remark: this is probably the final version. I removed Orsinium, Hews Bane, Gold Coast, and Western Skyrim + The Reach (though the later will become free only in Q4). What baffles me a lot is that Summerset (with Jewelrycrafting) is still paywalled, though I am not judging, informing only 🙂
Activation: ingame Crown Store → ESO Plus tab → click “Free Trial!”.
First of all – let’s review what do we get (this is from the ESO+ page you open):
– DLC Access – all zones, not including Solstice (the 2025 zone). No classes, no companions.
– Craft Bag – all crafting materials are dumped into the bottomless Craft bag. They will stay retrievable.
– Extra Storage – bank space doubles. Not the characters’ bags, not the housing storage capacity.
– Double Furnishing Space – housing limits double. “extra” furnishings will persist after event ends.
– Double Transmute Crystal Storage – increased from 500 up to 1000. You won’t lose already collected.
– Costume Dyeing – unlocks dyeing of costumes (and hats) of your characters and your Companions
– Increased Progression – extra 10% of XP and crafting inspiration
– A 10% increase to Tome Points earned from challenges
Crowns stipend and Crown Store Deals are not on the table, as reserved for paid subscribers only.
INSTANT or QUICK Freebies:
Dungeons DLC:
– Shadow of the Hist: Heroic personality — Enter either the Ruins of Mazzatun or the Cradle of Shadows (Shadowfen)
– Horns of the Reach: Bullhorns emote — Enter either Falkreath Hold or Bloodroot Forge (Craglorn)
– Dragon Bones: hat — Renegade Dragon Priest Mask — Enter either Fang Lair or Scalecaller Peak (Bangkorai/Stormhaven)
– Wolfhunter: Werewolf Hunter Hat — Enter either Moon Hunter Keep or March of Sacrifices (Reaper’s March/Greenshade)
– Wrathstone: hat: Ayleid Royal Crown — Enter either Frostvault or Depths of Malatar (Eastmarch/Gold Coast)
– Scalebreaker: outfit style: Dread-Aurelian Mask — Enter either Lair of Maarselok or Moongrave Fane (Grathwood /Northern Elsweyr)
– Harrowstorm: Emote: Wickerman Mishap — Enter either Unhallowed Grave or Icereach (Bangkorai/Wrothgar)
– StoneThorn: Pet: Energetic Dwarven Shock-Spider — Enter either Castle Thorn or Stone Garden (Western Skyrim/Blackreach: Greymoor Caverns)
– Flames of Ambition: Outfit weapon style Fire-Forged Maul — Enter either The Cauldron or Black Drake Villa (Deshaan/Gold Coast)
– Waking Flame: Scorpion Pyreling non-combat pet – Enter either Red Petal Bastion or the Dread Cellar (Glenumbra/Blackwood)
– Ascending Tide: Abyssal Embrace Face Markings – Enter either Coral Aerie or Shipwright's Regret (Summerset/Rivenspire)
– Lost Depths: Mulberry Hermit Crab non-combat pet – Enter either Earthen Root Enclave or Graven Deep (both surface entries are in High Isle/Amenos, so if you don't own High Isle chapter use map to teleport inside or group with a friend, who is inside and teleport to them)
– Scribes of Fate: has no “immediate” loyalty reward. Despite declaring the “Lost in the Woods” emote being granted for just visiting Bal Sunnar or Scrivener's Hall, actually it is rewarded on completing BOTH dungeons on Normal difficulty (relevant discussion: https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/629124/official-discussion-thread-scribes-of-fate-update-37-now-live-on-pc-mac ) Entry points: Bal Sunnar – Stonefalls & Scrivener's – Hall The Rift.
– Scions of Ithelia: Basically, nothing. Completing both Oathsworn Pit and Bedlam Veil in Normal yields you only 10 Achievement points, nothing more.
– Fallen Banners: Again, nothing immediate. You get a dye unlocked after completing both Exiled Redoubt & Lep Seclusa group dungeons on normal (ground entry points are in West Weald and Hew's Bane accordingly)
– Feast of Shadows: also nothing instant.
