Online:Update 43

Released on August 19, 2024 (PC/Mac) or Fall 2024 (PlayStation/Xbox).

Update 43 is the forty-third major update patch for The Elder Scrolls Online, and introduced a new housing feature called Home Tours allowing players to publicly list their houses for view to others, along with new additions to Infinite Archive. It will also include new "quality of life" improvements. It may refer to:

• Patch 10.1.5 for PC/Mac.
• Patch ^(?) for PS4/^(?) for PlayStation 5.
• Patch 1.37.0.0 for Xbox One.

Update 43Edit

New Features / Updates / Big ChangesEdit

Update 43 Base GameEdit

Home ToursEdit

Find and share incredible housing creations with Home Tours! View recommended homes, mark favorites for easy revisiting, list your homes for touring, and browse a continuously evolving list of homes decorated by some of the most fashionable minds in Tamriel. Start exploring the creativity of the Housing community by visiting the Home Tours section of the Activity Finder today!

• List your homes on a server-wide repository of tourable homes, and welcome visitors to your home!
  • Set a custom nickname to help your home stand out!
  • Tag your listings with up to three descriptive tags, ranging from Cozy to Sinister.
  • No limit to the number of homes you can list – if you are a housing aficionado who decorates every home to the utmost, you can list them all!
• Tour a rotating selection of the most recommended homes.
  • This includes a mix of fresh homes that haven’t been in the spotlight recently, as well as homes that continue to be highly recommended time after time.
  • You can personally recommend up to 10 homes a week, helping choose which homes will appear in the Recommended section!
• Find inspiration, hidden gems, and an endless sea of variety by browsing the list of available homes at your leisure.
  • Filter by specific homeowners you’re a fan of, up to three descriptive tags like “Festive” and “Games”, specific houses, or overall house category.
• Favorite up to 100 homes (listed or not!) and revisit them easily from the new Favorite Homes section.

New HomesEdit

Two new homes are available post-Update 43 launch:

• Seabloom Villa
  • Blossom lovers will delight in this picturesque villa perched on the western coastline of Auridon! With its elegant design, this cozy home awaits * Haven of the Five Companions
  • Originally the sanctuary for the Five Companions, this stately structure features five rooms—one for each of the original Companions—plus a central meeting space. Gorgeous views of West Weald and Cyrodiil complement the majestic serenity of this area.

New FurnishingsEdit

With this update, we are focusing on new structural furnishings, recipes and new Master Writs.

• 28 new furnishing plans, which can be acquired via the Skingrad Reward Coffer, obtainable by completing the West Weald World Boss, Incursion, or Delve Daily Quests.
• 7 new Master Writ Furnishings, which can be purchased from Rolis Hlaalu.
• One new antiquity furnishing, the Apocrypha Jewelry Crafting Station, which can be earned by collecting antiquity fragment leads from the Infinite Archive.
• The Scribing Altar, a new crafting station that allows you to scribe from the comfort of your own home. This can be purchased from Faustina Curio for Master Writs, any Cyrodiil War Researcher for Alliance Points, and Filer Tezurs for Archival Fortunes. You can also purchase the Scribing Altar for Crowns in the Housing Editor Purchase tab.

Infinite Archive UpdateEdit

The ever-shifting halls and mazelike corridors of the Infinite Archive continue to confound those willing to brave its depths. New pathways open, books thought lost to time unleash new horrors, and a mysterious new visitor has a task to offer.

Infinite Archive has added new features:

• 2 new arenas
  • A fiery pathway fraught with danger as molten lava rocks erupt into the arena
  • An icy room with deadly freezing water
• 10 new bosses drawn from all over Tamriel
• 8 new Verses and 10 new Visions, including a new Avatar
• 2 new Marauders
  • Bittog, a hulking Werewolf Behemoth
  • Zulfimbul, a charging Minotaur
• New Fabled monsters
• Esalinwe, a ghostly Altmer who lost their life in the Archive is back for revenge offering two daily quests targeting either Fabled or Marauder maligraphies.
  • Earn the new Mystery Verse Scroll with the power to transform you into a random Avatar.
  • Unlock a new Eye of the Infinite to help you in combat by purchasing it from Filer Tezurs.

New Class Item SetsEdit

We’ve added 7 new Item Sets you can earn from Infinite Archive, each one themed around a different skill line from the 7 ESO classes. These sets come in all weights (light, medium, and heavy).

• Aetheric Lance – Templar, Aedric Spear
  • 2 – Adds 129 Weapon and Spell Damage
  • 3 – Adds 657 Critical Chance
  • 4 – Adds 129 Weapon and Spell Damage
  • 5 – Dealing damage with Burning Light twice within 30 seconds creates a 5 meter area for 5 seconds. This effect can occur once every 6 seconds.
    While in the area, dealing damage with an Aedric Spear ability launches a spear at your target, dealing Magic Damage and applying Sundered and increasing your Weapon and Spell Damage by 300 for 6 seconds. The damage scales off the higher of your Weapon or Spell Damage.
• Beacon of Oblivion – Sorcerer, Daedric Summoning
  • 2 – Adds 1487 Armor
  • 3 – Adds 129 Weapon and Spell Damage
  • 4 – Adds 1206 Maximum Health
  • 5 – While you have a pet active, gain 1840 Health and 1980 Armor.
    While you do not have a pet active, increase your damage done and healing done by 15%. These values decrease to 5% while Battle Spirit is active.
• Pyrebrand – Dragonknight, Ardent Flame
  • 2 – Adds 1487 Offensive Penetration
  • 3 – Adds 129 Weapon and Spell Damage
  • 4 – Adds 129 Weapon and Spell Damage
  • 5 – Your Light Attacks deal Flame Damage every 2 seconds over 6 seconds.
    Your fully-charged Heavy Attacks consume up to 3 of your damage over time effects to deal Flame Damage in a 6 meter radius on the target, dealing up to 200% more damage to enemies below 33% Health. The damage scales off of the higher of your Weapon or Spell damage and is increased by 20% for each damage over time effect on the target, up to 60%.
• Umbral Edge – Nightblade, Shadow
  • 2 – Adds 1206 Maximum Health
  • 3 – Adds 1487 Armor
  • 4 – Adds 1096 Maximum Stamina
  • 5 – When you cast a Shadow ability, you gain Umbral Riposte for 3 seconds, up to once every 6 seconds. Umrbal Riposte causes you to dodge the next attack made against you and automatically curses the attacking enemy, applying Major Vulnerability for 5 seconds, increasing their damage taken by 10%.
• Aerie’s Cry – Warden, Animal Companions
  • 2 – Adds 1487 Offensive Penetration
  • 3 – Adds 129 Weapon and Spell Damage
  • 4 – Adds 129 Weapon and Spell Damage
  • 5 – Dealing damage with a Light Attack applies Eagle's Mark to your target for 12 seconds. Eagle's Mark causes an eagle to attack your target every 3 seconds after a 3 second delay, dealing Physical Damage per attack and increasing your damage done with Animal Companion abilities by 10% against them.
    This effect can occur every 3 seconds but cannot be applied to enemies who already have Eagle's Mark. You can have one Eagle's Mark active at a time.
• Corpseburster – Necromancer, Grave Lord
  • 2 – Adds 129 Weapon and Spell Damage
  • 3 – Adds 129 Weapon and Spell Damage
  • 4 – Adds 657 Critical Chance
  • 5 – Consuming a corpse causes the corpse to explode, dealing Magic Damage to enemies within 5 meters, increasing by 10% for each Grave Lord ability slotted. This effect can occur once every 0.5 seconds and scales off the higher of your Weapon or Spell Damage.
• Spattering Disjunction – Arcanist, Herald of the Tome
  • 2 – Adds 657 Critical Chance
  • 3 – Adds 129 Weapon and Spell Damage
  • 4 – Adds 129 Weapon and Spell Damage
  • 5 – Dealing damage with an Arcanist ability applies two random status effects to your target. This effect can occur once every 7 seconds. Dealing damage with a Herald of the Time ability reduces this cooldown by 0.5 seconds, up to once every 1 second.

Item Set Curation AdditionsEdit

To assist with various item chases throughout Tamriel, the following coffers will now offer curation.As with all curation, the coffers will only award items you have not yet collected. Once you have collected all pieces, curation will end and the coffers will once again reward random pieces.

