The vampires in The Elder Scrolls Online are being significantly revised with Update 26. They are intended to become true bloodsuckers, more reviled even in the cities.
What is behind the changes? With the patch for the Greymoor expansion, the vampire skill line is being significantly overhauled. This aligns with the theme, as a vampire lord awaits you in the fortress of the same name in the Blackreach.
Furthermore, the developers revealed in a blog post that they have not made significant changes to the vampires since release. Therefore, a major rework is now underway.
A central innovation is that you now have to suck blood instead of starving as before to become stronger. This has already sparked discussions among the hardcore lore fans. In general, the skill line is now intended to be played much more actively.
Will you receive the innovations without Greymoor? The vampire update officially belongs to Update 26. This patch is available to all ESO players and therefore you do not need the new expansion for the adjustments.
Only those who want to explore the new areas in Skyrim or use the new antiquities system need to purchase the expansion.
Thanks to many revisions, you feel like a vampire
What changes with the blood curse? The blood curse is the biggest change for vampires. To reach and maintain high levels, you must regularly bite NPCs. This brings you several benefits:
- With each level, the costs of your vampire skills decrease.
- You receive new passive abilities when your level is high enough.
However, a high blood curse also comes at a price:
- Your health regeneration is reduced.
- You take more damage from fire attacks.
- Your non-vampire skills become more expensive.
Additionally, NPCs now react more strongly to you as a vampire.
If you use vampire skills in settlements or cities, it may happen that NPCs put a bounty on you. Also, there will be merchants who will no longer interact with you if your blood curse is at level 4.
What else is new? In the blog post, the developers revealed that the vampire skills have been adjusted and even brand new ones have been added:
- “Disembowel” deals more damage the less health you have.
- “Blood Rage” exchanges your health for increased magic and weapon power.
- “Blood Sprout” is a new ultimate ability that transforms you into a hideous beast. In this form, you benefit from increased health, higher stamina, and magicka, can heal yourself when you deal damage, and see your enemies through walls.
New animations make you a real vampire: Lastly, the developers of ESO have created a new sequence that is played when you bite an NPC.
It is intended to be reminiscent of the sequences of the Dreadblade of the Dark Brotherhood and give you the feeling that you are actually a vampire.
MeinMMO author Jürgen Horn is already very excited about vampires from Greymoor. However, he would prefer to get beaten up than play them himself.
