The following is a list of quests that constitute the main questline:
- Soul Shriven in Coldharbour: Escape from the depths of Coldharbour.
The Harborage: Explore visions of the past with the Prophet.- Daughter of Giants: Rescue Lyris Titanborn from her Coldharbour prison.
- Chasing Shadows: Locate the agent of evil lurking in a nearby city.
- Castle of the Worm: Grant a request for asylum from a prisoner in the Castle of the Worm.
- The Tharn Speaks: Help the Chancellor uncover some new information at a Worm Cult lair.
- Halls of Torment: Save the missing companion from the Halls of Torment.
- Valley of Blades: Retrieve the Ring of Stendarr's Mercy from the Valley of Blades.
- Shadow of Sancre Tor: Retrieve the Amulet of Kings from its hiding place.
- Council of the Five Companions: Join the Five Companions and prepare for the final confrontation with Molag Bal.
- Messages Across Tamriel: Help the Great Mage set up an All-Banners meeting in a neutral location.
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- The Weight of Three Crowns: Convince all three alliances to invade Coldharbour.
- God of Schemes: Use the power of the Amulet of Kings to defeat Molag Bal.
- Cadwell's Silver: Use Meridia's blessing to explore a second alliance.
- Cadwell's Gold: Use Meridia's blessing to explore a third alliance.
The tutorial quest The Gates of Adamant is also listed in-game as a Main Quest, but is not related to the rest of the questline. The same applies to the deprecated Chapter-specific tutorial quests, namely Broken Bonds (Morrowind), The Mind Trap (Summerset), Bright Moons, Warm Sands (Elsweyr), and Bound in Blood (Greymoor).
The Main Quest is considered the first story arc of the game, having been followed by the Year One and Daedric War-related content releases.
NotesEdit
- Prior to the One Tamriel update, the main quest was gated by character level, with each successive 5 levels unlocking the next section of the main quest, from The Harborage at Level 5 to Shadow of Sancre Tor at Level 40.
- Council of the Five Companions was originally unlocked at Level 45, but was dropped to Level 40 just after launch.
- God of Schemes was originally unlocked at Level 50, but was dropped to Level 45 just after launch.
- Messages Across Tamriel and The Weight of Three Crowns, allowing the invasion of Coldharbour, become available once either Council of the Five Companions has been completed or once the final quest in the Alliance Storyline has been completed. Prior to One Tamriel, it required both of the above quest stories to be complete, rather than just one of them.
- This also means that, if you start Messages Across Tamriel and the invasion of Coldharbour by completing Council of the Five Companions, then complete the Coldharbour story, you can do God of Schemes, reclaim your soul, and start Cadwell's Silver and Cadwell's Gold without ever completing your own home alliance's storyline. (This does not work in reverse; i.e. you can't start God of Schemes by only completing your home alliance storyline and the Coldharbour zone.)
- Completing one of the other alliance storylines before completing either your home faction's storyline or Council of the Five Companions does not unlock Messages Across Tamriel. However you will be credited automatically with completion of Cadwell's Silver or Gold when you get to the appropriate point in the sequence.
See AlsoEdit
- Daedric War Storyline — the second main story arc of The Elder Scrolls Online
- Season of the Dragon — the third main story arc of The Elder Scrolls Online
- Dark Heart of Skyrim — the fourth main story arc of The Elder Scrolls Online
- Gates of Oblivion — the fifth main story arc of The Elder Scrolls Online
- Legacy of the Bretons — the sixth main story arc of The Elder Scrolls Online
- Secrets of Apocrypha — the seventh main story arc of The Elder Scrolls Online