I personally found this information to be a bit confusing myself! But, I think I have it figured out. So, let's examine the pricing!

First things first. Here's a quick 30 second video that shows you which items you can unlock based off your acquired tier. I have the free version of this tome currently. So, if anyone else is able to confirm this video is correct, I'd greatly appreciate. I'm pretty sure that this is right but please let me know if it's not so that I can fix it.

https://youtu.be/uLCHoQiwNwI

In order to unlock these rewards, you must complete challenges. These challenges involve various activities similar to a Golden Pursuit or Endeavor. Only you earn tome points to unlock pages and buy what you want.

Now, here's a list of all the main rewards you can get in the tomes. Note: Many of these are broken up into different pages of the Tome but are part of the same set. Full Disclaimer: I asked AI to help me to do the BBCode because IDK how to do that. It also did the math. So, there may be some minor errors, but I looked over it to try and catch them all. I did all the digging on the rewards, old prices, and other data collection. All speculation is my own opinion that I wrote myself without assistance backed by the data that I was able to find. I just don't know the vanilla forum bbcode formatting well so I had it do that part.
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Tamriel Tome Unlockable Cosmetics
With that out of the way, let's head back to 2025. We cannot make exact comparisons because these are different pricing models with different goals. That being said, we're still customers trying to understand the value of our hard-earned money on the game. So, I will do my best to compare the three different tome tiers to the old model. I will also have to work with the price that I personally paid to prepurchase the content pass upgrade, as I do not remember the full pricing model or discounts, and couldn't find that information on Google. So your own prices may vary based on what you purchased and where. With that said, I paid 49.99 for it. All prices will be in USD because that's where I'm located and I can only go by the prices I know. If you have more precise prices or want to chime in with prices in your local area, please do!

I'm also going to mostly compare the collectibles as we will have to wait until the end of the year to understand the value of the content pass vs the content being given to us this year. Another point of order is that I'm not counting the stuff that drops from in-game activities such as the other furnishings in the Julianos pack (high isle stuff) or the caltrops style in the Solstice zone. I'm focusing on the collectibles that were somewhat exclusive or least crown store oriented.

Before we do that though, let's look at what we get for the 2025 Content Pass. As far as I could gather from UESP, these were the various rewards that fell into that category.

2025 Content Pass Rewards
And now for a more detailed look at the price matchup


Let's Breakdown Completionism Even Further. We'll look at the total price of all tomes vs the content pass. As well as the price per collectible

2025 Content Pass Grand Total Collectibles = 10 Total Collectibles

2025 Content Pass vs. Premium Tome Pricing

+----------------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------------+
| Option               | Total Price | Price per Tome         | Difference vs Content Pass   |
+----------------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------------+
| 2025 Content Pass    | $49.99      | N/A                    | Baseline                     |
| 1 Tome               | $14.99      | $14.99                 | - $35.00 cheaper             |
| 2 Tomes              | $29.98      | $14.99                 | - $20.01 cheaper             |
| 3 Tomes              | $44.97      | $14.99                 | - $5.02 cheaper              |
| 4 Tomes              | $59.96      | $14.99                 | + $9.97 more expensive       |
+----------------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------------+

Content Pass sits between 3 and 4 tomes in price.

2025 Content Pass vs. Premium + Bonus Tome Pricing

+----------------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------------+
| Option               | Total Price | Price per Tome         | Difference vs Content Pass  |
+----------------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------------+
| 2025 Content Pass    | $49.99      | N/A                    | Baseline                     |
| 1 Tome               | $29.99      | $29.99                 | -$20.00 cheaper              |
| 2 Tomes              | $59.98      | $29.99                 | +$9.99 more expensive        |
| 3 Tomes              | $89.97      | $29.99                 | +$39.98 more expensive       |
| 4 Tomes              | $119.96     | $29.99                 | +$69.97 more expensive       |
+----------------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------------+

Content Pass sits between 1 and 2 Tomes in price.

Collectible Value Comparison


Premium Tome Collectible Value Comparison

+----------------------+-------------+--------------+------------------------+---------------------------+
| Bundle               | Total Price | Collectibles | Price per Collectible  | Savings vs Season Pass   |
+----------------------+-------------+--------------+------------------------+---------------------------+
| Season Pass          | $49.99      | 10           | $5.00                  | Baseline                 |
| 3 Tomes Bundle       | $44.97      | 36           | $1.25                  | 75% cheaper              |
| 4 Tomes Bundle       | $59.96      | 48           | $1.25                  | 75% cheaper              |
+----------------------+-------------+--------------+------------------------+---------------------------+

Premium+Bonus Collectible Value Comparison

+----------------------+-------------+--------------+------------------------+---------------------------+
| Option               | Total Price | Collectibles | Price per Collectible  | Savings vs Season Pass   |
+----------------------+-------------+--------------+------------------------+---------------------------+
| Season Pass          | $49.99      | 10           | $5.00                  | Baseline                 |
| 3 Tomes              | $89.97      | 39           | $2.30                  | 54% cheaper              |
| 4 Tomes              | $119.96     | 52           | $2.30                  | 54% cheaper              |
+----------------------+-------------+--------------+------------------------+---------------------------+

TL;DR – What Should You Buy?

If you want a value similar to the 2025 Content Pass…

Overall, the best overall value for this goal is to buy 3 Premium Tomes. Its estimated value is about 10% cheaper than the 2025 Content Pass was and gives you 260% more collectibles. However, currently it seems like we'll be getting a little less content this year. So, if you want to go the cheapest purchase option, while still maintaining a similar level of value as last year, then you can buy 1 Premium+Bonus Tome instead. That will be 40% cheaper but it is only a 30% increase in collectibles. Either of these options are the closest you can get without going over the price of the content pass.

If you want ALL the items from the Tomes for 2026…

You’ll be paying much more overall, but your price per collectible drops a lot. From a pure collectible‑value standpoint, Tamriel Tomes are far cheaper per collectible than the Content Pass ever was.