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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 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.
This guide covers everything you need to know about the Night Market event: dates, access, factions, districts, bosses, boons, daily quests, rewards and how to unlock and upgrade the free Night’s Den house.
Quick Event Facts
- Event Type: Limited-time PvE Event Zone
- Location: The Night Market Event Zone in Fargrave
- Difficulty: Veteran-focused, group-oriented
- Key Systems: Faction Favor, Tiered Bosses, Boons & Oddities
- Major Rewards: Free Night’s Den house, exclusive gear, furnishing and collectibles
What Is the Night Market in ESO?
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.
Night Market Features
- Much higher combat difficulty than standard overland content
- Faction-based progression using the Favor system
- Escalating boss tiers that unlock stronger encounters
- A strong focus on group mechanics and coordination
While solo play is technically possible, the Night Market is designed to reward grouping up and learning the boss mechanics.
ESO Night Market Event Availability
- Start Date: April 29, 2026
- End Date: June 17, 2026
ZeniMax has confirmed the Night Market will return later in 2026, with the potential to become a recurring or permanent feature depending on player feedback.
How to Get to the Night Market
You can access the Night Market using any of the following methods:
- Quest Starter: Pick up the free quest "Those Who Would Rule" from the Crown Store under Quest Starters and follow it's guideance.
- 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
Tip: The Night Market is designed for coordinated PvE play. Joining a group will dramatically improve your survivability and progression speed.
Choosing a Night Market Faction
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.
- 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.
Important Faction Rules:
- Faction choice is account-wide
- It cannot be changed for the duration of the event season
- Each faction offers rewards you can buy when you reach 1,000 / 2,500 / 5,000 / 10,000 Favor
The Winning Faction Reward
The Event Zone has a Faction Favor Tracker in the top-right corner of the screen, showing how much Favor each faction has earned throughout the event.
When the event concludes, all factions receive their faction-themed Monster Set Helm. The item quality depends on how well your faction performed:
- First Place: Golden Quality Faction Helm
- Second Place: Purple Quality Faction Helm
- Third Place: Blue Quality Faction Helm
All Faction Specific Rewards
Earning Favor (reputation) unlocks specific tiers of rewards at 1,000, 2,500, 5,000, and 10,000 Favor. See all Rewards in the Night Market Rewards Overview section.
| Faction Specific Rewards | The Glittering Goad | The Ruckus | The Thousand Eyes |
| Monster Set | Glittering Goad | The Ruckus | Thousand Eyes |
| Title | Priceless | Firebrand | The Scurrying |
| Dye | Glittering Gold | Ruckus Rust | Thousand Eyes Ichor |
| Furnishing | Glittering Goad Banner, Small Hanging & Glittering Goad Banner, Large Hanging | Ruckus Banner, Small Hanging & Ruckus Banner, Large Hanging | Thousand Eyes Banner, Small Hanging & Thousand Eyes Banner, Large Hanging |
| Style | Helm of the Glittering Goad& Shoulders of the Glittering Goad | Helm of the Ruckus & Shoulder of the Ruckus | Helm of the Thousand Eyes &Shoulders of the Thousand Eyes |
Note: Rewards are based on Public Test Server data and may change before launch.
Night Market Districts & Activities
The Night Market features three themed districts, each containing unique hazards and events.
Districts
- 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.
Activities
- 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
- Trial: The Opulent Ordeal (12 player)
- Daily Quests
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.
| 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 Daily Quest Lists
Daily quests are a primary source of Favor and reward coffers.
See the complete ESO Night Market Daily Quest Guide, including all faction, Starlit Plaza and discoverable district dailies.
Daily Quest Types
- Faction Dailies: Offered by your faction leader after the introductory quest to the districts
- Starlit Plaza: Daily quests from Dorfifar
- Discoverable District Quests: Found via objects in each district
How to Earn Faction Favor
You can compare ESO Faction Favor to other games Reputation Levels. Earning favor in the Night Market involves participating in boss fights, solving puzzles, completing daring races and finishing daily quests.
Favor Breakdown by source
| Amount | Source |
| 5 | Brazen Boss |
| 15 | Faceted Foe |
| 15 | Argent Boss |
| 25 | Calamitous Boss |
| 25/50 | Blood on the Sands Daily Quest (Starlit Plaza, Dorfifar) |
| 30 | Gilded Bosses (Dungeon) |
| 40 | District Daily Quest |
| 100 | Skirmish |
| 150 | Faction intro quest (one time) |
ESO Night Market Rewards Overview
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.
