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As ESO's first exclusive Event Zone, Night Market is about to launch, bringing veteran players a brand-new, limited-time, high-difficulty PvE experience, along with a wealth of exclusive rewards. Let's take a comprehensive look at how this event works!

Night Market Event Overview

• Event Time: April 29th to June 17th, 2026
• Event Location: An extra-planar city of Fargrave
• Participation Requirements: Free to enter
• Type: The game's first limited-time PvE Event Zone
• Difficulty Level: Targeting veteran players, emphasizing teamwork
• Core Mechanics: Faction Reputation System, Puzzles, Tiered Bosses, and District Boons
• Rewards: Night's Den house for free, furnishing, monster sets, and collectibles
  

How Night Market Work?

Simply put, Night Market is a PvE Zone, but it's very large and requires cooperation. Unlike the game's standard overland zones, Night Market features significantly increased combat difficulty, approaching the level of Trials and Arenas. However, it retains the open-world gameplay structure.

This zone is designed for experienced players. While theoretically supporting solo play, teamwork and mastering boss mechanics are essential for maximizing rewards.

Its core features include: combat difficulty far exceeding that of regular open-world content, a faction-based reputation progression system, progressively increasing boss difficulty, team-based combat mechanics, and a 12-player Opulent Ordeal.

Night Market Entry Method

As an event zone emphasizing cooperative PvE gameplay, joining or following a team significantly improves character survivability and reduces the challenge difficulty. Players can directly access Night Market event area through three methods without additional payment:

• Quest Guide: Pick up the quest “Those Who Would Rule” for free from Crown Store's quest starter and follow the quest instructions to enter;
• Direct Teleport: Use Starlit Plaza Wayshrine or click the exclusive new icon on the Fargrave map to teleport directly;
• NPC Guide: Go to Shambles in eastern Fargrave, find Curator, and enter Night Market's core area through the portal he opens.

Night Market Three Factions Explained

In Night Market, you need to choose a faction, and you will receive faction-specific titles, banners, monster sets, dyes, and cosmetic rewards. There are three factions: The Glittering Goad, The Ruckus, and The Thousand Eyes.

• The Glittering Goad: An elite faction focused on wealth, controlling the vast majority of auctions and shops in Night Market. Power is contested through gold, contracts, and influence; anyone can rise to prominence here if they pay the price. Their Patron is Tachien.
• The Ruckus: A law enforcement faction that rules through force and intimidation, extracting profits from all shops under the guise of providing protection, attempting to regain dominance after their jurisdictions fall into darkness. Their Patron is Kharakhal Moon-Eye.
• The Thousand Eyes: An ancient alliance of neglected lower classes, wielding power through sheer numbers, secrecy, and information gathered in the shadows. Their Patron is Molto the Whisperer.

Faction Favor is divided into four levels: 1000, 2500, 5000, and 10000. Reaching each level unlocks exclusive rewards, and reputation is not consumed. Faction Favor Tracker, displayed in the upper right corner of the screen, shows your faction's reputation progress in real time.

Players can gain reputation by participating in boss battles, completing puzzles, participating in daring races, and completing daily quests. Different gameplay modes offer different reputation rewards; steadily accumulating reputation unlocks higher-tier rewards.

Additionally, after Night Market ends, all factions will receive exclusive banner furnishings, Shoulder rewards, gold, and more. Reward quality is determined by faction reputation ranking:

• First place - Golden quality
• Second place - Purple quality
• Third place - Blue quality

Night Market Area Division and Core Gameplay

Night Market is divided into three themed areas, each with unique danger mechanics and exclusive activities. Higher-tier bosses will only spawn after lower-tier bosses are defeated.

First is The Parch, a barren and arid region where fierce winds carry the bones of the dead, creating a perilous environment. Next is Skittering Precinct, an area overrun by reptiles, with walls riddled with nests. Finally, there's Sorrow's Friend, the dwelling place of malevolent creatures, a dark and oppressive area.

We also need to focus on the core gameplay of Night Market, mainly the various activities and daily quests.

• Challenge tiered bosses such as Brazen, Argent, and Calamit through Boss Hunting.
• Skirmishes are large-scale public combat events specific to each region.
• Daring Races, mentioned above, are timed challenges testing player skill and positioning.
• Oddities are activities for solving environmental puzzles.
• Dungeons are instance challenges exclusive to Gilded bosses.
• The final Trial is the 12-player Opulent Ordeal.

Completing daily quests quickly grants faction reputation and rewards. These are mainly divided into faction daily quests, Dorfifar daily quests, and quests triggered by interactive objects in each region.

Night Market Rewards

Faction Vendor Rewards

Without consuming Favor, reaching the corresponding Favor level allows you to purchase furnishings, curated gear coffers, collectibles, and other rewards from Faction Vendor.

Achievement Rewards and Rare Collectibles

Night Market includes exclusive achievement rewards, as well as Mythic and Antiquities clues. These clues drop in Night Market Zone, excavated in Coldharbour, so there's no need to worry about losing them after the event ends.

Loot Rewards

Night Market loot primarily includes cured armor-set pieces from dungeons and old Daedric themed rewards.

Night Market bosses drop exclusive trophies or busts, new Skill Scrolls, select item sets, and Trade Bars usable in Gold Coast Bazaar.

Ultimate Bonus: Free Night's Den House

Night's Den, located in the heart of Night Market, was once the vault of Night Market elite. Larger spaces are unlocked by completing area achievements, and it's free to acquire simply by completing the introductory quest.

What makes Night's Den House special is that accumulating 3000 Favor unlocks a functional in-house bank. You'll also have a Currency Vault to display your gold.

Additionally, there are three unlockable Wings related to area Relic achievements. If you want to switch faction flags, you can do so here by accumulating 2000 Favor.

While Night Market also supports single-player mode, it's primarily geared towards experienced players who enjoy challenging gameplay mechanics like Trials and Arenas, and is quite difficult. Best of luck in the game!

On April 2nd, The Elder Scrolls Online Season Zero: Dawn and Dusk will begin. Over the three months from April 2nd to July 8th, a wealth of free content will be added to the game.

