How I got ESO working in Linux Mint 22.1

Ragnork · July 2025

ArchMikem wrote: »

Incredible the lengths you have to go to just because you don't want Windows.

My windows 10 laptop (was originally windows 7) can not be updated to 11, but it is still a very capable machine.
My route
Install linux mint
Install lutris
Install eso
Play eso.
Find the "live" folder install the very few mods that i use.
Play eso

I use lutris for Eso and Ubisoft games, everything else that I have plays through steam.
I could play eso through steam but you are account locked, i have seven (7) accounts.

No issues no drama.

VastoPenguin · July 2025

this post is making me want to switch to Pop_OS even though im already on win11 lmao

ElAland · July 2025

Ragnork wrote: »

I could play eso through steam but you are account locked, i have seven (7) accounts.

I have 6 ESO accounts, and I was playing all of them through Steam. You just have to setup multiple Steam accounts to link the extra accounts to. When you start up Steam it presents you with all the Steam accounts you have. You just pick the one you want to start which is tied to a specific ESO account. I actually found it quicker swapping accounts in Steam this way than with the traditional ESO logout/login.

Pevey · July 2025

You can also add eso64.exe as a "non-Steam" game. Enable the compatibility layer. Then launch and get the normal non-steam login. This is how we easily share one computer with multiple accounts.

stitchesofdooom · July 2025

Ostacia wrote: »

ElAland wrote: »

@stitchesofdooom Thank you for the hearty welcome! It's great to be here. I can't believe how fast my computer boots up now. Everything is so smoooooth and nice. I do like Cinnamon a lot; haven't tried others...yet. When I need to replace my GPU, I'll certainly avoid Nvidia, though it seems to be working well, I'm wondering if it's not the cause of a little bit of hiccupping I see in game from time to time. Not familiar with Raspberry Pi, no, but it sounds delicious! Endless possibilities, indeed!

I'd bet my delicious cup of coffee that NVIDIA is your problem.

By the way, if you're going to try a different desktop environment, I strongly recommend KDE plasma with sweet icons

stitchesofdooom · July 2025

Oh by the way, after the game starts up, kill the game launcher. It helps.

Fennek688 · February 14

Hi everyone,

I recently made the switch to Linux (Mint 22.3) and got ESO working pretty easily via Steam including Minion (just used the Flathub package), TTC and everything. Only issue that remains for me is that the circumflex button to switch weapons (left to [1] on german layout) isn't working in game. I can currently work around this by using my mouse button to switch but muscle memory still hits the circumflex regularly.
Also I tried using it in chat and it somehow behaves strangely. When I type it once, the ^ appears in the chatbox and when I type it again, the first ^ just disappears. Not sure if that's normal.

Did anyone else encounter this and knows a fix for this?

Edit: changing my keyboard layout to German without accent keys (I guess it's "no dead keys" on international verions) did the trick.

ElAland · February 18

@Fennek688 - Glad to hear you got everything working. I updated my PC and Laptop that I play ESO on to 22.3 without issue and everything is still working great!

On another note I refined my TTC update bash script based on a previous post from @Techwolf_Lupindo so that it runs by simply activating it (no typing in a command line interface), and it provides a notification that it completed. Script is below (remove the outer set of quotes around each full line). I have to put the quotes in so the forum doesn't think someone's trying to hack in.

"#!/bin/bash"
"cd"
"cd "/home/<your username>/.steam/debian-installation/steamapps/compatdata/306130/pfx/drive_c/users/steamuser/Documents/Elder Scrolls Online/live/AddOns/TamrielTradeCentre/""
"rm PriceTableNA.lua"
"wget "https://us.tamrieltradecentre.com/download/PriceTable"" <- do not include the &quote, it is the ending quote character.
"unzip -o PriceTable"
"rm PriceTable"
"cd"
"notify-send "TTC Updated""

Pevey · February 18

Fennek688 wrote: »

Hi everyone,

I recently made the switch to Linux (Mint 22.3) and got ESO working pretty easily via Steam including Minion (just used the Flathub package), TTC and everything. Only issue that remains for me is that the circumflex button to switch weapons (left to [1] on german layout) isn't working in game. I can currently work around this by using my mouse button to switch but muscle memory still hits the circumflex regularly.
Also I tried using it in chat and it somehow behaves strangely. When I type it once, the ^ appears in the chatbox and when I type it again, the first ^ just disappears. Not sure if that's normal.

Did anyone else encounter this and knows a fix for this?

Edit: changing my keyboard layout to German without accent keys (I guess it's "no dead keys" on international verions) did the trick.

Did you install Steam via flatpak or directly? I had some quirks running Steam as a flatpak that were resolved when I installed it as a package. Availability will depend on your distro, not sure about Mint.