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Sheogorath
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Will the new Sheogorath quests from Season One be a permanent addition to the game ?
During the afternoon of Loredas, 6 Sun’s Dawn 2e578 a big piece of Aetherius fell to Nirn. It was the first major piece of Aetherius to fall on Nirn in more than five hundred years. It scattered around the world as millions of shards. It was rapidly documented by Lady Cinnabar of Taneth in her pamphlet Aetherial Fragments that "... when three shards meet, they re-form into a silvery prism by unknown process and confer the power unlocked by the merger to a nearby being." The Order of the Black Worm, commonly known as the Worm Cult, reappeared in Tamriel shortly thereafter and some of its members are avidly searching said shards.
In the last week of First Seed 2e579, an arcane explosion occurred in the Imperial City — a night of storms, and trembling terrain. They named it the "Soulburst". That day Emperor Varen Aquilarios disappeared without a trace. His wife, Clivia Tharn, ascended to the Ruby Throne as Empress Regent under the guidance of the Necromancer Mannimarco. Ushering a time of increased instability within the Empire of Cyrodiil which finally grew into “The Three Banners War”.
In the last week of First Seed 2e579, an arcane explosion occurred in the Imperial City — a night of storms, and trembling terrain. They named it the "Soulburst". That day Emperor Varen Aquilarios disappeared without a trace. His wife, Clivia Tharn, ascended to the Ruby Throne as Empress Regent under the guidance of the Necromancer Mannimarco. Ushering a time of increased instability within the Empire of Cyrodiil which finally grew into “The Three Banners War”.
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✭✭✭All upcoming story-based content will be permanent additions to the game.Edited by Maitsukas on July 28, 2026 8:26PMPC-EU @maitsukas
Posting the Infinite Archive and Imperial City Weekly Vendor updates.
Also trying out new Main Quests, Companions, ToT decks, Events and Styles on PTS.4 -
Ashnarug✭✭✭✭I thought it was a quest, not a golden pursuit
During the afternoon of Loredas, 6 Sun’s Dawn 2e578 a big piece of Aetherius fell to Nirn. It was the first major piece of Aetherius to fall on Nirn in more than five hundred years. It scattered around the world as millions of shards. It was rapidly documented by Lady Cinnabar of Taneth in her pamphlet Aetherial Fragments that "... when three shards meet, they re-form into a silvery prism by unknown process and confer the power unlocked by the merger to a nearby being." The Order of the Black Worm, commonly known as the Worm Cult, reappeared in Tamriel shortly thereafter and some of its members are avidly searching said shards.
In the last week of First Seed 2e579, an arcane explosion occurred in the Imperial City — a night of storms, and trembling terrain. They named it the "Soulburst". That day Emperor Varen Aquilarios disappeared without a trace. His wife, Clivia Tharn, ascended to the Ruby Throne as Empress Regent under the guidance of the Necromancer Mannimarco. Ushering a time of increased instability within the Empire of Cyrodiil which finally grew into “The Three Banners War”.0 -
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✭✭✭✭I thought it was a quest, not a golden pursuit
It's a new, permanent questline that has a golden pursuit related to it for the next 14 daysIGN @ emilypumpkin
Tullanisse Starborne altmer spellsword battlemage & scholar of the ayleids
Qa'Rirra khajiit assassin & dancer
Seliwequen Narilata altmer necromancer & debaucher4 -
haleysarahw✭✭✭The new Shegorath storyline is a quest, tied to in-game achievements and completable at any time. The golden pursuit is a separate bonus celebration of the release of that quest.1 -
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I guess permanent questlines don’t drive FOMO enough, so they really want to make sure you grind it out NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW!!!!!
At least “I can’t even see the questgiver under 50 winged twilights and there’s a flashbang explosion every three seconds from someone mounting up on their Radiant Apex idiocy” is thematic for the Prince of Madness? Because there’s no way anyone’s getting the lore experience here.13 -
haleysarahw✭✭✭tomofhyrule wrote: »It’s both!
I guess permanent questlines don’t drive FOMO enough, so they really want to make sure you grind it out NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW!!!!!
At least “I can’t even see the questgiver under 50 winged twilights and there’s a flashbang explosion every three seconds from someone mounting up on their Radiant Apex idiocy” is thematic for the Prince of Madness? Because there’s no way anyone’s getting the lore experience here.
