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Ascending Tide DLC & Update 33 Now Live on PC/Mac

Your Legacy of the Bretons year-long adventure sets sail with the Ascending Tide dungeon DLC pack and Update 33 base-game patch.

The Elder Scrolls Online: Ascending Tide DLC game pack is now live on PC/Mac and Stadia* (Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5 DLC launch will follow on March 29). It introduces two new dungeons to challenge your group and begins an adventure that takes you to the distant shores of High Isle and the chivalric Bretons who call it home**.

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This release also includes the free Update 33 base-game patch, which provides all ESO players with a series of additions and improvements to the game.

You can access the DLC via ESO Plus™ membership or purchase it with crowns from the in-game Crown Store. Additionally, check out the patch notes for both Ascending Tide and Update 33 on our official forums.

[h2]Ascending Tide DLC Game Pack[/h2]
Experience two new daring adventures with your PvE crew in the Coral Aerie and Shipwright’s Regret. Both four-player dungeons feature unique stand-alone stories while also kicking off your Legacy of the Bretons year-long epic adventure.

[h3]Coral Aerie[/h3]
Invade a secret hideout of the mysterious Ascendant Order and rescue the dashing rogue Jakarn beneath the island home of the High Elves in Coral Aerie. Team up with Captain Kaleen and explore the site’s stunning coral formations and Elven ruins as you battle your way through both the cave’s new residents and monstrous local inhabitants.

Expose the secretive Ascendant Order

You can learn more about Coral Aerie in our preview.

Shipwright’s Regret
Believed to be one of the shipyards for the legendary All Flags Navy, the dilapidated docks and rotted work halls of Shipwright’s Regret is now home to the uneasy dead, wrathful spirits, and Dreadsail pirates. Of course, that won’t stop the ever-enterprising Khajiit Captain Za’ji from entering the cursed site in search of upgrades for his beloved ship, the Perfect Pounce!

Survive the haunted remnants of Shipwright’s Regret

Help the swashbuckling captain as he searches for a special kind of treasure amongst ancient history and the dead. Learn more about Shipwright’s Regret in this preview.

Both dungeons can be completed in Normal, Veteran, and Hard Mode difficulties, plus feature unique challenges and rewards not found anywhere else in Tamriel. The characters and forces you encounter and the stories you uncover in Ascending Tide set the scene for the upcoming High Isle* Chapter and Legacy of the Bretons year-long saga—get ready to set sail for a new adventure!

Getting Started

You can access The Elder Scrolls Online: Ascending Tide DLC game pack via ESO Plus membership or purchase it for 1,500 crowns from the in-game Crown Store (listed under DLC). Note that if your ESO Plus membership lapses, you will lose access to the DLC until you renew your membership or purchase it with crowns, but you won’t lose any items, Achievements, or other rewards you earned while you had access.

The Ascending Tide Collector’s Bundle is also available for 4,000 crowns and includes access to the DLC game pack, the Dreadsail Howler mount, the Iliac Bay Crab pet, and five Crown Experience Scrolls. You can purchase the Collector’s Bundle from the Featured section of the in-game Crown Store.

Ascending Tide Collector’s Bundle

With access to the Ascending Tide DLC, you can begin your Legacy of the Bretons adventure by the following methods:

By teleporting directly into the two dungeons from your map
By using the Dungeon Finder tool
By walking up to the dungeon entrances within Summerset (Coral Aerie) and Rivenspire (Shipwright’s Regret)

Finally, simply by entering either of these two new dungeons, you receive the Abyssal Embrace face markings!

Unlock new rewards in Ascending Tide

Update 33 Base-Game Patch

Also launching in tandem with Ascending Tide is the Update 33 base-game patch, a free update that introduces new bug fixes, balance changes, performance improvements, and features.