• Undaunted Monster Set Shoulder Coffers
  • This affects only the specific dungeon coffers offered by Maj al-Ragath, Glirion the Redbeard, and Urgarlag Chief-Bane. The mystery coffers are not affected by curation.
  • These coffers will be for sale for 8 undaunted keys.
• Imperial City Monster Set Shoulder Coffers
• Weekly Trial Reward Coffers

Master Writ Vendor Offering AdjustmentsEdit

We have introduced seven new Master Writ furnishing plans on Rolis Hlaalu, which can be individually purchased for 125 Writ Vouchers each:

• Sketch: Colovian Mirror, Standing
• Praxis: Colovian Glassblower's Furnace
• Pattern: Colovian Tapestry, Red Diamond
• Formula: Colovian Alembic Set, Colorful
• Diagram: Colovian Chandelier, Grapes
• Design: Dawnwood Platter, Feast
• Blueprint: Colovian Keg, Gigantic Wine

The previous seven Master Writ furnishing plans on Rolis Hlaalu, which were introduced in the Scions of Ithelia DLC, have been moved to Faustina Curio (Rolis Hlaalu's assistant) for discounted individual purchase at 100 Writ Vouchers each if you have completed the "Unsurpassed Crafter" Achievement.

• Blueprint: Pergola, Reclaimed Wood
• Design: Apocrypha Tree, Spore
• Formula: Apocrypha Light Diffuser, Stalk
• Pattern: Apocrypha Book Press
• Diagram: Apocrypha Bookcase Platform
• Sketch: Apocrypha Mirror, Intricate
• Praxis: Apocrypha Wall, Eye

The previous seven Master Writ furnishing plans that were on Faustina Curio, which were mostly Necrom in style, have been collected into a new item called the "Necrom Furnishing Folio". This can be purchased from Faustina if you have the Unsurpassed Crafter Achievement, for 700 Writ Vouchers. This new folio contains the following items:

• Blueprint: Necrom Cart, Funerary
• Design: Indoril Chandelier, Vine-Covered
• Diagram: Dwarven Door, Bronze
• Formula: Telvanni Lantern, Luminous Mushroom
• Pattern: Dark Elf Tent, Multiroom
• Praxis: Necrom Crematory, Furnace
• Sketch: Mirror of the Weaver

Faustina Curio now offers two new items, the "Tomehold Journeyman Furnisher's Document" and “Tomehold Master Furnisher's Document” which contain Blue or Purple Quality recipes respectively from the Infinite Archive. These are available for 30 Writ Vouchers each, provided "Infinite Archive Vanquisher" Achievement has been completed.

New Skill StylesEdit

We’ve added 6 new Skill Styles, which are all available via in-game sources!

• Three are available for Undaunted Keys or Archival Fortunes:
  • Twin Slashes, Lilac Purple
  • Momentum, Vibrant Yellow
  • Elemental Storm, Violet Purple
• Three more are available via Fragment Chases, with additional rotating sourcing via Filer Ool. These require certain DLC to acquire.^(?)
  • Silver Bolts, Gold
  • Roar, Green
  • Annulment, Yellow

New CollectiblesEdit

• Body and Face Markings
  • “Feral Favor" is earned by acquiring 50 Arena Gladiator proofs and combining them with an “Arena Gladiator's Favor”.
  • “Archival Access” body and face markings are acquired by completing the achievements “Prepared Foresight” and “Gifted and Accomplished” respectively.
• Customized Actions
  • The customized action “Hroldan Hammer Mining” is purchased with 50 master writs from Rolis Hlaalu, or very rarely found when harvesting ore.
• Outfit Styles
  • “Cumberland Cavalier” style pages are purchased from War Researchers with Alliance Points.
  • “Thane of Falkreath” style pages are purchased from War Researchers with Alliance Points.

Achievements and TitlesEdit

This update introduces 79 new achievements and 2 new titles.

• The title “Lexiluminous” is acquired by completing the “Triumphant Curator” achievement.
• The title “Antiquarian” is acquired by completing the “Member of the Antiquarian Circle” achievement.
• Added more 10th anniversary achievements, as well as several new meta-achievements.

Mount Preview ImprovementsEdit

You can now preview a wider variety of mount behaviors including the mount up and rear up visuals, as well as the walk, run, and idle animations. No more guesswork or feeling like you need to search for a video.

• Previewed behaviors replay periodically and include any special visuals.
• This applies everywhere you can preview mounts including the Collections menu, Crown Store, and in-game merchants like the Impresario.

Remember Last Selected Guild Store or Guild BankEdit

When talking to a banker and selecting Guild Bank or Guild Store, the menu will now default to the previously selected Guild Bank or Guild Store from your current session.

Known IssuesEdit

Exploration & ItemizationEdit

Achievements

• The achievement “Guild Store Shopper” is currently not functioning correctly.

Alliance War & PvPEdit

Battlegrounds

• If you queue into an active Solo Random Battleground that is at full capacity (12 players), then backfill a team after a player leaves, you may be stuck on a loading screen as the attempt to backfill may not function correctly. Restarting your client should workaround this issue.
• If you’re disconnected from a Group Random Battleground during play, you may receive the message “You or a member of your team is locked out of queueing,” but no Deserter debuff is applied and the lockout timer will not expire for 30 minutes (even though the visible timer will expire after 5 minutes).

HousingEdit

Mundus Stones

• You cannot interact with a mundus stone and gain its buff while set to “Limited Visitor” permissions in a house. Currently Mundus Stones require "visitor" permissions. This is not intended and will be addressed in a future incremental.

Dungeons & Group ContentEdit

Infinite Archive

• The Mystery Transformation Verse consumable lacks the tooltip when using it. The consumable grants one inactive transformation verse from Mora’s Boons, and is only usable in the Infinite Archive; it is limited to a single use per Archive run.

UIEdit

• Certain Passives and Item Sets with permanent bonuses are incorrectly increasing the size of the Magicka and Stamina bar.

MiscellaneousEdit

• The Red Rook Camp location is incorrectly linked to a Gold Road collectible. This can cause the completion icon to appear grayed-out.

Combat & GameplayEdit

Combat & AbilitiesEdit

Greetings everyone! Update 43 is here, and with it a slew of changes focused on following up on this year’s big feature, Scribing! We’ve gone through much of the feedback that has come in between Update 42’s PTS cycle and the feature going live, resulting in some updates to the potency of some Scripts and Grimoire combinations, general buffs to numbers, bug fixing, and some functionality changes in rare cases.

We’ve got plenty more outside of Scribing, however, with a handful of updates and additions to some class ability functionality, primarily focused on improving Necromancer’s access to the Major/Minor system, the highly requested in-combat casting of Sacrificial Bones, and a few morph buffs to spice up some gameplay potential. We also have some moderate adjustments to Wardens that aim to help differentiate power levels if you’re a tank or damage dealer, to reduce some of the power the class can easily access in PvP. We’re also reorganizing some Nightblade abilities to make sure they better align with their sourced skill line’s vision and theme, while ever-so-slightly improving their PvE damage production and peeling back some of the ease of defensive power the assassin playstyle has access to.

Outside of that, we have a handful of other adjustments, such as making Vampire’s Undeath passive less restrictive but also less powerful, cleaning up a bunch of item set interactions, better splitting the morph functionality of Abyssal Impact, and a hefty amount of bug fixes involving stealth interaction. That about wraps up the main points to expect this update, thanks for reading and we hope to see you in Tamriel!

General

• Fixed an issue where a group member’s Health could appear desynced when attacked outside of your detection radius (really far away) in some cases.

Arcanist

• Herald of the Tome
  • Abyssal Impact
    • Cephaliarch's Flail (morph):
      • This morph no longer gains execute scaling damage.
      • The healing from this morph now only occurs if the ability damaged a target, to ensure it can only be used aggressively, rather than at any time.
    • Tentacular Dread (morph): This morph now increases its damage done by 33% per Crux consumed, up from 20%.

Developer Comment

In this pass, we're trying to better align the power dynamic between these morphs. Very early in development, Flail was actually used predominantly as an execute with much more potent scaling, but over time during the class's development, we reduced this function when Fatecarver came into being and took the spotlight. Originally, we kept this functionality to pay homage to that, but since both morphs added damage functionalities, it created a situation where one was always going to be better than the other. Rather than trying to have an arms race between the two, we've done more of a hard split, where Flail remains a generic "buff" morph that allows you to gain additional effects and contextual uses, while Dread more radically shifts how the ability is utilized. In addition to this, the increased drain of Crux that Dread asks of you wasn't as rewarding as we would have liked, so we're bumping up the reward for using it well.

• Curative Runeforms
  • Vitalizing Glyphic
    • Fixed an issue where this ultimate and its morphs could sometimes tick more than once every second.

