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This page serves as an archive of information and images from the official Elder Scrolls Online website.

  • Screenshots — A gallery of images pulled from the official ESO website.
  • Crown Store Renders — A gallery of images that appear on Crown Store Showcase articles.
  • Interactive Map of Tamriel — A discontinued map which contained articles relating to the Zones.
  • Meet the Character — Lore articles about characters which appear leading up to content updates.
  • Loremaster's Archive — Series where the Loremaster would roleplay as a character and answer questions.

Pre-Launch Articles[edit]

Elderscrollsonline.com Story Pages
General Articles
Date Title Description
10/15/2012 Welcome to the Official The Elder Scrolls Online Community! The first article on the new and improved ESO website.
10/18/2012 Reading the Future of the Past in the Elder Scrolls Discussion of setting The Elder Scrolls Online in the Second Era.
10/18/2012 Tamriel, Now and Then – Places Comparing locations seen in previous games and in ESO.
02/14/2013 Thank You for One Million Facebook Likes! The ESO team releases a new video featuring concept art to thank the community for liking the ESO Facebook page one million times.
03/12/2013 Visit Our Official ESO Tumblr Page Announcing the official ESO Tumblr page.
03/13/2013 Visit the New Bethesda Online Merchandise Store Announcing the launch of the Bethesda online merchandise store.
03/28/2013 Conflict in Cyrodiil, Part 1 An overview of Cyrodiil and the Alliance War, part 1.
Promotions and Products
05/02/2013 Play ESO at Gamescom 2013 Announcing ESO's presence at Gamescom 2013.
08/13/2013 ESO at Gamescom 2013 What to expect from ESO at Gamescom 2013.
08/28/2013 Gamescom 2013 Coverage Roundup A summary of ESO's coverage at Gamescom 2013.
9/18/2013 ESO Activities at PAX East What's in store for those interested in ESO at PAX East 2013.
9/20/2013 Get Your PAX East ESO Loot! Information on ESO-related merchandise that was available at PAX East 2013.
01/29/2014 Pre-Order ESO Now Pre-order information for the Imperial Edition.
02/13/2014 Hands-On Beta Impressions The developers share some early beta coverage of ESO.
03/11/2014 New Beta Invites – March 11th Announcing the release of invitations for the final scale test event.
03/25/2014 Early Access and Launch FAQ Frequently asked questions about the beta and pre-order bonuses.
Ask Us Anything
11/13/2012 Ask Us Anything: Ebonheart Pact (Part 1) First AUA for ESO, focuses on the Ebonheart Pact and General questions.
11/26/2012 Ask Us Anything: Ebonheart Pact (Part 2) Part 2 of Ebonheart Pact questions.
12/10/2012 Ask Us Anything: Aldmeri Dominion (Part 1) Questions focus on the Aldmeri Dominion.
12/20/2012 Ask Us Anything: Aldmeri Dominion (Part 2) Part 2 of the Aldmeri Dominion questions.
01/07/2013 Ask Us Anything: Daggerfall Covenant (Part 1) Part 1 of questions focused on the Daggerfall Covenant.
01/18/2013 Ask Us Anything: Daggerfall Covenant (Part 2) Part 2 of questions focused on the Daggerfall Covenant.
02/08/2013 Ask Us Anything: Variety Pack An eclectic variety of topics are covered, including questions about lore and what will be seen of the different races.
02/22/2013 Ask Us Anything: Variety Pack 2 An eclectic variety of topics are covered, primarily regarding gameplay mechanics such as the inventory system.
03/11/2013 Ask Us Anything: Combat Part 1 of questions focused on ESO's combat system.
03/25/2013 Ask Us Anything: Combat 2 Part 2 of questions focused on ESO's combat system.
04/08/2013 Ask Us Anything: Variety Pack 3 An eclectic variety of topics are covered, including level scaling and container loot respawn timers.
04/22/2013 Ask Us Anything: Alliances at War Questions focused on the Alliance War.
05/06/2013 Ask Us Anything: Variety Pack 4 An eclectic variety of topics are covered, including questions about lore and travel between keeps in Cyrodiil.
05/20/2013 Ask Us Anything: Gathering and Exploration Questions focused on exploration and resource collecting.
07/15/2013 Ask Us Anything: Dungeons Questions focused on dungeons.
07/29/2013 Ask Us Anything: Roleplaying Questions focused on roleplaying.
08/12/2013 Ask Us Anything: QuakeCon Live Gameplay An eclectic variety of topics are covered, including questions about instanced loot and then-upcoming combat UI improvements.
08/26/2013 Ask Us Anything: Variety Pack 6 An eclectic variety of topics are covered, including questions about magic and the game's UI.
09/09/2013 Ask Us Anything: Variety Pack 7 An eclectic variety of topics are covered, including questions about guilds and the Alliance War.
09/23/2013 Ask Us Anything: Lore The team answers lore questions.
10/07/2013 Ask Us Anything: Variety Pack 8 An eclectic variety of topics are covered, including questions about Veteran points and the diversity of ESO's wildlife.
10/21/2013 Ask Us Anything: Variety Pack 9 An eclectic variety of topics are covered, including questions about horse skills and the Alliance War.
11/04/2013 Ask Us Anything: Variety Pack 10 Questions about character creation are addressed by the team.
11/18/2013 Ask Us Anything: Variety Pack 11 An eclectic variety of topics are covered, including questions about Alliance War campaigns and legerdemain skills.
12/09/2013 Ask Us Anything: Progression A Q&A focused on progression and leveling.
23/09/2013 Ask Us Anything: Cyrodiil A Q&A with an emphasis on questions about Cyrodiil.
01/31/2014 Ask Us Anything: Variety Pack 12 An eclectic variety of topics are covered, including questions about skill lines, guilds, and the Imperial Edition.
02/18/2014 Ask Us Anything: Variety Pack 13 An eclectic variety of topics are covered, including questions about the Imperial Edition and pre-order bonuses.
03/10/2014 Ask Us Anything: Crafting Questions about crafting are asked and answered.
03/24/2014 Ask Us Anything: AMA Recap More questions about crafting are asked and answered.
04/14/2014 Ask Us Anything: Craglorn Craglorn is brought into the Q&A spotlight.
05/12/2014 Ask Us Anything: Variety Pack 14 An eclectic variety of topics are covered, including questions about dungeons.
06/16/2014 Ask Us Anything: Variety Pack 15 An eclectic variety of topics are covered, including questions about alchemy skill line hirelings and the symbolism behind the game's Ourobouros logo.