Doing any new quest on the first day is like this, to be fair. Regardless of pursuits, people like to try new content when it releases.1 -
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✭✭✭✭✭haleysarahw wrote: »tomofhyrule wrote: »It’s both!
I guess permanent questlines don’t drive FOMO enough, so they really want to make sure you grind it out NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW!!!!!
At least “I can’t even see the questgiver under 50 winged twilights and there’s a flashbang explosion every three seconds from someone mounting up on their Radiant Apex idiocy” is thematic for the Prince of Madness? Because there’s no way anyone’s getting the lore experience here.
Doing any new quest on the first day is like this, to be fair. Regardless of pursuits, people like to try new content when it releases.
Not all people. There are a lot of people who prefer to quest after the crowds have died down and moved on so they can get a better experience. I normally did the Chapter stories (released in June) around August timeframe.
But since the West Weald reveal event spoiled Necrom’s ending from 6 months before, and then the Writhing Wall event dropped spoilers from Solstice part 1 from only 3 months before, it does seem like ZOS’s plan is that we grind the stories instantly and then move right along to the next thing.
Y’know, Skyrim’s looking real good right about now. And even though it’s 15 years old, I can still play it on my own time at my own pace.5 -
Gagoimaliu✭✭✭tomofhyrule wrote: »It’s both!
I guess permanent questlines don’t drive FOMO enough, so they really want to make sure you grind it out NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW!!!!!
At least “I can’t even see the questgiver under 50 winged twilights and there’s a flashbang explosion every three seconds from someone mounting up on their Radiant Apex idiocy” is thematic for the Prince of Madness? Because there’s no way anyone’s getting the lore experience here.
Everything in the game is like this really, between Sorc pets, and everyone running around with followers, and non-combat pets, and having ridiculous transmog, anything over 15-20 people starts looking like a kaleidoscope, not to mention the performance
Like my PC runs ESO perfectly fine at high settings but whenever I go anywhere with more than 20 people it gets painful, my computer froze up for like 30 seconds doing the Dynamic Events.
So yeah, that's why I usually wait 3-4 days for the initial zerg rush of players to pass, then it's much better.1 -
LootAllTheStuff✭✭✭✭✭Nemesis7884 wrote: »how long is the questline? same as thieves guild or shorter?
I didn't time it, but it felt shorter.
Did anyone else have the "Kill Daedrats" and "Kill Plunderers" pursuits fail to increment at all during the related quest episodes? Bit disappointed about that. Had difficulty with a couple of objects not giving the interact prompt properly, but otherwise everything seemed pretty smooth - just lots of crowds!0 -
haleysarahw✭✭✭tomofhyrule wrote: »haleysarahw wrote: »tomofhyrule wrote: »It’s both!
I guess permanent questlines don’t drive FOMO enough, so they really want to make sure you grind it out NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW!!!!!
At least “I can’t even see the questgiver under 50 winged twilights and there’s a flashbang explosion every three seconds from someone mounting up on their Radiant Apex idiocy” is thematic for the Prince of Madness? Because there’s no way anyone’s getting the lore experience here.
Doing any new quest on the first day is like this, to be fair. Regardless of pursuits, people like to try new content when it releases.
Not all people. There are a lot of people who prefer to quest after the crowds have died down and moved on so they can get a better experience. I normally did the Chapter stories (released in June) around August timeframe.
But since the West Weald reveal event spoiled Necrom’s ending from 6 months before, and then the Writhing Wall event dropped spoilers from Solstice part 1 from only 3 months before, it does seem like ZOS’s plan is that we grind the stories instantly and then move right along to the next thing.
Y’know, Skyrim’s looking real good right about now. And even though it’s 15 years old, I can still play it on my own time at my own pace.
I want to clarify - not all people. But history shows that a strong population do - including today.
Some folks, like you, may prefer to wait. An equal number like to explore new content immediately. That's how it's always been.0 -
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✭✭✭✭✭tomofhyrule wrote: »It’s both!
I guess permanent questlines don’t drive FOMO enough, so they really want to make sure you grind it out NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW!!!!!