Necromancer

• Added Major and Minor effects to numerous Necromantic abilities to help the class better enfeeble their foes and empower themselves with the taste of death.
• The following minions/abilities will now only generate a corpse if their summoner was also in combat, in efforts to reduce the ability to generate Ultimate out of combat:
  • Sacrificial Bones and Grave Lord’s Sacrifice
  • Skeletal Mage and its morphs
  • Bone Armor and its morphs
  • Spirit Mender and its morphs
• Gravelord
  • Boneyard: This ability and its morphs now also apply Minor Vulnerability to enemies inside the area. The chill of death embraces those in its wake.
    • Unnerving Boneyard (morph): This ability's Minor Vulnerability and Major Breach now persist on enemies for 4.1 seconds each tick, rather than only while in the area.
    • Fixed a bug where the sound effects for the gravestones spawning was missing.
  • Sacrificial Bones:
    • This ability and the Grave Lord’s Sacrifice morph no longer require you to be in combat in order to cast them.
    • Fixed an issue where the damage increase from this ability and its morphs did not properly update many ability tooltips.
  • Shocking Siphon: This ability and its morphs now also grant you Major Prophecy and Savagery for 20 seconds after casting. Such lack of respect for the dead spurs the spreading of more of it.
    • Detonating Siphon (morph): Fixed an issue where the damage from the explosion of this morph could not be blocked.
  • Skeletal Mage: This ability and its morphs now also grant you Major Brutality and Sorcery for their active duration. Such audacious manipulation of death fuels your desire for more of it.
• Bone Tyrant
  • Bone Armor: This ability and its morphs now also grant Minor Resolve for their duration. The bones must've belonged to milk drinkers.
    • Summoner's Armor (morph): This morph now also lasts 30 seconds, up from 20.
  • Bone Totem: This ability and its morphs now also apply Major Cowardice to enemies inside it. Such horrific sights instill hopelessness to even the mightiest of foes.
    • Agony Totem: The synergy granted from this morph, Pure Agony, no longer applies Minor Vulnerability, as Boneyard now applies it.
  • Grave Grasp
    • Ghostly Embrace (morph): This morph now also deals damage equal to half of a normal area effect spammable attack to enemies in each patch. The ability now ranks up in 1.1% damage per rank, rather than adding .333ms to each negative effect per rank.

Developer Comment

We're adding some additional damage sources outside of the Necromancer's Gravelord skill line to help inject some contextual options for damage production, without harming their utility. While this ability won't outweigh some purely damage oriented skills, with proper aiming and placement, the ability to hit the same enemy with multiple patches allows for some powerful damage scaling that can contextually out-perform other ability options.

• Living Death
  • Spirit Mender
    • Intensive Mender (morph): This morph now also heals 2 additional allies within 8 meters of the original target, since the morph did not add direct power to the base ability.

Nightblade

• Shifted numerous Nightblade abilities to improve their thematic tie into their skill line, while simultaneously addressing some long-standing balance issues the class has had in PvP environments. These changes are listed below, rather than explaining each change in an isolated bullet point:
  • Moved Blur and its morphs out of the Assassination skill line and into the Shadow skill line. Blur is now the first ability in the Shadow line, taking the place of Veiled Strike. This means Blur and its morphs will now be treated as Shadow abilities and interact with augments that come from the Shadow skill line, rather than the Assassination skill line.
  • Moved Veiled Strike and its morphs out of the Shadow skill line and into the Assassination skill line. Veiled Strike is now the first ability in the Assassination line, taking the place of Assassin's Blade. This means Veiled Strike and its morphs will now be treated as Assassination abilities and interact with augments that come from the Assassination skill line, rather than the Shadow skill line.
  • Moved Assassin's Blade and its morphs to the open slot that Blur originally occupied as the 3rd ability unlocked from the skill line.

Developer Comment

We're going through and cleaning up some large inconsistencies with the Nightblade class by reorganizing some abilities that felt out of place, both thematically from their skill line as well as balance-wise. Blur, an ability that focuses on aiding your evasive and tank-like capabilities, is now placed in Shadow as it operates more heavily within that theme and skill line's intent. Veiled Strike, an ability that focuses on dealing consistent and precise damage, has been moved to the skill line that focuses on those elements and no longer adds bonuses to your survivability like triggering the Shadow Barrier passive, but instead offers damage focused bonuses like Hemorrhage and Pressure Points. With these adjustments, we hope to reign in and organize some of the bonuses the class interacts with so it feels more sensible and balanced overall.

• Shadow
  • Shadow Barrier: This passive now grants its Major Resolve for 6/12 seconds, rather than 3/6 seconds. It now increases by 2 seconds per piece of Heavy Armor worn at either rank, rather than extending the duration by 25% per piece worn.

Developer Comment

Now that Veiled Strike no longer activates this passive, we're making it easier to manage for the class as a whole, while still creating incentives to benefit tanks over damage dealers. Overall, this should now be easier to upkeep at all levels but should still have less uptime for Nightblades that aren't engaging with the more evasive side of their toolkit. These new values should now also better align with the duration effect abilities that are extended with Dark Veil. We don’t expect this to rock the boat too much in either PvE or PvP but should reinforce the need to cast Shadow abilities more regularly, rather than being able to maintain it simultaneously while dealing their bread and butter damaging attack.

• Siphoning
  • Strife: Fixed an issue where this ability and its morphs’ healing failed to activate if the target was blocking.
    • Funnel Health (morph): This morph now heals up to 3 targets, rather than 2, so its morph power upgrade is similar to Radiating Regeneration.

Sorcerer

• Daedric Summoning
  • Daedric Curse:
    • This ability and its morphs now deal their full damage in an area around the cursed enemy, rather than dealing full damage to the cursed enemy and half damage in an area around them.
    • This damage can no longer be blocked, as this feature was never messaged on the ability and is not considered a Damage over Time, nor is its damage-based on other damaging events.
  • Daedric Prey: This morph now properly mentions that it also forces your active pets to prioritize the target.

Developer Comment

We're moving forward with a change that streamlines this ability into one powerful area attack rather than splitting it between a single target and area attack, to help Sorcerers gain some cleave damage in PvE. In addition, we're removing some remnant balance behavior of the skill being unable to be blocked, as originally, the Sorcerer class had no real way to deal with enemies that blocked their burst windows, and the telegraphed nature of the skill was easily countered. Over the years, however, this weakness has naturally been solved with the addition of crowd control that cannot be blocked in the form of Bolt Escape and its morphs. This should help reduce the incredibly powerful burst that the class can constantly dish out in PvP from a base, and instead shift the focus to only be able to pull these events off when they're taking riskier plays.

Templar

• Dawn’s Wrath
  • Radiant Destruction: Fixed an issue where this ability and its morphs’ visuals would appear to spill out and reflect on yourself when the abilities triggered the Overcharged status effect on the enemy target.
  • Solar Flare: Increased the duration of the Sunsphere and Empower granted from this ability and the Dark Flare morph to 10 seconds, up from 5.

Warden

• Winter’s Embrace
  • Arctic Wind
    • Arctic Blast (morph):
      • This morph now instantly deals damage equal to a normal area effect spammable attack, rather than healing you instantly. Instead, the healing happens if the ability failed to damage any enemies with the initial hit. The Damage over Time now only starts after the 2 second delay, rather than instantly.
      • Reduced the Damage over Time by ~21% per tick, resulting in little to no changes in its total base damage dealt with the initial hit added.
      • Reduced the healing from this ability by ~11%.
      • Reduced the base chance to apply the Chilled Status effect to 10% per tick, down from 15%. The initial hit has a 25% chance to apply the Chilled status.
      • Reduced the cost to 3780, down from 4320

Developer Comment

In this pass, we're tweaking how this ability functions to reduce some of its raw power to do damage, crowd control, and heal all at once. Now, the ability can be used to deal the same total damage over its duration, with more damage focused on an up-front hit - granting the Warden a class-based area effect spammable that it previously lacked. Additionally, we're changing the healing to be a conditional requirement rather than a guarantee, so the ability can act as a heal when you back away from the fight, rather than outright removing it.It is our hope that these changes still help the Warden class have access to powerful tools from their kit, without the overwhelming power they enabled in PvP situations.

• Piercing Cold: Reworked this passive to grant varying effects based on your Max Health to better align with the passive being for tanks, while continuing to offer something for damage dealers. This passive now grants Piercing Cold for 6 seconds when you deal Frost Damage, up to once every 6 seconds. If you have 30,000 or more Max Health, Piercing Cold increases the damage you block by 6/12%. If you have less than 30,000 Max Health, it grants you 4/8% damage done.

Developer Comment

We're re-evaluating this passive to reduce the restrictions it places on builds, while simultaneously making sure we offer a tank-oriented bonus for the tanking-based skill line. In addition to this, we're ensuring the bonuses are less likely to inject offensive power in PvP scenarios, as the Warden is already consistently finding success at dealing damage while remaining tanky. The damage bonuses are less than the previous iteration of this passive since its significantly less restrictive to damage build paths, and the previous update also added more damage to their kit as well in form of Betty Netch.

Weapon

• Destruction Staff
  • Ancient Knowledge: Fixed an issue where this passive could cause your Health Bar to glow permanently.
  • Weakness to Elements
    • Elemental Susceptibility: Fixed an issue where this ability would break stealth and invisibility each tick.
• Dual Wield
  • Hidden Blade
    • Shrouded Daggers: Fixed an issue where the bouncing daggers were not being properly treated as a ranged attack in some instances.

