The Elder Scrolls Online Night Market is the game’s first-ever Event Zone, delivering a limited-time, high-difficulty PvE experience set in the extra-planar city of Fargrave. Designed primarily for veteran players, the Night Market combines difficult world bosses, public events, dungeons and a full 12-player Trial.
The Night Market Zone has some of the most ambitious rewards ESO has ever offered, including a free
Night's Den player house with a functional in-house bank (you won't need a banker!).
Quick Event Facts
- Dates: April 29 to June 17, 2026 (7 weeks)
- Location: The Night Market Event Zone in Fargrave. Enter through the Portal.
- Requirements: Free with base game
- Event Type: Limited-time PvE Event Zone
- Difficulty: Veteran-focused, group-oriented
- Core Systems: Faction Favor (Reputation System), tiered Bosses, Puzzles and Boons
- Trade Bars: A small amount drops from bosses throughout the event
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Major Rewards: Free
Night's Den house, monster sets, furnishing and collectibles
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Golden Pursuit: There's a Welcome to the Night Market Golden Pursuit with extra Rewards like the
Night Market Curator skin and faction style pages.
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What Is the ESO Night Market?
The Night Market is a large-scale cooperative PvE zone set within an extra-planar city of Fargrave. Unlike standard overland zones, combat difficulty is intentionally elevated to be closer to Trials and Arenas, while still maintaining an open-world structure.
You can think of The Night Market as just like any other zone, it just has a lot more bosses.
Night Market Features
- Much higher combat difficulty than standard overland content and Mechanics requiring coordination
- You can not resurrect normally, you need to wait for a ress or spawn on a Rooftop Oasisis safe zone
- Faction Favor (Reputation) system with Faction Vendors
- Escalating boss tiers: Brazen → Argent → Gilded → Opulent
- 3 unique Dungeons and a 12-player trial (Opulent Ordeal)
- Quests, Oddities (Puzzles), Daring Races and many other activities
While solo play is technically possible, the Night Market is designed to reward grouping up and learning the boss mechanics.
For a full breakdown of every boss fight and puzzle, see the ESO Night Market: How to Beat Every Boss and Puzzle guide.
What you can solo in the Night Market
Most of the Night Market content will require grouping up, but several things can be soloed. For example, you can use
Shadow Cloak from the nightblades Shadow skill line to stealth around.
Pros
- ✅ Night Market intro quest (gives you the Night's Den house)
- ✅ Faction Introductory Quest
- ✅ Discoverable District quests (5 each, total 15)
- ✅ Daring Races
- ✅ Some Oddities (puzzles)
Cons
- ❌ Brazen Bosses
- ❌ Argent Bosses
- ❌ Calamitous Bosses
- ❌ District Skirmishes
- ❌ Dungeon Bosses
- ❌ Opulent Ordeal Trial
- ❌ Faction Leader Daily Quests
How to Get to the Night Market in ESO
You can access the ESO Night Market using any of the following methods:
- Direct Travel: Use the Starlit Plaza Wayshrine or select the new icon on the Fargrave Map to teleport directly
- The Curator: Locate The Curator within the Shambles in eastern Fargrave. He will guide you through a portal to the heart of the Night Market
How to Earn Trade Bars
Trade bars drop as loot from bosses instead of daily quests like in most ESO events.
| Trade Bars | Source |
| 5 | Opulent Ordeal Trial |
| 2 | Calamitous Bosses |
| 1 | Gilded Bosses (dungeon) |
ESO Night Market Factions
Upon entering the zone, you must pledge allegiance to one of three factions. Your faction determines your titles, dyes, banners, monster sets and cosmetic rewards. For a detailed breakdown of each faction, see the Night Market Factions Guide.
- The Glittering Goad (Patron: Tachien): Wealth-driven meritocrats who control most auctions and merchant stands. Power is earned through coin, contracts, and influence, anyone can rise, if they can afford it.
- The Ruckus (Patron: Kharakhal Moon-Eye): Enforcers who rule through strength and intimidation. They demand a cut of all business in exchange for protection, seeking to reclaim dominance after their district fell to darkness.
- The Thousand Eyes (Patron: Molto the Whisperer): An ancient collective of the overlooked and insignificant. They wield power through numbers, secrets, and information gathered from the shadows of the Market.
- Faction choice is account-wide
- It cannot be changed for the duration of the event season
- Each faction has a vendor that you can purchase rewards from when you reach 1,000 / 2,500 / 5,000 / 10,000 Favor for your faction
How to Earn Faction Favor
Best way to farm Faction Favor is to pickup your Faction Leaders Daily Quest (kill a boss, complete an oddity etc), the Blood on the Sands Daily Quest from Dorfifar at the plaza and then join a group to kill bosses. Faction Leader dailies can be shared with your group members.