[h2]Account-Wide Achievements[/h2]

To ensure ESO’s performance remains stable as new content continues to be added to the game, most in-game achievements become account-wide with Update 33. As a result, when you earn a new achievement with one of your characters, that same achievement could count as being earned by all others. This change also alters how the Undaunted skill line advances, and your rank now increases as you complete quests within dungeons and finish Undaunted dailies. Read more about this big change to how achievement works in our preview article and forum Q&A.

[h2]New PvP Rewards
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Update 33 also introduces powerful new item sets that you can earn when receiving your Rewards for the Worthy PvP loot. These three new sets (Rallying Cry, Hew and Sunder, and Enervating Aura) create new ways to play for your characters when battling in the Battlegrounds, Cyrodiil, and Imperial City. In addition to this, all PvP players can also receive style pages for the Dragonguard Berserker armor by trading in Tel Var Stones to the Tel Var merchants in the Imperial City Sewers (Alliance Rank 20 required).

The Dragonguard Berserker style

These are just some of the changes and additions coming with the free Update 33 base-game patch, so be sure to check out the full patch notes on our official forums for everything.

Your Legacy Begins

Two swashbuckling adventures await in The Elder Scrolls Online: Ascending Tide! Explore Coral Aerie and Shipwright’s Regret, challenge your crew with a host of dangerous monsters and bosses, and uncover powerful and unique new rewards found only in this DLC. Are you excited to set sail on your Legacy of the Bretons journey? Tell us via Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.

The Elder Scrolls Online: Ascending Tide is now live on PC/Mac and Stadia*, and arrives on Xbox and PlayStation consoles March 29. You can get access to this new dungeon DLC via ESO Plus™ membership or via purchase with crowns from the in-game Crown Store.

*Available only in limited territories.

**The Elder Scrolls Online: High Isle arrives on PC/Mac and Stadia* June 6 and Xbox and PlayStation consoles June 21.

Battle in ESO’s PvP Modes & Earn Bonus Rewards during the Whitestrake’s Mayhem!

Clash with your fellow players across Cyrodiil, the Imperial City, and Battlegrounds as you collect bonus XP, collectibles, and more!

[h2]Mayhem Returns[/h2]
The Whitestrake’s Mayhem in-game event begins this Thursday, February 17 at 10AM EST, and runs until Tuesday, March 1 at 10AM EST. During the event period, you and your allies can enjoy huge bonuses to both your Alliance Point and XP gains and get your hands on unique rewards while participating in ESO’s various PvP activities.

Here’s how you join the fight:

Visit the in-game Crown Store to acquire the “Details on the Whitestrake’s Mayhem" quest.
Travel to your Alliance War faction's main gate in Cyrodiil using the Alliance War menu or a Battlegrounds camp outside major cities.
You are not required to travel to Cyrodiil to kick off the event.
Find the NPC named “Predicant Maera" and continue the quest.
If you already completed the quest last year, you won't need to do it again.
Complete the quest to receive your Scroll of Pelinal's Ferocity and a Pelinal's Boon Box.
Use the scroll to enjoy a two-hour, 100% buff in the Alliance War, Imperial City, and Battlegrounds to:
Alliance Points gained.
XP gains for PvP player kills.

Begin your campaign in Cyrodiil

You can use the Scroll of Pelinal’s Ferocity throughout the entirety of the event, but if you happen to misplace it, you can always speak with Predicant Maera to obtain another or use the Basin of the Gore Virtuous instead. Remember: the Scroll of Pelinal's Ferocity is an inventory item rather than a Memento/Tool.

Conquer Your Foes; Reap the Rewards
When participating in Whitestrake’s Mayhem, you have the opportunity to earn event-specific exclusive loot.

NEW Black Drake Clanwrap Style Pages

Adorn yourself in the wargear of the Reach with this new outfit style dropped by Imperial City sweepers and bosses.

NEW Black Drake Body and Face Markings

Stain your skin with warpaint depicting the might of the Black Drake, dropped by bosses within the Imperial City.

