Preview some of the in-game items and collectibles you can unlock simply by logging in to ESO this April 2024!

ESO’s 10th Anniversary Celebration is just about to kick off, and we’ve got a plethora of amazing rewards you can unlock during its first month (in addition to a sneaky new promotion we’re not quite ready to reveal yet). Check out some of the in-game goodies you can claim this April 2024 below and learn more about Daily Login Rewards in this help article.



Seals of Endeavors—Days 1, 6, 8, 13, 15, and 20 (phew)!

Seal the deal!

Once again, we’ve added a bounty of Seals to this month’s rewards, helping you get your hands on specific Crown Crate items. April’s offerings total 450 Seals, making this another big month, but you’ll need to log in multiple days (and at least 20 days in total) to claim them all. Learn more about Seals of Endeavor in this blog.



Dibella’s Sweetroll Stack Memento—Day 7

Indulge your sweet tooth

What’s better than a single sweetroll? A whole stack of them! This tasty memento, which summons a veritable stack of snacks, ensures you can always sweeten the deal.



Ayrenn’s Fledgling Gryphon Pet—Day 14

Adorably regal!

Talking about sweeties, Ayrenn’s Fledgling Gryphon pet is equal parts cute and fierce and is ready to join you in your adventures in Tamriel.



Cumberland Anniversary Attire—Day 21

Dress to impress (everybody)

Step out and celebrate ESO’s upcoming birthday in style with the Cumberland Anniversary Attire costume. This elegant ensemble is sure to help you turn heads and stand out in a crowd. We’ll see you on the ballroom floor! 

These items, of course, are just a taste of what you can claim while logging into ESO this month. To see the full list, hop into Tamriel starting April 1! Keep an eye out for a unique in-game promotion kicking off later this month as well—those of you who live outside the law might enjoy what is to come!

Are you excited to kick off ESO’s 10th Anniversary Celebration in style with these in-game rewards? Let us know via X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, and Facebook.

It’s ESO’s 10th birthday and everybody is invited! Find out how to join in the fun as we celebrate 10 years together.
To celebrate this huge new milestone, the Anniversary Jubilee in-game event is back and better than ever. Kicking off on April 4 at 10AM EDT, the event will continue until April 23 at 10AM EDT as part of a special extended stay. Even better, the +100% XP buff once gained by eating slices of cake is now active throughout the whole event, with no risk of losing the benefits due to ongoing battle or a full stomach.

To get started, complete the quest “For Cake’s Sake” to earn this year’s Jubilee Cake, available from the young Khajiit chef Apprentice Mogh near the docks of Vulkhel Guard, Davon’s Watch, and Daggerfall, or found free in Quest Starters section of the in-game Crown Store.

Help Mogh bake a treat

Once you’ve acquired the 2024 Jubilee Cake memento, you can earn three event tickets each day by simply using your cake and enjoying a delicious slice. Combine that with this event’s special length, and you can earn up to 60 event tickets total!

And as a reminder, unlike previous years, using the cake is not necessary to keep the +100% XP buff from the event active. Still, don’t forget to enjoy a slice of cake every day to get your tickets, and try not to let them get stuck between your teeth!

A new year means a new cake!
The Jubilee Cake isn’t the only thing seeing improvements this year. The traditional Anniversary Jubilee Gift Boxes are changing too. You can now earn Gift Boxes from additional sources, and the first Gift Box you earn from any source each day will be a gold Glorious Anniversary Jubilee Gift Box with incredible rewards. Additional reward boxes will be regular Anniversary Jubilee Gift Boxes, but don’t let that concern you—these boxes give rewards of similar quality to the gold boxes of years past.

You can earn Gift Boxes from any of the following sources (bear in mind that only the first Gift Box earned each day will be a Glorious box, no matter where you get it):

• Any daily quest in the game, as in previous years, including:
• Daily crafting writs
• Daily Delve, World Boss, and Incursion event quests
• Daily Alliance War and Battlegrounds quests
• Daily Dungeon and Trial quests
• Daily Heist and Sacrament quests
• Killing and looting any final Dungeon boss
• Killing and looting any final Trial boss
• Killing and looting any World boss
• Completing any Incursion event, such as a Dark Anchor, Abyssal Geyser, Bastion Nymic, or similar
• Rewards for the Worthy reward mails (the box will appear inside the parcel received)
• A chance from Tales of Tribute reward mails, with a higher chance to receive one based on the challenge of the opponent or the number of opponents face during a daily (the box will appear inside the parcel received)

What’s in these wonderful boxes, you might ask? In the case of the Glorious Anniversary Jubilee Gift Boxes available once daily, they contain:

• Crafting materials
• A motif chapter, furnishing recipe, or style item
• New: A tradeable outfit style page for the Earthbone Ayleid armor style
• New: A fragment for the new Jubilee Steed mount (note that you need 25 total fragments to make the steed, so keep some Event Tickets ready if you want this one!)
• 1 to 10 Transmute Crystals
• Desecrated Grave Soil, the Worm Cult style item

2024 Anniversary Jubilee rewards

Subsequent boxes earned in a day are Anniversary Jubilee Gift Boxes and contain:

• Crafting materials
• A small chance for a motif chapter, furnishing recipe, or style item
• A chance for 1 to 10 Transmute Crystals
• A chance for Desecrated Grave Soil, the Worm Cult style item
• A small chance for a tradeable style page for last year’s Bonemold armor style
• Another small chance for a tradeable style page from any of the Bonemold, Saberkeel, or Worm Cult outfit styles

That’s a treasure trove of rewards in every box, and playing ESO throughout the event can earn you a great many boxes. But that’s not all!

