Today marks the start of The Elder Scrolls Online: Summerset for Playstation 4 and Xbox One. There will first be maintenance work on ESO, and the servers are offline. After that, Summerset will begin on the consoles. Here’s what you should know at launch.
Are you excited to play The Elder Scrolls Online: Summerset on your PS4 or Xbox One? Then you should consider the following things.

What you should know at the start of Summerset
Downtime. Last night, the servers of the console version of The Elder Scrolls Online were taken offline for maintenance. The servers are now online, and you can start right after downloading the addon.
How big is the update? According to players, the download size of the addon for PS4 is about 33 GB. On Xbox One, you will need to download 48 GB.
Summerset is a paid addon. Summerset is a paid addon for the MMORPG. You need to purchase it for about 30 Euro as a digital upgrade for ESO. The main game is required. Additionally, there is a physical Collector’s Edition priced at about 100 Euro, which includes the following contents:
- The “Queen’s Gift” package
- The base game ESO
- The first addon Morrowind
- The Nightmare Serpent as a mount
- A Mephala statue
- A map of the islands
- Razum-dar’s diary and some other items
Help, my download isn’t starting! The download may not start immediately. If that’s the case, turn off your console and turn it back on. After that, the download should begin.
How do I start the adventure? Summerset offers a new tutorial. Create a new hero, and this tutorial will start automatically. Afterwards, you’ll be directly on the Summerset Isles. If you want to continue playing with an already created hero, you will receive an invitation from Queen Ayrenn, with which you will travel to the Summerset Isles.
Help for getting started:
- Furthermore, we presented the Summerset builds for the DPS Magicka Nightblade and the DPS Magicka Sorcerer.
- Moreover, we spoke with the developers about the story of Summerset.
- And we summarized some info about the Cloudrest raid and the new elemental sets for you.
- Read our review of ESO Summerset here.
With this, you should have a good start into the new adventures.