We’ve updated the way you can earn Twitch Drops when watching your favorite ESO streams. Find everything you need to know to keep earning Drops here!

With Twitch’s changes to the way Drops are now earned and delivered, there are some things you need to do to ensure that you continue (or begin!) to earn Drops when watching a Drops-enabled ESO stream.

For starters, you still need to link your ESO and Twitch accounts. This process hasn’t changed:

1. Log into your ESO account
2. Click “Linked Accounts” on the left of the page

• Note that if you don’t know your account info, you can reset your email and activate your account via the additional steps found here.

• Click “Link Twitch Account”
• A Twitch window will appear
• If you are logged into your Twitch account already, you'll be asked to authorize Elder Scrolls Online - Live to use your Twitch account
• If you are not logged into your Twitch account, you'll be prompted to log in
• Click “Authorize” to link your ESO account to your Twitch account
Once you’re sure your accounts are linked, there’s a few things you need to be aware of to ensure you get your goodies:
• When a stream is Drops-enabled, you’ll get a notification popup letting you know they are live, in addition to a tag on the streamer’s page
• Per Twitch’s guidelines, you must watch a Drops-enabled stream for at least 15 cumulative minutes
• You can track your progress on earning a Twitch Drop via https://www.twitch.tv/drops/inventory
• You are guaranteed a Drop once you meet the 15 minute requirement
• Once you earn a Drop, a chat notification will appear that you must select to claim the Drop
• Alternatively, you can claim the Drop via https://www.twitch.tv/drops/inventory
• Note that if watching on console, you will need to swap to PC or Mobile to visit this page and claim your rewards
• Important: In some cases you may have a limited time to claim your Drops, so be sure to grab them as soon as you see the notification
• Once claimed, the Drops will be added to your account and you can find them in game as usual
Drops for The Elder Scrolls Online can include Ouroboros Crown Crates, which contain a random selection of in-game consumables such as Crown Poisons, Mimic Stones, Riding Lessons, or Experience Scrolls. They also have an extremely rare chance to contain an exclusive Senche of Scarlet Regret mount or Senche Cub of Scarlet Regret pet. The Senche of Scarlet Regret mount and Senche Cub of Scarlet Regret petDuring special events or streams, there might be additional drops rewards, too! That’s it! Make sure you’re linked, watch a stream, then claim your Drops—easy. Be sure to keep your eye on the Twitch Drops Schedule at the bottom of our Streamers page for upcoming scheduled Twitch Drops and pay attention to the latest news on https://www.elderscrollsonline.com/.

Gift Event Tickets to your friends and guildmates during the New Life Festival and you’ll receive four Akaviri Potentate Crown Crates, absolutely free!

From now until the end of the New Life Festival (January 5 at 10AM EST/3PM GMT), if you gift five Event Tickets from the in-game Crown Store, you will receive four free Akaviri Crown Crates from us!

Here’s how you can give and receive this New Life Festival:

1. From the Crown Store, gift five or more Event Tickets to anybody in game

• You can find Event Tickets within the Events section
• You can split the gifts between multiple recipients (all five don’t have to go to one account)
• All five gifts must be made on the same server to be counted

• Once the New Life Festival is over, we’ll send you four Akaviri Potentate Crown Crates
• Crown Crate delivery date is TBD, but it will occur by the end of January 2021
Don’t forget that players can store up to 12 Event Tickets at a time, so your recipient may need to spend some before they can claim the Event Tickets that you have gifted them.Using Event Tickets, you can acquire any of the unique items the Impresario vendor sells during the event, including a pet, style pages, Indrik Berries, and more! For a list of everything currently available, check out our New Life Festival announcement. When you receive your Akaviri Potentate Crown Crates, you’ll have a chance to acquire the rare and ancient relics of the once-powerful Akaviri dynasty, including mounts, pets, costumes, styles, consumables, and much more—a great way to start the year! When they are granted (keep an eye on our social channels for the latest updates), the four Crates will be added to your Crown Crate menu. Find unique items in Akaviri Potentate Crown CratesSpread holiday cheer to your fellow ESO players this New Life Festival and you’ll receive a special gift from us, too! Tell us if you’re planning to make the most of this festive promotion via @Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook!

Join the ESO Community Team as they complete New Life Festival quests and raise money for the Toys for Tots charity livestream!

Tune in to https://www.twitch.tv/bethesda this Thursday at 3:15PM EST/8:15PM GMT as ESO Community Managers Jessica Folsom and Gina Bruno take part in a Bethesda Softworks charity drive for Toys for Tots! Together, they’ll throw mudballs and spread some holiday cheer in Tamriel as they take part in the New Life Festival in-game event and even check out the new Imperial-themed daily quest. Finally, there will also be special giveaways, so help us raise money for a great cause!