In addition to the Gift Boxes and the rewards therein, you can also earn new cosmetic rewards that have never before been earnable in game, although they may be familiar to some players.

• As an extremely small chance from any fishing node during the Jubilee, you may find outfit style pages for the Trueflame Sword Replica. Yes, really!
• Any Dolmen reward chest has a chance to contain a style page for the Staff of Worms Replica, in recognition (though not honor) of Mannimarco’s dark deeds.
• Any World Boss in Vvardenfell has a chance to drop a style page for either the Sunna’rah Replica or the Barbas Helmet Replica, as seen during that Chapter’s story.
• Any Geyser in Summerset has a chance to drop a style page for the Ul’vor Staff, as seen during that Chapter’s story.

When you’ve got as many Event Tickets as the Jubilee will award, you need things to spend them on. Fortunately, the Impresario came prepared with an extensive stock for her stall. In preparation for this year’s festivities, she has filled her inventory with the following items:

• All three Molag Bal Illusion Imp pet fragments
• Anchor Chain Fragment
• Dark Anchor Pinion
• Effigy of the Dominator
• The first two fragments for the new Master of Schemes personality
• Cold Iron Gauntlet
• Grim Iron Mask
• Bound style pages for the Earthbone Ayleid armor style
• Anniversary Cake furnishings (note that these require you to own the respective year’s cake memento to buy!)
• Anniversary Cake Slice furnishings (unlike the full cakes, you do not need to own the respective year’s cake memento to buy these!)
• Jubilee Steed mount fragments
• Bags of Jubilee Yesteryear, containing the following, providing only items you do not currently own:
• Bound Worm Cult motif chapters
• Jephrine Paladin armor style pages
• Imperial Champion armor style pages
• Prophet armor style pages
• Lyris armor style pages
• Sai Sahan armor style pages
• Abnur Tharn armor style pages
• Bound Saberkeel armor style pages
• Bound Bonemold armor style pages
• Aurora Firepot Spider parts (excluding the instructions, which are available from the Impresario’s assistant, Philius Dormier)
• Desecrated Grave Soil (note that this is a chance in addition to whatever else the bag contains)
• Group Repair Kits
• Companion Guild Commendations

The Master of Schemes personality

All that inventory makes the Impresario quite well-stocked indeed! But what about her assistant, Philius Dormier? In addition to his usual wares, he will be stocking:

• All three Unstable Morpholith Pet Fragments
• All three Deadlands Scorcher Skin Fragments

And of course, coming last in the list but by no means least, Nenuluare the Indrik Vendor will have the following items in stock over the course of the Jubilee:

• Nascent Indrik Feathers
• Luminous Indrik Berries
• Icebreath Indrik Berries
• Shimmering Indrik pet
• Rimedusk Indrik pet

If this bounty of options leaves your head spinning, or you otherwise need assistance with Event Tickets, check out this handy guide.
With a decade of ESO already past us, we now look to the future—a future full of cake, gift boxes, and boosted XP! What are your plans for the special occasion to come? Let us and your fellow players in the #ESOfam in on the celebrations via X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, and Facebook. 

The Anniversary Jubilee in-game event starts at 10AM EDT on April 4 and runs until 10AM EDT on April 23.

Take up resplendent arms and magic to adventure alongside the Mages Guild’s martial branch with the items and collectibles found in the new Order of the Lamp Crown Crates.

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Raise up your blade, oh Knight of the Lamp. The Mages Guild calls for aid! Stand as a bulwark, protect magic wherever it dwells, and take your oath as a Votary in the Order. Don the armor of your sacred charge and stand tall beside the adepts of the guild. Protect them as they seek ancient secrets in caves below, in realms beyond, and even in the mind within. As a Knight in service to spellcraft and sorcery your duty is clear. Will you serve?

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The new Order of the Lamp Crown Crates arrive in the Crown Store this Thursday, March 28 at 10AM EDT. When opening these crates, you’ll have a chance to discover some of the secrets and treasures held by the Mages Guild’s knightly protectors in the form of new and returning items and collectibles.

These goods include unique mounts, pets, furnishings, and much more. You can see just some of the items available within Order of the Lamp Crown Crates below.

Storm Atronach polymorph and Aether-Tempered Mystic skin

Meteor Mining Customized Action and Prismatic Cherry Tree furnishing

The Order’s finest treasures are granted to a special few with a certain intangible quality (like great luck!), such as one of the extremely rare Radiant Apex mounts below.

Altered Ornaug and Galerion’s Indrik mounts

Mystical Quasigriff mount

Order of the Lamp Crown Crates will be available in one-, four-, and 15-crate bundles in addition to a unique 25-crate offering, the Accursed Recall Crate Bundle, that is available as a one-time purchase only. In addition to the crates, this special bundle also includes the Accursed Recall Customized Action.

Enjoy the deal on this bundle of Crown Crates!

This customized action will be unlocked automatically and added to your collectibles when the one-off bundle is first purchased. It is not part of the Order of the Lamp crates themselves.

