ESO Night Market Event Guide : Full List of Rewards and Activities

ESO Night Market is a first of a kind experimental event zone that introduces difficult bosses, skirmishes and even its own trial! Rewards include a house with a bank and Dragonknight skill styles.

By Edenprime

Updated: 14/01/2026
This event will start on Apr 29th 2026

The Night Market is a major new addition to The Elder Scrolls Online, introducing the game’s first-ever Event Zone. Designed as a limited-time, experimental PVE experience, the Night Market allows ZeniMax Online Studios to test new gameplay systems, difficulty scaling and reward structures that may shape future ESO content.

This complete guide explains Night Market dates, gameplay mechanics, factions, rewards, progression systems, and how to unlock the Night’s Den house, so you know exactly what to expect when the event goes live.

What Is the Night Market in ESO?

Night Market Features high difficulty combat encounters that are geared towards experienced players.
Night Market Features high difficulty combat encounters that are geared towards experienced players.

The Night Market is a large-scale cooperative PvE Event Zone set in the extra-planar city of Fargrave. Unlike traditional overland zones, it features:

  • Significantly higher combat difficulty
  • Faction-based progression
  • Rewards tied to Faction Favor
  • A strong focus on group-oriented gameplay

The zone is designed primarily for experienced players, offering a bridge between casual overland content and end-game activities such as Trials and Arenas.

ESO Night Market Event Availability:

The Night Market is scheduled to begin on April 29 2026 and will run until June 17 2026. 

While the Night Market is currently a limited-time event, ZeniMax has confirmed it will return later in 2026. Based on player feedback, it may become a permanent Event Zone in the future.

Getting Started

Team up in the first ever Event Zone
Team up in the first ever Event Zone

You can access the Night Market using any of the following methods:

  1. Quest Starter: Pick up the free quest "Those Who Would Rule" from the Crown Store under Quest Starters > Events
  2. Direct Travel: Use the Starlit Plaza Wayshrine or select the new icon on the Fargrave Map to teleport directly
  3. 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: While solo play is possible, we recommend you group up as the event zone is designed for players seeking more difficult PVE content.  

Choosing a Night Market Faction

Promotional Image of the Night Market Skittering Precinct
Promotional Image of the Night Market Skittering Precinct

After entering the zone, you must pledge allegiance to one of three factions.

Important:

  • Faction choice is account-wide
  • It cannot be changed for the duration of the event season
  • Each Faction has their own rewards once you reach 2500, 5000 and 10000 favor

The Glittering Goad

The Glittering Goad Faction Patron Tachien
The Glittering Goad Faction Patron Tachien
  • Patron: Tachien (Dremora).
  • Focus: A meritocracy built on amassed wealth, auctions, and prestigious trade
  • Philosophy: Anyone can succeed in the market, provided they have the gold to pay for the privilege

The Glittering Goad Faction Specific Rewards:

Favor needed Reward
1000 Goad Contributor Achievement
2500 Goad Preferred Achievement
5000 Goad Esteemed Achievement
10000 Goad Favored Achievement, Glittering Gold Dye and the Character title: Priceless

The Ruckus

The Ruckus Faction Patron Kharakhal Moon-Eye
The Ruckus Faction Patron Kharakhal Moon-Eye
  • Patron: Kharakhal Moon-Eye (Senche-raht)
  • Focus: Strength and disruption of Daedric supremacy
  • Philosophy: Scrappy underdogs who respect raw power and offer "protection" to those doing business

The Ruckus Faction Specific Rewards:

Favor needed Reward
1000 Ruckus Contributor Achievement
2500 Ruckus Preferred Achievement
5000 Ruckus Esteemed Achievement
10000 Ruckus Favored Achievement, Ruckus Rust Dye and the Character title: Firebrand

The Thousand Eyes

Thousand Eyes Faction Patron Molto the Whisperer
Thousand Eyes Faction Patron Molto the Whisperer
  • Patron: Molto the Whisperer (Daedrat)
  • Focus: Secrets, knowledge, and information gathered from the shadows
  • Philosophy: Comprised of the "insignificant" who find great power in their numbers and shared secrets

