Discover Tamriel & Save During Our Free Play Event
Play ESO for free and save on both the game and Crown Packs during our Free Play Event and sale!
Play for Free
The Elder Scrolls Online Free Play Event begins Wednesday, March 31 at 10AM EDT/3PM BST, and runs until Tuesday, April 13 at 10AM EDT/3PM BST. During the free-play period, anybody on PC/Mac, Xbox consoles (Xbox Live Gold required), PlayStation consoles (PlayStation Plus required), and Stadia (Stadia Pro required) can download and play The Elder Scrolls Online base game for free!
To get started, visit our Free Play page and select your platform. This event gives you access to Morrowind's zone (Vvardenfell) and ESO base game, which includes four of the game’s original classes, 23 unique zones, and countless hours of adventure.
Because the Free Play Event includes access to the base game, you can begin your Gates of Oblivion adventure with access to the Blackwood Prologue questline. If you’d like to continue your story beyond the Free Play Event, The Elder Scrolls Online Collection: Blackwood is now available for pre-purchase and gives you immediate access to the game and previous Chapters (in addition to unique pre-purchase rewards).
In addition to this, you can also take part in the Anniversary Jubilee in-game event, giving you the opportunity to earn double XP, gain bonus rewards, and celebrate ESO’s seventh birthday with us!
If you’ve already played ESO during a previous event, you can continue your adventures as normal. Plus all new ESO accounts created also receive 500 crowns to spend in the in-game Crown Store.
This sale is now live and, depending on your platform, will end on different dates:
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Note that these end times might differ by platform, so be sure to check your preferred retailer to confirm. To make the most of these deals while they’re available, visit our Buy Now page and don’t miss out!
Crowns On Sale, Too!
In addition to the game, crown packs are also on sale during the Free Play Event. Right now, you can acquire crown packs with the following discounts:
You can use crowns to grab many different types of items from the Crown Store, such as mounts, pets, costumes, consumables, Crown Crates, and more. Depending on your platform, this sale will end on different dates:
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Like the game sales, the end times for the crown pack sales might differ based on platform, so be sure to check your preferred retailer and head on over to our Buy Crowns page to pick them up!
Play & Save!
If you’re thinking about exploring an ever-growing world, now is the perfect time to try The Elder Scrolls Online out for free, continue your adventures by picking it up on sale, and maybe even pick up some crowns for some unique Crown Store items, too. We’ll see you in Tamriel!
ESO Live: April 1 @ 3PM EDT/8PM BST—Blackwood Zone Deep Dive
Watch ESO Live next Thursday to get an in-depth look at the Blackwood Chapter’s new zone and challenges.
Tune in to ESO Live on twitch.tv/Bethesda this Thursday, April 1 at 3PM EDT/8PM BST (a different day and time than our usual show), as The Elder Scrolls Online’s Lead Writer Bill Slavicsek and Zone Lead Jason Barnes join us to chat about the Blackwood Chapter’s new zone and background.
Together, we’ll show off the Chapter’s new tutorial experience and showcase some of the unique locations you can visit and colorful people you can meet in this new part of Tamriel. We have a lot to share, so if you’re interested in an in-depth look at the world you’ll be exploring in June, don’t miss this stream!
Of course, we’ll also recap the big news from the Blackwood Preview Event and have Twitch Drops enabled throughout, so don’t forget to link your accounts. This ESO Live will kick off this Thursday, April 1, at 3PM EDT/8PM BST on twitch.tv/Bethesda—we’ll see you there!
ESO Live is your official Elder Scrolls Online stream, hosted on twitch.tv/Bethesda by ESO’s Community Manager Gina Bruno and Senior Community Manager Jess Folsom.
Celebrate ESO’s 7th Birthday During the Anniversary Jubilee Event
Eat cake and enjoy bonus XP and rewards during the Anniversary Jubilee in-game event and join us in celebrating ESO’s 7th birthday!
ESO Turns 7!
