ESO Update 51 PTS Patch Notes & Changes

New in Week 5

• The v12.1.4 notes have no new combat balance changes; the final PTS patch focuses on Solo Dungeons, the Nowhere Vault, and bug fixes
• Vykosa no longer drops twice the intended gold and Undaunted Crests at the lowest Solo Moon Hunter Keep difficulty
• Mixed-up purchase requirements for some Undaunted Crest Merchant wares have been fixed
• Moon Hunter Meted Masochist now rewards the Lone Wolf title, while Marcher Meted Masochist now rewards Apex Hunter
• Nowhere Chests contain more gold, with a further gold increase for chests in the Magicka Flow Junction stash room
• The Meditative Garden now spawns loot, counts toward achievement and challenge progress, and gives better rewards
• A new indicator directs you to the Rumors UI when you receive a Rumor or uncover more information about one
• The Transmute Station at the Southern Morrowind Gate now works

Major and Minor Buff Consolidation

• Major Brutality and Minor Brutality now provide both Weapon and Spell Damage; Major Sorcery and Minor Sorcery are removed and replaced by Brutality
• Major Savagery and Minor Savagery now provide both Weapon and Spell Critical Chance; Major Prophecy and Minor Prophecy are removed and replaced by Savagery
• Vexation is added as a healing-done reduction counterpart to Mending

Class Group Passives

• Elder Dragon continues to grant Minor Brutality , which now affects both Weapon and Spell Damage
• Hemorrhage continues to grant Minor Savagery , which now affects both Weapon and Spell Critical Chance
• Exploitation replaces Minor Prophecy with a unique 2974 Offensive Penetration group buff
• Illuminate replaces Minor Sorcery with a unique 2974 Armor group buff

Mundus Stones

• The Warrior grants both Weapon and Spell Damage
• The Apprentice grants 8% Experience and Inspiration gain instead of Spell Damage

Alchemy

Weapon and Spell Power traits are consolidated into Increase Power, while Weapon and Spell Critical traits are consolidated into Critical. Alchemy also gains Mending, Vexation, Damage Shield, Heal Absorption, and Force trait options, four new reagents, updated traits on existing reagents, and new potion and poison naming priorities.

The Maim trait is being removed from Alchemy and replaced by Cowardice. Previously crafted potions with Maim will also be updated to Cowardice.

Stealth and Invisibility

Almost every skill activation now removes Stealth or Invisibility.

Most Nightblade skills remain exceptions unless they provide major burst or heal allies, while many low-noise skills retain their current behavior.

Bone Shield , Blood Mist damage, Rally's heal, Annulment , Unstoppable , Shield Wall , Defensive Posture , Bone Armor , Venom Skull , Feral Guardian , Falcon's Swiftness , Cutting Dive , Blazing Shield , Relentless Focus , Earthspike , and Earthshield Mantle now remove Stealth or Invisibility.

Trap Beast , Expert Hunter , and Strife no longer remove Stealth or Invisibility when cast.

Effects That Prevent Stealth

• Imbue Weapon , Crystal Weapon , Magelight , Overload , Sleet Storm , and their morphs prevent Stealth and Invisibility while active on the caster

Proc Attacks

• Proc attacks no longer gain Sneak's bonus damage or guaranteed Critical Strike and no longer gain Shadowy Disguise 's guaranteed Critical Strike.
• Molten Weapons and Tome-bearer's Inspiration damage are now treated as proc events.

Summoned Combat Pets

• Sets and abilities now only use the word “summon” for entities that count as summoned combat pets. For example, Icy Conjurer is no longer described as a summon.

