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Update on Twitch Drops for The Elder Scrolls Online

We’ve updated the way you can earn Twitch Drops when watching your favorite ESO streams. Find everything you need to know to keep earning Drops here!

With Twitch’s changes to the way Drops are now earned and delivered, there are some things you need to do to ensure that you continue (or begin!) to earn Drops when watching a Drops-enabled ESO stream.

For starters, you still need to link your ESO and Twitch accounts. This process hasn’t changed:

Log into your ESO account
Click “Linked Accounts” on the left of the page

Note that if you don’t know your account info, you can reset your email and activate your account via the additional steps found here.

Click “Link Twitch Account” A Twitch window will appear

If you are logged into your Twitch account already, you'll be asked to authorize Elder Scrolls Online - Live to use your Twitch account
If you are not logged into your Twitch account, you'll be prompted to log in

Click “Authorize” to link your ESO account to your Twitch account
Once you’re sure your accounts are linked, there’s a few things you need to be aware of to ensure you get your goodies:

When a stream is Drops-enabled, you’ll get a notification popup letting you know they are live, in addition to a tag on the streamer’s page
Per Twitch’s guidelines, you must watch a Drops-enabled stream for at least 15 cumulative minutes
- You can track your progress on earning a Twitch Drop via https://www.twitch.tv/drops/inventory
You are guaranteed a Drop once you meet the 15 minute requirement
Once you earn a Drop, a chat notification will appear that you must select to claim the Drop
- Alternatively, you can claim the Drop via https://www.twitch.tv/drops/inventory
- Note that if watching on console, you will need to swap to PC or Mobile to visit this page and claim your rewards
- Important: In some cases you may have a limited time to claim your Drops, so be sure to grab them as soon as you see the notification
Once claimed, the Drops will be added to your account and you can find them in game as usual

Drops for The Elder Scrolls Online can include Ouroboros Crown Crates, which contain a random selection of in-game consumables such as Crown Poisons, Mimic Stones, Riding Lessons, or Experience Scrolls. They also have an extremely rare chance to contain an exclusive Senche of Scarlet Regret mount or Senche Cub of Scarlet Regret pet.

The Senche of Scarlet Regret mount and Senche Cub of Scarlet Regret pet

During special events or streams, there might be additional drops rewards, too!

That’s it! Make sure you’re linked, watch a stream, then claim your Drops—easy. Be sure to keep your eye on the Twitch Drops Schedule at the bottom of our Streamers page for upcoming scheduled Twitch Drops and pay attention to the latest news on elderscrollsonline.com.

’Tis the Season! Get Free Crown Crates When You Gift Event Tickets

Gift Event Tickets to your friends and guildmates during the New Life Festival and you’ll receive four Akaviri Potentate Crown Crates, absolutely free!

From now until the end of the New Life Festival (January 5 at 10AM EST/3PM GMT), if you gift five Event Tickets from the in-game Crown Store, you will receive four free Akaviri Crown Crates from us!

Here’s how you can give and receive this New Life Festival:

From the Crown Store, gift five or more Event Tickets to anybody in game

You can find Event Tickets within the Events section
You can split the gifts between multiple recipients (all five don’t have to go to one account)
All five gifts must be made on the same server to be counted

Once the New Life Festival is over, we’ll send you four Akaviri Potentate Crown Crates

Crown Crate delivery date is TBD, but it will occur by the end of January 2021

Don’t forget that players can store up to 12 Event Tickets at a time, so your recipient may need to spend some before they can claim the Event Tickets that you have gifted them.

Using Event Tickets, you can acquire any of the unique items the Impresario vendor sells during the event, including a pet, style pages, Indrik Berries, and more! For a list of everything currently available, check out our New Life Festival announcement.

When you receive your Akaviri Potentate Crown Crates, you’ll have a chance to acquire the rare and ancient relics of the once-powerful Akaviri dynasty, including mounts, pets, costumes, styles, consumables, and much more—a great way to start the year! When they are granted (keep an eye on our social channels for the latest updates), the four Crates will be added to your Crown Crate menu.

Find unique items in Akaviri Potentate Crown Crates

Spread holiday cheer to your fellow ESO players this New Life Festival and you’ll receive a special gift from us, too! Tell us if you’re planning to make the most of this festive promotion via @Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook!

Watch the ESO Community Team During the Toys for Tots Holiday Stream Special!

Join the ESO Community Team as they complete New Life Festival quests and raise money for the Toys for Tots charity livestream!

Tune in to Twitch.tv/Bethesda this Thursday at 3:15PM EST/8:15PM GMT as ESO Community Managers Jessica Folsom and Gina Bruno take part in a Bethesda Softworks charity drive for Toys for Tots! Together, they’ll throw mudballs and spread some holiday cheer in Tamriel as they take part in the New Life Festival in-game event and even check out the new Imperial-themed daily quest. Finally, there will also be special giveaways, so help us raise money for a great cause!

