Battle in the Alliance War, Battlegrounds, and Imperial City during the Midyear Mayhem PvP event and you’ll earn bonus XP, collectibles, and more!

The Midyear Mayhem in-game event for Cyrodiil, the Imperial City, and the Battlegrounds begins this Thursday, January 28 at 10:00AM EST, and the fight will continue until Tuesday, February 9 at 10:00AM EST.

During this action-packed event, you can earn bonus rewards when battling your fellow players in PvP activities, including double XP and Alliance points and event-specific collectibles, Achievements, and titles. 

Here's how you can join the fight:

1. Visit the in-game Crown Store to acquire the “Details on the Midyear Mayhem" quest
2. Travel to your Alliance War faction's main gate in Cyrodiil using the Alliance War menu or a Battlegrounds camp outside major cities

• You are no longer required to travel to Cyrodiil to kick off the event

• Find the NPC named “Predicant Maera" and continue the quest
• If you already completed the quest last year, you won't need to do it again
• Complete the quest to receive your Scroll of Pelinal's Ferocity and a Pelinal's Midyear Boon Box
• Use the scroll to enjoy a two-hour, 100% buff in the Alliance War, Imperial City, and Battlegrounds to:
• Alliance Points gained
• XP gains for PvP player kills
Prepare for battleThe Scroll of Pelinal’s Ferocity will continue to be usable throughout the entire event, but if you happen to lose it, you can receive another from Predicant Maera or simply use the Basin of the Gore Virtuous instead.
Fight for Loot & Glory
In addition to the bonus Alliance Points and XP you can gain during this event, you can also loot a host of Midyear Mayhem rewards, collectibles, and Achievements. NEW Ebonsteel Armor Outfit Style PagesBecome a true knight of Tamriel with these new tradeable Outfit Style pages, dropped by bosses in the Imperial City, including those found in the city itself and the sewers. Second Legion Outfit Style Pages Wear the classically Imperial raiment of the Imperial City’s Second Legion with tradeable Outfit Style pages, dropped by bosses within the Imperial City, including those found in the city itself and the sewers.Midyear Victor’s Laurel WreathAs usual, you can claim the Midyear Victor’s Laurel Wreath collectible by completing all of the Midyear Mayhem Achievements below:·        Mayhem Connoisseur: Receive the blessing of the Whitestrake at one of the Alliance Gates during the Midyear Mayhem.
• Echo of Pelinal's Fury: Read a Scroll of Pelinal's Ferocity during the Midyear Mayhem.
• Hand of the Whitestrake: Acquire your 25th Pelinal's Midyear Boon Box.
• Wrath of the Whitestrake: Defeat 50 opponents during the Midyear Mayhem.
• Pelinavant the Scourge: Win a Battleground match during the Midyear Mayhem.
• Pelinaline the Bloody: Capture a Keep in Cyrodiil during the Midyear Mayhem.
• Pelinerrif Insurgent: Capture an Imperial District during the Midyear Mayhem.
Note that access to the Imperial City DLC game pack is required to earn all of the above Achievements, so pick it up FREE from the in-game Crown Store! Earn glory by battling your fellow playersBoon BoxesAs you battle your fellow players in Cyrodiil, the battlegrounds, and the Imperial City, you’ll also earn Pelinal’s Midyear Boon Boxes. You can get these in addition to your regular Rewards for the Worthy containers and as PvP daily quest rewards from the following:
• Battleground quests from Battlemaster Rivyn
• Scouting, Battle, Warfront, and Conquest Missions
• Elder Scroll capture and recapture quests
• Town quests in Vlastarus, Bruma, Cropsford, Cheydinhal, and Chorrol
• Imperial City daily quests
When you receive and open one of Pelinal’s boons, you have a chance to receive the following items:
• Transmute Crystals
• Alchemy reagents
• PvP consumables such as repair kits, forward camps, and siege weapons
• Motif pages for the Alliance and Akaviri styles
• Style items for your Alliance
• Akaviri style items
• Coldharbour siege weapons
• Prismatic Runestones
• Books of Pelinal housing items
• Resource Notes and “The Golden”
• NEW fragments for a runebox containing the Alliance Breton Terrier pet
The Alliance Breton Terrier petsFinally, throughout the event, harvesting nodes within Cyrodiil and the Imperial City will drop double their regular resources, and the Cyrodiil merchant Adhazabi Aba-daro (also known as “The Golden”) stocks Alliance War Legendary-quality jewelry, with necklaces during the first weekend and rings during the second.
Event Tickets & Unstable Morpholiths
During the Midyear Mayhem event, you can earn up to three Event Tickets per day by completing two different PvP activities:
• Two tickets for completing any Cyrodiil or Battlegrounds daily quest
• One ticket for completing any Imperial City district daily quests
The Event Ticket timer resets at 1:00AM EDT each morning. Note that if you earn new Event Tickets over the 12-limit cap, you’ll lose them.This Midyear Mayhem event also introduces a brand-new series of base and upgrade fragments for the year! These fragments will allow you to summon the new Unstable Morpholith pet and eventually upgrade the pet into different items throughout 2021. You can begin collecting your pet fragments by picking them up from the Impresario for Event Tickets. Be careful when handling the Unstable Morpholith pet!Here’s everything the Impresario will stock during the Midyear Mayhem event:
• Unstable Morpholith base fragments
• Including the Deadlands Flint, Rune-Etched Striker, and Smoldering Bloodgrass Tinder
• The first Unstable Morpholith upgrade fragment
• The Rune-Scribed Daedra Hide
• Ebonsteel Armor Outfit Style pages (can’t be traded)
• Second Legion Outfit Style pages (can’t be traded)
• Breton Terrier pet
• Midyear Grab Bags
• Containing a collectible you don’t currently have from previous Midyear Mayhem events
• Group Repair Kits
Once you have all three base fragments, you’ll be able to summon your Unstable Morpholith pet from your Collections UI. During the event, you can also collect the first upgrade fragment to eventually upgrade your Morpholith into the Deadlands Scorcher skin! The Deadlands Scorcher skinAs you might have guessed, the Unstable Morpholith and fragments work the same way as the Indrik feathers and berries did from previous events. Simply collect them during the events and use them to unlock new collectible rewards! For more on these new rewards and Event Tickets in general, check out our guide.
Mayhem Returns
Battle your fellow players in the Alliance War, Battlegrounds, and Imperial City and you’ll receive bonuses to XP and Alliance Points AND unlock a host of new and returning event collectibles. Are you ready to take up arms and fight during this action-packed in-game event? Tell us via @Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Glory and honor!The Midyear Mayhem in-game event begins on Thursday, January 28 at 10:00AM EST, and will end on Tuesday, February 9 at 10:00AM EST.

