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Golden Pursuits—Descend Dungeons this September!


Unlock 50 Undaunted Keys and more when you brave Tamriel’s dungeons during a new Golden Pursuits campaign.
[h2]Dungeon Descent[/h2]
September’s new Golden Pursuits campaign, Dungeon Descent, is now live and runs until September 30. During this campaign, you can earn bonus rewards by completing various dungeons, slaying mighty bosses, and other activities. These rewards include:
  • Complete five activities—25,000 Gold
  • Complete 10 activities—500 Seals of Endeavor
  • Complete 15 activities—×50 Undaunted Keys

Complete activities to earn extra rewards

A total of 21 activities are available during this campaign period, ranging from clearing dungeons, defeating delve or public dungeon bosses, or completing Undaunted Pledges. To see the full list of activities, visit the Golden Pursuits section of the in-game Activity Finder.

In addition, the Undaunted Celebration in-game event will kick off on Thursday, September 18, and run until September 30, providing adventurers with even more exciting rewards for their dungeon delving. Check out this article to learn more.

[h2]Brave the Dark! [/h2]
Earn bonus gold, Seals of Endeavor, and Undaunted Keys when conquering perilous dungeons this September. Are you and your fellow adventurers prepared to explore the darkest corners of Tamriel and loot the spoils within? Let us know via Bluesky, X (formerly Twitter)Instagram, and Facebook

The Elder Scrolls Online studio head says Microsoft's brutal cuts were 'super emotional… it was awful'




In July this year, Phil Spencer said Microsoft's gaming business has "never looked stronger" as he simultaneously announced an absolutely brutal round of layoffs. Several studios were closed outright, games were cancelled, and almost everything in Microsoft's portfolio was touched in some way, with the aftershocks still coming...
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Brave Tamriel’s Dungeons and Reap the Spoils During the Undaunted Celebration


Enjoy bonus rewards for clearing Tamriel’s most-dangerous dungeons during the Undaunted Celebration in-game event!

[h2]Conquer Tamriel’s Depths[/h2]
To arms, adventurers! The Undaunted Celebration returns Thursday, September 18 at 10AM EDT, and runs until Tuesday, September 30 at 10AM EDT. Throughout this period, you and fellow warriors can receive special rewards and Event Tickets by conquering any of ESO’s group dungeons.

Following the event’s kickoff, you can begin delving into dungeons across Tamriel with your map, the Activity Finder, or simply via the dungeon's entrance. You can also pick up the Undaunted Celebration’s introductory quest “Glory of the Undaunted” by speaking with Serileth (found at any Undaunted Enclave), heading over to an Impresario tent, or claiming it for free from the in-game Crown Store.

Be warned: a dungeon hosts many dangers

[h2]Valor is Rewarded[/h2]
Tamriel’s dungeons are filled with all manner of beasts and evildoers, but if you can overcome them, tantalizing rewards await. Every day of the event, the first time you complete a dungeon, you’ll receive a Glorious Undaunted Reward Box as an additional loot drop. These special boxes contain various goodies including gold, consumables, style pages, Undaunted Keys, Opal weapon styles, and more!

Additionally, each subsequent final dungeon boss you defeat will drop a regular Undaunted Reward Box, which can include the following items:
  • A chance to drop an item set piece from the dungeon in which the box was acquired.
  • A chance to drop one of the following items:
    • A random motif style page from the following:
      • Mazzatun
      • Silken Ring
      • Bloodforge
      • Scalecaller
      • Fang Lair
      • Huntsman
      • Silver Dawn
      • Moongrave Fane
      • Stags of Z’en
      • Icereach
      • Pyre Watch
      • Thorn Legion
      • Hazardous Alchemy
      • True Sworn
      • Waking Flame
      • Crimson Oath
      • Silver Rose
      • Ascendant Order
      • Dreadsail
      • Y’ffre’s Will
      • Drowned Mariner
      • Scribes of Mora
      • Blessed Inheritor
      • The Recollection
      • Blind Path Cultist
    • 1,000 Gold
    • An Undaunted Key
    • A Crown Repair Kit
    • A Riding Lesson
  • A chance to drop an Opal monster weapon style for:
    • Iceheart
    • Lord Warden
    • Nightflame
    • Swarm Mother
    • Velidreth
    • Sentinel of Rkugamz
  • A chance to drop a NEW Scourge Harvester weapon style

The Glorious Undaunted Reward Box can contain any of the items found in the regular variant, but it will also always drop one of the following Opal monster weapon styles:
  • Iceheart
  • Lord Warden
  • Nightflame
  • Swarm Mother
  • Velidreth
  • Sentinel of Rkugamz

Unlock new weapon styles

Itching to pick up more goodies? Complete Bolgrul’s Daily Undaunted Delve quest to earn a regular Undaunted Reward Box in addition to any others you’ve collected that day. You can locate Bolgrul at any Undaunted Enclave.  