At Favor milestones you can buy:
| Required Favor Level | Item | Gold Price |
| 1,000 | Duneripper Viscera | 3,000 |
| 1,000 | Incandescent Pod, Small | 5,000 |
| 1,000 | Jump Pad, Decommissioned | 2,000 |
| 1,000 | Vendor's Egg Splinter, Vendor's Glass Splinter & Vendor's Lamp Splinter | 1,000 |
| 1,000 | Curated Overland Set Coffer | 2,000 |
| 2,000 | Curated Dungeon Set Coffer | 20,000 |
| 2,500 | Antiweather Pylon | 20,000 |
| 2,500 | Thousand Eyes Banner, Small Hanging, Ruckus Banner, Small Hanging & Glittering Goad Banner, Small Hanging | 5,000 |
| 5,000 | Curated Trial Set Coffer | 70,000 |
| 5,000 | Glittering Goad Banner, Large Hanging, Ruckus Banner, Large Hanging & Thousand Eyes Banner, Large Hanging | 15,000 |
| 10,000 | Bound Style Pages: Shoulders of the Thousand Eyes, Shoulder of the Ruckus & Shoulders of the Glittering Goad | 50,000 |
| 10,000 | Curated Item-set Coffers: Glittering Goad, The Ruckus & Thousand Eyes | 20,000 |
| 10,000 | Incandescent Pod, Large | 25,000 |
| 10,000 | Flamepitcher | 25,000 |
| - | Essence Crucible | 3,000 |
| - | Hourglass of Akatosh, Shattered | 20,000 |
Achievement Rewards
![[Night's Den] House & Faction dyes form left to right: Thousand Eyes Ichor, Ruckus Rust and Glittering Gold.](/storage/uploads/editor/images/pQl0b4nshhXUlJ3nNe5L11CuwnhF0n1R62iQuBnD.webp)
| Reward | Requirement |
| Night's Den House | Joining the Market |
| Gleaming Lamplight & Gleaming Lamp Replica | Gloom Warder |
| Illusory Egg of Arac & Egg of Arac Replica | Gauntlet Bearer |
| Windglass Formation & Windglass Replica | Wind Slicer |
| Thousand Eyes Ichor Dye | Goad Favored |
| Ruckus Rust Dye | Ruckus Favored |
| Glittering Gold Dye | 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 |
| Trophy: Web Eater & Bust: Web Eater | Defeat the Web Eater in the Opulent Ordeal Trial |
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 the Night Market availability .
| Mythic | Shattered Paths Signet |
| Furnishing | Bearer of Fargrave, Broken Skull |
| Furnishing | Bearer of Fargrave, Skeletal Jaw |
| Furnishing | Hourglass of Akatosh Brace, Massive |
| Furnishing | Imperial Titan Slayer |
| 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 are also grant you 25 Faction favor upon completion.
- Armor-set pieces from dungeons
- Motifs
- Recipes
- Furnishings
- Crafting materials
Boss loot drops
Bosses in the Night Market drop their trophies/busts, curated item-sets, new Skill Scrolls, leads and Trade Bars that are used in the Gold Coast Bazaar!
| Item | Source & Requirement |
| Your factions monster head piece: Glittering Goad, The Ruckus or Thousand Eyes | Opulent Ordeal Trial boss |
| Antiquity Leads | See link: Night Market Leads |
| Skill Scrolls: Forward Momentum, Absorb Missile, Quick Cloak | Skirmishes and Calamitous Bosses |
| Trade Bars | 2 From Calamitous Bosses |
| Bust: Alziriix | After completing "Gold-plated Keymaster" achievement: Gilded Alziriix boss in Gossamer Crypt Dungeon (Skittering Precinct) |
| Bust: B'Kyfxi & | After completing "Gold-plated Keymaster" achievement: Gilded B'Kyfxi boss in Timeless Wallow Dungeon (The Parch) |
| Bust: Fateline's Knell | After completing "Gold-plated Keymaster" achievement: Gilded Fateline's Knell boss in Mournful Catacomb Dungeon (Sorrow’s Friend) |
| Trophy: Alziriix | Gilded Alziriix boss in Gossamer Crypt Dungeon (Skittering Precinct) |
| Trophy: B'Kyfxi | Gilded B'Kyfxi boss in Timeless Wallow Dungeon (The Parch) |
| Trophy: Fateline's Knell | Gilded Fateline's Knell boss in Mournful Catacomb Dungeon (Sorrow’s Friend) |
| Trophy: Web Eater & Bust: Web Eater | Opulent Web Eater Boss in Opulent Ordeal Trial (Starlit Plaza) |
| Curated overland set items | |
| Curated dungeon set-items | Daily Quest Coffers |
| Curated trial set-items |
Related: Gold Coast Bazaar Page
Main Reward: The Night's Den House (Free)
The Night's Den is a free 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.
Night's Den Features
- Night's Den House is given to you after completing the intro quest
- Location: Night Market, Fargrave
- Functional in-house bank. (Requires 3,000 Favor)
- A Currency Vault which displays your carried gold
- Three Unlockable Wings, tied to district Relic achievements
- Faction Banner Toggle (Requires 2,000 Favor)
Night Market Gameplay Mechanics Explained
While accessible to solo players, The Night Market is designed for experienced players who prefer the mechanical requirements of trials or arenas but within a zone-sized map.
All the mechanics and puzzles would make this guide a bit too chonky, so you can read them in a separate more detailed walkthroughs guide!
Night Market Boons & Affinities Explained
In the Night Market, Boons and Affinities are core gameplay mechanics designed to help players survive the zone’s intentionally high difficulty.
Boons vs Affinities
- Boons: Temporary Power Boosts that apply to the District you acquired them from
- Affinities: Required mechanics for advanced encounters and achievements within the Opulent Ordeal Trial.
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Stay tuned as we continue to update this guide!
