Marilyn Wasserman, aCouncil of Wisdom member and the namesake of the GoddessMara, passed away on 5th January. She was a volunteer QA tester and the author of some of the instrumental texts that madeThe Elder Scrolls franchise, such as theDaggerfall booksThe Real Barenziah,Biography of Queen Barenziah, andKing Edward.

She was a founding pillar ofThe Elder Scrolls mythology and we send our condolences to her family.

We've releasedour look back at 2025. That was our 30th anniversary, and we're looking forward to even more! Inside this retrospective we take a look at what you have all been enjoying from our site, which in this case was mainly ourold Oblivion pages for some reason. We also talked about our ongoing war with bots to bring you site stability. That battle has been heating up, so you may want to read up on what is happening.

We also took some time to look back. One of the biggest news story out of our site this year was developing an NPC forThe Elder Scrolls VI. The cause for that charity campaign was to honor the legacy of one of the biggest contributors to the Elder Scrolls community,Loranna Pyrel. Over the course of the last year, we sadly lost many more important people to Elder Scrolls, including even the Father of the Elder Scrolls himself,Julian LeFay. This year we included a memorial section to honor the people who helped make The Elder Scrolls that passed away in 2025.

There are other important check points on our journey over the last year, including us beginning to hostThe Independent Fallout Wiki (a team we're very honored to want to partner with us), which we hope you enjoy reading about. Above all else, we want to thank you for choosing us to be your source for The Elder Scrolls since 1995.

—The UESPWiki

Jim Ward, the talented voice actor and radio personality who voicedMannimarco inThe Elder Scrolls Onlinemain quest, has passed away this morning at the age of 66. He previously retired in 2021 due to health issues, as he was diagnosed with both COVID-19 and Alzheimer's, leaving him unable to continue voice acting. He resided at the Silverado Beverly Place Memory Care Community in Los Angeles, CA for the remainder of his life. His passing was announced by former radio colleague Stephanie Miller, who received an email from his wife about the news. We send our condolences to his family and all the fans who enjoyed his work 🕯️

Ward had roles in other Bethesda games such asDr. Klein inFallout: New Vegas andOld Longfellow inFallout 4. He was also known for his roles in many cartoons and games from the 2000s, such asDoug Dimmadome &Chet Ubetcha inThe Fairly OddParents,Captain Qwark in theRatchet & Clank franchise,Perceptor in theTransformers: War for Cybertron games,Professor X inWolverine and the X-Men, andDiamondhead &XLR8 inBen 10.

TheAnniversary Edition upgrade forSkyrim is now available on theNintendo Switch 2, complete with areveal trailer featuring beloved Skyrim grandmaShirley Curry. This version includes the three official expansions (Dawnguard, Hearthfire, and Dragonborn), all Creation Club content, and enhanced resolution, improved load times, and optimized performance (as compared to Nintendo Switch) that take full advantage of the Nintendo Switch 2's advanced hardware.

Owners of the Anniversary Edition on the original Nintendo Switch can download the game for free on Nintendo Switch 2, while owners of the base edition on the original Nintendo Switch can purchase the "Anniversary Upgrade" to then download the game on Nintendo Switch 2.

Be sure to join and donate to the yearly Extra Life charity event run by the Tales of Tamriel LotusOfDoom over athttps://www.extra-life.org/participants/LotusOfDoom this weekend! UESP will be matching donations up to $2500, donating some rewards as well as participating in the streams.

Hello everyone, we are proud to announce that this month marks the 30^th Anniversary of the UESP! 🎂 For three decades now, the Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages has helped to keep theElder Scrolls community up-to-date with all the latest information and contribute to the documentation of the franchise, first as anFAQ that began in the autumn of 1995, and later as a wikistarting in 2005. It has continued to grow and evolve since then, now standing at over 115,000 articles!

We would like to give a large thank you to all the editors and readers who have contributed so much to this project and made the site what it is today. We really don't know what else to say, since the club of sites that have been around that long is very, very small. Our gratitude towards everyone in the community cannot be stated enough!

Thank you for letting us be your source forThe Elder Scrolls since 1995
Here's to many more years to come!

TheBattle for the Writhing Wall event for ESO'sSeasons of the Worm Cult story has officially begun as of today, and will continue until theWrithing Wall is destroyed. All players of the game can help contribute to progression for the event, but only2025 Content Pass owners can complete related content onSolstice. Starting on October 13, visitSkordo the Knife at the Stirk Fellowship Camp or the Sunport Rampart Camp to sign up and do your part in the war against the Worm Cult. The Battle for the Writhing Wall event must progress through three unique themed stages before you can bring down the wall and enterEastern Solstice.

