ESO update 2.01 patch notes for PS4 and Xbox One released. According to the official ESO update 2.01 patch notes, the latest Elder Scrolls Online update 2.01 added the Harrowstorm DLC game pack. Harrowstorm brings two new 4-player dungeons – Icereach and Unhallowed Grave. Apart from this, the new ESO version 2.01 also includes stability and performance improvements on all platforms.
Additionally, the latest update refreshed patching and file manifest data and removed duplicate files and older data that is no longer needed. This will result in major improvements to load times, streaming of assets, reliability of asset loads, and a reduction of space taken up by the client on your hard drive.
Previously, a major update was released which made several adjustments for the Activity Finder to improve stability and a fix for a memory leak that was causing frequent game freezes or crashes.
Unfortunately, many players are still facing several problems when trying to play the game online. Today’s ESO version 2.01 expected to solve a few of these problems. Check out more details below.
ESO Update 2.01 Patch Notes for PS4 & Xbox One
New Features / Updates / Big Changes
HARROWSTORM DLC GAME PACK
Two New Dungeons
- Icereach: Hidden among the churning waves of the Sea of Ghosts, this frigid isle serves as the seat of power for the cruel Icereach Coven. Now, lashing storms swirl around it. Could this be a natural phenomenon, or something more sinister?
- Unhallowed Grave: Long ago, the soldiers of the Bangkorai Garrison buried something away in this accursed cavern—an evil too great to leave unguarded. Now, centuries later, even the most daring Redguard explorers know to give this grave a wide berth.
- Icereach and Unhallowed Grave are 4-player Dungeons which can be reached via Wrothgar and Bangkorai respectively.
- Icereach’s entrance is in northern Wrothgar, on the coast. The entrance is a boat used to travel to the Dungeon.
- Unhallowed Grave’s entrance is in southeastern Bangkorai, southwest of the Fallen Wastes Dolmen.
- Both Dungeons include a Normal version in addition to a challenging Veteran version.
- There are unique item sets, including two new Undaunted Monster Mask sets, only available within the Dungeons.
- Unique Achievement awards are available for completing the Dungeons, including:
- A unique body marking
- A unique weapon style
- Several Titles
- Unique housing items
New Item Sets
Update 25 brings the standard 8 new dungeon sets made of 2 Light Armor, 2 Medium Armor, 2 Heavy Armor, and 2 Unique Monster Masks split up based on each dungeon released! Additionally, there are new Cyrodiil crafted sets! These item sets are crafted from stations that are inside the 3 capturable towns: Vlastrus, Cropsford, and Bruma. In order to reach these areas, you must first ensure your alliance has control of the town, so prepare to spill blood! Do note, however, that these stations will still remain attuneable for the crafty crafters who do their writs!
- Icereach
- Hiti’s Hearth – Light Armor
- 2 – Adds 129 Magicka Recovery
- 3 – Adds 129 Magicka Recovery
- 4 – Adds 1096 Maximum Magicka
- 5 – When you heal yourself or an ally with an ability, gain a Warming Aura for 10 seconds. While in the Warming Aura, you and group members restore 1020 Health every 1 second and reduce the cost of Sprint, Block, and Roll Dodge by 5%. This effect can occur once every 12 seconds.
- Titanborn Strength – Medium Armor
- 2 – Adds 1487 Physical Penetration
- 3 – Adds 129 Weapon Damage
- 4 – Adds 1096 Maximum Stamina
- 5 – Adds 110 Weapon Damage and 1240 Physical Penetration. This bonus doubles to 220 Weapon Damage and 2480 Physical Penetration when you are under 75% Health. This bonus quadruples to 440 Weapon Damage and 4960 Physical Penetration when you are under 50% Health.
- Bani’s Torment – Heavy Armor
- 2 – Adds 4% Healing Taken
- 3 – Adds 1206 Maximum Health
- 4 – Adds 1096 Maximum Stamina
- 5 – When you taunt a nearby enemy, you tether to them for 5 seconds. While tethered, you apply Major Maim to your enemy, reducing their damage done by 30%, and you gain Major Vitality, increasing your healing taken by 30%. The tether is broken if the enemy moves 8 meters away from you. This effect can occur once every 14 seconds.
