ESO Update 2.82 Patch Notes for PS4 (ESO Console Update 49)

[Elder Scrolls Online] ESO update 2.82 (Console Update 49) is available to download on PS4, PS5, and Xbox One. According to the official ESO 2.82 patch notes, the latest Elder Scrolls Online’s update 49 launches Season Zero: Dawn and Dusk on April 2, introducing the challenging Night Market event zone where players choose among three factions vying for control. ESO update 2.82 also includes major overhauls where the Tamriel Tome battle pass system replacing Endeavors, free skill respecs, account-wide outfit slots, and extensive Dragonknight combat refinements.

[Elder Scrolls Online] ESO 2.82 Patch Notes – March 9, 2026

Night Market – Launching April 29

The Night Market arrives during Season Zero: Dawn and Dusk as a dynamic trade hub where Daedric and worldly goods exchange hands. Following the disappearance of its former leader, three rival patrons now compete for control, with districts overrun by malevolent forces. Mortals are now invited to enter this formerly restricted area of Fargrave and choose a faction to support.

New Event Zone

Event Zone – A brand-new zone type featuring increased difficulty compared to standard areas
- Team up with friends or other adventurers to overcome these enhanced challenges
- Pledge allegiance to patrons and complete activities to earn favor for your chosen faction

The Three Factions

Glittering Goad (Patron: Tachien)

Meritocracy controlling auctions and market stands
Known for amassed wealth and prestigious auctions
Belief that anyone can succeed—provided they pay for the privilege

The Ruckus (Patron: Kharakhal Moon-Eye)

Seeks control through strength and offers “protection” to businesses
Demands cuts from all sold goods
District currently overrun with darkness and grief

Thousand Eyes (Patron: Molto the Whisperer)

Ancient faction comprising the small and overlooked
Gathers power through information and knowledge
Countless members working together to blunt other factions’ strength

Three Themed Districts

The Parch – Arid landscape swept by dry winds, rattling bones across the terrain
Skittering Precinct – Overrun with crawling creatures nesting within the walls
Sorrow’s Friend – Dark, foreboding district home to shadow-lurking creatures

Activities & Encounters

Bosses & Challenging Monsters – Faceted, Brazen, Argent, and Calamitous creatures patrol the streets
Daring Races – Test your speed and survival skills through treacherous district streets
Oddities – Puzzle-oriented challenges for those seeking mental trials
Skirmishes – New public-style events with dynamic goals
4-Player Bosses – Gilded monsters rule each district in specialized instances
12-Player Trial Encounter – The Opulent Ordeal, a culmination trial testing coordination and skill

Rewards & Unlocks

Boons – Powerful effects earned through activities, stackable for success
Favor – Earn with your chosen faction to unlock vendor purchases
Night’s Den – New home earned via introductory quest, featuring direct Night Market entrance
Relics – District-specific unlocks allowing deeper exploration
Achievements – 61 total, including 6 titles and 3 dyes:
- “Firebrand” title + “Ruckus Rust” dye – Ruckus Favorite achievement
- “The Scurrying” title + “Thousand Eyes Ichor” dye – Thousand Eyes Favorite achievement
- “Priceless” title + “Glittering Gold” dye – Goad Favorite achievement
- “Diamante” title – Bedlam Across the Planes achievement
- “Pathwalker” title – Essence of Battle achievement
- “Interplanar Victor” title – Night Marketeer achievement

Collectibles

Mementos:
- Egg of Arac – Gauntlet Bearer achievement
- Windglass – Wind Slicer achievement
- Gleaming Lamp – Gloom Warder achievement
Furnishings – Busts, trophies, and memento versions available from faction vendors
Skill Styles – Twelve Dragonknight styles available from Stylemaster Vendors for class masters

Getting Started

Navigate to eastern Fargrave or use the Fargrave Map icon to teleport directly. Speak with the Curator at the entrance.

