The ESO Whitestrake's Mayhem event, formerly known as Midyear Mayhem, returns to Elder Scrolls Online. Bring glory to your alliance, your guild and yourself and battle enemies in Cyrodiil, Imperial City and Battlegrounds!
Enjoy new rewards, alliance points, XP gains and participate in various PVP activities during the ESO Whitestrake's Mayhem event in 2026 (Midyear Mayhem 2026).
As this is a PvP focused event, you might want to create a PvP build for your character to have the best possible experience during the event. You can find community created PvP builds for every class on the PvP builds overview page. We also recommend playing in a group, especially if you are inexperienced in PvP, as you might have a hard time otherwise in ESO.
Whitestrake's Mayhem Event is active in Q1 2026
Global passive bonuses during the Whitestrake's Mayhem Event
- +100% Tel Var earned (does not include kills)
- +100% Alliance Points earned
- +100% Experience from kills: earned in PvP: Cyrodiil, Imperial City and Battlegrounds
- Double yield from harvesting nodes in Cyrodiil and Imperial City.
You can further boost your Alliance War Rank gain by consuming War Tortes: Colovian War Torte 50%, Molten War Torte 100% or White-Gold War Torte 150% Alliance Points.
Here is a guide for: Alliance War Skill Boosters.
How to participate in the ESO Whitestrake's Mayhem Event in 2026?
You can join the ESO Whitestrake's event in 2026 by activating the Whitestrake's Mayhem Event Quest in the Crownstore. You can find the Whitestrake's Mayhem quest giver Predicant Maera inside Battleground Camps in the following places: Auridon, Glenumbra, Stonefalls, all chapter zones capitals and Cyrodiil.
You need to be at least level 10 to participate in the Whitestrake's Mayhem PvP event in ESO.
- Visit the in-game Crown Store to acquire the Details on the Whitestrake's Mayhem quest
- Travel a Battlegrounds camp outside major cities or to your Alliance War faction's main gate in Cyrodiil using the Alliance War menu (L on PC).
- Find the NPC named Predicant Maera and continue the quest.
- If you already completed the quest last year, you won't need to do it again.
- Complete the quest to receive your Pelinal’s Boon Box.
- Important: You do not need to use the Scroll of Pelinal’s Ferocity to get your buffs; all bonuses are now passive in Cyrodiil, Imperial City and Battlegrounds while the event is running.
How to get Event Tickets in Whitestrake's Mayhem
During the Whitestrake's Mayhem event, you can earn up to three event tickets per day by completing two different PvP activities for a total of 42 Tickets.
- Two tickets for completing any Cyrodiil or Battlegrounds daily quest. Included are: Bounty Board, Conquest board, Town Dailies and Battlegrounds Daily quests.
- One ticket for completing any Imperial City district daily quests.
How to get Pelinal's Boon Boxes during the Whitestrake's Mayhem Event
As you battle your fellow players in Cyrodiil, Battlegrounds, and the Imperial City, you'll also earn Pelinal's Boon Boxes. You can get these in addition to your regular Rewards for the Worthy containers and as PvP daily quest rewards from the following:
- Daily Cyrodiil quests (Town quests in Vlastarus, Bruma, Cropsford, Cheydinhal, and Chorrol)
- Daily Battleground quests from Battlemaster Rivyn
- Daily Imperial City quests
- Scouting, Battle, Warfront, and Conquest Missions
- Elder Scroll capture and recapture quests
Rewards you can get from Pelinal's Boon Boxes
When you receive and open one of Pelinal's Boon Boxes, you will get some Tel Var stones, and you also have a chance to receive any the following items:
- NEW: Tava's Goshawk outfit style pages
- Transmute Crystals
- Alchemy Reagents
- PvP equipment such as Repair Kits, Siege Weapons and Forward Camps.
- Motif pages for Daggerfall, Aldmeri, Ebonheart and Akaviri style motifs
- Coldharbour Siege weapons
- Prismatic Runestones
- Books of Pelinal housing items
Imperial City bosses have a chance to drop pages for the Ayleid Lich and Dovah's Du'ul armor style.