This stream is part of the Bethesda Toys for Tots Holiday Stream Special. Starting with DOOM Eternal at 1PM EST, be sure to tune in early to support our demon-slaying and wasteland-wandering cousins, too! If you can’t make the stream but still want to help, you can donate via this link.

Twitch Drops will be activated while the ESO Community Team is live, so don’t forget to link your accounts and join us as we celebrate New Life and raise money for a great cause on https://www.twitch.tv/bethesda this Thursday, December 17 at 3:15PM EST/8:15PM GMT—happy holidays!

Earn bonus XP and rewards during the New Life Festival in-game event and celebrate another year of adventure in Tamriel!

The New Life Festival in-game event begins this Thursday, December 17 at 10AM EST, and runs until Tuesday, January 5 at 10AM EST. To take part in this cross-cultural celebration, pick up the New Life Festival quest from the in-game Crown Store and use it to locate the New Life Herald Breda, found south of the city of Windhelm, Eastmarch. You can teleport directly to the New Life festival tent via the portal found at Impresario locations.


Celebrate New Life together

Once you have completed the intro quest, you’ll unlock 10 special New Life-themed daily quests that send you all over Tamriel. These include a brand-new quest titled “Old Life Remembrance,” available from Petronius Galenus in the New Life Festival tent, that allows you to memorialize the year in true Imperial style.


When you complete one of Breda’s New Life Festival daily quests, you receive a New Life Festival Gift Box. Tear open your gift (don’t worry about saving the wrapping!) to receive some of these New Life-themed items:

• 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
• NEW Snowball Buddy pet
• 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

In addition to the above, when you open a New Life Festival Gift Box, you may also receive one of these two different types of Charity Writs.

• Deep Winter Charity Writs—Complete to unlock pages from the Skaal Explorer outfit style.
• NEW Imperial Charity Writs—Complete to unlock pages from the Rkindaleft Dwarven Weapon Style.

Unlock these new weapon styles

Finally, complete any 12 of the above writs and you can also unlock the “Newly Charitable” Achievement and Crystalfrost skin.


The first time you complete a New Life Festival quest each day, you’ll receive three Event Tickets in addition to your Gift Box and other rewards. With Event Tickets, you can purchase the following goods from the Impresario:

• All four Nascent Indrik Feathers
• ALL 2020 Indrik Berries for the Spectral, Icebreath, Mossheart, and Crimson Indriks
• Allowing you to complete any evolutions you might have missed this year!
• The Rosethorn Indrik pet
• The Snowball Buddy pet
• Pages for the new Rkindaleft Dwarven Weapon Style
• These are bound to your account
• Group Repair Kits

The Crimson Indrik will be ESO’s final Indrik evolution, so don’t hesitate to snatch up this striking red mount!


The Crimson Indrik mount

Enjoy bonus XP, complete New Life quests, and receive unique holiday-themed rewards as the people of Tamriel come together to reflect on the year that has passed and look forward to the future. How are you planning to celebrate New Life? Share your plans with us on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook.

The New Life Festival begins Thursday, December 17 at 10:00AM EST, and runs until Tuesday, January 5 at 10:00AM EST. Part of our #TamrielTogether celebration, the New Life Festival is ESO’s final 2020 event. 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.

Hey #ESOFam,

For us at ZeniMax Online Studios, The Elder Scrolls Online is a labor of love that has been in development for over 13 years and live for six. We’re delighted with what the game has achieved since its 2014 launch, including the release of four new Chapters, 15 DLCs, and 28 base-game updates—each bringing new adventures, stories, challenges, and ways to play.

We’re proud of what we’ve accomplished, so if you love ESO, please nominate us for the Labor of Love Award—we’d consider it an honor.

The Elder Scrolls Online Team

Save up to 67% on The Elder Scrolls Online: Greymoor and pick up new and returning Crown Store bundles during the Black Fredas 2020 sale.

During the Black Fredas 2020 sale, you can acquire The Elder Scrolls Online: Greymoor (ESO’s latest Chapter) at up to 67% off (all platforms) and The Elder Scrolls Online base game at up to 60% off (PC/Mac, Stadia, and Xbox only). That’s our largest discount ever for the new Chapter!

In Greymoor, you must investigate an ancient darkness that threatens the Nords of Western Skyrim in an adventure that takes you from the clifftop city of Solitude do the darkest depths of Blackreach. 