This marks the official end of the previous model, which relied on large annual Chapters and paid content updates. It may well be one of the most exciting changes ESO has seen in a long time. Let's take a closer look at what this shift will bring to players.

What Is a Season?

You may already be familiar with the term “season” from other games, but in ESO, it's a brand-new concept.

Fundamentally, a season replaces Chapters and DLCs. The development team will still maintain the familiar quarterly update rhythm, but all new content will be directly accessible to every player without requiring an ESO Plus subscription or any separate acquisition of new DLC. This includes fresh quests, dungeons, zones, and gameplay systems.

The developers have stated that they don't want to lock themselves into a fixed template. Some seasons may focus on story and narrative, others on system overhauls, some on quality-of-life improvements, and still others on bold experiments.

Why the Shift to a Season Model?

The developers realized that Chapter model not only created a barrier in terms of cost but also caused confusion among players. On Discord and Reddit, players repeatedly asked: What content should they get? Which Chapters do they need? What is required to keep up with the current mainstream gameplay? What is optional?

Beyond the confusion, Chapter model also seemed to lock the open-world team into an 18-month development cycle, where everything had to revolve around that year's major Chapter. This made it difficult for them to respond quickly to player feedback.

They believe the new season model will provide the development team with greater flexibility, allowing them to adjust direction in a timely manner, address emerging issues, and fix designs that aren't working.

Season Zero: Dawn and Dusk

Base Game

The release of Season Zero: Dawn and Dusk on April 2nd should be considered a transitional phase, but for new players, it's still exciting. At that time, Thieves Guild, Dark Brotherhood, and Orsinium will all become part of the base game for every player.

Of course, this isn't brand-new content. If you've already experienced these zones and completed their storylines, the change will have limited personal impact. But at the very least, even if you cancel your subscription in the future, you'll still retain access to this content.

Season Zero offers much more than that. It also includes a series of quality-of-life updates, such as finally raising the furnishing placement limit for some houses, and adding new mounts that can be obtained using Elder Scrolls Online gold. Going forward, the developers may move more items out of Crown Store or provide more options outside of it.

Night Market

Perhaps the most eye-catching new feature is Night Market – a PvE zone with higher difficulty. It is designed for group play, with all enemies posing a greater threat, making it more suitable for max-level players. It also offers both 4-player and 12-player raids.

Between April 29 and June 17, you can earn reputation with one of three factions by completing activities in this zone. Each faction offers different rewards in terms of items and costumes, and as your reputation grows, that faction's merchants will unlock more goods. Once Night Market starts, it is sure to become a major focus for players.

Class & Skill Line Updates

Season Zero will also include the previously mentioned Dragonknight class update, along with changes to Werewolf skill line and Two-Handed skill line. Although these are existing skill lines, the changes seem to introduce new incentives, encouraging players to invest time in them again to unlock new skill styles or other collectibles. Additionally, PvP will see significant changes that go beyond Vengeance mechanic, introducing a brand-new progression system along with various PvP-exclusive rewards.

Tamriel Tomes

On April 2, the game will also introduce Tamriel Tomes system – which you can think of as a kind of Battle Pass. It will replace the daily login rewards, Endeavor system, and the content pass.

A very important note: while the new gameplay content is free-for-all players, and part of Tamriel Tomes is also free, unlocking all collectibles within a season – meaning all cosmetic items – will require a fee for that season's Tamriel Tomes.

Starting with Season 0, all new gameplay content will be completely free for players who already owns ESO or plays through Game Pass. The developers have clearly stated that there will still be optional paid items. While optional paid features will still exist, most of ESO's content will be accessible to all, potentially attracting a large influx of new players.

Crossplay

There are also some practical changes worth noting. After Season Zero, each season will last three months, and updates for PC and consoles will go live simultaneously. This is likely a necessary step in preparing for cross-platform play.

The developers have confirmed once again that cross-platform play is actively being developed, although it sounds like it is not expected to launch within 2026. But the sooner this feature arrives, the better – crossplay can ensure that there are enough players for in-game activities, making it easier for everyone to find teammates, while also allowing the community to actively report bugs and suggest improvements. In short, it would create a positive feedback loop.

How do you feel about ESO's Season Zero? Are you looking forward to the changes ahead? Dawn and Dusk will be here soon – let's hope it brings positive changes to The Elder Scrolls Online.

The Elder Scrolls Online development team is focused on a major class rework project, aiming to rewrite classes to maintain balance and better reflect their established lore.

This information primarily stems from a new developer memo released by the combat team. They state that this is a long-term project, and updates will not be released all at once. Class reworks will be rolled out gradually throughout 2026, and may continue beyond.

Development Team Design Philosophy

To differentiate classes sufficiently and showcase unique gameplay and presentation, the developers plan to redesign them, focusing on their backgrounds, abilities, appearances, strengths, and weaknesses. This redesign incorporates two core concepts:

Source Of Power

Source of Power refers to the origin of these classes' power within the game. Why and how they became the class, whether their power originates from their bloodline or the deity they worship, all determine the foundation of their ability design. For example, Dragonknight's power originates from dragon fire and earth energy, while Arcanist's power comes from a pact with the demon god Hermaeus Mora.

Power Fantasy

Power Fantasy refers to the manifestation of abilities, such as the skills used by a class and their role in combat, allowing players to experience the unique feel of playing that class. For example, there's the assassin class, which excels at stealth, Nightblade, and Templar, which fights directly using divine energy.

Development Team's Goal

The development team hopes to make each class capable of fulfilling any role, including tank, healer, and DPS. This only means achieving the goal, not necessarily being the optimal one.

They want each class to match its power fantasy in terms of abilities, animations, and sound effects. Current older classes will also receive visual and auditory modernizations to bring them up to the level of classes like Arcanist.

The official plan is to use player feedback and game data to guide class updates, ensuring changes are satisfying in terms of mechanics and themes while maintaining their uniqueness.

Current Class Issues

While the development team has clearly stated that these ideas are positive, the current class identities in the game remain somewhat ambiguous.

