Can we please get any information about Tales of Tribute?

Seraphayel · April 14

Title.

I know the card game isn't very popular, but ever since Season of the Worm Cult each year brought something new for Tales of Tribute. In 2025 we got nothing and in all of the streams / directs about 2026 I haven't heard or read one single word about Tales of Tribute.

Can we please get official clarification on

a) if we get a new deck this year
b) if anything else is planned for ToT or
c) if decks and cards get rebalanced adjusted.

If the feature has been abandoned, please tell us, it's better to know the hard truth than to be left unknowing about its future.

Mascen · April 14

I don't think the feature has been abandoned but to be frank (although I'd like to be Steve) about it, the devs are currently busy overhauling alot of different things such as the recently added Overland difficulty to PVP in Cyrodill and other long overdue changes.

I personally don't mind waiting a year or two for a new deck. Im an avid ToT player but it's more of a side feature than anything.

tsaescishoeshiner · April 14

I'm okay with the slowdown because we need something other than new patrons. That already has gotten to be a bit too much, IMO. Hopefully we get some new feature/mechanic to refresh the game.

DenverRalphy · April 14

Given the premise that all future content will be free to all players, I think it unlikely ToT will see anything substantial until High Isle becomes base game. What it would take for that to happen I have no idea. Greymoor is becoming free to accommodate next year's skyrim zone, so it woud likely require a catalyst of similar significance.

Emeratis · April 14

While they had not directly responded to Eidetic complaints/asks for comment, the new pts had a good start for longstanding Eidetic issues (and hopefully they add more before the pts cycle ends) and I take that as a good sign for other systems that have yet to get commentary. It is worth noting also that while it does not list ToT as a source, the Alessian Rebel style on the pts seems to be a preview confirmation of them continuing the Tales of Tribute related outfit styles (which good because we only had 3/12 so far and it would be a good way to source new styles/motifs this year). The bad news is they are currently listed as rewards for some of the new overland encounters instead.
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While I too would still like something tangible in terms of a reply, I'm hoping that this might mean silence means they might be quietly working on some stuff already. Still, at least on the new patron support it would be nice to have a "not at this time" quote to reference such as what they did for new races, classes, etc, especially since I think it would have been cool to make decks related to the Night Market patrons for additional stuff (maybe in a future rerun?).

I do agree it feels like they have a lot of ways they could support ToT this year without major effort or shifting teams off other more urgent matters and I hope we see them do that. I'm also aware their hands are slightly tied until High Isle is base game so maybe we get some more attention after that.

prof-dracko · April 15

I'd take the infinite archive here to, doesn't seem to have been touched after the last update. Nice that furnishings were added to the rotating vendor, but actually grinding for the currency is a bit of a drag after a while.

DeathandDebauchery · April 15

I too, would really love to hear /anything/ about ToT, even if it is on the shelf for the forseeable future.

Calastir · April 15

Still getting flashbacks hearing that town crier everywhere;

"Hear ye, cardsharps and collectors! Test your wits and courage in a brand new card game—Tales of Tribute!"

Seraphayel · April 15

Mascen wrote: »

I don't think the feature has been abandoned but to be frank (although I'd like to be Steve) about it, the devs are currently busy overhauling alot of different things such as the recently added Overland difficulty to PVP in Cyrodill and other long overdue changes.

I personally don't mind waiting a year or two for a new deck. Im an avid ToT player but it's more of a side feature than anything.

I don’t mind that we’re getting nothing (okay, I do mind, but that’s not the point), but at least I would like to have some clarity.

Why is it so difficult to just say no? Tales of Tribute was nowhere to be seen during directs (unless I missed it or don’t recall anymore), so I don’t even think it will be a surprise release or whatever.

I just think we (few) ToT players shouldn’t be completely ignored or left out and get an update on the state of Tales.

DenverRalphy · April 15

Seraphayel wrote: »

Mascen wrote: »

I don't think the feature has been abandoned but to be frank (although I'd like to be Steve) about it, the devs are currently busy overhauling alot of different things such as the recently added Overland difficulty to PVP in Cyrodill and other long overdue changes.

I personally don't mind waiting a year or two for a new deck. Im an avid ToT player but it's more of a side feature than anything.

Why is it so difficult to just say no? Tales of Tribute was nowhere to be seen during directs (unless I missed it or don’t recall anymore), so I don’t even think it will be a surprise release or whatever.

