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Get bonus rewards as you explore and quest in Western Skyrim and the Reach during the Dark Heart of Skyrim Celebration Event!
[h2]Delve into Darkness[/h2]
The Dark Heart of Skyrim Celebration in-game event begins next Thursday, November 17 at 10AM EST, and runs until Wednesday, November 29 at 10AM EST. During this in-game event, you can collect event-specific rewards and Event Tickets.

To kick off the event and begin your hunt, complete the free intro quest, “Bloody Reunion,” found within the in-game Crown Store. You can also begin this quest at the Impresario’s tent or by receiving it from Mel Adrys, a Dark Elf found near Karthwatch.

Explore Western Skyrim and the Reach
[h2]Secure Doomed Treasures[/h2]
During the Dark Heart of Skyrim Celebration, you can pick up a Glorious Box of the Grey Host Pillage once per day after completing a daily quest in Western Skyrim or The Reach, or after completing the weekly quest for the Kyne’s Aegis trial.

Glorious Boxes of the Grey Host Pillage can contain the following items:

• Green, Blue, or Purple Quality Skyrim Treasures
• Blue or Purple Quality Skyrim Overland Set Items
• A chance for one of the following:
  • Skyrim Crafting Style Item (from among Blackreach Vanguard, Greymoor, Nighthollow, Arkthzand Armory, or Wayward Guardian)
  • Skyrim Crafting Motif Style Page (from among Blackreach Vanguard, Greymoor, Nighthollow, Arkthzand Armory, or Wayward Guardian)
• A chance for one of the following:
  • Chaurus Egg, Vile Coagulant, or Crimson Nirnroot
  • Western Skyrim or the Reach Treasure Map
  • Skyrim Furnishing Recipes
  • NEW: Saarthal Scholar Armor Style Page or a Sovngarde Stalwart Armor Style Page (returning from Lost Treasures of Skyrim)

Unlock event-specific rewards

You can also obtain Regular Boxes of the Grey Host Pillage containing similar rewards of lesser rarity through the completion of additional daily quests within the aforementioned zones or via the following activities:

• Defeating Delve and World bosses
• Conquering Harrowstorms
• Slaying bosses from the Harrowstorm and Stonethorn DLC dungeons, Kyne’s Aegis trial, and Vateshran Hollows arena.
• Defeating monsters
• Opening Treasure Chests
• Opening Safeboxes
• Opening Clickables
• Looting Psijic Portals
• Cracking open Thieves Troves
• Harvesting Crafting Resource nodes

Boxes of the Grey Host Pillage may contain some of the following items:

• Green or Blue Quality Skyrim Treasures
• Green or Blue Quality Skyrim Overland Set Items
• A chance for one of the following:
  • Skyrim Crafting Style Item (from among Blackreach Vanguard, Greymoor, Nighthollow, Arkthzand Armory, or Wayward Guardian)
  • Western Skyrim or the Reach Treasure Map or Survey Report
  • Skyrim Crafting Motif Style Page (from among Blackreach Vanguard, Greymoor, Nighthollow, Arkthzand Armory, or Wayward Guardian)
• A chance for one of the following:
  • Chaurus Egg, Vile Coagulant, or Crimson Nirnroot
  • Skyrim Furnishing Recipes
  • NEW: Saarthal Scholar Armor Style Page or a Sovngarde Stalwart Armor Style Page (returning from Lost Treasures of Skyrim)

Earn bonus rewards when slaying Skyrim’s monsters

In addition to all these reward box treasures, you’ll benefit from bonus loot dropped during the following activities:

• Western Skyrim and the Reach daily quest rewards
• Kyne's Aegis weekly quest
• Harrowstorm world events
• Harrowstorm and Stonethorn DLC dungeons: Icereach, Unhallowed Grave, Castle Thorn, and Stone Garden
• World and delve bosses in Western Skyrim and the Reach
• Kyne's Aegis trial 
• Vateshran Hollows arena
• Crafting resource nodes

[h2]Impresario & Event Tickets[/h2]
Throughout the Dark Heart of Skyrim Celebration, you can earn one Event Ticket for completing a daily quest in Western Skyrim or the Kyne’s Aegis weekly quest, and one additional Event Ticket for completing a daily quest in the Reach. You can therefore collect two Event Tickets each day of the event for a grand total of 26 tickets! But be sure to keep in mind that you can hold up to 12 Event Tickets at any one time. If you happen to earn more while you’ve already reached the ticket cap, they’ll be lost!