Low Class Differentiation

Aside from distinct classes like Necromancer, many classes lack clear differentiation. Skill kits from different classes are functionally too similar. They perform similarly in direct healing, single-target DoTs, and AOE skills, with the main differences being only in buffs, debuffs, and visual effects.

For example, Nightblade should be more deeply integrated into the theme of shadows and trickery; they could emphasize the interaction between stealth and backstab damage. The description of Templar's Holy Power is not specific enough. The official description should clarify whether his focus should be on healing or tanking.

Subclassing System

The most serious imbalance currently facing classes lies in the subclassing system. Subclassing involves mixing and matching skill lines from different classes, which are far more powerful than using a single class. Even if a pure class player use Elder Scrolls Online gold to get the meta sets, it performance is still not as well-rounded as a subclass player.

The main reason for this problem is that subclasses were not considered in the initial class design of ESO. This has led to huge differences in the current skill lines of each class, while subclasses can create overly powerful configurations.

How To Solve The Problems?

The official solution is to reorganize class skill lines, distributing key abilities so that no single skill line can provide all the tools needed to achieve the goal.

Although the subclassing system essentially competes with the default class features, it gives players the initiative to build the experience, allowing for free combinations. The official team will not eliminate this gameplay.

For pure class players, there should be more powerful, satisfying, and achievable class features. For players using subclasses, they can freely customize their playstyles, but may need to sacrifice class-specific features. The strength gap between the two classes is narrowing.

Even without directly nerfing skills, a more balanced distribution of abilities will prevent players from focusing on the optimal skill tree as much as before, inevitably leading to a loss in DPS.

However, this helps improve the overall health of the game, especially addressing the current issues in PvE and PvP caused by an unfavorable difficulty curve and gameplay convergence.

Their ultimate goal is to give pure classes a powerful and satisfying class identity and strength, while simultaneously narrowing the strength gap between subclasses and pure classes, while allowing them to retain the freedom to shape their identity or pursue specialized power.

Update Order

The official update order for the upcoming classes has been announced. This order may be adjusted, and the entire process may take up to two years.

• 1. Dragonknight
• 2. Warden
• 3. Sorcerer
• 4. Templar
• 5. Nightblade
• 6. Necromancer
• 7. Arcanist

Dragonknight

Official They also announced their direction for Dragonknight's adjustments, intending to position it as an attire warrior.

Refinement

Dragonknight will be given a unique damage-over-time parameter. A new passive skill called Avalanche will be added to Earthen Heart skill line, allowing Dragonknight to accumulate damage by stacking damage bonuses during combat; interrupting the attack will lose this bonus.

Reconfiguring

Dragonknight rework will retain the core resource management principle of "fire requires fuel," but provide a more satisfactory internal solution. For example, the reworked skill Inhale has been moved to Ardent Flame skill line, and Dragonknight will be able to recover a certain percentage of lost resources over time before unleashing the classic explosion.

Reworking classes is one of the most fundamental changes to the game. If done poorly or hastily, it could be a disaster for ESO simplification, but the information revealed so far is generally positive. This move may also bring back some players who left after the subclass system was introduced.

After a month-long build-up to Battle For The Writhing Wall event, Elder Scrolls Online finally released Seasons of the Worm Cult Part 2 and Update 48 on November 12th, continuing from Part 1 five months ago while further optimizing the game.

However, to experience all the updated content, you not only need ESO 2025 Content Pass and 2025 Premium Edition, but you must also ensure that Battle For The Writhing Wall event on your server has been completed.

We've already provided a detailed introduction to this event. Whether you participated or not, you can now check your current server's progress and follow the guide below to experience the new content.

Seasons Of The Worm Cult Part 2

As Elder Scrolls Online's core update for 2025, this season expands and continues the game's original main storyline through two parts of gameplay and story.

Part 1, Western Solstice, launched in June, introducing the new zone Solstice and new content including dungeons, trials, and bosses. After a five-month wait, Part 2, Eastern Solstice, is finally here!

From a narrative perspective, Battle For The Writhing Wall event serves as a transition between Part 1 and Part 2. This wall divides the island in two, and only by winning the battle and destroying the wall can one venture deeper into the eastern part of Solstice.

New Playable Content

If your server has already completed Battle For The Writhing Wall event, you can start playing Part 2. This update brings new main story content, but it can only be experienced after completing Part 1 main story quests and Crossing the Wall story quest.

Please note that the latter story quest needs to be claimed manually. If you haven't completed it yet, you can find Prince Azah at Sunport Rampart Camp to claim it - provided you have completed Part 1 main quests.

The conflict between the forces of good and the evil Worm Cult is expected to escalate to its peak in Part 2's main storyline. If a new themed season series is subsequently released, Part 2 could very well be the graveyard for Worm Cult.

Part 2 also expands Coldharbour map, allowing you to explore new delves and dungeons, fight new bosses, and potentially encounter Stone-Nest Argonians, the native inhabitants of Eastern Solstice. Specific details include:

• Four full-length objectives
• Three delves, each with a skyshard and a unique boss
• New public dungeon Calindvale Gardens
• Three world bosses
• Two new crafting set locations
• Hidden side quests

Exploration Rewards

As you progress through Part 2 main storyline and complete enough battles, you can unlock generous rewards! These include Elder Scrolls Online gold, new item sets and collectibles, and more. The collectibles are extensive, including:

• Outfit Style: Scythe Knight outfit style
• Emote: For My Alliance emote
• Memento: Meridian-Blessed Bread memento
• Mount: Coldharbour Death Hound
• Pet: Slothcerer pet
• Adornments: Azure Plasmstone Earrings, Solstice Pinned Bloom
• Markings: Stone-Nest Xanmeer body tattoos, To Know the Void quest matching face tattoos
• Skill Style: Soul Trap, Wormwrithe skill style

Of course, obtaining all of this requires owning a version of the game that includes Seasons of the Worm Cult Part 2 and completing the corresponding quests or achievements.

Update 48

This update is part of ESO's regular game schedule, so as long as you own the base game, you can load the update package for free and experience it.

