The Elder Scrolls Online: Everything new in the High Isle Chapter

The Elder Scrolls Online: High Isle is officially live on PC, PlayStation, and Xbox. This time around, ZeniMax is taking players to a stunning archipelago filled with gorgeous scenery, deadly monsters, and enough political intrigue to make Game of Thrones jealous. However, in order to access all this fancy new content, you’ll need to purchase the High Isle Chapter. If you’re on the fence about purchasing High Isle — or it’s already in your library and you want to make sure you don’t miss out on anything — here’s everything new to ESO that’s included with the chapter. Also keep in mind that this chapter launched alongside Update 34, which offers a bunch of new content for all players even if they don’t buy into High Isle.
Further reading: High Isle and Amenos aren’t just new to ESO — they’re new to the entire Elder Scrolls series. The land of the Bretons is making its first appearance in gaming, and there’s a lot to soak in. The High Isle Chapter takes place in this region, which is a chain of colorful islands out in the western portion of Tamriel. There’s plenty to discover here, with World Bosses, delves, bustling cities, and more scattered throughout its watery landscape. This chapter takes a slightly more grounded approach to its storyline than previous installments. Instead of going up against a Daedric Prince as you did in Blackwood, you’ll be up against the Ascendant Lord — a troublesome warrior that’s threatening peace negotiations aimed at ending the Three Banners War. It’s a lengthy campaign, and arguably one of the main attractions of this chapter.
Tales of Tribute is a new, fast-paced card game that lets you play against both NPCs and other adventurers. You’ll discover new cards as you travel through High Isle that’ll help build a powerful deck. You’ll never be underpowered, however, as both yours and your opponents’ decks are shuffled together at the start of a match — allowing for even battles that should never become lopsided.
Blackwood introduced companions to the world of ESO, and High Isle further builds on the concept. This time around you can unlock Ember and Isobel. Ember is a Khajiit that’s well-suited for magic-based builds and a ranged play style. Isobel, meanwhile, is a Breton that can slot into the tank role with ease.
Volcanic Vents are the new World Event in High Isle. Joining in on these events will see you helping Stonelore druids as they try to investigate the cause of the calamity and do everything in their power to shut them down.
While the above features are the ones that’ll tie up most of your time, there’s a bunch of other cool stuff arriving with High Isle. Here’s a quick look at what you can expect to find when you load up ESO following the launch of this latest chapter.
Even if you don’t spring for the High Isle Chapter, you’ll still benefit from the massive Update 34. This includes the addition of Mundus Stones in the Armory (which lets you save your current Mundus selection along with your gear), support for AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) on select platforms, Quickslot Wheel changes, the ability to change the Title Screen music, and a new Accessibility Mode.
Following Xbox and Bethesda’s Developer_Direct and a dedicated livestream for The Elder Scrolls Online, we learned that the MMO’s 2023 updates are all set in Morrowind. Falling under 2023’s Shadow Over Morrowind banner, the first two pieces of DLC in March and June will see the addition of new PvE dungeons and the first new playable class since 2019. 
While Morrowind is most famous for being the titular location of the third Elder Scrolls game and 2017’s The Elder Scrolls Online expansion, ZeniMax Online Studios teased that some of the areas featured in this expansion haven’t been seen since the first game in the series. The player’s first taste of this new Shadow Over Morrowind content will come with the Scribes of Fate DLC in March. Scribes of Fate adds two four-player PvE dungeons to the MMO. One sees players fight the Scribes of More in Scrivener’s Hall, while the other will have them take on Bal Sunnar.
Scribes of Fate launches on March 13 for PC and Mac players and on March 28 for those on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. The more significant update will be The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom chapter, releasing on June 5 for PC and Mac and June 20 for consoles. The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom will add 30 hours of new story content set in eastern Morrowind, two new companions, and a new Arcanist class. Arcanists utilized a variety of offensive and support magic, most of which is based on the powers of a Daedric Prince in Oblivion. For fans of Morrowind and this MMO, it’s clear there will be quite a lot to sink your teeth into this year. 
The Elder Scrolls Online is available now across PC, Mac, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.