The Ruckus Faction Specific Rewards:

Favor needed Reward
1000 Eyes Contributor Achievement
2500 Eyes Preferred Achievement
5000 Eyes Esteemed Achievement
10000 Eyes Favored Achievement, Thousand Eyes Ichor Dye and the Character title: The Scurrying

Zone Districts & Activities

Promotional Image of Calamitous Dunegorger in the Parch Disctrict.
Promotional Image of Calamitous Dunegorger in the Parch Disctrict.

The Night Market features three themed districts, each containing unique hazards and events.

  • 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 you can complete in the Districts

  1. Boss Hunting: Encounter Brazen, Argent, and Calamitous monsters stalking the streets.
  2. Skirmishes: Participate in public events such as the Brood Skirmish (Skittering Precinct), Ritual Skirmish (The Parch), or Descender Skirmish (Sorrow’s Friend).
  3. Daring Races: Time-based traversal challenges across winding district streets.
  4. Oddities: Solve environmental puzzles that often require multiple players to complete.
  5. The Opulent Ordeal: A 12-player Trial encounter that serves as the ultimate challenge of coordination and skill.
  6. Daily Quests: Offered by faction patrons
  7. Repeatable discoverable quests: Found in the districts.

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

  1. Boons: Temporary Power Boosts that apply to the entire Night Market zone
  2. Affinities: Required mechanics for advanced encounters and achievements within the Opulent Ordeal Trial.

How to Earn Boons

You can acquire boons by completing the following activities:

  • Defeating Major Bosses: Slay Calamitous roaming bosses such as Roksa the Warped or The Dunegorger. Or defeat Gilded 4-player bosses like Alziriix or B’Kyfxi
  • Completing Daring Races: Finish traversal challenges such as Void Collapse or Unstable Creatia.
  • Solving Oddities: Complete cooperative environmental puzzles like Boulder Dash and Guiding Light
  • Hunting Faceted Foes: Defeat rare enemies marked by a green or gold glow, which indicate enhanced variants

Boons are intended to smooth difficulty spikes, especially when chaining boss encounters or tackling skirmishes with smaller groups.

Affinities: Opulent Ordeal Trial-Specific

Unlike boons, affinities are not general-purpose buffs. Each affinity interacts with specific boss mechanics and environmental hazards within the trial.

There are three Affinities:

  • Cobweb Affinity
  • Drylands Affinity
  • Eclipse Affinity

How Night Market Rewards Work

Starlit Plaza,
Starlit Plaza,

Earning rewards in the Night Market involves participating in high-difficulty PVE activities, progressing through faction ranks, and completing achievements. 

Faction Favor Explained

Favor is the primary progression "currency" tied to your chosen faction.

How to Earn Favor:

  • Complete daily faction quests
  • Finish repeatable district quests
  • Participate in skirmishes and district events

Faction Vendors

As your Favor rank increases, you unlock new items from your faction vendor in the Starlit Plaza, including:

  • Boss busts and trophies
  • Furnishing versions of Night Market mementos
  • Cosmetic and achievement-based rewards

Full List of all Night Market Rewards

Here's a list of all currently known rewards you can acquire from the new ESO Night Market. The list will be updated with sources once they're known.