Because regardless how innocuous the statement or context, moments after saying "no" content creators and clickbaitz bloggers across the globe flood the interwebz with headlines like "ESO Creators Put the Kibosh on Legacy Game Feature!!"

They have to be very careful when determing if, when, and how to answer such questions. Unfortunately for the players, sometimes the best option is to remain silent until a more acceptable opportunity rises.

tsaescishoeshiner · April 16

In addition to new/seasonal ToT content, what would help players engage with it is adding High Isle to the basegame, but at this rate that's still years and years away (if it ever happened).

ToT dialogue refers to Gonfalon Bay and has a very expensive voice actor, so it's hard to make ToT alone part of basegame. Luckily, they maybe anticipated this for Scribing and were able to keep that separate. But ToT is sort of locked.

It would be nice if the whole tutorial and ability to play were unlocked completely from the group menu like dungeons and battlegrounds. Especially if it meant not needing to start the quest on new characters.

Seraphayel · April 17

I mean if we're lucky High Isle might be part of the base game next year, but still. I was one of those who clowned about ToT as a Chapter feature, but it's become one of my favourites in ESO.

I know putting dev resources on something that's rather unpopular makes no sense, but there's still hope.

Seraphayel · June 26

Here I am, two months later, asking for any updates on Tales of Tribute for this year.

The one part of the game we seem to not get any information about its recent state and future is Tales of Tribute.

Can we please get an update? Is anything planned? Is Tales of Tribute on the backburner? Officially retired as a feature?

@ZOS_Kevin

Eldovar · June 26

Seeing as every major and minor thing ended up on the roadmap, I don't think 2026 will bring anything new. Maybe the 2027 has something.

BXR_Lonestar · June 26

I would like them to make the AI on your very first ToT game intentionally lose so I can complete the quest and never have to touch this game again.

I respect those who like this game, but for me, its not fun, it makes no sense, and its completely a waste of my time. The last time I tried to complete the quest, I played over an hour and I still lost to the NPC

allochthons · June 26

TL;DR Unless you already play ToT, and know all 12 decks, it's really hard to get started. We need a decent way to get started.
And until the player base is larger and more vocal, I doubt it'll get much attention from the devs.

The unfinished Tales of Tribute achievements sitting in my journal are starting to bother me. So about once a month I seriously think about getting back into it.

I played at the beginning, and was okay. Never good, but okay. Since then, there have been 8 new decks added. I've gone through the cards on the web, but until I see them in an active game, they don't make a lot of sense to me. I can learn against the AI, and I do that every once in awhile, but I don't have access to the later decks or upgraded cards, so neither do they. And the AI (while it can beat me on anything higher than dead simple) is limited, it's nothing like playing against another player.

So how do I learn those later decks, and how all the new decks synergize? Play against players. Players who HATE when a turn takes longer than 15 seconds,* when I take time to work through a combo, when I don't autoplay the basic cards. Most of them are just getting the daily quest done, and are in a hurry, just like dungeon speed runners. Fair enough. But because of that, even on casual, it's pretty hard to try to learn that way.

Play against friends. This is the solution, but that is asking a LOT of friends, to take the time to do that. I have done that with share screen once or twice, but the friend's patience didn't last longer than a game or two.

I would like to get back into ToT, enough to get achievements, but the task is daunting.

*clearly I need to find those players who wait the entire turn time, trying to get their opponents to rage quit!

Seraphayel · June 30

Eldovar wrote: »

Seeing as every major and minor thing ended up on the roadmap, I don't think 2026 will bring anything new. Maybe the 2027 has something.

I mean that’s fine, but why can’t they just tell us. Is it such a secret? It just doesn’t feel good to be left hanging without any word about it.

Personofsecrets · June 30

The last time I badgered a dev stream about ToT, there was some kind of comment to the effect of there being more to come.

With the poor play patterns of mora and alessia, possibly the worst ones that could have been invented, I think it's okay to let ToT fade away.

DrMedBorn · July 1

I love this feature and there should be more like this. Makes the game feel even more alive

Gabriel_H · July 2

Emeratis wrote: »

While they had not directly responded to Eidetic complaints/asks for comment, the new pts had a good start for longstanding Eidetic issues (and hopefully they add more before the pts cycle ends) and I take that as a good sign for other systems that have yet to get commentary.

ZOS have directly commented on EM though: https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/678748/eidetic-memory-bug-list