Major and Minor Slayer and Aegis

• Major Slayer , Minor Slayer , Major Aegis , and Minor Aegis now apply to all monsters, including player pets, NPCs in PvP-enabled areas such as guards and monsters in Imperial City, and monsters in overland zones, public dungeons, and delves

Status Effects

• Diseased no longer leaves Minor Defile stuck on a target after the status effect ends

Dragonknight

• Core of Flame and its morphs restore 12% of missing Magicka and Stamina instead of 15%. Heart of Flame also heals for 20% less.
• Molten Whip 's Seething Fury damage bonus to the skill is halved in PvP
• Flame Lash 's Power Lash healing is reduced by 50% and Power Lash deals about 18% less damage
• Generating Power Lash charges grants 3% damage done to monsters for 45 seconds
• Engulfing Dragonfire costs 3510 Magicka instead of 3780 Magicka and reduces damage taken by 15% while channeling
• Earthspike Mantle receives updated spike models
• Earthspike Mantle , Earthshield Mantle , and Shatterspike Mantle now grant damage done to monsters instead of all damage
• Landslide has a maximum of 12 stacks instead of 10. Stacks can be generated every 5 seconds at rank 1 and every 4 seconds at rank 2, instead of every 10 and 5 seconds. They last 6 seconds and decay one at a time if another stack is not generated within 6 seconds.

Nightblade

• Strife and its morphs deal 1% more damage for every 2% Health
• Strife and Funnel Health cost 2700 Magicka and Health and heal for 35% of damage done instead of 50%. Their base damage is 10% lower than Live, but their Health scaling makes them deal 35% more damage at full Health.
• Swallow Soul 's base damage is about 17% lower than Live, but its Health scaling makes it deal 25% more damage at full Health. Its healing remains at 35%; the 40% value documented in Week 1 is not present in v12.1.3.
• Strife and Funnel Health now break Invisibility when cast

Sorcerer

• Exploitation once again triggers when attempting to activate a Dark Magic ability rather than only after a successful cast
• Crystal Weapon has 3 charges instead of 2
• Blood Magic heals for 3% of Max Health at rank 1 and 6% at rank 2 instead of 5% and 10%
• Conservation of Energy restores 1.5% of Max Magicka and Stamina whenever it activates instead of 2%
• Static Reverberation triggers only from Sorcerer ability damage instead of any damage. Its base proc chance increases from 5% to 20%, and its cooldown is reduced from 300 to 100 milliseconds.

Templar

• Balanced Warrior grants 1% Armor plus another 1% per Templar skill slotted at rank 1, doubled at rank 2. It also grants Weapon and Spell Damage equal to 0.2% of total Armor plus 37.5 per Templar skill slotted at rank 1, doubled at rank 2, with no cap.
• Judgment's Brand adds 1600 damage instead of 1400

Warden

• Tundra's Maw no longer cleanses itself. ZOS clarified that this fix increases its source of Major Brittle to 2.1 seconds
• Fetcher Infection 's second cast deals 75% more damage instead of 60%
• Arctic Blast deals about 20% more damage per tick
• Frozen Gate , Frozen Device , and Frozen Retreat break Stealth and Invisibility while active

Necromancer

• Pummeling Goliath deals about 73% more Bash damage, while the Bash cooldown increases from 333 milliseconds to 1 second
• Frozen Colossus , Glacial Colossus , and Pestilent Colossus cost 150 Ultimate instead of 175
• Frozen Colossus and Glacial Colossus deal 12.5% more damage. Pestilent Colossus deals 12.5% more damage on the first hit, 18% more on the second, and 23% more on the final hit.
• Pestilent Colossus now guarantees Diseased only on its final hit instead of every hit
• ZOS says these Colossus damage increases are temporary and will be reverted in Update 52 in favor of larger PvE-only bonuses
• Nothing Wasted stacks last 12 seconds instead of 15, but decay two at a time instead of three
• Corpse-enabling effects such as Malevolent Promise and Nobility in Decay no longer create false corpse availability or interfere with another Necromancer's corpses
• Bone Goliath Transformation , Ravenous Goliath , and Pummeling Goliath break Stealth and Invisibility while active

Arcanist

• Zenas' Empowering Disc now correctly grants its effects when a target enters or leaves the area while sprinting
• Tome-bearer's Inspiration and its morphs trigger only from Arcanist skill damage rather than every class ability damage event
• Fate Realigned now correctly grants its Weapon and Spell Damage bonus

Not in patch notes

• Shadowy Disguise's Born From Shadow duration increases from 10 to 15 seconds
• Overload , Energy Overload , and Power Overload tooltips now clarify that their Heavy Attacks deal damage every 1 second. This was already how they worked.
• Pummeling Goliath 's Bash tooltip now says it hits in an area in front of you instead of saying it can hit multiple targets. This is only a wording change.
• Frozen Device and Frozen Retreat portals last 15 seconds. Frozen Retreat's Icy Escape synergy tooltip now says it can be activated by an ally in the area instead of only by an ally in the portal. This is only a wording change; the synergy already worked this way.

