General:Thieves Guild Launch Details & New Video

Originally published January 28, 2016. The original article can be found here.

Play dirty, get away clean. The life of a thief can be as lucrative as it is thrilling, especially as a member of the infamous Thieves Guild. For the first time in The Elder Scrolls Online, join the Thieves Guild and be swept up in a whirlwind of mischief, subterfuge, and of course, plenty of pilfering. We've got all the must-know Thieves Guild DLC game pack details for you, including features, pricing, release dates, and more.

Thieves Guild, the first official DLC game pack of 2016 for The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited, will be available on the ESO PTS (Public Test Server) next week and launches on PC/Mac on March 7th, Xbox One on March 22nd, and PlayStation®4 on March 23rd. The Thieves Guild DLC game pack—complete with a new Thieves Guild passive skill line, new Justice gameplay, hours of new story content and more—will be accessible at no cost to those who have an active ESO Plus™ membership. Otherwise, it will cost 2,000 crowns in the ESO Crown Store. The base-game patch, always free to those who own ESO, is chock-full of new features and enhancements including a 64-bit client for PC and Mac, scrolling combat text, grouping improvements and incentives, and tons of combat and gameplay balance changes. We encourage all our PC and Mac players to join us on the PTS for Thieves Guild testing!

Set in a desert peninsula called Hew's Bane, the Thieves Guild DLC game pack brings you to Hammerfell locations never before seen in an Elder Scrolls game. Abah's Landing, the opulent jewel of Hew's Bane, is not only one of the most elaborate cities in The Elder Scroll Online, it's also home to the Thieves Guild. Be ever aware of your surroundings while in Abah's Landing—the network of back alleys, narrow catwalks, and secluded alcoves hide more than a few secrets.

Watch our latest developer video, featuring Creative Director Rich Lambert, for an introduction to what awaits you in Thieves Guild:

(In original article there is a youtube video titled The Elder Scrolls Online: Introduction to Thieves Guild link here)

Play dirty, get away clean. The life of a thief can be as lucrative as it is thrilling, especially as a member of the infamous Thieves Guild. For the first time in The Elder Scrolls Online, join the Thieves Guild and be swept up in a whirlwind of mischief, subterfuge, and of course, plenty of pilfering. We've got all the must-know Thieves Guild DLC game pack details for you, including features, pricing, release dates, and more.

Thieves Guild, the first official DLC game pack of 2016 for The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited, will be available on the ESO PTS (Public Test Server) next week and launches on PC/Mac on March 7th, Xbox One on March 22nd, and PlayStation®4 on March 23rd. The Thieves Guild DLC game pack—complete with a new Thieves Guild passive skill line, new Justice gameplay, hours of new story content and more—will be accessible at no cost to those who have an active ESO Plus™ membership. Otherwise, it will cost 2,000 crowns in the ESO Crown Store. The base-game patch, always free to those who own ESO, is chock-full of new features and enhancements including a 64-bit client for PC and Mac, scrolling combat text, grouping improvements and incentives, and tons of combat and gameplay balance changes. We encourage all our PC and Mac players to join us on the PTS for Thieves Guild testing!

Set in a desert peninsula called Hew's Bane, the Thieves Guild DLC game pack brings you to Hammerfell locations never before seen in an Elder Scrolls game. Abah's Landing, the opulent jewel of Hew's Bane, is not only one of the most elaborate cities in The Elder Scroll Online, it's also home to the Thieves Guild. Be ever aware of your surroundings while in Abah's Landing—the network of back alleys, narrow catwalks, and secluded alcoves hide more than a few secrets.

Watch our latest developer video, featuring Creative Director Rich Lambert, for an introduction to what awaits you in Thieves Guild:

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Price Details

Thieves Guild DLC Game Pack Features & Content Details

Thieves Guild Base-Game Patch Details

Reaching Hew's Bane & Abah's Landing on the PTS

Pre-Launch Events

Details

Much like our previous DLC game packs, Thieves Guild comes in two parts—the DLC game pack and the base-game patch. Below is an explanation of each.

Price Details

The full Thieves Guild DLC game pack will be included with an active ESO Plus™ membership. If you are not an ESO Plus™ member, or your membership lapses, the Thieves Guild DLC game pack will cost 2,000 crowns in the ESO Crown Store.

A Thieves Guild DLC Collector's Bundle will also be available in the Crown Store for 4,000 crowns. It includes the Thieves Guild DLC game pack, the Hammerfell Camel mount, the Kindlespit Dragon Frog, and five Crown Experience Scrolls.

To find DLC game packs in the Crown Store, simply press the "," key or click on the Crown icon on your menu shortcut bar, and navigate to the “DLC" section. For steps on how to buy DLC game packs on Xbox One and PlayStation®4, please see this article.

Thieves Guild DLC Game Pack Features & Content

With the purchase of the Thieves Guild DLC game pack, you get access to Hew's Bane in southern Hammerfell, the port city of Abah's Landing, and The Maw of Lorkhaj, a new 12-player Trial. The DLC includes all of the following:

• Join the iconic Thieves Guild for the first time in ESO
• Located in the southern peninsula of Hammerfell, Hew's Bane, a new zone available to characters of all levels and home of Abah's Landing, the Thieves Guild headquarters
• A challenging new 12-player Trial: The Maw of Lorkhaj,
  • The first ESO Trial that is available in Normal and Veteran versions and scales to the group leader's level
  • Grants powerful new items and item sets obtainable in the Trial or the weekly Trial leaderboard rewards
• A new passive skill line, exclusive to members of the Thieves Guild
• Hours of exciting story content and quests that will have you revisiting your favorite areas of Tamriel
• A new Larceny System that includes repeatable activities such as heists, pickpocketing, stealing, and more
  • Guild Job Quests: Kari, a precise Nord woman who keeps accounts of the guild's finances, as well as accounts of information and rumors runs the Guild Job Board.
    • Travel all around Tamriel doing jobs for the Thieves Guild. These include pickpocketing, unlocking safeboxes, gathering items for consignment requests, and more.
  • Heist Quests: Find Fa'ren-dar, a tough male Khajiit who works on the far side of the Den, near the sewer drain exit. He runs the Heist Board.
    • Thieves Guild heists require sneaking, avoiding traps, and getting in and out of special instanced heist areas with your prize—earn special bonuses for completing the heists undetected and within the time limit!
  • Reacquisitions Quests: Seek out Spencer Rye, a fancy Breton man who runs the Reacquisitions Board, which is set up just outside the Thieves Den.
    • Kill group bosses and complete delves in Hew's Bane.
• Two new delves, Bahraha's Gloom and Shark's Teeth Grotto, featuring all-new challenges and rewards
• Two all-new formidable world bosses
• Powerful new gear, unique crafting styles, and other rewards inspired by the Thieves Guild
  • 4 item sets that grant unique, group-based PVE bonuses available in the Maw of Lorkhaj Trial and as Trial leaderboard weekly rewards
  • 2 sets available in Hew's Bane
  • 3 new craftable sets
• The Outlaw crafting style
• Assistants, new non-combat followers you can summon that provide a service
• Brand new in-game musical score, inspired by the Thieves Guild and Hammerfell region

Thieves Guild Base-Game Patch In addition to the Thieves Guild DLC game pack launch, everyone who owns The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited will receive the base-game patch at no cost. The Thieves Guild base-game patch includes a new 64-bit client for PC and Mac, new item sets and crafting styles, improvements to our Grouping Tool, fixes and improvements to existing game systems and content, and more! Here are some of the highlights:

• A 64-bit client for PC and Mac (BETA)
• Improvements to grouping, including incentives and the ability to queue up via the Group Finder with friends and guild members, regardless of their alliance!
• Tons of combat and gameplay balance improvements
• Scrolling combat text (SCT)
• Improvements and updates to Cyrodiil and its campaigns
• Access to content from other alliances in any order you choose upon reaching Veteran Rank 1
• Improved facial animations for Mac
• Six new item sets available from the Alliance War leaderboards and Rewards for the Worthy mails
• Six new crafting styles
  • Three Alliance Motifs: Found in chests in Cyrodiil and Imperial City
  • Malacath: Received from Orsinium Daily World Boss quests
  • Soul-Shriven: Received from completing the Cadwell's Silver quest (automatically granted to those who have completed this quest)
  • Trinimac: Received from Orsinium Daily Delve quests
• …and more!

Reaching Hew's Bane & Abah's Landing on the PTS

For those of you joining us on the ESO PTS, you can get to Hew's Bane and Abah's Landing in a few simple steps.

Using a Thieves Guild Template Character If you plan to use a pre-made template character on the PTS, please choose from the Thieves Guild-specific ones.

1.While on the character creation screen, click on the drop-down in the upper-left corner of your screen.

2.Select one of the three Thieves Guild character templates—there is a VR16 one for each alliance.

3.When you enter the game on at VR16 template character, you will be in Daggerfall, Davon's Watch, or Vulkhel Guard, depending on your alliance. The level 49 characters begin in front of the Harborage.

4.Purchase the Thieves Guild DLC game pack from the Crown Store. (Both template characters and those copied over from the live megaservers will have enough crowns to buy the DLC game pack.) We also recommend buying bag space upgrades in the Crown Store.

5.After you purchase the Thieves Guild DLC game pack, enter any Outlaws Refuge and approach a thief by the name of Quen. Speak to her to begin the “Partners in Crime" quest.

6.Progress through the events of the “Partners in Crime" questline—they will lead you to Abah's Landing.

Using a Non-Template or Copied Character

1.First, create a character on the ESO PTS and purchase the Thieves Guild DLC game pack from the Crown Store. (Both template characters and those copied over from the live megaservers will have enough crowns to buy the DLC game pack.)

2.After you purchase the Thieves Guild DLC game pack, enter any Outlaws Refuge and approach a thief by the name of Quen. Speak to her to begin the “Partners in Crime" quest.

3.Progress through the events of the “Partners in Crime" questline—they will lead you to Abah's Landing.

Manually Entering Hew's Bane or Abah's Landing

After you purchase the Thieves Guild DLC game pack, you can also use the Wayshrine network to fast travel to Hew's Bane and Abah's Landing. Quen, the Thieves Guild main quest bestower, will be waiting for you at the Wayshrine.

Pre-Launch Events

Whether you'll be joining us on the PTS or eagerly awaiting launch on console, everyone can participate in the Thieves Guild pre-launch fun. We'll have a full schedule of happenings leading up to the DLC game pack launch in March, including articles and guides, Q&As, live Twitch broadcasts, PTS events, and official screenshot and concept art releases. Speaking of live broadcasts, join us on Twitch for our first Thieves Guild special on 01/29 at 4PM EST!

If you'll be livestreaming your Thieves Guild adventures on the PTS, we want to hear from you! Share your livestream with us on Twitter @TESOnline with #ThievesGuild. We'll share livestreams throughout the Thieves Guild testing period on our official Twitch and social media channels, and may even drop in to hang out and watch.

Deck out your favorite desktop or mobile device with this commemorative new wallpaper, featuring would-be thieves plundering an ancient tomb in Thieves Guild.

Grab your lockpicks and prepare for your next daring, treasure-filled adventure—the Thieves Guild will be expecting you this March!

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