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The Elder Scrolls Online unlocks

One-time tasks for the current patch cycle — unlocks, questlines and setup you do once, then never again. Recurring daily and weekly tasks are on the  checklist page.

Unlocks

Verified for Season One — Return of the Thieves Guild✓ Verified in-game
One-Time (Season One)11

Permanent content from Update 50 and Season One. Update 51 arrives September 28 and is deliberately absent until it exists.

Update 50 systems

Worth a look once each if you have not already configured them.

  • Try and configure Challenge Difficulty
    Four increasingly difficult overland settings, with increased rewards such as XP at higher tiers.
  • Review Class Mastery
  • Begin PvP Veterancy progression
    Long-term PvP progression introduced with Update 50.
  • Review the Werewolf refresh

Season One — Return of the Thieves Guild

Current content, all of it permanent Season One gameplay.

  • Pick up "Codex Caper"
    The Season One storyline opener.
  • Complete the Daggerfall / Glenumbra Thieves Guild storyline
  • Unlock the new Thieves Guild facilities in Daggerfall
  • Claim the storyline rewards
    Reward Includes its unique costume and item rewards
  • Discover the Freerunner Favor boards and start each Alliance storyline
  • Experience the new Dynamic Encounters
    Multi-stage public overland events in Glenumbra, Auridon and Stonefalls.
  • Complete all six "Sheogorath Takes a Holiday" quests
    From the Crown Store or by finding Noth the Unhinged. Launched July 29 and still free Season One content, even though its launch Golden Pursuit ended August 12.
    Reward Sheogorath's Blessed Cheese emote and the Mad God's Tomeshell pet