This stream is part of the Bethesda Toys for Tots Holiday Stream Special. Starting with DOOM Eternal at 1PM EST, be sure to tune in early to support our demon-slaying and wasteland-wandering cousins, too! If you can’t make the stream but still want to help, you can donate via this link.

Twitch Drops will be activated while the ESO Community Team is live, so don’t forget to link your accounts and join us as we celebrate New Life and raise money for a great cause on Twitch.tv/Bethesda this Thursday, December 17 at 3:15PM EST/8:15PM GMT—happy holidays!

Celebrate a Year of Adventure with the New Life Festival Event

Earn bonus XP and rewards during the New Life Festival in-game event and celebrate another year of adventure in Tamriel!

[h2]Complete Quests & Be Merry! [/h2]
The New Life Festival in-game event begins this Thursday, December 17 at 10AM EST, and runs until Tuesday, January 5 at 10AM EST. To take part in this cross-cultural celebration, pick up the New Life Festival quest from the in-game Crown Store and use it to locate the New Life Herald Breda, found south of the city of Windhelm, Eastmarch. You can teleport directly to the New Life festival tent via the portal found at Impresario locations.

Celebrate New Life together

Once you have completed the intro quest, you’ll unlock 10 special New Life-themed daily quests that send you all over Tamriel. These include a brand-new quest titled “Old Life Remembrance,” available from Petronius Galenus in the New Life Festival tent, that allows you to memorialize the year in true Imperial style.

[h2]New Life, New Rewards[/h2]
When you complete one of Breda’s New Life Festival daily quests, you receive a New Life Festival Gift Box. Tear open your gift (don’t worry about saving the wrapping!) to receive some of these New Life-themed items:

Skinchanger Motif chapters
New Life recipes
New Life collectibles (packaged in Runeboxes and tradeable):
- Sword-Swallower's Blade memento
- Juggler's Knives memento
- Fire-Breather's Torches memento
- Mud Ball Pouch memento
- Nordic Bather's Towel costume
- Colovian Filigreed Hood hat
- Colovian Fur Hood hat
- NEW Snowball Buddy pet
A selection of lights, lamps, and lanterns for your home to celebrate the Signal Fire Sprint
Draughts of Stealth and Escape to celebrate the Trial of Five-Clawed Guile

In addition to the above, when you open a New Life Festival Gift Box, you may also receive one of these two different types of Charity Writs.

Deep Winter Charity Writs—Complete to unlock pages from the Skaal Explorer outfit style.
NEW Imperial Charity Writs—Complete to unlock pages from the Rkindaleft Dwarven Weapon Style.

Unlock these new weapon styles

Finally, complete any 12 of the above writs and you can also unlock the “Newly Charitable” Achievement and Crystalfrost skin.

[h2]Impresario & Event Tickets[/h2]
The first time you complete a New Life Festival quest each day, you’ll receive three Event Tickets in addition to your Gift Box and other rewards. With Event Tickets, you can purchase the following goods from the Impresario:

All four Nascent Indrik Feathers
ALL 2020 Indrik Berries for the Spectral, Icebreath, Mossheart, and Crimson Indriks
- Allowing you to complete any evolutions you might have missed this year!
The Rosethorn Indrik pet
The Snowball Buddy pet
Pages for the new Rkindaleft Dwarven Weapon Style
- These are bound to your account
Group Repair Kits

The Crimson Indrik will be ESO’s final Indrik evolution, so don’t hesitate to snatch up this striking red mount!

The Crimson Indrik mount

[h2]Celebrate Together[/h2]
Enjoy bonus XP, complete New Life quests, and receive unique holiday-themed rewards as the people of Tamriel come together to reflect on the year that has passed and look forward to the future. How are you planning to celebrate New Life? Share your plans with us on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook.

The New Life Festival begins Thursday, December 17 at 10:00AM EST, and runs until Tuesday, January 5 at 10:00AM EST. Part of our #TamrielTogether celebration, the New Life Festival is ESO’s final 2020 event. For more on #TamrielTogether, including the massive Sweepstakes competition and information on how you can join us in our celebration of ESO’s many amazing communities, check out this article.

The Elder Scrolls Online is heading to Oblivion in 2021

We got a peek at what's next for The Elder Scrolls Online in the upcoming year. It turns out, the Elder Scrolls MMO game will be returning to some familiar territory - the next big expansion is The Gates of Oblivion, and it's due out sometime in 2021.

The trailer, which debuted at the Game Awards tonight, shows a pair of adventurers falling asleep next to the ruins of an altar. A cleric is wracked with nightmares, apparently drawn from an ancient book that's near her side. In her dreams, she swoops through a subterranean tunnel, before emerging at a massive altar lit by the flames of a lake of fire surrounding it. A massive daedra who looks an awful lot like Mehrunes Dagon emerges from beneath the altar.

You can watch the trailer below. The Game Awards is an annual showcase of both the year's best games and upcoming titles from publishers and developers across the industry. The evening promises news on everything from Among Us to the next Dragon Age game, and PCGamesN will be here to provide the biggest news as it happens.

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