Tune in to ESO Live as we’re joined by Audio Director Brad Derrick to talk about the Blackwood Chapter’s music and sound design.  

Join us this Friday, May 21 at 3PM EDT/8PM BST on https://www.twitch.tv/bethesda as we talk about the music and sounds of the new Blackwood Chapter with Audio Director Brad Derrick. Together, we’ll discuss how Brad and his team go about planning, composing, recording, and producing everything you hear when exploring the new zone and adventure coming with the Blackwood Chapter.

In addition to the usual news, we’ll also highlight some recent fan art from the ESO community and will have Twitch Drops enabled during the show, so don’t forget to link your accounts. This special show will go live on https://www.twitch.tv/bethesda this coming Friday, May 21 at 3PM EDT/8PM BST—keep an ear open for it!

ESO Live is your official Elder Scrolls Online stream, hosted on https://www.twitch.tv/bethesda by ESO’s Community Manager Gina Bruno and Senior Community Manager Jess Folsom.

Pre-purchase The Elder Scrolls Online: Blackwood by its launch to receive unique in-game rewards.

If you haven’t already had the chance to pre-purchase the upcoming Blackwood Chapter, and you still want to get your hands on some fantastic in-game rewards, you have until the game’s launch on June 1 for PC/Mac and June 8 on Xbox and PlayStation consoles.

Unsure which version of Blackwood is right for you? Check out this article or complete this quiz to discover more about the different Blackwood Editions.  


When you pre-purchase Blackwood, you’ll receive immediate access to the Nagahide Welwa Ravager mount, and these additional in-game items at launch:

• Dremora Kynreeve Outfit 
• Deadlands Wamasu Pet 
• 1× Iron Atronach Crate 
• 3× Blackwood Treasure Maps 
• 2× Experience Scrolls

Nagahide Welwa Ravager mount



Deadlands Wamasu pet & Dremora Kynreeve Outfit style

Even better, if you choose the Collector’s Edition, you’ll receive additional in-game items at launch, including an additional in-game pet, mount, outfit style, and more. There’s no better way to kick off your adventures in the wilds of Blackwood. Don’t forget, the above pre-purchase items are available now and only until the Blackwood Chapter launches, so don’t miss out on your chance to claim these rewards!


The Elder Scrolls Online: Blackwood arrives on PC/Mac and Stadia on June 1, and on Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5 on June 8. Pre-purchase Blackwood now to receive unique bonus rewards and gain immediate access to the Nagahide Welwa Ravager mount. Don't miss out!

You can enjoy double XP, bonus resource node drops, and double gold earned in any zone in Tamriel during the Explorer’s Celebration—now live!

Now live and running until Thursday, May 20 at 10AM EDT/3PM BST, the limited-time Explorer’s Celebration brings additional rewards for the following in-game activities:

• Increased yield 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. If you’re leveling up a character for the upcoming Blackwood Chapter, be sure to make the most out of this mini-event!

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.

The Explorer’s Celebration is now live and will run until Thursday, May 20 at 10AM EDT/3PM BST.

Join us on ESO Live for a special developer discussion of the Blackwood Chapter’s upcoming Companion System.

Tune in this Friday, April 16 at 4PM EDT/9PM BST on https://www.twitch.tv/bethesda as we dive deep into the upcoming Companion System with special guests from the ESO development team. Together with Lead Systems Designer Phil Draven and Senior Content Designer Janet Priblo, we’ll showcase the two unique Companions available with the Blackwood Chapter and talk about how the team designed and built this exciting new system. If you’re interested in an inside look at how the team brought Companions to Tamriel, don’t miss this show!

As always, we’ll have Twitch Drops enabled throughout the show (link your accounts!) and discuss all the latest ESO news. This show will go live Friday, April 16 at 4PM EDT/9PM BST—we’ll see you there!

ESO Live is your official Elder Scrolls Online stream, hosted on https://www.twitch.tv/bethesda by ESO’s Community Manager Gina Bruno and Senior Community Manager Jess Folsom.

Play ESO for free and save on both the game and Crown Packs during our Free Play Event and sale!

