Zenimax have announced that the Witches Festival will be starting October 22nd. Further details of how to partake in theWitches Festivaland some new rewards to suit the halloween festivities.
Elder Scrolls Online Witches Festival 2020
This year’s Witches Festival 2020 will start onThursday, October 22 at 10:00AM EDT, and will run until Tuesday, November 3 at 10:00AM EST. During this time you can gain some great rewards that will come inside Plunder Skulls, you will also get a 100% XP boost, Event Tickets and collectibles.
Below you will find out how to participate:
What:Witches Festival
When:Thursday, October 22 at 10:00AM EDT, and will run until Tuesday, November 3 at 10:00AM EST
Bewitching Rewards
Your efforts to join the Witches Festival will not go unrewarded, there are some spooky themed loot to earn during the event. All boss monsters will drop Plunder Skull containers, kind of like trick or treating but with a lot more combat inolved, these will contain different items.
Note:You do not need the XP buff or polymorph active to earn these witchy rewards but you’re able to to do it in ghoulish style.
Plunder Skull Containers
You will have a chance to get your hands on the following items from these creepy containers:
There are even further rewards for the first boss type you defeat each day, you will gain a Dremora Plunder Skull. There contain Dremora Motif chapters, Witches Festival Writs (completing these will gain you a Witch hat collectible and Witch title). There are also Glenmoril Treasure Maps and Glenmoril Armor Outfit Style pages. If that isn’t enough there is theNEWGrave Dancer Weapon Style pages.
Dremora Plunder Skulls
Dremora Plunder Skullwill be available this Witches Festival. you may gain a Dremora Plunder Skull thefirst timeyou defeat eachdifferent type of boss each day.While these will contain the same items found in regular plunder skulls, you are guaranteed to gain a new Dremora Motif page depending on the boss you conquer. Dremora Motifs are tradeable, so you don’t get the one you want you can always swap with someone else. The type of motif page you will gain will depend on the boss type:
Event Tickets and The Impresario
As per usual this event will also grant Event Tickets, these can go towards the following rewards:
There doesn’t seem to be Runeboxes this year, but instead a new reward of Grab Bags, these contain collectibles from previous Witches Festival events, so if you missed out on previous rewards or new to ESO, now’s your change to gain some of these previous treasures. Each bag will contain itemsthat you don’t already own or knowwhich means you won’t be finding any duplicate items. Players should make sure to open each bag and remove it’s contents as soon as it’s required, so as to avoid gaining any duplicates from new bags.
If you have gained every possible item from the Grab Bags, the next Grab Bag will contain Group Repair Kits. This event will allow you gain Hollowjack Motif pages, the Skeletal Marionette memento, Apple-bobbing Cauldron fragments, and the Spectre Mask collectibles.
Crown Store
The crown store will also be offering some spooky offers, this month includes a Dark Passions Regalia costume, Witches Coven furnishing pack, Nightmare Firestalker Cub pet and a Sister Gellenna houseguest.
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