Update 48, as usual, brings optimizations and changes to various aspects of the in-game systems, introduces new events, and previews more events to be released during Christmas and New Year's.

Mechanics And System Optimizations

Update 48 first introduces changes aimed at reducing the size of combat animations, avoiding excessive memory usage that could impact the game and the smoothness of your device's performance. These changes will not significantly degrade the game's graphics.

Furthermore, Elder Scrolls Online has made all in-game leaderboards except Cyrodiil account-wide in this update and removed class-specific leaderboards. This makes the entire leaderboard system more streamlined and efficient.

More detailed optimizations can be experienced in-game or checked through official announcements, such as optimizations to skill effects for each class. The two points we've introduced above are particularly noteworthy.

Hearts Week Event

Although this event is part of Update 48, it has not yet officially started in the game and is currently just a pre-event announcement. ESO is expected to hold Hearts Week in February 2026, at which time the event will also begin.

During the event, Belkarth festival grounds will be transformed into a home to the priest of Mara, Kuzam-jo. You can find this NPC, interact with him to receive and complete event quests, earning more Companion XP and affinity.

In addition, you may receive various reward boxes, including Heart's Day reward boxes, which may contain gold-quality Companion jewelry! Good luck!

Starting in December 2025, Elder Scrolls Online will host a New Year's celebration. During this time, you can explore the entire game map to complete daily quests and earn new styles or houses as rewards.

Compared to last year, Elder Scrolls Online in 2025 has undoubtedly achieved new success through its transformation. Hopefully, it will continue this success and improve in 2026, bringing you an even better gaming experience.

Halloween is approaching, and various games have already started their Halloween events, including Elder Scrolls Online. This Friday's update also features updated items for Luxury Furnisher and Golden Vendor.

Both vendors appear for a limited time, and the items they sell have some practical value. If you have enough gold in your wallet, you might want to check out what they have in the 43rd week, 2025.

Luxury Furnisher

Luxury Furnisher is located at Cicero's Food & General Goods in Coldharbour. Note that he only appears on weekends. Last week, he offered statues, while this week he's offering darker items like skeletons and witch totems.

Note that the items he sells are unbound, so you can sell them to other players, provided they don't depreciate in value. Let's take a look at some interesting items.

• Bone Sculpture, Circular: 3,000 Gold. Perfect for room decoration if you are a bone and skull enthusiast.
• Crow Totem, Gruesome: 4,000 Gold, value decreases over time.
• Reach Totem, Gathered Staves: 2,000 Gold, new item, but a bit ugly.
• Reach Totem, Twig Crescent: 3,000 Gold, somewhat ugly furniture, may depreciate.
• Reach Totem, Twig Raven: 3,000 Gold, decent decoration, can appreciate in value.
• Tree, Treehenge Green Lady: 50,000 Gold, large and cool, but requires a lot of gold.
• Warning Totem, Skulls: 2,500 Gold, also somewhat ugly furniture, may depreciate.
• Witch's Torch, Wretched: 5,000 Gold, looks nice, but there are many similar shiny items in the game.
• Witch's Totem, Bog: 50,000 Gold, although less valuable than before, it creates a green miasma effect and is a rather creative piece of furniture.
• Witch's Tree, Captive: 35,000 Gold, value has decreased slightly, but the fluctuation is minimal.
• Witch's Tree, Charred: 5,000 Gold, value fluctuation is minimal.

Golden Vendor

Golden Vendor sells the BIS set, but requires significantly more Elder Scrolls Online gold than Luxury Furnisher. Golden Vendor is located at Western Elsweyr Gate and will disappear on October 27th.

Crafty Alfiq (125,000 Gold)

Source: Northern Elsweyr

Set Benefits:

• (2 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Magicka
• (3 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Magicka
• (4 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Magicka
• (5 items) Adds 2550 Maximum Magicka

Provides a considerable amount of Magicka, making it an excellent PvP set in metas dominated by Max Stat builds. However, in the current meta, Max Stat builds are becoming less popular, with Max Crit and high-burst builds becoming the mainstream. Furthermore, the related skills have been nerfed, causing its status to decline. However, it remains a top-tier set in suitable builds, though its utility has been reduced in the current meta.

Frozen Watcher (200,000 Gold)

Source: Depths of Malatar Dungeon Set

Set Benefits:

• (2 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Stamina
• (3 items) Adds 1206 Maximum Health
• (4 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Stamina
• (5 items) Summon a blizzard around you while you are Bracing, inflicting Frost Damage (damage scaled with your maximum health)

This armor set is quite cool, but the damage isn't great. The health stacking mechanic doesn't mesh well with other mechanics, and Chilled Status Effect removal isn't very practical. Overall, it's a bit flashy and lacks practicality.

Mighty Glacier (200,000 Gold)

Source: Frostvault Dungeon Set

Set Benefits:

• (2 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Stamina
• (3 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Magicka
• (4 items) Adds 129 Stamina Recovery, Adds 129 Magicka Recovery
• (5 items) When you use an immobilize or root skill, grants you and your allies a Major Resolve buff, increasing resistances.

The core drawback of this set is that Major Resolve buff is a named buff that doesn't stack, making it easy for players to gain it from their own abilities or team support, thus overriding the set's benefits and wasting them.

Senchal Defender (125,000 Gold)

Source: Southern Elsweyr

Set Benefits:

• (2 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Stamina
• (3 items) Adds 1206 Maximum Health
• (4 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Magicka
• (5 items) Builds stacks through non-heavy attacks, then restores a significant amount of mana and stamina with a Fully Charged Heavy Attack.

Senchal Defender is suitable for resource-intensive PvE tanks or PvP players who need to restore both mana and stamina. It's not a mainstream (non-meta) item in the current meta, as players have more alternative resource recovery methods, such as potions and other set items.

Balorgh (100,000 Gold)

Source: March of Sacrifices Monster Set

Set Benefits:

• (1 item) Increases weapon and spell damage by 129.
• (2 items) After using the ultimate ability, gain significant weapon and spell damage and physical/spell penetration for 12 seconds.

