The Elder Scrolls Online News

Squash the Worm Cult’s machinations and game bugs alike by helping test the new update and content on the PC/Mac Public Test Server!

The Public Test Server (PTS) has now been updated to include both the upcoming Seasons of the Worm Cult Part 1 content and the Update 46 base-game patch, giving you access to a new storyline, Western Solstice, subclassing, and much more.

To access the PTS, go to the Settings menu within the PC/Mac ESO launcher by toggling the “Show Public Test Environment” option. You can then download and access the game client. Don’t forget to leave feedback and report any bugs you come across by typing “/feedback” or “/bug” in chat.

If you want to learn about the features coming in Update 46 or anything else to do with the patch, be sure to check out the preview blog and PTS Patch Notes on the ESO forums.

Which of Update 46’s new additions and improvements are you most excited to experience? Let us know on Bluesky, X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, and Facebook. 

Enjoy discounts on select Crown Packs and ESO for a limited time this April.

The 2025 April Sale is here!  It’s a great time for new players to get into the game or, for our veterans, to restock their crowns for cheap! During this discount window, The Elder Scrolls Online: Standard Edition is on sale at up to 75% off while select Crown Packs are available at up to 40% off. Spring into action and check out these savings!

The Elder Scrolls Online: Standard Edition offers the full ESO base game, which includes 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 Battlegrounds and the Alliance War.

Explore Tamriel at up to 75% off
[h2]Standard Edition Sale Platform Info[/h2]
Check out the dates listed below to know when the 2025 April Sale will be live on your platform of choice, including specific editions:

PlayStation

Standard Edition—March 26-April 23

Elder Scrolls Online Store

Standard Edition—April 10-April 22

Steam Store

Standard Edition—April 10-April 22

Head over to the Buy Now page to get ahold of these discounts and set yourself up for savings on your next adventure!
[h2]Crown Packs on Sale[/h2]
In addition to the sale on the base game, from April 14-21 you can save on select Crown Packs, too. If you have a nice Crown Store item in mind, or you want to stock up for the future, now’s the time! Check out the individual Crown Pack discounts below:

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

You can make use of this sale right now by visiting the Buy Crowns page. Make sure you check out the in-game Crown Store to see the great offerings available for your new supply!

Will you be starting your ESO adventures now or grabbing some Crown Store goods? Let us know via Bluesky, X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, and Facebook. 

Learn about The Elder Scrolls Online’s two brand-new editions and early purchase rewards.

[h2]2025 Content Pass & Premium Edition[/h2]
The Elder Scrolls Online: 2025 Content Pass (and 2025 Premium Edition) delivers Tamriel’s adventurers a year of new quests to complete, storylines to experience, lands to explore, and challenges to overcome. Including new dungeon, zone, story, and event content, these two new editions feature everything you need to experience all that ESO has to offer in 2025, including:

• Fallen Banners dungeon pack
  • Now available
• Seasons of the Worm Cult Part 1
  • Arriving June 2 for PC/Mac and June 18 for Xbox and PlayStation consoles
• The Writhing Wall in-game event
  • Arriving Q3/4 2025
• Feast of Shadows dungeon pack
  • Arriving Q3 2025
• Seasons of the Worm Cult Part 2
  • Arriving Q4 2025

Enjoy a year of adventure

In addition to the new adventures, the 2025 Content Pass and 2025 Premium Edition both also include a unique mount, pet, and memento that are unlocked when Seasons of the Worm Cult Part 1 launches in June (more on them below).

You can learn more about the adventures to come in this preview blog.

[h2]Early Purchase Rewards[/h2]
Purchase The Elder Scrolls Online: 2025 Content Pass (or Premium Edition) now and you will get instant access to a host of in-game rewards, including:

Limited-Time Offer

Mages Guild Recall customized action.

This limited-time reward is available only until May 7, 2025, and is immediately unlocked upon purchase.