At least “I can’t even see the questgiver under 50 winged twilights and there’s a flashbang explosion every three seconds from someone mounting up on their Radiant Apex idiocy” is thematic for the Prince of Madness? Because there’s no way anyone’s getting the lore experience here.
To be fair.. that was happening before Golden Pursuits even existed.
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Glad to see that it's permanent. It's short, but fun - I enjoyed it.1 -
Taucheranzug✭✭✭LootAllTheStuff wrote: »Did anyone else have the "Kill Daedrats" and "Kill Plunderers" pursuits fail to increment at all during the related quest episodes? Bit disappointed about that. Had difficulty with a couple of objects not giving the interact prompt properly, but otherwise everything seemed pretty smooth - just lots of crowds!
Check my post here:
https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/comment/8513082/#Comment_8513082
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Taucheranzug✭✭✭Nemesis7884 wrote: »how long is the questline? same as thieves guild or shorter?
Definitely shorter, bit more than half as long I'd say. And not as good IMHO. Too much BS with all that cheese nonsense and he gets really annoying at times. The Thieves' Guild quest line was way more entertaining and varied. Also, you could work on that Thieves house afterwards which was fun.
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Yes, and why I delayed doing the thief guild quests, sneak missions who looks more like an raid kind of break it.haleysarahw wrote: »tomofhyrule wrote: »It’s both!
I guess permanent questlines don’t drive FOMO enough, so they really want to make sure you grind it out NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW!!!!!
At least “I can’t even see the questgiver under 50 winged twilights and there’s a flashbang explosion every three seconds from someone mounting up on their Radiant Apex idiocy” is thematic for the Prince of Madness? Because there’s no way anyone’s getting the lore experience here.
Doing any new quest on the first day is like this, to be fair. Regardless of pursuits, people like to try new content when it releases.
But doing them on an khajiit night blade with two sneak sets is kind of overland difficulty.
Grinding just make you go in circles.
Asking ZoS for nerfs is as stupid as asking for close air support from the death star.0 -
LuC1ll3atTh3Wh33L✭✭✭✭i harvested a munch-load of cheese in the hopes there was an achievement for it.
i really enjoyed the questline. didn't take me long at all to complete but i think there were a few missed opportunities.You've had nature explained to you and you're bored with it, you've had the living body explained to you and you're bored with it, you've had the universe explained to you and you're bored with it, so now you want cheap thrills and, like, plenty of them....
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I really enjoyed this story. More importantly ,Uncle Sheo once indicated in a dialogue that he was (allegedly) tricked by Sotha Sil into experiencing a terrible form.
This might suggest that during the forging of the Coldharbour Compact, every contracting Daedric Prince had at least some degree of confrontation with Sotha Sil—be it through force, intellect, trade or gambling.This adds some interesting context to the mysterious Coldharbor Contract.
"是燭九陰，是燭龍。"──by "The Classic of Mountains and Seas "English is not my first language,If something is ambiguous, rude due to context and translation issues, etc., please remind me, thanks.1 -
Ashjunkie✭✭✭ The quest rewards literally could have been cheese or cheese furnishings and it would have been funny.... why is the "prize" a craftable set? Please think about the rewards of quests... 0
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Aliniel✭✭✭✭✭Gagoimaliu wrote: »tomofhyrule wrote: »It’s both!
I guess permanent questlines don’t drive FOMO enough, so they really want to make sure you grind it out NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW!!!!!
At least “I can’t even see the questgiver under 50 winged twilights and there’s a flashbang explosion every three seconds from someone mounting up on their Radiant Apex idiocy” is thematic for the Prince of Madness? Because there’s no way anyone’s getting the lore experience here.
Everything in the game is like this really, between Sorc pets, and everyone running around with followers, and non-combat pets, and having ridiculous transmog, anything over 15-20 people starts looking like a kaleidoscope, not to mention the performance
Like my PC runs ESO perfectly fine at high settings but whenever I go anywhere with more than 20 people it gets painful, my computer froze up for like 30 seconds doing the Dynamic Events.
So yeah, that's why I usually wait 3-4 days for the initial zerg rush of players to pass, then it's much better.
This. The game often feels like a circus rather than a serious medieval fantasy plagued by demons, undead, and monsters. I don't mind the lighter moods, but some player outfits are pretty much clownish.1