Note that depending on your platform, this sale will end on the following dates:

PC/Mac (Elder Scrolls Online Store & Steam)

• Greymoor Chapter—December 1
• Base Game—December 1

Stadia

• Greymoor Chapter—December 3
• Base Game—December 3

Xbox

• Greymoor Chapter—December 4
• Base Game—December 4 

PlayStation

• Greymoor Chapter—November 30

These savings include the Greymoor Standard Edition, Upgrade, Collector’s Edition, and Collector’s Edition Upgrade, so whether you’re a new player or a veteran, you’ll find a deal that’ll get you to the home of the Nords.

To claim these deals, visit our Buy Now page and begin your Dark Heart of Skyrim adventure.

In addition to the sale, during the Black Fredas period, you can also acquire the original Black Fredas bundle for 1,900 crowns. The Black Fredas 2015 Bundle includes the Green Narsis Guar mount, 10 Experience Scrolls, 10 Riding Speed Lessons, 10 Riding Capacity Lessons, 10 Fortifying Meals, 10 Soul Gems, and 50 Tri-Restoration Potions—phew!


The returning Black Fredas 2015 Bundle

But that’s not all! If you’re an ESO Plus member, you can also acquire the brand-new Black Fredas 2020 Bundle. Also available for only 1,900 crowns, this ESO Plus-exclusive bundle includes the Ashen Sabre Cat mount, 10 Experience Scrolls, 10 Riding Speed Lessons, 10 Riding Capacity Lessons, 10 Fortifying Meals, 10 Soul Gems, and 50 Tri-Restoration Potions.


The Black Fredas 2020 Bundle

If you’re not an ESO Plus member, you’re missing out on access to all of the game’s DLC game packs, the  Craft Bag, extra bank space, free monthly items (such as the returning Priestess of Mara costume), special Crown Store deals, and 1650 crowns a month—almost enough to cover the cost of the new bundle!

These limited-time bundles will only be available in the in-game Crown Store from now until November 30 at 10:00AM EST, so don’t miss out on your chance to snatch them up.

With sales on both Greymoor and the base game, special limited-time bundles, and a growing selection of Crown Store goodies (including an additional ESO Plus-exclusive deal on Sovngarde Crown Crates), it’s a great time to jump into The Elder Scrolls Online!

Tune in to ESO Live this week as community managers Gina Bruno and Jessica Folsom cook some Tamrielic treats from the Official Elder Scrolls Cookbook!

Join us on https://www.twitch.tv/bethesda this Wednesday, November 25 at 12PM EST/5PM GMT, as the team prepares some of the mouth-watering recipes found within the The Elder Scrolls: The Official Cookbook. Streaming live from their own kitchens, Community Managers Gina Bruno and Jessica Folsom will do their best to recreate some of Tamriel’s tastiest treats—it’s a Thanksgiving lunch special!

As usual, the team will also discuss the very latest ESO news, and there will be Twitch Drops activated throughout, so please link your accounts. It’s going to be a fun one, so tune in and join our community cooks live from their kitchens on https://www.twitch.tv/bethesda this coming Wednesday, November 25 at 12PM EST/5PM GMT! 

Who has no fear of beast or blade? UNDAUNTED! Earn bonus loot during the Undaunted Celebration, ESO’s PvE dungeon event!

Important note: We have made the decision to officially move the upcoming Undaunted Celebration event, and it will now begin December 3 at 10AM EST and run until December 15 at 10AM EST.



The Undaunted Celebration begins Thursday, December 3 at 10:00AM EST and runs until Tuesday, December 15 at 10:00AM EST. During this in-game event, you can earn bonus rewards and glory for completing any of Tamriel’s four-player dungeons.

To join the fight, use the Dungeon Finder tool or travel to any dungeon in Tamriel and complete it on Normal or Veteran difficulty—you choose!


When you defeat a dungeon’s final boss during this event, in addition to its regular rewards it also drops an Undaunted Reward Box. These celebrated containers can hold all kinds of useful and valuable loot, including Undaunted Keys, Undaunted Plunder (to sell for gold), motif pages, repair kits, transmute crystals, and more. If you’re not sure that you’re ready to tackle dungeons (or perhaps don’t have the time), you can also earn one Undaunted Reward Box a day by completing Bolgrul’s daily Undaunted delve quest. You can find Bolgrul within any Undaunted Enclave.

During the event period, the first time you complete a dungeon each day, you’ll receive a fancier, Glorious Undaunted Reward Box. This daily drop will include the same rewards as its less-famous cousin, but it’s also guaranteed to contain an Opal Weapon Style page for the following boss styles:

• NEW Iceheart (Direfrost Keep)
• NEW Lord Warden (Imperial City Prison)
• NEW Nightflame (Elden Hollow II)
• NEW Swarm Mother (Spindleclutch I)
• Ilambris (Crypt of Hearts I)
• Troll King (Blessed Crucible)
• Bloodspawn (Spindleclutch II)
• Engine Guardian (Darkshade Caverns II)

Don’t forget to loot the final boss!

