The Elders Scrolls Online: Dark Brotherhood Release Date Confirmed

Watch the darkness, The Dark Brotherhood is coming to The Elder Scrolls Online soon.

The upcoming DLC, Dark Brotherhood, for the Elder Scrolls Online will release on May 31 for PC. Xbox One and PS4 versions will release on June 14, two weeks later.

The DLC is free for Plus members and will go for 2,000 crowns in the Crown Store. A collector’s edition will be made available for 4,000 crowns and include a Highland Wolf Mount, Sylvan Nixad pet, and five Crown Experience Scrolls.

Here is everything that the paid DLC will include. 

- Access to join the Dark Brotherhood and become an assassin for hire

- The Gold Coast, available to characters of all levels, where you can explore Anvil and Kvatch for the first time since The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

- A new passive skill line, exclusive to members of the Dark Brotherhood

- Hours of exciting story content and quests that will have you revisiting your favorite areas of Tamriel

- New repeatable activities, including:

Bounty Quests: The Dark Brotherhood is not the only group on the Gold Coast who offers gold for martial expertise. Daily bounties await you in the cities of Anvil and Kvatch. Take on these quests to conquer delves, battle in the Kvatch Arena, or vanquish a monstrous minotaur!

Contract Kill Quests: Elam Drals, the dry-humored Dark Elf assassin that maintains the Dark Brotherhood’s books, diligently keeps a ledger of those whose deaths can be bought with mere gold. Travel across the length and breadth of Tamriel to assassinate marked targets or engage in bloody sprees at the behest of the Dark Brotherhood.

Sacrament Quests: Speaker Terenus, an agent of the Black Hand, haunts the Gold Coast Sanctuary to offer the most sacred of missions to assassins of the Dark Brotherhood. Breaking into secured subterranean locations to slaughter targets invoked by the performance of the Black Sacrament. Avoid guards, disable traps, and complete bonus objectives to achieve the highest levels of prestige and reward.

- The Litany of Blood, a Dark Brotherhood kill mission with targets all around Tamriel

- Two new delves, Hrota Cave and Garlas Agea, featuring all-new challenges and rewards

- Two all-new world boss encounters: The Kvatch Arena and Limenauruus the minotaur at Tribune’s Folly

- Powerful new gear, unique crafting styles, and other rewards inspired by the deadly Dark Brotherhood:

The new Assassin personality

Three new crafted item sets

Three new item sets available in the Gold Coast

Two new costumes awarded for completing quests in the Gold Coast

Two new Mementos and one new Polymorph for earning specific achievements in the Gold 

Coast

The new Viridian Venom Dye, for completing a specific achievement

- The Assassins League crafting style

- A brand new in-game musical score, inspired by the Dark Brotherhood and Gold Coast

Before the DLC releases a patch will be released. Here’s the complete patch notes:

- The removal of Veteran Ranks

- Poison-Making, for those who want to be especially nasty to their enemies

- Toggle-able nameplates for all characters

- Character name display for Xbox One and PlayStation®4

- Item locking to help prevent accidental deconstruction of your most valuable items

- Further improvements to and new features for the Grouping Tool, including a group ready check, vote-to-kick system, and updated queue timer

- Tons of updates to the Crown Store, including additional character slots, motif previews, and—are you ready for this?—hats! (You can even wear hats with costumes, now!)

- Craft Bags, for storing nearly unlimited crafting materials, including with ESO Plus membership

- Improvements and adjustments to Item Traits

- Ongoing Cyrodiil performance improvements

- Sanctum Ophidia Trial scaling, rebalancing, and the addition of a Normal and Veteran mode

- Balance improvements to combat and gameplay abilities, including the Fighters Guild skill line, Vampires, and stamina abilities

- Revamped store contents for vendors in Cyrodiil, including Champion 160 gear

- The Elite Gear vendor now features the item sets introduced in the Thieves Guild DLC

- Nine revamped item sets available from Sanctum Ophidia

- Two new crafting styles

- Abah's Watch: Available from large laundered shipments of goods that the Thieves Guild distributes

- Thieves Guild: Available from completing Heists to the highest standards of the Thieves Guild

…and more!

The Dark Brotherhood is now available for play on the Public Test Servers. If you wish to venture into unpredictable territory now’s your chance to experience the DLC before it releases.

Adam Siddiqui, NoobFeed
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