Game-maps.com has ESO+ group dungeons color-coded on the Tamriel map: https://game-maps.com/ESO/Tamriel-ESO-World-Map.asp
Zone DLC:
– Clockwork City: Pet: Scintillant Dovah-Fly — Enter the Brass Fortress (also do quests for provisioning recipes, the later are bound, so it worths the efforts). Collecting Precursor dummy fragments is up to you as it is quite time consuming (you need to locate 14 different parts of it) and the dummy itself has too low HP (like 300K), so it is more a furnishing item, rather than a training dummy.
– Murkmire: Pet: Verdigris Haj Mota — Enter Lilmoth (quest Death Among the Dead-Water rewards with a Fire Rock memento)
– Dragonhold: Outfit Style: Topal Corsair Hat — Enter Southern Elsweyr (questing unlocks other pages). Questing unlocks Mask of Alkosh hat and The Za’ji’s Dragonguard Uniform costume
– The Deadlands: Oblivion Explorer’s Headwrap – Enter Fargrave for the first time (its’ wayshrine is unlocked)
– Firesong: Firesong Obsidian Mask – Enter Galen
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– Summerset: nothing immediate. fish in Artaeum for bound provisioning recipes (otherwise they are obtainable by purchasing Waterlogged Psijic Satchels, which is an expensive lottery), unlock Psijic skill line (progressing it also unlocks buying bound furnishing recipes at the Artaeum trader). Psijic Warden Gauntlets style page and Mystic Eye Psijic Cuirass style page drop during zone story quest
– Elsweyr: nothing immediate. Zone quest unlocks Hall of the Lunar Champion housing (a free manor sized house!!), and Dragonslayer Style head & shoulders outfit styles. Three wings of the Hall of the Lunar Champion manor are unlocked by completing 1) Elsweyr story, 2) Dragonhold story, 3) completing both Lair of Maarselok and Moongrave Fane on normal difficulty (long but soloable on a capable CP character).
– Blackwood nothing seriously big, but you can get a free Bog Dog pet (Lost in the Wilds quest) and some nice furnishings (including a canoe). To kill your time there is the 15 pieces Blackwood Tapestry antiquity furnishing (check Alcast for the guide if interested). Companions are not on the table.
– High Isle. Again, nothing immediate. Cosmetics include non-combat pet Jerall Rescue Dog acquired during Tales of Tribute questline, Courtly Traveling Attire costume plus head and body marking you get during the zone story line quest. No Companions.
Despite you will lose access to ToT card game after Free ESO+ Trial ends (if you don’t own DLC), I d suggest you to try it, and if you have Zerith-Var Companion unlocked – play a game of Tribute with him summoned for the Companions’ Achievement.
– Necrom. Nothing immediate. Long term offers include:
There are big things like Emissaries Enclave big house (requires 28 quests, costs 1.5M gold) and The Nix-ox steed mount, which is impossible to get within a week, as it requires 30 dailies, but you can proceed during several Free ESO+ trials.
Smaller things like costumes, hats, pets, markings are listed below, Shroomtender style pages unlocked by different achievements in the zone. Also note that mount achievement includes Necrom Master Angler
Unlock Almalexia ToT desk.
No Companions.
– Gold Road. Nothing immediate.
The overall approach is very similar to the Necrom one – you get your free mount, but you have to do everything for that. Completing zone story unlocks you the Pathfinder title, next step is becoming the Hero of the Gold Road and for that (besides zone quest) you have to collect all 18 skyshards, to become G.R. Master Explorer, then to complete 28 non-repeatable quests in West Weald, do all 6 world bosses , and to complete both public dungeons group events. After you become the Hero of G.R. your mount adventure does not stop here and you also need to complete 30 of each: delve daily, WB daily, mirrormoor daily (thus i doubt it is doable in one week), and (of course!) to become G.R. Master Angler. See the scheme?
Nantharion's Royal Style pages are unlocked via zone activity. There is also an interesting Gold Road Partaker Achievement.
In West Weald you can obtain 22 different skill styles
Also, please, note: two of the latest Companions: Tanlorin and Zerith-var are NOT bound to the Gold Road and available from the Crown Store (for free is you have regular subscription), Companions are not available for grabs without paid subscription, so Free ESO+ Trials do not unlock you any of eight Companions.