• Elemental Susceptibility now costs 3240 Magicka instead of being free
• Shield Charge and its morphs automatically block for 0.5 seconds after activation. This block has no cost.
• Expert Hunter and its morphs increase Stealth Detection Radius to the same range as a detection potion. They no longer apply an area reveal that prevents concealment after detection.
• Imbue Weapon and its morphs increase weapon attack damage by 5% for 6 seconds after casting. Crushing Weapon raises this bonus to 8%. This buffs Light Attacks, Heavy Attacks, and weapon skills.
• Imbue Weapon , Elemental Weapon , and Crushing Weapon now have 6 seconds to be consumed instead of 2 seconds. They can now be consumed by a Heavy Attack too, instead of only by a Light Attack, and no longer refund their resource cost when the effect expires without being consumed. Crushing Weapon's Major Breach also lasts 6 seconds instead of 5 seconds.
• Elemental Weapon 's damage bonus now applies only to weapon attacks instead of all damage
• Ice Comet deals about 21% more damage per tick. Its snare now lasts 2 seconds and is applied by every damaging hit instead of lasting 5 seconds and being applied only by the initial hit.

Active Skill Costs

• Pounce costs 3213 Stamina instead of 1071 Stamina
• Carnage costs 1188 Stamina instead of 995 Stamina
• Hircine's Bounty costs 4590 Magicka instead of 4320 Magicka
• Roar costs 3443 Stamina instead of 1071 Stamina
• Gnash and Rip and Tear cost 1800 Stamina instead of 765 Stamina; Bloody Gnash costs 1620 Stamina
• Rending Claws and Bloodclaws cost 2340 Stamina instead of 995 Stamina
• Claw Fury costs 420 Stamina per tick instead of 383 Stamina

Healing

• Hircine's Bounty healing is reduced by about 13%
• Hircine's Fortitude healing is reduced by about 10%
• Claw Fury heals for 10.46667% of Max Health when dealing damage, once per second

Insatiable Hunger

• Insatiable Hunger 's Devour synergy moves to the lowest player-skill priority. The Week 1 Health, Ultimate, and combat restrictions were reverted.

Blood Hunger

• Bloody Gnash now correctly benefits from Blood Hunger's damage bonus

Not in patch notes

• The Gnash and Rip and Tear tooltips now correctly say the second hit deals 125% more damage below 25% Health instead of scaling up to 125%. The Bloody Gnash tooltip now correctly says the second hit deals 200% more damage below 25% Health instead of scaling up to 200%. The abilities already worked this way.
• Blood Hunger no longer increases Rip and Tear 's initial-hit damage. It only increases the healing by 25%.

Traveling Knife

• Traveling Knife with Pull Focus now has a target cap of 6, matching other crowd-control effects
• Vault with Crusader's Defiance no longer acts as a cleanse
• Remaining references to the old Class Mastery script name now use Class Flourish

New Monster Sets

Tarcyr and Mylenne Moon-Caller are the two new Monster Sets from the new Solo Dungeons.

Gear

Tarcyr

Monster Set

(1 item) Adds 1206 Maximum Health

(2 items) While you don't have Battle Spirit, taking direct damage causes your attacker to cower in Fear for 2 seconds. Enemies immune to Fear are afflicted with Major Cowardice for 3 seconds instead, reducing their Weapon and Spell Damage by 430.

This effect can occur once every 0.5 seconds.

Gear

Mylenne Moon-Caller

Monster Set

(1 item) Adds 129 Weapon and Spell Damage

(2 items) Dealing direct damage with a Class or Werewolf ability deals Bleed Damage to enemies within 8 meters of the target. This damage is increased by up to 100% against monsters based on your current Stamina. 10% of the damage done is restored to you as Stamina. This effect can occur once every 10 seconds.