The Anniversary Jubilee event begins Thursday, April 1 at 10AM EDT, and will run until Tuesday, April 13 at 10AM EDT. During this celebration, you can enjoy a double XP boost and earn new and returning event-specific rewards.
To get started, acquire the free Jubilee Cake Voucher quest starter titled “Ache for Cake” from the Crown Store (listed under Quest Starters) and make your way to the world-famous Chef Donolon. Complete Chef Donolon’s quest to receive the new Jubilee Cake 2021 memento, which you can then summon from the Tools section of your Collections menu.
The Anniversary Jubilee Cake 2021!
Each time you eat a slice during the Jubilee, you’ll enjoy a two-hour, 100% XP boost. If you’re thinking about leveling some new characters for the upcoming Blackwood Chapter or want to speed up the rate at which you gain Champion Points, now is your chance!
Complete Dailies, Earn Gifts
Complete any of the game’s daily quests during the event period and you’ll receive special Anniversary Jubilee Gift Boxes as additional rewards. Here’s a list of some of the daily activities you can complete to earn these gift boxes:
Within the Jubilee Gift Boxes, you have a chance to receive a collection of celebratory items, including:
The Imperial Champion Weapon Style
Eat cake, complete dailies, and earn special gifts—easy!
Event Tickets & The Impresario
During the event, the first time you eat a slice of the Anniversary Jubilee Cake, you’ll receive three event tickets. That means it’s possible to earn 39 tickets in total by the event’s end.
You can find the Impresario in Daggerfall in Glenumbra, Davon's Watch in Stonefalls, Vulkhel Guard in Auridon, and the major cities within each Chapter. Throughout the Jubilee event, she will have the following items in stock:
Note that none of the above items are tradeable if acquired with Event Tickets from the Impresario.
This will be your first opportunity to pick up the fragments required to upgrade your Unstable Morpholith into the new Deadlands Firewalker personality.
The new Deadlands Firewalker personality
The third and final fragment for this Morpholith upgrade will be available in a future event, so keep an eye out!
Eat Cake With Us!
Join us in celebrating another milestone for The Elder Scrolls Online and enjoy event-specific rewards and an equally tasty boost to your XP. How will you be celebrating ESO’s 7th birthday? Which daily activities will you complete? Let us know via Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook.
ESO Live: March 26 @ 1PM EDT/6PM GMT—Flames of Ambition Dungeon Run
Tune in to ESO Live this Friday as we delve into one of the Flames of Ambition’s two new dungeons with special guests!
Watch ESO Live on twitch.tv/Bethesda this Friday, March 26 at 1PM EDT/6PM GMT, as we host Aussie Stream Team member mApplinator (Editor’s note: G’day!) and Alienware Community Manager Amy Schlueter for some Gates of Oblivion fun. Together, we’ll tackle Black Drake Villa (one of the two Flames of Ambition dungeons) and kick off the new year-long adventure with a bang!
In addition to the dungeon run, Alienware has provided a selection of amazing goodies for a special stream giveaway*, including:
So, if you’re looking to upgrade your gaming peripherals or get your hands on some awesome Alienware swag, this is the show for you!
As always, we’ll also chat about the latest ESO news and have Twitch Drops enabled throughout, so please link your accounts before the show begins. This ESO Live will kick off this Friday at 1PM EDT/6PM GMT on twitch.tv/Bethesda—we’ll see you there!
ESO Live is your official Elder Scrolls Online stream, hosted on twitch.tv/Bethesda by ESO’s Community Manager Gina Bruno and Senior Community Manager Jess Folsom.
Get an Early Look at Blackwood During Our Preview Event
Watch the Blackwood Chapter Preview Event on Twitch.tv/Bethesda and discover what adventures await as the Gates of Oblivion year-long adventure continues.
Tune in to Twitch.tv/Bethesda on Wednesday, March 31 at 3PM EDT/8PM BST, for the Blackwood Chapter Preview Event to enjoy a special early look at the upcoming Blackwood Chapter’s gameplay and features. Along with all-new information direct from the ESO development team, you might even learn some more news on the upcoming update for PlayStation®5 and Xbox Series S/X players!
