Magic stirs once more in the realm of Avalon. 🌿
Beyond the stories told in Avalon Legends, a new tale has begun — one of jewels, guardians, and ancient balance.

Those who remember the old legends will find familiar echoes, yet new wonders await.
The mists have lifted to reveal another corner of Avalon — a place where harmony and magic intertwine once again.

If your heart still longs for the beauty and mystery of Avalon, you may find your next journey among its shining jewels. 💎

Will you look for Avalon Jewels?

Battle your way into Eastern Solstice with Update 48 and Seasons of the Worm Cult Part 2, now live on PC/Mac.

Seasons of the Worm Cult Part 2 is now live on PC/Mac and arrives for Xbox and PlayStation consoles November 12.

Continuing the saga that began with Part 1 in June, Seasons of the Worm Cult Part 2 sees you and your allies venture into the grim region of Eastern Solstice to finally put an end to the Worm Cult’s dread schemes for the besieged island.

Note that access to the new region and storyline requires the conclusion of the Battle for the Writhing Wall for your server—check out this event page for your server’s status.

This latest adventure is part of the 2025 Content Pass and 2025 Premium Edition, both available now. This release also features the Update 48 base-game patch, introducing a series of changes and fixes, including the addition of a brand-new event (more on that below)!

In Seasons of the Worm Cult Part 2, you can continue your story as you venture into a new region of the island of Solstice. As mentioned above, access to the region and storyline requires the completion of the Battle for the Writhing Wall event on your server first.

Eastern Solstice

Discover new dangers and mysteries in Eastern Solstice, previously divided by the Writhing Wall, and explore a fractured, long-suffering land twisted and consumed by fragments of Coldharbour itself.  

Venture into Eastern Solstice

In the second half of the Solstice zone, you can contend with new world bosses, explore new delves and a public dungeon, encounter the enigmatic local Stone-Nest Argonians, and fight to ouster the entrenched cultists.

A Saga’s Conclusion

The wall has fallen, and the Stirk Fellowship marches eastward! Help your allies strike at the heart of the cult’s operations on Solstice in the concluding questline of the Seasons of the Worm Cult saga.

Join old allies to finish the fight

Note that to unlock the full story questline, the Seasons of the Worm Cult Part 1 main quests and the “Crossing the Wall” story quest must be completed first.

Dread Rewards

As you delve deeper into Eastern Solstice and uncover its myriad dangers and mysteries, you’ll unlock a host of new rewards. These include new item sets, collectibles such as the Scythe Knight outfit style, the Eminent Slothcerer pet, and more.

Unlock these eminent rewards

Access to the Seasons of the Worm Cult Part 2 is included in two editions of the game, the 2025 Content Pass and 2025 Premium Edition.

Both editions are available for purchase now and feature a whole year’s worth of adventure, including:

• Fallen Banners dungeon pack (now live)
• Seasons of the Worm Cult Part 1 (now live)
• Feast of Shadows dungeon pack (now live)
• Access to the Writhing Wall event (now live)
• Seasons of the Worm Cult Part 2 
• A unique mount, pet, and memento

In addition to the above, the 2025 Premium Edition also includes access to the game and ALL of ESO’s previous Chapters. For a full breakdown of everything included in both editions, visit the Content Pass page.

Note that once Seasons of the Worm Cult Part 2 (and Update 48) are live, you won’t be able to access the new region and storyline until the Battle of the Writhing Wall one-time event is complete. Specifically, your server must have at least one clear of the Phase 3 Writhing Fortress dungeon before the way is open. Check the official page to see your server’s progress and do your part!

New dangers await within Eastern Solstice

Once access to Eastern Solstice and Seasons of the Worm Cult Part 2 is open, you can continue your adventures in the following ways:

Venture East

Once the wall has fallen, simply venture east to begin exploring the second half of the Solstice zone. The first wayshine you will encounter on your journey is the Grand Juncture Pass Wayshrine, but you will need to find and unlock it first!