If you are a Werewolf, gain 25 Fury and 1 Blood Hunger when this set activates.

Bleed Damage

Coefficient	95.54% Weapon or Spell Damage
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• Tarcyr applies Major Cowardice for 3 seconds instead of 4 and no longer has a per-target cooldown
• Mylenne Moon-Caller now requires direct class ability or Werewolf damage, deals about 16% more base damage, and deals up to 100% more damage to monsters based on current Stamina

Prebuffing

• Ansuul's Torment and Armor of the Veiled Heritance now require combat to activate, preventing their effects from being triggered before combat

Stealth and Invisibility

Pet Damage

• Icy Conjurer , Aegis Caller , Scavenging Demise , Coldharbour's Favorite , Mad Tinkerer , and Cinders of Anthelmir now deal pet damage

Ground Area Damage

• Song of Lamae , The Juggernaut , and Aspect of Mazzatun can now activate when the incoming damage comes from a ground area effect

Other

• Monolith of Storms ' damage is now considered a Sorcerer ability
• Mylenne Moon-Caller 's cooldown can no longer be ignored in some cases
• Death Dealer's Fete now properly removes its bonuses when stacks decay
• Aetheric Lancer creates its area 3.5 meters in front of you instead of at a random location within 5 meters. The area radius is reduced from 4.5 to 4 meters, and it appears directly under you if you are stationary when it activates. The cooldown text has also been removed from the tooltip.
• Draugrkin's Grip 's damage-done bonus increases to 373 from 330. Its 2- and 4-item bonuses now grant Weapon and Spell Damage instead of Maximum Magicka and Magicka Recovery. Its healing reduction now scales with item quality, and both the damage bonus and healing reduction are halved while Battle Spirit is active.
• Critical Riposte 's cooldown is once again shared per target between different wearers. Its Minor debuffs last 11 seconds instead of 9.
• Plague Slinger 's damage type changes to Disease
• Mora Scribe's Thesis grants 154 Critical Chance per Major Buff instead of 128, with its 1536 cap unchanged, and received calculation fixes
• Oakfather's Retribution grants 533 Offensive Penetration per Major Buff instead of 449 and 31 Weapon and Spell Damage per Minor Buff instead of 20
• Pyrebrand adds one Landslide stack when it activates, up to once every 10 seconds

Not in patch notes

• Necropotence now increases Max Magicka by 14% while you have a summoned combat pet active instead of adding a flat Max Magicka bonus
• Foolkiller's Ward 's cooldown after one of its shields breaks is reduced from 30 to 20 seconds
• Jerall Mountains Warchief now requires direct damage to apply Malady instead of any damage
• Aerie's Cry can now apply Eagle's Mark with a Light or Heavy Attack instead of only a Light Attack
• Reawakened Hierophant 's tooltip now says the caster also receives its Crux effect when affected
• Cinders of Anthelmir 's tooltip now says the Cindermoth bursts when it comes within 3 meters of an enemy and that the effect reveals you. This is only a wording change.
• Hunt Leader 's tooltip now describes dealing damage as marking an enemy for 10 seconds, allowing any of your pet damage against that enemy to trigger the healing and Stamina restoration. This is only a wording change.

Cyrodiil Transmute Stations

The Transmute Station at the Southern Morrowind Gate now works.

Battle Spirit Damage Shields

Damage shield strength is limited to 300% of Max Health in groups of 1 to 4. The limit falls to 220% at 5 players, then drops by another 20% per player through 10 players, reaching 80%. It drops by 10% per player between 11 and 12 players, reaching 60% at 12.

These numbers are not final and ZOS expects to adjust them based on feedback. The Battle Spirit and Imperial City Battle Spirit tooltips have been updated for these limits.

Big Team Battles

Two-team and three-team Battlegrounds are combined into the Big Team Battles queue with 6v6v6 and 9v9 formats. The competitive queue remains two-team 4v4.