Together with our friends atThe Imperial Library, we at UESP had the incredible opportunity to meet with Bethesda to designa character forThe Elder Scrolls VI. Honestly, many of us went into the meeting pretty nervous and unsure of what to expect, but now we're all extremely excited for what's in store.

Chip Theory Games' board gameThe Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era is getting a set of five new expansions, referred to collectively as "Heroes of Tamriel"! Looks likeDeslandra is setting her eyes onElsweyr andSummerset. The crowdfunding campaign is going to start on the 14th of October.

See theannouncement video andofficial announcement for more information.

Bethesda has teased a physical release of theDeluxe Edition ofOblivion Remastered with an image posted to social media. It appears that physical copies will be available for purchase starting on October 13, 2025, a date previously listed on the websites of various online video game retailers.

Elder Scrolls Online update 48 is now available on the PTS server for play testing. Part 2 of the Season of the Worm Cult includes a new zone (Eastern Solstice), a server wide Writhing Wall Event, and a variety of other quality of life features and bug fixes. OurESO Build Editor has been updated with the item and skill data for testing builds and you can check out ourSkills andSet data from the update as well.

ESOupdate 47's dungeon pack, theFeast of Shadows, is now available on all platforms. Featuring two new dungeons,Black Gem Foundry andNaj-Caldeesh, Feast of Shadows expands the Seasons of the Worm Cult storyline while also introducing new dangers, secrets, and rewards.

Terence Stamp, a veteran English actor with a career in film spanning six decades, has passed away this morning. Stamp voicedMankar Camoran, one of the main antagonists inOblivion. He was also known for his role as General Zod inSuperman, and as a favor to Todd Howard said "Kneel before Todd" (seen in theMaking of Oblivion Documentary) in the same tone as his iconic line from the film.

His performances have earned him Golden Globe and Cannes Film Festival awards as well as Oscar and BAFTA nominations. "He leaves behind an extraordinary body of work, both as an actor and a writer that will continue to touch people for years to come,"his family stated. Stamp had only done about ten voice roles throughout his career, but his performance as Mankar Camoran is widely considered one of the most iconic roles in the franchise to date. He will be dearly missed.

Elder Scrolls co-creatorJulian LeFay, the core game director, programmer, and designer at Bethesda Softworks in the 1980s and '90s, has passed away tonight. LeFay was considered the chief imagineer behindThe Elder Scrolls series during his tenure of the studio, being the project director behindArena,Daggerfall, andBattlespire, contributing to the programming, gameplay mechanics, and lore design of the series. Anin-depth statement has been posted by OnceLost Games, a company Julian co-founded, as well as atribute posted by Bethesda, penned by Julian's friend and successorTodd Howard.

We would like to wish him peace, and for him to know he will not be forgotten.

ZeniMax Online Studios, the developers ofThe Elder Scrolls Online, has been affected by a sweeping round of layoffs done inside Microsoft. On July 2, Microsoft announced they were shelving an unannounced MMO at ZOS, affecting over 200 developers.Matt Firor, the founder and head of the studio, also announced his departure from the company, being succeeded by Jo Burba on July 14.

The studio had been working on a new AAA game codenamedProject Blackbird since 2018, with manyElder Scrolls Online alumni being tasked to work on the project. According to reports, development on the game had been coming along smoothly, with a release date set for 2028, and its gameplay impressed executives at Xbox. The cancellation of the game by Microsoft came as an unexpected decision to the team, most of whom have since been laid off. The ZOS United-CWA union has since releaseda statement regarding concerns with pay and benefits related to the layoffs.

Virtuos, the studio handling development onOblivion Remastered, alsoannounced a series of layoffs on July 17. Approximately 7% of Virtuos' workforce worldwide was affected due to the layoffs. We at the Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages wish all the talented developers affected by the layoffs the best of luck in their future endeavors, and thank them for all their hard work in making the world ofThe Elder Scrolls come to life.

Julian LeFay, the Father ofThe Elder Scrolls, is entering the final days of his life from his battle with cancer. His team at OnceLost Games is asking for people to celebrate his life and offer well wishes to his family, and we encourage you all to do so. You can find the official announcementhere.

The team, volunteers, and readers of The Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages have all dedicated countless hours to exploring this world he built. We wish to thank him profusely for his creation that we have spent some of the greatest moments of our lives in, and are immensely saddened he will not get to to see his ideas forThe Wayward Realms reach us all in their final form.

Ars Technica has justreleased an article about the origins, history, and development of the UESP featuring interviews with its founder,Dave Humphrey, and two of its longtime editors,RobinHood70 andDillonn241.

Tamriel Rebuilt is a mod forMorrowind which adds the mainland of the province to the game, piece by piece.

Today marks the release of version 25.05,Grasping Fortune, which centers on the Hlaalu capital ofNarsis, a nexus of immense wealth and cruel injustice. Surrounding the city is the vast and dangerous hinterland ofShipal-Shin, whereas a number of Hlaalu and Redoran towns dot the shores of theThirr River in theCoronati Basin region downstream of Narsis.