The Elder Scrolls Online Free Play Event begins Wednesday, March 31 at 10AM EDT/3PM BST, and runs until Tuesday, April 13 at 10AM EDT/3PM BST. During the free-play period, anybody on PC/Mac, Xbox consoles (Xbox Live Gold required), PlayStation consoles (PlayStation Plus required), and Stadia (Stadia Pro required) can download and play The Elder Scrolls Online base game for free!

To get started, visit our Free Play page and select your platform. This event gives you access to Morrowind's zone (Vvardenfell) and ESO base game, which includes four of the game’s original classes, 23 unique zones, and countless hours of adventure.

Because the Free Play Event includes access to the base game, you can begin your Gates of Oblivion adventure with access to the Blackwood Prologue questline. If you’d like to continue your story beyond the Free Play Event, The Elder Scrolls Online Collection: Blackwood is now available for pre-purchase and gives you immediate access to the game and previous Chapters (in addition to unique pre-purchase rewards).

In addition to this, you can also take part in the Anniversary Jubilee in-game event, giving you the opportunity to earn double XP, gain bonus rewards, and celebrate ESO’s seventh birthday with us!

If you’ve already played ESO during a previous event, you can continue your adventures as normal. Plus all new ESO accounts created also receive 500 crowns to spend in the in-game Crown Store.
During the Free Play Event, we’ve also put The Elder Scrolls Online Standard Edition on sale at up to 60% off and The Elder Scrolls Online: Greymoor on sale at up to 67% off!


Discover Solitude in the Greymoor Chapter

This sale is now live and, depending on your platform, will end on different dates:

Elder Scrolls Online Store

• Standard Edition—April 15
• Greymoor—April 15

Steam Store

• Standard Edition—April 15
• Greymoor—April 15

Stadia

• Standard Edition—April 15
• Greymoor—April 15

Xbox

• Standard Edition—April 16
• Greymoor—April 16

PlayStation

• Standard Edition—April 28
• Greymoor—April 14

Note that these end times might differ by platform, so be sure to check your preferred retailer to confirm. To make the most of these deals while they’re available, visit our Buy Now page and don’t miss out!

In addition to the game, crown packs are also on sale during the Free Play Event. Right now, you can acquire crown packs with the following discounts:

• 21,000—40% off
• 14,000—35% off
• 5,500—30% off
• 3,000—25% off
• 1,500—20% off

You can use crowns to grab many different types of items from the Crown Store, such as mounts, pets, costumes, consumables, Crown Crates, and more. Depending on your platform, this sale will end on different dates:

Elder Scrolls Online Store

• April 15

Steam Store

• April 15

Stadia

• April 15

Xbox

• April 16

PlayStation

• April 14

Like the game sales, the end times for the crown pack sales might differ based on platform, so be sure to check your preferred retailer and head on over to our Buy Crowns page to pick them up!

If you’re thinking about exploring an ever-growing world, now is the perfect time to try The Elder Scrolls Online out for free, continue your adventures by picking it up on sale, and maybe even pick up some crowns for some unique Crown Store items, too. We’ll see you in Tamriel!

Watch ESO Live next Thursday to get an in-depth look at the Blackwood Chapter’s new zone and challenges.

Tune in to ESO Live on https://www.twitch.tv/bethesda this Thursday, April 1 at 3PM EDT/8PM BST (a different day and time than our usual show), as The Elder Scrolls Online’s Lead Writer Bill Slavicsek and Zone Lead Jason Barnes join us to chat about the Blackwood Chapter’s new zone and background.

Together, we’ll show off the Chapter’s new tutorial experience and showcase some of the unique locations you can visit and colorful people you can meet in this new part of Tamriel. We have a lot to share, so if you’re interested in an in-depth look at the world you’ll be exploring in June, don’t miss this stream!

Of course, we’ll also recap the big news from the Blackwood Preview Event and have Twitch Drops enabled throughout, so don’t forget to link your accounts. This ESO Live will kick off this Thursday, April 1, at 3PM EDT/8PM BST on https://www.twitch.tv/bethesda—we’ll see you there!