Unlock Saint Alessia ToT desk
– Solstice. Nothing immediate. Surprise surprise 😐
Nice Coldharbour Death Hound mount is obtainable after you complete barely everything in the zones.
Different activities (like questing, fishing, etc) unlock different style pages: Knights of the Scythe & Chaplain of the Worm. Other cosmetics is mentioned in “Fashion” sections below. No ToT desk. So it pretty much follows the previous 2 years approach – do everything for the mount and also get some humble rewards from questing and achievements.
UESP page with the images of loyalty rewards: https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:DLC_Loyalty_Rewards
What works:
– Psijic Guild skill lines skill line will persist, allowing looting Psijic portals. (Please, keep in mind that is per character! Psijic quest (it is long) unlocking the line (and subsequent ones (long too))
– Housing purchased in DLC zones will persist, on exiting the house you would not enter a DLC zone, but teleport back to the location from which you have teleported to your house
– Furnishings exceeding non-ESO+ limits will stay, but you will not be able to re-add them if accidentally put away
– you would be able to allocate/deallocate Skill Points (with respec or by loading an Armory build) in the skills you have already unlocked while progressing these skill lines.
What does not work after Free ESO+ Trial week ends:
– Jewelry Crafting skill line still requires Summerset (after ESO+ expires you can not access JC crafting stations if you don't own the DLC), but it makes a lot of sense to research Infused, Bloodthirsty and Swift traits for reconstructing stickerbook jewelry (thanks u/Kelinmiriel for this tip) as at any time you can buy the Transmute Station or visit your friends houses/guildhalls where the said station has been already deployed. Reconstruction and crafting are different processes.
– You would not be able to further progress Psijic skill line (if not maxed them) after free ESO+ trial ends.
– Tales of Tribute card game.
OTHER EASY THINGS to do:
– re-log with each character to make materials they carry to go into the Crafting Bag (after event it will turn into "extract-only" mode)
– if you own Furnishing Vault – dump hoarded furnishing there (normally we use houses as warehouses, so check that)
– unlock Psijic skill line for each of your characters if you have enough time for that
– collect skyshards, lorebooks, unlock exploration and questing dyes and achievements, check achievement furnishers (as they offer quite a lot of inexpensive and nice furnishings)
(LovelyNorth has an excellent achievement furnishers visual guide: https://lovelynorth.com/achievementfurnishings/ )
– dye your costumes (this is done per character, so the same costume may be dyed differently on different characters)
– dye your Companions costumes (if you have unlocked them Companions by purchase or subscription (Companions are made not available via Free ESO+ Trials))
– refine your raw materials, preferably on a character with the best refining passives and Meticulous Disassembly Green CP star slotted
– if you do crafting dailies, then pack your CraftBag with everything. I’d suggest depositing a LOT of style stones (basic ones are 15g each at vendors located near crafting stations), potency runes (again, vendors), Ta runes, Mudcrab Chitin and Violet Coprinus (though you can reject dailies with these reagents via Lazy Crafter addon on PC). If you craft furnishings stock up with furnishing materials as well.
– pack your houses with 2x storage (utilize 2x furnishing limits at houses of any size)
– do the treasure maps (might be purchased at the Guild Traders) pointing to otherwise restricted zones
– attune your crafting stations to Order's Wrath, Highland Sentinel and Wretched Vitality (there are a lot of other good sets, if you craft them regularly – at your discretion if you like cozy crafting at home, as the most of the GuildHalls normally have them crafting stations.
– it is worth mentioning you can open your geodes to use doubled (1000) transmute crystal limit (though after the event you would not be able to add new crystals unless you consume the existing ones to make theirs number to drop below the “normal” 500 limit). To “hoard” excessive crystals you can craft 2H Arena weapons to deconstruct them later and get your Transmutes back (but not Mythics, as the later are NOT deconstructable!).
– at the end of Event check your active Antiquities leads and complete the ones you need in DLC zones you will lose access to
TIME-CONSUMING ACTIVITIES:
– collect Bound-On-Pickup group dungeons DLC gear for the collections book (unbound may be bought), there is a small «quick» suggestions list below (no Trail sets, though), and DLC dungeons difficulty varies significantly. On normal Falkreath Hold (for Pillar of Nirn) is soloable by a CP character, just block minotaurs heavy attacks and abide bosses mechanics. You may find other DLC dungeons harder to solo. Still, there are many YouTube solo videos and written ESO dungeon guides, explaining Bosses mechanics. Or go with friends, which is way faster than soloing.