Features include:

• 410 brand-new exterior cells of landmass – this is about a third the size of vanilla's Vvardenfell island. Aside from the vast metropolis of Narsis, the area includes the desert canyons of the Shipal-Shin region, the densely settled agricultural hinterland of the Coronati Basin, and the canopied mushroom forest of the Othreleth Woods.
• Over 870 new cells of interior locations, of which slightly less than 200 are for Narsis alone. Another ~140 are hostile dungeons of several variants: in addition to vanilla dungeon types, there are also the brand new Skyrender hives, an Ayleid dungeon, and a Remanite fortress.
• Over 270 new quests, featuring questlines for nearly all vanilla factions – most especially House Hlaalu with over 40 new quests, including a Grandmaster sequence – but also the brand-new Ja-Natta Syndicate, an unscrupulous criminal faction challenging the local Thieves Guild.

Download links and detailed information about new features areavailable on Tamriel Rebuilt's website.

The existence ofOblivion Remastered has been confirmed by Bethesda following days of leaks. First spotted in court documents in 2023, the long-awaited remaster is set to be announced via livestream onTwitch andYouTube tomorrow at 11am EST (3pm UTC).

Update April 22: The game isnow available on:

• Steam
• Xbox X|S
• PS5

The details ofThe Elder Scrolls Online's shift toseasonal content releases have been revealed with the announcement of the2025 Content Pass and Premium Edition. The pass will include the already-releasedFallen Banners dungeon pack, the upcoming zone of WesternSolstice (due to be released in June), the newly-announcedFeast of Shadows dungeon pack, and a zone expansion intoEastern Solstice for the story finale. The in-gameWrithing Wallevent was also announced, and will involve eachmegaserver working towards the goal of bringing down a magical barrier on Solstice. The pass also includes the usual slew of cosmetic items, which can be obtained by purchasing and/or pre-ordering. Similar to previous years, the new Premium Edition includes the base game along with all existingChapters.

In addition to new story content, a newsubclassing system was announced. Existing characters will be able to obtain skill lines from up to two otherclasses. One skill line from the character's original class must be retained, but the other two can be replaced as desired. It will not be possible to obtain more than one skill line from a particular class. Subclassing will be available immediately if you already have a level 50 character of that class once the system is released.

Following the successful results of theVengeance campaign inCyrodiil, further PvP testing has also been announced.

You can find more details on theofficial site. A recording of the 2025 ESO Direct announcement can be viewed onYouTube.

A newLoremaster's Archive has been released, providing yet another interview between the community and characters within the lore ofThe Elder Scrolls Online. The latest Archive is an interview with Sister Chana Nirine, one of theMoth Priests responsible for reading and interpreting theElder Scrolls themselves. Notably, Sister Chana's answers include several new lore texts detailing the history of the scrolls and the origins of the Cyrodilic tradition of reading the prophecies contained within.

You can see the Loremaster's Archive on theofficial site. We also have a copy of ithere.

"Drip, drip, drip. Memory melts. I've futilely tried to freeze what I can, but what is Forgotten cannot be recalled. Only drips, glimpses of stories untold, remain. Memory melts into legend, but legend never dies." —Kellen

The servers for the Elder Scrolls card gameLegends have been permanently shut down on January 30, 2025 at 10am EST. We at UESP have had a great time with the game and bid it a heartfelt farewell. If you want to talk about your greatest matches, recollect your best moments, seen weird interactions between cards, or just want to chat about the lore and art, you can join us on theDiscord server to reminisce the final moments of the game.

We are still busy documenting and archiving the game. There are still many things that can be done after the shut down. We have back-ups of the game files, many many screenshots, and recollections of the players that can be used to fill in the last bits of information to preserve the game to the fullest. If you want to help, head over theLegends Namespace Completion Project or the Discord mentioned above.

A look back at the past year of the UESP and Starfield wikis is now available atretro.uesp.net. While capturing every moment is impossible, we hope this year-in-review offers a meaningful glimpse into our journey. As we move into 2025 and beyond, we’re excited to continue expanding and refining our documentation of all things Elder Scrolls. Thank you for being part of this adventure with us!

• Iron: TES and UESP 30th Anniversary Coin
• Steel: Previous Rewards and a 2026 Calendar (8.5x11", 14 page, 12 months), Four Poster Prints (10x12")
• Elven: Previous Rewards and Bookmark, UESP Book, Tote Bag, and Stickers
• Orcish: Previous Rewards and a T-Shirt, Statue
• Glass: Orcish Rewards and a Custom Amulet
• Daedric: Orcish Rewards and Two Custom Amulets