As you can see from the trailer above, there's also a lot of new (and free!) Seasons content coming to The Elder Scrolls Online in 2026. Season Zero: Dawn and Dusk kicks off on April 2nd with all of the following new features:
"Launching simultaneously for PC and console players on April 2, a new age begins for ESO with Season Zero: Dawn and Dusk. Season Zero introduces a limited-time Event Zone experience with The Night Market, a new area in the Oblivion realm of Fargrave that will be available for a seven-week period. Players can choose one of three unique factions, pledging their service in a gauntlet of challenging PvE encounters and earning a free player home, Night’s Den, in the process.
Also coming in Season Zero is the long-awaited Challenge Difficulty, an optional overland difficulty system. Players looking for an additional challenge will have four difficulty tiers to choose from, each with increased rewards, when it launches on June 8. Significant updates to PvP and combat also arrive during Season Zero, such as the new Veterancy PvP progression system and the first class-refresh for the Dragonknight, with the latter available in-game right now. Also live now are over 20 Player Experience Improvements designed to reduce grind and friction such as faster mount training, UI-based skill respecs and bag upgrades, and increased furnishing limits."
Beyond this, Season One (arriving this summer) will feature a new Thieves Guild story set in a "visually refreshed" Glenumbra zone, while Sheogorath will also take players "on a mind-bending new questline across Tamriel".
Naval combat, underwater exploration and solo dungeons are also all planned for some point in 2026, while a return to Skyrim is on the cards for early 2027, introducing ESO's first Excursion Zone and dynamic blizzards.
All of this sounds excellent, and we're excited to check it out on both Xbox and PC Game Pass this year!
