Elder Scrolls Online (Update 45 & New DLC): What You Need To Know?
As one of the most classic MMORPGs, Elder Scrolls Online has been launched for ten years - in fact, the game also held a grand anniversary celebration in 2024. Although ESO has difficulty maintaining its popularity as more and more excellent RPGs emerge, it has been working hard to ensure the quality of the game by launching various new initiatives.
At the end of 2024, ESO announced that it would gradually implement major in-game innovations in 2025, the most prominent of which was to replace the previous annual chapter updates with more frequent seasonal updates. To fully demonstrate this transformation, Elder Scrolls Online will launch a new DLC and Update 45 in the near future.
Based on this, we will fully introduce these two new changes to you.
New DLC Fallen Banners
According to the latest news, DLC is expected to be officially released on March 10, and will set up two new explorable four-player dungeons for you, giving you the opportunity to earn more ESO Gold through new battles with your friends.
After entering the first dungeon, Exiled Redoubt, you first need to let your character join Lucilla and infiltrate the stronghold of the once powerful Albus family. You will then discover a conspiracy that plunges the people of Cyrodiil into endless war. To do this, you need to fight through multiple battles to rescue these trapped people.
The second dungeon is called Lep Seclusa, where you and your teammates need to protect Moth Priests and their precious relics from the threat of the evil boss Orpheon the Tactician and his minions.
These two dungeons, which will come with DLC Fallen Banners, offer you their own unique storylines, characters, challenges, and unique boss battles, allowing you to earn exclusive rewards by completing them. And the good news is that after March 25, you can even play this DLC on Xbox and PlayStation consoles, but the prerequisite is that you have an ESO Plus membership.
Update 45 Overview
Update 45 is expected to be released together with Fallen Banners, and it will also support multi-platform experience. Unlike the new DLC, Update 45 is completely free.
Starter Zone Refresh
If you follow the developments of Elder Scrolls Online, you will know that it is updated frequently. For example, Update 44 was released on October 28, 2024 and November 13, 2024, on different platforms, respectively. Update 45 is expected to bring more changes and overall improvements to ESO.
Undoubtedly, the most exciting addition in Update 45 will be Starter Zone Refresh, so all starting areas in Elder Scrolls Online will be completely refreshed, making them more consistent with the details of other recent additions to ESO, such as West Weald or Telvanni Peninsula.
PVP Mode Innovation
Of all the playable ESO modes, PVP has always been in a terrible state because of its unstable server performance, but as the main combat mode, PVP needs to provide you with a more refined experience. Update 45 is expected to introduce the first PVP changes in Cyrodiil.
The update will add a new Cyrodiil Champions test event to the game, which will allow ESO development team to better monitor the server’s response to simplified capabilities by locking you into specific class builds including attributes, abilities, and items, and to better plan the future of Cyrodiil regional development and PVP by collecting data, in order to bring you a more complete and smooth PVP combat experience.
Changes In PVE Mode
For PVE, the game is expected to bring a new coat of paint to Betnikh, Stros M’kai, Bleakrock, Bal Foyen, and Khenarthi’s Roost areas in Update 45, so that the lighting, overall atmosphere, and new additions including various sundries and updated signage can be improved, thereby improving the experience of new players on the one hand, and making loyal fans love the basic PVE mode more on the other hand.
Quality Of Life Improvements
This update information has not yet been fully released, and it may be known to you one by one with the official launch of Update 45. However, it is certain that the starting speed of the mount will be increased, but the maximum speed will not be greatly improved, so advanced players may not feel much difference.
Other quality of life changes include several crafting skills in Champion point tree becoming passive skills, new item sets will be added, maps will also receive some improvements, and custom waypoint markers are in development.
Besides Update 45 and the new DLC, ESO developers also said that you will experience new add-ons on Xbox Series XS and PS5 later, and they are expected to be tried on PTS starting next week.
After understanding the above information, I believe you should have an idea of how to prepare for these new contents, but if you have difficulty in resource reserves, such as lack of enough gold coins, you can try to enter iGMeet Discord to seek help with relevant giveaway information. Thank you for reading.
Jan-15-2025
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Elder Scrolls Online Heavy ...