- Mother Ciannait – Monster Mask
- 1 – Adds 1096 Maximum Magicka
- 2 – While in combat, casting an ability with a cast time or channeling an ability grants you a damage shield that absorbs 5000 damage for 6 seconds. This effect can occur once every 6 seconds. This set also restores 600 Magicka if the shield is broken.
- Unhallowed Grave
- Draugrkin’s Grip – Light Armor
- 2 – Adds 1096 Maximum Magicka
- 3 – Adds 1487 Spell Penetration
- 4 – Adds 129 Magicka Recovery
- 5 –When dealing direct damage to an enemy, you will curse them, causing them to take 617 extra damage from all your damage abilities. This effect can occur once every 9 seconds.
- Aegis Caller – Medium Armor
- 2 – Adds 129 Weapon Damage
- 3 – Adds 129 Stamina Recovery
- 4 – Adds 129 Weapon Damage
- 5 – When you deal critical damage with a melee ability, summon a Lesser Aegis for 11 seconds. After 2.5 seconds, the Lesser Aegis spins its blades, dealing 3730 Bleed Damage every 1 second. This effect can occur once every 12 seconds.
- Grave Guardian – Heavy Armor
- 2 – Adds 1096 Maximum Stamina
- 3 – Adds 1206 Maximum Health
- 4 – Adds 1206 Maximum Health
- 5 – Summon a stone aura while blocking, hardening you and your nearby group members, increasing your Physical and Spell Resistance by 4430.
- Kjalnar’s Nightmare – Monster Mask
- 1 – Adds 129 Spell Damage
- 2 – Dealing damage with a Light Attack puts a Bone stack on your enemy for 5 seconds. You can only apply 1 stack every 1 second.At 5 stacks, an undodgeable skeletal hand attacks your enemy after 1 seconds, knocking them into the air and stunning them for 3 seconds, or dealing 14500 Magic Damage if they cannot be stunned. An enemy that has reached 5 stacks cannot gain Bone stacks for 3 seconds.
- Cyrodiil Crafting
- Critical Riposte – Located in Vlasterus
- 2 – Adds 424 Critical Resistance
- 3 – Adds 1206 Maximum Health
- 4 – Adds 424 Critical Resistance
- 5 – When you take critical damage, you apply Minor Uncertainty and Minor Enervation to the enemy for 9 seconds, reducing their Physical and Spell Critical by 1314 and reducing their Critical Damage by 10%. An enemy can only be affected by your Critical Riposte once every 10 seconds.
- Unchained Aggressor – Located in Bruma
- 2 – Adds 1096 Maximum Stamina
- 3 – Adds 129 Stamina Recovery
- 4 – Adds 129 Weapon Damage
- 4 – Adds 129 Spell Damage
- 5 – After Breaking Free, gain Major Berserk for 6 seconds, increasing your damage done by 25%. This effect can occur once every 16 seconds.
- Dauntless Combatant – Located in Cropsford
- 2 – Adds 1096 Maximum Stamina
- 3 – Adds 1206 Maximum Health
- 4 – Adds 1096 Maximum Magicka
- 5 – Adds 1206 Maximum Health
- 5 – When you are affected by a disabling effect, you automatically Break Free for no cost. After using this effect, you become winded and cannot retrigger this effect for 21 seconds.
New Collectibles & Dyes
Several new Collectibles can be obtained by participating in the new Harrowstorm dungeons and completing various achievements:
- The Lyris’ Icereach Battle Axe outfit style is earned by completing the “Icereach Conqueror” achievement, accomplished by defeating all the bosses in Icereach on Veteran difficulty.
- The Bloodrune Body Markings are earned by completing the “Unhallowed Grave Conqueror” achievement, accomplished by defeating all the bosses in Unhallowed Grave on Veteran difficulty.
- The Bloodrune Face Markings are earned by completing the “Knock Knock” achievement, acquired by discovering Voria’s Sanctum in the Unhallowed Grave dungeon and killing the beast found there.
- The Wickerman Mishap emote is awarded for completing the “Harrowstorm Explorer” achievement, accomplished by entering either the Icereach or Unhallowed Grave dungeons.
- The Frozen Blood dye can be obtained by completing the “Harrowstorm Delver” achievement for completing both dungeons on Veteran difficulty.