New Rewards in Whitestrake's Mayhem Event 2026
Tava's Goshawk Outfit Style Pages
The Tava's Goshawk Style Pages drop from Pelinal's Boon Boxes during Whitestrake's Mayhem. You can also buy bound pages from Impresario for 5 tickets each.
The style includes the following pages:
Roseblood Bat pet: New Event Morphing Collectible Note
A major change for this event is how morphing collectibles work. Starting with the 2026 offerings, assembling a morphing collectible will no longer consume the base pet. The Roseblood Bat Pet fragments will now cost 10 tickets each, up from the previous 5 and all future collectibles will stand on their own.
The Roseblood Bat Pet fragments cost 10 tickets each and requires three fragments in total:
- Crimson Bat Statuette
- Red Rose Petals
- Sharp Rosebush Thorn
Roseblood Wings Recall Customized Action
The Whitestrake's Mayhem event will present you with the first fragments for the new Roseblood Wings Recall Customized Action: Embellished Dance Card for 10 Event Tickets each. Requires the base pet Roseblood Bat which will not be consumed!
- Embellished Dance Card
- Rosy Boutonniere
All other Rewards you can acquire during the Whitestrake's Mayhem Event in 2026
Older Outfit Style Pages
- Truth in Wisdom and Arkay Unending Cycle Outfit Style Pages have a chance to drop from Imperial City Sweepers and bosses.
- Truth in Wisdom has a chance to drop from Pelinal Boon Boxes after you've acquired the new Tava's Goshawk style that day. Also has a chance to drop Imperial City Sweepers & bosses.
In 2026 the Arkay Unending Cycle Outfit Style has also been moved into the Veteran Bags of Glory even though it still has a chance to drop
Alliance Breton Terrier pet
The Alliance Breton Terrier pet fragments still drop from Pelinal Boon Boxes, but can also be found in the Bag of Veteran's Glory. The Terriers armor is based on the alliance of the character you use the Breton Terrier Bones fragments with.
- Pet variables: Covenant Breton Terrier, Dominion Breton Terrier and Pact Breton Terrier
Furniture
- Probably-Not-Punch Bowl of Mayhem Furnishing can be bought after you've completed the Star-Made Knight achievement.
- Standard of Mayhem Furnishing can be bought after you've completed the Mayhem Connoisseur achievement.
- Corpse of Mayhem, Argonian Furnishing can be bought after you've completed the Wrath of the Whitestrake achievement.
ESO Mayhem Victors Laurel Wreath Collectible
As always, you can earn the Mayhem Victor's Laurel Wreath collectible by completing the Star-Made Knight Meta-achievement.
- Mayhem Connoisseur: Receive the blessing of the Whitestrake at one of the Alliance Gates during the Whitestrake's Mayhem.
- Echo of Pelinal's Fury: Read a Scroll of Pelinals Ferocity during the Whitestrake's Mayhem.
- Hand of the Whitestrake: Acquire your 25th Pelinals Mayhem Boon Box.
- Wrath of the Whitestrake: Defeat 50 opponents during the Whitestrake's Mayhem.
- Pelinavant the Scourge: Win a Battleground match during the Whitestrake's Mayhem.
- Pelinaline the Bloody: Capture a Keep in Cyrodiil during the Whitestrake's Mayhem.
- Pelinerrif Insurgent: Capture an Imperial District during the Whitestrake's Mayhem.
Note that access to the Imperial City DLC game pack is required to earn all of the above achievements. You can pick the Imperial City DLC up for free from the in-game Crown Store!
Impresario, Event Merchant and Indrik Vendor Wares
What does the Impresario sell during the Whitestrake's Mayhem Event in ESO?
Impresario can be found in Daggerfall in Glenumbra, Vulkhel Guard in Auridon, Davon's Watch in Stonefalls, or Belkarth in Craglorn. She has also been added to all major Chapter zones capitals.
- All three Fragments for the Roseblood Bat pet - Crimson Bat Statuette, Red Rose Petals and Sharp Rosebush Thorn: 10 Event Tickets each.