Join us for the main show live from 3PM EDT/8PM BST and you can also receive Twitch Drops (don’t forget to link your account!) including an Ouroboros Crown Crate AND the Flame Atronach Pony pet.
Flame Atronach Pony pet
The Gates of Oblivion year-long saga is heating up, and the Blackwood Chapter is right around the corner, so tune in to Twitch.tv/Bethesda on Wednesday, March 31, and discover what’s ahead for The Elder Scrolls Online—we’ll see you there!
Celebrate the Absurd During the Jester’s Festival In-Game Event
Publicize the pointless and the preposterous with a pretend party sure to perplex the pretentious and the pessimistic but please your puerile peers who profess a passion for playfulness and princely porcine prizes.
Translation: The Jester’s Festival has returned!
A Frivolous Fête
The Jester’s Festival in-game event is live from Thursday, March 25 at 10AM EDT/2PM GMT until Thursday, April 1 at 10AM EDT/3PM BST. During this jovial jubilee, you can earn special event-specific rewards and enjoy a 100% XP boost while completing some truly absurd Jester’s Festival quests.
Seek out the Jester’s Festival pavilions located outside the cities of Ebonheart (Stonefalls), Vulkhel Guard (Auridon), and Daggerfall (Glenumbra) to get started. If you’re having trouble and need directions, you can pick up the Jester’s Festival starter quest free from the in-game Crown Store. Look for it in the Quest Starters category.
Chat with the noble jester versions of the Skald-King, Queen Ayrenn, or High King Emeric, and complete the intro quest and you’ll receive the Pie of Misrule memento—a delicious treat that will also grant you a two-hour, 100% XP buff! Once you’ve completed the intro quest, each jester will also provide you with a daily quest to help spread the joy of the silly season to all of Tamriel.
Find the Jester’s pavilion to join in on the fun!
This year, as a special treat, we’ve added three brand-new daily quests:
You can complete these AND the original three quests each day, each helping to bring frivolous fun to the people of Tamriel!
Ridiculous Rewards
When you complete a Jester’s Festival daily quest, you’ll receive a Jester’s Festival Reward Box as an additional prize. These wonderful wares can contain goodies such as valuables (to sell to vendors for gold), consumables, recipes, furnishings, Revelry Pies, and fragments of the new Playful Prankster’s Surprise Box memento. But wait, there’s more! The first time you complete a daily quest each day, you’ll receive a Stupendous Reward Box instead of the regular one. This special box can include the same items as detailed above, but it also has a chance to contain these items:
Once you’ve earned your daily Stupendous Reward Box, you can still complete the other daily quests to grab additional regular Reward Boxes, too.
Enjoy the Festival’s princely porcine rewards!
In addition to the daily quests and reward boxes, you can earn special Jester’s Festival Achievements by spreading some cheer the old-fashioned way—with pie! When equipped to your quickbar, the Revelry Pies make for spectacular (and tasty!) projectiles, so be sure to share these delicious treats with your fellow players and NPCs alike as you make your way around Tamriel.
As the people of Tamriel come to fear your sticky wrath, you can earn unique event-specific Achievements:
Take note that not all share your finely honed sense of humor, and some might object to having a pie thrown in their face—crazy, right?
By completing the above Achievements, you’ll also earn the “Tin Soldier” and “Empieror” titles and the Obnoxious Mute Face Paint head marking. Finally, you can also earn the Crown of Misrule hat and Lord/Lady of Misrule title by completing each of the three original daily quests or the Royal Jester title and some furnishings by completing every Jester’s Festival Achievement.
Grab Your Event Tickets
The first time you complete a Jester’s Festival daily quest each day, you’ll receive three Event Tickets as a bonus reward. The Event Ticket timer resets at 1:00AM EDT each morning. If you earn new Event Tickets over the 12-limit cap, you’ll lose them.
The Impresario will stock the following items during the Jester’s Festival event:
Note that none of the above items are tradeable if acquired with Event Tickets from the Impresario.
