In 2024, The Elder Scrolls Online will continue to be supported with new content. The focus will be on the “Gold Road” expansion, which brings the “Scripture” feature into the MMORPG. This allows the character to adapt even better to the individual play style.
What will TESO bring in 2024?
- The year started with Update 41 and the dungeon DLC Scions of Ithelia. This includes two new dungeons: the Pit of the Oathsworn and the Veil of Uprising. The DLC is already live.
- On June 3, 2024, the Gold Road expansion will be released for PC. There, you can expect new story content, three new areas, and the Scripture feature. The DLC will be released for PlayStation and Xbox on June 18, 2024.
- A new housing feature is expected in the third quarter, which fans will likely be particularly excited about. Unfortunately, the development team has not revealed any further details on this. Already, TESO is counted among the MMORPGs with the best housing.
- At the end of the year, a new PvP feature will follow that is not connected to Cyrodiil. Additionally, 2 new companions will be added.
In line with the expansion, there will be a cinematic trailer that gives a first look at the story of the expansion. The DLC mainly features the color scheme of autumn, which is why the development team has worked a lot with golden, red, and brown tones:
Gold Road seamlessly continues the story from Necrom
Warning, Spoilers: In the section “What is the expansion about?” we will address the story from Necrom and Gold Road.
When does Gold Road start? To install the patch with the DLC, the servers will be down on June 3, 2024, from 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM. From 2:00 PM, it should be possible to log back into the TESO servers. This applies only to the PC version, as the console version will be released on June 18.
All content coming with Gold Road can be found in the English patch notes in the official forum of The Elder Scrolls Online.
What is the expansion about? Gold Road picks up directly where the cliffhanger from the Necrom expansion left off. We learn in the prologue that a long-forgotten Daedric princess named Ithelia has escaped from her captivity.
A group calling themselves Recollection wants to restore Ithelia’s powers to their former state. The Daedric princess is currently wandering in the new area and has lost her memory. It is up to the player to find out who Ithelia is and what has been done to her by the other Daedric princes.
The gameplay takes place in three different zones:
- The Gold Road is a deciduous forest with autumn colors.
- Duskwood, on the other hand, resembles a jungle or rainforest.
- Additionally, there is Colovian Highlands with its rocky and hilly landscape.
In Gold Road, we find ourselves in West Run. The area is located west of Cyrodiil and has Skingrad as its capital. The area visually resembles The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.
New items, world bosses, and dungeons – What’s in Gold Road
What does the expansion contain aside from story and areas?
- 10 item sets
- Furniture items
- 140 achievements and 8 titles
- 3 mythic items
- Collectibles (mounts, pets, emotes, …)
- 2 houses
- Dungeons
- World bosses
- Public dungeons
- Trial for 12 players (Lucent Citadel)
- World events
- Actually, since Blackwood, there are usually two new companions in each expansion. Unfortunately, they are not included in Gold Road but will be added in Q4.
However, the main highlight in Gold Road is the new Scripture feature.
The Scripture system personalizes the play style
What kind of system is this? Through the Scripture, players can collect unique skills and customize them with a primary, secondary, and tertiary effect. At launch, the Scripture system focuses on the skill lines “Weapon” and “World.” This allows all classes to benefit from it.
Each of these skill lines will have at least one unique, unlockable skill that we can configure. We have three different resources to choose from:
- Grimoire: With these, we can determine the core of the skill (for example, shoot an arrow to the ground)
- Scriptural slots: Each grimoire has three slots. These slots can be filled to change special effects (for example, healing, specific types of damage, …)
- Inks: This material can be consumed to overwrite a skill
The feature aims to give players more freedom with their skills. The Scripture is only available to those who own the Gold Road DLC.
With the system, the visual properties of a skill can also be adjusted. At launch, there are expected to be 22 different color variants. All styles should be unlockable or obtainable in-game. What do you think of TESO’s content in 2024? Are you excited about it? Are you looking forward to the new feature?
