Season One: Return of the Thieves Guild Is Now Live
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Pilfer Glenumbra with the Thieves Guild, explore Tamriel’s high seas, unravel new puzzles and mysteries, and discover even more challenges and adventure—there's something for everyone in The Elder Scrolls Online’s Season One.
Season One: Return of the Thieves Guild is now live for all platforms (including PC/Mac, Xbox, and PlayStation) from July 8 until October 21. Introducing new adventures, challenges, and rewards free for all ESO players, Season One features the return of the Thieves Guild, sees Sheogorath enjoy a Tamrielic vacation, adds a new swashbuckling in-game event, and more.
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As with all Seasons, the new gameplay features, improvements, and additions are completely free for all ESO players with no additional purchases required. Season One also introduces a new Tamriel Tome, with both free and paid (premium) options, and it updates the Gold Coast Bazaar reward store.
Note that not all of Season One’s features will be active at its launch, as many highlights will arrive at different times during the Season. Here’s a full timeline for what is coming as part of Season One:
Now live (as of July 8, 2026)
- Thieves Guild Storyline
- Favors system
- Dynamic Encounters system
- Season One Tamriel Tome
- Gold Coast Bazaar update
Arriving later as part of Season One
- Sheogorath Storyline
- Arrives July 29
In addition to the above, this Season will also feature the return of the Whitestrake’s Mayhem PvP event and host several Golden Pursuits campaigns. Look out for more details about them as the Season progresses.
Season One
As stated above, Season One gameplay features, systems, and improvements are free for all current ESO players (with the only exception being the Tamriel Tome premium options). Learn a little more about them below!
Thieves Guild Story Questline
Now live as of July 8 and available for all ESO players, the Thieves Guild needs your help establishing a foothold within Glenumbra. In this new questline, you must assist Quen as she shepherds the new guild chapter into existence while contending with the dangerous Koldane Cartel. Expect new story and daily quests in addition to unique rewards, including a special costume and mythic item!
Gang Up in Glenumbra
To get started with the Thieves Guild questline, pick up the first quest, titled "Codex Caper” from the in-game Crown Store.
Favors System
Also arriving on July 8 with the launch of Season One, the Favors system is a new way to find adventure in Tamriel. Interact with new posting boards set up by the Freerunners within each Alliance to acquire a daily quest. Each daily quest is part of a larger story specific to the Alliance character who posted it, with 20 unique dailies available for each.
Acquire new Favor daily quests
Dynamic Encounters
A new kind of in-game world event for overland zones, Dynamic Encounters are multi-stage experiences for all nearby participating players. With three unique Dynamic Encounters arriving when Season One launches on July 8, be on the lookout for trouble when exploring Glenumbra, Auridon, and Stonefalls—with more kinds of encounters coming in later Seasons, too.
Sheogorath Story Questline
Kicking off July 29 as part of Season One, Noth the Unhinged needs your help as her master Sheogorath, the Lord of Madness, embarks on a new trip (some might say vacation) throughout Tamriel. However, even the Daedric Prince of Madness is not without rivals, and it’s up to you to ensure a safe journey. Keep both eyes out for more details on this storyline in July!
Sheogorath returns late July!
Crimson Veldt Trial
Ready your party and prepare to return to Hircine’s Hunting Grounds for the Crimson Veldt, a new 12-player PvE trial. Together with your allies, you must battle your way through the Crimson Veldt’s challenging encounters and boss battles and ultimately confront the lycanthropic hunters known as the First-Turned. This new group challenge includes mounted combat—the first of its kind for ESO! The Crimson Veldt trial will also go live as part of Update 51 and Season One on September 21.
Nowhere Vault
Located within a realm between realms, the Nowhere Vault is adrift, and Sage Voernet requires adventurers brave (or foolish) enough to delve into this mysterious place, solve its myriad puzzles, and navigate its ever-changing rooms. Great rewards await those willing to enter this perplexing solo experience. The Nowhere Vault will go live as part of Update 51 and Season One on September 21.