- Two fragments for Roseblood Wings Recall - Embellished Dance Card and Rosy Boutonniere: 10 Event Tickets each.
- Bound Style pages for the Tava's Goshawk Outfit Style: 5 Event Tickets each
- Group repair kits: 2 Event Tickets each
- Companion Commendations (Fighters Guild, Mages Guild or Undaunted Companion skill line) : 3 Event Tickets each.
- Bag of Veteran's Glory (Containing any collectible that you don't currently own from previous Mayhem events): 2 Event Tickets each
Bag of Veteran's Glory Rewards
The Bag of Veteran's Glory can be bought from Impresario for 2 Event Tickets each. It contains any collectible that you don't currently own from previous years Mayhem events. All of the items you can acquire are listed below:
- Arkay Unending Cycle Style Pages
- Dovah's Du'ul Outfit Style Pages
- Sancre Tor Sentry Weapon and Outfit Style Pages
- Legion Zero Armor Style Pages
- Legion Zero Vigiles Armor Style Pages
- Second Legion Armor Style Pages
- Alliance Banner Emotes: Aldmeri Dominion Banner, Daggerfall Covenant Banner and Ebonheart Pact Banner
- Banner-Bearer Shields and Staves Pages: Covenant Banner-Bearer Shield, Covenant Banner-Bearer Staff, Dominion Banner-Bearer Shield, Dominion Banner-Bearer Staff, Pact Banner-Bearer Shield and Pact Banner-Bearer Staff
- Ebonsteel Knight Armor Style Pages
- The Black Drake's Body Warpaint / The Black Drake's Face Warpaint Markings
- Black Drake Clanwrap Style Pages
- Battle-Scarred Body / Battle-Scarred Visage markings
- House Dufort Banneret Armor Style Pages
- Tools of Domination Weapon Style Pages
- Gloamsedge Outfit Style Pages
What does the Event Merchant's Assistant sell during Whitestrake's Mayhem event in ESO?
The Event Merchant's Assistant Philius Dormier has the following items available during this event:
- Hide Shoulders armor style: 5 Event Tickets
- Hoardhunter Ursauk Mount fragments: 10 Event Tickets each
- Sacred Hourglass of Alkosh Furnishing fragments: 10 Event Tickets each.
- Doomchar Plateau house fragments: 10 Event Tickets each.
What does the Indrik Vendor sell during Whitestrake's Mayhem Event in ESO?
Nenuluare, the Indrik Vendor, will also make an appearance in Belkarth, Craglorn. She'll be selling a few different Indriks, a special mount and pet that first appeared as an event reward in previous years.
During this event, Nenuluare will be selling the following items:
- Nascent Indrik mount feathers (must be owned before using berries to create a different Indrik mount): 5 Event Tickets each.
- Dawnwood Indrik mount berries: 10 Event Tickets each.
- Spectral Indrik mount berries: 10 Event Tickets each.
- Springtide Indrik pet: 10 Event Tickets each.
- Haunting Indrik pet: 10 Event Tickets each.
If you want to learn more about how the Indrik Vendor works in ESO, please check our Indrik Vendor Guide.
The Golden Vendor during the Whitestrake's Event in ESO
Throughout the Whitestrake's Mayhem event (formerly known as Midyear Mayhem event), the Cyrodiil merchant Adhazabi Aba-daro (The Golden Vendor) stocks all Alliance War Legendary-quality jewelry, with necklaces during the first weekend and rings during the second.
Be sure to subscribe to the Golden Vendor with our handy Dwemer Automaton Bot!
How long does the Whitestrake's Mayhem AP buff last in ESO?
The AP (Alliance Point) and XP buffs are now passively applied to you and are always active as long as the event runs.
Now you know everything about the ESO Whitestrake's Mayehm, one of the most played ESO PVP Events! The Whitestrake's Mayhem event was formerly called Midyear Mayhem. Players still often call the event ESO Midyear Mayhem despite the fact that its name has changed. Anyway, happy hunting!
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