Design Articles[edit]

Creating ESO
Date Title Description
02/09/2015 Ready for War: Orc and Redguard Armor The development team discusses the changes made to Orc and Redguard armor in Update 6.
08/16/2024 Developer Deep Dive—Item Sets Part 1 The development team provides insight into how items sets are created.
10/15/2024 Developer Deep Dive—Item Sets Part 2 The development team provides insight into how items sets are balanced during content updates.

Creating ESO[edit]

Creating ESO
Date Title Description
12/17/2012 Creating ESO: The Dreugh Behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the Dreugh for ESO.
04/09/2013 Creating ESO: The Ogrim From concept art to in game model for Ogrims.
05/22/2013 Creating ESO: The Wamasu Concept for the Wamasu and in-game effects.
07/03/2013 Creating ESO: The Kwama Concepts and designs for the Kwama.
07/26/2013 Creating ESO: The Scamp Desiging the Scamp for ESO.
08/19/2013 Creating ESO: Flame Atronach Creating the Fire Atronach for ESO.
09/26/2013 Creating ESO: Clannfear Designing the Clannfear for ESO.
10/30/2013 Creating ESO: Werewolf Concept and design for the Werewolf in ESO.
12/04/2013 Creating ESO: Designing Skill Lines Discussing choices made for the Skill Line progression system in ESO.
12/20/2013 Creating ESO: Cyrodiil's Keeps Article on design choices for the Keeps in Cyrodiil.
02/06/2014 The Making of Molag Bal An article laying out the process of designing Molag Bal and creating the statue bundled with the Physical Imperial Collector's Edition.
02/11/2014 Creating ESO: Dark Anchors Article discussing the design choices for the Dark Anchors encounters.
02/26/2014 Creating ESO: Music Article discussing the creation of music for ESO.
03/19/2014 Creating ESO: Crafting Facts Discussion of the Crafting System in ESO.
04/23/2014 Creating ESO: Trials Article on the introduction of Trials with the Craglorn Update.
06/19/2014 Creating ESO: Veteran Dungeons Designing Veteran Dungeons for ESO.
07/22/2014 Creating ESO: Identity and Update 3 Discussing Update 3 and customization in ESO.
08/28/2014 Creating ESO: Dragonstar Arena Article on the introduction and creation of the Dragonstar Arena in ESO.
10/27/2015 Creating ESO: Orsinium Article on designing the zone for the Orsinium expansion.
08/05/2015 Creating ESO: Arboretum District This article talks about the process of developing the Imperial City, with a focus on the Arboretum District.
03/02/2016 Creating ESO: Maw of Lorkhaj Discussing the development of the Maw of Lorkhaj, looking at visuals and mechanics.