This monster set is widely considered the BIS for PvP. Because Ultimate abilities are frequently used in PvP, its effects are fully utilized, resulting in high burst damage and easy builds for both beginners and veterans.

Black Gem Monstrosity (100,000 Gold)

Source: Monster Set from Black Gem Foundry event

Set Benefits:

• (1 item) Adds 1487 Offensive Penetration
• (2 items) After using Soul Magic ability in combat, your next light or heavy attack launches a fragment, dealing magic damage based on the target's maximum health.

Black Gem Monstrosity is a gank set, suitable for playstyles that seek instantaneous bursts. It can be reliably triggered by scribing skills and easily combined with other guaranteed proc effects to create a powerful burst. However, some players feel that its damage type (magic damage) is not as good as oblivion damage. Overall, even if it is not as good as Balorgh, it is still a worthwhile set.

The above is the general content of this week's merchants. If there are furniture or sets that you don't have yet, you can supplement them. You can also invest in some popular furniture to earn some gold, but remember to hurry.

Since the release of Seasons of the Worm Cult Part 1 earlier this year, the veteran MMORPG Elder Scrolls Online has been revitalized, consistently offering new events every month.

A few days ago, on October 13th, the game launched Battle for the Writhing Wall event as a teaser for the upcoming Seasons of the Worm Cult Part 2 and Update 48. You'll team up with other players on your server to overthrow the wall and fight against Worm Cult.

So how can you participate in this event and help thwart the evil forces' plot? What rewards will you receive? We'll explain.

How To Activate This Event?

Starting October 13, 2025, all ESO players will be able to earn rewards by participating in this event. The event will be divided into three phases. Only after completing all campaigns can you enter Eastern Solstice to claim ESO gold, collectibles, and more rewards.

To begin Battle for the Writhing Wall event, travel to Stirk Fellowship Camp or Sunport Rampart Camp and interact with Skordo the Knife to register for the event. Here's how to get there:

• Take a boat from the docks at Vulkhel Guard, Daggerfall, or Davon's Watch to Stirk Fellowship Camp.
• Go southeast of Sunport and find Sunport Rampart Camp near Rampart Camp Wayshrine on Solstice.

You can then claim Support the Fellowship introductory quest from the in-game store for further gameplay instructions.

Completing The Conflict Phase

This phase can be considered a precursor to Battle for the Writhing Wall. During this phase, you'll need to complete daily quests and defeat enemies from Coldharbour to advance the event on your server. This progress will be updated daily on the website.

Note that some daily quests remain available after the main phase begins; completing them consistently will help you earn event rewards. All NPCs associated with the event quests and their key information are as follows:

• General Zasimba: Located in Solstice zone, offers quests to protect Fellowship's Siege Camps.
• Orinde Glenuvon: Located on the islands of Stirk or Solstice, you can give her Vitrified Souls obtained from killing Daedra.
• Nurwalne: Located in Stirk and Solstice, requires you to gather war supplies from various regions.

Also, if you need supplies while completing event-related quests, you can travel to Stirk or Solstice to find Armorer Reistaff, who will provide assistance.

Phase 1

During this phase, you and other players will primarily focus on gathering resources for the larger war effort. During this phase, you may engage in small-scale skirmishes near the siege camps through daily quests.

Note that during Phase 1, Worm Cult will occupy several caves and dungeons as their territory, making these locations more dangerous - and, of course, the rewards for killing enemies there are substantial. You can find them by their unique markers on the map.

Phase 2

Once you enter this phase, you'll need to continue gathering resources to maintain the fortifications of your camp while also preparing for enemy attacks.

Correspondingly, your camp will be invaded more frequently, the enemies will be more difficult to defeat, and the world boss, Daedra Ghishzor, will appear in Solstice.

Phase 3

The start of this phase signals the exposure of Writhing Wall, ushering in the final battle. Phase 3 will last for a week after Writhing Fortress dungeon on your server has been completed until the entire event concludes.

You will then unlock Eastern Solstice, where you'll begin Seasons of the Worm Cult Part 2 storyline and embark on a new adventure.

Note: The start time of Phase 3 depends on the success rate and mobilization level of Elder Scrolls Online players on your server during the first two phases, so the progress of the event will vary between servers.

Finally, please note that while all players can participate in this event, you must own 2025 Content Pass to access the quests in Solstice and complete Phase 3.

Battle For The Writhing Wall Event Rewards

This event not only offers a rich ultimate reward, but also offers Writhing Reward Coffers from various sources as you progress through the event. In addition, you can earn up to three Glorious Writhing Reward Coffers daily by consistently completing daily quests.

Other notable bonuses and how to earn them are as follows:

• Antiquity Leads: May drop from specific bosses in enemy territory dungeons during the event.
• Wall Breaker Title: Complete Writhing Fortress in Phase 3.
• Coldharbour Dremnaken Runt pet and Wormwrithe Bear-Lizard mount: Participate in Golden Pursuits campaign associated with the event.

Additionally, at the start of Battle for the Writhing Wall event, if you've already completed Seasons of the Worm Cult Part 1 questline, you can find Prince Azah at Sunport Rampart Camp to receive the quest Crossing the Wall.

This quest is crucial because it helps you connect Parts 1 and 2, allowing you to start your Eastern Solstice adventure more smoothly, so don't miss it.

That's all for this update. The event has only been running for three days, so if you want to claim the ultimate reward, be sure to choose a high-activity ESO server and start working hard now!

As you progress through Battle for the Writhing Wall event, as enemies become increasingly dangerous, you'll need to buy higher-level weapons with gold. To do this, it's essential to stock up on enough gold at the trusted ESO gold store IGGM!

Time flies, and September 2025 will end in a few days. Over the past few months, Elder Scrolls Online has undergone significant changes, attracting many new players and increasing the frequency of events.

Over the past month, ESO has also held several events, offering numerous rewards. We've summarized these events so you can plan how to utilize the rewards in October.

1. The Undaunted Celebration

This event will run until 10:00 AM ET on Tuesday, September 30th, meaning you can still play now.