This is your last chance to get the final fragment for the Deadlands Scorcher skin. The next event will have the first fragment for an entirely new reward, so don’t miss out!
Crown Store Items
During the Jester’s Festival period, you can also pick up some fancy returning and new items from the in-game Crown Store. These bizarre festival-exclusive items include the Regal Regalia weapons and the Prince Boar pet:
This is just a tantalizing taste of some of the absurd items you can pick up in the store during the event period, so be sure to check out everything on our Crown Store page.
A Festival of Fun!
Help bring some foolish fun to Tamriel this Jester’s Festival and you’ll enjoy double XP and host of ridiculous event-specific rewards. How are you planning to spend the silly season this year? Tell us via Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook.
The Jester’s Festival in-game event begins this Thursday, March 25 at 10AM EDT/2PM GMT, and runs until Thursday, April 1 at 10AM EDT/3PM BST.
Flames of Ambition DLC & Update 29 Now Live on PC/Mac
Your Gates of Oblivion year-long adventure begins with the Flames of Ambition DLC and Update 29 base-game patch, now live on PC/Mac!
The Flames of Ambition DLC game pack is now live on PC/Mac and brings two new dungeons to the adventurers of Tamriel. This release also includes Update 29, a free base-game patch for all ESO players that introduces a host of changes and improvements. If you play on Xbox One or PlayStation®4, don’t worry, this DLC and update will also arrive on consoles March 16.
Within the DLC and free base-game patch, you will find:
You can access this DLC via ESO Plus™ membership or purchase it with crowns from the in-game Crown Store. Additionally, check out the patch notes for both Flames of Ambition and Update 29 on our official forums.
Flames of Ambition DLC Game Pack
The Gates of Oblivion year-long adventure begins in fire with the Flames of Ambition DLC game pack and two exciting new dungeons, the Cauldron and Black Drake Villa. While both dungeons are exciting stand-alone stories in their own right, both also set up the events of the upcoming Blackwood Chapter and beyond.
Black Drake Villa
Team up with the adventurous Wood Elf scout Eveli Sharp-Arrow and search the hidden archives of the Black Drake Villa before the mercenaries of the True-Sworn put it to the torch. Take note, while the once-proud mansion is now home to monsters and arsonists, it contains many puzzling secrets and pathways just waiting to be uncovered by eagle-eyed adventurers. You can discover more about Black Drake Villa in our preview.
Confront the flame-wielding True-Sworn
The Cauldron
The cult of the Waking Flame has enslaved the local townsfolk and now excavates sinister ruins deep within a long-forgotten mine. With the help of the Dremora Lyranth, you must enter the Cauldron, battle your way through Daedric beasts and cultists, free the captives, and put a stop to their plans before they can complete their dread work. You can preview more of the Cauldron in this article.
Uncover the Waking Flame’s plans in the Cauldron
These new dungeons provide two very different experiences for would-be adventures, and they come packed with a host of unique rewards, including powerful gear sets, Achievements, and collectibles. You can attempt to complete both dungeons in Normal and Veteran difficulties, and Black Drake Villa has an optional Hard Mode for each of its three bosses—just in case you and your team want a true challenge!
How to Get Flames of Ambition
Access the Flames of Ambition 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.
Flames of Ambition Collector’s Bundle
The Flames of Ambition Collector’s Bundle is also available for 4,000 crowns and includes access to the DLC game pack, the Falinesti’s Faithful Totem Elk mount, the Clearspring Striped Fawn pet, and five Crown Experience Scrolls. You can purchase the Collector’s Bundle from the Featured section of the in-game Crown Store.
The Flames of Ambition Collector’s Bundle
Explore Flames of Ambition & Get a Unique Weapon Style
Once you get access to the Flames of Ambition DLC dungeons, you can begin your Gates of Oblivion adventure by the following methods:
Simply by entering either of these two new dungeons, you’ll receive the Fire-Forged Maul outfit style (as seen below on the left)!