Tamriel Tomes – Launching April 2, 10:00 AM ET

System Overview

Battle pass-style system rewarding engagement with ESO content
New Tome launches every Season, lasting the full duration
Free Track – Cosmetics, Seals, Trade Bars, and gameplay items
Premium Track – Additional cosmetics and rewards (permanent account unlock)

Progression System

Challenge System featuring Weekly and Seasonal Challenges
Tome Points earned by completing challenges to unlock reward pages
5 Weekly Challenges refresh each week with reroll capability
Seasonal Challenges – Themed, larger activities (cannot be rerolled)
Catch-up mechanic – Up to 12 Weekly Challenges accumulate

Trade Bars

New currency replacing Event Tickets (never sold for Crowns)
Earned primarily from Tamriel Tome, plus In-Game Events and Vengeance Campaigns
1 Event Ticket = 100 Trade Bars (automatic conversion)

System Changes

Endeavors and Daily Login Rewards removed with Update 49
Rewards migrated to Tamriel Tome Free Track

Gold Coast Bazaar – Launching March 25, 10:00 AM ET

Store Overview

New gameplay currency-driven store in Crown Store UI
All items purchasable with Trade Bars
Features mounts, pets, outfits, and gameplay items previously from Golden Pursuits, Events, and promotions

Sections

Seasonal – Rotating cosmetics refresh every three months
Gold Coast Wares – Permanent selection with occasional additions/removals
All purchases account-bound (non-giftable)

Base Game Expansions

Free DLCs & Class (Upon First Login After Update 49)

Warden Class
Imperial City
Orsinium
Thieves Guild
Dark Brotherhood

ESO+ Enhanced Perks

New Seasonal Benefits

+10% Tome Points from Challenges
Monthly: 1 Cache of Tome Points + 1 Premium Tome Token
12 Premium Tome Tokens unlock a Premium + Bonuses Tome

Additional Perks

Transmute Crystal cap tripled: 1,000 → 3,000
Doubled Antiquities timer lengths for non-trivial leads (Ultimate Leads up to one year)
Furnishing limit increases
Solstice DLC (Western and Eastern) now included

Combat Refresh – Dragonknight & Two-Handed

Visual & Audio Updates

Dragonknight class and Two-Handed skill lines receive enhanced visual effects, animations, and audio
Passive abilities now include immersive flavor text
Existing character progression automatically respected

Skill Catch-Up Event

Bonus event active now for faster skill rank progression on updated abilities

Housing Improvements

New Homes

Buccaneer Bay – Notable home, sunny seaside retreat (available later in Season)
Night’s Den – Former bank vault, upgradable via Night Market activities

New Furnishings (55 Total)

7 Master Writ furnishings – Rolis Hlaalu
34 structural plans – Solstice Reward Coffer (World Boss/Delve Dailies)
13 plans – Deadlands, Fargrave, Night Market
25 achievement furnishings – Faction vendors, mail, Opulent Ordeal rewards
5 antiquity leads – Night Market activities

Player Experience Improvements

Account-Wide Features

Outfit Slots now account-wide (max 10, previously purchased slots cumulative)
Guild Reputation – Display guild name without tabard via Character Screen dropdown

Quality of Life

Backbar XP – Equal XP gain on both ability bars (disabled with Oakensoul)
Bag & Bank – 50% gold cost reduction, reduced Crown costs
Guild Trade Listings – Restored 30-day window
Hide Armor – Free hiding for gloves, boots, belt, pants, chest (Hide Shoulders removed from Impresario)
Vendor Sorting – Unpurchasable items sorted to bottom
Respec Skills/Attributes – Free in UI (small cooldown, restrictions apply)
Treasure Maps – Stack up to 200, consumed on chest opening
Bag Upgrades – Available directly in Inventory screen

Character Progression

Mounts-for-Gold – 16 previously Crown-only mounts now available for gold
- Existing mounts reduced to 25,000 gold
- Stable training: 3 upgrades per session (Crown Riding Lessons: 1)
Crafting Research – 50% faster, max cap 30→10 days
Vampire/Werewolf – New discoverable shrines, reduced cure costs, Crown Store cures now 0 Crowns

Antiquities & Transmute

Antiquities Lead Timers – Significantly extended (ESO+ double)
Transmute Crystals – Cap increased to 1,500 (3,000 ESO+)

Zone Guide

Track specific location types within Activity Finder

Combat & Abilities – Key Changes

General Combat

Resurrection – Now cast while moving (10% speed), phase through NPCs during cast
UI while Bracing – Addressed issue where opening UI could lock action (now disables Bracing)

Dragonknight – Ardent Flame

Dragonknight Standard – Now buffs allies (+300 Weapon/Spell Damage, -10% damage taken)
Lava Whip – Empowered stacks easier, +40% damage
Searing Strike – 10s duration, +100% DPS
Fiery Breath – Now restores resources over time
Inferno – 8m radius wave, no target cap

Dragonknight – Draconic Power

Dragon Leap – Modernized movement, consistent CC effects
Spiked Armor – 10s duration, +100% DPS
Dragon Blood – Scales with Max Health
Chains of Flame – Always applies Burning, adds Major Cowardice

