box of Gray Host Pillage reward box. These well-stuffed containers have a chance to hold the following items:

• Crafting materials
• Valuables to be sold to vendors
• Style items for the Blackreach Vanguard or Gray Host styles
• Zone set items
• Treasure maps and survey reports
• Chaurus Eggs, Vile Coagulant, or Crimson Nirnroot
• Blackreach Vanguard Motif Chapter
• Greymoor Motif Chapter
• NEW Sovngarde Style pages
• Greymoor furnishing recipes

Phew! Once you’ve earned your Bulging Box each day, you will then have a chance to earn regular Boxes of Gray Host Pillage from subsequent daily quests or by completing various activities around Western Skyrim or Blackreach (such as defeating delve and world bosses, completing Harrowstorms, opening chests, and much more).

While a regular Box of Gray Host Pillage might not contain as many rewards as a Bulging one, they still have a chance to hold any of the above items, including the Sovngarde style pages, so keep adventuring!

To earn Event Tickets during the Lost Treasures of Skyrim event, simply turn in either a Western Skyrim daily quest or a Kyne’s Aegis weekly quest—you’ll receive three Event Tickets for doing so each day of the event.

The Impresario will stock the following goods during the event:

• All four Indrik Feathers (to get a Nascent Indrik)
• Mossheart Berries of Bloom, Budding, Growth, and Ripeness
• All you need to evolve your Nascent Indrik into a Mossheart Indrik!
• Group repair kits
• Sapling Indrik pet
• Sovngarde Style pages (bound to your character on purchase)

Explore Western Skyrim, complete quests, and acquire ancient relics of a bygone age during the Lost Treasures of Skyrim event and you’ll earn bonus rewards and unlock prizes for all Greymoor players. Don’t forget to check the community’s progress on our tracking page—get digging! This event is part of our massive end-of-year promotion, Tamriel Together, so be sure to keep an eye on our social channels at @TESOnline, Instagram, or Facebook for more information on how you can create a community and win amazing in-game prizes.

The Lost Treasures of Skyrim in-game event begins Wednesday, September 23 at 10:00AM EDT, and will end on Monday, October 5 at 10:00AM EDT.

Discover what adventures await in the finale of the Dark Heart of Skyrim epic as we preview the new DLC game pack, outline the upcoming in-game events, and share our end-of-year promotion, all in one amazing digital event!

• What: ESO Dark Heart of Skyrim Year-End Preview Digital Event
• Where: https://www.twitch.tv/bethesda
• When: Saturday, September 19 at 3PM EDT

Tune in to Twitch.tv/Bethesda on Saturday, September 19 at 3PM EDT, to watch a special digital event and ESO Live from the Elder Scrolls Online team that showcases everything coming to ESO in the final months of 2020. This includes the latest DLC, which we’re happy to announce has a new name: The Elder Scrolls Online: Markarth*!

We’ll preview the Markarth DLC game pack and talk about its zone, storyline, and place in the Dark Heart of Skyrim year-long epic. In addition to this, the team will outline 2020’s remaining in-game events and share information on the exciting end-of-year promotion we’ll be running throughout. After the digital event, we’ll host a special ESO Live to talk about the recent announcements and dive deep into some of the new DLC’s features.

We’ll have Twitch Drops enabled throughout the show, and anybody who watches the digital event with a linked account will also receive a free Purple Torchbug pet (to be delivered by Monday, September 21).


Get a free Purple Torchbug pet

It’s sure to be an exciting show, so tune in this Saturday, September 19 at 3PM EDT on Twitch—we’ll see you there!

*Why the new name? We just like it better!

Join us as the Community Team tackles one of Stonethorn’s exciting new dungeons with special guests.

Check out ESO Live on https://www.twitch.tv/bethesda this Friday, August 28 at 4PM EDT/9PM BST as community managers Jessica Folsom and Gina Bruno delve into one of the two new dungeons just released with the Stonethorn DLC. Don’t worry, they won’t have to do it alone, as they’ll be joined by special guests content creator NefasQS and Stream Team member Prestonality!

You can vote on which of the two dungeons, Stone Garden or Castle Thorn, you want to see them run via a poll on our official Twitter account, so keep an eye out for it. Will it be the dread laboratory of Arkasis? Or the grim ramparts of Lady Thorn’s castle? You decide!

We’ll have Twitch Drops enabled throughout  (link your accounts), so tune in to https://www.twitch.tv/bethesda this Friday, August 28 at 4PM EDT/9PM BST.

Battle your fellow players and Daedra under the shadow of the White-Gold Tower during the Imperial City Celebration and you’ll earn bonus rewards and collectibles.