Flames of Ambition Loot & Rewards
Update 29
Releasing in tandem with the Flames of Ambition DLC, Update 29 is a free base-game patch that brings new features and improvements for all ESO players.
Champion System Redesign
With the redesigned Champion System, you can better tailor your characters and their playstyles based on the way you want to play. This updated system now uses three constellation groups that reflect ESO’s gameplay and provides more options for creative and unique builds. These changes also introduce a champion bar, allowing you to slot up to four powerful passive boons for each constellation, ensuring that every decision you make with regards to how you spend your Champion Points is an impactful one.
Customize your characters with the updated Champion System
For more on the update to the Champion System, check out our preview.
Improved Character Sheet
In addition to the Champion System redesign, the team has also updated the character sheet to include additional advanced stats that were previously obscured or missing. With these additions, you can better see how changes to your character (be it via Champion Points, abilities, gear, or attributes) change its effectiveness—now get out there and craft your perfect build!
For everything coming with the Update 29 base-game patch, check out our Patch Notes forum.
The Gates of Oblivion Beckon
Delve into the Flames of Ambition’s two new dungeons and you’ll kick off an adventure that continues with the Blackwood Chapter and beyond. The Prince of Destruction has plans for the people of Tamriel, and you can glimpse his terrible schemes within the Cauldron and Black Drake Villa. Are you ready to battle the minions of Mehrunes Dagon in these two new dungeons? Tell us via @TESOnline, Instagram, and Facebook.
The Gates of Oblivion year-long saga begins with the Flames of Ambition DLC game pack, now live on PC/Mac and Stadia*, and coming March 16 for Xbox One and PlayStation®4. This update releases in tandem with Update 29, a free base-game patch for all ESO players.
*Available only in limited territories.
Get a Free Pet & Respecs During the Heroes Reforged Event
Get a free pet and rebuild your characters from the ground up during the Heroes Reforged in-game mini event.
Build A New You
To celebrate the arrival of Update 29’s Champion System overhaul, we’re happy to announce the Heroes Reforged mini event. Beginning with the launch of Update 29 for each platform (PC/Mac: Monday, March 8 at 10AM EST/3PM GMT; Xbox One and PlayStation®4: Tuesday, March 16 at 10AM/3PM), this event will run for two weeks and allow you unlimited free respecs from Rededication Shrines for the following:
Note that the above start times may shift depending on when Update 29 goes live and servers open, and when you first log in, all Skills and Champion Points will be automatically reset.
While the changes coming with Update 29 impact only the Champion System, we know that you’ll likely want to test many builds, so for two weeks you can reset, respec, and rebuild any and all of your characters as many times as you want for free when using a Rededication Shrine or the Champion Point redistribution function—easy!
Finally, this is not a full in-game event (such as the Midyear Mayhem or the recent Tribunal Celebration), and as a result it will not have Event Tickets or unique rewards—just free re-specializations. That’s two weeks to experiment and test your builds at no cost.
Grab a Free Pet
Because Update 29 requires a mandatory skill respec (including both Champion Points and Skill Points), we’re also offering the Ambersheen Vale Fawn pet from the in-game Crown Store, completely free!
The adorable Ambersheen Vale Fawn
You can find this free pet under the Pets category within the Crown Store, and it is available only during the event period for your platform—don’t miss out!
The Heroes Reforged Event begins for PC/Mac on Monday, March 8 at 10AM EST/3PM GMT, and it runs until Monday, March 22 at 10AM EDT/3PM BST. For Xbox One and PlayStation®4, the event starts Tuesday, March 16 at 10AM EDT/3PM BST, and it runs until Tuesday, March 30 at 10AM EDT/3PM BST.
ESO Live: February 26 @ 4PM EST/9PM GMT—Tribunal Charity Stream with dovahrii
Check out ESO Live this Friday as we host Stream Team member dovahrii for a Tribunal Celebration charity stream!