• New medals reward damage shields worth at least 20% of your Max Health after they absorb at least 50% of their value before expiring
• New medals reward Major and Minor buffs or debuffs that last at least 4 seconds
• Scoreboards now show damage dealt, healing done, and objectives contributed toward
• The Zone Guide is disabled in Battleground zones
• Battle scaling has been fixed in affected level 10–49 Battlegrounds
• The scoreboard can no longer be pushed off-screen at maximum UI scale and now abbreviates damage, healing, game scores, and Chaos Ball time

Vengeance

Vengeance is available through the Group and Activity Finder. Siege vendors no longer show Cyrodiil-only siege weapons, forward camps, or keep recall stones that cannot be used in Vengeance.

• New green, blue, and purple siege weapons deal increasing damage to players
• Damage ability target caps increase from 3 to 12
• Defensive and crowd-control ability target caps increase from 3 to 6
• Vengeance Rapid Maneuver grants Minor Gallop in addition to Major Expedition

Prioritize Damage Shield Visibility

A new optional setting at Settings > Gameplay > Combat > Prioritize Damage Shield Visibility controls which shield remains fully visible when multiple damage shields are active.

• Off: All damage shields remain at the same visibility. This is the default
• Current Shield Health: The damage shield with the most Health remains fully visible while the other active shields are reduced
• Start Time: The earliest-cast damage shield remains fully visible while the other active shields are reduced

VFX Intensity Presets

Three optional settings under Settings > Video control VFX intensity separately for your character, friendly or neutral players, and hostile players. Changes update in real time without reloading your character.

• Normal: Keeps the current VFX intensity and is the default
• Low: Reduces VFX intensity by 60%
• Minimal: Reduces VFX intensity by 90%

These settings affect mounts, combat abilities, emotes, mementos, item sets, vanity pets, and equipped gear. Every category is adjusted together for the selected Self, Friendly, or Enemy setting.

NPCs, Companions, combat pets, environmental effects, special quest scenes, and combat telegraphs are not affected. Models used within VFX are also unchanged, but the effects applied to those models are reduced, which can make some models appear more solid.

Week 5 Fixes

• Bound items can now be used from quickslots
• Antiquity item comparison tooltips no longer overlap

Customizable HUD – Beta (PC Only)

• Most on-screen UI elements can be moved, and their associated settings are available from the editor
• Open the Systems menu and select Edit HUD (BETA), then hover over an element to identify it or select it for more details
• Drag elements to reposition them, or reset one element or the entire HUD layout
• Press Escape to confirm the layout and update the UI
• Edit HUD now has a Help menu entry
• The beta is currently limited to PC. The complete feature is planned for PC and console in a later update

Solo Dungeons are available for testing in Week 3 of the Update 51 PTS cycle.

Solo versions of March of Sacrifices and Moon Hunter Keep can be entered through the world map or from their entrances in the relevant zones.

Story and Companions

The Solo Dungeons let you play through each story at your own pace, either alone or with an NPC Companion.

Meted Misfortunes

Optional Meted Misfortunes increase the difficulty and rewards:

• 0 Misfortunes is comparable to overland difficulty
• 1 Misfortune is comparable to a Normal solo arena
• 2 Misfortunes is comparable to a Veteran solo arena
• 3 Misfortunes is harder than other comparable solo content

Pulled Punches reduces damage done from all sources by 30%, so it no longer excludes Heavy Attack builds.

Rewards

Solo Dungeons award Undaunted Crests, which can be spent at vendors in the Undaunted Enclaves outside Wayrest, Mournhold, and Elden Root.

The vendor's key container requires completing the Taking the Undaunted Pledge quest.

They also award the new Tarcyr and Mylenne Moon-Caller Item Sets and their corresponding Style Pages.