Since Elder Scrolls Online changed the update mode of the past annual chapters to the season system, its first official season, Seasons of the Worm Cult, has been launched on PC/Mac on June 2, 2025, and will be launched on Xbox & PlayStation series on the 18th. The opening of the new season means that you will be able to play more new content and learn more about new plots. At the same time, the game’s update 46 was also launched with the season, and many adjustments were made to the inherent mechanism. Among the many changes brought by update 46, subclass is undoubtedly worth experiencing-in fact, many MMORPGs have similar functions, which is enough to prove its indispensability. The emergence of subclass has greatly enriched the playability of each class and the possibility of craftable builds. Based on this, we will introduce you to Heavy Attack Subclass Sorcerer Build. Features Of Subclass The main function of this mechanism is to allow you to merge the skill lines of other classes with the skill lines of the class you are currently experiencing, so that you can get a more diverse career experience without changing classes. This greatly increases the freedom of gameplay, the possibility and strength of your craft builds have been increased, and the efficiency of completing new season tasks and farming Elder Scrolls Online gold has been increased. It is worth noting that if you want to unlock this feature after Update 46 and Seasons of the Worm Cult are launched, you need to make your character reach level 50. After that, you need double skill points to unlock and upgrade the skills of other classes. Skills Corresponding To This Build There is no doubt that this build is first based on Sorcerer class craft. This class can summon and control weather phenomena, such as shooting lightning or creating tornadoes and fog; in addition, it can summon Storm Atronachs and magical armor through Daedric forces. On this basis, you can continue to focus on one skill line, or you can distribute points to a total of 3 skill lines-the emergence of subclass further enriches this mechanism. Heavy Attack Subclass Sorcerer Build works by combining Sorcerer’s Storm Calling & Daedric Summoning and Nightblade’s Assassination skill lines. The skills they include are: Storm Calling Overload Mage’s Fury Lightning Form Lightning Splash Surge Bolt Escape Capacitor Energized Amplitude Expert Mage Daedric Summoning Summon Storm Atronach Unstable Familiar Daedric Curse Summon Winged Twilight Conjured Ward Bound Armor Rebate Power Stone Daedric Protection Expert Summoner Assassination Death Stroke Assassin’s Blade Teleport Strike Blur Mark Target Grim Focus Master Assassin Executioner Pressure Points Hemorrhage Compared to the original third skill line of Sorcerer, Dark Magic, Nightblade’s Assassination can make Sorcerer and the entire Heavy Attack Subclass Sorcerer Build more efficient. Specific Class Skill Selection Since skill unlocking and upgrading requires skill points, in order to maximize the effect of points, you need to choose the part of the above available skills that can better cooperate with each other. The first one worth highlighting is Power Stone passive, which can reduce the resource consumption of your ultimate skill to increase DPS, and also increase shock damage by 5%. The second is Power Overload, one of the ultimate skills Overload Morph, which can charge your fist with the power of the storm, turning your light attack into lightning to deal 1245 points of shock damage to enemies within a range of up to 32 meters, and heavy attacks can cause 1120 points of shock damage to enemies within a range of 6 x 8. Summon Twilight Matriarch is a skill from Daedric Summoning that allows you to summon Azura to send a twilight tormentor to help you. The twilight tormentor’s electric shock can cause 478 shock damage, and the kick can cause 478 shock damage. Guild Skill Selection In addition to the class skills based on the three skill lines, you can also add mage guild skills to this build as a Sorcerer. The higher your guild level, the more skills you can unlock (up to level 10). The main ones suitable for this build are: Might of the Guild: Whenever you cast it, there is a chance to gain Reinforcement, and increase the critical damage you deal to monsters for 10 seconds. Scalding Rune: When triggered, this rune will cause 2323 fire damage to all enemies in the target area, and an additional 2871 fire damage over 22 seconds. In addition, it can continue to cause additional damage over time. The above are just the skills of this build. If you want to further enhance its power, you need to farm more gear and other available items, such as potions, which can bring you additional benefits. If you are a Xbox & PlayStation user, there are still a few days before the official launch of the game, and you can learn more subclass content based on this guide! I wish you success!Jun-11-2025
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Elder Scrolls Online Pride ...