Puzzle out the Nowhere Vault
Rumors System
Coming with Update 51 and Season One on September 21, the Rumors system is a new way to explore and discover the mysterious world of Tamriel. With Rumors, you will uncover non-linear hints throughout the world that, when collected, complete a story. If you enjoy scavenger hunts and solving mysteries, Tamriel has no shortage of Rumors to investigate!
Player Experience Improvements
Also arriving with Update 51 and Season One on September 21 are a host of new player experience improvements. This includes the concluding efforts of the team’s hybridization work, the first iteration on the HUD customization tool (PC only), and the ability to pin achievements as you adventure and explore.
High Seas of Tamriel
Setting sail as part of Season One and running from September 30 until October 14, the High Seas of Tamriel in-game event sets you on a voyage across the Abecean Sea where you’ll battle pirates ship-to-ship, explore the depths of the ocean floor, and dig up sunken treasure troves.
Prepare for adventure on the high seas!
In addition to the above highlights, keep an eye out for additional in-game events and special Golden Pursuits campaigns throughout Season One—ensuring there’s no shortage of fun and rewards. Keep an eye on elderscrollsonline.com for more information on what’s to come throughout the Season.
Tamriel Tome and Gold Coast Bazaar
Season One also introduces a new Tamriel Tome and continues to update the Gold Coast Bazaar, bringing new and returning rewards for you to claim as you play.
Season One Tamriel Tome
With Season One’s Tamriel Tome, you can continue to unlock and acquire a roguish collection of items, currencies, and consumables. Like the previous Tome, this latest offering introduces a host of unlockable pages and items that include both free and paid (premium) options.
The free rewards found within this Season’s Tome include a huge number of Seals, Trade Bars, and Crown Crates in addition to collectibles such as the Golden Dwarven Spider pet and the Charming Rogue weapon style set.
Should you choose to acquire the Premium Tome or Premium Tome + Bonuses version, you gain access to even more rewards, including the Hew’s Bane Hyena mount, the Charming Rogue armor style set, Cambrio Zamme, Rooster in Exile assistant, and a lot more. Even better, the Premium Tome + Bonuses version also grants you two Caches of Tome Points and the Dawngold Corgi pet!
Season One Premium Tome rewards and the bonus Dawngold Corgi pet
If you’re unfamiliar with how Tamriel Tomes work, as you adventure and quest, complete challenges to unlock Tome Points and pages. Use those points to then choose and acquire rewards from each page—what you select is up to you! For a complete guide on Tamriel Tomes, check out this page.
Season One’s challenges are designed to lean into this Season’s sneaky, PvE-friendly theme, but you will also more generally see a broader variety in seasonal challenges this time around too—enjoy!
For a deeper dive into the Season One Tamriel Tome, check out this preview.
Gold Coast Bazaar
This Season also sees a broad selection of items making their way to the Gold Coast Bazaar (in addition to the evergreen items already there). These goodies include returning mounts, furnishings, pets, costumes, and more.
For example, the Treasure Hunter’s Horse mount, and the Ascendant Lord Statue furnishing will each be available this Season, last seen in 2024 and 2022 respectively!
Treasure Hunter Horse mount and Ascendant Lord Statue
There are over 30 individual items being added to the Gold Coast Bazaar with Season One, but they will be available only during this Season’s window—don’t miss out.
Don’t forget, to acquire any of these items, you need to spend Trade Bars, which are earned predominantly via your Tamriel Tome. Enjoy!
Season One is Live
Whether you’re a canny rogue looking for a new score, a fastidious scholar keen to investigate Tamriel’s myriad mysteries, or simply wish to find your next big adventure, Season One introduces a host of new quests, challenges, stories, and rewards, free for all ESO players.
Be on the lookout for more information on what’s to come as part of this new Season as it progresses and be sure to keep an eye out for returning events, special Golden Pursuits campaigns, and more. Are you excited to delve into The Elder Scrolls Online’s Season One? Let us know via Bluesky, X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, and Facebook.
Season One is now live.