– quests and dungeons for rewards, achievements and collectibles (like Elsweyr free housing or Elsweyr+Dragonhold Epilogue free flying pet, undaunted trophies..
– reading Mage’s Guilds books, if you do exploration/skysharding anyway (on PC there are MapPins or LoreBooks addons)
– doing DLC dungeons for bound gear, skillpoints, achievements (including skins for achievements in veteran DLC dungeons), motif pages drops and trophies
– doing DLC trials with friends for skins, gear and achievements. UESP: https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Trials
– Zones story quests reward with skillpoints
– do public dungeons group events in Summerset Isles, Northern Elsweyr, Blackwood, High Isle, Necrom, GoldRoad, and Solstice zones for the skill points (Atoll of Immolation is, technically, a public dungeon too, but does not reward you with a skillpoint. Enter it from The Deadlands, not from Blackwood for a chance of Annihilarch's Chosen motif page drop from the last boss (only once a day per account)).
Game-Maps.com has the excellent public dungeons maps https://game-maps.com/ESO/ESO-Public-Dungeon.asp
On PC use the Urich's Skill Point Finder addon to check your quests, skyshards and dungeons skillpoints https://www.esoui.com/downloads/info1863-UrichsSkillPointFinder.html
– check UESP full list of mementos: https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Mementos (“DLC and Chapters” is a separate section), maybe you would like to unlock some
– completing skill lines (like Psijic)
– complete maps (do world bosses if you please)
– complete fishing Achievements
– if you have permanent access to High Isle and enjoy Tales of Tribute – it is a good idea to unlock otherwise inaccessible desks (Druid King (Firesong), Almalexia (Necrom), Saint Alessia (West Weald))
– do DLC dungeons with friends on veteran difficulty for skins, costumes, titles and other nice rewards
A quick note about bound dungeon sets farming. In the majority of cases players totally realize what certain sets they would like to obtain, for what builds, and why. For newer yet undecided players i may recommend the following DLC dungeons sets (at least these are the good sets at this moment):
DPS sets:
– Aegis Caller – drops in Unhallowed Grave (Harrowstorm) – overall good DPS set
– Pillar of Nirn – drops in Falkreath Hold (Horns of the Reach) – good set for fighting in melee distance
– Azureblight Reaper – drops in Lair of Maarselok (Scalebreaker DLC) – good for Arcanists in coordinated groups
– Runecarver's Blaze – drops in Scrivener's Hall (Scribes of Fate) – good for DKs with DoTs
Support sets:
– Elemental Catalyst – drops in Stone Garden (Stonethorn) +15% to Crit damage
– Z'en's Redress – drops in Lair of Maarselok (Scalebreaker) +5% damage
Tank sets:
– Crimson Oath's Rive – drops in The Dread Cellar (Waking Flame) – reduces targets armor by 3541
– Turning Tide – drops in Shipwright's Regret (Ascending Tide) – applies Major vulnerability debuff to the target
Healer sets:
– Hollowfang Thirst drops in Moongrave Fane (Scalebreaker) – restores Magicka and provides with Minor Vitality buff
– Jorvuld's Guidance drops in Scalecaller Peak (Dragon Bones) – increases buffs duration by 40%
Arena weapons:
– Vateshran Arena: Void Bash – very good for tanks in PUGs
– Blackrose Prison (it is a group arena) – 2x Spectral Cloak Blackrose Daggers are must-have
No monster sets recommendation here, because with some huge stroke of luck you may buy many of them from the Golden kitty in Cyrodiil on the weekends.
Also, rebalancings boosting some sets, and nerfing another ones happen quite often, so nothing is carved in stone here. And your preferences may differ from mine significantly, if you have ones.
Now some details about fashion for those, who might be interested in that stuff. Skip if not.
Seven sections below do not include veteran hard-mode dungeons and trials rewards and achievements, as not 100% of the players do these activities. Let’s talk relatively easy things, OKay?