Opal Monster Mask Style Pages

Working toward collecting every Opal Monster Mask style available during the Undaunted Celebration? Keep in mind that slaying and looting a dungeon’s final boss on veteran hard mode increases your chance of obtaining its associated Opal Monster Mask style page. This includes the following bosses and dungeons:
  • 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)

Find previous Opal rewards

Opal Monster Shoulder Outfit Style Pages

Already own the base version of a specific monster shoulder style? You can snag the Opal version of that same style by bringing 50 Undaunted Keys to any Undaunted vendor. Feeling lucky? These merchants also sell special mystery boxes that contain random Opal shoulder style pages for 25 Keys. Fortunately, throughout the event, all Undaunted Pledges grant double the Key rewards, so you can take advantage of these limited-time offers!

[h2]Event Tickets & The Impresario[/h2]
During the Undaunted Celebration, you can earn two Event Tickets the first time you defeat a final dungeon boss each day. If you participate every day of the event, you’ll amass a whopping 26 by the conclusion! However, remember that you can hold up to 12 Event Tickets at once. Be sure to spend them regularly, otherwise you’ll lose them.

During the Undaunted Celebration, you can spend your Event Tickets at the Impresario vendor to acquire the following items:
  • All three Stonewisp of Truth and Law pet fragments
    • Axiomatic Runestones
    • Glyph of Law
    • Powdered Wisp Remains
  • All three 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
  • Impresario Group Repair Kits
  • Companion Guild Commendations

Acquire fragments for this mechanical mount!

In addition, the Impresario’s Assistant’s shop will offer:
  • All three Unstable Morpholith pet fragments
    • Deadlands Flint
    • Rune-Etched Striker
    • Smoldering Bloodgrass Tinder
  • All three Deadlands Firewalker personality fragments
    • Vial of Simmering Daedric Brew
    • Vial of Bubbling Daedric Brew 
    • Vial of Scalding Daedric Brew
  • All three Soulfire Dragon Illusion Imp pet fragments
    • Hallowed Hourglass Basin
    • Illuminated Dragon Scroll
    • Kvatchian Incense
  • All three Aurielic Quasigriff mount fragments
    • Aurelite Gryphon Feather
    • Gilded Gryphon Barding
    • Sacred Seeds of Akatosh
  • All three Meadowbreeze Memories skin fragments
    • Bottled Skin Dyes
    • Ground Jade Lily Powder
    • Pressed Silver Leaves

Lastly, the Indrik vendor Nenulaure will have the following goodies in stock:
  • Nascent Indrik Feathers
  • Onyx Indrik Berries
  • Mossheart Indrik Berries
  • Ebon-Glow Indrik Pet
  • Sapling Indrik Pet


[h2]Fortune Favors the Fearless! [/h2]
Bring down the evils that stalk Tamriel’s darkest corners and be showered with fantastic rewards for your heroic efforts during this year’s Undaunted Celebration! Are you ready to gather your courageous comrades and overcome ESO’s deadliest PvE challenges? Let us know via BlueskyX (formerly Twitter)Instagram, or Facebook.

The Undaunted Celebration begins on Thursday, September 18 from 10AM EDT, and runs until Tuesday, September 30 at 10AM EDT.

ESO boss says the goal is still to make a "30-year MMO," even after Xbox layoffs

On Wednesday July 2, 2025, Xbox laid off over 9,000 employees across its studios. This included the likes of Activision Blizzard, Bethesda, and, of course, Zenimax Online Studios, creator of The Elder Scrolls Online. Later that evening, Bloomberg's Jason Schreier received confirmation that the studio's upcoming MMO, codenamed Project Blackbird, had also been canceled, with leaks later claiming that it was primed to be a sci-fi shooter with a Blade Runner-inspired aesthetic. While the ESO team has continued to push forward with lots of new additions, including everything from swimming mounts to scribing, I ask Zenimax's studio game director Rich Lambert, who only moved into the role in mid-August, about the ripple effects of those layoffs.


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Get Your First Look at Update 48 & More in a New Preview Livestream


Get a glimpse at everything the remainder of 2025 has coming to ESO in a special new livestream on Twitch.tv.

Tune in to Twitch.tv/Bethesda this Thursday, September 11 at 2PM EDT, as Community Managers Jessica Folsom and Gina Bruno host a special preview livestream. During the show, our hosts will be joined by Associate Design Director Jason Barnes, Associate Design Director Mike Finnigan, and Combat & PvP Director Brian Wheeler to share more about the next three months of The Elder Scrolls Online.


What: Q4 & Update 48 Preview Livestream

When: Thursday, September 11 at 2PM EDT

Where: Twitch.tv/Bethesda


Together, the team will talk about the Update 48 base-game patch and upcoming events, preview the Eastern Solstice zone and Seasons of the Worm Cult Part 2, and reveal details on the next Vengeance PvP test.  

If you’re excited to take the fight to the Worm Cult with your fellow players or want to know how the conflict in Cyrodiil is going to change next, this is the show for you! Twitch Drops will be enabled during the livestream, so don’t forget to link your accounts—we’ll see you there!