During the celebration, the Impresario will stock the following items:

• All three Soulfire Dragon Illusion pet fragments
  • Hallowed Hourglass Basin
  • Illuminated Dragon Scroll
  • Kvatchian Incense
• The first two Sacred Hourglass of Alkosh fragments
  • Engraved Glassblowing Tools
  • Hallowed White-Gold Ingot
• Bound Saarthal Scholar Outfit Style Pages
• Impresario Group Repair Kits
• Companion Guild Commendations

This event unlocks the next fragment you’ll need to craft this year’s final event Morphing Collectible, the Sacred Hourglass of Alkosh. This unique furnishing allows you to adjust the time of day in your homestead, so you’ll want to get your hands on these fragments!

Additionally, the Impresario’s colleague, Nenulaure the Indrik Vendor, has the following items available for purchase with Event Tickets:

• Nascent Indrik Feathers
• Pure Snow Indrik Berries
• Crimson Indrik Berries
• Frost-Light Indrik Pet
• Rosethorn Indrik Pet

It’s up to you to confront the evil that lurks deep within the homeland of the Nords. Are you prepared to delve back into Skyrim’s dark heart? Let us know via Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.

The Dark Heart of Skyrim Celebration begins Thursday, November 17 at 10AM EST, and runs until Wednesday, November 29 at 10AM EST.

Protect the Legacy of the Bretons and bring your year-long adventure to its conclusion in The Elder Scrolls Online: Firesong and Update 36.

The Elder Scrolls Online: Firesong and Update 36 base game patch is now live on PC/Mac and arrives on Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5 consoles November 15.

Explore an all-new zone, discover the ancient lore of the druids of the Systres, and confront the Ascendant Lord in this final part of the year-long Legacy of the Bretons adventure.

[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube] [h2]The Elder Scrolls Online: Firesong[/h2]
The untamed island of Galen, home to the druidic circles of the Systres Archipelago, is mired in chaos. The Breton city of Vastyr suffers unrelenting raids from Dreadsail pirates, while the Firesong Circle has started a war between the druids of the Systres.

In this new story DLC, you will venture into the heart of a primeval new zone, assist the noble Society of the Steadfast and House Mornard, and uncover the forces and motives behind the chaos that has engulfed the island before it encompasses all the Systres.

Face the Ascendant Lord

This new DLC also includes bonus quests that you can unlock only by completing the Firesong AND High Isle Chapter main questlines. In these additional adventures, you’ll bring a final close to the year-long Legacy of the Bretons saga and confront the Ascendant Lord once and for all.

Explore Wild Galen

Primeval and wild, Galen has been home to the druids of the Systres for an age. In this new zone, you will have an opportunity to explore a world apart from those you’ve already experienced in the High Isle Chapter and get lost within the mysterious island’s dense jungles and perilous lava rivers.

Explore an all-new zone

In the new zone, you’ll have an opportunity to dive deep into the druids of the Systres and their connection to the Bretons of High Isle and Tamriel. From the city of Vastyr, a bastion of “civilization” in an otherwise untamed land, you’ll set out into the deep wilds and discover a host of new challenges, including new delves, roaming world bosses, volcanic vents, and stand-alone quests and storylines. Learn more about the new zone in this preview.

Uncover Unique Rewards

As you venture into Galen, you’ll have an opportunity to earn unique rewards equal to the zone’s dangers, including new item sets, titles, Achievements, and collectibles. This includes the Firesong Obsidian Mask (a free adornment earned simply by entering the new zone), the Phoenix Moth pet (one of many quest rewards), a host of special styles earned via the Antiquities system and Tales of Tribute, and much more.

Receive unique rewards

In addition to the above, Firesong also introduces a brand-new Tales of Tribute patron: the Druid King. Unlocked by completing various zone activities, the Druid King patron and deck rewards those who carefully set up combos, and it can set up big swings in both the mid and late game. Learn more about the new patron and deck in our preview. Don’t forget, you’ll need both Firesong and the High Isle Chapter to unlock and play this new Tales of Tribute deck.
[h2]Getting Started in Firesong[/h2]
The Firesong DLC is free for all ESO Plus™ members and available for purchase for 2,000 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 or purchase the DLC with crowns, but you won’t lose any items or progress you earned while you had access.

If you acquired access to Firesong via the Heroes of High Isle Reward Bundle, the DLC will be waiting for you in your collections and you can jump right in.

Firesong Collector’s Bundle

Releasing in tandem with the base DLC, the Firesong Collector’s Bundle is also available in the in-game Crown Store for 4,000 crowns and includes Cinderstone Kagouti mount, the Companion's Wolf Pup pet, and Crown Experience Scrolls. You can find the Firesong Collector’s Bundle in the Featured section of the Crown Store.

