Today marks the release ofMorrowind, the next chapter inThe Elder Scrolls Online. ThisDLCrepresents the largest landmass expansion released to date for the MMO from Zenimax Online and Bethesda and transports players back to the locations we first explored during the events of The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind. We’ve put together this launch day guide to help prep you for your first steps in this new land.
The Elder Scrolls Online Morrowind Launch Day Information
Price & Versions
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How to Access Vvardenfell (Morrowind)
Once purchased, in order to accessVvardenfell(the new zone), existing player characters will need to open their Collections tab, select Stories and then select Morrowind under the Chapters tab. From there you will be able to accept the starting quest. Once accepted speak with Captain Jenassa, located near the docks in major cities throughout Tamriel, and she will transport you to Vivec City in Vvardenfell. There are also boats located in Mournhold (Deshaan), Wayrest (Stormhaven) and Woodhearth (Greenshade) that will also take you there as well. New characters can simply play the Tutorial or skip it and will begin in Vvardenfell.
New Class - The Warden
Players will harness nature-based magic to master the powerful new character class - TheWarden. The Warden is the first new class since launch of ESO, and will give players a variety of choices in how they spec it out depending on their playstyle preference. Players will be able to build a Warden that specializes in buffing your party’s defense, increasing their attributes or boosting elements like Magicka and Stamina regen in addition to summoning some impressive beasts. The Warden also introduces a new combat ally – the War Bear – a loyal beast that will ferociously fight by the Warden’s side.
PvP Battlegrounds
Zenimax’s newest addition to the PvP scene are called “Battlegrounds”. Battlegrounds are fast-paced, small-scale PVP zones designed for 3 teams of 4 players each.Allianceaffiliation doesn’t matter in this new PVP mode, so feel free to play with or against your friends and foes from the Alliance War. There are3 game modeswithin Battlegrounds:
These three game types are also played on one of 3 new maps:
Battleground matches last a maximum of 15 minutes, but can end early if the maximum score is reached. Game modes currently have a maximum score of 500 points. When a Battleground ends, you’ll earn rewards based on whether your team came in first, second or third. Rewards include items, gold, XP and Alliance Points.
During a Battleground, you’ll earn Medals which are granted based on your actions to progress your team towards victory specific to each game mode. Medals influence the quality of a reward you’ll receive at the end of a match. Medals have a score associated with them which are added onto one of three weekly Leaderboards. At the end of the week, players on the Leaderboard will be awarded items based on their rank on the Leaderboards.
Leaving a Battleground before the match is over will incur a penaltywhich is currently set to block you from queueing for another Battleground for 20 minutes, as well as suppress any AP-earning events. All Battlegrounds currently disable bonuses from Champion Points, so it will be roughly the same as playing in the Azura’s Star campaign. you may pick up daily quests for Battlegrounds in one of three locations from a Battlemaster: in the Gladiator’s Quarters near Vivec City, or at the entrance for each Battleground.
New Trial - Halls of Fabrication
Halls of Fabricationis a 12-playerTriallocated in Morrowind, and features a Normal version in addition to a challenging Veteran version! To enter Halls of Fabrication, you have two options: a) Travel to the tower of Tel Fyr, located in eastern Morrowind or b) Speak with Daynillo Rethul, located in Vivec City on the docks, to receive the quest To Tel Fyr which will take you to the entrance. There are unique item sets available only within Halls of Fabrication which grant unique, group-based PvE bonuses. Unique achievement awards are available for completing the Trial achievements. These include a unique skin, several titles, and unique housing items.
New Item Sets
Inside the Morrowind update comes 15 new itemSets. 3 of these Sets are crafted in Vvardenfell, 3 are dropped Sets from delves and world bosses in Vvardenfell, 4 are dropped in the new Trial Halls of Fabrication, and 5 are rewards from the new PvP Battlegrounds. Many of these new sets are viable and encourage a bit of an “out of the box” approach to how you would normally play. I fully expect the newAssassin’s Guileset to further exacerbate the problem that is poisons in PvP by lengthening their duration by an additional 4 seconds and I expect some of the Battleground Sets to encourage small group play bolstered by passives that complement one another.
Miscellaneous (Homes, Motifs and Furniture)
Zenimax has also added 4 newStylesto the game that can be learned by finding and using the corresponding Motif chapters:Ashlander,Buoyant Armiger,Morag TongandMilitant Ordinator. Details on how these can be obtained can be found on the Wiki. They have also added 3 newhomes: Saint Delyn Penthouse, Ald Velothi Harbor House and Amaya Lake Lodge, which can all be purchased and decked out with furniture.Furniturewill now also come in a few other themes such as Daedric or Dwemer, so that players may further customize the setting of their homes.
Launch Day Resources
To help you navigate all of the new content we have the wiki primed with everything you need on everything from the new sets to breaking down all of the changes with the accompanying base game patch. Check out our Morrowindpatchexplained video to give you the head start you need to get going right away:
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Excited for the new content? There is a ton to play through in Morrowind that should keep both new and existing players plenty to keep them occupied until the next major update and beyond. Be sure to keep the wiki handy for everything you need, and hop in ourDiscordto chat and link up with fellow players.
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