In the MMORPG The Elder Scrolls Online there are in-game events. From March 29, 2023, to April 6, 2023, the Festival of Fools awaits you. MeinMMO tells you everything about this year’s event and how to effectively get the many rewards.
When is the Festival of Fools? It starts today, March 29, 2023, at 4:00 PM CEST and runs until Tuesday, April 6, 2022, at 4:00 PM CEST.
What is the Festival of Fools? This is an event fitting for April 1st. It belongs to the events where there is also a 100% experience bonus. So if you have incomplete characters, you should take advantage of the XP bonus. The experience bonus can also be combined with potions and scrolls.
How exactly does XP farming work? You can learn more in our guide on how to earn a lot of experience (XP) in a short time.
How to participate in the Festival of Fools
If you have participated in the event in previous years, you can simply use the keepsake “Fool’s Pie” through your quick access. This grants you a 100% experience bonus for 2 hours.
Otherwise, head to one of the Fools’ pavilions in front of the capital of the starting areas (Dawn’s Watch in Stonefall, Vulkhel Watch in Auridon, or Daggerfall in Glenumbra). Speak there with a fool who has disguised himself as the leader of an alliance.
As a small help, you can receive the invitation quest for the Festival of Fools for free from the Crown Store. This will safely guide you to the Fools’ pavilion.
These rewards are available at the Festival of Fools
Look forward to the well-known rewards from the gifts for the Festival of Fools. You will receive these for completing a daily quest for the Festival of Fools. For the first such quest of the day, you will even receive a massive gift for the Festival of Fools.
These known rewards are waiting for you:
- Festive Wondermaker
- Cherry Blossom Confetti
- Holiday Cake
- Festive Furnishings
- Provisioner Recipes for the Festival of Fools
- “Stolen” – Junk that you can sell for gold at a vendor
- Style pages from previous years
In the massive gifts for the Festival of Fools, you will also find:
- Runestone Box: Fool’s Zintillator
- Runestone Box: Cherry Blossom Branch
- Style Pages: Weapons from Cadwell’s Kitchen Outfit
- Fragments for Jester Makers
- High Isle Treasure Maps
- Festive Noisemaker Parts
- Fragments for the Daedroth Suit of the Fool (costume)
Special rewards at the Festival of Fools at a glance
| Rewards | Source |
|---|---|
| Event Tokens (3x) | 1st daily quest of the day |
| Experience Bonus (100 %) | Fool’s Pie (keepsake) |
| Runestone Boxes from previous years: Fool’s Zintillator Cherry Blossom Branch | Massive Gift (Chance) Event Token Merchant (Impresaria) |
| Fragments for the Devoted Dancer NEW (companion): Light Green Lily Leaves Enchanted Silver Flute Mystical Sheet Music | Event Token Merchant (Impresaria) |
| Mount Style Pages: Bucket (Head) NEW Broom (Weapon) NEW | Massive Gift (Chance) Event Token Merchant (Impresaria) |
| Mount Style Pages: Cadwell’s Kitchen Outfit (Weapons) | Massive Gift (Chance) |
| Fragment: Jester Maker | Massive Gift (Chance) |
| Fragments for The Muse of Devotion (Personality): Bottle with Silver Mist Finely Crafted Wand of the Dancer Pressing Lily Leaf Inserts | Event Token Merchant (Impresaria) |
| Fragments for the Daedroth Suit of the Fool (costume) NEW | Massive Gift (Chance) Event Token Merchant (Impresaria) |
| “Hide Shoulder Guard” (keepsake) NEW | Event Token Merchant (Impresaria) |
| Style pages from previous years | Gift for the Festival of Fools (Chance) |
| High Isle Treasure Map | Massive Gift (Chance) |
But pay attention: It is advisable to only get the items from the Impresaria that you can only get from her. The other items can also be earned, and your event tokens may not be sufficient for everything.
In total, you can receive 3 x 8, so a total of 27 event tokens during the event. However, you can only have 12 event tokens at a time. So before you continue questing, it’s better to go to the Impresaria and exchange them for the special rewards that you can only get from her:
- All three fragments for the Devoted Dancer NEW (companion):
- Light Green Lily Leaves
- Enchanted Silver Flute
- Mystical Sheet Music
- All three fragments for The Muse of Devotion (Personality):
- Bottle with Silver Mist
- Finely Crafted Wand of the Dancer
- Pressing Lily Leaf Inserts
If you still have event tokens left, you can of course use them for anything else. Because who doesn’t know it, sometimes that one item just won’t drop.
How to get many rewards until the event ends
Do as many daily quests for the Festival of Fools as possible
To get as many rewards as possible, you should ideally complete all daily quests. You can also do the same quests with all other characters on the same day. However, do not expect much variety.
As an achievement hunter, you probably won’t get around this. Because you will also have to do activities multiple times for achievements related to the event. However, there are also some achievements that take place outside of daily quests.
So take a look through your records to see what’s still missing. But remember, ESO now has account-wide achievements.
Complete the daily event quests with your friends and guild members
The quests are simply more fun in a group, and you will of course also receive useful tips from other players or can fight through achievements together.
Additionally, you can share these daily quests within your group and thus complete them together in the same order.
Trade items with your community, friends, or guild
You will probably receive one or two rewards multiple times. But that’s not a problem, because you can easily trade with other players.
Special items in the Crown Store
For the Festival of Fools, there are some matching items available in the Crown Store for the next 8 days:
- Personality: Jester – 1,000 crowns or 800 crowns if you have ESO+
- House: The Princely Dusklight Palace
- Furnished – 17,500 crowns
- Unfurnished – 14,000 crowns
- Headgear: Hat Package for the Festival of Fools – 700 crowns or 560 crowns with ESO+
- Jester Hat and Mask
- Butt Ears Jester Hat
- Two-Toned Rooster Crest Hat
- Event Token – 250 crowns
Are you looking forward to the Festival of Fools? What are your plans for the event? To stay up to date with ESO in the coming year, visit the ESO event ticker – This is how you get your rewards until the end of 2023. This post will be continually updated to keep you informed in the future.
