Apr 29, 2026
View on Steam↗The Night Market Event Zone Is Open!
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The Night Market, ESO's first-ever event zone, is now live through June 17, featuring the 12-player Opulent Ordeal and a new faction Favor system.
Key Changes
- 1New Night Market event zone open until June 17, 2026
- 2Opulent Ordeal 12-player Trial-like encounter added
- 3Three new factions: The Glittering Goad, The Thousand Eyes, and The Ruckus
- 4Night’s Den player home earnable via introductory quest
- 5New Skirmishes public events and Gilded monster 4-player instances
- 6Faction Favor system with vendor rewards and global prestige competition
- 7Relic Splinters added to unlock home wings and secret zone areas
- 8Golden Pursuits campaign running alongside the event
- 9New skill styles, item sets, and titles added as rewards
- 10New boss types: Faceted, Brazen, Argent, and Calamitous monsters
All Changes
🌌Event Zone(3)
- newNight Market: Introduced the Night Market, a limited-time event zone located in Fargrave and Oblivion, open until June 17, 2026.
- newStarlit Plaza Wayshrine: Added the Starlit Plaza Wayshrine as a direct teleportation point to the new zone.
- newFargrave Portals: Added new portals to Fargrave located in Greenshade (near Marbruk) and Blackwood (Leyawiin).
🛡️Factions & Systems(3)
- newFactions: Introduced three competing factions: The Glittering Goad, The Thousand Eyes, and The Ruckus.
- newFavor System: Added the Favor system, allowing players to increase standing with their chosen faction to unlock better vendor rewards.
- newFaction Prestige: Implemented a global Prestige competition where the faction with the most total Favor earns bonus rewards for all members.
⚔️Activities(6)
- newOpulent Ordeal: Added the Opulent Ordeal, a new 12-player Trial-like encounter serving as the zone's ultimate challenge.
- newSkirmishes: Introduced Skirmishes, a new type of public event that occurs throughout the Night Market districts.
- newGilded Monsters: Added Gilded monsters, specialized four-player instances found within each district.
- newNight Market Bosses: Introduced new boss types: Faceted, Brazen, Argent, and Calamitous monsters.
- newWorld Activities: Added Daring Races and Oddities (puzzles) as new world activities.
- newThose Who Would Rule: Added the 'Those Who Would Rule' main questline to introduce players to the zone.
🎁Rewards(4)
- newNight’s Den: Added the Night’s Den player home, earned by completing the zone's introductory quest.
- newRelic Splinters: Introduced Relic Splinters, collectible fragments used to unlock new wings in the Night’s Den and access hidden areas.
- newGolden Pursuits: Launched a Golden Pursuits campaign specifically for the Night Market event period.
- newZone Rewards: Added new skill styles, item sets, titles, mementos, and furnishings as zone rewards.
Summary
The Night Market has arrived in The Elder Scrolls Online as the game's first-ever dedicated event zone. Accessible for free to all players during Season Zero (April 29 – June 17, 2026), this new area within Fargrave and Oblivion introduces a competitive faction system where players pledge loyalty to one of three groups. The zone is packed with new PvE content, ranging from solo-friendly puzzles to a massive 12-player encounter, alongside a new earnable player home that can be expanded through exploration.