What order to play content?

Ezuna999

Hi there,

What order should I play content in?

Is there a preferred path as I'm getting bombarded with quests and feeling like it's all over the place?

Thanks

Sylvermynx

Here's a link to a post that provides a good guide:

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/413807/what-order-should-i-do-esos-story-arcs-a-guide

GenjiraX

There's this, too:

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/549674/someone-made-a-really-nice-flowchart-showing-the-recommended-order-to-play-this-game-sorry-if-dupe

PigofSteel

I think that should be ZoS job to guide you trough fresh start. I really dont know to be honest its a bit messy.

Sylvermynx

GenjiraX wrote: »

There's this, too:

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/549674/someone-made-a-really-nice-flowchart-showing-the-recommended-order-to-play-this-game-sorry-if-dupe

Thanks @GenjiraX - I didn't have that one bookmarked before!

NinjaApacHe

https://altarofgaming.com/elder-scrolls-online-expansions-dlcs/

ADarklore

I wish ZOS would actually look at this and see what a disaster they have created with their constant quest givers in major cities... just put quest activations in the JOURNAL... and let players decide when they want to activate them. It's really sad that going into a major city is such an awful experience anymore with an NPC quest giver on about every corner or inside buildings.

It never used to be like this, and going around Vulkhel Guard used to be a very nice experience... now, it's just annoying as hell. I am thankful I started playing when I did and didn't have to come in as a new player and deal with this confusing mess.

trackdemon5512

1. Base Game
2. Craglorn
3. Imperial City
4. Orsinium
5. Dark Brotherhood
6. Morrowind
7. Clockwork City
8. Summerset
9. Murkmire
10. Wrathstone Dungeons
11. Elsweyr
12. Dragonhold
13. Harrowstorm Dungeons
14. Greymoor
15. Stonethorn Dungeons
16. Markarth
17. Flames of Ambition Dungeons
18. Blackwood

Thieves Guild, Murkmire, Scalebreaker Dungeons, and virtually all other dungeon packs are pretty much standalone and have story elements that pretty much ignore the rest of game continuity.

Scalebreaker is probably best enjoyed after Elsweyr/Selena’s Web dungeon though and Murkmire after Morrowind due to characters reappearing.

GenjiraX

Sylvermynx wrote: »

GenjiraX wrote: »

There's this, too:

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/549674/someone-made-a-really-nice-flowchart-showing-the-recommended-order-to-play-this-game-sorry-if-dupe

Thanks @GenjiraX - I didn't have that one bookmarked before!

Ditto.

FrancisCrawford

Ezuna999 wrote: »

Hi there,

What order should I play content in?

Is there a preferred path as I'm getting bombarded with quests and feeling like it's all over the place?

Thanks

When the game was new, the answer was inarguably:

• Start in one of the three alliance zones and work your way through it.
• Interweave that with doing the main quest.

That's still the best answer.

I'd start in Stros M'Kai if you want to practice game mechanics, or Daggerfall (a city in Glenumbra) if you're more confident. Khenarthi's Roost is also a good choice. Take the quest from the "Hooded Figure" almost immediately. Proceed from there.

For quite a while, ignore all the quest givers who want you to go to another zone. (Until you're ready to move on to the next zone in your alliance.) More precisely, pick up their quests so they'll shut up, but don't do anything with them.

ADarklore

FrancisCrawford wrote: »

Ezuna999 wrote: »

Hi there,

What order should I play content in?

Is there a preferred path as I'm getting bombarded with quests and feeling like it's all over the place?

Thanks

When the game was new, the answer was inarguably:

• Start in one of the three alliance zones and work your way through it.
• Interweave that with doing the main quest.

That's still the best answer.

I'd start in Stros M'Kai if you want to practice game mechanics, or Daggerfall (a city in Glenumbra) if you're more confident. Khenarthi's Roost is also a good choice. Take the quest from the "Hooded Figure" almost immediately. Proceed from there.

For quite a while, ignore all the quest givers who want you to go to another zone. (Until you're ready to move on to the next zone in your alliance.) More precisely, pick up their quests so they'll shut up, but don't do anything with them.

^THIS so much this!!

Savina

Our guilds website has a guide that list the base games Main Story order and another that list the order of the DLC's

These guides are open to the public so everyone can use them.

Aztrias

ADarklore wrote: »

It never used to be like this, and going around Vulkhel Guard used to be a very nice experience... now, it's just annoying as hell. I am thankful I started playing when I did and didn't have to come in as a new player and deal with this confusing mess.

"Do you know how long I have been looking for you!"
"Traveller a moment of your time!"
"How would you like to do something worthwhile?"
"Halt Adventurer, you're the one I seek!"
"Yeah the vision speaks true, you are the one my mistress seeks!"(something like that)
"Dragons in your own homeland!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Mythreindeer

FrancisCrawford wrote: »

Ezuna999 wrote: »

Hi there,

What order should I play content in?

Is there a preferred path as I'm getting bombarded with quests and feeling like it's all over the place?

Thanks

When the game was new, the answer was inarguably:

• Start in one of the three alliance zones and work your way through it.
• Interweave that with doing the main quest.

That's still the best answer.

I'd start in Stros M'Kai if you want to practice game mechanics, or Daggerfall (a city in Glenumbra) if you're more confident. Khenarthi's Roost is also a good choice. Take the quest from the "Hooded Figure" almost immediately. Proceed from there.

For quite a while, ignore all the quest givers who want you to go to another zone. (Until you're ready to move on to the next zone in your alliance.) More precisely, pick up their quests so they'll shut up, but don't do anything with them.

