The Elder Scrolls Online Gold Road Preview Visits the West Weald

Gold Road will begin rolling out for The Elder Scrolls Online in less than a month, first on PC and Mac. The ESO team has a new preview to prepare for the Chapter’s release, this time taking us into the West Weald.

The West Weald is central to Gold Road, and it is where there are some very unusual happenings going on that will grow into a major threat. The overall region is an Imperial one, but it’s divided further into three separate regions that have their own characteristics. They are the Gold Road, the Colovian Highlands, and Dawnwood. The first two are where most of the Imperials reside, while Dawnwood is where you’ll find a number of Valenwood Elves. The arrival of the Wood Elves was more recent as they followed nature, as they say, and are settling into their new home.

In the newest preview, Gold Road zone lead Ed Stark talks about the setting and the mysterious Daedric incursions and threats seeded within. “The big threat to West Weald is not knowing what’s going on. Everything that’s happening seemingly happened overnight. And the ‘Mirrormoor Incursions’ popping up across the region? No one knows where these new Daedra are coming from or how to stop them,” he says.

There is another mystery at hand, and this is related to how the Wood Elves “followed nature” and wound up in the region. This is the Wildburn, and Stark sets up something to investigate. “The Wildburn is the forward edge of whatever magic created the jungle growth of Dawnwood. Whatever energy or magic caused the explosive jungle growth clashed with the natural flora and fauna. This left a region of devastation and created wildburn creatures, animals corrupted by the clash of magic and nature.”

Expect quests to not only investigate the zone, but also to probe some aspects of the Wood Elf society, the Colovian culture, and more as these two different groups seek to coexist. 

Beyond that, there will be major quests about all of the mysterious stuff going on, six new Delves, a Trial, two new public