During the event, you can team up with friends to clear raid dungeons to earn rewards and event tickets. Tickets can be redeemed at the Impresario vendor for the following additional rewards:

• All Stonewisp of Truth and Law pet fragments: Axiomatic Runestones, Glyph of Law, Powdered Wisp Remains
• All Law of Julianos Dwarven Spider mount fragments: Comfortable Spider Chassis, Dwarven Control Rod, Whirring Dwarven Dynamo
• Bound-style pages for the new Scourge Harvester weapons and Opal Masks and Shoulders
• Imresario Group Repair Kits
• Companion Guild Commendations

Each day, you'll earn two tickets upon defeating a dungeon boss for the first time. If you play daily, you can expect to earn up to 26 tickets by the end of the event.

Please note that you can only hold a maximum of 12 tickets at a time. To avoid wasting time, please redeem any tickets you have for rewards before reaching that limit.

Besides playing dungeons, you can also complete the event's introductory quest, Glory of the Undaunted, in three ways during the event:

• Speak with Serileth in any Undaunted Enclave.
• Get it from the in-game Crown Store.
• Get it from Impresario tent.

You can also complete Bolgrul's Daily Undaunted Delve quest daily to receive a regular Undaunted Reward Box.

During the event, you can collect different Opal Monster Mask and Shoulder Outfit variations by defeating dungeon bosses. We recommend prioritizing the following dungeon bosses in Veteran Hard Mode for a higher drop rate.

• Iceheart (Direfrost Keep)
• Lord Warden (Imperial City Prison)
• Nightflame (Elden Hollow II)
• Swarm Mother (Spindleclutch I)
• Velidreth (Cradle of Shadows)
• Sentinel of Rkugamz (Darkshade Caverns I)

2. Seasons Of The Worm Cult Part 2 And Update 48 Released

As one of the most significant ESO updates of 2025, Seasons of the Worm Cult released its second part in mid-September, along with Update 48.

Part 2 opens up Eastern Solstice, where you can explore new caves, bosses, dungeons, and quests, earning rewards while delving deeper into the main storyline. These new content primarily include:

• Four full-length objectives
• Three delves, each with a skyshard and unique boss
• A new public dungeon: Calvindale Gardens
• Three world bosses
• Two new crafting set locations
• More hidden side quests

Note: If you wish to delve into the new main content, you must first complete Western Solstice questline and participate in the breach of Writhing Wall to breach the wall's defenses and destroy Worm Cult.

To do this, you'll need to travel to Solstice Rampart camp outside Sunport and interact with Skordo the Knife, or travel with your teammates to the western portion of Writhing Wall to find the portal and enter.

Update 48 primarily includes general bug fixes and smaller improvements to ensure a smoother overall gaming experience.

3. Vengeance Campaign For Cyrodiil

This week-long PvP-style event, ending at 10:00 AM ET on Monday, September 29th, allows you to experience the updated Vengeance campaign in Cyrodiil and provides insights for a better Alliance War.

You can participate if your character is between levels 10 and 50. This event will template your available builds, allowing you to test the feasibility of new PVP environments and gameplay in a more stable environment. To participate:

• 1. Open Alliance War menu.
• 2. Press L on your keyboard to find and open Campaigns tab.
• 3. Select Cyrodiil, then select Vengeance Campaign.

Essentially, this event serves as a tested, allowing you to experiment with the new skill lines, progression, and cosmetic systems and test their feasibility, laying the foundation for a more refined Alliance War.

More specifically, this PvP campaign event introduces the meat bag catapults, along with optimized skill lines and an armor skill line for Fighters and Mages Guilds.

These new options deliver devastating combat power while minimizing performance disruption, preventing the lag issues common in previous Cyrodiil runs.

For example, the meat bag catapult retains its damage-dealing function but no longer leaves behind a persistent ground effect.

September's events not only introduced new gameplay features through Seasons of the Worm Cult Part 2 and The Undaunted Celebration, but also further optimized the fundamental Elder Scrolls Online experience through Update 48.

ESO remains robust and committed to providing you with a consistently high-quality experience. Let's look forward to more updates in October!

Among all Elder Scrolls Online changes in September, Season of the Worm Cult Part 2's new dungeons and other additions will still be available in October, but you may not have the gear to handle them.

For this reason, we recommend buying ESO gold that can upgrade your gear for increased combat power and clearing new dungeons and quests as soon as possible to claim their loot. There's no time to lose, so act now!

Previously, when we outlined Elder Scrolls Online's July roadmap, we provided a glimpse into Update 47 and the new dungeons that will launch alongside it. Now, they're finally launching on August 18th (on PC & Mac)!

Note that the update will launch on September 3rd for Xbox and PlayStation platforms, and only Update 47 is completely free to play. To play the two new dungeons in the pack, you'll need 2025 Content Pass, 2025 Premium Edition, or an ESO Plus membership.

With that in mind, we'll provide a detailed breakdown of Update 47 and the new dungeons so you can decide whether they're worth playing.

Update 47 Basic Upgrades

This update doesn't add any significant new features to gameplay or major game modes. Instead, it focuses on improving overall game flow and overall experience, focusing on details like quality of life.

Water-Capable Mounts

Previously, when traveling between locations on a mount to increase travel speed and farm ESO gold faster, you'd have to dismount if you encountered water along the way.

While this didn't take too long, it became inconvenient over time. Update 47 introduces a new feature that allows you to ride any mount directly through water - just be careful not to expose it to attacks from aquatic creatures.

While this sounds like a simple skill, the game still required customizing the water-capturing animations and sounds for each mount, making it a relatively complex task for the developers.

Playback NPC Voiceovers

Across the vast continent of Tamriel, there are numerous NPCs of various races. Some can guide you in basic survival skills, while others will introduce you to new or existing lore.

To enhance the immersive experience as you interact with them, Elder Scrolls Online provides voiceovers for most characters. However, sometimes you might miss these captivating narrations due to distraction or other reasons.

Update 47 addresses this issue by adding an option for your character to replay the most recent voiceover of NPC who you're currently speaking with. On-screen narration has also been added to avoid overlapping with NPC voiceovers.

