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Update 49 - In Search Of Avalon

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ESO U49 PTS: Night's Den House!

Patch Notes: The Night’s Den: A New House! Earned by completing the introductory quest in Night Market. It even has an entrance directly from the Night Market!

Screenshots + house feedback below.

Night's Den – Entrance & Courtyard:

Night's Den – Vault:

1. The vault visual is based on your character's gold. As reviewed here, we'd prefer a more constant visual via banked gold, designated character, or deposit to the pile itself.

2. There seems to be a "sweet spot" at 6 million gold where the door sparkles. (5 mil = a little sparkle at the bottom, 6 = full sparkle.) Beyond 6 mil, it no longer sparkles (bug?). The pile stops growing at 7 mil. Everything beyond 7 mil has the same visual.

+ See ALT text below:

↑ 7 million gold, UI hidden, max pile visual. Baron Jangleplume placed to show that you can place things inside (although you cannot go inside yourself; only look at it)… and because he is happy there :3

I think this is a missed opportunity to give us a swimmable giant pile of gold a-la-Scrooge-McDuck 😹

Night's Den – Bank:

This is locked to start; unlocked via progress in the Night Market. As stated here, most of us will need to find a group for this difficult area. It's essentially a Trial.

After unlock, this will give you access to your bank and Guild banks.

Night's Den – Faction Wings:

Wings are unlocked via achievements in Night Market factions.

I hope a way to preview the wings will be added to future PTS – I'm sure many of us will base our faction choice on which wing we'd like to build in.

Night's Den – Height Limits:

Unfortunately the ceiling is low, so you cannot build outside with the cool skybox.

Night's Den – Consolidated Feedback:

Forum link: https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/comment/8420646/#Comment_8420646

Good thing the base house is unlocked via the intro quest because the Night Market is a Trial-difficulty area. Most will need to group.

The house comes nicely-decorated as-is. Lots of the new, colorful lanterns I assume will be unbound. Nice!

Vault should be based on bank, designated character, or deposit directly to the house pile.

Bug – the vault door stops sparkling at 7 million+

Could the Vault be enterable so we can swim in the gold pile like Scrooge McDuck? 🥺🙏💰

Please give us a way to preview all 3 wings: I want to pick the faction whose wing I want to build in. EDIT: This should come in PTS 3, week of January 27. More info: one, two

We really need portals & custom spawn for housing. Else, this will have the same problem as Hall of the Lunar Champion: 1. too many load screens; 2. too many areas to build in, not enough slots.

Too bad the ceiling is so low. Would be nice to build outside with the interesting skybox, but it's impossible. (But I get it, there's probably no landscaping done out there.)

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ESO U49 PTS: Night’s Den House – Wings

Week 3 of the PTS is up, and it's EU copy. This time tester characters are given the relics, which will allow unlocking the house wings.

Good news first! –

A couple of the unlock furnishings are pretty cool.

There are ZERO load screens to the wings! So it's not like Hall of the Lunar Champion (HotLC) ^_^

As for the wings themselves... see below.

Unlocking the house is explained in part 1:

ESO U49 PTS: Night's Den House!

Patch Notes: The Night’s Den: A New House! Earned by completing the introductory quest in Night Market. It even has an entrance directly fro

It's easy, you just do an intro quest.

Unlocking the wings:

Relics, you'll actually have to work for by defeating bosses in the Night Market (on Live server). Here's how it looks once they're earned:

The purple items bottom-right in the first shot (using the Glimmering Lamp memento) are the Relics, loading after withdrawing them from a tester box. After all Relics were consumed, all three mementos were unlocked.

Then, at any of the Night Market merchants, you can "buy" all three Collectible furnishings:

As you can see, they were free on PTS. I don't know if that will be the case on Live also.

I really like the Gleaming Lamp replica! The eyeball moves :)

The Windglass Replica rotates

The spider on the Egg of Arac is animated, moving its legs slightly

Next, place each item on its pedestal in the house (just like at HotLC):

The Wings:

(Info in ALT text)

The wings are small, empty rooms

Lightly themed after the Factions

Immovable pillars in the center

No load screens! Nice!

So for those who only want to do housing and really don't want to group for Night Market combat / trial, I think this is OK: these aren't entire full zones like at HotLC, and perhaps not interesting enough to bother with.

(I'll be honest: personally, I'm not motivated to unlock these rooms. Maybe only the last gold room, with the cool lamp Collectible. And to be clear: for me, that's not a negative! I'm very OK with having less to grind. I would also do some Night Market to unlock the bank, as well as the merchant furnishings, and Antiquities.)

However, you might still want the furnishings – Collectible slots are so important for us in Housing!