Guild

• Fighter’s Guild
  • Silver Bolts
    • Silver Leash: Fixed an issue with this morph where it could fail to behave like other pull abilities.
• Mages Guild
  • Entropy
    • Structured Entropy: Fixed an issue where this morph would remove stealth and invisibility from the target each time the healing projectile was sent to the caster of the effect.

Skill Styling

• Corrected an issue that caused Skill Style selection elements to appear for skills that did not have styles to select from.

World

• Werewolf
  • Fixed an issue where some passives could be gained in Werewolf form when they should be disabled.
  • Roar
    • Deafening Roar (morph): Fixed an issue where this morph’s taunt could apply to multiple targets at once.
  • Werewolf Transformation
    • Pack Leader (morph): Fixed an issue where the direwolves from this morph could cause some monsters to despawn immediately upon entering combat with them
• Vampire
  • Undeath:
    • This passive now reduces damage taken by up to 7/15%, down from up to 15/30%.

Developer Comment

Undeath has granted incredibly sharp bonuses for a while, incentivizing huge investment into the "kiss-curse" aspect that the Vampire has. This made it highly potent for players who could work around the trade-offs, while simultaneously creating a very exclusive bonus that many could not get value out of. With these new values we hope the passive still encourages investment into the Vampiric playstyle, without creating a sense that they’re mandatory to obtain.

• Soul Magic
  • Soul Trap: Fixed an issue where this skill was not being auto granted to all characters that unlocked the skill line.

Champion SystemEdit

Warfare

• Occult Overload: Fixed an issue where the damage from this effect did not obey line of sight.

ScribingEdit

General

• Added Scribing Altars to Cyrodiil base camps and the Imperial City sewers.
• Updated the visual effects for the True-Sight Lens overlay to reduce feelings of motion sickness.
• Fixed an issue that could prevent Grimoires from showing in the UI when trying to Scribe.

Luminous Ink

• To better align with other specialty crafting materials, we have added additional sources for Luminous Ink.
  • If you have the Dragon Luminary’s Blessing, you now have a low chance for Luminous Ink to drop with Treasure Chests.
  • If you have the Gryphon Luminary’s Blessing, you now have a low chance for Luminous Ink to drop in Heavy Sacks.

Grimoires

• All Grimoires have received small numerical increases to some of their Focus and Signature script interactions in order to simulate the progression that normal abilities receive as they rank up.
  • This is mainly accomplished by increasing damage, healing, shielding, or other stat scaling effects on abilities by 3.3% for Focus scripts (which we treat as a “base ability”), and 6.6% for Signature scripts (which we treat as a “morph decision”). This should help increase Scribed abilities feel more numerically viable when compared to non-Scribed abilities in the high-end experiences, without tipping the scales too much in their favor.
  • Check each individual Grimoire section for the specific changes that don’t adhere to the listed 3.3% or 6.6% adjustments.
• Elemental Explosion
  • Increased all damaging Focus script’s status effect chance to 10%, rather than the default 5%, as the Grimoire has a longer commitment and travel time.
  • Reduced the Knockback Focus’ knockback distance to 10 meters, down from 12, when paired with this Grimoire.
  • Increased the Druid's Resurgence Signature when paired with this Grimoire to 470 Magicka per target, up from 441.
  • Fixed an issue where the War Mage’s Defense Signature tooltip was inaccurate to the ability functionality when paired with this Grimoire. The ability grants a much larger Damage Shield than it previously stated, and it now properly mentions its scaling of becoming 20% stronger per enemy hit, rather than implying it increases by 100% per enemy hit.
    • Fixed an issue where the Damage Shield was capped at 50% of your Max Health, despite scaling based on number of targets hit. It now properly has no cap to its size, similarly to Brawler.
• Mender’s Bond
  • Increased the Restore Resources Focus when paired with this Grimoire to 225 Magicka and Stamina per tick, up from 215.
  • Increased the Druid's Resurgence Signature when paired with this Grimoire to 80 Magicka and Stamina per tick, up from 74.
  • Updated the tooltip so it properly updates the ability name upon selection of a focus.
• Shield Throw
  • Increased the Druid’s Resurgence Signature when paired with this Grimoire to 165 Stamina per tick, up from 152.
• Smash
  • Increased the Druid’s Resurgence Signature when paired with this Grimoire to 200 Stamina per tick, up from 184.
  • Increased the Leeching Thirst Signature’s healing done when paired with this Grimoire to 35%, up from 33%.
  • Goading Smash, the Taunt Focus pairing, now requires a target to activate, rather than being a freely aimed ability. This adjustment ensures that the enemy you target is now the target of your taunt, rather than only taunting the nearest enemy to you when you activated the ability.

Developer Comment

This combination was always intended to be more of a unique way to taunt enemies compared to other abilities, but its difficulty to reliably hit your primary target made it feel even more limiting than we wanted. We've decided to go with a larger change to the ability's delivery to help it feel better when you pick this specific Focus, so it feels more handcrafted to what you'd look for in such a unique combination.

• Fixed an issue where Goading Smash did not properly count as a casting a Taunt ability.
• Torchbearer
  • Increased the Druid's Resurgence Signature when paired with this Grimoire to 200 Stamina per tick, up from 74.
• Traveling Knife
  • Increased the Leeching Thirst Signature when paired with this Grimoire to 25%, up from 20%.
• Vault
  • Fixed an issue where this Grimoire did not properly activate many sets that stated “When you deal direct damage with a Blink, Charge, Teleport, Leap or Pull ability…” when paired with a damaging Focus script.
  • Fixed an issue where the animation for this Grimoire did not properly react when you landed in shallow water. Now you will splish splash, as if taking a bath, when you land in the water after using any version of this ability.
  • Increased the Heal Focus by ~55% when paired with this Grimoire, since it was healing for the same as a damage Focus but costing significantly more than it should.
  • Increased the Druid’s Resurgence Signature when paired with this Grimoire to 200 Stamina per tick, up from 175.
• Wield Soul
  • Reduced the Druid's Resurgence Signature when paired with this Grimoire to 600 Magicka and Stamina, down from 1000.

Scripts

• Fixed an issue where many Signature scripts that dealt Damage over Time did not properly interact with stealth and invisibility. These effects will now properly damage but not break stealth or invisibility from targets and can no longer miss.
• Scripts acquired from Daily Quest Coffers and world drops will no longer have variable levels or sell values. They will always be level 1 and always sell to vendors for 999 gold.
• Script items now stack properly.
• Anchorites Cruelty and Potency: Fixed an issue where this script would fail to consume Soul Gems in some specific combinations.
• Class Mastery
  • Increased the resources restored from the Nightblade Class Mastery script to 400, up from 333.
  • Increased the resources restored from the Warden Class Mastery script to 1435, up from 1000.
  • Fixed an issue where the Warden version of the Signature did not properly display an enemy telegraph.
  • Necromancer: Fixed an issue where this script could fail to grant its bonuses in some cases.
  • Fixed a typo with the Dragonknight Class Script in several Grimoires.
• For Scribing in U43, we are adding additional Frost Script Support to the following Grimoires:
  • Shield Throw
  • Wield Soul
  • Soul Burst

All of these will now be able to use the Frost Focus Script in addition to the existing Frost Support on Elemental Explosion and Ulfsild's Contingency.

Developer Comment

We realized that we hadn't sufficiently provided Frost Support for those of you who enjoy that archetype, and are working to resolve this deficit. In addition, we are also adding support for 23 existing Affix Scripts to existing Grimoires. We know you want even more choice with how you make your Scribed Skills just right for your sets, so we are working to help support that. For the most part, we have made our hybrid Scripts more widely sourced, such as Brutality/Sorcery, Savagery/Prophecy, and Intellect/Endurance. The full list of additions is here:

• Vault
  • Berserk
  • Brutality/Sorcery
  • Intellect/Endurance
• Shield Throw
  • Savagery/Prophecy
  • Brutality/Sorcery
• Smash
  • Savagery/Prophecy
  • Brutality/Sorcery
• Elemental Explosion
  • Savagery/Prophecy
• Mender’s Bond
  • Evasion
  • Force
  • Vulnerability
• Traveling Knife
  • Brutality/Sorcery
  • Force
• Wield Soul
  • Savagery/Prophecy
  • Maim
• Soul Burst
  • Savagery/Prophecy
  • Brutality/Sorcery
• Contingency
  • Savagery/Prophecy
  • Brutality/Sorcery
• Torchbearer
  • Savagery/Prophecy
  • Brutality/Sorcery
• Trample
  • Brutality/Sorcery
  • Protection

Affixes

• Affix durations now follow a simpler and streamlined rule where Major buffs and debuffs last for 10 seconds, while Minor buffs and debuffs last for 20 seconds. This results in the following changes:
  • Trample’s Major Savagery and Prophecy now last 10 seconds, down from 20.
  • Trample’s Minor Heroism and Minor Expedition have been converted to Major Heroism and Expedition since they only apply to the caster. They now last for 10 seconds, rather than 20 since they are Major effects.
  • Elemental Explosion’s Major Savagery and Prophecy now last 10 seconds, down from 10.
  • Traveling Knife’s Major Savagery and Prophecy now last 10 seconds, down from 20.
  • Vault’s Major Evasion now lasts 10 seconds, down from 20.
  • Shield Throw’s Minor Enervation now lasts 20 seconds, up from 10.
  • Mender’s Bond’s Affixes remain at 10 seconds upon application since they apply each tick from a 12 second duration ability. This technically allows their maximum uptime to be 22 seconds rather than 20, which we’re leaving as-is for now since tethers are a little more volatile than normal abilities.