The Imperial City Celebration begins Thursday, September 3 at 10:00AM EDT, and will run until Tuesday, September 15 at 10:00AM EDT. During this in-game event, you can earn bonus rewards within both the Imperial City PvP zone and its two PvE dungeons: White-Gold Tower and Imperial City Prison.

To begin your fight for the capital, you must have access to the Imperial City DLC game pack either via ESO Plus™ membership or free from the DLC section of the in-game Crown Store.


Battle in the city

To enter the Imperial City PvP zone, open your Alliance War menu, select the Imperial City category, choose either Champion Point or non-Champion point Campaign, and select “Enter Campaign.” (It’ll take you to the Imperial City Sewers to begin.)

To take on the Imperial City’s four-player dungeons, you can queue for them via the Dungeon Finder or by finding their entrances in the Imperial City districts (White-Gold Tower) or Imperial City Sewers (Imperial City Prison).

During the Imperial City Celebration event, you can loot the lost riches of a city under perpetual siege as you earn the following bonus rewards:

• Double the amount of Tel Var Stones dropped from all monsters
• Bonus chance of picking up either the Stonefire Scamp pet or the Soul-Shriven skin
• Double the amount of Key Fragments
• Bonus loot dropped by Trove Scamps and Cunning Scamps
• Bonus drops from bosses (including within the Imperial City itself and its dungeons)

To earn the above, take part in any of the regular Imperial City activities, including battling in the Imperial Sewers and city districts, and taking on either the White-Gold Tower or Imperial City Prison dungeons.

Legion Zero Strongboxes

Those willing to fight shield-to-shield in the heart of the lost empire are a special breed of warrior. To reward those few braving the dangers of Cyrodiil’s close-combat warfare, Legion Zero Strongboxes have been added to this event.

The first time you complete (turn in) an Imperial City district daily quest or defeat the final boss within the Imperial City Prison or White-Gold Tower dungeons, you’ll receive a Glorious Legion Zero Strongbox. These reward boxes can contain valuable and useful items, such as:

• Tel Var Stones
• Crafting Materials
• Xivkyn Motif style items
• Key Fragments
• Valuables to be sold to vendors
• Pages from the Legion Zero Vigiles armor style
• Pages from the Tools of Domination weapon style
• Xivkyn Motif chapters

The Legion Zero Vigiles armor style

After you’ve received your daily Glorious Legion Zero Strongbox, you have a chance to earn regular versions of this box by completing Imperial City activities such as defeating patrolling or sewer bosses, opening chests or safeboxes, defeating bosses in White-Gold Tower or Imperial City Prison, and from subsequent Imperial City district daily quests.

While the rewards found within regular Legion Zero Strongboxes are not as plentiful as those found in their Glorious counterpart, they still have a chance to contain useful and rare items, including the new style pages if you’re lucky!

During the Imperial City Celebration, you can earn three Event Tickets per day, awarded the first time you either complete a daily quest in the Imperial City districts or sewers or defeat the final boss in the White-Gold Tower or Imperial City Prison dungeons—make sure you loot your kills! 

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

• Legion Zero Vigiles armor style pages (bound to your character on purchase)
• Tools of Domination weapon style pages (bound to your character on purchase)
• All four Indrik Feathers (to get a Nascent Indrik)
• Mossheart Berries of Bloom, Budding, and Growth
• Group repair kits
• Assorted Imperial- and Daedric-themed furnishings
• Daedric Chandelier, Ritual
• Imperial Bed, Canopy
• Imperial Dresser, Scrollwork
• Imperial Mirror, Standing
• Imperial Divider, Folding
• Imperial Wardrobe, Scrollwork
• Imperial Footlocker, Scrollwork
• Imperial Tapestry, Akatosh
• Imperial Simple Wall Lantern
• Imperial Shrine of the Bay
• Imperial Brazier, Caged
• Imperial Nightstand, Scrollwork
• Daedric Brazier, Standing

Throughout the event, you can pick up special Imperial City-themed items from the Crown Store, too. This includes ESO Plus membership deals on the Imperial Battlemage Pack, the Imperial Officers Pack, the Imperial War Mastiff pet, and an exclusive free Wolf and Warrior Statuette. In addition to these, the Legion Zero Charger mount will be available for gems for a limited time only.

The unstoppable Legion Zero Charger mount

Even better, starting Thursday, September 10, you can pick up the Imperial City Collector’s Bundle at up to 33% off—phew!

Glory awaits those who fight in the heart of the capital during the Imperial City Celebration event. Whether you’re battling to capture Cyrodiil’s districts for your faction or striving to rid the Ruby Throne of Daedric influence, there’s a host of great reasons to take part in this PvE/PvP event! Will you be joining us in the shadow of the White-Gold Tower? Let us know via @TESOnline, Instagram, and Facebook.