Nowadays, more and more people have access to video games, which have gradually evolved from the original entertainment and pastime to a new century art with the nature of a cultural carrier. Maybe there are old-fashioned and stubborn people who don’t think so, but this is the fact. Therefore, some games will publicly promote the ideas they support through other activities based on their own influence while designing inherent gameplay and exclusive worldviews, such as Pride Parade held by Elder Scrolls Online in previous years. What Is ESO Pride Parade? The event was first held in 2023 and was jointly initiated by game developers, some game anchors, and other supporters. The main purpose is to provide LGBTQ+ players with an anonymous parade opportunity. This event has nothing to do with your main game progress and gameplay. It is just a small-scale carnival with political and social colors in the game. However, even if you are not a member of the LGBTQ+ community, you can participate in it out of support and love of excitement. Every year, Pride Parade will set different parade start times and routes in the game, and last about 45 minutes. During this period, you will see many players gathering together on the route, declaring their identities and positions by launching rainbow-colored props or other means. Can The Server Support This Activity? Although not all players will participate, the final number of people is still not to be underestimated, and there is no doubt that this puts a lot of pressure on the game server. As you know, Cyrodiil’s PVP gameplay has been stuck for a long time due to overload. The good news is that Pride Parade will divide all participants into different groups to reduce server pressure. But in fact, starting this year, ESO’s overall server carrying capacity has increased. For example, after the adjustment test of Cyrodiil Champions, the situation where you lose ESO gold due to lag in PVP mode should be reduced. Pride Parade In 2025 This year’s Pride Parade is hosted by the LGBTQIA guild Alphabet Mafia in game, which announced that the parade will start at 8:15 pm EST on Saturday, June 14, 2025, and the parade area will be Auridon in the game. If you want to participate or watch, you can gather at the first fortress signpost in the north of Auridon. The team will go south through Auridon along the main road of Vulkhel Guard and end with a beach party. There are no requirements for the parade. As long as you are friendly, you can dress your character in any way to join the parade. So you also have the opportunity to meet many interesting players! Rules Of Participation The parade has no hard and fast rules for friendly players, but as you know, whether in the real world or in the social environment of the game, the LGBTQ+ community is generally not very recognized, and there are even players who hate this niche group. Therefore, for the sake of your account security, game social experience, and server stability, if you want to participate in Pride Parade, it is best to follow the following rules: Let your character walk instead of running. If malicious players join and send unfriendly or even insulting remarks, do not argue with them, just block them and take screenshots of their remarks. Turn off the name tag and hide the user interface to ensure that the screenshots you get are clear enough. Please do not bring combat pets, as well as unnecessary non-combat pets or mounts. This parade will only be held on PC-NA server, so be careful not to make a mistake. In addition, according to the news in the relevant Discord group, Alphabet Mafia should hold other Pride events in the future-if there is no unexpected attack. The Degree Of Friendliness Seems To Be Declining Year By Year To be honest, it is not surprising at all. There are always some cisgender heterosexual players who are self-righteous, so they do not support or even attack Elder Scrolls Online Pride Parade and other related events. “Negative” and “disgusting” remarks are endless. But compared with the past, this year’s public opinion environment seems to be worse. You will find that the post announcing the event on the game sub-forum has even been closed, leaving only a bunch of deleted comments. For this reason, Alphabet Mafia, the person in charge of the parade, had to take precautions on Discord and closed all public groups where you can discuss with other parade participants to prevent bad elements from getting in. This series of measures undoubtedly killed the excitement of the event. Although Alphabet Mafia has announced that the parade will not be canceled or postponed, you may still be worried. Should ESO Hold Such Events? In fact, Pride Parade is not the only event in Elder Scrolls Online that expresses support for the LGBTQ+ community. In update 44, the game also introduced the first non-binary companion Tanlorin, which caused controversy at the time. In general, games are of course not obliged to promote such ideas, and this will inevitably offend some players who disagree, but ESO still chooses to do so. You can think they are hyping, but after all, it does not harm anyone’s interests. From a personal perspective, you can disagree with LGBTQ+ and even say goodbye to Elder Scrolls Online because of it, but insulting related players and activities is indeed unnecessary and ridiculous. Playing games is for fun, not for quarrels, right?May-29-2025
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Elder Scrolls Online Lep Se ...
