Celebrate the ESO New Life Festival during Dec.13 – Jan.02

The Elder Scrolls Online New Life Festival transforms Tamriel into a winter wonderland celebration, offering players exceptional opportunities for character progression and exclusive collectibles. This annual event combines festive cheer with substantial gameplay benefits that can significantly accelerate your progression.

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The New Life Festival commences on Thursday, December 13, at 10:00AM EST and concludes on Wednesday, January 2, at 10:00AM EST. To participate, acquire the New Life Festival Scroll from the Crown Store (free during event period) and use it to locate Breda, the New Life Herald, positioned south of Windhelm in Eastmarch. This central hub serves as your gateway to all festival activities.

Share a celebratory mead with Breda, the New Life Herald

Successfully completing the introductory quest “The New Life Festival” unlocks access to nine distinct daily quests that spread holiday cheer across Tamriel’s diverse regions. Each quest represents unique cultural traditions from different zones, providing both narrative depth and practical rewards.

Upon finishing your first New Life Festival quest, you automatically receive Breda’s Bottomless Mead Mug collectible. This item provides a substantial two-hour, 100% XP increase that stacks multiplicatively with existing bonuses from ESO Plus, XP scrolls, or training gear. The stacking mechanism means a player with ESO Plus (10% XP) and the mead mug effectively gains 120% additional experience rather than simple addition.

Pro Tip: Activate your mead mug before turning in completed quests or engaging in major XP activities like dungeons or battlegrounds. The two-hour duration allows efficient chaining of multiple activities. Schedule your gameplay sessions to maximize this buff’s uptime during peak farming periods.

Participating in New Life Festival activities and completing Breda’s quests rewards you with New Life Festival Gift Boxes. These containers randomly provide valuable items including crafting materials, consumables, and style items that can enhance your character’s appearance and capabilities.

Beyond common rewards, these gift boxes may contain rare items that significantly increase their value:

• Skinchanger Motif chapters – Learn to craft gear in this distinctive style

• New Life collectibles (packaged in Runeboxes and tradeable):

  。Sword-Swallower’s Blade memento

  。Juggler’s Knives memento

  。Fire-Breather’s Torches memento

  。Mud Ball Pouch memento

  。Nordic Bather’s Towel costume

  。Colovian Filigreed Hood hat

  。Colovian Fur Hood hat

• Special lighting fixtures celebrating the Signal Fire Sprint

• Draughts of Stealth and Escape honoring the Trial of Five-Clawed Guile

Common Mistake: Many players overlook the tradeable nature of Runebox collectibles. These items often command high prices on guild traders, providing excellent gold-making opportunities during the event period.

New Life Charity Writs

Expanding beyond traditional rewards, New Life Festival Gift Boxes now include New Life Charity Writs! These event-exclusive tasks require crafting simple furnishing items for charitable donation, embodying the season’s spirit of giving.

These specialized writs direct you to create specific furnishing pieces. Upon completion, submit them at any appropriate writ return location matching the item category. If you lack the necessary recipe, visit the corresponding crafting vendor who provides these patterns specifically for the event duration.

While the act of charity provides intrinsic satisfaction, completing twelve Charity Writs on a single character unlocks the “Newly Charitable” Achievement and grants the spectacular Crystalfrost skin—one of the most visually striking cosmetic rewards available in the game.

Advanced Strategy: Focus on one character for writ completion to efficiently earn the achievement. Pre-craft required items when possible to minimize completion time. The Crystalfrost skin features intricate crystalline patterns that shimmer with magical energy, making it highly sought after by collectors and fashion-conscious players alike.

The magnificent Crystalfrost skin

The festival presents your final opportunity to acquire the Opaline Indrik Feather needed to complete your Nascent Indrik mount collection. This beautiful crystalline creature represents one of ESO’s most prestigious mount achievements.

Earning Event Tickets requires completing just one of the nine New Life Festival daily quests. Each completion provides one ticket alongside your standard gift box reward. Remember the account-wide limitation: maximum one ticket daily regardless of how many characters you play.

Ticket accumulation resets daily at 1:00AM EST, so plan your gameplay accordingly to avoid missing daily opportunities.

Acquire the final Indrik Feather to unlock this magnificent mount

Once you accumulate ten Event Tickets, exchange them with the Impresario for the Opaline Indrik Feather. The event duration allows collection of up to twenty tickets, providing flexibility for players who missed previous feathers.

Pro Tip: The Impresario maintains inventory of all previous feathers throughout the event. This catch-up mechanism benefits players who couldn’t participate in earlier seasonal events.

Beginning December 13, transform your residence into a festive sanctuary using exclusive furnishing items from Heralda Garscroft, the Holiday Achievement Furnisher. Locate her in Grahtwood, Stormhaven, and Deshaan to access these exclusive decorative elements.

Unlocking these distinctive furnishings follows specific achievement requirements:

• The New Life Bonfire – Available for 10,000 gold after completing “Snow Bare Plunge” achievement

• The New Life Celebrant’s Standard – Costs 2,500 gold upon finishing the “New Life Celebrant” achievement

Monitor your advancement through the Achievement section of your Journal, which provides detailed progress tracking for all festival-related objectives.

Throughout the event duration, the Crown Store features limited-time seasonal items including the cherished Garland Dapple Gray mount, Winter Broadbrim Hat Pack, Sun’s Dusk Winter Hood, and Winter Scout’s Pack. These returning items maintain their seasonal exclusivity.

Don’t overlook the Enchanted Snow Globe Home, accessible through the Crown Store. The entrance portal to this magical winter residence is cleverly concealed within the New Life festival tent area.

The breathtaking Enchanted Snow Globe Home interior

Additionally, gifting Crown Store items during the event period (until 2:00AM EST January 1, 2019) earns you the Snowcap Fledgling Gryphon pet, adding another collectible to your growing assortment.

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