ESO Live is your official Elder Scrolls Online stream, hosted on https://www.twitch.tv/bethesda by ESO’s Community Manager Gina Bruno and Senior Community Manager Jess Folsom.

Eat cake and enjoy bonus XP and rewards during the Anniversary Jubilee in-game event and join us in celebrating ESO’s 7th birthday!

The Anniversary Jubilee event begins Thursday, April 1 at 10AM EDT, and will run until Tuesday, April 13 at 10AM EDT. During this celebration, you can enjoy a double XP boost and earn new and returning event-specific rewards.

To get started, acquire the free Jubilee Cake Voucher quest starter titled “Ache for Cake” from the Crown Store (listed under Quest Starters) and make your way to the world-famous Chef Donolon. Complete Chef Donolon’s quest to receive the new Jubilee Cake 2021 memento, which you can then summon from the Tools section of your Collections menu.


The Anniversary Jubilee Cake 2021!

Each time you eat a slice during the Jubilee, you’ll enjoy a two-hour, 100% XP boost. If you’re thinking about leveling some new characters for the upcoming Blackwood Chapter or want to speed up the rate at which you gain Champion Points, now is your chance!

Complete any of the game’s daily quests during the event period and you’ll receive special Anniversary Jubilee Gift Boxes as additional rewards. Here’s a list of some of the daily activities you can complete to earn these gift boxes:

• Daily crafting writs
• Daily Delve and World Boss quests
• Daily Alliance War and Battlegrounds quests
• Daily Dungeon and Trial quests
• Daily Heist and Sacrament quests

Within the Jubilee Gift Boxes, you have a chance to receive a collection of celebratory items, including:

• Crafting Materials
• Motif pages for assorted crafting styles
• Too many to list here!
• Furniture Recipes
• Worm Cult Motif pages
• Outfit Style pages for the Jephrine Paladin weapon or armor style
• NEW Outfit Style pages for the Imperial Champion weapon style
• Transmutation Crystals

The Imperial Champion Weapon Style

Eat cake, complete dailies, and earn special gifts—easy!

During the event, the first time you eat a slice of the Anniversary Jubilee Cake, you’ll receive three event tickets. That means it’s possible to earn 39 tickets in total by the event’s end.

You can find the Impresario in Daggerfall in Glenumbra, Davon's Watch in Stonefalls, Vulkhel Guard in Auridon, and the major cities within each Chapter. Throughout the Jubilee event, she will have the following items in stock:

• Unstable Morpholith base fragments
• Including the Deadlands Flint, Rune-Etched Striker, and Smoldering Bloodgrass Tinder
• For more on morphing collectibles, check out this guide
• Two fragments for the Deadlands Firewalker personality
• Including the Vial of Simmering Daedric Brew and Vial of Bubbling Daedric Brew
• Group Repair Kits
• Imperial Champion Weapon Outfit Style pages
• Replica Jubilee Cake furnishings
• Furnishing versions of all six anniversary cakes
• Note: Each cake furnishing is available for purchase only if you earned their respective mementos during previous Anniversary events

Note that none of the above items are tradeable if acquired with Event Tickets from the Impresario.

This will be your first opportunity to pick up the fragments required to upgrade your Unstable Morpholith into the new Deadlands Firewalker personality.


The new Deadlands Firewalker personality


The third and final fragment for this Morpholith upgrade will be available in a future event, so keep an eye out!


Join us in celebrating another milestone for The Elder Scrolls Online and enjoy event-specific rewards and an equally tasty boost to your XP. How will you be celebrating ESO’s 7^th birthday? Which daily activities will you complete? Let us know via Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook.

Tune in to ESO Live this Friday as we delve into one of the Flames of Ambition’s two new dungeons with special guests!

Watch ESO Live on https://www.twitch.tv/bethesda this Friday, March 26 at 1PM EDT/6PM GMT, as we host Aussie Stream Team member mApplinator (Editor’s note: G’day!) and Alienware Community Manager Amy Schlueter for some Gates of Oblivion fun. Together, we’ll tackle Black Drake Villa (one of the two Flames of Ambition dungeons) and kick off the new year-long adventure with a bang!