New Achievements & Titles
Harrowstorm introduces over 30 achievements for proving your prowess in the Icereach and Unhallowed Grave dungeons. Additionally, there are four titles to obtain:
- The “Storm Foe” title is obtained by completing the “No Rest for the Wicked” achievement.
- The “Witch Hunter” title is obtained by completing the “Cold-Blooded Killer” achievement.
- The “Bonecaller’s Bane” title is obtained by completing the “In Defiance of Death” achievement.
- The “Sanctifier” title is obtained by completing the “Skull Smasher” achievement.
New Furnishings
- New Bust and Trophy furnishings have been added to commemorate victory in the Icereach and Unhallowed Grave dungeons.
BASE GAME
Performance Improvements
Frame rate stability improvements have been achieved by optimizing several systems. This means you will now encounter fewer drops in framerate, maintaining a smoother display of motion on screen. Please see below for a brief explanation of the technical work that was completed to support this.
- Optimized multi-threading implementation to improve performance in situations with lots of effects (particles, projectile effects, weather, etc.) happening at the same time.
- Optimized specific processes that could cause spikes in resource usage and cause FPS drops.
- Parallelized the fixture update processes, allowing them to utilize multiple cores to improve overall performance of the game client.
- Added additional miscellaneous CPU optimizations including the following:
- Parallelized terrain loading
- Optimized the Tutorial GUI
- Optimized compass pins
- Miscellaneous function improvements
New PvP Campaigns
Four new PvP campaigns have opened and are all appropriately themed with the Dark Heart of Skyrim. All previous campaigns have been shut down, and players previously assigned to these campaigns have been granted End of Campaign rewards, in addition to receiving a free Campaign Reassignment. The new campaigns include:
- Blackreach: 30 day CP-enabled, Non-Alliance Locked
- Ravenwatch: 30 day No CP, Non-Alliance Locked
- Gray Host: 30 day CP-enabled, Alliance Locked
- Icereach: 10-49 Campaign
New Collectibles
Knight of the Circle Armor and Weapon Outfit Styles are obtained by purchasing a Knight’s Resolve or Knight’s Rebuke from a War Researcher in Cyrodiil.
- Knight’s Resolve can be combined with 20 Arena Gladiator Proofs to generate a random style page for armor in the Knight of the Circle style.
- Knight’s Rebuke can be combined with 40 Arena Gladiator Proofs to generate a random style page for a weapon in the Knight of the Circle style.
- These style pages are not bound, and can be freely traded with other players.
Master Writ Furnishings
- Faustina Curio has gotten a new shipment of Journeyman and Master Furnisher’s Documents from Elsweyr, which contain superior and epic furnishing plans.
- Elsweyr Journeyman Furnisher’s Documents are available for 20 Master Writs, while the Elsweyr Master Furnisher’s Documents are priced at 50 Writ Vouchers. These become available for purchase once you complete either of the following quests: “Rage of Dragons” in Northern Elsweyr, or “The Dragon’s Lair” in Southern Elsweyr.
- In addition, a new set of unique furnishing recipes are available from Rolis Hlaalu! As usual, the prior set is now available at a reduced cost from his assistant, Faustina Curio, if you have completed at least 100 master writs. These new recipes are:
- Diagram: Elsweyr Gong, Ornate
- Pattern: Elsweyr Bed, Senche-Raht
- Blueprint: Elsweyr Well, Covered
- Praxis: Khajiit Sigil, Moon Cycle
- Formula: Elsweyr Mortar and Pestle, Engraved
- Design: Elsweyr Bread Basket, Feast-Day
- Sketch: Elsweyr Game, Swan Stones
Undaunted Achievement Furnishings
Undaunted Quartermasters now offer two new furnishings associated with the Harrowstorm dungeons:
- Gray Reliquary: This ominous stone vessel contains the charred remains of an ancient army of the night. A haunting addition to even the darkest crypts.
- Purchase requires completing Unhallowed Grave at any difficulty.
- Icereach Coven Totem, Emblem: The witches of Icereach Coven mark their territory with unsettling totems that showcase their emblem. Some claim this blood-hued wicker spiral represents their eternal hunger for power no matter the cost.
- Purchase requires completing Icereach at any difficulty.
ESO update 2.01 for PS4 and Xbox One is now available for download.