Traverse Tamriel like an archmagus

Early Purchase Reward Items

• 10-Year Lion Guard Steed mount
• 10-Year Anniversary Mudcrab pet
• Shell-Tide Beach emote pack

These limited-time reward items are available only until June 2, 2025, for PC/Mac and June 18, 2025, for Xbox and PlayStation consoles and are immediately unlocked upon purchase.

Early purchase reward items

Don’t forget, both the limited-time offer and early purchase rewards are available for a short period of time only and instantly unlock on your account—grab them now!

[h2]New ESO Editions[/h2]
Two unique brand-new editions of ESO are available for purchase: the 2025 Content Pass and the 2025 Premium Edition.

The Elder Scrolls Online: 2025 Premium Edition

Ideal for both brand-new players and those returning who want to catch up, the 2025 Premium Edition includes access to the game, ESO’s previously released Chapters and Classes, and all of 2025’s content, including:

• Game access (Standard Edition)
• ALL previous ESO Chapters (Morrowind through to Gold Road)
• ALL previous Classes (base-game Classes and the Warden, Necromancer, and Arcanist)
• Seasons of the Worm Cult Parts 1 and 2 (zone and story)
• Access to the Writhing Wall event
• Fallen Banners and Feast of Shadows dungeon packs

Note that upon purchase, you will get immediate access to the game (Standard Edition) AND all previous ESO Chapters—there’s no better way to begin your adventure in Tamriel right now!

This edition also includes a set of unique collectibles:

• Skulltooth Coastal Durzog mount
• Golden Eagle pet
• Remnant of Meridia's Light memento

Bonus reward collectibles

These rewards will be delivered at the launch of Seasons of the Worm Cult Part 1 (June 2 for PC/Mac or June 18 for Xbox and PlayStation consoles).

The Elder Scrolls Online: 2025 Content Pass

Designed for our current players who want to play the game’s latest adventures, the 2025 Content Pass includes access to all of ESO’s 2025 content, including:

• Seasons of the Worm Cult Parts 1 and 2 (zone and story)
• Access to the Writhing Wall event
• Fallen Banners and Feast of Shadows dungeon packs

This edition also includes a set of unique collectibles (pictured above):

• Skulltooth Coastal Durzog mount
• Golden Eagle pet
• Remnant of Meridia's Light memento

These rewards will be delivered at the launch of Seasons of the Worm Cult Part 1 (June 2 for PC/Mac or June 18 for Xbox and PlayStation consoles).

Note that this version does NOT include game access or previous Chapters.

To learn more about the 2025 Content Pass and 2025 Premium Edition, check out this FAQ on the official forums.

[h2]Your Pass to Set Sail[/h2]
Experience a year of new quests, stories, and challenges with 2025 Content Pass and 2025 Premium Edition, now available for early purchase. Don’t forget, the Fallen Banners dungeon pack is already live, and, even better, you can get immediate access to the base game AND all previous Chapters with the 2025 Premium Edition.

Are you ready to explore the isle of Solstice and confront the necromancers of the Worm Cult? Let us know via X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, Bluesky, and Facebook.

The Elder Scrolls Online: 2025 Content Pass and 2025 Premium Edition are now available for purchase and unlock a year’s worth of adventure throughout 2025. The Seasons of the Worm Cult Part 1 (ESO’s first zone and story release of the year) arrives June 2 on PC/Mac and June 18 for Xbox and PlayStation consoles—your Elder Scrolls saga has only just begun!

Get a closer look at 2025’s new zone and storyline, plus discover the Worm Cult’s return to their vile schemes in this preview!

ESO’s next big adventure is here as part of the new 2025 Content Pass, and it returns to the root of it all for a storyline 10 years in the making! The villainous Worm Cult from the game’s original main story questline is back, and it’s eager to resume their plans of domination.