(Base Game, Morrowind, Imperial City, Greymoor, Markarth, and Infinite Archive goodies are not included for the obvious reason – no connection with ESO+, though Shadowfen skeleton or Vvardenfell Scarlet Judge costume are mentioned in the comments rather often). Dyes are too numerous, so I decided not to overload this document. Check UESP for dyes, please. Also, no mementos and emotes, only material things. 🙂
I skipped titles as well to keep this text reasonably compact.
GETTING COSTUMES (not including the ones from the tradeable fragments)
– Za'ji's Dragonguard Uniform – completing Southern Elsweyr questline
– Oblivion Explorer Garb – obtained during The Deadlands zone story
– Courtly Traveling Attire – complete High Isle zone story
– Fate Scryer Costume – completing the quest “Chronicle of Fate” in Apocrypha (belongs to Necrom storyline)
HATS (not including “instant” ones)
– Nighthunter's Cowl Hat – Antiquity on the High Isle
– Ironclad Sarcoshroud – Antiquity in The Deadlands
– Helm of the Black Fin – obtained during Blackwood zone quest line
– Mask of Alkosh obtained by completing the Dragonhold main questline
– Skyterror Dragonslayer Style page for hat drops from Northern Elseryr zone story quests
– Madgod’s Turban obtained with “The Lunacy of Two Moons” side quest in Northern Elsweyr
– Psijic Skullcap is obtained on completing the Psijic Order quests line
– Sacred Watcher Hood is obtained by completing the Castoff Destinies quest in The Underweave public dungeon in Apocrypha
NON-COMBAT PETS (not including “instant” ones. not including assembled from tradeable fragments)
– Solstice Sloth – obtained during Solstice stroryline quests
– Eminent Slothcerer – obtained during Solstice stroryline quests
– Crystaljack – complete epilogue story quests chain after both Necrom and GoldRoad stories
– Phoenix Moth – awarded on completing Galen’s story line quests
– Jerall Rescue Dog – obtained during Tales of Tribute (High Isle) quest line
– Dremnaken Runt – obtained completing Blackwood + The Deadlands epilogue quest line
– Bog Dog pet – obtained by exploration achievement in Blackwood (check ArzyeLBuilds guide https://arzyelbuilds.com/eso-lost-in-the-wilds-achievement-guide-blackwood-free-pet/)
– Obsidian Dwarven Sphere pet obtained by complete all the achievements in Bastion Nymic
FACE AND BODY MARKINGS (not including “instant” ones)
– Stone-Nest Xanmeer Face Tattoos – obtained via Solstice “To Know the Void” side quest
– Stone-Nest Xanmeer Body Tattoos – obtained via Solstice “Roots in Stone” side quest
– Y’ffelon’s face and body marks obtained during Galen story quest line
– Stonelore’s Legend Face and Body marks obtained during High Isle zone story
– Fargrave Soullatice Face and Body obtained on completing The Deadlands story questline
– Face & Body Imprint of the Psijic Order are obtained during the Psijic Order quests line in Summerset
– Abyssal Cephaliarch’s Face Art – completing the quest “A Hidden Fate”, (please, see next line)
– Abyssal Cephaliarch's Body Art – completing the quest “A Calamity of Fate”. Both quests are parts of the Necrom quest Zone Story
– The Spore Savant Face and Body Markings – both are multipart Antiquities excavated in the Telvanni Peninsula, though some leads for them parts drop in the Base game zones, and FG1 & FG2 dungeons.