Making Survey Reports Stackable

In the previous update, ESO introduced stacking for Master Writs to streamline your inventory. Similar stacking mechanisms can be applied to more items, such as Survey Reports, to ensure a consistently streamlined inventory.

Survey Reports are effectively rewards for crafting Writs, available to characters of all levels. Adding stacking functionality will allow you to carry more reports easily, making it easier to utilize and trade them on the go.

Modifiable Infinite Archive Visions

As one of ESO's core PvE gameplay features, Infinite Archive spawns waves of random enemies and bosses in ever-changing halls. You must complete challenges at increasing difficulty levels to earn rewards such as gold, class sets, and furniture.

During these challenges, Infinite Archive will randomly grant you different buffs to help you survive longer, one of which is visions. With Update 47, ESO has updated the selectable visions, giving you more control over your progress by acquiring the right visions.

New Dungeon 1: Naj-Caldeesh

As the first part of Feast of Shadows dungeon pack, Naj-Caldeesh is a lost ancient Argonian citadel that has been invaded by a sinister necromantic cult - a continuation of the story from Seasons of the Worm Cult.

Because Worm Cult destroyed Seekxilts' village in the previous story, she was forced to find Naj-Caldeesh and use it as a new home. However, this also attracted the attention of Wuj-Laxul necromancers.

Your role here is to work with your teammates to thwart the necromancers' plot. In addition to bosses and enemies, you must also be wary of dangerous traps that may appear at any time.

Completing this dungeon will give you a chance to obtain four all-new item sets, a monster mask, and special collectibles, as well as a series of achievements. If you frequently utilize your subclass in combat, Xanmeer Spellweaver light armor is worth a look.

New Dungeon 2: Black Gem Foundry

This dungeon is located in Molag Bal's Oblivion realm of Coldharbour. You can pass through a cave in Western Solstice to find the entrance to this dungeon. This cave serves as both a quarry and a forge for black soul gems.

In short, dangerous weapons and items are spawned here, and your mission is to prevent them from being acquired by Worm Cult. To do this, you'll need to defeat a series of enemies in a dungeon filled with Black Gem elements.

Enemy types worth noting in this dungeon include Quarrymaster Saldezaar, Black Gem Monstrosity, and High Soulbinder Vykand. Each poses a different threat, requiring your exceptional spatial awareness.

For example, Black Gem Monstrosity is a towering monster composed of black gems. You must constantly monitor the constant flow of lava while avoiding its highly focused beam attacks.

Fighting High Soulbinder Vykand not only tests your combat awareness, but also requires exceptional focus and memory, as well as consistent communication with your teammates.

The rewards offered at Black Gem Foundry are largely the same as those at Naj-Caldeesh. New gear, such as Lustrous Soulwell light armor set, significantly increases your team's regeneration rate when using your ultimate, making it a must-see.

That's it for Update 47 and the two new dungeons that are launching simultaneously. You'll be able to experience more details in-game once they're officially released. Thank you for reading.

While nearly all MMORPGs emphasize combat to earn resources and survive, if you’re not comfortable playing with others, a casual approach might be more suitable, especially in a long-running game.

Undoubtedly, Elder Scrolls Online, now over a decade old, is such a game. Even new players will probably be drawn to the casual atmosphere and relaxed after completing the initial quests.

So, what qualities of ESO still allow you to enjoy it casually as a solo player in 2025? We’ll analyze them for you.

Game Overview - Atypical MMORPG

While you can reach the top of Elder Scrolls Online by constantly farming ESO gold or rarer gear, the more you play, the more you’ll find that even casual questing can provide a solid ESO experience.

If you prefer full-on combat, you can team up with guild-mates in ESO to complete raids or slay bosses in large dungeons for loot. You can also gather in PvP zone of Cyrodiil to form an army and fight other players.

If you prefer a more casual solo experience, you can wander around Elder Scrolls Online’s towns, chat with NPCs, or create clothing accessories to accessorize and style your character for a more unique and stylish look.

ESO’s comprehensive crafting system allows you to experience forging, enchanting, cooking, and even crafting furniture to build houses through a variety of crafting skills. Furthermore, you can use the fishing feature to sell rare fish or materials you catch for more ESO gold.

In fact, with the removal of the subscription requirement and more Tamriel updates, such as the recent addition of the subclass feature, ESO becomes more like a pure “Elder Scrolls game” than a typical MMO, allowing you to customize your playstyle to your needs.

Easily Immerse In The Game Story

In MMORPGs, most PvE gameplay and quests involve complex storylines and character backgrounds, sometimes even affecting your quest progress. Therefore, you need to be fully familiar with these details before engaging in combat.

Some MMORPGs, such as World of Warcraft series, often use extensive text descriptions to explain quest backgrounds. While this approach helps ensure that no details are missed, it can be tedious.

In contrast, Elder Scrolls Online sometimes provides key quest information in the form of notes, and most quest dialogue is voiced for quick understanding.

Furthermore, some ESO story content is actually based on the background of other Elder Scrolls games, but the integration is very good. Combined with the engaging narrative style, completing an ESO PVE quest is like immersing yourself in a magical story.

A Large Number Of Completable Quests

ESO PvE quests are diverse, including multiple faction quest lines and various side quests. Completing them rewards skill points, making them perfect for a killing time as a solo player.

A single faction questline takes approximately 50 hours, and if you prefer, you can complete the questlines for two other factions with the same character. This way, the faction questlines alone could fill a whole vacation, not to mention the other smaller quests.

In addition, as you complete the quests, you might unlock more points of interest, find places to fish, gather crafting materials, or even complete your own dungeon. This gives you a constant stream of content to enrich your single-player experience.

Multiple DLCs

If you’ve already experienced all the base game content or are looking for new single-player adventures, Elder Scrolls Online offers a wealth of DLCs to satisfy your needs.

These DLCs typically include different dungeons, maps, and exclusive gameplay options, allowing you to choose the one you want. Each DLC also has its own storyline, which flows seamlessly together, helping you gain a deeper understanding of Tamriel.