The Black Drake Clanwrap armor style

Legion Zero Vigiles Outfit Style Pages

Bring order to the capital with this intimidating outfit found on the corpses of bosses and sweepers inside the Imperial City.

Mayhem Victor’s Laurel Wreath

Claim the Mayhem Victor’s Laurel Wreath collectible by completing the Whitestrake’s Mayhem Achievements below:

Mayhem Connoisseur: Receive the blessing of the Whitestrake at one of the Alliance Gates during the Midyear Mayhem.
Echo of Pelinal's Fury: Read a Scroll of Pelinal's Ferocity during the Whitestrake’s Mayhem.
Hand of the Whitestrake: Acquire your 25th Boon Box.
Wrath of the Whitestrake: Defeat 50 opponents during the Whitestrake Mayhem.
Pelinavant the Scourge: Win a Battleground match during the Whitestrake Mayhem.
Pelinaline the Bloody: Capture a Keep in Cyrodiil during the Whitestrake Mayhem.
Pelinerrif Insurgent: Capture an Imperial District during the Whitestrake Mayhem.

Note that access to the Imperial City DLC game pack is required to earn the above Achievements, so pick it up FREE from the in-game Crown Store!

Pelinal’s Boon Boxes

As you and your allies clash against your fellow players in Cyrodiil, the Battlegrounds, and the Imperial City, you’ll also find yourself regularly earning event-exclusive Pelinal’s Boon Boxes. You can get these in addition to your regular Rewards for the Worthy containers and as PvP daily quest rewards from the following:

Battleground quests from Battlemaster Rivyn
Scouting, Battle, Warfront, and Conquest Missions
Elder Scroll capture and recapture quests
Town quests in Vlastarus, Bruma, Cropsford, Cheydinhal, and Chorrol
Imperial City daily quests
Inside Boon Boxes, you have a chance to receive the following items:

Parcel of Tel Var Stones
Cyrodiil Repair Kit
Soul Gems
Alchemy Ingredients
An item for your Alliance's armor style
An item for Akaviri armor style
A Coldharbour siege weapon
A Whitestrake's Mayhem book furnishing
A Forward Camp for your Alliance
A Chapter of your Alliance's armor motif (or possibly even the full book!)
A Prismatic Runestone
A Chapter for the Akaviri armor motif (or possibly even the full book!)
A Transmute Geode
Container with two tradeable runeboxes for Black Drake body and face markings.

Clash for glory and loot

Bonus Resources & The Golden

Throughout the event, harvesting nodes within Cyrodiil and the Imperial City provide double their regular resources. Additionally, the Cyrodiil merchant Adhazabi, “The Golden,” Aba-daro will update her stock to contain legendary-quality Alliance War jewelry, with necklaces for sale during the first weekend and rings during the second.

Event Tickets & Rewards
During the Whitestrake’s Mayhem event, you can earn up to three Event Tickets per day by completing two different PvP activities:

Two Tickets come from the first Cyrodiil or Battleground repeatable quest you do each day. These can include Bounty Board quests, a Town Daily, the Conquest Board quests, or the daily Battleground quest.
One Ticket if you complete a District daily from the Imperial City.

That means you can earn up to 39 Event Tickets if you complete each activity every day of the event! Keep in mind that the Event Ticket timer resets at 2:00AM EST each morning, so if you earn new Event Tickets over the regular 12-limit cap, you’ll lose them.

Once you’ve gathered a healthy collection of tickets, be sure to visit the Impresario event merchant to barter for some tantalizing collectibles. Here’s everything the Impresario will have in stock during the Whitestrake’s Mayhem event. Spend wisely!

Soulfire Dragon Illusion Pet Fragments
Hallowed Hourglass Basin
Illuminated Dragon Scroll
Kvatchian Incense
Scales of Akatosh Skin Fragments
Aureate Anointing Oils
Lustrous Ritual Sand
Black Drake Clanwrap Outfit Style Pages
Black Drake Body Marking
Black Drake Face Marking
Bag of Veteran's Glory
Containing a collectible that you don’t currently own from previous years’ Mayhem events
Group Repair Kits

This event is your opportunity to pick up the second fragment of the Scales of Akatosh skin morphing collectible—don’t miss it!