• Solo Dungeons drop dungeon Item Sets instead of overland sets
• Completing a Solo Dungeon with 0 Misfortunes awards 50 Undaunted Crests instead of 10
• Curated dungeon set containers require completing the Solo version of the associated dungeon instead of the group version
• Undaunted Apothecary Parcels cost 50 Crests instead of 10
• Undaunted Key Containers cost 500 Crests instead of 1,000
• Dungeon Style Items cost 25 Crests instead of 10
• Dungeon Style Pages cost 1,000 Crests instead of 2,000

Week 5 Improvements

• The March of Sacrifices and Moon Hunter Keep map icons now show as complete after finishing both the solo and group versions of their quests
• The default keybind used to close the Meted Misfortunes interface has been updated
• Solo Moon Hunter Keep quest markers now appear on the map while outside the dungeon
• Moon Hunter Meted Masochist now rewards the Lone Wolf title
• Tarcyr no longer has a chance to reset after completing the hunt phase
• How Aghaedh's seasonal mechanics are telegraphed has been adjusted, and several mechanic issues have been fixed
• Dire Wolf abilities that previously dealt no damage have been fixed
• Marcher Meted Masochist now rewards the Apex Hunter title
• Vykosa no longer drops twice the intended gold and Undaunted Crests at the lowest Solo Moon Hunter Keep difficulty
• Mixed-up purchase requirements for some Undaunted Crest Merchant wares have been fixed

Update 51 includes several Player Experience improvements. The Customizable HUD and Hybridization changes are covered earlier in this article.

Week 5 Fixes

The Lady Arabelle Favor step to help Gendinora find Nedras can also be completed by killing Nedras and looting the bag containing the book.

Achievement Pinning

You can pin an unearned achievement to the HUD from the Achievements tab in the Journal. Pinned achievements share space with Golden Pursuit tasks, with a new keybind used to cycle between them.

Completing an achievement that belongs to an achievement line automatically advances the pin to the next achievement in that line.

Phynaster's Gem of Agility is guaranteed from Dynamic Encounters after earning Folk Hero if the other requirements are met.

Antiquities Improvements

Scrying and Excavation now rank up faster at early levels. Blue Leads become accessible significantly faster, Purple Leads become accessible a little faster, and Purple Leads grant more skill line progress.

Entering a dig site now displays a prompt to use the Antiquarian's Eye. Its cooldown has also been reduced so it is easier to follow without overshooting the dig site.

Antiquity Leads retain their increased first-drop rate until their Codex is complete, which generally takes three drops. ZOS also increased the drop rates of many older Antiquities to match newer standards.

Transmute Stations

Transmute Stations are now available in each Alliance crafting hub in Cyrodiil and in each Alliance base within the Imperial City Sewers.

Undaunted Pledges

Undaunted pledges award Transmute Crystals directly instead of geodes.

• Maj's DLC pledges award 5 Transmute Crystals on Normal
• Maj's DLC pledges award 10 Transmute Crystals on Veteran
• Maj's DLC pledges award 15 Transmute Crystals on Veteran Hard Mode

Level Up Rewards

• The Level Up Rewards screen no longer lists every additional dungeon unlocked through the Dungeon Finder
• Level 27 now awards 1,000 gold instead of a treasure map choice
• Level 43 now awards 2,500 gold instead of an Attribute and Skill Respecification Scroll

Quest Starters

Quest Starter descriptions now state which quest they begin.

Housing

Favorited homes and your Primary Residence are now sorted to the top of the Houses tab on the map.

Eidetic Memory

ZOS fixed issues with more than 50 Eidetic Memory books, including books that were unavailable after their associated quest or were not added to the collection correctly.

This feature is available during Weeks 1 and 4 of the Update 51 PTS cycle.

High Seas of Tamriel is a new 2026 in-game event. The Gold Coast plays host to a ghost, with two quests available during the event.

Raising the Riotous Redress

The spirit of Olsien Guy Mard, Baron-Captain of the All-Flags Navy, has washed ashore. You work with him and several new allies to restore an enchanted ship's bell, break a Sload curse, and raise a sunken vessel.

Bounty of the Abecean Sea

The daily quest sends you into a ship-to-ship battle against the Maormer Lousewhisperer cult. Afterwards, you dive underwater to fight sea creatures and recover sunken treasure.

Week 3 Improvements

• Assistants and other ally characters can now be summoned in the depths of the Abecean Sea
• Saltwater fishing holes remain active for longer

Week 4 Improvements

• Players are no longer pulled underneath the ship or shown skating across it
• Losing deep-sea bubble protection has clearer visuals so enemy attacks and the environment remain easier to see

Week 5 Improvements

• Abecean Undersea Explorer has revised text for several related locations and objects

Rewards

Completing event quests awards Deep Plunder Boxes. The first box each day is Legendary and contains 300 Trade Bars alongside a chance at additional rewards. Subsequent event quests can award an Epic Deep Plunder Box once per character each day.

