The Elder Scrolls Online News

The Elder Scrolls Online is taking "big swings" to avoid being "predictable," but its first crack is off to a rocky start

This week, The Elder Scrolls Online did something it's never tried before - launch a weeks-long, community-wide event that pits each individual server against one another in a race to take down the Writhing Wall. Behind the wall? The realm of Eastern Solstice and all the shiny contents of Update 48. It's ambitious, and part of a "shift in mentality" for Zenimax Online Studios, according to ESO's associate design director Mike Finnigan. While the Writhing Wall's initial reception has been a touch frosty, with some seasoned players voicing disappointment, Finnigan says that the event isn't a glimpse into how all content will be structured and delivered in the future - it's merely the first of many "big swings" ZOS wants to take to keep ESO players on their toes.

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Save on the 2025 Content Pass during the Battle for the Writhing Wall Sale!

Seize a 35% discount on the 2025 Content Pass and Premium Edition and a 75% discount on the base game this October!

Starting now, you can pick up either the 2025 Content Pass or 2025 Premium Edition at up to 35% off during the Battle for the Writhing Wall event. If you’ve yet to begin your adventure in Tamriel, you can also grab a copy of The Elder Scrolls Online Standard Edition at up to 75% off. Don’t miss your opportunity to seize these incredible offers!

[h2]Choose Your ESO[/h2]
The 2025 Content Pass features all the stories and challenges releasing this year (base game required). This includes four challenging dungeons, the island of Solstice and the Seasons of the Worm Cult storyline, and full access to the Battle for the Writhing Wall event—now live!

Take part in the battle for Solstice

The 2025 Premium Edition includes everything in both the base-game Standard Edition and the Content Pass, as well as eight additional Chapters (Morrowind, Summerset, Elsweyr, Greymoor, Blackwood, High Isle, Necrom, and Gold Road). This is your opportunity to experience 10 years’ worth of unforgettable adventures!

The Elder Scrolls Online: Standard Edition offers the full ESO base game, including four of the game’s classes (Sorcerer, Nightblade, Templar, and Dragonknight), 24 unique zones to explore, and access to ESO’s PvP game modes, such as the Battlegrounds and the Alliance War.

[h2]Platform Sale Information[/h2]
Check out the dates listed below to know when the Battle for the Writhing Wall sale will be live on your platform, including specific editions:

Elder Scrolls Online Store

Standard Edition—October 13-October 24
2025 Content Pass—October 13-October 24
2025 Premium Edition—October 13-October 24

Steam Store

Standard Edition—October 13-October 24
2025 Content Pass—October 13-October 24
2025 Premium Edition—October 13-October 24

Visit the Buy Now page to take full advantage of these massive discounts and prepare to kick off your next big adventure!

Are you ready to aid the war effort and fight alongside your fellow players to topple the Writhing Wall? Or are you taking your first steps into the ever-growing world of Tamriel? Let us know via Bluesky, X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, and Facebook.

Golden Pursuits—Wall Breakers Unite!

Fight the war against the Worm Cult and earn additional rewards during the Battle of the Writhing Wall Golden Pursuits campaign!

The Battle for the Writhing Wall event is now live as Tamriel’s heroes work together to break through to Eastern Solstice. In support of this special one-time event, we’ve also enabled the Battle of the Writhing Wall Golden Pursuits campaign, now live until November 26.

As you complete activities during the event, you can unlock additional in-game rewards commensurate with your efforts! These include:

Complete five activities: 15,000 gold
Complete 15 activities: Coldharbour Dremnaken Runt pet
Complete 20 activities: Wormwrithe Bear-Lizard mount

Unlock the Wormwrithe Bear-Lizard mount

You can complete an incredible 43 different activities, ranging from defending siege camps, defeating world bosses or Daedra, charging the Meridian Lens, and more.

Importantly, while most of the conflict is taking place on Solstice, like the event itself, you can complete many Golden Pursuits activities with base game access, too. To get the most out of this campaign, however, we recommend owning the 2025 Content Pass or 2025 Premium Edition.

To see the full list of available activities, visit the Golden Pursuits section of your in-game Activity Finder and check out this guide to learn more about the system in general.

Help your fellow adventurers to bring down the wall and you’ll earn extra rewards in addition to those from the event itself! The war begins now, but don’t forget, this Golden Pursuits campaign is live until November 26. Are you excited to do your part for the people of Solstice? Let us know via Bluesky, X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, and Facebook.

Elder Scrolls Online's "massive" new event pits whole servers against each other

Today, The Elder Scrolls Online is trying something it's never done before, locking an entire update behind a live event that will pit all of the game's servers against each other. The Writhing Wall is a three-phase event that's expected to take at least a month to complete, with the goal of uniting each server in some "healthy competition." That's according to Mike Finnigan, ESO's associate design director, who tells me that Zenimax Online Studios has "never done anything this massive before" and that the Writhing Wall represents a "shift in mentality."

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Ex-Zenimax devs say their Sackbird was drawn by a human, but bits of their website are AI-generated

Earlier this week, a group of former ZeniMax developers revealed that they'd formed a new worker-owned studio in the aftermath of Microsoft's mass layoffs. It's called Sackbird Studios, and the logo's a bird with a sack. Following accusations that this bird looked like it could be AI-generated, the studio have responded that it isn't, but some of the images on their website were.