Tune in to ESO Live on twitch.tv/Bethesda this Friday, February 26 at 4PM EST/9PM GMT, as we invite Stream Team member dovahrii to the show! Together, we’ll talk about her journey as an Elder Scrolls Online Twitch streamer and team up for some Tribunal Celebration event fun in the Vvardenfell zone. We’ll be playing together on the PC/Mac NA server, so if you’d like to run around the Red Mountain with us and bop some world bosses, be sure to log in and tag along!
This stream is also part of the Bethesda charity drive supporting the NAACP during Black History Month. As usual, we’ll have special ESO giveaways from the much-beloved “Wheel o’ Stuff” each time we hit a new donation milestone, but if you can’t make it, don’t worry, you can donate right now via this link.
We’ll also chat about the latest ESO news and have Twitch Drops enabled, so don’t forget to link your accounts beforehand. The show goes live this Friday at 4PM EST/9PM GMT on twitch.tv/Bethesda—join us in supporting a great cause!
ESO Live is your official Elder Scrolls Online stream, hosted on twitch.tv/Bethesda by ESO’s Community Manager Gina Bruno and Senior Community Manager Jess Folsom.
Earn Bonus Rewards During the Tribunal Celebration!
Return to the island of Vvardenfell or to Seht’s world in miniature, and you’ll earn bonus rewards and Event Tickets.
Two Wonderful Worlds
The Tribunal Celebration in-game event begins this Thursday, February 25 at 10AM EST/3PM GMT, and runs until Tuesday, March 9 at 10AM EST/3PM GMT. During the event period, you can receive the following bonus rewards when adventuring within the Vvardenfell and Clockwork City zones:
Earn these new rewards in Vvardenfell & the Clockwork City
Tribunal Coffers
That’s a lot of great reasons to return to (or visit for the first time) the regions of Vvardenfell and the Clockwork City. However, in addition to these bonus rewards, when you complete a daily quest in either one of the two zones, you’ll receive a Tribunal Coffer.
Within this consecrated container, you’ll have a chance to receive some of these thrice-blessed items:
Even better, the first time you complete a daily quest each day, you’ll receive a Glorious Tribunal Coffer instead. Glorious Tribunal Coffers contain the same items as their regular counterparts but have a higher chance of receiving some of the rarer items, such as the skin, memento, or pet fragments.
Finally, during the event, regular Tribunal Coffers also have a chance to drop randomly from various zone activities, including defeating bosses, looting objects, and even slaying random monsters.
Get Morrowind & Clockwork City
If you’ve yet to explore the island of Vvardenfell or delve into the metaphysical realm of the Clockwork City, you can pick up both DLCs and their respective Collector’s Bundles on sale in the in-game Crown Store at up to 50% off from February 25 until March 9 (the event period).
In addition to these deals, during the same period, the Crown Store will also feature both the new Doctrine Ordinator Weapons Pack and the Mother Morrowind’s Sacred Lullaby music box AND bring back Dwarven Crown Crates!
The Doctrine Ordinator Weapons Pack & Mother Morrowind’s Sacred Lullaby music box
Don’t forget, all ESO Plus members will automatically have access to both DLCs as part of their membership benefits.
Impresario & Event Tickets
Throughout the event, you can earn two Event Tickets per day via the following activities:
The Event Ticket timer resets at 1:00AM EST/6:00AM GMT each morning. Note that if you earn new Event Tickets over the 12-limit cap, you’ll lose them.
The Impresario will stock the following items during the Tribunal Celebration:
Note that none of the above items are tradeable if acquired with Event Tickets from the Impresario.
Collect the second Upgrade Fragment for the Deadlands Scorcher Skin
Praise the Three!
Adventure throughout the home of the Dark Elves and Sotha Sil’s greatest creation and you’ll receive bonus loot and all-new collectibles. Are you excited to return to Morrowind and the Clockwork City? Or are you going to be experiencing these wonderful and often bizarre worlds for the first time? Let us know via Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook.
The Tribunal Celebration in-game event begins this Thursday, February 25 at 10AM EST/3PM GMT, and runs until Tuesday, March 9 at 10AM EST/3PM GMT.