  1. House: Night's Den  
  2. Item Sets: Glittering Goad, Gorethief, Shattered Paths Signet, The Ruckus and Thousand Eyes  
  3. Furnishing Plans: Night's Den Window Grate, Ornate, Fargrave Paper Lantern, Blue Flat, Fargrave Paper Lantern, Blue Round, Fargrave Paper Lantern, Green Flat, Fargrave Paper Lantern, Green Round, Fargrave Paper Lantern, Purple Flat, Fargrave Paper Lantern, Purple Round, Fargrave Paper Lantern, Red Flat, Fargrave Paper Lantern, Red Round, Fargrave Switch Plate, Blue, Fargrave Switch Plate, Green, Fargrave Switch Plate, Red and Fargrave Switch Plate, Yellow  
  4. Egg of Arac Memento+ Furnishing
  5. Gleaming Lamp Memento+ Furnishing
  6. Windglass Memento+ Furnishing
  7. Outfit Styles: Helm of the Ruckus, Shoulder of the Ruckus, Helm of the Glittering Goad, Shoulders of the Glittering Goad, Helm of the Thousand Eyes and Shoulders of the Thousand Eyes  
  8. Skin: Night Market Curator  
  9. Furnishing: Bearer of Fargrave, Broken Skull, Bearer of Fargrave, Skeletal Jaw and Hourglass of Akatosh Brace, Massive  
  10. Antiquity Furnishing: Imperial Titan Slayer and Valenwood Skull Blocks  
  11. Emote: Not My Coins!
  12. Busts & Tropies: Alziriix, B'Kyfxi, Fateline's Knell and Web Eater  
  13. Skill Styles: Chains of Flame, Azure Blue, Core of Flame, Azure Blue, Dark Talons, Azure Blue, Dragon Blood, Azure Blue, Dragon Leap, Azure Blue, Dragonknight Standard, Azure Blue, Hearthfire, Azure Blue, Inferno, Azure Blue, Obsidian Shield, Azure Blue, Petrify, Azure Blue, Searing Strike, Azure Blue, Superheated Ward, Azure Blue and Wing Buffet, Azure Blue  
  14. Dyes: Thousand Eyes Ichor, Glittering Gold and Ruckus Rust
  15. Titles: The Scurrying, Priceless, Firebrand, Diamante, Pathwalker, Interplanar Victor  

How to Unlock The Night's Den House

Functional can bank found inside the event house.
Functional can bank found inside the event house.

Located in the heart of the Night Market, The Night’s Den is a free player house that mirrors the Daedric splendor of Fargrave. Originally a hub for the market’s elite, it features a unique modular design that expands as you complete achievements within the zone.

Night's Den Features

  • Location: Night Market, Fargrave
  • Fully Functional Bank inside the house.
  • Three Unlockable Wings, each tied to district progression
  • In-Game Flavor Text: The Night Market provides vast opportunities, including a former bank vault in need of a new owner. Hoard your wealth—and your faction's secrets—inside. Plus decorate your den with faction furnishings as you gain favor with your chosen group!

Step 1: Unlock the Base House

The new progressible Night’s Den house you can earn from the Night Market Event in ESO
The new progressible Night’s Den house you can earn from the Night Market Event in ESO

The base version of the Night’s Den is given to you when you finish the intro quest.

  1. Start “Those Who Would Rule” from the Crown Store
  2. Pledge to a faction patron
  3. Complete the intro quest
  4. Receive your Night’s Den home

Step 2: Unlock the House Wings by Completing Relics

To expand your home, you must reconstruct three Relics. Each Relic requires 10 Relic Splinters found within their respective districts. 

Splinter Sources: 

  1. Defeat four Brazen Bosses (4x Splinters)
  2. Defeat two Argent Bosses (2x Splinters)
  3. Complete the District Skirmish (1 Splinter)
  4. Defeat weak roaming enemies. (1 Splinter)
  5. Purchase 2 splinter from your Faction Vendor. (1 Splinter)
  6. Complete 10 District Daily Quests. (1 Splinter)

Night's Den Wings

  • Wing 1: Acquire the Egg of Arac by completing the "Gauntlet Bearer" achievement in the Skittering Precint.  
  • Wing 2: Acquire the Windglass by completing the "Wind Slicer" achievement The Parch.
  • Wing 3: Acquire the Gleaming Lamp by completing the "Gloom Warder" achievement in the Sorrow's Friend.  

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.

Once I can test the event zone on PTS, I will write a detailed guide for each encounter. ~Eden

Images from the Night Market Zone

Below are some screenshots taken from the 2026 Reveal Stream.