Once you have access to the Firesong DLC, you can begin your exploration of this volatile part of Oblivion by the following methods:

• By teleporting directly to the Vastyr Outskirts Wayshrine from your map
• By using the DLC tab of your Collections UI and accepting the “A Sea of Troubles” quest from the Zone DLC section

When you arrive in Galen, you can discover the new zone, begin the DLC’s storyline, or simply explore—it’s up to you! The first time you enter the zone, you’ll receive the Firesong Obsidian Mask collectible completely free as a bonus collectible reward.
[h2]Update 36-Base Game Patch[/h2]
Releasing in tandem with the Firesong DLC, the Update 36 base-game patch is a free update for all ESO players that introduces Simplified Chinese localization to the game’s text along with a host of balance changes, bug fixes, and new features. These new additions include the ability to place unique target markers on enemies (allowing you to better coordinate with your allies), a text-to-speech accessibility option, the option to hide class pets within cities and towns (no longer will your crafting station be blocked by an unwelcome bear butt!), and a series of improvements to the Housing system.

In particular, the Housing improvements feature the ability to create chat links within your homes, provides greater visibility as to whose house you’re currently visiting and how many people are currently present, grants the ability to see a full list of furnishings within a home, allows you to cycle through items with the Tab key, and implements improved placement alignments for hundreds of different wall-hanging furnishings. We can’t wait to see how the Housing community makes use of these new features and improvements! 

For everything related to Firesong and Update 36, check out the Patch Notes on our official forums.


[h2]Conclude Your Legacy[/h2]
Explore an untamed world, dive deep into the lives and culture of the druids, and fight to defend Galen from threats within and without. In the The Elder Scrolls Online: Firesong, you’ll finally be able to confront the Ascendant Lord and bring your Legacy of the Bretons year-long adventure to its epic conclusion. Are you ready to venture deep into the perilous wilds of Galen? Let us know via Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook!

The Elder Scrolls Online: Firesong and Update 36 base game patch is now live on PC/Mac and arrives on Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5 consoles on November 15.

Stadia players can now continue their adventures in Tamriel with a PC/Mac ESO account and no loss to their characters and progression.

We are happy to announce that all Stadia players can now log into their ESO account page and download and play The Elder Scrolls Online on PC/Mac, with no additional purchase required.

To continue playing ESO, simply log in to your account on our official website with your ESO credentials and download the game client. Easy! If you are unable to log in, you can recover your UserID or reset your Password from the account sign in page. If you are unable to recover your account, contact our Customer Service team at help.elderscrollsonline.com.

Because Stadia players have always played on the PC/Mac megaservers, when you log in, you will be able to pick up your adventures with your same characters and suffer no loss in progression. This includes your Achievements, inventory items, friends lists, mail, guild memberships, leaderboard positions, and more—it’ll be as if you never left Tamriel, because you didn’t!

We look forward to seeing the Stadia community continue their adventures in The Elder Scrolls Online—have fun!

Don’t miss out on the Firesong DLC and other in-game goodies by claiming your reward bundle in the Crown Store now!

Unlocked thanks to the efforts of you and your fellow players during the Heroes of High Isle event, you can still claim the reward bundle from the in-game Crown Store from now until October 21 at 10AM EDT.

You can find the bundle in the Featured section of the Crown Store. Even better, if you also have a current active ESO Plus™ membership (not the trial membership), you can claim the Appleback Salamander pet, too!

Note that to pick up the Heroes of High Isle Reward Bundle, you don’t need to have participated in the in-game event, but you do need to own High Isle. Luckily, you can visit the Buy Now page right now and still acquire ESO’s latest Chapter in time to also pick up the free rewards.

As a reminder, the Heroes of High Isle Reward Bundle will include all unlocked rewards from the event:

• Oak’s Promise Body and Face Markings
• Plant Yourself emote
• Ascendant Hoard Box
  • Containing a wealth of valuable items including Companion gear, crafting tables, and the Ascendant Lord statue
• The Elder Scrolls Online: Firesong DLC
  • To be unlocked when Firesong launches in November
• Appleback Salamander pet
  • ESO Plus members only
  • Claimed as a separate item in the Featured section of the Crown Store

Heroes of High Isle Reward Bundle items

That’s right, as announced during the Autumn Event livestream, this reward bundle includes free access to the upcoming Firesong DLC, allowing you to conclude your year-long Legacy of the Bretons adventure.

Once again, the Heroes of High Isle Reward Bundle is available for High Isle Chapter owners within the in-game Crown Store from now until October 21 at 10AM EDT—that’s only four days from now, so don’t miss out and claim yours now!

Slay Tamriel’s foulest beasts, celebrate the spooky season, and claim special in-game rewards during the Witches Festival event! Boo!
[h2]Tamriel’s Spooky Season Returns[/h2]
The Witches Festival in-game event begins next Thursday, October 20 at 10AM EDT, and runs until Wednesday, November 2 at 10AM EDT. During this spoopy spectacle, you can acquire unique event-specific rewards including Plunder Skulls, boosts to XP gains, Event Tickets, and more!