Of course, the above are just some of the treasures guarded by the Order’s knights. If you wish to see the full list of items you have a chance to receive when opening an Order of the Lamp Crown Crate, check out this thread on our official forums.

Be warned, when the new crates go live, the currently available All-Maker Crates will be removed from the Crown Store in turn, so don’t forget to pick them up while they’re still available!

Order of the Lamp Crown Crates arrive this Thursday, March 28 at 10AM EDT, and you can acquire them from the Crown Crate section of the in-game Crown Store. Are you ready to take up arms as a champion of the Order of the Lamp? Let us know about your grand (and stylish!) deeds via X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, and Facebook. 

Abandon rationality and unleash your inner harlequin during this year’s Jester’s Festival in-game event!
The Jester’s Festival in-game event makes its grand return on March 28 at 10AM EDT and will continue until April 4 at 10AM EDT. During this preposterous party, you can enjoy increases to XP gains while collecting ridiculous rewards after completing event-specific quests.

To receive admission to the festivities, head over to the event pavilions located within Ebonheart, Vulkhel Guard, or Daggerfall, and speak with one of the three jesters posing as an alliance leader. If you get turned upside-down trying to locate these event sites, open the in-game Crown Store and pick up the Jester's Festival Invitation Quest.

Enjoy frivolous fun!

Upon completing the introductory quest, you’ll earn the tasty Pie of Misrule memento reward, which can be located within the Mementos section of your Collections. However, unlike previous years, you will no longer need to obtain or use the Pie of Misrule to take advantage of the 100% XP buff. This bonus will now be shared passively to all adventurers participating in Tamriel’s wackiest holiday. That said, it doesn’t make the pie any less scrumptious!
Throughout the Jester’s Festival, you can pick up various event-specific daily quests. For each one you complete, you’ll receive a Jester's Festival Box! Furthermore, the first Jester’s Festival daily quest you complete will reward you with one Stupendous Jester's Festival Box.

Each of these boxes can include the following items:

• Festive Dazzlers
• Cherry Blossom Confetti
• Revelry Pies
• Festive furnishings
• Jester’s Festival provisioning recipes
• Treasures that can be sold to vendors for Gold
• Previous years’ style pages
• One of the following:
• A random unbound page for either the Broom or Bucket styles.
• Regal Regalia or Second Seed style pages
• A fragment for previous Jester’s collectibles:
• Cadwell's Surprise Box memento
• Sovereign Sow pet
• Playful Prankster's Surprise Box memento

In addition to the aforementioned rewards, the Stupendous Jester’s Festival Box has a chance to contain the following goodies:

• NEW: Jester's Seeker Suit outfit style page
• Jester's Scintillator Runebox
• Cherry Blossom Branch Runebox
• Cadwell's Kitchen weapon style page
• High value Treasures
• Festive noise maker parts
• Joke Popper fragments

Jester's Seeker Suit style
During the festivities, you can collect three Event Tickets for the first Jester’s Festival quest completed each day. Participating in the festivities every day of the event can earn you up to 24 tickets total.

Note that the total number of Event Tickets you can carry at one time is capped at 12. Be sure to regularly spend those tickets and not waste any of this precious event currency!

Speaking of which, let’s take a peek at what goods the Impresario has in stock:

• All three Molag Bal Illusion Imp pet fragments
• Anchor Chain Fragment
• Dark Anchor Pinion
• Effigy of the Dominator
• All three fragments for the Planemeld's Master body and face markings 
• Crematory Ash
• Incandescent Brimstone
• Seething Censer
• Bound fragments for the Jester's Minstrel Daedroth costume

The third and final fragment of the Planemeld's Master body and face markings, the Seething Censer, arrives during this period. This is a great time to grab it, along with any other fragments you need to finish the set!

Planemeld's Master body and face markings 

In addition to the above items, Nenulaure, the Indrik vendor, will offer the following items for Event Tickets:

• Nascent Indrik Feathers
• Dawnwood Indrik Berries
• Spectral Indrik Berries
• Springtide Indrik Pet
• Haunting Indrik Pet

Lastly, the Impresario’s Assistant will sell the following items, also purchasable with Event Tickets:

• Unstable Morpholith pet fragments
• Doomchar Plateau house fragments

Spread mirth and mayhem during the Jester’s Festival! Complete event quests and gain fantastical rewards as compensation for spreading laughter to each corner of Tamriel. Let us know what rowdy misadventures you’re plotting during this event via X (Formerly Twitter), Instagram, or Facebook.

The Jester’s Festival in-game event begins Thursday, March 28 at 10AM EDT, and runs until Thursday, April 4 at 10AM EDT.

Delve into two new challenging dungeons and begin a story that will take you to West Weald in the Scions of Ithelia DLC and Update 41 base-game patch.

The Scions of Ithelia dungeon DLC game pack and free Update 41 base-game patch are now live on PC/Mac. If you play on Xbox or PlayStation, don’t worry, the dungeon DLC arrives with the free update on consoles March 26.

Venture into two new dungeons, Oathsworn Pit and Bedlam Veil, and prepare for the adventures to come in the upcoming Gold Road Chapter.



You can gain access to Scions of Ithelia via ESO Plus™ membership or purchase it with crowns from the in-game Crown Store.