In addition to the dungeon run, Alienware has provided a selection of amazing goodies for a special stream giveaway*, including:

• Alienware Wired/Wireless Gaming Mouse (AW610M)
• Alienware Low Profile RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard (AW510K)
• Alienware Hero hoodie (Large)
• Alienware black hat (Large/XL)

So, if you’re looking to upgrade your gaming peripherals or get your hands on some awesome Alienware swag, this is the show for you!

As always, we’ll also chat about the latest ESO news and have Twitch Drops enabled throughout, so please link your accounts before the show begins. This ESO Live will kick off this Friday at 1PM EDT/6PM GMT on https://www.twitch.tv/bethesda—we’ll see you there!

ESO Live is your official Elder Scrolls Online stream, hosted on https://www.twitch.tv/bethesda by ESO’s Community Manager Gina Bruno and Senior Community Manager Jess Folsom.*Official Rules

Watch the Blackwood Chapter Preview Event on Twitch.tv/Bethesda and discover what adventures await as the Gates of Oblivion year-long adventure continues.

Tune in to https://www.twitch.tv/bethesda on Wednesday, March 31 at 3PM EDT/8PM BST, for the Blackwood Chapter Preview Event to enjoy a special early look at the upcoming Blackwood Chapter’s gameplay and features. Along with all-new information direct from the ESO development team, you might even learn some more news on the upcoming update for PlayStation®5 and Xbox Series S/X players!

• What: Blackwood Chapter Preview Event
• Where: https://www.twitch.tv/bethesda
• When: Wednesday, March 31 at 3PM EDT/8PM BST
• Preshow: Begins at 1:30PM EDT/6:30PM BST

Join us for the main show live from 3PM EDT/8PM BST and you can also receive Twitch Drops (don’t forget to link your account!) including an Ouroboros Crown Crate AND the Flame Atronach Pony pet.


Flame Atronach Pony pet

The Gates of Oblivion year-long saga is heating up, and the Blackwood Chapter is right around the corner, so tune in to https://www.twitch.tv/bethesda on Wednesday, March 31, and discover what’s ahead for The Elder Scrolls Online—we’ll see you there!

Publicize the pointless and the preposterous with a pretend party sure to perplex the pretentious and the pessimistic but please your puerile peers who profess a passion for playfulness and princely porcine prizes.

Translation: The Jester’s Festival has returned!

The Jester’s Festival in-game event is live from Thursday, March 25 at 10AM EDT/2PM GMT until Thursday, April 1 at 10AM EDT/3PM BST. During this jovial jubilee, you can earn special event-specific rewards and enjoy a 100% XP boost while completing some truly absurd Jester’s Festival quests.

Seek out the Jester’s Festival pavilions located outside the cities of Ebonheart (Stonefalls), Vulkhel Guard (Auridon), and Daggerfall (Glenumbra) to get started. If you’re having trouble and need directions, you can pick up the Jester’s Festival starter quest free from the in-game Crown Store. Look for it in the Quest Starters category.

Chat with the noble jester versions of the Skald-King, Queen Ayrenn, or High King Emeric, and complete the intro quest and you’ll receive the Pie of Misrule memento—a delicious treat that will also grant you a two-hour, 100% XP buff! Once you’ve completed the intro quest, each jester will also provide you with a daily quest to help spread the joy of the silly season to all of Tamriel.


Find the Jester’s pavilion to join in on the fun!

This year, as a special treat, we’ve added three brand-new daily quests:

• A Foe Most Porcine, acquired from any of the three Jester’s Festival tents or Hammerdeath Arena
• If not already there, this quest will point you toward Hammerdeath Arena
• The King’s Spoils, acquired within Hammerdeath Arena
• Prankster’s Carnival, acquired from the Jester’s Festival tent in Stonefalls

You can complete these AND the original three quests each day, each helping to bring frivolous fun to the people of Tamriel!