Developer Comment

This combination was always intended to be more of a unique way to taunt enemies compared to other abilities, but its difficulty to reliably hit your primary target made it feel even more limiting than we wanted. We've decided to go with a larger change to the ability's delivery to help it feel better when you pick this specific Focus, so it feels more handcrafted to what you'd look for in such a unique combination.

We’ve decided to streamline our durations of Affixes to ensure they’re easier to understand – Major Affixes should apply a powerful effect for a mild duration, while Minor Affixes should apply lesser effects for a longer duration.

We’ve opted for this design space to ensure powerful effects require more frequent engagement, while less impactful events are easier to maintain. We understand this can lead to situations where your Signature and Affix durations may misalign and create situations where you must weigh when you should recast the ability, but we believe this to be an important and conscious decision that should be pondered when you’re crafting your ability.

Quests

• The Second Era of Scribing
  • Fixed an issue where quests pins would sometimes lead you to inactive portals.
• The Wing of the Indrik
  • Fixed several typos throughout the quest.
• The Wing of the Dragon
  • Fixed several issues with quest assist locations.
  • Cleaned up the Corrupted Merchant’s path they walk around Riften.
  • Fixed several mismatches between text and voice over.
  • Fixed an issue where Votary Llaren would sometimes keep holding his clipboard even though he had a scroll to read!
  • Fixed an issue with missing quest icons.
  • Fixed an issue where interacting with Votary Nahlia before she finished specific scenes would prevent you from speaking to her again.
• The Wing of the Gryphon
  • Fixed an issue where relogging during certain quest steps would cause Votary Nahlia to disappear.
  • Chests within Dagon’s realm will now properly despawn for group members once you loot them for the quest specific tasks.
  • Fixed several issues with quest assist locations.
  • Fixed several mismatches between text and voice over.
• The Wing of the Netch
  • You can now leave the Wing of the Netch’s wing if you are not on the quest.
  • Fixed an issue where the Fable of the Netch could close prematurely if your True Sight Focus buff wore out while reading it.
  • The quest will no longer attempt to bring you to Auridon to use a portal you cannot see (oh, silly Netch).
  • Fixed an issue where Votary Nahlia’s shield would randomly tilt in conversation.
  • Fixed an issue where the Netch could get stuck in a grounded animation.
  • Fixed several issues with quest assist locations.
  • Fixed an issue where backing out of the conversation with Elic could cause a theater scene to play out prematurely.
• The Wing of the Crows
  • Fixed several issues with quest assist locations.
  • Fixed several typos throughout the quest.

UI

• Fixed an issue where the search function in the Scribing screen would not function correctly in the Gamepad UI.
• You can now search by skill description in the Archive section while in Scribing Altar UI.
• When unlocking a new Skill Style while the skill line is visible on screen, the new Skill Style will now be noted appropriately with exclamation points.

Itemization & Item SetsEdit

General

• Fixed an issue where the following item sets could not have their ground effects dispelled:
  • Baron Thirsk
  • Domihaus
  • Earthgore
  • Enervating Aura
  • Euphotic Gatekeeper
  • Hagraven’s Garden
  • Ilambris
  • Monolith of Storms
  • Nerien'eth
  • Pillar of Nirn (visuals failed to dispel, but damage properly was removed)
  • Plague Slinger
  • Rage of the Ursauk
  • Sellistrix
  • Thurvokun
  • Trinimac’s Valor
  • Velidreth
  • Widowmaker

Class Sets

• Gardener of Seasons
  • Fixed an issue where the effects from Harbinger of Fall did not obey target caps.
• Beacon of Oblivion
  • This set now increases damage done instead of damage done to monsters while no pets are active. It now grants 5% damage done and Healing Done while Battle Spirit is active, which increases to 15% when Battle Spirit is inactive
• Reawakened Heirophant
  • Fixed an issue where this set’s effects could be maintained indefinitely through bar swapping. As a result, bar swapping off this set will disable its ability to further proc.

Crafted Sets

• Magnus’ Gift: Fixed an issue where this set did not properly work with cast time abilities.
• Sload's Semblance:
  • Fixed an issue where this set's visuals could appear to apply to multiple targets, despite only applying to one before going on cooldown.
  • Fixed an issue where the visual effects could fail to be removed if the Damage over Time was removed.

Dungeon Sets

• Grisly Gourmet: Fixed an issue where this set could be dispelled despite not being visible to enemies. What implications does this impose on the sweet roll being consumed? Ponder at risk of your sanity, much to the mad god’s whim.
• Mighty Glacier: Fixed an issue where this set did not activate off some abilities that met its criteria, such as Blazing Spear or Runeguard of Freedom.
• Runecarver's Blaze: Fixed an issue where this set’s damage was not being recorded by housing target dummies.

Monster Sets

• Nibenay Bay Battlereeve: Fixed an issue where this set failed to activate off some abilities, such as Silver Leash.
• Selene: Fixed an issue where this item set could be dispelled, as you cannot dispel bears.
• Velidreth: Slightly increased the radius of the spores' hit boxes to ensure they properly damage targets they visually pass through.

Mythic Items

• Reduced the range of this set’s highlight on NPCs to 10 meters above and below you.

Overland Sets

• Blessing of High Isle:
  • Fixed an issue where this set did not trigger off healing sourced from ground targeted Healing over Time effects, such as Grand Healing.
  • Fixed an issue where this set would fail to proc if the target that healed you was not in combat.
• Knight-Errant’s Mail: Fixed an issue where this set did not increase the damage of Shield Charge and its morphs.
• Seventh Legion Brute: This set now activates when you cast an ability that grants Major or Minor Resolve, rather than any Armor increasing effect. This adjustment will now also allow the set to properly interact with Scribed abilities that grant these effects.
• Unfathomable Darkness: Fixed an issue where this set's visuals would break if it was triggered by a channeled ability that was canceled early.
• Winter's Respite: Fixed an issue where the visuals for this set could not be seen by enemies.

PvP Sets

• Fasalla's Guile:
  • Fixed an issue where this set could remove stealth and invisibility from enemies it hit.
  • Updated this set's tooltip to be clearer on how it operates.
• Plaguebreak: Fixed an issue where this set’s explosion damage could not be blocked.

Trial Sets

• Slivers of the Null Arca: Fixed an issue where this set’s damage was not being recorded by housing target dummies.

CompanionsEdit

General

• Fixed an issue where Companions would occasionally stay mounted when your character dismounted.
• Mirri is now more likely to comment and gain rapport when visiting the museum in Vivec City.
• Ember now responds when you use a memento.
• Ember is more likely to comment when you apply a polymorph. Sharp-as-Night now comments when you use the Witches Festival cauldron to apply the skeleton polymorph.

Blackwood Fixes & ImprovementsEdit

Quests & ZonesEdit

Quests

• Shattered and Scattered: Fixed an issue where Mirri and the Brigandine would not appear if you took the quest from the nearby note on the ground.
• Shrine of Nocturnal: Corrected a mismatch between quest text and the spoken dialogue.
• Web of Lies: Corrected a typo in French localization.

Clockwork City Fixes & ImprovementsEdit

Quests & ZonesEdit

Quests

• A Matter of Tenderness: You will no longer see a bullet next to the tracker text "Meet Brengolin in Slag Town Outlaws Refuge".
• Where Shadows Lie: The "Talk to Aios" optional quest step will now show a marker on the map when entering the Cogitum Centralis.

Dragonhold Fixes & ImprovementsEdit

Quests & ZonesEdit

Quests

• The Dragon’s Lair: You can no longer speak to Sai Sahan before he moves, after speaking to Nahfahlaar during this quest.

Elsweyr Fixes & ImprovementsEdit

Art & AnimationEdit

General

• Fixed an issue where certain levels of detail on the Rimmen city banners would sometimes load both states simultaneously.

Monsters & NPCsEdit

General

• Fixed an issue where guards using the whittle wood emote in The Stiches would continue to hold onto their whittling project while chasing down criminals.

Quests & ZonesEdit

Quests

• A Rage of Dragons: Mulaamnir can now look at you when not in combat.
• The Battle for Riverhold: Cadwell has been hard at work on his traps. They now consistently go off when Euraxian forces walk into them.

Firesong Fixes & ImprovementsEdit

UIEdit

General

• Fixed an issue where an incorrect error message would display if attempting to use the boat to Vastyr in Gonfalon Bay, if you did not have access to the Firesong DLC.