This launch also features the Update 41 base-game patch, providing all ESO players with a series of free additions and improvements to the game. Check out the patch notes for both Scions of Ithelia and Update 41 on our official forums.
Discover new stories and challenges awaiting you and your strongest allies in two all-new PvE dungeons: Oathsworn Pit and Bedlam Veil. Earn unique rewards as you and your party battle your way through these two perilous adventures and uncover the malevolent forces at work in the upcoming Gold Road Chapter.

Oathsworn Pit

A training ground for Malacath’s most-devoted followers has been invaded, and the God of Curses calls upon you to enact his revenge! Who are the Wood Elf invaders, and what are their plans for the Oathsworn survivors? You and your team must help the Orc Bazrag reclaim the pit’s lodges and free its captives before all are lost.

Fight on behalf of Malacath

Find out more concerning the Oathsworn Pit in this preview blog.

Bedlam Veil

Located with Fa-Nuit-Hen’s demiplane of Maelstrom, the Bedlam Veil is a storehouse, of sorts, for all manner of weapons, artifacts, and monsters. Now, a mysterious cult has begun looting the Demiprince’s realm, and the “Multiplier of Motions Known” needs your help defending their hold and preventing the raiders from claiming a mysterious prize at its heart.

Confront mirrored monstrosities

You can discover more about this dungeon in our recent preview.

New Challenges and Rewards

You can attempt the Oathsworn Pit and Bedlam Veil dungeons in normal, veteran, and hard mode difficulties. In addition, each hosts its own rewards and Achievements, including six new item sets, two monster sets, and unique collectibles.

Scions of Ithelia dungeon rewards
You can access the Scions of Ithelia DLC via ESO Plus membership or by purchasing it from the Crown Store for 1,500 crowns (listed under DLC). If your ESO Plus membership lapses, you will lose access to the DLC until you renew your membership or purchase it with crowns. However, you will not lose any items, Achievements, or other rewards earned prior.

The Scions of Ithelia Deluxe Bundle is also available for 4,000 crowns and includes access to the DLC game pack, Ashbone Sabre Cat mount, Ashbone Echalette pet, and five Crown Experience Scrolls. You can purchase the Deluxe Bundle from the Featured section of the in-game Crown Store.

Scions of Ithelia Deluxe Bundle

Note that ALL ESO Plus members can claim the Scions of Ithelia Deluxe Bundle for free during a two-week window starting on each specific platform's launch (March 11 for PC/Mac and March 26 for Xbox and PlayStation consoles)—don’t forget to claim it from the Crown Store while it's available!

Once you have access to the Scions of Ithelia dungeons, you can start both PvE challenges by the following methods:

• By teleporting directly into the two dungeons from your map
• By using the Dungeon Finder tool
• By walking up to the dungeon entrances within the Reach (Oathsworn Pit) and Wrothgar (Bedlam Veil)

Launching at the same time as the Scions of Ithelia DLC, the Update 41 base-game patch is completely free for all current ESO players and includes a series of fixes, additions, and improvements to the game’s core experience.

Stackable Siege Weaponry

Helping you lighten the inventory load in Cyrodiil with Update 41 is the addition of stackable siege weaponry. With this update, you can stack up to 20 similar siege weapons if they are at maximum health. When you have siege weapons in your quickslots, it will always use the weapon with the lowest health in your inventory.

New Rewards

This update also introduces some new Rewards for the Worthy PvP item set rewards. This includes the Oakfather’s Retribution light armor set, the Blunted Blades medium armor set, and the Baan Dar’s Blessing heavy armor set. These new item sets are sure to help you on Tamriel’s myriad battlefields, so keep an eye out for them next time you open your Rewards for the Worthy boxes.

Additionally, the Unkindness of Ravens body and face marking is now available by acquiring and using the Runebound Tome: Unkindness of Ravens. You can acquire this tome for 100,000 Tel Var Stones, and it requires 50 Siege of Cyrodiil Merits to use.

In tandem with the new PvP sets is an all-new Mythic item you can acquire via the Antiquities system. The Torc of the Last Ayleid King necklace disables all other item set bonuses while increasing your Weapon and Spell Damage, boosting your Health, Magicka, and Stamina Recovery, and reducing your total damage taken by 15%.

This update also introduces style pages for the various Class Sets found in the Infinite Archive. Now, style pages for your specific class will drop within the archive, with other style pages also dropping once you’ve earned every page for your specific class.

Update to ESO’s PC/Mac Min Spec

Finally, Update 41 also features an update to the game’s min spec for PC and Mac. This change ensures a continued level of performance for older systems that can be maintained in newer content as well. Specifically, with Update 41, ESO no longer officially supports the Windows 7 operating system for future compatibility. You will still be able to play on Windows 7 machines but note that there’s no guarantee that this will continue to be the case moving forward.

These Update 41 features and changes outlined above are just some of the highlights included in this base-game patch. You can see the full list of everything included in Update 41 by visiting our Patch Notes forum. As a base-game patch, Update 41 is free for all current ESO players—enjoy!
Defend the demiplane of Maelstrom and enact revenge on behalf of the God of Curses in Scions of Ithelia, an all-new dungeon DLC pack for ESO’s PvE adventurers. Are you ready to delve into the Oathsworn Pit and Bedlam Veil? Are you excited for all the new rewards coming soon with Update 41? Let us know via X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, and Facebook.

