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XBOX Botting Accounts Banned
ZOS_Kevin
Community Manager
Hi All. Earlier this week, we proactively identified and banned a large group of Xbox ESO accounts that were being set up to begin botting activities. Please continue to report bot farms to us so we can continue to action them. Thank you.
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Bobby_Digital81✭✭✭Awesome to hear this! I don't play on Xbox, I play on PS/NA and for years there has been thousands of farm bots on our server. I haven't seen them for almost a year now. I figured you guys have set up ways to catch them before they roll out now. Glad to see you guys are proactive on removing these accounts.3 -
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✭✭Great thing to get a handle on before Crossplay!Dragon Priest [Restoring Light, Draconic Power, Grave Lord]
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✭✭✭✭✭Didnt even know you could bot on console
They're not as effective or efficient on console, but they have the advantage that they can repopulate as quickly as they get banned (ie.. install ESO on a PS5, and you can have unlimited accounts using that one single install). Now with Xbox play anywhere, bots can be much more versatile and effective because running on a PC it's much easier to do more than simply emulate controller inputs. Though I'm not fluent enough in all things Xbox to know how it affects the ability to repopulate with shared access to the install like it can on console.Edited by DenverRalphy on May 20, 2026 6:19PM3