The Scales of Akatosh skin

Mayhem Reigns
Take up your sword, bow, staff, or whatever means of destruction you prefer and clash with your fellow players across the Alliance War, Imperial City, and Battlegrounds for loot and glory. Are you ready to dive back into ESO’s PvP game modes? Tell us via Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.

The Whitestrake’s Mayhem in-game event begins this Thursday, February 17 at 10AM EST/3PM GMT, and runs until Tuesday, March 1 at 10AM EST/3PM GMT.

Elder Scrolls Online Legacy of the Bretons trailers set up the MMO's future

There’s been some big news as of late in the world of Elder Scrolls Online. Legacy of the Bretons, the next expansion due to release for the popular MMORPG, received a lushous new announcement trailer setting up the events that’ll take place in the upcoming content.

This trailer (embedded below) brings back some familiar faces from previous cinematics as they investigate the actions of rogues breaking into a palace of some sort. Breaking inside, they arrive too late to save the inhabitants inside, as a mysterious armoured figure has already claimed the deceased's position as their own.

Okay, but what does this all mean? Well, taking a look at the official ESO website this nefarious character is described as the Ascendant Lord - the leader of a mysterious group of knights - who wants to disrupt peace talks in the ongoing Three Banners War. The assassination in the trailer appears to be one component of this dastardly plan.

The Elder Scrolls Online's next year-long chapter has been unveiled. Zenimax Online Studios has lifted the lid on High Isle during the MMORPG's big 2022 reveal livestream, and the coming year will take us to a place that's never yet been explored in the Elder Scrolls series. This year's adventure is called Legacy of the Bretons, which means a leap into the High Rock descendants' lore and culture - as well as a return to the series' storytelling "roots".

Following the pattern of recent years, 2022's year-long adventure will be chunked into four major updates, starting with the Ascending Tide DLC on March 14, which adds two new dungeons and sets the scene for the year ahead. On June 6 (June 21 for consoles), the major High Isle chapter will arrive, with a dungeon and then a story DLC coming as parts three and four after that. Unlike the game's more recent chapters, however, High Isle will hinge less on demonic invasions and more on "political intrigue and subterfuge", as Bethesda comms chief Pete Hines and Zenimax creative director Rich Lambert explain in the stream.

"This is going to feel like a classic Elder Scrolls game," Lambert says. "The Bretons are this traditional, medieval, feudal society with knights, noble houses, and of course all the politics that surround that." So, think Athurian knights, dastardly knaves, and everything in between. The adventure takes place in the midst of the Three Banners War, which is fracturing the region of High Isle - and players will need to act to bring about peace, and an end to the conflict.

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The Elder Scrolls Online is getting a card game minigame

It's a big day for The Elder Scrolls Online. Zenimax Online Studios has just unveiled the MMORPG's next chapter, High Isle, along with its new year-long adventure, Legacy of the Bretons, in its 2022 reveal livestream. Among all the details on what's to come in the months ahead - which is a lot - there's some exciting news for those fans who enjoy kicking back in-game and rattling through some decks. That's because there's a collectible card game coming to the MMO this year.

The Elder Scrolls Online's CCG is called Tales of Tribute, and it's played entirely within the game - think The Witcher 3's Gwent rather than the standalone app. "You're generally going to be able to play it anywhere," creative director Rich Lambert explains in the livestream (below). "You''ll find it in taverns throughout Tamriel, you can also just go up to somebody and challenge them directly, or you can find a match in the group UI."

Additionally, there's a storyline you can advance by taking on certain NPCs found throughout Tamriel. Tales of Tribute also has its own ranking system, so you can battle it out against other players if you like. So, there'll be both single-player and multiplayer offerings.