The Scions of Ithelia dungeon DLC pack and Update 41 is now live on PC/Mac, and will arrive March 26 for Xbox and PlayStation consoles.

Hi Everyone, now that we have resolved the Orsinium Daily Login Reward issue from this past weekend, we want to provide a mini-retrospective on what happened. Additionally, we have follow-up information for players who are locked out of Day 30 and Day 31 rewards.

One of our goals here at ZOS is to continuously develop and launch new experiences for players. To do this without adding additional patches and downtime, we prepared a no-downtime hotfix that added the Orsinium DLC to the March Daily Login Rewards as well as additional support for the Orsinium Achievement Challenge. ESO hotfixes are designed to be deployed without requiring a game realm restart, but in this case, the hotfix did not correctly update to existing game instances. It did apply correctly to newly created instances, which is why some players succeeded in claiming the reward while others did not.

We will be reviewing the hotfix process and method for delivering any similar future rewards via hotfix. (And a big thank you to our Live and Engineering teams who worked all weekend to debug the issue and unblock the Orsinium DLC claim for everyone.)

We hope this provides some clarity around the issues from this weekend -- and now let's talk about the locked-out Daily Login Rewards.

In addition to the above, we are aware that players who attempted to claim Daily Login Rewards during the beginning of the month are locked out of the Day 30 and 31 rewards, despite successfully claiming the Orisinium DLC. To make this right, players who logged in to ESO on February 29, March 1, or March 2 will be given the day 30 and day 31 rewards, 3000 Tel Var Stones and 5000 Gold.

• PC players will be granted these currencies during the Update 41 maintenance on March 11.
  
• Console players will be granted these currencies during the realm reboots on March 20.

This allows us to avoid additional downtime for these grants as well. Players will receive their currencies upon logging into ESO after maintenance.

Thanks to everyone for your patience and proactive reporting as we worked to address the Daily Login Rewards issue this past weekend. We hope you enjoy the rest of March’s Orsinium activities!

Madam Whim, Daedric entrepreneur and resident of Fargrave, shares her knowledge of the Demiprince Fa-Nuit-Hen and the Daedric Prince Malacath in a new Loremaster’s Archive.



Hello, sweet mortals. You have the pleasure of reading words put to parchment by Madame Whim, proprietor of the incomparable House of Whims. We trade in eccentricities, capriciousness, and opportunity from Fargrave, the Celestial Palanquin, crossroads of the Daedric realms. Perhaps you have walked through our doors and sampled our wares? If not, we always welcome fresh faces and hungry minds. You are most welcome at Madame Whim’s.

I must tell you I am unaccustomed to this type of correspondence, but Gabrielle Benele and I had a delightful conversation over a cup of tea from her homeland. Bargains were struck, eyebrows were raised, and I have been properly incentivized to answer questions submitted by you, the readers of this missive.

The focus of these questions being on two distinctly different topics, I shall take each in turn. Beginning, I believe, with the master of the Maelstrom Arena.



I should preface my answers, darlings, and ask your forbearance. Thanks to Ms. Benele, I’ve had a chance to read over the answers provided by Fa-Nuit-Hen, responding to questions from a previous entry in this lecture series. I’m but a simple information broker operating from the decaying ruin of a dead realm. Some of what I understand to be true clashes with the colorful words submitted by Fa-Nuit-Hen and their tutor. Forewarned is forearmed, as the saying goes.




To Madam Whim,

Fa-Nuit-Hen claims that they are the offspring of the Daedric Prince Boethiah. I have my doubts. Would your web of secrets know with whom Boethiah had relations to create the Demiprince of Maelstrom?

Best regards,

Count Reman IV of Cyrodiil

Appearances can be deceiving, dear count. The truth of a Daedric life can be confusing even for those of us with an origin in creatia. You sense some measure of the truth, but Aurbis is far, far stranger than mortals can imagine.

With apologies to the master of the Maelstrom, I don’t believe they were entirely truthful when they claimed to be a scion of Boethiah. I once traded the title and hereditary rights for a small chalet in Rivenspire to a minor noble in House Tamrith. I received, in exchange, a positively tawdry interpretation of Dark Elf canonical texts. This included, of course, extensive writings on the Lessons of Vivec.

These interpretations, along with other conversations I’ve had over the centuries, lead me to believe that Fa-Nuit-Hen’s origins are far older and far odder than they let on.

If you do not believe me, reread the First Lesson of Vivec. Even in the texts you have access to in the mortal realm, you may find it curious that the reference made to Boethiah prefaces Fa-Nuit-Hen’s arrival in the tale by several stanzas. Almost as if that reference and the appearance of the Demiprince are wholly unrelated.

I want to note it’s clear whatever Fa-Nuit-Hen’s origins, Boethiah supports their claim of scionship. That is not the kind of claim you make as repeatedly as the Demiprince has, and with such full-throated enthusiasm, if you’re not sure how Boethiah feels about you.

In fact, if you look back through recorded history, you’ll find several instances of Daedric Princes adopting beings as scions, even if the creatia of their own realm was not involved. By the same token, of course, we Daedra do occasionally change loyalties … though as has been said endlessly by authors far more boring than I, it is not in a Daedra’s nature to change.

I find myself digressing. The word “Daedra” in most mortal tongues translates as “not of us” or “not our ancestors” or even just “the others.” Curious how broad a brush that paints, is it not?