Dragonknight – Earthen Heart

Magma Armor – 12-15s duration, reworked shielding
Superheated Ward – New support shield ability
Molten Weapons – Light/Heavy attacks deal bonus Flame Damage
Petrify – Delayed stun with counter-play options

Two-Handed

Berserker Strike – 12s duration
Uppercut – 500ms cast time
Momentum – 30s duration

Item Sets

New Antiquities

Shattered Paths Signet – Status effect damage scales with Ultimate

New Monster Masks

Thousand Eyes – Shivved mechanic with damage transfer
Glittering Goad – Bash/Heavy Attack Frost Damage chain
The Ruckus – Enraged stacking with Major buffs at max

New PvP Set

Gorethief – Bloodthief stacking, bash consumption mechanic

Fixes & Adjustments

Basalt-Blooded Warrior – Bar swap functionality addressed
Twice-Born Star – Display issues resolved, Two-Handed counting addressed
Ring of the Pale Order – Companion healing now functions as intended

Zone & Quest Fixes

Solstice

General – Text/audio mismatches addressed, siege camps now count for Incursion Pursuits
Blood on the Water – Quest dialogue corrections
The Final Dark – Combat and visual issues addressed

Naj-Caldeesh

Ritual Quarter – Fallen players always teleported from sinkhole

Black Drake Villa

Avatar Artifact – Correct animation now plays

Scrivener’s Hall (Console)

Valinna & Lamikhai – Spider’s Web Pull no longer persists after death

PvP Updates

Cyrodiil

Road Speed Bonus – Movement bonus on roads (out of combat)
Keep Courtyards – Expanded areas preventing gatehouse exploits
Campaign Queuing – Cross-campaign queueing enabled
Leaderboards – Expanded to 500 entries, class assignments removed

Battlegrounds

3-Sided Battlegrounds – Return for Weekend Events (replace standard queue)
Huntsman Fortress – Elevated spawns, lowered bridge
Remen’s Folly – Elevated spawn points

Imperial City

Tel Var Protection – Cannot queue for other campaigns with 100+ stones

Vengeance

Fighters Guild Skills – No longer overwritten
Repair Kits – Stop at 100% health

Audio & Visual Improvements

Adornments – Hollowsteel Crown position corrected for Argonians
Customized Actions – Dreamwalker’s Recall hand positioning addressed
Monster Hunter Personality – Animation and preview improvements
Mounts – Saturalia Ice Steed bell sounds added
Furnishings – Numerous sound effects added and updated
Abilities – Imbue/Weapon abilities now play correct visuals and audio
Emotes – Valenwood Skull Blocks sound addressed

Crown Store & Economy

Removed Items

Morrowind DLC (already base game)
Warden Class, Imperial City, Orsinium, Thieves Guild, Dark Brotherhood
Guilds and Glory Mega Pack
Hide Shoulders (now free for all)

Added Items

Solstice DLC (Western and Eastern)
Desecrated Grave Soil (Worm Cult motif) – Stylemasters, 150 gold

Currency Changes

Event Tickets converted to Trade Bars (1:100)
Mimic Stones and Outfit Tokens removed from Crown Store (now in Bazaar)

Crafting & Economy

Stylemasters – Now sell Desecrated Grave Soil
Jester’s Festival – Drop table adjustments
Anniversary Jubilee – Worm Cult motif available at Stylemasters
Pirharri the Smuggler – No longer takes Smuggler’s Fee

Miscellaneous Fixes

Achievements

Housing achievements no longer reference specific house sizes
Captain Ithala kill now properly triggers achievement

Furnishings

Numerous visual, collision, and naming fixes across multiple items
“Valenwood Skull Blocks” performance optimization
Target Worm Colossus now applies abilities correctly

UI/UX

Zone Guide help text updates addressed
Mimic stone checkbox refreshes appropriately
Gamepad UI improvements across multiple screens
Accessibility screen narration added to bag upgrade screen

Localization

Button hint coverage issues addressed
Chinese font and label display corrections

Technical

Rare crash on object unloading addressed
Zone change limits now display proper messaging
Daedric Artifacts now appear correctly when picked up

Previously, a major ESO update 40 added new features, various tweaks and changes. Unfortunately, players are reporting several problems with the game. Today’s ESO version 2.82 will solve a few of these problems.

Download free ESO update 2.82 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 and Xbox One.

ESO Update 2.82 Patch Notes for PS4 (ESO Console Update 49) – Season Zero: Dawn and Dusk