Seeking breakthroughs should be something that any MMORPG that wants to persist in operation must do. Even if the current game development trend is good, it will soon be eliminated by other competitors without maintenance and updates. That is why, in the current prosperous game market, the classic MMORPG Elder Scrolls Online follows the rules and trends and ushered in a new era of its own in 2025. As the first year after the game held its 10th anniversary event, 2025 has naturally become the best time node for ESO developers to implement various new plans. In fact, at the end of last year, the game gradually announced a number of new plans, such as the game update mode changed from a major annual update to a new season every few months, and the plan will be implemented through the launch of update 45 and the new DLC Fallen Banners. As time goes by, three or four days ago on March 10th, you can finally start to experience update 45 and the new DLC in ESO first through the PC/Mac platform (Xbox and PlayStation login will have to wait until March 26th). It is worth noting that update 45 is free for all subscribed players, but the new DLC has changed the old mechanism and needs to be obtained separately. Therefore, in order to help you consider whether to experience this DLC, we will focus on introducing you to the overview of the two dungeons in it. DLC Fallen Banners Overview The two new PVE dungeons in Fallen Banners DLC are Lep Seclusa and Exiled Redoubt. Although their exclusive plots are different, they have something in common: they will reward you with ESO Gold or other items necessary for playing the game after you complete the relevant tasks. Generally speaking, as long as you are a subscriber to Elder Scrolls Online, you can enjoy all DLC for free before, but perhaps due to the chain reaction caused by changes in the seasonal update mechanism and other aspects, you must currently have an ESO Plus membership to access the dungeons in Fallen Banners. Or you can just wait and see until the developers reveal other ways to get the DLC during ESO Direct on April 10. Dungeon 1 Lep Seclusa Most PVE dungeons in RPGs have a storyline all their own, and Lep Seclusa is no exception. It’s actually home to a little-known group of Redguard monks called Hel Netu, who have long been dedicated to erasing any knowledge of Hel Netu from the rest of Tamriel, making Lep Seclusa the perfect place to hide Elder Scrolls. It’s a method that worked for a long time, as Tamriel all but forgot about Lep Seclusa, Hel Netu, and the mysterious scrolls they held. But as you might guess, there are no secrets that last forever. As the dungeon content unfolds, Orpheon the Tactician and his deserter army have somehow learned about Lep Seclusa, and they believe that the prophecy on the scroll hidden here is the key to their control of Ruby Throne and the empire, so they will use all means to obtain the scroll, and what you have to do is to stop Orpheon and his army when they attack and defend Lep Seclusa with Moth Priests together. Dungeon 2 Exiled Redoubt Unlike Lep Seclusa’s own mysterious story, the relevant plot of Exiled Redoubt is much simpler and the difficulty level will be more friendly. Exiled Redoubt is the underground fortress of a former noble Cato Albus in ESO. He seems to be planning some ulterior conspiracy here, because the plot will tell you that many Alliance War veterans have disappeared here. What you have to do next is to fight in the dungeon with Battlemage Lucilla while investigating, find out the reason for the disappearance of veterans, and crush Cato Albus’s plan. After completing the dungeon, you will receive gold, unique dye, a monster mask, and three armor sets for each class of equipment as rewards. Don’t Miss ESO Direct! In order to let players know the next plan of the game in 2025, as well as the effects and feedback of the recent update rhythm and content changes, Elder Scrolls Online plans to hold an ESO Direct starting at 3:00 pm on Thursday, April 10. The reason why you are recommended not to miss this Direct and related programs is that on the one hand, it should reveal more new information about Fallen Banners DLC, as well as some content related to update 46; on the other hand, after watching the Direct and the program, you will have the opportunity to get Twitch Drops, including 150% XP scrolls for watching the live broadcast for 15 minutes and Skill Respecification scrolls for watching the program for 30 minutes. In addition, the one-year ESO 10th anniversary celebration, which started in April last year, has not yet ended, so the event will announce the bonus code set in this live broadcast, which you can use to redeem the 10th anniversary exclusive monkey pet in the game! In short, whether you are a new or old player of ESO, 2025 is definitely the year you should pay the most attention and energy to the game. I hope you can have a great gaming experience!Mar-13-2025
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Elder Scrolls Online: What ...
