ESO Developer Direct and Global Reveal Recap 2023

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Summary

Here is a quick recap of highlights of the recent The Elder Scrolls Online presentations.

• Chapter Title – ESO: Necrom
• Takes place in Telvanni Peninsula, city of Necrom, and Daedric plane of Apocrypha
• Characters: Hermaeus Mora, Dark Elves, and Psijics
• New Arcanist class
  • Destructive Skill line
  • Restorative Skill line
  • Defensive Skill line
• Increase to the number of character slots to 20
  • One free slot will be included with ESO: Necrom purchase
• New content will include usual items
  • Collectibles, titles, achievements
  • Antiquities and Mythics
  • New Tales of Tamriel Deck: Almalexia
  • 2 DLC Dungeons
  • 12 Person Trial
  • Public Dungeons
  • Delves
  • World Events: details to be announced later.
• New Editions available
  • Standard Collection: All Chapters
  • Collectors Edition: Current Chapter and bonus goodies
  • Deluxe Collectors Edition: All Chapters and All Chapter Collectors edition items
  • Digital Upgrade – just new chapter without the base game
  • Deluxe Digital Upgrade – new chapter with collectors edition items
• In-person event to held this spring (Q1) – details to be announced later.
• Change to ESO Yearly Roadmap
  • Q1: Dungeon DLC (no change)
    • Update 37
      • Housing Quality of Life Improvements
        • Filters to placement and retrieval tabs
        • Reset Target Dummies
        • Housing Preview: Targeting furnishing items will reveal what they are.
        • Housing Purchasing options tab: list of included furnishings
      • 3 New Rewards of the Worthy Sets
      • New Alliance Emblem Face Markings
      • Daily/Weekly Reset Timers to align with daily login reward timer
      • New Accessibility Feature Screen Narration: Includes UI
      • Hide-Shoulders functionality: appears with Jester’s Festival
      • New House: Lighthouse.
  • Q2: New Chapter (no change)
  • Q3: Quality of Life / Bug Fixes
  • Q4: New Game System
    • 2023: Endless (procedurally generated) dungeon for two

More detailed spoilers: PTS Patch Notes 8.2.x

ESO 2023 Global Reveal

Timestamps

1. 0:00 Opening Scenes
2. 0:42 Quincy’s Tavern – Cabbage Biscuits with Bacon
3. 5:13 Introduction and Developer Direct Summary – Pete Hines
4. 6:10 Creative Director Presentation – Rich Lambert
   • Chapter title: Necrom
   • Location: Morrowind
   • Theme: Dark Elves, Hermaeus Mora, ESO meets Cosmic Horror.
   • 6:45 Trailer
   • 9:35 Background, main characters, role players will play, and location
   • 10:48 Telvanni Peninsula and City of Necrom
   • 11:41 Apocrypha
5. 12:48 Art Director Presentation- CJ Grebb
   • Art inspiration, paying respects to previous TES titles, architecture, and more
6. 17:20 Writer-Designer – Helena Wachhaus
   • Setting and story, bestiary
7. 20:47 Community Managers Presentation – Jessica Folsom and Gina Bruno
   • Official launch dates, recommended editions, for new and veteran players, pre-purchase items, and more
8. 22:44 Arcanist class preview – Pete Hines, Rich Lambert, Stephen Cerretani
9. 26:07 New feature and game systems – Pete Hines and Rich Lambert
   • Feature summary, companions, zone, world events, public dungeons, 12-person trial, and more
   • 28:03 Schedule and changes to ESO Calendar, ESO Roadmap, new features teasers.
10. 31:05 Wrap up – Jessica Folsom , Gina Bruno, and Pete Hines
    • In-game events, guild finder review, in-person event this spring (TBA)

ESO Live

Timestamps

1. 0:00 Introduction – Jessica Folsom and Gina Bruna
2. 1:33 Necrom Chapter High level summary
   • Launch Dates
     • PC/Mac June 5, 2023
     • Xbox / PlayStation June 20, 2023
   • Zones
   • Arcanist Class
     • Additional Character slots x 2
       • 1 with purchase of Necrom
       • 1 for purchase in crown store
   • 2 New Companions
     • Warden (Argonian) and Arcanist (Redguard)
   • New Trial (TBA)
   • World Events (TBA)
   • Tales of Tamriel Deck: Almalexia
   • Usually collectibles like antiquities, mythics, etc.
3. 5:29 Necrom Editions for Purchase
   • What’s included.
4. 9:05 2023 Roadmap
   • Changes to Q3 and Q4
     • Q3 – Quality of Life and Bug Fixes
     • Q4 – New Game Systems
       • Endless Duo Dungeon 2023
5. 11:28 Amazon Prime Loot and Xbox Game Pass Perks
   • Dragonslayer Bundle
6. 13:45 New DLC: Scribes of Fate Preview with Mike Finnigan
7. 15:53 Group Dungeon Preview: Bal Sunnar
   • 25:15 Fashion: Monster Helm
8. 31:05 Group Dungeon Preview: Scrivener’s Hall
9. 48:31 Gear Items Sets, Motifs, Emotes, Skins, etc.
10. 53:34 Update 37
11. 59:34 New House Preview