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Stay tuned as we learn more about the Night Market Event Zone!


Past event dates

  • From: Apr 29th 2026, To: Nov 7th 2026

The Night Market Outfit Styles

Icon icon Helm of the Glittering Goad
Icon icon Helm of the Ruckus
Icon icon Helm of the Thousand Eyes
Icon icon Shoulder of the Ruckus
Icon icon Shoulders of the Glittering Goad
Icon icon Shoulders of the Thousand Eyes

The Night Market Furniture

Icon icon Bearer of Fargrave, Broken Skull How the Bearers of Fargrave met their end is a mystery known to no mortal or Daedra yet living. It's said a great and terrible calamity occurred, the Bearers forgot their purpose, and they met their ends as aetherial sands rose to consume them.
Icon icon Bearer of Fargrave, Skeletal Jaw It's said that in ages long past these great colossi once hefted Fargrave onto their shoulders, transporting it down a great and winding road. This endless procession wore paths in the very fabric of the Aurbis that still survive to this day.
Icon icon Hourglass of Akatosh Brace, Massive "To one such as I, time itself can be shaped. It can be moulded. It can be broken. When I command the sands, all will know of my artistry." - B'Kyfxi
Icon icon Imperial Titan Slayer "While I still stand, the Empire yet lives, filth. For the Emperor! For Cyrodiil!"
Icon icon Valenwood Skull Blocks "Aren't they incredible? I did the alchemical peeling and preservation and a friend did the enchantment. I'm on leave from the rangers next week, we're going to play for King Camoran himself!" - Glooredel

The Night Market Collectibles

Icon icon Bust: Alziriix Bronze bust of Gilded Alziriix in the Gossamer Crypt.
Icon icon Bust: B'Kyfxi Bronze bust of Gilded B'Kyfxi in the Timeless Wallow.
Icon icon Bust: Fateline's Knell Bronze bust of Gilded Fateline's Knell in the Mournful Catacomb.
Icon icon Bust: Web Eater Bronze bust of the Opulent Web Eater in the Opulent Ordeal.
Icon icon Chains of Flame, Azure Blue Applies to Chains of Flame, Chains of Devastation, and Chains of Dominance. Select in Skills menu.
Icon icon Core of Flame, Azure Blue Applies to Core of Flame, Soul of Flame, and Heart of Flame. Select in Skills menu.
Icon icon Dark Talons, Azure Blue Applies to Dark Talons, Burning Talons, and Choking Talons. Select in Skills menu.
Icon icon Dragon Blood, Azure Blue Applies to Dragon Blood, Blood of the Elder Dragon, and Blood of the Green Dragon. Select in Skills menu.
Icon icon Dragon Leap, Azure Blue Applies to Dragon Leap, Ferocious Leap, and Take Flight. Select in Skills menu.
Icon icon Dragonknight Standard, Azure Blue Applies to Dragonknight Standard, Shifting Standard, and Standard of Might. Select in Skills menu.
Icon icon Egg of Arac Replica A facsimile created to honor the living spider mounted on a gauntlet which allowed its user to grapple their way through the Skittering Precinct.
Icon icon Gleaming Lamp Replica A recreation of the powerful Gleaming Lamp. While the original is capable of casting enough light to keep the hungering Baleful Darkness at bay, this lamp is perfect for chasing the shadows out of dimly lit corners.
Icon icon Gleaming Lamplight The Gleaming Lamp's light burns for a short, yet resplendent, time outside of the Night Market. Formed in a blaze that rivals even Meridia's Dawnstar Gem, the Gleaming Lamp does its best to destroy any shadows around it.
Icon icon Hearthfire, Azure Blue Applies to Hearthfire, Fire Keeper, and Hearth and Home. Select in Skills menu.
Icon icon Illusory Egg of Arac In a swirl of skittering webs and vermillion magic, the image of a gauntlet bearing the Egg of Arac floats in the air. It may be only an illusion, but this projection of the Egg of Arac is frightening enough to drive off small birds and amphibians.
Icon icon Inferno, Azure Blue Applies to Inferno, Incinerate, and Cauterize. Select in Skills menu.
Icon icon Night Market Curator Adventure. Power. Mischief. Tests of strength. All await in the Night Market, as any who curate here knows.
Icon icon Night's Den The Night Market provides vast opportunities, including a former bank vault in need of a new owner. Hoard your wealth—and your faction's secrets—inside. Plus decorate your den with faction furnishings as you gain favor with your chosen group!
Icon icon Not My Coins! Don't you dare touch my precious coins!
Icon icon Obsidian Shield, Azure Blue Applies to Obsidian Shield, Fragmented Shield, and Igneous Shield. Select in Skills menu.
Icon icon Petrify, Azure Blue Applies to Petrify, Fossilize, and Shattering Rocks. Select in Skills menu.
Icon icon Searing Strike, Azure Blue Applies to Searing Strike, Burning Embers, and Searing Claw. Select in Skills menu.
Icon icon Superheated Ward, Azure Blue Applies to Superheated Ward, Volcanic Ward, and Magma Fist. Select in Skills menu.
Icon icon Trophy: Alziriix Trophy taken from Gilded Alziriix in the Gossamer Crypt.
Icon icon Trophy: B'Kyfxi Trophy taken from Gilded B'Kyfxi in the Timeless Wallow.
Icon icon Trophy: Fateline's Knell Trophy taken from Gilded Fateline's Knell in the Mournful Catacomb.
Icon icon Trophy: Web Eater Trophy taken from the Opulent Web Eater in the Opulent Ordeal.
Icon icon Windglass Formation A dazzling display of the Windglass reforming from the sands of the Patch. Able to withstand sandstorms and buffeting gales, this delicate hand fan's stunning beauty hides surprising strength.
Icon icon Windglass Replica The Windglass keeps the sandstorms and cascading walls of sand from buffeting adventurers about in the Parch, but in the safety of their own home a replica is more than sufficient
Icon icon Wing Buffet, Azure Blue Applies to Wing Buffet, Fleetstep Wings, and Protect the Brood. Select in Skills menu.