My dear Madam Whim,

An associate of mine once posited that Fa-Nuit-Hen’s name was a Dragon Shout, but that was before meeting the entity in question. Does their name have any special meaning?

And do come and visit me in the Isles sometime. I’ve been perfecting a lovely alocasia blend.

Eristaanwe

What a considerate offer. At times we have been known to serve alocasia jam on buttered black bread at the House of Whims, a sweet and delicious treat that occasionally leaves one feeling rather lightheaded and floaty. In Daedric clients, anyway. Mortals, I believe, are driven to the brink of insanity.

But I am distracted from your actual question, which starts from such a humorous origin. As you no doubt told your friend, the Draconic language and their art of Tongues have little to do with Fa-Nuit-Hen’s most concise name. They love to cite themselves as Demiprince of Maelstrom or Multiplier of Motions Known or (after a fashion) the numerous names of their barons, but it’s a very good question. Fa-Nuit-Hen. What does it mean? Where does it come from?

I don’t believe the Demiprince originated from Boethiah, but let’s cast our eye in that direction to gain some insights here. If I was a being of liminal power, an adopted scion who desired respectability in association with my Daedric parent, where might I turn?

Readers, I have traded whole libraries of study on the Deadric Princes to and fro across Aurbis, and by volume I can assure you no culture wrote more about Boethiah than the Chimer. The Daedra-worshiping expatriates of Old Aldmeris sought solace in the dictates of Boethiah, and to this day you’ll see remnants of their language in some of the most common Boethian chants and prayers.

Consider, if you would, the name Fa-Nuit-Hen through the language of the Chimer née Dunmer? If I were to name myself in a manner that would ingratiate me with the chosen people of my adoptive father, what might I call myself to ensure a warm welcome?

 


To esteemed Madame Whim,

I write with a question of pure academic interest, and nothing more, I assure you. We know that Fa-Nuit-Hen is a Demiprince, but herein lies the question: what makes a Demiprince a Demiprince?

From purely academic interest and no uncertainties regarding my own bloodline,

Taren Velas

Darling Taren, these kinds of questions and concerns are dealt with at the House of Whims every day. If you want a real answer to your question, perhaps there’s a bargain to be struck in private?

In public, I’m happy to discuss the vagaries of Demiprincedom. They are, for lack of a better term, a passing fancy on the part of a Daedric Prince or Lord. It’s amusing, from my point of view, that mortals can enter into an act of creation accidentally. Not so a Demiprince, whether the Prince in question is conjoining with a mortal, a Daedra, or something else entirely. I spoke at length with a consultant from Apocrypha once on the subject, and they described a Demiprince as a unique conjoining of purest creatia and “something more.”

In the case of a Prince or Lord and a mortal, that something more is of course the illustrious soul you short-lived beings are so fond of talking about. In other cases it gets more esoteric and, frankly, more confusing to discuss. Suffice it to say Demiprinces are around because their Daedric parent wants them to be.

That’s likely why the number known to mortals is so small. Even among our own kind, the type of power and prestige such parentage can attract can be a double-edged blade. Ask yourself, is having a blisteringly powerful being as progenitor really something you’d want?




To the beautiful Madam Whim,

Fa-Nuit-Hen seems like they care about the Barons and misses them. But they can't possibly care in the same sense that a mortal would care about a loved one, could they? I was under the impression that Daedra are not capable of this. 

Any insights?

Sincerely,

A Wanderer

Like the layers of a slag eel pie, I see so much to pick at and savor in this question, Wanderer. Thank you! To take the second layer first, divest yourself of the idea Daedra are incapable of anything, darling. So often, I find, your short lifespans push you to extremes as a survival strategy. “That beast is colored green and almost killed me. Therefore all green-hued beasts are dangerous.”

That kind of thinking may serve you well on Nirn, but exceptions to the rule abound across the realms. As a general rule, yes, Daedra are what we are. Our Princes form us from creatia and set us on our path. And thus ever does our nature, set at the time of our making, dictate our path. But while we Daedra are unchangeable that does not mean we are unchanging. We are thinking, living beings. And what is not the nature of life but some measure of change?

I don’t mean to boast, darlings, but I myself am an excellent example. Madam Whim, entrepreneurial Mazken, has worn other names and appearances many times over the centuries. And while I’m a deep disappointment to my progenitor Prince, I find my life and choices deeply satisfying.

Back to the first layer of your question, regarding Fa-Nuit-Hen’s capacity to care for the Barons. The emotions of a Daedra are not for mortal minds to understand, but that does not mean we are unfeeling monsters. We simply experience life and the Aurbis differently than you do. 

In the case of the Demiprince and their Barons, that’s no doubt an especially challenging arrangement for you to understand. The Barons are Fa-Nuit-Hen, and the Demiprince is them. The Motions Known they mention in their title are the Baron themselves, personified within the Demiprince and given internal and (eventually) external life. So when the Demiprince jokes about dicing with Morihaus, or Dueling the Hinged Ones, or any of the other half-truths they’ve uttered over the centuries, that is they/them/all together as many beings in one body.

With all this context in place, I hope, I can answer your question in as direct a fashion as I am able. Yes, absolutely, Fa-Nuit-Hen cares deeply for the Barons Who Move Like This. After all, who does Fa-Nuit-Hen care more for than themself?