Update and Development Articles[edit]

The Road Ahead[edit]

The Road Ahead
Date Title Description
03/14/2014 ESO Road Ahead
05/01/2014 The Road Ahead - May 1st
06/04/2014 The Road Ahead – June 4th
07/08/2014 The Road Ahead – July 8
08/20/2014 The Road Ahead - August 20
10/16/2014 The Road Ahead - October 16
12/04/2014 The Road Ahead - December 4
02/12/2015 The Road Ahead - February Discussing the fate of the Loyalty Program, console releases, and the philosophy of the upcoming Crown Store.
01/12/2016 ESO – The Year Ahead
05/29/2020 ESO's Performance Improvements Plan

Update Guides and Announcements[edit]

Guides
Date Title Description
05/23/2014 Craglorn Is Here! Lower Craglorn is released with Update 1.
06/25/2014 Update 2 Has Launched! Update 2 introduces lighting improvements, Veteran Crypt of Hearts, and lootable items in the world.
08/05/2014 Update 3 is Live! Update 3 introduces armor dyeing and guild stores.
09/16/2014 Update 4 is Here Upper Craglorn, Dragonstar Arena, and Sanctum Ophidia arrive with Update 4.
11/04/2014 Play Update 5 Now! Update 5 introduces Veteran City of Ash, dungeon scaling, the Dwemer crafting style, improved facial animations, chat bubbles, crafting writs, and Pledges.
01/15/2015 Update 6 Guide: The Champion System Introduces the Champion system.
01/19/2015 Update 6 Guide: Provisioning Introduces Provisioning.
01/26/2015 Update 6 Guide: The Justice System Introduces the Justice system.
01/30/2015 Update 6 Guide: Collections Introduces the Collections system.
02/19/2015 Nine-Month Loyalty Reward and More The Mask of Cheerful Slaughter is unveiled for the Loyalty Reward program. The team also teases the upcoming Striped Senche-Tiger.
03/04/2015 Update 6 is Here! Summarizes the changes made to ESO with Update 6.
03/17/2015 Welcome to Tamriel Unlimited
04/06/2015 Reflecting on ESO's First Year
04/08/2015 ESO Welcomes Beta Players Back Announcing the Welcome Back Weekend.
04/13/2015 Welcome Back Weekend Kicks Off This Week
04/22/2015 The ESOTU Console Beta Starts Tomorrow!
06/09/2015 Console Launch and New Trailer
06/12/2015 ESOTU Console Launch Update
06/15/2015 Coming to ESOTU
07/30/2015 Imperial City Special: Live Q&A
12/22/2015 A Look Back on 2015
09/15/2016 Update 12 Guide: Return to Craglorn Details changes to Craglorn with Update 12.
09/21/2023 Japanese Localization Arrives on Consoles with ESO's Update 40

Development[edit]

Development
Date Title Description
12/11/2014 Introducing Undaunted Pledges Details about the Undaunted Pledges.
11/23/2016 One Tamriel: Companions 'til the End Describes the then-upcoming changes One Tamriel would make to ESO.
11/29/2016 ESO Welcomes Crown Crates A cursory introduction to Crown Crates, a new feature of the Crown Store.
4/08/2020 Update on Greymoor from ESO's Game Director A letter from Matt Firor to the community about progress on Greymoor during the COVID19 pandemic, which gives some insight to how voice lines are recorded.

Merchandise[edit]

Promotions[edit]

Articles detailing promotions such as giveaways.

Community Events[edit]

Articles announcing and discussing community events.

Betrayal of the Second Era[edit]

Articles dedicated to The Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era

Developer Spotlight[edit]

Imperial City[edit]

Orsinium[edit]

Thieves Guild[edit]

Dark Brotherhood[edit]

Morrowind[edit]

Horns of the Reach[edit]

Clockwork City[edit]

Dragon Bones[edit]

Summerset[edit]

Wolfhunter[edit]

Murkmire[edit]

Wrathstone[edit]

Elsweyr[edit]

Scalebreaker[edit]

Dragonhold[edit]

Harrowstorm[edit]

Greymoor[edit]

Stonethorn[edit]

Markarth[edit]

Flames of Ambition[edit]

Blackwood[edit]

Waking Flame[edit]

Deadlands[edit]

Ascending Tide[edit]

High Isle[edit]

Lost Depths[edit]

Firesong[edit]

Scribes of Fate[edit]

Necrom[edit]

Update 40[edit]

Scions of Ithelia[edit]

Gold Road[edit]

Update 43[edit]

Update 44[edit]