ESO Favors Database

ESO Favors Database. Favors are story-driven daily quests tied to specific returning characters. Coming to ESO in Season One.

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Favors are a new type of daily quest coming to The Elder Scrolls Online (ESO) in Season One. Each favor is tied to a specific character or guild and comes with an ongoing story delivered through daily letters. Think hireling mail, but with actual narrative arcs and personal rewards at the end. Confirmed characters include Telenger the Artificer, Holgunn One-Eye and Lady Arabelle.  

ESO Favors at a Glance

  • Release: Season One
  • Access: Free for all players
  • System: Daily quests with narrative arcs, delivered through letters tied to named characters
Favors, a new daily quest system coming in ESO Season One
Favors, a new daily quest system coming in ESO Season One

What Are Favors in ESO?

Each favor in ESO comes with an ongoing story delivered through letters
Each favor in ESO comes with an ongoing story delivered through letters

Favors are a rework of the daily quest format, announced during the 2026 ESO Seasons Direct by Jason Barnes, Associate Design Director. They arrive in Season One alongside Rumors and Dynamic World Events.

Instead of generic repeatable tasks, each favor is connected to a named character or guild. You complete the favor, receive a letter the next day that continues that character's story and gradually work through a full narrative arc. Barnes described them as an homage to the old hireling letters, except with more substance and a payoff at the end.

How ESO Favors Work

Favors bring story-driven daily quests to ESO tied to named characters (pictured Lady Arabelle)
Favors bring story-driven daily quests to ESO tied to named characters (pictured Lady Arabelle)

Based on the Seasons Direct stream:

  • Each favor is tied to a specific NPC or guild, not a random quest board.
  • Every time you complete a favor, you receive a letter continuing that character's narrative. The story builds over time.
  • Favors bring back NPCs you haven't seen in a while. Confirmed names: Telenger the Artificer, Holgunn One-Eye and Lady Arabelle.
  • Favors are not locked to one zone. They involve a mix of activities across Tamriel.

ESO Favors Rewards

Completing a full story arc earns you a personal reward tied to that character. The confirmed example from the stream is a self-portrait you can hang in your house. 

What We Don't Know Yet About ESO Favors

Returning characters feature in ESO's new Favors system (pictured: Holgunn)
Returning characters feature in ESO's new Favors system (pictured: Holgunn)
  • How many favor storylines will be available at launch
  • Full reward list beyond the confirmed self-portrait furnishing
  • Whether favor progress is per-character or account-wide