Gold Road Fixes & ImprovementsEdit

Dungeons & Group ContentEdit

Lucent Citadel

• General
  • A portal to the top will now appear at the base of the wisp flying section once one member of the trial group reaches the top.
• Orphic Shattered Shard
  • Specific boss music will now always play when engaging the encounter.
• Arcane Knot (Final Encounter)
  • The treasure chest after deposit of the Arcane Knot no longer takes multiple interactions to successfully open.
  • Xoryn’s Powering Lightning can no longer be deflected or parried.
• Count Ryelaz and Zilyesset
  • If you are a Werewolf, your Pack Leader Direwolves no longer have a chance to instantly reset the fight when first engaged.
  • Players on both sides of the Mirror of Opposition will now properly take damage from Annihilation.
  • Count Ryelaz will now properly be stunned when the Annihilation ability completes.

Events & CelebrationsEdit

General

• Holiday decorations that were left out in several cities have been gathered and safely stored in the attic.

Monsters & NPCsEdit

General

• Updated Ithelia's teeth to lessen the appearance of shadows.

Quests & ZonesEdit

General

• Fixed a number of typos and voice/text mismatches throughout a number of quests.
• The daily quest givers are now always present when you need them.
• All wayshrines can now be completed and be more easily interacted with.
• Fixed a number of typos in Journal Text throughout the zone.
• Fixed a number of typos in books throughout the zone.
• The Wendir Ruin now shows up properly in the Zone Guide.
• Corrected a few cases of floating vegetation and spots where your character could become stuck.
• After you turn in the Tracking the Trapper Quest, Marcien no longer bumps into things as he walks around the area.
• When you die inside Varen’t Watch, you now resurrect at the appropriate graveyard.

Quests

• Dabienne’s Note: You can now read Dabienne’s Note instead of having it disappear as soon as you interact with it.
• Death and Titans: Updated the inventory icons to be correct.
• Hold the Line: You can now more easily follow your way through the fortress.
• Ithelia’s Fate: When you are prompted to use the Mirror of Truth against Ithelia, you can now use it and do not skip the step or the result.
• Ithelia’s Fury: You no longer lose and regain quest items without good reason.
• King Nantharion’s Gambit:
  • You can no longer block yourself from opening portals with Abolisher by acting too quickly.
  • You no longer lose and regain quest items without good reason.
  • You can now follow quest pins on all steps.
  • When you burn the Wildburn Seeds, the quest user interface now updates correctly.
  • You will now see standard Book effects on all notes and books featured in this quest.
• Life Springs Forth: The members of the village no longer replay scenes when you’ve completed the actions related to them.
• The Many Paths:
  • You can no longer sit on top of other visitors to the Outcast Inn.
  • You are no longer directed through the wrong door when looking for water.
• The Missing Cohort:
  • When you show up to destroy Vargas’s portals, they’re now available to be destroyed whether you are alone or in a group.
  • You can now more easily interact with the candle in the Rustwall Estate window.
• The Outcast Inn: Fixed an issue where the cellar’s name was not previously consistently displayed.
• The Silent Bell: You now only find objects you need inside the quest pin radius.
• The Untraveled Road:
  • You can now use the Lamp of Clarity in the same place as indicated on the map.
  • Leramil will now continue to help you with her abilities throughout the quest, except when she is supposed to unavailable.
• The Voice of the Village: Unread books will now glow correctly.
• Terror of the Weald:
  • You can always interact with Maerenah when you need to.
  • You can now log out and back in during this quest without losing progress or access to what you need to complete the quest.
• Unfinished Business: Corrected a typo in a book.
• Where There’s a Will: Corrected a number of quest pins to make sure it’s clear where to go.

West Weald

• Fixed a bug that prevented the Mudcrabs in the West Weald from dropping chitin.

High Isle Fixes & ImprovementsEdit

Quests & ZonesEdit

Quests

• A Chance for Peace: Isobel and Commander Jourvel will no longer stand inside each other when you speak to them during the celebration.
• A Sheep in Need: Corrected a mismatch between the audio and text.
• Blood, Books, and Steel: Corrected a typo in this quest.
• Cold Trail: You will no longer see jumping or vanishing quest pins in Pulk when you need to descend to the bottom level while on a quest.
• People of Import: If you leave the dockmaster's house while on the step "Talk to Lady Arabelle" you will no longer see the theater repeat from the beginning.
• Pursuit of Freedom: Louna will no longer shout the same line twice upon finding her brother Anton in Whalefall.
• The Lost Symbol: Stopped Aurelia and Marso from appearing and repeating their lines when you no longer need to interact with them.
• Tower Full of Trouble: Ember will no longer duplicate during certain quest steps.

Tales of TributeEdit

General

• Updated an alert message to indicate Tales of Tribute is locked when the invite fails for that reason.

Gameplay

• Druid King
  • Fixed a rare issue where the Druid King could give you two Chimeras in one turn.
• Saint Alessia
  • Fixed an issue where certain KO sound effects could be delayed.

Markarth Fixes & ImprovementsEdit

Quests & ZonesEdit

Quests

• Blood of the Reach: Fixed an issue where Verandis and Gwendis would disappear if you walked away after the Ritual step during Blood of the Reach

Murkmire Fixes & ImprovementsEdit

Exploration & ItemizationEdit

Books

• Corrected typos in the second and third volumes of “From Wrothgar to Lilmoth: A Smith’s Tale”.
• Corrected a typo in “Tribes of Murkmire: Tribal Connections”.

Quests & ZonesEdit

Quests

• Empty Nest: This quest will no longer advance after hearing just one side of the argument.

Morrowind Fixes & ImprovementsEdit

Quests & ZonesEdit

Quests

• Ancestral Adversary: Narsis Dren, after much study, has discovered a path around the mushrooms in the Velothi Ancestral Tomb.

Necrom Fixes & ImprovementsEdit

HousingEdit

General

• Fixed an issue where you would be greeted incorrectly by Felande Demarie while in Necrom.

Quests & ZonesEdit

Quests

• Tempting Fates: Fixed an issue where Elydriina Nathriin would disappear if you left the area and returned during this quest.

UIEdit

Mail

• Fixed a typo in the ‘For Your Dauntless Deeds at Sanity’s Edge!’ system mail.

Orsinium Fixes & ImprovementsEdit

Exploration & ItemizationEdit

Books

• The Ice Elder of the Ogres: Corrected various typos in the text of this book.

Quests & ZonesEdit

Quests

• Sorrow’s Kiss: Books associated with this quest will be correctly added to the right collection when read.

Scions of Ithelia Fixes & ImprovementsEdit

Dungeons & Group ContentEdit

Dungeons

• Oathsworn Pits
  • Fixed an issue where corpses would sometimes appear at odd angles.

Shadows of the Hist Fixes & ImprovementsEdit

Dungeons & Group ContentEdit

Cradle of Shadows

• Velidreth
  • You will no longer play hit reactions to the damage over time effect of Exsanguinate.
  • Tsatva-Lan will no longer join you in the fight space if you Join Encounter in Progress.

Summerset Fixes & ImprovementsEdit

Quests & ZonesEdit

Quests

• Lauriel’s Lament: Your character will no longer fall a few inches when exiting Lauriel's Crypt in the Direnni Acropolis.
• The Taste of Fear: Justiciar Hyricil now responds more quickly when Lindafwe is taken by the Insatiable.
• Untamed and Unleashed: You will no longer be able to speak to Talomar too quickly at the end of the quest and see him walk out of the conversation camera.
• Corrected typos in some NPC subtitles.

Base Game Fixes & ImprovementsEdit

Alliance War & PvPEdit

Campaigns

• Unexpected campaign prompts no longer occur. Previously, you would remain queued when a campaign closed, such as at the end of Whitestrake's Mayhem. When/if that campaign reopened in future, you would suddenly find yourself with a prompt to enter Cyrodiil. Now, you have the option to re-queue for the campaign if it reopens in the future.
• The No-CP campaign Ravenwatch and No-CP Imperial City now allows Item Set Procs.

Developer Comment

In efforts to provide a smoother on ramping experience from Battlegrounds to Cyrodiil, we are enabling Item Sets 'procs' once again in No-CP Rulesets.

• The No-CP Campaign Ravenwatch now will include Volendrung.

Developer Comment

In efforts to provide a more consistent Cyrodiil experience between all campaigns, we are re-enabling Volendrung in No-CP Campaigns.

Art & AnimationEdit

General

• Fixed the edges of telegraph effects so edges will not draw over characters when the Graphics Quality is set to High.
• Fixed an issue where player skins and hair were appearing on polymorph previews.

Crafting & EconomyEdit

General

• Unburied several material nodes in The Rift.
• Unearthed a hidden treasure chest in Imperial City.