The much-anticipated ESO Anniversary Jubilee Event has finally arrived! We can continue to join this event until April 23rd and receive a 100% XP boost and a lot of cakes. Here, we’ll share how to get boxes, event tickets, and other cosmetics scattered around the world during Anniversary Event. Start Event First, to start the event, you need to complete the mission, For Cake’s Sake, and get this year’s Jubilee Cake. You can find chefs near the docks in Auridon, Stonefalls, and Glenumbra, or you can get the starter quest for free in Crown Store, which will take you directly to them. How To Get An Anniversary Cake? Then, you also need to collect some ingredients and complete some interactions. These can be found near the quest giver, and upon completing the quest, you’ll receive 2024 Anniversary Cake! It’s worth noting that XP boost is passively applied to anyone who logs in during the event, so you don’t have to eat cake every few hours to get the bonus. But you still need to use cake every day to get 3 Event Tickets, so don’t forget to grab it and use it! Gift Boxes This year, you can get Gift Boxes from a few alternative sources, but as always, any daily quest in the game will net you a Gift Box. This includes Daily Writs, so there’s no better time than now to get them done! You can also get boxes by killing and looting the last boss or world boss in dungeons, trials, and any incursion event. In Rewards for the Worthy mail, you have a chance to win a box from Tales of Tribute rewards. Note, however, that this chance increases based on the number of opponents defeated during Tribute daily and their difficulty. You’ll get a gold reward box the first day you complete it, but all subsequent drops will be purple boxes. There are 2 new items in this year’s Gift Box, Earthbone Ayleid Style and Jubilee Steed, but both only appear in the daily gold box. Note that Jubilee Steed requires 25 fragments, and these fragments are bound when picked up. Obtaining this mount will result in an achievement, but you won’t be able to complete it with what the event offers. This means if you want to complete it, be prepared to spend your ticket. Drops The drops in purple boxes compare favorably to last year’s boxes, and include drops familiar to long-time players, as well as guaranteed materials, some of which are profitable. You can make a decent amount of ESO Gold just by selling some of your excess materials. Currently, I’ve opened around 300 boxes to test drops and can tell you that new motifs appear to have been added to the drop pool! New Cosmetic Replica Rewards Besides Gift Boxes, you can also earn new cosmetic replica rewards by doing specific things, but these items are bound when picked up. Also, you have a slight chance of finding Outfit Style Pages for Trueflame Sword Replica at any fishing node during the event. This is a very rare drop that can be obtained while fishing in Stonefalls in 2014! All Dolmens Loot Chests have a chance to drop Style Pages for Staff of Worms Replica. Any World Boss in Vvardenfell may drop Style Pages of Sunna’rah Replica or Barbas Helmet Replica. Any Geysers in Summerset may drop Style Pages for Ul’vor Staff. Event Merchant For this event, Impresario also has a huge inventory, including the return of cake furnishings for all cakes! Every year you participate in Jubilee, you can buy matching cakes to keep at home. There will also be slices of cake for sale this year, so you can buy whatever you played that year. Earning each slice is associated with an achievement, and each slice is a ticket. So if you are an achievement seeker, keep this in mind! For those paying close attention, you’ll need around 25 Event Tickets to complete the achievement, depending on how long you play. Besides her usual stock of items, new Jubilee Steed Mount fragments, Earthbone Style Pages, and the first 2 fragments of Master of Schemes Personality are also on sale. She will also carry a Jubilee Grab Bag containing old items that are no longer dropped. Note that you will only get items you don’t already have. If you’re new to the game and want to get your hands on some of these items, check out guild traders before picking them up to minimize the potential loot pool. Additionally, other merchants have also changed their inventories. Philius Dormier will provide Deadlands Scorcher Skin fragments this time, while Indrik Vendor has been replaced with 2 different mounts and non-combat pets. In short, these are the items you can get during ESO Anniversary Jubilee Event! Hurry up and get involved! Enjoy your anniversary celebration!Apr-06-2024