Discover the future of Tamriel and The Elder Scrolls Online by tuning into the Global Reveal Event on Twitch.tv/Bethesda!

You can watch the 2021 Global Reveal Event live via https://www.twitch.tv/bethesda on Tuesday, January 26 at 5PM EST. Tune in to see ZeniMax Online Studio’s Director Matt Firor and Bethesda Softworks’ Senior Vice President of Marketing and Communications Pete Hines introduce 2021’s next big Chapter and year-long saga!

Throughout the show, you’ll get a first look at the year’s new adventures, stories, systems, and characters. We’ll be joined by members of ZeniMax Online Studios’ development team (including Creative Director Rich Lambert, Art Director CJ Grebb, and Loremaster Leamon Tuttle) to break it all down.

Tune into the show live, and you’ll also receive Twitch Drops, including an Ouroboros Crown Crate and the all-new Viridescent Dragon Frog pet, completely free.


Watch the show to earn this free pet!

Don’t forget that we recently updated the Twitch Drops system, so be sure to link your accounts and be ready to claim your rewards!

Once the main presentation is over, stick around for the official ESO Live Special as Community Managers Jessica Folsom and Gina Bruno recap the big news and take a deep dive into some of the new features and adventures coming in the first half of 2021. They’ll also be joined by members of the ESO development team and host a number of amazing giveaways that’ll include both digital items and brand-new physical goodies and merch.

Finally, tune in during the days after to catch our post-show streams from some of our international Community Managers:

• UK: UK viewers can tune in to https://www.twitch.tv/bethesda for a post-show stream on Wednesday, January 27 at 3PM GMT (10AM EST) hosted by UK Community Manager Ophelia. She will present an interview with Matt Firor, Studio Director of ZeniMax Online Studios about his ESO journey, and will be joined by Xynode, Dawnwhisper, kayPOWXD and GlitteringGh0st to catch up on all the new Chapter news.
• France: Check out Bethesda France on Wednesday, January 27 at 4PM CET (10AM EST) at https://www.twitch.tv/bethesda_FR to discuss the recent Gates of Oblivion announcements with Community members Desastre, Artesio, and MrElderScrolls!
• Benelux: Celebrate the new ESO chapter reveal together with the Benelux team at Bethesda over at https://www.twitch.tv/bethesda_NL from 5PM – 11PM CET (11AM – 5PM EST) on Wednesday, January 27. Together with familiar and new guests, Linda and Julian will be questing, cooking, making art, and giving away prizes.
• Germany: Join Senior Community Manager Kai Schober and members of the ESO Stream Team at https://www.twitch.tv/bethesda_DE on Thursday, January 28 at 7PM CET (1PM EST) for a recap of the announce and first look at Update 29 on PTS. They will be joined by special guests Creative Director Rich Lambert and Lead Encounter Designer Mike Finnigan.

Destruction comes to Tamriel in 2021 with the Gates of Oblivion year-long adventure, and you can learn all about it on https://www.twitch.tv/bethesda this Tuesday, January 26 at 5PM EST—don’t miss it!

You can check out ESO Plus membership during our free trial, running from now until January 26! No credit card info required; no strings attached!

The ESO Plus™ Free Trial is now live until Tuesday, January 26, at 10:00AM EST. During the trial period, you can preview the following ESO Plus benefits:

• Full access to DLC game packs—new zones, quests, dungeons, and more 
• 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, Stonethorn, and Markarth (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 

Check out our ESO Plus guide for more on the benefits of membership.

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 preview ESO Plus during the free trial.

Enjoy boosts to XP, gold, crafting inspiration, and venture out on new adventures while making full use of the Craft Bag. Now is the time to enjoy the benefits of ESO Plus membership—completely free! If you’re planning to check out ESO Plus during this trial period, let us know via @Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook.

The ESO Plus Free Trial begins today and will run until Tuesday, January 26, at 10:00AM EST.

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!