More furnishings:

After you unlock the Relics and obtain the Collectible furnishings, you'll also receive a Mail from each Faction containing some furnishings:

Let's see what they gave us. These are all Bind on Pickup:

Thousand Eyes:

Nothing to write home about here. These are all cheap, craftable and event items you can easily get otherwise. (And because these are all Bound, I'd rather not have them clogging up inventory.)

Glittering Goad:

Ok, that's a little more interesting! The Maormer rugs and Redguard pottery are Crown-only items normally. (Again, all items bound.)

The Ruckus:

Again, all craftable. Nothing that's really expensive nor difficult to get otherwise.

So, in terms of room uniqueness and furniture quality, Glittering Goad seems to be the only faction worth doing. The Ruckus is the least interesting overall; the faction may appeal most to combat-centric players.

Related:

ESO U49 PTS: Night's Den House!

Patch Notes: The Night’s Den: A New House! Earned by completing the introductory quest in Night Market. It even has an entrance directly fro

ESO U49 PTS: Merchant, Antiquity, & Master Writ Furnishings

Merchant Furnishings: 14 items (including 6 banners, not pictured) that will come from Merchants. Some of these might be from the Night Mark

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Colors of the Night Market

I wish we could have a "house" in The Parch: no buildings, just sand dunes with the Parch skybox – and perhaps a bit of sea off to the side, like Alik'r.

Also wish we could have those warm gold lights. Or better, the ability to make our own:

Another idea for colored lights:

Combine the most useful effects of existing lights into one – One light to rule them all, and in the darkness bind them! (Sorry 😂) Intro:

Related:

[Housing / Night Market] Night Market Merchants inaccessible when NM closes - cannot buy furnishings

I just checked on the PTS where the Night Market is currently closed: The Night Market Plaza is completely inaccessible.

ESO Night Market: Week 1 Review

Re: ESO Night Market: Day 1 Review First, a couple of things I was wrong about! On PTS, I thought you'd first/only unlock the furnishing cof

ESO Night Market: Day 1 Review

This content is very much not-for-me. I don't care about challenging combat at all, I am only doing this for Housing items (shown in this p

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If you don't know what to do with yourself this week (no more Endeavors) – it's a great time to prep Solstice Dailies!

Stock up on Solstice daily quests, then open on March 9th when the new Stone-Nest and Worm Cult structural plans drop.

Regardless of whether you care about Housing or these particular styles, these items will sell HIGH while new. Lots of gold to be made!

ESO U49 PTS: Stone-Nest Structures!

Patch Notes: "34 new structural furnishing plans, which can be acquired via the Solstice Reward Coffer, obtainable by completing the Solstic

P.S.

Yes, as long as you don't open the coffers before March 9th, their contents will not be generated until then, and will have a chance to drop the new plans. (I don't yet have screenshots of this, but will update if all goes according to plan next week. Luckily Solstice dailies are a huge improvement on West Weald's, so it's not a huge loss even if it didn't work. If you're worried, you can simply save your quests to turn in that day.)

Just be aware that there might be a limit: 2-purples-per-toon-per-day.

Yes, I'm a weirdo and keep important things in the Junk tab xD Done so practically since Beta! (I have a custom addon remove the possibility of accidental destroy-all and sell-all)

Related:

WAIT!!!!! There might be a cooldown on purple plans from daily quest coffers!

No Cooldown on Leads! & Other facts about ESO drops

Solstice Daily Quest Coffers: No Cooldown

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Today Khajiit found an abandoned temple at the edge of the sea...

Actually I just got totally carried away with the Stone-Nest tile set on PTS. It's so fun to build with!

ESO U49 PTS: Stone-Nest Structures!

Patch Notes: "34 new structural furnishing plans, which can be acquired via the Solstice Reward Coffer, obtainable by completing the Solstic

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ESO Night Market: Week 1 Review

Re: ESO Night Market: Day 1 Review

First, a couple of things I was wrong about!

On PTS, I thought you'd first/only unlock the furnishing coffer for the faction you'd pledged to. As many of us now know, incorrect! We get all three coffers just by unlocking the Relics – which is surprisingly easier than I thought, too! So faction choice only determines which monster set, dye, etc. you get first – check the ESO-Hub article: https://eso-hub.com/en/events/the-night-market

At least in regards to the Night Market, I was wrong to worry about Antiquity Lead drop rates! The Market has excellent Lead drop rates! (It seems like the Devs listened to our concerns about this on PTS, and I'm grateful for that.) I only wish rates in other zones were even half as good, and stand by the rest of that post. Especially this: I wish ZOS would make ALL Antiquities buyable after 1st find. I've already unlocked all of the furnishings just by running around killing bosses with groups. They can even drop from daily coffers:

(I love the Bearer of Fargrave, Broken Skull furnishing. It's an excellent item for landscaping and other interesting builds!)