SKINS (not including vet dungeons and trial trifectas)
– Barkroot Blessing is 10 parts antiquity from Galen https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Barkroot_Blessing
(i will be honest: drop rate is weird. it took me 54 Galen treasure maps for the lead to drop; other players also complain on the Forums, that the drop rate is not stellar, so may the luck follow you, tamrielings!:)
– Fractured Glory skin – is rewarded for completing the quest lines in every alliance and every zone (barely impossible in one week, but i’d just like to mention this skin does exist https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Adventurer_Across_a_Decade 🙂
OTHER COSMETICS
– Ascendant Lord’s Greatsword – style page awarded for completing High Isle + Firesong epilogue quests chain
– Eldertide Style – shoulder style Antiquity from Galen Treasure Map I (three style pages. tradeable)
– Pelin’s Paragon outfit style pages drop from Tales of Tribute dailies rewards containers (tradeable)
– Skyterror Dragonslayer Style page for shoulders – drops from Northern Elseryr zone story quests
– Ancient/Pristine Moon Crescent weapon styles – obtained from “The Moonlight Blade” side quest on Northern Elsweyr
– Bog Blight Funerary Mask Style – hat style Antiquity from Blackwood
– Leyawiin Brigadine Shield Style – obtained by completing Blackwood zone story line
– Malign Ambitions Crown – major adornment obtained during story line quests in Blackwood
– Topal Corsair outfit style pages are awarded for completing different quests in Southern Elsweyr
– Ancient & Pristine Moon Crescent Styles are sickle-like one-handed weapon styles obtained by completing side quests chain given by Vastarie NPC in Northern Elsweyr
– Skyterror Dragonslayer Style are helm and shoulder outfit styles granted during Northern Elsweyr storyline quests
– Mystic Eye Psijic Cuirass outfit Style is obtained during the Summerset zone story
– Psijic Warden Gauntlets outfit Style is also obtained during the Summerset zone story
– Solstice Bismuth Tiara (Major Adornment) obtained during Solstice storyline quests
– Solstice Pinned Blooms (Major Adornment) obtained during Solstice storyline quests
– Azure Plasmstone Earrings (Minor Adornment) obtained from Solstice “Fleeing the Shadows” side quest
HOUSEGUESTS
– Brahgas – unlocks on obtaining Tales of Tribute Master achievement (hard to accomplish in 7 days)
– Captain Kaleen is unlocked on consuming 10 Scrap of the Spearhead's Colors you obtain from ToT rewards containers (though i can say: this is only in theory for me. I was playing 3 NPCs via dailies and at least one player (to get a golden coffer) every day during two months. I have got the whooping TWO Scraps drops in TWO months of everyday dailies (spending like 30..45 minutes each day). I have access to both High Isle and Necrom. So, proceed with the low expectations, i guess? My drops statistics: https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/comment/8278232#Comment_8278232 )
I removed SKILL STYLING section
also removed DISGUISES section
there are also A LOT of furnishings as quest rewards, though i decided not to add a section for these
Other entertainment:
DLC MOTIFS & RECIPES FARMING:
(“WB” means “world boss” or in Zenimax terminology “group boss” – Skull & Crossbones icons on the zone maps)
– motifs from rewards containers after Elsweyr are on once per day cooldown. It is possible to stockpile rewards containers, but stop opening the containers with identical names after motif page drops (the drop rate is not 100%) and continue on the next ingame day (the cooldown is not shared between different containers).
To track cooldown for the “once per day per account” rewards containers there is the Item Cooldown Tracker addon for PC. https://www.esoui.com/downloads/info2823-ItemCooldownTracker.html
UESP has a comprehensive list of dailies and how to unlock them: https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Repeatable_Quests
FURNISHING PLANS
(though I would not recommend this because of cooldowns and limited time of the Event, but this is still a good clean family entertainment to diversify your activities. CWC: steal in Brass Fortress Basilica; Summerset loot Shimmerene Monastery; Murkmire: steal in Lilmoth and Bright-Throat Village; Northern Elsweyr: loot Rimmen Royal Palace (Dragonhold added no new furnishing plans); Blackwood: steal in Leaywiin Castle; The Deadlands: steal in The Bearer’s Rest in Fargrave, High Isle: loot Castle Navire, Galen: steal in Maltheo Rouillac's House in Vastyr). in Necrom start the quest "A Thief to Catch a Thief", but do NOT turn it in – you can loot Sailenmora Crypts with hundreds of unowned urns. Stealing in Necrom City is an option too, though plans drop rate from the owned containers is worse, because the lion share of the drop tables belong to the stolen Treasures. There are no great locations in West Weald, I d suggest looting in the Outcast Inn. Solstice: steal in Walliq's House in Sunport.
Swap characters after purple plan drop (the cooldown for blues & greens is 15 minutes). Slot “Homemaker” green CP star.
