ESO’s Update 49 base-game patch is now live for all platforms, introducing new features, improvements, and systems.
Get an early jump on some of the big Season Zero additions as Update 49 lays out the foundation for the next three months of new adventures, reward systems, and quality-of-life improvements.
Update 49 Patch
The Update 49 base-game patch is now live simultaneously for all platforms and ESO players. The new content and systems below are free for all ESO players (new ESO Plus benefits and select Tomes options excepted). Simply patch your games and log in, with this update including the following:
- The Dragonknight class and Two Handed skill line refreshes[/*]
- A host of Player Experience improvements[/*]
- The addition of four classic DLCs to the ESO base game[/*]
- Additions to ESO Plus membership[/*]
- The new Gold Coast Bazaar reward system[/*][list]
- Arriving March 25, 2026[/*]
- Arriving with Season Zero launch on April 2, 2026[/*]
- Arriving during Season Zero on April 29, 2026[/*]
Combat Class & Skill Line Refresh
The first of the team's planned improvements to ESO’s combat and classes features a complete reimagining and redesign of the Dragonknight class and skill lines and a rework of the Two Handed skill line.
Dragonknight
The Dragonknight has received a major rework to both its core abilities and their look and feel. This includes redesigning and rebalancing its three skill lines so that the class now leans more into its core themes of attrition-focused combat while enabling a broader suite of roles.
Discover the redesigned Dragonknight
You can learn more about the Dragonknight’s ability changes in this preview blog.
In addition, the Dragonknight also enjoys a complete rework of its ability animations, VFX, and sounds, modernizing the way the class feels to play.
Two Handed
Like the Dragonknight, the Two Handed skill line also received major reworks to its animations, VFX, and sounds, improving the way its various abilities feel to use in combat.
You can learn more about the process of updating the look and feel of the Dragonknight and Two Handed skill lines in this blog.
Player Experience Improvements
Update 49 also features a massive collection of Player Experience improvements, produced by a dedicated team that focuses on player-requested quality-of-life additions.
These additions include new mounts available from the game’s stablemasters, the ability to easily change your attribute and skill point allocations for free, the addition of account-wide outfit slots, furnishing limit increases for various homes, and much more.
Update 49’s Player Experience improvements
You can find a full list of changes and additions in the Update 49 patch notes and more details on some of these improvements in this preview blog.
Base Game Additions
ESO is an evolving game, and as we add new adventures, systems, and worlds, we may choose to make changes or additions to what is included in its most basic version. With Update 49, we’ve decided to make the following adventures, previously DLCs, fully available to all players who own the game:
- Imperial City[/*][list]
- Including the PvE/PvE zone and storyline, plus two four-player dungeons[/*]
- Including the Wrothgar zone and storyline[/*]
- Including the Hew’s Bane zone and Thieves Guild storyline[/*]
- Including the Gold Coast zone and Dark Brotherhood storyline[/*]
Previously available as DLCs from the Crown Store or via ESO Plus membership, these four classic adventures are now included and available for all as ESO base-game features. Note that you will not need to claim the DLCs to own them, they will be automatically added to your stories in your Collections UI when you log in.
ESO Plus Additions
If you’re an ESO Plus member, Update 49 grants a series of additional buffs and benefits as part of your regular membership.
Seasonal Tamriel Tome Benefits
First and foremost, the new additions include benefits related to the upcoming Tamriel Tomes system:
- A 10% increase to Tome Points earned from challenges[/*]
- A Cache of 2,000 Tome Points for each month of membership[/*]
- A Premium Tamriel Tome Token for each month of membership[/*][list]
- Acquire 12 tokens in total to unlock a Premium + Bonuses Tamriel Tome[/*]
Note that seasonal Tamriel Tome ESO Plus benefits begin with the launch of Season Zero on April 2, 2026. New memberships from March 9, 2026 onward will receive their seasonal currencies immediately, while those with active memberships between January 1, 2026, and March 9, 2026, will have their currencies retroactively awarded on March 30, 2026. In both cases, the currencies will not be spendable until the Season Zero launch.
Additional Membership Boosts
Update 49 also includes further expansions to existing ESO Plus membership boons, such as:
- Increase to Transmutation Crystal Capacity[/*]
- Increase to Housing Furnishing Limits [/*]
- NEW: Increase to Antiquity System Lead Times[/*]
You can read more about the ESO Plus additions in this blog.
Gold Coast Bazaar
With Update 49, you can discover and peruse the Gold Coast Bazaar, a brand-new in-game rewards store that provides a consolidated way to acquire returning fan-favorite (or heavily requested) collectibles, consumables, and items.
First opening on March 25, 2026, with a selection of long-term items, the Gold Coast Bazaar’s seasonal offerings will be available with the launch of Season Zero on April 2, 2026. To acquire items from the Gold Coast Bazaar, you will need to first earn Trade Bars via various in-game activities, including participating in events, Twitch Drops, and the upcoming Tamriel Tomes.
Acquire returning collectibles in the Bazaar
Note that with Update 49, any Event Tickets you retained from previous in-game events have been converted into Trade Bars. You can spend them at the Gold Coast Bazaar and with the Impresario on March 25!
You can learn more about the Gold Coast Bazaar via this preview blog.
Tamriel Tomes
A new battlepass-like system that arrives with the launch of Season Zero on April 2, 2026, Tamriel Tomes offers greater choice when it comes to unlocking and earning in-game rewards. Each Tome is specific to its season and includes a broad selection of in-game currencies, consumables, and collectibles, many of which are available for free, no purchase required.
As you complete Challenges, you earn Tome Points that unlock new pages of rewards and allow you to acquire individual items at will. With both weekly and seasonal challenges available, there will always be a wide range of options available for every kind of ESO player.
Unlock and earn new rewards
While a Tamriel Tome will always have free options, you can also buy the Premium Tamriel Tome or the Premium + Bonuses Tamriel Tome to have even more rewards available. How you choose to engage with a season’s Tome is entirely up to you!
For more information about Tamriel Tomes and to preview some of its rewards, visit this blog.
The Night Market
The first of its kind, the Night Market is an “Event Zone” available from April 29, 2026, until June 17, 2026. In this new kind of zone and adventure, you explore a new part of the Oblivion realm of Fargrave, pledge your service to one of three unique factions, and test your skills against challenging PvE encounters.
Work together in the Night Market
Home to new characters, quests, and rewards, the Night Market will return in later seasons, giving you the chance to support a different faction and further explore this enigmatic and dangerous new world.
We’ll be sharing more about the Night Market as we get closer to its April 29 launch, so keep an eye out for more details soon.
Seasonal Foundations
With the Update 49 base-game patch, free for all ESO players, the foundations have been laid for all of Tamriel’s future content additions, improvements, and rewards. Don’t forget many of these features won’t be available in game until Season Zero officially kicks off on April 2. To learn everything about this base-game patch, check out Update 49’s Patch Notes.
There’s even more coming to Season Zero later in the year, so keep an eye out for more details in future updates, too. Are you excited about these major changes and additions to your ESO experience? Are you eager to rework your Dragonknight, explore the Night Market, or open the page on the game’s first ever Tamriel Tome? Let us know via Bluesky, X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, and Facebook.
The Update 49 base-game patch is now live on all platforms. Season Zero officially launches on April 2, 2026, with the Night Market event zone available from April 29 until June 17, 2026.