Related: Night Market Daily Quest Guide
Favor Sources
| Amount | Source |
| 150 | Opulent Ordeal Trial completion |
| 150 | Faction intro quest |
| 100 | District Skirmish |
| 75 | Faction Leader Daily Quest |
| 75 | Blood on the Sands Daily Quest (when you kill 75 enemies) |
| 50 | Blood on the Sands Daily Quest (when you kill 50 enemies) |
| 40 | District Daily Quest |
| 30 | Gilded Bosses (Dungeon) |
| 30 | Favor Orbs on the ground |
| 25 | Blood on the Sands Daily Quest (when you kill 25 enemies) |
| 25 | Calamitous Boss |
| 15 | Argent Boss |
| 15 | Faceted Foe |
| 10 | Complete an Oddity |
| 5 | Brazen Boss |
All Faction Specific Rewards
Everything else in the Night Market, including all three Night's Den house wings, furnishings and Collectibles, is available to everyone regardless of faction.
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| Title | Priceless | Firebrand | The Scurrying |
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Placement Rewards
When the event concludes, all factions receive their factions Banner furnishing, Monster Set Helm and Shoulder plus some gold. The item quality is based how well your Factions as a whole did:
- First: Golden Coffer and Rewards
- Second: Purple Coffer and Rewards
- Third: Blue Coffer and Rewards
District Activities
Each zone has it's activities based on it's theme:
- Boss Hunting: Defeat Brazen, Argent and Calamitous bosses
- Skirmishes: Large public combat events unique to each district
- Daring Races: Time-based traversal challenges.
- Oddities: Environmental puzzle encounters
- Dungeons: Gilded boss instances
- Daily Quests: View Night Market Daily Quest Guide
Boss Progression & Kill Order
Higher-tier bosses only spawn after defeating lower-tier encounters. Argent bosses only appear after Brazen bosses are slain and Gilded Bosses can be accessed once Argent bosses have been defeated.
For full boss mechanics and strategies, see ESO Night Market: How to Beat Every Boss and Puzzle.
| Boss type and amount per district | Requirement |
| 1x Calamitous | None |
| 4x Brazen | None |
| 2x Argent | Kill 2x Brazen to spawn one Argent Boss. |
| 1x Gilded | Kill 2x Argent Bosses + Acquire the District Relic |
| Opulent Ordeal Trial | Kill 3x Gilded |
Night Market Districts
The Night Market features three themed districts, each containing unique hazards, bosses and events.
For detailed boss mechanics and puzzle solutions, see ESO Night Market: How to Beat Every Boss and Puzzle.
- The Parch: A dry, arid landscape where wind rattles the bones of the fallen.
- Skittering Precinct: A district overrun by crawling creatures nesting within the walls.
- Sorrow’s Friend: A dark, foreboding area home to malevolent creatures lurking in the shadows.
The Parch
A dry, arid landscape where wind rattles the bones of the fallen. Perpetual sandstorms block certain paths until you acquire the
Windglass relic. The district dungeon is the Timeless Wallow.
- Brazen Bosses: Taupezu Azzida, Sellistrix, Doyelmish Ironheart, Incineration Beetle
- Argent Bosses: Ash Titan, Ozezan the Inferno
- Calamitous Boss: Dunegorger
- Gilded Boss: B'Kyfxi (Timeless Wallow, 4-player instance)
Skittering Precinct
A district overrun by crawling creatures nesting within the walls. Grapple points let you reach elevated areas once you have the
Egg of Arac relic. The district dungeon is the Gossamer Crypt.
- Brazen Bosses: Kraohl the Defiler, Khephidaen, Votary of Velidreth, Dranos Velador
- Argent Bosses: Flesh Abomination, Lady Nassulekh
- Calamitous Boss: Roksa the Warped
- Gilded Boss: Alziriix (Gossamer Crypt Dungeon, 4-player instance)
Sorrow's Friend
A dark, foreboding area home to malevolent creatures lurking in the shadows. Patches of the Baleful Darkness damage and kill you unless you carry the
Gleaming Lamp relic. The district dungeon is the Mournful Catacomb.
- Brazen Bosses: Kynmarcher Strix, Plague of Crows, Murklight, Scavenging Maw
- Argent Bosses: Kovan Giryon, Exarch Molonach
- Calamitous Boss: Wailing Bedina
- Gilded Boss: Fateline’s Knell (Mournful Catacomb Dungeon, 4-player instance)
Night Market Boons
Boons are passive combat buffs you earn while exploring each Night Market districts. They stack as you defeat Calamitous and Gilded bosses, complete daring races, solve oddities and kill Faceted enemies, providing benefits like increased Max HP that make the content easier.
Boons work inside the Night Market Districts, dungeons and trial. Each Boon has a different duration, from 15 minutes to 1 hour.