Via the Seasons of the Worm Cult Main Quest

If you have completed the Seasons of the Worm Cult Part 1 main story quests and the “Crossing the Wall” story quest (accessible at the Stirk Fellowship camp in Solstice), you can continue your saga with the quest titled “The Worm Turns.”

Note that while the zone features a sequel story to the ESO base game, there are no level or story requirements for continuing your Seasons of the Worm Cult adventure. You can play with a new or existing character.

Included with the Seasons of the Worm Cult Part 2 and Eastern Solstice, the Update 48 base-game patch introduces new fixes, balance changes, and additions to ESO. All current ESO players can enjoy the following features since they do not require any additional purchase.

Heart’s Week Event
Update 48 brings an all-new in-game event to Tamriel! During Hearts Week in February, the Belkarth festival grounds will now be home to the priest of Mara, Kuzam-jo. During the event period, Kuzam-jo will offer new quests, celebrating and spreading the word about Tamriel’s Heart’s Day holiday.

Share the love in February!

This new event will feature passive bonuses to Companion XP and rapport gains, plus feature their own reward boxes that can include pages of a new style. Most notably, the Heart’s Day reward boxes will have a chance to grant you gold-quality Companion jewelry. This event won’t go live until February 2026, so look out for more details then!

New Life Event Update
In addition to the brand-new event, Update 48 also breathes new life into one of ESO’s classic in-game celebrations. This December’s New Life Festival will feature eight additional daily quests, taking place all over Tamriel. This is in addition to a new style and player house rewards. Look out for more details closer to the start of the holiday season!

Leaderboard Updates
With Update 48, to create a more unified and fair experience, all the game’s leaderboards (except for those in Cyrodiil) are now account-based. As a result, you will only have one entry per leaderboard (your highest score). This change also removes class-specific leaderboards.

Combat Animation Memory Reduction

Update 48 also introduces some changes that help reduce the size of combat animations to reduce the impact on the game’s memory. This change should not have any noticeable impact on in-game visuals and zero impact on your ability to light attack weave or animation cancel.

For a complete list of everything included in the Update 48 base-game patch, check out the patch notes on our official forums. Don’t forget, these additions are free for all current ESO players.

With your help, the Writhing Wall will fall, but the battle for Solstice will continue. Are you ready to venture into the second half of this mysterious island and put a stop to the Worm Cult’s horrifying schemes? Let us know via Bluesky, X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, and Facebook.

Seasons of the Worm Cult Part 2 and Update 48 are now live on PC/Mac (Eastern Solstice access pending the conclusion of the Battle for the Writhing Wall event) and arrive November 12 for Xbox and PlayStation consoles.

A few more quick map specific fixes:

- Level 12: added fence to the right side to stop a possible exploit.
- Level 12: fixed geometry that was slightly off the ground.
- Level 12: enlarged wooden platform up top, so Gunther can't block the player.
- Level 12: fixed Gunther respawning when loading from a checkpoint save.
- Level 10: fixed missing back side of stairs.
- Level 7: fixed alien plants not appearing on checkpoint reload.
- Level 7: Fixed enemies in the beginning that would cross through moving door if detecting the player.
- Level 6: fixed some lights not showing in the sleeping rooms area if entering from checkpoint past them.


Cheers,
Roger

Note: Originally published at 6:00 a.m. Pacific Time (UTC-7) on October 28, 2025.

Get ready to embark on the latest Tyrian escapade—Guild Wars 2®: Visions of Eternity™ launches at approximately 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time (UTC-7)! Explore a new land, forge new legendary weapons and equipment, and master new abilities as you chase the Inquest and attempt to put a stop to their latest scheming.

The adventure of Guild Wars 2: Visions of Eternity will unfold over the course of four major releases, beginning today with launch content and continuing quarterly into 2026. Today you'll be able to play with new elite specializations, master new skimmer abilities, unlock a magical new island map for your homestead, use homestead layouts to save and share your decoration placements, and start earning new rewards (including a Wizard's Vault refresh) as the launch story leads you on a chase through two zones in the magical wilds of Castora.





