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The Elder Scrolls Online Team Prepares You for the Endless Archive

Christina Gonzalez Updated: Posted:
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It's almost time to step into the mysterious (and uniquely rewarding) Endless Archive instance for The Elder Scrolls Online. The ESO team is giving some tips to prepare for the experience and the challenges within.

The upcoming feature launches with Update 40 on October 30th for PC / Mac, with consoles getting the update on November 14th. Endless Archive is part of the base game, so while the dungeon itself is part of Hermaeus Mora’s secret libraries, you won’t even need to own the Necrom chapter to participate. Owners of the chapter will simply have a different entry to the dungeon.

Dungeon Team Product Owner Shane Slama offers some tips to make the most out of your runs through the mysterious instance. 

If you are planning on playing through this solo, your focus should be on survivability and resource regeneration. You may want to consider item set bonuses that strike a balance between offense and defense. Getting as far as possible is going to take a balancing act.

Once inside, you’ll encounter Portals to the Unknown  along the way. Taking on the mini challenges inside will be to your advantage because they will help you with the next stage or boss battle, and open up progress towards permanent account upgrades for future Endless Archive runs. You'll also get some help with the next challenge as well. If you clear a stage you'll also get opportunities to get Mystery Verse Scrolls. You can only use one scroll per cycle, so be strategic.

Other tips include When your environment strategically, including using obstacles in larger areas to create a barrier between you and your enemies.  this might prevent you from taking ranged damage or  give you the perfect spot to launch your own offensive from. Consider also picking defensive Visions early on, instead of the opportunity to do more damage. Slama says that, “selecting Defensive Visions early pays off in the later challenges where incoming damage isn’t easily shook off”.

You can read the full guide over at The Elder Scrolls Online.


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Christina Gonzalez

Christina is MMORPG.COM’s News Editor and a contributor since 2011. Always a fan of great community and wondering if the same sort of magic that was her first guild exists anymore.