I'm still enjoying the Night Market, but already getting tired. (Stuff like getting gobbled up by a sandworm and thus robbed of Skirmish loot and completion definitely doesn't help; I quit after that.) And as said in the first post, I understand why others are not having a good time. Worth repeating, with edits:

To enjoy the Night Market, you need:

To want the rewards. Having read many common complaints, I see a HUGE mismatch between the content / gameplay and the rewards. As usual with ESO. (More on that in the OP.)

A high tolerance for ambiguity. You don’t know what you’re doing? That’s ok! Neither do we, we’ll figure it out. You died? That’s ok! Doesn’t matter, everybody rez! And so on.

A decent group. Best if it’s one that shares the above tolerance, and patience. Luckily I had fine luck with PUGs via Group Finder and guilds. Zone Event GF groups fill instantly! (Unless you have the misfortune of playing outside of your server’s popular hours.) You don’t even need to talk, just join and stick together. Do what everyone else is, and REZ REZ REZ! (Issue: Trash mobs are grossly OP (and don’t even drop anything worth it, except occasionally a tiny bit of Favor that despawns way too fast). It can be hard for a solo player to get past them if there are no Jump Pads nearby. The time taken to return to group – especially if the respawning player is a Tank or Healer – could wipe the entire group. So in many cases, it's better to quickly rez: slot Spirit Mastery.)

A decent build or two. These don’t need to be sweaty, optimized trial gear! My main setup is lazy: Oakensoul + Deadly Strike (already have for Arcanist, buyable, can sub for any other good DPS set) + Warrior Poet (overland from Vvardenfell, buyable, the most important part for survival!) + Monster helm (I use Slimecraw; can sub) + self-heals.

A sneak build with invisibility can also help get quests done; varies depending on your race etc.: https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Stealth#Sneak_Buffs I'm finding that you need true invisibility because the Night Market has the same annoying bug as several delves and PDs: you randomly get Detected even when there's nothing around. If it happens when you're in range of a mob, you're dead.

This also adds to my apprehension about the upcoming North Skyrim / Winterhold "Excursion" Zone,

as they called it in the update stream. I play ESO (since Beta) chiefly for (relatively) peaceful exploration of zones that flesh out the ES world and lore with fantastic new environment art, and for Housing. I've never played ESO for combat. Especially not challenging combat – luckily I'm able and willing to do it, but it's a means to an end only.

That doesn't mean every zone has to keep the 3-delves-etc. formula, but I hope they will not generally devolve into reskinned combat-centric (and FOMO) event-zones like the Night Market, IA, etc. I'm surprisingly enjoying the Night Market considering that it's not-for-me at all on paper, but a pleasant surprise and limited enjoyment doesn't mean I'd want more of this.

And a new problem surfaces: Night Market Merchants are inaccessible after it closes

Official forums post: https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/692413/housing-night-market-night-market-merchants-inaccessible-when-nm-closes-cannot-buy-furnishings

I checked on the PTS where the Night Market is currently closed: The Night Market Plaza is completely inaccessible – we will not be able to buy Night Market Achievement furniture.

I tried to access the Plaza by exiting the Night's Den house, only to be ported out to The Shambles. You also cannot port outside the house at all – see the forum post and screenshots.

ZOS, Please leave the Starlit Plaza open, or at least allow us to buy the items from a merchant elsewhere!

Coldharbour would be fine, like the Antiquities, since some players do not have Fargrave.

Related:

[Housing / Night Market] Night Market Merchants inaccessible when NM closes - cannot buy furnishings

I just checked on the PTS where the Night Market is currently closed: The Night Market Plaza is completely inaccessible.

ESO Night Market: Day 1 Review

This content is very much not-for-me. I don't care about challenging combat at all, I am only doing this for Housing items (shown in this p

ESO U49 PTS: Merchant, Antiquity, & Master Writ Furnishings

Merchant Furnishings: 14 items (including 6 banners, not pictured) that will come from Merchants. Some of these might be from the Night Mark

ESO U49 PTS: Night’s Den House – Wings

Week 3 of the PTS is up, and it's EU copy. This time tester characters are given the relics, which will allow unlocking the house wings. Goo

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Get More Value Out of ESO Plus with New and Improved Benefits

Housing Furnishing Limits Similarly, the furnishing limits of non-manor houses are increasing significantly. With Update 49, the capacity increase for each size of house varies, but every house receives at least 25 additional furnishings to fit in—or, if you have ESO Plus membership, 50 additional furnishings! Additionally, all homes within the categories of Staple, Classic, or Manor are being unified in their furnishing capacity. Some homes that were Staple or Classic have been bumped up to a larger category, granting even more capacity on top of these changes!

Wonderful news! 😻 Another Housing Wishlist item fulfilled!

Well. I know what I'll be doing after U49 launches in March – fussing with old houses!🤣😭

I love Sleek Creek and have been wanting to redo it on my main too; more slots will be incredible! ^_^

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