Today's update also features a graphical update to our shadows that should make the world feel more immersive. We've also added ten new hairstyle options (two for each race) to the character creator, Self-Style Hair Kits, and Total Makeover Kits. The next major update scheduled for early next year will focus on the merging of raids and Strike Missions into a single system, including a new raid encounter that will test your battle prowess. At the same time, fashion templates will make their big debut, introducing a new way to swap attire between fights. Slaying has never looked this good!





If the few short hours until launch are too long to wait, we've recently shared some previews that may help tide you over! Start planning for the legendary journey that awaits you with this video preview of the new legendary aquabreather, Selachimorpha, and a new legendary weapon, the Aetheric Anchor, that unlocks both a spear (Bellum) form and a staff (Pax) form!



Or whet your appetite for travel with these previews of the two new open-world maps that will be available on release today.





Celebrate the expansion with Twitch Drops, available from today at 9:00 a.m. until November 2 at 11:59 pm Pacific Time (UTC-8). Go to any Twitch channel streaming Guild Wars 2 content and watch for a total of eight hours before the campaign ends to earn fun rewards, including the Pirate Captain's Chair! Learn more about Twitch Drops and how to connect your account here.






In addition to today's expansion content, the next few months are full of festivals and bonus events:

• Until November 4: Halloween is in full swing in Tyria and will be available for just one more week!
• November 4–25: Extra Life Bonus
• November 14–15: Extra Life Game Day
• November 18–25: PvP Rush Event
• November 24–December 2: Gnashblade's "Birthday" Celebration
• December 2–9: Roller Beetle Racing Week
• December 9–23: New Hero Jump Start
• December 9–January 2: Wintersday Festival

You can find reminders for in-game events on our event calendar page!





As a final treat, there's a new Castoran wallpaper available to download!

We're so excited to release Guild Wars 2: Visions of Eternity into the wild and for you to get to play it. We make this game for you, and we hope you enjoy the newest adventure.

Excelsior!
—The Guild Wars 2 Team

Added some additional stats to the main monitor.

They are not formatted yet, also missing a background :)

Of course they are also saved. Once some unlocking feature is integrated they will be detected accordingly.

Rock Valley, a new 9 hole course available for play.

Happy Halloween, survivors! This year, things just got spooky in the latest update. We’ve introduced the Hallowed Base, a new eerie environment filled with fog, flickering lights, and jack-o’-lanterns that set the perfect haunted tone.

Your enemies aren’t the only ones to fear — they’ve got pumpkins for heads now, making every encounter both terrifying and oddly festive. Whether you’re fighting through waves of the undead or escorting your survivor through this creepy new setting, you’ll feel the Halloween chill in every corner.

🕹️ What’s New in This Update:

• 🎃 Hallowed Base Environment: A dark, pumpkin-lit map full of spooky atmosphere

• 🧟 Pumpkin-Headed Enemies: Halloween-themed foes for extra fun and fright

• 🔫 Improved Visual Effects: Enhanced lighting and environmental detail

• 🧍‍♀️ Character Update: New costumes and animations for the Halloween event

GB & PC Version:

• Fixed rows/columns with 0 walls not lighting up when a wall is placed in them.

• Targets will now enter a third state if targeted by more than one bomb.

• Bombs now light back up if they connect to a blue thing.

PC Version:

• Added a red palette swap of the green tileset.

• Added a shimmer effect to the frame and outer buttons as a burn-in countermeasure.

• Increased the speed of the flood fill effect.

• Reduced the size of the outer tilemap for improved performance.

• Outside the frame of the green tileset is now black instead of green.

• Adjusted the OpenGL version listed in the readme.txt.

• Added instructions to the readme.txt for how to disable the shimmer effect if desired.

GB Version:

• Various performance improvements, most notably the flood fill effect is now faster.

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  Changelog:
  • Additional fixes for reported game crashes relating to Multiplayer
    
  • Additional fixes for reported game crashes in leaderboard and single player events
    
  • Adjustment to Slowdown penalty calculations following reports of insufficient penalties in cases such as cutting through the Daytona bus stop where the excess speed momentum in the following banked corner was not penalized enough.
    
  • DTM 13-16 - Improved AI pace compared to player's