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Random crashes

Tanitha
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Hi all.
I am having some random crashes since yesterday. It seems my game crashes at some random time, without any specific thing that I am doing. Which is absolutely weird.
I have not changed PCs or anything else. I had one random game crash yesterday, and one today. Yesterday, 24 March 2026, it was about 30 minutes after I logged in while I was mounted. Today, it was while I was in Stormahaven. I was mounted again, but I am mounted a lot of times in game.
Anyone experiencing random crashes lately since last update?
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  • Dojohoda
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    I had two crashes today.
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  • Diebesgut
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    The same thing happens on PlayStation 5 since last update, the game closes completely without warning, displaying the message: "The app has stopped working." You can then send an error report to PlayStation support.

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  • BeluiSome
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    I've had three in the last 45 minutes. What up?
  • SeaGtGruff
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    I had gotten "crash" messages in the launcher upon exiting the game, even after playing for hours without any issues, but had not gotten any actual in-game crashes-- until just now. I had cycled through all of my characters on PCEU to collect their mail, did daily crafting writs on my main character, then went to High Isle to pick up the Tales of Tribute PvE daily. Upon arriving at Riften and heading toward the tavern, the game crashed unexpectedly while I was moving through the merchant district in the center of town. I ran a repair just to be sure there is nothing wrong with my game installation, and hopefully I won't experience any more crashes like that.
    I've fought mudcrabs more fearsome than me!
  • LaBretonniere
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    As SeaGtGrusff just posted above, same for me. Happening multiple times since the Jesters festival started.

    Crash messages in the launcher upon exiting the game very frequently over the past week. But more recently i've gotten crashes out of the game disconnecting me, though the launcher's still running after that happens.

    Did the 'Repair' as suggested by the error messages, but that's not stopped this from happening. Have done it multiple times over the last few days but still just had the game crash for me, disconnecting me, yet again.

    NA server, Windows 10.
    Bethesda ESO version.
  • KapiteinBoterham
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    Wow, I think I just had my first game crash after 7 years of playing.

    Happened near the Jester's Event tent in Stonefalls.

    Windows 11, PCEU.


    Edited by KapiteinBoterham on March 28, 2026 12:01AM
  • blktauna
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    I've crashed 4 times today alone. Not an issue before update 49. I'm getting kicked out of cyrodil constantly, bothe servers and randomly in overland. error 200, 201, 301 etc
    PCNA
    PCEU
  • PurpleScroll
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    Had my first crash around Vulkhel Guard in like.. 3+ years as well. Crash logger also popped up - PC-EU.
  • M0ntie
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    Game has chucked me out twice in the last 10 minutes. PC NA. I'm only trying to do the Jester quests! It drops me back to the ESO login. Says "An error has occurred. Please wait a few minutes and log in again."
    It also chucked me out last night - that was in a trial.
    These are the only crashes I've had in recent months and I'm on most days.
  • gamergirldk
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    me too getting random crashed on PC EU 1 today 2 yesterday
  • Aylish
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    I have some random crashes since the U49 release, too.
    I didn‘t crash for years before…
  • KnightofGears
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    My game on PCEU just crashed too, had that happen a few times now since update 49. I've also had the launcher crash messages before, but usually the game just continues running? Repair didn't solve the problem for me.

    I have also had an increase of stuttering and lag (without crashing) since updating to Windows 11, so even before update 49.

  • Digiman
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    Getting random crashes, happens at extended period of long play time, sending reports.
  • Khiiko
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    Hey, is there currently any fix or known solution for this?

    I’m playing on PC (NA server), but I’m actually based in EU. I’ve been playing on PC for years and never had issues before. I took a break and just recently came back.

    Right now, I’m leveling my partner in Black Rose Prison, and I’m crashing constantly — like every 15 minutes. Sometimes it lasts 30 minutes, sometimes only a few minutes.

    We’ve already tried pretty much everything:

    - Checked with our internet provider
    - Restarted and adjusted router settings
    - Changed DNS servers
    - Adjusted ports and prioritized my PC via LAN
    - Fully uninstalled and reinstalled all add-ons
    - Played with and without add-ons

    Nothing changes...

    The weird thing is:
    - Questing and open world content works perfectly fine
    - As soon as I enter Black Rose Prison, dungeons, or pledges, I crash, usually during boss fights

    My partner is playing on Steam Deck. At first, he had fewer issues and ESO ran fine, but now he’s also getting crashes.
    So we really don’t think it’s an internet or add-on issue, and we have no idea what else to try.

    Has anyone experienced this or found a solution?
  • ZOS_Hadeostry
    Greetings,

    After further review we have decided to move this thread to a category we think is more appropriate for this topic, as it's a technical issues that need to be troubleshot.
    Staff Post
  • AvalonRanger
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    Me and other team mate got serious random crash in "Fungal Grotto II" yesterday.
    I checked my WWW network condition, but there're no problem at there. :/
    My playing time Mon-Friday UTC13:00-16:00 [PC-NA] CP over2000 now.
    I'm Tank and Healer main player.
  • JoeCapricorn
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    I am getting random crashes near the Jester Tent in Stonefalls.

    I am currently running the game on my D drive in Windows 11.

    I got one even after disabling addons and performing a repair.
    Edited by JoeCapricorn on April 1, 2026 1:55AM
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  • Khiiko
    Khiiko
    Soul Shriven
    Alright, good to know people are still crashing, honestly. 😭

    I’ve tried the add-on thing as well. Like, when I turn them off during group fights, in BRP and in pledges, the game definitely lasts longer, like the game itself I mean, but it still crashes anyway.

    And I genuinely can’t figure out what’s wrong with the add-ons. I’ve checked which ones might conflict, I’ve even talked to other people about it. Some of them are running way more add-ons than I am and they’ve got zero issues.

    All my add-ons are updated. I’ve tried everything, uninstalling, reinstalling, both the game and the add-ons, repairing the game, all that stuff.

    Like I said, without add-ons the game runs longer, but it still crashes at some point. And with add-ons, sometimes I can barely play for like 15–20 minutes before it crashes again, especially in fights.

    I really hope they fix this soon, because it’s actually so annoying having to play without add-ons while everyone else can just use theirs normally.
  • AvalonRanger
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    Today, I got huge lag in "Moon Hunter Keep" dungeon twice.
    Fortunately, not crashed though.
    My playing time Mon-Friday UTC13:00-16:00 [PC-NA] CP over2000 now.
    I'm Tank and Healer main player.
  • JoeCapricorn
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    I just crashed at the bank in Davon's Watch, out of the blue.

    I've been running it with no add-ons for a few days now, because these crashes are so frequent I cannot participate much in the event.
    I simp for vampire lords and Glemyos Wildhorn
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