Major ESO DLCs include:

• Imperial City
• Orsinium
• Thieves Guild
• Dark Brotherhood
• Shadows of the Hist
• Morrowind
• Horns of the Reach
• Clockwork City
• Dragon Bones
• Summerset Chapter
• Wolfhunter
• Murkmire
• Scribes of Fate
• Necrom Chapter
• Scions of Ithelia
• Gold Road
• Fallen Banners
• Seasons of the Worm Cult Part 1

Recruiting NPCs As Helpers

While most of the game can be completed solo, one person’s power is limited, and completing it may require more time and effort. If you’re a solo player and don’t have any friends or don’t want to socialize, you can recruit NPCs as helpers.

Compared to real players, NPCs can complete your requests simply by giving you command, eliminating the need for additional communication. They’re also more cooperative, especially on simpler tasks.

Diversity With Subclass Feature

Newly added in June of this year, the subclass feature allows you to choose from up to two other classes’ skill lines, in addition to your chosen base class, and experiment with a combination of skills.

Based on the total number of ESO classes and their associated skills, this is expected to result in over 3,000 possible combinations. This significantly expands your combat skill-set and allows for even more customized builds and styles.

While this will consume more skill points, as a solo player, you’ll have plenty of time to earn enough skill points by completing quests to unlock the desired class skills, allowing for maximum character customization.

More New Content

Since late 2024, Elder Scrolls Online has laid out several preliminary plans for its next decade. This means that even if you’ve been a ten-year veteran, you can still enjoy new content, much of which is still suitable for casual solo gameplay.

These are the reasons and methods for easily exploring solo play in ESO. We hope this will inspire you to explore your next game plans. Have fun!

In the hot summer, playing games at home may be a more comfortable choice than going out for a trip or exercising! Especially in those MMORPGs, even if you don’t do any quests, just wandering around in the open world can make you have a happy day.

Based on this, some MMORPGs choose to launch many new events from July to August to ensure that you can have a fulfilling summer. According to the July 2025 roadmap, Elder Scrolls Online will be a good choice to kill time.

ESO has arranged so many events that although only one-third of July has passed, some events are approaching or have already ended! But it doesn’t matter, we will introduce those that you can continue to play in time!

July 2025 Daily Login Rewards

This should be regarded as the basic welfare activity of the game. As long as you log in to the game every day in July, you will have the opportunity to get ESO gold, crafting materials, research scrolls and Luminous ink for Scribing as rewards.

And the longer you log in, the better the rewards you get. At least in July 2025, you can even get an adorably spooky pet this way!

Free Scribing Feature

This feature was introduced in Gold Road chapter in 2024. It allows you to customize yourself with more powerful combat capabilities by combining scripts and grimoires, but it requires consuming gold.

However, starting from July 10, 2025, as long as you claim The Second Era of Scribing quest in the crown store, you can unlock and experience Scribing and all related content for free.

July’s Golden Pursuits Scribing For All!

On this basis, Elder Scrolls Online further launched Golden Pursuits event in July. From July 10 to August 7, if you have not experienced Scribing feature before, Scribing For All! event will help you get familiar with it; if you already know how to utilize it, you can directly win rewards.

It is expected that you can win gold, Luminous Ink, and Scribing Altar, a pair of Flame Atronach Crown Crates, and even have the opportunity to master new skill styles through your efforts!

Weekend Mini-Event Crazy King

This event is open for a short time, from July 10th to 15th. To get rewards, you need to join the featured queue and win dominance for your faction through fierce battles to obtain available alliance points. Please note that no tickets are available for this event.

Whitestrake’s Mayhem

This event is a classic limited-time PVP gameplay in Elder Scrolls Online. This return time is from July 24th to August 6th. During the event, you can earn tickets by completing the imperial city district daily quest or Cyrodiil or battlegrounds daily quest.

In addition, Whitestrake’s Mayhem also allows you to gain more alliance points and Tel Var Stone gains, combining event tickets to win more rewards.

More About Update 47 And New Dungeons

Although Update 47 and new dungeons are scheduled to be released on August 18, the game development team revealed the preliminary plans and content to you through Update 47 live broadcast on July 1. The main changes in Update 47 that are known include:

• The much-anticipated Mount Swimming functionality will be available, allowing you to ride mounts in water as usual.
• Stackable survey reports, similar to Update 46’s stackable crafting writs will be brought.

As for the new PVE dungeon pack Feast of Shadows, it will provide you with two four-player dungeons to explore. Although the plots and rewards of the two dungeons are different, they are generally related to the theme of Seasons of the Worm Cult.

Dungeon 1 Black Gem Foundry requires you and your teammates to enter Coldharbor manufactory and eliminate the ability to create terrible soul-stealing armaments here after a series of adventures.

In Dungeon 2 Naj-Caldeesh, a group of Argonian necromancers are trying to corrupt and control the ancient xanmeer’s keystone, and you must work with your teammates to stop them.

It should be noted that, like the dungeons in the previous Fallen Banners DLC, the new dungeon pack Feast of Shadows also requires you to have a 2025 Content Pass, 2025 Premium Edition or ESO Plus membership to experience it.

New Crown Store Items

The crown store in ESO will also bring more available items as the game content is updated. Among the new items that will be available in July 2025 are:

ESO Plus Exclusives:

• Statuette: Redguard Warrior

Crafting and Outfit Styles:

• Alliance Accord Arms Pack
• Militant Monk

Houses:

• Shattered Mirror Isle

Furnishings:

• Furnishing Pack: Heart of the Loom
• Statue, Mistress of Nightmares

Mounts:

• Three Banners Veteran Wolf

Pets:

• War Veteran’s Hunting Dog
• Destruction Dale Fawn

Ended July Events

First is June Golden Pursuits Golden Pursuits that lasted until July 8. Since the new Golden Pursuits have already started, no need to regret missing it.

Another July event that has ended, Zeal of Zenithar, actually started at the end of June. It mainly provides a lot of quests to win you the opportunity to get reward chests.

In general, it is completely in time to play most of the July events of ESO from now on, and you can directly experience update 47 and new dungeons by sticking to August! Act quickly!