Possible rewards include new outfit style pages, progress towards a unique mount, treasure maps, furnishings, Pirate Gold, and more.

Antiquities

The event introduces new nautical Antiquities, including tradeable Antiquity Leads. These can be traded or sold before being consumed to add the Lead to your Antiquities Journal.

Some furnishing crafting recipes can also be obtained as Antiquity Leads. Excavating one of these Leads awards a recipe that can be crafted repeatedly.

Antiquities are planned to become part of the base game shortly after the event ends. Antiquities earned during the event will remain in your journal, including for players who do not own Greymoor.

This feature is available starting Week 1 of the Update 51 PTS cycle.

Rumors are a new type of content that sends you across Tamriel to investigate mysteries. Unlike quests, they do not provide step-by-step objectives or direct you through the UI. You have to interpret the clues and work out how to solve each mystery.

Getting Started

The introductory quest, Rumors Abound, is available from the Quest Starters section of the Crown Store. You can also begin by speaking to Tilli the Gossip at the southern docks of Daggerfall.

Rumor Journal

The Quest Journal now has a toggle between Quests and Rumors. Every clue you collect is stored in the relevant Rumor entry so you can review what you have found.

Rumor Types

Rumors are split into three categories based on their difficulty and complexity:

• Whispers
• Plots
• Conspiracies

Finding Rumors

Each Rumor entry includes a hint about where it can be acquired. Once you obtain it, the game leaves you to follow the clues and uncover the solution for its reward.

Week 3 Improvements

• All Rumor turn-in locations now have visual effects that become visible when turn-in is possible
• May the Gold Lead Guide You has more text explaining that it can be turned in early for a reward
• Greenwater Manse can be entered after its quest is complete so the Rumor Hint can still be found

Week 4 Improvements

• Rumors have additional visuals that help locate hints and endings
• Looking for Love no longer has a hint that despawns as you approach after finishing the quests in the area

Week 5 Improvements

• Books for A Cage that Shines, A Cage that Shimmers, and A Cage that Sparkles now spawn at a second location so the Rumors can still be acquired and turned in
• The Beriel Heirloom has revised hint text that is no longer misleading
• Mizah's reaction during Somber News has been adjusted to better convey her emotion
• A new indicator directs you to the Rumors UI when you receive a Rumor or uncover more information about one

The Nowhere Vault is available for testing in Week 2 of the Update 51 PTS cycle.

Urli appears in Daggerfall's Thieves Den and invites players carrying Wondrous Nowhere Keys to face the trials of Sage Voernet.

The Vault is a collection of rooms suspended between realms. Its three wings contain randomized puzzles, stealth encounters, navigation challenges, combat encounters, and hidden objectives.

Accessing the Vault

You need at least one Wondrous Nowhere Key in your inventory to enter. The entrance is in Daggerfall's Thieves Den, and the Invitation to Treasures quest from the Crown Store's Quest Starters section directs you there.

The Nowhere Vault can be explored alone or with a group.

Playing the Vault

You choose one of three wings when entering. Each standard challenge room requires one Wondrous Nowhere Key. The key opens the room for the entire group, so only one player needs to use it.

The Hourglass at the entrance can reset an instance after it has been open for at least 5 minutes. Only the group leader can activate it.

Special Rooms

• Story Rooms reveal more about the Vault and its inhabitants, and may contain treasure chests or clues tied to its secrets
• Jackpot Rooms can appear when leaving after completing a wing and contain valuable treasures, crafting resources, or other rewards

Story Rooms and Jackpot Rooms do not require a key to exit.

Nowhere Chests

Special Nowhere Chests are hidden throughout the Vault. Opening one costs another Wondrous Nowhere Key, so that key cannot be used to unlock the next standard room. These chests spawn separately for each player.