Follow these simple steps to take part in the frightening festivities:

1. Navigate to the Crown Store and acquire the free quest, “The Witchmother's Bargain.”
   1. You can also pick up this quest by speaking with the Crow Caller, located outside of each version of Olyve's Brewery in Stonefalls, Glenumbra, or Auridon.
2. Complete the introductory quest to receive the Witchmother's Whistle tool.
   1. You don’t need to acquire the Witchmother’s Whistle if you completed the quest in previous years’ events.
3. Use the whistle to receive a two-hour +100% XP buff and to summon the “Witchmother's Cauldron,” which you can use to polymorph yourself into a suitably scary skeleton.
   1. Note that you do not have to use the Witchmother's Cauldron to gain the XP buff, just the whistle. You cannot summon the Cauldron in Cyrodiil.

Become a monster during the Witches Festival
[h2]Gain Ghoulish Goodies[/h2]
During the Witches Festival, when you defeat a boss monster, you pick up a Plunder Skull container in addition to your regular rewards, which contains some of the following items:

• A chance for one or more of following items:
  • Witch-Tamed Bear Dog pet fragment
  • Alchemy reagents
  • A festival-themed furnishing recipe
  • A festival-themed provisioning recipe
  • A complete festival-themed furnishing
  • A festival-themed treasure

• A chance for one of these items:
  • A Hollowjack style item
  • A Dremora style items
• A heap of gross creepy items:
  • Worms, Crawlers, Guts, Insect Parts

Even better, each time you overcome a different type of boss for the first time that day, you’ll receive a special Dremora Plunder Skull that contains the above items in addition to these:

• Dremora motif chapter
• A chance for one of the following items:
  • A Witches Festival Writ
  • A Glenmoril treasure map or Glenmoril armor outfit style page
  • A Grave Dancer weapon style page
  • NEW Ghastly Visitation memento runebox
  • NEW tradeable style page for the Witchmother's Servant armor style

The different types of bosses include arena bosses, invasion bosses (from Dark Anchors, Harrowstorms, Volcanic vents, etc.), delve bosses, final dungeon bosses, public dungeon bosses, and world bosses. That’s a lot of unique monsters to slay, but keep reading to see how you can collect even more repulsive rewards.

Collect creepy new event-specific rewards

During the Witches Festival, you can also acquire the daily quest titled “Plucking the Crow” by speaking with the Witchmother Taerma, located inside of Olyve’s Brewery and at every Impresario tent found throughout Tamriel. The Crowborne Horror Dremora Plunder Skull is offered as a reward for completing this quest and provides a small chance to grant you a massive trove of tradeable Witches Festival goodies instead of regular Plunder Skull items, including:

• 10 Witch-Tamed Bear Dog fragments
• The FULL style book for the Dremora motif
• A folio of ALL Glenmoril treasure maps
• A Ghastly Visitation memento runebox
• A random Witchmother's Servant style page

[h2]Impresario & Event Tickets[/h2]
Throughout the Witches Festival event, you can earn two Event Tickets from the first boss you defeat each day, allowing you to earn up to 28 tickets total. Just remember: You can hold up to 12 Event Tickets at any one time, so if you earn more while already at the ticket cap, you’ll lose them!

For this event, the Impresario will stock the following items:

• All three Soulfire Dragon Illusion pet fragments
  • Hallowed Hourglass Basin
  • Illuminated Dragon Scroll
  • Kvatchian Incense
• The first fragment for the Sacred Hourglass of Alkosh furnishing
  • Engraved Glassblowing Tools
• Ghastly Visitation Memento
• Witchmother's Servant armor style pages
• Bonedust Pigment
• Event-specific furnishings
  • Ruby Candlefly Gathering furnishing
  • Webs, Cone furnishing
  • Specimen Jar, Spare Brain furnishing
  • Hollowjack Lantern, Ouroboros furnishing
  • Vampiric Lamp, Azure Tall furnishing
  • Vampiric Lightpost, Azure Single furnishing
• Group Repair Kit
• Companion Guild Commendations
• Witches Grab Bag
  • This is purchasable only if you haven’t yet collected all the items contained within

Of note: This is your first opportunity to begin collecting the fragments for 2022’s final event morphing collectible, the Sacred Hourglass of Alkosh, a furnishing that allows you to change the time of day in your home!


Additionally, the Impresario’s colleague, Nenulaure the Indrik Vendor, has the following items available for purchase with Event Tickets:

• Nascent Indrik Feathers
• Pure Snow Indrik Berries
• Crimson Indrik Berries
• Frost-Light Indrik Pet
• Rosethorn Indrik Pet

Celebrate the spooky season and become the monster hunter Tamriel needs during the 2022 Witches Festival in-game event. Are you excited to make use of the XP bonus while collecting Plunder Skulls and Event Tickets? Let us know via Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.

The Witches Festival in-game event begins Thursday, October 20 at 10AM EDT, and runs until Wednesday, November 2 at 10AM EDT.