Dear Madam Whim,


It is said that the Ashpit stretches even into Aetherius. Fa-Nuit-Hen has said a Prince's realm is an extension of their mind, nature, and will. Does that mean Malacath, and by extension the other Princes, are capable of exerting their will and very being in the realm of Magnus and his Children?

C.E.Nex

I always know when the word “Aetherius” is scrawled on a piece of paper that a delicious bit of trade is sure to follow. I myself bargained several ancient Dwemer Tonal Scrolls all up and down the harmonic scale for a treatise written by one of my more scholarly Mazken sisters. She had acted as an attendant to a particularly well-traveled mage who insisted on attempting to explore the length and breadth of Aetherius beyond Nirn and the Daedric Realms.

A fascinating read. But not information given freely, I’m afraid.

What I can say, to paraphrase from that lengthy tome, is that in this case Fa-Nuit-Hen spoke true. The Prince is the realm, the realm is the Prince, and any notion of separating the two is a farce. You need merely observe the ruin that is Fargrave to see what occurs when a Daedric power is removed from the Aetherial equation. It is a rare event indeed, but it does happen.

As for the other piece of your question, I’m not sure I or any other living being can truly claim to understand how the Princes and the Aedra relate to one another. I have lived for many, many mortal lifetimes, my dear. And nothing I’ve bargained, purchased, or traded in all my years indicates that the Aedra are more than a lovely story you mortals tell yourselves to make you feel safer in your beds at night.




To the esteemed Madam Whim,

Statues of Malacath are seen wielding a longsword, which we have heard little about in comparison to his other weapons, such as Scourge or Volendrung. In ancient times, the warrior Trinimac was said to have wielded the sword Penitent, the Blade of Courage, before he was transformed into Malacath. What can you tell us of Malacath's greatsword, and if it has any relation to the ancient blade of Penitent?

Thank you for your time,

Sir Cyandor F. of Seyda Neen

Ah yes. The tale of the courageous warrior god consumed by the vile Daedric Prince only to return as a cruel Prince of a depraved people.

Mortals, I find it fascinating that an eons-old being wholly divested from the day-to-day experiences of Nirn, such as myself, might have perspective on this that scholars and priests apparently lack. One of the easiest bargains I’ve ever made was for the soul of an Orc monk seeking almost these exact same answers. He scoured the texts I delivered to him for a decade before I finally had to call in his marker and pass him along to his eventual fate.

I could have told him everything he needed to know well before he cracked the seal on a single Malacath rite or flipped the pages of a First Era Trinimac prayer book.

We Daedra are unlike you mortals in many, many ways. But that does not mean we are wholly unlike you either. That goes doubly so for a Daedric Prince. A backwater village bully might fall in with a bandit army so they can swagger around the inn on Fredas brandishing their shiny badge. A Daedric Prince might go out of their way to avoid answering questions or quashing rumors claiming they were once an all-powerful Aedra. As above, so below.

I know not why Malacath wields a sword in statues, Cyandor of Seyda Neen, but I do know that the written histories of Nirn treat the Orsimer with a peculiar and particular cruelty. And so I must ask myself a simple question: Which is more likely? That an all-powerful Aedra found itself consumed by a Daedric Prince and recast in the mold of a pale shadow of itself in a far-flung realm of Oblivion? Or that mortal scholars with a bias would eagerly leap on the metaphor that the Daedric Prince most associated with the Orc people was quite literally the excreted remains of a once-great god?




This last question is unrelated to either Oathsworn Pit or the Maelstrom incident, but I felt this preposterous question deserved attention, if only for the titters of amusement it gave me.

Dear Madam Whim,

I have it on good authority that one of your employees, a scamp named Mikget, was murdered. This particular scamp had (apparently) the capacity to eventually amass so much knowledge as to rival that of Hermaeus Mora. Can a lesser Daedra eventually rival or even become a Daedric Prince?

Kardimor Endekius, Researcher of the Iridian aspects of Magnus

I will address the two ideas in your question separately, Researcher Endekius. Mikget’s death was not, I can assure you, because anyone believed that a scamp would grow to rival the One Who Knows in power. You should have heard the peals of laughter that echoed through my chambers when I first read this text. Further, I’m curious about how you came to such a conclusion. I encourage you to seek me out at the House of Whims. Perhaps we can draw up a bargain to follow up on this curious claim.

As for your thought-provoking follow-up notion, I will offer you a strongly conditional no. As far as I am aware, the raw power of a Daedric Prince is unmatchable by even the mightiest Daedric Lord or Demiprince. My no is conditional because truthfully, I am not sure it’s out of the question. It certainly has never happened before, but strange things happen every day on Nirn and beyond that challenge what we all “thought we knew” the day before.

To ground my question in something you might understand, mortal, consider a river. Its flow can ebb and shift. It can dry up, or swell to furious size. If a great flood were to occur, and a riverbed came to sit at the bottom of a great sea, is that still a river? Or is the river the sea?




That will have to do for now, I think. Business calls. There are clients waiting to be attended to—so many intoxicating possibilities to explore. Perhaps one day we can do this again.

Until then, darling mortals. And I hope I see you at the House of Whims before too long.




A resounding round of thanks to the ESO Community for their questions on these topics. If there’s anything else you still want to know about these Daedric mysteries, you can ask members of the community in our official forums!