Chest Rewards

• Room completion chests contain a consistent selection of valuable items, ranging from overland Item Sets to tradeable Antiquity Leads
• Stash room chests contain a varying selection of valuable items
• Nowhere Chests contain an elevated selection of valuable items, ranging from Trial Item Sets to valuable crafting materials

Wondrous Nowhere Keys

Existing Unformed Planar Keys will be converted into Wondrous Nowhere Keys. The new keys are tradeable and can be sold through Guild Stores.

Keys earned by characters of different levels now stack.

They can be found uncommonly through:

• Heists and Thieves Troves
• Delves, World Bosses, and Treasure Chests
• Favors and Dynamic Encounters
• Rumors and Solo Dungeons

Secrets of the Vault

Almost every room contains a hidden objective connected to the Sage's greatest treasure. These objectives are tracked through associated Rumors, while additional hints found inside the Vault help explain how its secrets connect.

Achievement Requirements

• Nowhere Vault Savant requires 25 keys instead of 50
• Heir to the Sage requires 75 keys instead of 125
• Garden Stroll and its related requirements are now one achievement awarded when entering the Meditative Garden
• Lucky Arrivals requires opening 10 stash room chests instead of 50
• Fortune Favors the Persistent requires opening 20 stash room chests instead of 100
• Safer Together requires 10 challenge rooms instead of 30
• Elite Research Team requires 20 challenge rooms instead of 60

Week 5 Improvements

• Nowhere Chests contain more gold
• Chests in the Magicka Flow Junction stash room received a further gold increase
• Missing maps and map keys have been added to several rooms
• Nowhere Chests no longer become impossible to interact with if they are not looted shortly after spawning
• The Moonlit Isles no longer lets players teleport directly to the end after reaching the Skyshard early, and additional return portals have been added
• A slab in the Sinking Courtyard no longer incorrectly counts as sinking quicksand
• The Meditative Garden now spawns loot, triggers achievement and challenge progress, and gives better rewards
• The Gallery of Curios has revised hint text and a book from the room has been added to the Lore Library
• Invitation to Treasures no longer lets players enter the Vault before returning to Urli with the requested keys
• Invitation to Treasures is now offered as an event notification when entering the Nowhere Vault

All of these changes are also listed throughout the article in their relevant sections, but I'm also listing them here to keep track of them.

Class Changes

• Shadowy Disguise's Born From Shadow duration increases from 10 to 15 seconds
• Overload , Energy Overload , and Power Overload tooltips now clarify that their Heavy Attacks deal damage every 1 second. This was already how they worked.
• Pummeling Goliath 's Bash tooltip now says it hits in an area in front of you instead of saying it can hit multiple targets. This is only a wording change.
• Frozen Device and Frozen Retreat portals last 15 seconds. Frozen Retreat's Icy Escape synergy tooltip now says it can be activated by an ally in the area instead of only by an ally in the portal. This is only a wording change; the synergy already worked this way.

Werewolf

• The Gnash and Rip and Tear tooltips now correctly say the second hit deals 125% more damage below 25% Health instead of scaling up to 125%. The Bloody Gnash tooltip now correctly says the second hit deals 200% more damage below 25% Health instead of scaling up to 200%. The abilities already worked this way.
• Blood Hunger no longer increases Rip and Tear 's initial-hit damage. It only increases the healing by 25%.

Item Sets

• Necropotence now increases Max Magicka by 14% while you have a summoned combat pet active instead of adding a flat Max Magicka bonus
• Foolkiller's Ward 's cooldown after one of its shields breaks is reduced from 30 to 20 seconds
• Jerall Mountains Warchief now requires direct damage to apply Malady instead of any damage
• Aerie's Cry can now apply Eagle's Mark with a Light or Heavy Attack instead of only a Light Attack
• Reawakened Hierophant 's tooltip now says the caster also receives its Crux effect when affected
• Cinders of Anthelmir 's tooltip now says the Cindermoth bursts when it comes within 3 meters of an enemy and that the effect reveals you. This is only a wording change.
• Hunt Leader 's tooltip now describes dealing damage as marking an enemy for 10 seconds, allowing any of your pet damage against that enemy to trigger the healing and Stamina restoration. This is only a wording change.