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You can experience your first taste of the Worm Cult’s revenge in-game right now with the free prologue quest. Prepare for the challenges ahead and face off against the cult’s new weapons, the Soul Reapers, in a story that leads directly into Seasons of the Worm Cult Part 1.
[h2]Seasons of the Worm Cult Part 1[/h2]
Seasons of the Worm Cult Part 1 launches on June 2 for PC/Mac and June 18 for Xbox and PlayStation consoles and is included as part of the 2025 Content Pass. In this new storyline and zone, you must uncover and investigate the Worm Cult’s new base of operations on the tropical island of Solstice.

The city of Sunport in Solstice

In Part 1, as you explore Western Solstice, you will quickly discover that the Worm Cult is far from defenseless. They’ve erected a massive arcane barrier using soul magic—the Writhing Wall—that divides the island, and for now, Eastern Solstice (and its secrets) is sealed off by this arcane edifice.

The Worm Cult has gathered great strength

Despite being a zone divided, you will find that Western Solstice is full of challenges and rewards, including new World Bosses, Delves, a Public Dungeon, and a brand-new Trial, the Ossein Cage. There are 16 Antiquities (including three new Mythic items), four new Trial item sets (including Perfected versions), and a host of other rewards, including even more item sets, and a ton of Collectibles, from crafting motifs to pets. You’ll also receive a 10% experience boost from adventuring in Solstice all year!

Seasons of the Worm Cult Parts 1 and 2 Rewards

[h2]Writhing Wall Event[/h2]
As exciting as all that is, Seasons of the Worm Cult Part 1 is only the beginning, with more unlocking over 2025 as part of the same purchase. In Q3/Q4 (exact timing TBD), you can band together with other players across Tamriel to bring down the Writhing Wall in a world-changing one-time event.

Bring down the Writhing Wall

Using the advantages gained in your Seasons of the Worm Cult Part 1 adventures, the forces opposing the Worm Cult have a plan to pierce the barrier and prepare for a true assault on the Worm Cult’s base in Eastern Solstice.

They’ll need help to do it though—help from all across Tamriel. Join with other players for activities in Solstice and beyond to complete the event and unbar the way forward. You can even help the war effort with just base game access, as people all across Tamriel can gather resources to help fuel the assault.

[h2]Seasons of the Worm Cult Part 2[/h2]
Seasons of the Worm Cult Part 2 arrives in Q4 and gives you the opportunity to finally uncover just what these villains have been hiding behind the arcane barrier. Be warned, Eastern Solstice is far less welcoming than the previous territory, thanks to the Worm Cult’s malign influence.

What lurks in Eastern Solstice?

Solstice’s second half introduces yet more challenges and rewards, with additional World Bosses, Delves, another Public Dungeon, and new rewards both exclusive to the new content and shared across the unified Solstice zone. You can expect three new overland item sets (giving Solstice six in total once Part 2 unlocks), three more Mythic items, and many more items and collectibles to earn.

[h2]Dungeon Packs[/h2]
The year’s new content isn’t limited to Solstice, as the 2025 Content Pass also includes access to a host of four-player dungeons in 2025. Two of them—Exiled Redoubt and Lep Seclusa—are already available as part of the Fallen Banners dungeon pack.

Tamriel is beset with strife on all sides

In Q3, you’ll also face new threats in the Feast of Shadows dungeon pack, which contains the dungeons Black Gem Foundry and Naj Caldeesh. Assault a Daedric forge supplying the Worm Cult from Coldharbour and fight to stop their corruption of an ancient Xanmeer as you battle through these new four-player challenges, each with their own unique rewards!

[h2]Seasons of Adventure & Danger [/h2]
With four major releases, including both Western and Eastern Solstice, four dungeons, and a special one-time event, there's a full year of adventures, challenges, and changes coming your way with the 2025 Content Pass. How do you plan to make your stand against the Worm Cult’s return? Are you excited to begin your journey into Solstice? Let us know via Bluesky, X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, and Facebook. 

Seasons of the Worm Cult Part 1 is included within the 2025 Content Pass and 2025 Premium Edition and arrives on June 2, 2025, for PC/Mac and June 18, 2025, for Xbox and PlayStation consoles.

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