Welcome to the Chronological Timeline Guide for ESO (Elder Scrolls Online). Here you will find all the information you need to know in order to play ESO in a chronological order. Since the One Tamriel update in 2016, players can now explore the game in whichever way they like, but some players would also enjoy playing the game in chronological order. The game doesn’t necessarily teach you this and leaves you all the options to enjoy it whichever way you like.
Remember that at any point you can decide you no longer want to follow this Chronological Timeline Guide for ESO and switch it up, or explore Tamriel with your friends. You are at no time bound to this and if you decide that you want to explore new things, you always can.
Also, you do not always have to travel to a specific location in order to start a quest, or a DLC quest. You can also get them from your Collection tab, but we suggest you try to find the NPC, as this has a bigger immersion factor.
Also, be sure to check out our Coming Back Guide, which lists everything each ESO Update has added to the game.
Useful Tips for Adventuring
In order to focus on your journey and in order to not get confused or side-tracked, here's a couple of useful tips which will help you in being more efficient in your chronological journey through Tamriel.
- Sign up with Mages Guild , Fighters Guild and Undaunted as soon as possible. You can do so as early as when you leave the tutorial.
- If you own Blackwood or High Isle recruit a companion to help you in combat. Here's a helpful guide on companions !
- If you own Greymoor go to the Antiquarian Circle in Solitude to unlock Scrying .
- Do NOT buy Vampire, Werewolf (or the Cure) from the Crown Store. We have a useful guide on how to get Vampire Bite and Werewolf Bite here!
- When you reach level 10 you can go to Cyrodiil and get your introduction quest. This will help you later down the line when you decide to go to the Imperial City.
- Do NOT accept Prologue quests in cities or towns, except for the Main Story Quest!
- The best thing you can purchase for guild are bag and bank upgrades.
- If you loose track of your Zone Main Quests, open your map and browse to Zone Guide.
- As soon as you get your first mount, go to the stable and train it daily. Invest in Speed first, then Bag Space and then Stamina.
- Food or Drinks help you with questing and not going down so easily. Also having a Mundus Stone helps!
Aldmeri Dominion | Zone |
1 | Kenarthi's Roost |
2 | Auridon |
3 | Grahtwood |
4 | Greenshade |
5 | Malabal Tor |
6 | Reaper's March |
Ebonheart Pact | Zone |
1 | Bleakrock Island & Bal Foyen |
2 | Stonefalls |
3 | Deshaan |
4 | Shadowfen |
5 | Eastmarch |
6 | The Rift |
Daggerfall Covenant | Zone |
1a & 1b | Stros M'Kai and Betnikh |
2 | Glenumbra |
3 | Stormhaven |
4 | Rivenspire |
5 | Alik'r Desert |
6 | Bangkorai |
Number | DLC | Zone |
X | Base Game | Coldharbour |
7 | Base Game | Craglorn |
8 | Base Game | Imperial City |
9 | Orsinium | Wrothgar |
10 | Thieves Guild | Hew's Bane |
11 | Dark Brotherhood | Gold Coast |
12 | Morrowind | Vvardenfell |
13 | Clockwork City | Clockwork City |
14 | Summerset | Summerset |
15 | Murkmire | Murkmire |
16 | Elsweyr | Nothern Elsweyr |
17 | Dragonhold | Southern Elsweyr |
18 | Greymoor | Western Skyrim & Blackreach |
19 | Markarth | The Reach & Blackreach |
20 | Blackwood | Blackwood |
21 | Deadlands | Deadlands |
22 | High Isle | High Isle & Amenos |
23 | Necrom | Apocrypha & Telvanni Peninsula |
You can also pick up Zone DLC and Chapter story quests from your Collections tab in stories. Oftentimes it isn't necessary, sometimes it's a bit hard finding the NPC in the game, which is why you might pick it up directly from the tab.