OTHER LONG-TERM ACTIVITIES:
– doing Museum quests for unique furnishing items and costumes (https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Museums)
– farming collectibles fragments in public dungeons (https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Fragments)
– digging mythics and other antiquities (music boxes, dance emote, face and body markings, cosmetics, and fancy furnishings including fancy crafting stations, as there are many great-looking Antiquities furnishings)
– do the surveys (if hoarded) and refine as much as you can to stock up your CraftBag (ideally to hold up till the next ESO+ free event)
– DO THE SOLO ARENAS: the Vateshran Hollows weapons are good and also the achievements (unlocking skin may be done on a veteran difficulty).
BlackRose Prison weapons are also good, but you would prefer to go with friend(s), as this group arena is noticeably harder than the soloable nDSA.
(reminder: Curated drops in Arenas work only on the final chest)
Completing veteran VH unlocks Void Pathosis skin.
TIP: Set up your priorities!
As there are a LOT of things to be done and time is the essence, I’d suggest getting instant freebies first (it takes less than an hour) and then focus on what you consider the most important (like mythics, or trial/dungeons gear, or some free stuff requiring questing, or dailies, or just exploration/skysharing, etc) as this depends on what brings you the most fun. The ESO is a MMO game, after all!
Be sure to check the comprehensive list of collectibles compiled by Benevolent Bowd
(/u/benevolentbowd): https://benevolentbowd.ca/games/esotu/eso-making-the-most-of-it/ https://benevolentbowd.ca/games/esotu/esotu-unlockable-collectibles/
Friendly reminder: collectibles, mementos, emotes, dyes and currencies are account-wide.
Oh. You have reached this point? Oof. That was a 10 pages guide. Thank you very much for your interest and for your remarkable patience. You might learn something 🙂
If I have missed anything essential (I intentionally omitted Base Game, Vvardenfell, Imperial City, and Infinite Archive things as they do not depend on ESO+, I also removed DLC made free: Orsinium, Hews Bane, Gold Coast, and Western Skyrim+The Reach, though the later will become “free” only in Q4), please comment
For Greymoor+Markarth rewards check one year old guide please:
https://www.reddit.com/r/elderscrollsonline/comments/1mie17q/reminder_eso_free_trial_instant_freebies_august/
If you want to seek more information about items i mentioned please query UESP for these
UESP knows everything https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Online
Good luck, friends.
P.S. FAQ: the most frequent questions are:
– How to activate the ESO+ trial? – Normally the magic sequence is: inagme Crown Store, select the ESO Plus tab, select “Free Trial!” ( official instruction: https://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/news/post/70279 )
– How long does it last? – Normally seven days. Check the official site and Forums for precise first-hand information. Event ends on ** 15:00 UTC
– Why I can not find “Free Trial” button? – you are already subscribed for real. No button in this case.
– if I activate ESO+ not on the first day will I still have the entire 7 days? – Nope. the event ends on the Zenimax declared deadline
– is this once in a lifetime promotion? – No. You can participate in all the subsequent ESO+ free trial events whenever they happen
– How often such promotions do happen? – it is hard to say, especially now.
– I am already subscribed. Do I benefit from this event? – Not really.
– Does this week adds to existing subscriptions? – Nope.
– Does free ESO+ trial unlocks Warden, Necromancer, and Arcanist classes ? – Nope.
– Does free ESO+ trial unlocks any Companions ? – Also nope.
– How long does it take to pick up all of them instant loyalty rewards? – Normally less than an hour.
– Any free mounts? – Ebon Dwarven Mount from Antiquities. There are also other mounts but it depends. Mounts are granted for trifectas DLC Trials achievements, but they are really hard to obtain, as it takes highly coordinated capable group to achieve vet HM speed-run no-death. DLC achievements mounts mostly can not be obtained in one week (as they has too many requirements, like 30 unique dailies, so it requires 30 days, not 7)
– What will happen with the Craftbag? – it will go into “extract only” mode, you will not lose your materials and they will be available for crafting and manual retrieving.
u/Kelinmiriel explained the order materials are consumed when crafting: the game uses 1) any stolen materials you're carrying, 2) materials from your craft bag, 3) non-stolen materials in your bank and inventory. You have no choice about this.
– Do I keep all these collectibles, gear, mythics, antiquities, and other items I have obtained? – Sure!
Stay safe, folx!
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