Achievements

• The new alchemy-related achievements are not firing correctly and have been removed for the time being. They will be re-introduced in a future update. These achievements are:
  • Alchemical Expert
  • Powdered Mother of Pearl
  • Dragon Rheum
  • Dragon's Bile
  • Dragon's Blood
  • Chaurus Egg
  • Crimson Nirnroot

Outfit Stations

• Fixed an issue where previewing a dye on a weapon at an Outfit Station could result in your weapons disappearing if you switched to previewing your backup weapons without committing the changes.

Crown Store & Crown CratesEdit

General

• When equipped with the Illusive Molag Bal polymorph, some small adjustments were made so that you will now sound even more like the Daedric Prince himself!

Dungeons & Group ContentEdit

General

• Fixed an issue where you could have an invalid group invite prompt if said invite was received while you were in a loading screen.
• Fixed an issue with certain dungeons not properly displaying quest pins on the exit doors leading out of the dungeon.

Infinite Archive

• General
  • Fabled monsters will now only use proper adornments for their race and gender combinations.
  • The Flame Aura ability used by Firesong Druids no longer has a chance to cause weird visual issues with player heavy attacks.
  • The Ghostly Gratitude and Aramril's Training collectibles now correctly enhance all the new Verses and Visions.
• Verses and Visions
  • Updated the sound effects for the Grasping Limbs Verse and removed the erroneous icon from appearing in your active effects.
  • Updated the sound effects for the Extravagant Elixers Verse.
  • The Necrotic Support Vision will now always grant resources if you defeat a monster, not just went you get the final blow.
  • The erroneous Undead Avatar icon will no longer appear in your active effects.
  • The Adaptive Athlete vision will now correctly only grant additional stamina and magicka recovery when health is missing.
  • The Apocryphal Emmisary vision will now correctly apply or reapply to companions that are summoned or resummoned.
  • The Apocryphal Augur from Apocryphal Emmisary will no longer display a hostile telegraph.
  • The Scorching Support vision now indicates the time accurately on its tooltip.
  • The monsters summoned by the Undead Avatar vision no longer speak.
  • Extravagant Elixers vision will no longer stun dragons though it will still affect them.
  • Updated tooltips for the Adaptive Defender, Adaptive Athlete, and Adaptive Conqueror visions.
  • Added some missing visual and sound effects to Reflected Ruin.
  • Damage dealt by monsters summoned through Verses and Visions now always correctly scales with player stats.
  • The Fire Orb Offensive Verse has been visually updated and the orb now tethers to you automatically, no longer requiring a synergy to activate.
  • The Guild Superiority Verse now correctly enhances damage from Meteor and Fire Rune.
  • Updated the icons for several verses to make them more clear.
• Tho’at Replicanum
  • Tho’at’s Dragon Shard will now always be available to engage when intended.
  • Adjusted audio and sound effects to improve presentation.
• Cycle Bosses
  • Bagul’s Coiled Lash ability now correctly does damage to players.
• Varlariel (Cycle Boss)
  • Frost Breath projectiles no longer have a chance to produce weird visual effects should you dodge them.

Exploration & ItemizationEdit

General

• Each Transmutation Geode will now tell you how much it grants in parenthesis in their name.
• Adjusted the quality of Transmutation Geodes to the following:
  • Transmutation Geode (1) -> Unchanged, White Quality
  • Transmutation Geode (3) -> Was Green Quality, is now White Quality
  • Transmutation Geode (5) -> Was Blue Quality, is now Green Quality
  • Transmutation Geode (10) -> Was Purple Quality, is now Green Quality
  • Transmutation Geode (50) -> Was Gold Quality, is now Purple Quality
    • Note that sourcing has not changed for these geodes and they can still be found in the same ways. Uncracked Transmute Geodes have not yet been changed but will be adjusted in a future update.
• Added two new Transmutation Geodes to acquire:
  • Transmutation Geode (25), Blue Quality
  • Transmutation Geode (100), Gold Quality
• Corrected typos and issues with comma usage in a number of base game books.

Achievements

• The “Commemorative Defender” achievement will now activate correctly.
• Edited the Wrothgar component of the “Commemorative Conquerer” achievement to say "Wrothgar Dungeon Conqueror".
• The “Home Herald” and “Home Tourist” achievements will now activate correctly.

Collectibles

• Fixed an issue where “Archival Access” body markings caused sections of the Royal Court Jester costume to appear black instead of transparent.
• Edited the sourcing text for the Thane of Falkreath outfit style.

HousingEdit

General

• You will now be notified when your housing permissions switch between visitor and limited visitor.
• Guests can now interact with Grandmaster Crafting Stations when homeowners have set the permissions for their house as ‘Limited Visitor’.
• Fixed an issue with the Housing Editor search not updating properly when furniture is placed from inventory.

Homes

• Coldharbour Surreal Estate
  • Updated this home’s Acquire Hint so it no longer mentions an event that has long since passed as it does not block purchasing this house.
• Linchal Grand Manor
  • Adjusted the furnished template so the “Painting of a Cottage, Refined” furnishing is now selectable when you hover over it in the Housing Editor. This will not adjust any furniture placement in an owned version house.
• Rosewine Retreat
  • Updated this home’s Acquire Hint so it calls out that the house is too small to duel in.
  • Fixed an issue where traveling to the outside of this house would put you in front of the wrong door in the inn.
• Willowpond Haven
  • Fixed a small gap in the ground of this home.
• Zhan Khaj Crest
  • Fixed a minor visual issue near the entrance of the home.
  • Fixed an issue where you could get stuck between the rocks and the front gate.
• Fixed an issue where visitors were not notified when their permissions in a house were switched between visitor and limited visitor.

Furnishings

• Adjusted the collision on the furnishing “Sealed Vault Archway, Replica” to better match the fixture.
• Made minor visual adjustments to the following furnishings to correct texture oddities:
  • Sapling, Healthy Forest
  • Colovian Wine Goblet, Silver
• Adjusted the selection node on the following furnishings to better line up with the fixtures:
  • Ceremonial Redguard Vessel
  • Heirloom PvP Daggerfall Standard
  • Heirloom PvP Aldmeri Standard
  • Heirloom PvP Ebonheart Standard
  • Khajiit Brazier, Hanging
  • High Elf Crest, Winged
  • High Elf Streetlight, Stone
  • Breton Statue, Fighters Guild
  • Replica Dreamshard
  • Argonian Cage, Bird
  • Breton Cradle, Infant
  • Argonian Cage, Rat
  • Orcish Banner, Hammer Fist
  • Yokudan Puzzle Column
• Adjusted the alignment axis on the following furnishings so they will snap to the correct surface:
  • Redguard Sconce, Polished
  • High Elf Medal, Winged
  • High Elf Medallion, Winged
  • Khajiit Drapes, Tattered
  • Khajiit Banner, Moons
  • Khajiit Banner, Crescents
  • Khajiit Banner, Claw
  • Khajiit Banner, Hooked
  • Khajiit Curtains, Moons
  • Khajiit Drapes, Grand
• Added the "Visual FX" Furnishing Behavior tag to the following furnishings:
  • Fable of the Dragon
  • Fable of the Gryphon
  • Fable of the Indrik
• Added missing geometry to the following furnishings:
  • Tree, Sturdy Jungle
  • Tree, Forked Sturdy
  • Tree, Twisted Pink Cherry
  • Tree, Crooked Swamp
  • Tree, Twisted White Cherry
  • Imperial Simple Lamppost
• Removed the “Animated” tag from the “Tree, Autumn Aspen” furnishing as it is not animated.
• Added the “Animated” tag to the furnishings "Psijic Lighting Globe, Large" and "Psijic Lighting Globe, Small".
• Fixed an issue where the furnishings “Stone Relief Yokudan”, “Clockwork Wall Gears”, and “Dark Elf Altar Ceremonial” were appearing at every Achievement Furnisher. They will now only be available from achievement vendors in their respective zones (Alik'r Desert, Clockwork City, and Deshaan).
• Adjusted the interact prompt for the furnishing "Ayleid Blacksmithing Station" so that it no longer had Ayleid in the interact text. This was done to make it more consistent with other crafting stations.
• Fixed an issue where the following furnishings would show an interact an interact prompt to visitors with the “Limited Visitor” permission:
  • Horn of the Reachclans
  • Aeonstone Formation
  • Khunzar-ri's Rest
• Adjusted the collision on the furnishing “Alinor Streetlight, Wrought Iron” so you cannot walk through the lamp.
• Adjusted the icons for the following furnishings as they were not accurate:
  • Redguard Chalice, Full
  • Redguard Goblet, Full
  • Redguard Mug, Full
  • Redguard Cup, Full
• Adjusted the Category for the furnishing "Necrom Cart, Funerary" to be Grave Goods instead of Remains.
• Adjusted the icons for the following furnishing recipes to match their qualities:
  • Diagram: Apocrypha Light Diffusers, Bowl
  • Blueprint: Necrom Dresser, Elegant
  • Formula: Necrom Incense Burner, Squat Brass
  • Praxis: Apocrypha Bookcase, Large Spiked Filled
  • Diagram: Apocrypha Bench, Intricate
  • Praxis: Apocrypha Bookcase, Large Intricate
  • Praxis: Apocrypha Divider, Spiked

Houseguests

• Removed Alchemy’s ability to witness “crimes” when in homes so you are free to open your stolen shipments in peace in front of the houseguest.