When you complete a Jester’s Festival daily quest, you’ll receive a Jester’s Festival Reward Box as an additional prize. These wonderful wares can contain goodies such as valuables (to sell to vendors for gold), consumables, recipes, furnishings, Revelry Pies, and fragments of the new Playful Prankster’s Surprise Box memento. But wait, there’s more! The first time you complete a daily quest each day, you’ll receive a Stupendous Reward Box instead of the regular one. This special box can include the same items as detailed above, but it also has a chance to contain these items:

• Cadwell’s Kitchen Arms Style Pages
• Fragments of two Mementos: the Festive Noise Maker or Jester’s Festival Joke Popper
• Jokey Stealies to sell to vendors
• Runeboxes containing the Cherry Blossom Branch or Jester’s Scintillator mementos
• Fragments of the Sovereign Sow pet
• NEW Regal Regalia Outfit Style Pages
• NEW Fragments of the Playful Prankster’s Surprise Box memento
• These fragments have a higher chance of dropping in Stupendous Reward Boxes than they do in regular ones.

Once you’ve earned your daily Stupendous Reward Box, you can still complete the other daily quests to grab additional regular Reward Boxes, too.


Enjoy the Festival’s princely porcine rewards!

In addition to the daily quests and reward boxes, you can earn special Jester’s Festival Achievements by spreading some cheer the old-fashioned way—with pie! When equipped to your quickbar, the Revelry Pies make for spectacular (and tasty!) projectiles, so be sure to share these delicious treats with your fellow players and NPCs alike as you make your way around Tamriel.

As the people of Tamriel come to fear your sticky wrath, you can earn unique event-specific Achievements:

• The Three Fillings War—Throw 10 Pies at players that are in a different Alliance
• The Upper Crust—Throw a pie at each of the Alliance Leaders
• More Than You Can Chew—Throw 10 Pies at Guards
• Dessert Domination—Complete the above Achievements
• Messy Business—Kill 10 players while they are covered in pie in Cyrodiil

Take note that not all share your finely honed sense of humor, and some might object to having a pie thrown in their face—crazy, right?

By completing the above Achievements, you’ll also earn the “Tin Soldier” and “Empieror” titles and the Obnoxious Mute Face Paint head marking. Finally, you can also earn the Crown of Misrule hat and Lord/Lady of Misrule title by completing each of the three original daily quests or the Royal Jester title and some furnishings by completing every Jester’s Festival Achievement.

The first time you complete a Jester’s Festival daily quest each day, you’ll receive three Event Tickets as a bonus reward. The Event Ticket timer resets at 1:00AM EDT each morning. If you earn new Event Tickets over the 12-limit cap, you’ll lose them.

The Impresario will stock the following items during the Jester’s Festival event:

• Unstable Morpholith base fragments
• Including the Deadlands Flint, Rune-Etched Striker, and Smoldering Bloodgrass Tinder
• For more on morphing collectibles, check out this guide
• All three Deadlands Scorcher Skin fragments
• Including the Rune-Scribed Daedra Hide, Rune-Scribed Daedra Sleeve, and the new Rune-Scribed Daedra Veil
• Regal Regalia Outfit Style pages
• Sovereign Sow Collectible fragments 
• Group Repair Kits

Note that none of the above items are tradeable if acquired with Event Tickets from the Impresario.



This is your last chance to get the final fragment for the Deadlands Scorcher skin. The next event will have the first fragment for an entirely new reward, so don’t miss out!
During the Jester’s Festival period, you can also pick up some fancy returning and new items from the in-game Crown Store. These bizarre festival-exclusive items include the Regal Regalia weapons and the Prince Boar pet:



This is just a tantalizing taste of some of the absurd items you can pick up in the store during the event period, so be sure to check out everything on our Crown Store page.

Help bring some foolish fun to Tamriel this Jester’s Festival and you’ll enjoy double XP and host of ridiculous event-specific rewards. How are you planning to spend the silly season this year? Tell us via Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook.

The Jester’s Festival in-game event begins this Thursday, March 25 at 10AM EDT/2PM GMT, and runs until Thursday, April 1 at 10AM EDT/3PM BST.