ESO Datamining Finds New Details of Next Chapter

Forints Eylül 09, 2022

There are a whole lot of juicy Elder Scrolls Online datamining details that have been recently uncovered by the fine folks over at the Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages (or UESP if you want to save time and make them sound like a sort of psionic police force). That said, we know that many liken datamining to spoilers, so consider this your SPOILER WARNING and do not scroll past Spoiler Puppy if you don’t want to see spoilers for ESO’s next chapter-sized update.

For those still with us; it looks like UESP has found a whole bundle of additional details to further shore up earlier datamining finds in January about ESO’s next chapter, which will have players visiting Summerset Isle. In this more recent post, information seems to suggest that jewelry crafting will be added, along with dealings with the Psijic Order and a potential visit to the Spiral Skein.

The Psijic Order appears to be its own guild within ESO, which will introduce some guild-specific skills according to datamined filenames. There’s also assumption that the Psijic will become a playable new class, with several additional skill filenames unearthed and an icon filename that follows the same structure as other classes such as Morrowind’s Warden.

In addition to the Psijic Order likely being a new guild and potentially its own class, it appears that the Psijic Order will be a central focus of the chapter’s story, taking players to the fabled island of Artaeum and several related locations such as the Order’s HQ of Ceporah Tower and the Dreaming Cave. Datamining also found a number of assets that point to a visit to the Spiral Skein, a Daedric realm of the Daedric prince Mephala. A total of four related maps have been uncovered, along with files that suggest that players will be facing Mephala herself in battle.

Finally, new files point to the ability for players to craft their own Jewelry. A number of new materials have been identified, each corresponding to item quality tiers and the three traits of Healthy, Robust and Arcane jewelry. Icon files for jewelry-specific crafting stations were also found, though this feature may be arriving in a later DLC similar to the way Transmutation arrived with Clockwork City.

Our Thoughts

Whether all of these new features are arriving in one very heavy chapter update or will be (more likely) broken up over the course of some DLC installments, it definitely sounds like things are about to get increasingly interesting for players of The Elder Scrolls Online. We’re looking forward to perhaps an official reveal sometime later this year.

Source: Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages via MMORPG.com