MiscellaneousEdit

General

• Fixed several rare crashes that could occur randomly.
• Fixed an issue where you could become unable to login to the game because your previous exit did not fully complete.

Monsters & NPCsEdit

NPCs

• Rivenspire
  • Candile Elles will now turn to face you when spoken to.

Quests & ZonesEdit

Alik’r Desert

• Fixed an issue where overland monsters would disappear when approaching the ritual site near Sentinel.
• March of the Ra Gada: Improved directions when tasked to kill the Goblin Chief.
• The Initiation: Your character will no longer appear in midair when starting the dream sequence.

Bangkorai

• Claim to Fame: Fixed an issue where this quest wasn't counting toward the Bangkorai Adventurer achievement, and was categorized under its own heading in the quest journal.
• The Lion’s Den: Fixed an issue where quest pins would not appear over Ufa the Red Asp.
• Trials and Tribulations: Fixed an issue where leaving the area during the first step of this quest would result in lingering NPCs which did not belong.

Cyrodiil

• Fixed a spot near Farragut Keep Mine where you could get stuck inside a hill.

Deshaan

• The Seal of the Three: If you say "Goodbye" to Vamen without selecting an important choice during Vivec's trial, you will no longer see odd behaviors with the quest pins.
• Vision Quest: Fixed an issue where running into the cell door during the quest step “Talk to Students” would teleport your character out of the cell

Eastmarch

• Songs of Sovngarde: Fixed an issue where boss Fildgor Orcthane would animate oddly after surrender.
• Strange Allies: Fixed an issue where fallen Stormfist Scouts did not have nameplates enabled.

Fighters Guild

• Fixed an issue that could cause Blood Font miniboxes to aggro from too far away.

Glenumbra

• Champion of the Guardians: You will no longer be blocked from completing this quest if you have begun “To the Wyrd Tree” or “Reclaiming the Elements” at the same time.
• The White Mask: Fixed an issue where interacting with the spellbook and box of glass gems in a particular order could make interacting with the other difficult due to interact priority.

Grahtwood

• Flipping the Coin: Fixed an issue that prevented you from completing a puzzle during this quest.
• Reliquary Ruins: It is no longer possible to mount within Flesh Gardens.
• Fixed several locations where back-facing geometry (the inside “void” of placed fixtures) was visible.
• Fixed a spot near the Falinesti Winter Site where you could get stuck between assets.

Greenshade

• The Merethic Collection: Corrected a typo in the journal text.
• The Witch of Silatar: You will no longer be directed through balcony doors you cannot reach when looking for the Great Hall story.
• Members of the Bramblebreach Miltia now have VO that matches the text.

Khenarthi’s Roost

• The Tempest Unleashed: Fixed an issue where your follower would disappear in Cat's Eye Quay if they ventured too close to a cave wall.

Malabal Tor

• A Tale Forever Told: Fixed an issue where you could not leave the area after defeating the Hound during this quest.
• Restore the Silvenar: Fixed an issue where abilities used to track Spinner fates were not removed from your character upon quest completion.

Reaper’s March

• The book "All Our Perfect Forms" will now correctly appear in the game.
• The book "Unfinished Letter to Summerset" no longer clips into other objects on the table.
• Questionable Contract: Pircalmo will no longer walk on the table when turning to start the ritual.
• The Arbordawn Cult: Fixed an issue where your character could become stuck if wayshrining while inside the Halls of Ichor.
• The Colovian Occupation: Fixed some misleading quest pins during this quest.
• Thizzrini Arena: The Champion Division: Fixed a crash that could occur while playing through this quest.

Rivenspire

• Children of Yokuda: When you flip the cistern switches during this quest, you will now see them flip only once.
• Servant of Malacath: Fixed an issue in Obsidian Scar where Lashgikh was visible as a generic character after her quest had been completed.
• Under Siege: When entering Hinault Farmhouse after collecting the weapons, you will now see the door properly open with the usual fade to black before appearing inside.

Shadowfen

• Lost to the Mire: Fixed an issue where Luteema would sometimes turn invisible when approaching her.
• Stillrise Village: You will no longer see an icon for the reveal ability during this quest.

Stonefalls

• What Was Done Must Be Undone: Fixed an issue where the chain visual effects would remain on Adras Velae and Rendrasa Malena after entering combat.

Stormhaven

• Dro-Dara Plantation: Removed Janne Marolles' doppelganger from Dro-Dara Plantation.

UIEdit

General

• Fixed an issue where you could not type into text chat if you focused the game window by clicking in the chat box.
• You will no longer see HUD tutorials while the Quickselect wheel is visible.
• Fixed a critical issue in the Skills screen where the separator line of the navigation list and the separator line for Skills Advisor were not level by ~6 pixels.
• Transmute Crystal tooltips now display correctly on Item Sets.
• Corrected typos in some NPC subtitles.
• Fixed an issue where certain HUD tutorials would overlap on other screens such as Crown Store, Inventory, etc.
• Fixed an issue on Keyboard UI where the higher tiers of certain achievements were not displaying correctly.
• Fixed an issue where large guild history cache files were causing zone change load times to increase by several seconds.
• Fixed an issue where the percent sign went missing from the "Force Lock" keybind that displayed the success percentage.
• Updated the "Eye of the Infinite" icon within the collections screen so the image would be more consistent with other collectible icons.
• Updated Home Tours nickname validation logic. You may no longer use the "|" character in your home nicknames.

Achievements

• Fixed an issue where the Stonefalls Adventurer and Deshaan Adventurer achievement progress could show as incomplete when the requirements for said achievements were met.

Addons

• Incremented the API version to 101043.

Collections

• You will no longer encounter a UI error when opening the Collections screen for the first time from a chat notification.
• Fixed an issue where pressing the button to end a preview would not end the armor or weapon style preview in the Collections screen.
• You will now see the end preview option in the context menu while previewing certain collectibles.

Crafting

• Fixed an issue where item tooltips would disappear on the gem extraction screen.
• Fixed a UI error that could occur when viewing Outfit Styles after dyeing a costume.

Crown Store

• Fixed an issue where Crown Store searching was not checking against the products inside of bundles.

Gamepad Mode

• Fixed an issue where your character stats would become stuck on-screen when navigating in the inventory.
• Fixed an issue where title categories would get mixed up while searching help entries.
• Your text search will now be remembered while trading with someone, leaving, and then returning to the trading screen.
• Fixed an issue where the search bar would occasionally prevent input while in use.
• You will no longer encounter navigation issues while trying to navigate to the Scribing section of the Skills screen while attempting a Skill Respec.
• The order of Leaderboard categories inside the Journal screen will now be consistent with the Keyboard UI.
• Fixed a tooltip issue with managing items where the item tooltip would occasionally disappear.
• Removed the word "gamepad" from keybinds on the controller mapping diagram.

Group Finder

• Fixed an issue where the Group Finder could behave incorrectly if your local clock was not correctly aligned with the server.
• Fixed an issue if a Group Finder listing was removed due to the listing owner zoning into a zone that does not allow for Group Finder, groupmates would not receive a notification that the listing was removed.
• Fixed an issue where you would not be able to leave an LFG queue after declining a queue invite.
• Fixed an issue where the decline ready check message would not appear correctly when declining LFG queues in certain circumstances.

Guilds & Guild Tools

• You will now receive a confirmation dialogue before you promote another player to group leader.
• You can now more consistently set the total price when selling items via a guild trader.
• You can now filter Companion Equipment by trait in the Guild Store.

Mail

• Fixed an issue where system mails would sometimes require you to rezone before said mails were sent to you.
• Fixed an issue where claiming gold from mail sometimes failed to properly update your gold count in the UI.
• Fixed a very rare issue where the count of unread mail would incorrectly claim to be impossibly large.
• If you have more pending mail than can be shown at once, returning mails to the sender now immediately frees up space to show more mails (similar to other methods of clearing your inbox).

Undocumented ChangesEdit

• Updated various Dominion soldiers and Thalmor members to wear the Divine Prosecution Style, including those in Eagle's Strand (Alcalime, Artilonwe, Mirionil, Quanomil) Elden Root/Altmer Embassy (Inarala, Indure, Private Nesunte, Private Enelon), Elden Hollow I (Thalmor Adepts), Hectahame (Oromin), Woodhearth (Mercano, Nenvalion, Taltaarie) Mistral (Voranyarin, Zaeri), Sparring Proctors in the College of Aldmeri Propriety, and the soldiers in Speckled Shell Plantation and Salas En

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