However, that’s not all you can earn during this event. If you complete one of the above dungeons on Veteran Hard Mode difficulty, you also have a chance (just a chance) to earn an Opal Monster Mask style page for their respective bosses.


Earn new Opal weapon styles

Finally, if you own the original, “non-shiny” version of the shoulders already, you can purchase the Opal Monster Shoulder style pages for 50 Undaunted Keys from their respective Undaunted vendors. If you’re feeling lucky, they also sell Mystery Coffers for 25 Undaunted Keys that can drop a random Opal Monster Shoulder style page, too.
The first time you slay a final boss in a dungeon each day, you earn three Event Tickets (again don’t forget to loot your fallen foe). With these tickets, you can acquire the following event-specific collectibles and goods from the Impresario:

• All four Nascent Indrik Feathers
• Style pages for the new Opal Weapons, Masks, and Shoulders
• These are bound to your account
• Three Crimson Indrik Berries (Berries of Budding, Bloom, and Growth)
• The fourth Berry will be available in the upcoming New Life Festival
• Group Repair Kits

The Crimson Indrik is ESO’s final Indrik evolution, so don’t miss out on your chance to earn this majestic mount!


The striking Crimson Indrik

Gather your fellow adventurers and take the plunge into any one of Tamriel’s dungeons and you’ll earn bonus rewards. Whether you’re a rookie dungeon delver looking to take your first steps into these challenging group activities or a veteran hunting some of the game’s hardest Achievements, the Undaunted Celebration brings no shortage of glory and rewards for Tamriel’s adventurers. What dungeon are you going to run during this new event? Let us know via Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook.

The Undaunted Celebration begins Thursday, December 3 at 10:00AM EST and runs until Tuesday, December 15 at 10:00AM EST. Part of our #TamrielTogether celebration, the Undaunted Celebration 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.

Read a letter from Matt Firor, ZOS’s Studio Director, on how we’re changing the way we support ESO on Macs moving forward.



As most Mac users know, last summer Apple announced that new Macs will no longer be built with Intel CPUs. Instead, new Macs will utilize a new custom-built ARM CPU going forward. The first of these devices was announced earlier this month at an Apple event.

Please be aware that these new ARM-based Macs cannot run software created for Intel-based computers. Additionally, these new machines will not support Boot Camp either, so you cannot dual boot an ARM-based Mac into Windows. This means that all software running on the new Macs must either be re-written for ARM or must run through an emulator. X86 emulation comes with a significant performance impact—in general, emulation is okay for software like office productivity apps, but not for gaming.

All of this puts a burden on software developers like ZOS to port their products to the new architecture. It is a huge undertaking to port a product as old, large, and complex as ESO to a new CPU, with no certain outcome of success. Because of these factors, we will not be porting ESO to run on the new ARM-based Macs. ESO will continue to run on Intel-based Macs, and we will support it as long as there is a large enough Mac user base to warrant it. While it will be technically possible to run ESO via x86 emulation on the new Macs, expect a subpar gaming experience that we will not officially support.

If you purchase a new ARM-based Mac, you will still have some options to play ESO. The most obvious one is that you can log into your account from any PC (or Intel-based Mac) and still be able to play with all of your account and character data. You also have the option of playing (with your current account and characters) on Stadia, a cloud-streaming service that uses the same servers as your current Mac-based accounts—so if you do use Stadia, you can continue to play uninterrupted with your existing account and character data.

Matt




If you have any questions regarding ESO running on Macs with Intel CPUs, please feel free to visit the Elder Scrolls Online Help Portal or contact the help team. 

Can ESO’s Creative Director complete Markarth’s solo arena on veteran difficulty? Tune in to ESO Live this week as we put our own Rich Lambert to the test!

Join us on https://www.twitch.tv/bethesda this Friday, November 13 at 4PM EST/9PM GMT, as ESO’s Creative Director Rich Lambert joins the ESO Community team for a no-holds-barred Veteran run of Vateshran Hollows. Markarth’s new solo arena is no small challenge, but don’t worry! We’ll also have Lead Encounter Designer Mike Finnigan on to commentate (or more likely, heckle) as his boss takes on this ancient Reachfolk rite.

Should Rich complete the challenge without dying, we’ll even do a special giveaway, so get ready to cheer him on!

We’ll also discuss the latest ESO news during the show, and Twitch Drops will be active throughout, so don’t forget to link your accounts. We’ll see you for our Creative Director’s latest challenge on https://www.twitch.tv/bethesda this Friday, November 13 at 4PM EST/9PM GMT!