The Elder Scrolls Online’s newest chapter, Gold Road, is coming in June, ZeniMax Online Studios has introduced, and with it a serious new addition to the Elder Scrolls universe: a never-before-seen Daedric Prince.Ithelia is the prince’s identify, and the story of Gold Road, which launches on June 3, 2024 for PC and June 18 on consoles, will revolve round her sudden awakening. ESO inventive director Rich Lambert shared particulars in regards to the upcoming chapter throughout a media briefing forward of its official reveal, and described the story of the chapter as a race to determine who freed Ithelia and to search out her earlier than others with a extra nefarious goal do. She has no reminiscence of who she is, however unusual issues observe in her wake as she slowly regains her powers. Lambert described Ithelia’s introduction as a “huge addition to the lore” of The Elder Scrolls, and mentioned she is on the polar reverse aspect of the Daedric Prince spectrum in comparison with the squid-like prince Hermaeus Mora, who performed a big position in final yr’s Necrom chapter.
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“She’s not horror, she’s crystal and color,” Lambert mentioned. “That’s kind of her jam.”Players will seek for Ithelia within the West Weald space of Tamriel. It’s a location little doubt acquainted to Elder Scrolls followers, who beforehand visited the realm as a part of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, with Skingrad serving as the principle metropolis for the chapter. Lambert mentioned the crew needed to offer a a lot totally different expertise from final yr’s Necrom, and opted for the Gold Road, the place the crew might deal with fall colours and forests as a substitute of cosmic horror. The West Weald will include three biomes; The Gold Road itself, a magical rainforest that has abruptly sprouted seemingly in a single day referred to as the Valenwood Annexation, and the rocky hills of the Colovian Highlands.ZeniMax Online needed to Gold Road to offer some colourful distinction in comparison with final yr’s Necrom chapter.While final yr’s Necrom launched a brand new class, the Arcanist, Gold Road will as a substitute add a completely new sport system–Scribing. Lore-wise, the system is a “precursor” to Spellcrafting as seen in different Elder Scrolls titles, which happen additional forward within the Elder Scrolls timeline in comparison with ESO, Lambert mentioned. He confused there’s a motive Scribing has a completely totally different identify, and that is as a result of whereas comparable in some methods, Scribing is essentially a special beast, one that enables gamers to customise particular abilities to their liking, together with elements of their look.Over the course of their journey and a brand new Scribing questline, gamers will discover Grimoires, which grant new customizable talents in particular ability strains. At launch Scribing abilities will solely be present in weapon and world ability strains (such because the Mages Guild, Fighters Guild, Soul Magic, Assault, and Support), Lambert mentioned. Once acquired, Grimoires can then be additional modified utilizing as much as three totally different Scripts, which increase the flexibility in numerous methods. Lambert gave an instance of a Scribing bow capability that causes gamers to launch an assault and leap backwards. Players can then socket Scripts into the flexibility to additional change its results, like modifying the flexibility to deal area-of-effect harm and extra poison harm. Styling, one other new system tied to Scribing, then provides gamers the flexibility to customise the look of the Grimoire capability. At least at launch, Styling can be restricted to altering the colours of the flexibility’s results, however Lambert mentioned that the door was open for different customization choices, like skins and totally different spell results, later down the road.The Valenwood Annexation is a magical rainforest that appeared within the West Weald virtually in a single day.Aside from the brand new area of the West Weald and Scribing, Gold Road will embody all of the options ESO gamers have come to anticipate from a brand new chapter, together with a brand new storyline to play by way of, new Public Dungeons, Delves, a brand new world occasion, and new 12-man Trial. Two new companions, which have turn out to be a core a part of ESO ever since their introduction again 2021 with the Blackwood chapter, will not be arriving at launch. Instead they are going to come within the fourth quarter of this yr, Lambert mentioned, alongside new PvP function. Updates introducing a brand new participant housing function and numerous quality-of-life enhancements are additionally coming later this yr.2024 moreover marks ESO’s 10th anniversary (at the very least on PC, the console model of ESO launched in 2015). As such, Lambert mentioned followers can anticipate celebrations and occasions over the course of the following yr and into 2025, together with an in-person occasion in Amsterdam later this yr and one other occasion subsequent yr in North America.”In 2025, we’ve got a big moment in North America…to kind of go out with a bang so that everybody can celebrate with us at that time…It’s crazy to think that it’s been 10 years,” Lambert mentioned.For these ready for the following single-player entry within the franchise, the excellent news is The Elder Scrolls VI is formally in pre-production. The unhealthy information is the sport remains to be years away, with Bethesda stating extra information on the RPG is not coming anytime quickly. In the meantime, followers do produce other methods to scratch their Elder Scrolls itch, together with ESO and the lately introduced The Elder Scrolls: Castles, a cellular sport much like 2015’s Fallout Shelter.