Skittering Precinct Boons
| Boon | Effect | Source |
| Aracs Sacrifice (15min) | A small spider follows you and when it dies, you can activate a synergy to deal X Poison Damage within 30 meters. The corpse lasts 30 seconds and does X Poison Damage every 1 second. | Rapid Extermination Race |
| Flame Aura (15min) | Flame AOE that damages enemies within 6 feet of you. | Arachnid Invasion Oddity |
| Magical Multitudes | Your AOE skills create diverging energy, pulsing every 0.8 seconds for 10 seconds dealing X Magic damage. | Gilded Alziriix (Gossamer Crypt Dungeon) |
| Swift Gale (15min) | Your Light attacks deal X frost mage every 0.5 seconds to nearby enemies | Calamitous Roksa the Warped |
Sorrow's Friend Boons
| Boon | Effect | Source |
| Agonizing Tether | Summons a red soul gem that does X damage every 0.3 seconds to enemies standing in it. Created every 15 seconds and last 12 seconds. | Guiding Light Oddity |
| Exanguinate | Direct Damage Abilities cause enemies to bleed X damage every 1 second for 6 seconds. | Faceted enemies |
| Frenzied Seal | 215% increased Light Attack damage. Each Light Attack adds a stack of Intensity. At 10 stacks your light attack damage increases another 115% for 5 seconds. Light Attacks refresh Frenzy. | Calamitous Wailing Bedina |
| Valued mark | Increases Magicka and Stamina Recovery by 25% | Descender Skirmish |
The Parch Boons
| Boon | Effect | Source |
| Boulder Bash | Bashing creates a boulder that moves forward dealing damage and stunning enemies. | Boulder Dash Oddity |
| Golden Sleight | Highlights an enemy that you can charge (with synergy) and deal damage. 15s cooldown. | Calamitous Dunegorger |
| Golden Spurs | 20% Speed and 25% more gold from enemies | Ritual Skirmish |
| Healthy Bargain | 25% more maximum health | Descender Skirmish |
| Sand Swipe | Spawns a tendril with 3 pearls that heals you and attacks enemies when they're close. Each pearl shields you pickup shields you from 33% incoming damage. | Gilded B'Kyfxi (Timeless Wallow Dungeon) |
Daily Quests
Daily quests are a primary source of Favor and reward coffers.
- Faction Dailies: Offered by your faction leader after the introductory quest (5x but needs to be shared by other players)
- Starlit Plaza: Kill 25/50/75 enemies quests from Dorfifar
- Discoverable District Quests: Found via objects in each district (5x each)
ESO Night Market Rewards Overview
Here you can find all the rewards you can get from achievements, boss loot and daily coffers.
Main Reward: The Night's Den House (Free)
A quick overview of all the rewards that you can obtain in the ESO Night Market Event zone.
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Night's Den is a free ESO player house located at the heart of the Night Market. Formerly a vault for the market's elite, it expands as you complete achievements within the zone.
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Night's Den is given to you after completing the short intro quest
- Location: Night Market, Fargrave
- Functional in-house bank. (Requires 5,000 Favor)
- A Currency Vault which displays your carried gold
- Three Unlockable Wings, tied to district Relic achievements
- Faction Banner Toggle (Requires 2,000 Favor)
Faction Vendor Wares & Rewards
When you reach the required Favor level, you can buy furnishings, collectibles, curated gear coffers, and style pages from your Faction Vendor. Favor is not consumed.
Achievement Rewards
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Joining the Market |
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Relic Gloom Warder |
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Relic Gauntlet Bearer |
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Relic Wind Slicer |
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Goad Favored |
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Ruckus Favored |
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Eyes Favored |
| Character title: Priceless | Goad Favored |
| Character title: Firebrand | Ruckus Favored |
| Character title: The Scurrying | Eyes Favored |
| Character title: Diamantine | Bedlam Across the Planes |
| Character title: Interplanar Victor | Night Marketeer |
| Character title: Pathwalker | Essence of War |
Night Market Mythics & Antiquities
The leads drop in The Night Market Zone, but are dug in Coldharbour so you don't need to worry about Night Market availability .
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| Furnishing | Valenwood Skull Blocks |
Night Market Coffer Rewards
Night Market Reward coffers mainly drop curated armor-set pieces from dungeons and older Daedric themed rewards. They also grant you 25 Faction Favor upon completion.
- Armor-set pieces from dungeons
- Motifs
- Recipes
- Furnishings
- Crafting materials
Boss Loot & Rewards
Bosses in the Night Market drop their trophies and busts, curated item-sets, new Skill Scrolls, leads and Trade Bars used in the Gold Coast Bazaar and Event Merchants.
Bosses also drop Antiquity Leads
| Boss | Loot |
| Faceted enemis | 15 Faction Favor |
| Brazen Bosses |
5 Faction Favor, Splinters, Gear sets: |
| Argent Bosses | 15 Faction Favor, Splinters, Gear sets |
| Calamitous Bosses |
15 Faction Favor 2 Trade Bars Skill Scrolls: |
| District Skirmishes |
100 Faction Favor Skill Scrolls: |
| Opulent Ordeal Trial boss |
150 Faction Favor 5 Trade Bars Your factions monster head piece: Trophy: Web Eater Bust: Web Eater |
| Gilded Alziriix |
30 Faction Favor Bust: Alziriix Trophy: Alziriix |
| Gilded B'Kyfxi |
30 Faction Favor Bust: B'Kyfxi Trophy: B'Kyfxi |
| Gilded Fateline's Knell |
30 Faction Favor Bust: Fateline's Knell Trophy: Fateline's Knell |
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