The Elder Scrolls Online: Orsinium DLC Revealed

The Elder Scrolls Online Orsinium

Several weeks following the launch of the Imperial City for The Elder Scrolls Online, Zenimax Online revealed today the second DLC titled, Orsinium, that will be released next month on all platforms.

The Orsinium DLC will take place in the land of the Orcs deep within the mountains of Wrothgar. Gamers can expect the DLC to launch of November 2nd for PC, November 17th on Xbox One and November 18th for PS4. The DLC will cost 3,000 crowns in the EOSTU Crown Store, or free for those who remain a subscriber to ESO Plus.

With the purchase of the Orsinium DLC game pack, you get access to the full city of Orsinium and zone of Wrothgar. That includes the following:

  • Over 20 hours of captivating story content and quests
  • A long-awaited exploration of the culture of Tamriel’s Orcs
  • A colossal new zone available to characters of all levels
  • A new single-player progressive challenge, The Maelstrom Arena
    • Available in Normal and Veteran versions
    • Grants special rewards only obtainable by completing arenas
    • Includes class-specific leaderboards, so you can see how you match up against your fellow combatants
  • Quests and objectives that contribute to rebuilding the city of Orsinium, returning it to its former glory
  • Two large public dungeons, Old Orsinium and Rkindaleft, featuring all-new challenges for both solo and group play
  • Special harvest nodes that scale to the most advanced material type your character can use for crafting
  • Six all-new, challenging world bosses
  • Powerful new gear, unique crafting styles, and other rewards inspired by the history and denizens of Wrothgar
    • Four new Provisioner recipes, only available in Wrothgar
    • 18 powerful new item sets including 6 ability-altering weapons, 9 sets obtained by participating in activities in Wrothgar, and 3 new craftable sets
    • The Ancient Orc crafting style
    • Six new collectible costumes only available in Wrothgar
  • Over an hour of brand new in-game musical score

When the game gets updated next month, one of the new features that will be available to all are the ability to use a Game Pad controller for PC players plus subtitles are finally enabled for the console version and a lot more. Here are some of the improvements that will be implemented when the DLC launches next month:

In addition to the Orsinium DLC game pack launch, everyone who owns The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited will receive the base-game patch at no cost. The Orsinium base-game patch includes gamepad support for PC, subtitles for all platforms, shield dyeing, improvements to battle-leveling, fixes and improvements to existing game systems and content, and more! Here are some of the highlights:

Gamepad support
Subtitles
LFG improvements – cross-alliance dungeons
Champion Point cap & catch-up system
Shield Dyeing
Improvements to battle-leveling
Akaviri crafting style
Ability balance and bug fixes
New ways to spend Alliance Points
Increased item drop rates
…and more!