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An intriguing ensemble of collectibles arrives in the in-game Crown Store this March alongside the launch of the Scions of Ithelia DLC. Check it out!

Below, you can take a moment to review all the items available in the in-game Crown Store during March 2024. Don’t forget to also check out what is currently available on the Crown Store page. Fancy any of these goods? Then be sure to head over to the Buy Crowns page to secure however many crowns you need! Certain items and offers will be available for a limited time only, so be sure to read their details below and don't miss out.

The 10th Anniversary Celebration Event is kicking off this April, but we’re getting the fun started early by giving you the Orsinium DLC (and more) free during the month of March!

The Elder Scrolls Online’s 10th Anniversary Celebration is right around the corner, but we’re kicking the party off early by giving away the Orsinium DLC FREE as part of March 2024’s upcoming Daily Login Rewards.

The Orsinium DLC is a long-time favorite of the #ESOFam and developers alike, and now anybody who logs into the game twice during the month of March can claim it for free.

Join us in exploring Orsinium, the long-abandoned capital city of the Orcs, and embark on an epic story where you must assist King Kurog in uniting the clans under a single banner. The Orsinium DLC gives you access to the Wrothgar zone (filled with quests, world bosses, public dungeons, delves, and more) and storyline in addition to the (in)famous Maelstrom Arena, and again, it’s all completely free!

Help unite the clans in Orsinium

However, Orsinium isn’t the only amazing reward you can claim this coming month. There’s also a special Orc-themed pet, mount, and more.

Check out the key highlights from March 2024’s Daily Login Rewards in this blog, and keep a close eye out for even more amazing login rewards throughout the 10th Anniversary Celebration.


In addition to being able to claim Orsinium, from March 4 at 10AM ET until April 1 at 10AM ET, we’re also adding a series of free Crown Store collectibles that you can unlock by completing various zone achievements.

Complete the Orsinum main questline and earn the Kingmaker achievement, and you can claim the fearsome Inkfur Ursauk mount.

Inkfur Ursauk mount

Defeat four different Wrothgar world bosses to earn the Defender of Orsinium achievement, and you’ll also be able to claim the Eternity Tunic with Pants, the “Brilliance” Brocade Robes, and the Summit Lord’s Silken Robes costumes—showcasing some of Orsinium’s latest fashions!

Eternity Tunic with Pants & “Brilliance” Brocade Robes costumes

The Summit Lord’s Silken Robes costume

You can unlock these collectibles as free Crown Store items only via Orsinium’s achievements and only from March 4 at 10AM ET until April 1 at 10AM ET, so don’t miss out on your chance to get it all for free. If you have already unlocked these achievements, great! You can claim these additional rewards when they arrive in the Crown Store.

Don’t worry, this is only the beginning of the 10th Anniversary fun. You can discover even more amazing ways to celebrate (and be rewarded for doing so) a decade of ESO with us in April, when we kick off the 10th Anniversary Celebration in earnest. Are you excited to begin the festivities with us a little early? Let us know via X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, and Facebook.

Unlock a fan- and developer-favorite DLC, a mount, and much more via March 2024’s Daily Login Rewards!

This month’s Daily Login Rewards introduce a host of collectibles and items, including full access to the Orsinium DLC game pack! However, Orsinium isn’t the only amazing reward you can claim this March. Check out even more Malacath-approved items below. Want to find out more about Daily Login Rewards? Be sure to read this help article.




Scalecaller Crown Crates—Days 1, 3-6

Open these deathly crates

Claim a selection of Scalecaller Crown Crates, first released in 2018, and discover items and collectibles touched by the sinister forces of Scalecaller Peak and Fang Lair. This includes 10 regular Scalecaller Crown Crates in total. You can preview the kinds of items available in Scalecaller Crown Crates in this blog.






Orsinium DLC—Day 2

Venture into Orsinium for free

As mentioned above, you can discover the home of the Orcs and explore the snow-capped region of Wrothgar with the Orsinium DLC. First released in 2015, Orsinium was ESO’s first major story and zone DLC and could be considered the foundation for the game’s later Chapter releases. You can claim this legendary DLC for free on Day 2!






Seals of Endeavor—Day 7

No actual endeavor required!

Seal the deal on that Crown Crate item you’ve had your eye on with a HUGE number of Seals of Endeavor. How huge? You can claim a whopping 500 Seals on Day 7! You can learn more about Seals of Endeavor in this blog.




Craglorn Welwa Pet—Day 14

Fierce AND kind of adorable?

While native to nearby Craglorn, the Craglorn Welwa pet makes a suitable companion as you begin your adventures in Wrothgar. Just make sure it’s well fed before you try to pet it!




Iron Orc Welwa Mount—Day 21

Built and bred for battle (and you)

Few foes would dare stand in your way while you’re charging into battle upon an Iron Orc Welwa mount—you can barrel through friend and foe alike atop this near-indestructible beast. If only you could take it into the Maelstrom Arena …




Of course, these are but a few of the goodies you can claim this month. To review the full list, log in to the game on March 1! There’s even more 10^th Anniversary-related fun arriving in March, so check out this blog for all the details.

Are you ready to venture into the home of the Orcs with the Orsinium DLC? Perhaps you’re most excited about that battle-tested mount? Let us know via X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, and Facebook.