‘The Elder Scrolls Online’ will release its next chapter, ‘Blackwood’, in June.
The massively multiplayer online role-playing game – which was initially released back in 2014 – will launch its latest large expansion on June 1, as part of the game’s year-long adventure for 2021, titled ‘The Gates of Oblivion’.
‘Blackwood’ will add new zones to the game including Niben Forest, the Blackwood Bog, and the city of Leyawiin as seen in ‘Oblivion’.
The new chapter also adds a Companions system, which will let players recruit an NPC party member, as well as skills you can level up, and gear and combat behaviours you can customise.
Other new additions coming in ‘Blackwood’ include a 12-player Trial called Rockgrove, more delves, public dungeons, world bosses, stand-alone quests, and world events in which portals to Oblivion open.
‘Blackwood’ is available for pre-order now, with benefits that include a Nagahide Welwa Ravager mount and a pet Nightmare Bear Cub, which is only available until March 17.
Before the launch of the new chapter, ‘ESO’ is releasing a smaller DLC pack called ‘Flames of Ambition’ on March 8, which contains two PvE dungeons, and will involve attacking a shrine to Mehrunes Dagon, the daedric prince of destruction and the villain behind this year's storyline.
The ‘Gates of Oblivion’ story will continue in a dungeon pack and a story zone DLC in the second half of the year, with details set to be released closer to the time.
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