This is what I did after starting ESO about 8 months ago. Now I just quest and do stuff randomly as there isn’t much coherence. It doesn’t bother me as I’m not ensconced in TES lore but for those looking for an immersive experience it would be tough. Guessing everything changed after the switch to One Tamriel though it does have advantages.

Vanathil

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/525351/a-clear-step-by-step-guide-to-playing-eso-in-chronological-order/p1

The Ultimate Guide

Aztrias

My brother started playing the Morrowind dlc when I suggested he do the main story and alliance zones first
then when he got to Rivenspire with his DC character, he told me he was bored to tears and quit the game (... and here I have done Cadwell silver and gold a few times, maybe I'm just a masochist )

jssriot

Aztrias wrote: »

My brother started playing the Morrowind dlc when I suggested he do the main story and alliance zones first
then when he got to Rivenspire with his DC character, he told me he was bored to tears and quit the game (... and here I have done Cadwell silver and gold a few times, maybe I'm just a masochist )

Just doing the zone quests can get boring. I started playing before One Tamriel update, before we had a gazillion DLCs and expansions, and the ones we had (basically Craglorn and Orsinium) where scaled to vet 16 (the highest vet level at the time), so if you were anything below that, the mobs could just look in your general direction and you'd die. And I got very burnt-out with just solo questing, so I get it, especially if you force yourself to do content that isn't interesting to you. Especially with the alliance quest lines. There's only so much fighting cultists any one player can take.

Ezuna999

Awesome help guys tyvm - reading through the advice now.

All I need now is for the servers to be online.....

Thechuckage

While its great that people have compiled resources for others, it is a GLARING issue on the developers. If your players have to go to outside sources for something as simple as "Here is the main story" then something has gone very, very wrong.

DaiKahn

Ezuna999 wrote: »

Hi there,

What order should I play content in?

Is there a preferred path as I'm getting bombarded with quests and feeling like it's all over the place?

Thanks

Here's a flowchart

Vanathil

Thechuckage wrote: »

While its great that people have compiled resources for others, it is a GLARING issue on the developers. If your players have to go to outside sources for something as simple as "Here is the main story" then something has gone very, very wrong.

There is actually a topic of this issue at the moment, and I guess this was already discussed several time in the past:

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/573694/new-character-experience-is-a-complete-mess#latest

Deter1UK

FrancisCrawford wrote: »

I'd start in Stros M'Kai if you want to practice game mechanics, or Daggerfall (a city in Glenumbra) if you're more confident. Khenarthi's Roost is also a good choice. Take the quest from the "Hooded Figure" almost immediately. Proceed from there.

For quite a while, ignore all the quest givers who want you to go to another zone. (Until you're ready to move on to the next zone in your alliance.) More precisely, pick up their quests so they'll shut up, but don't do anything with them.

Sound advice

barney2525

Ezuna999 wrote: »

Hi there,

What order should I play content in?

Is there a preferred path as I'm getting bombarded with quests and feeling like it's all over the place?

Thanks

Start from the far left

SeaGtGruff

FrancisCrawford wrote: »

For quite a while, ignore all the quest givers who want you to go to another zone. (Until you're ready to move on to the next zone in your alliance.) More precisely, pick up their quests so they'll shut up, but don't do anything with them.

Actually, in some cases it's best to just ignore them-- don't even accept them-- because accepting some of them (well, one that I know of for sure) can interfere with other quests (I'm looking at you, Abnur Tharn).

What I do is accept any quest I'm not sure about, then if it shows up under "Prologues" I abandon it just in case it might cause an issue. After that, I just ignore those questgivers until I'm ready to do their prologue quests.

FrancisCrawford

SeaGtGruff wrote: »

FrancisCrawford wrote: »

For quite a while, ignore all the quest givers who want you to go to another zone. (Until you're ready to move on to the next zone in your alliance.) More precisely, pick up their quests so they'll shut up, but don't do anything with them.

Actually, in some cases it's best to just ignore them-- don't even accept them-- because accepting some of them (well, one that I know of for sure) can interfere with other quests (I'm looking at you, Abnur Tharn).

What I do is accept any quest I'm not sure about, then if it shows up under "Prologues" I abandon it just in case it might cause an issue. After that, I just ignore those questgivers until I'm ready to do their prologue quests.

What are examples of interference?

zaria

FrancisCrawford wrote: »

SeaGtGruff wrote: »

FrancisCrawford wrote: »

For quite a while, ignore all the quest givers who want you to go to another zone. (Until you're ready to move on to the next zone in your alliance.) More precisely, pick up their quests so they'll shut up, but don't do anything with them.

Actually, in some cases it's best to just ignore them-- don't even accept them-- because accepting some of them (well, one that I know of for sure) can interfere with other quests (I'm looking at you, Abnur Tharn).

What I do is accept any quest I'm not sure about, then if it shows up under "Prologues" I abandon it just in case it might cause an issue. After that, I just ignore those questgivers until I'm ready to do their prologue quests.

What are examples of interference?

Think its only one, Abnur Tharn in the Elsweyr prelude quest block you from freeing him in the main quest at least on an AD character as both the prologe and main quest will send you to the same delve, https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Wormroot_Depths

I tried this to see how the game reacted. started the prologue and came up to the time I was to go to the delves and I tried to do that part of the main quest but it did not start so no two versions of Tharn at once
An fun thing in wormroot depths is that you can see players with an guild mage companion who is their Tharn.

Now on my next caracter I will will try to start the The Tharn Speaks quest and then the prologue

WiseSky

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THE QUESTING GUIDE

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• A list of compiled quests where you'll find each major storyline in the game listed in chronological order, (defaulting to order of content release), where you can follow along or even check off your list you may have left uncompleted years ago.

The Questing Guide Menu Showing the chronological order of quests by zone and a summary of your actions in each quest

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