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions from other players
What is the Night Market in ESO?
The Night Market is a large-scale cooperative PVE event zone set in the extra-planar city of Fargrave. Unlike traditional overland zones, it features higher difficulty, faction-based competition and progression-driven rewards that evolve as players complete event objectives.
When is the Night Market 2026 event?
The event begins on April 29, 2026, and runs for seven weeks, ending on June 17, 2026. If you miss the first window, don't worry. the developers have confirmed the Night Market will return at least once more later in 2026.
Where is the Night Market located?
The zone is located within the Oblivion realm of Fargrave. Players will be able to travel to this unique pocket of Oblivion once the event is live.
Is the Night Market free to play?
Yes. Access to the Night Market is free for all players who own the ESO base game or play via Xbox Game Pass and PlayStation Plus.
How difficult is the Night Market?
This content is specifically tuned for experienced players and veteran groups.
  • Difficulty Level: It is significantly harder than standard ESO content.
  • Solo/Guild Play: While difficult, you do not need to be in a guild to participate.
Note: This is a standalone challenge and is separate from the "Overland Difficulty" system arriving later in 2026.
What are the Night Market rewards?
Players can earn exclusive loot, including:
  • Progressive Player Housing: A new house that you can unlock and upgrade.
  • In-Game Bank: This is the first player house in ESO to include a functional in-game bank.
  • Functional Rewards: New items designed to impact active gameplay in unique ways.
Is the Night Market a permanent addition to ESO?
Currently, it is a recurring seasonal event. However, the development team is monitoring player feedback. If the community enjoys the format, the Night Market may return more frequently or eventually become a permanent fixture in the game.
When does the The Night Market start in ESO?
The The Night Market starts on 29 Apr 2026