The Elder Scrolls Online status: server issues and outage reports
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The Elder Scrolls Online is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed by ZeniMax Online Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. Available for Xbox, Playstation and Windows.
Problems in the last 24 hours
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August 16: Problems at The Elder Scrolls Online
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Most Reported Problems
The following are the most recent problems reported by The Elder Scrolls Online users through our website.
- Sign in (63%)
- Online Play (19%)
- Game Crash (13%)
- Glitches (6%)
Live Outage Map
The most recent The Elder Scrolls Online outage reports came from the following cities:
| City | Problem Type | Report Time |
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 Gaillac
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Game Crash | 26 days ago |
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Arrondissement de Poitiers
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Online Play | 26 days ago |
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Saint-Marcellin-en-Forez
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Sign in | 1 month ago |
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Villeneuve-d'Ascq
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Sign in | 1 month ago |
 Amsterdam
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Sign in | 1 month ago |
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Châteauroux
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Sign in | 1 month ago |
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The Elder Scrolls Online Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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Soup (@The_Soupinator) reported@WinC_Gaming Yeah that's the big problem. Exclusives mean nothing unless they have must-have games (released regularly) to back that plan up. Halo hasn't been that for a LONG time and they're going to need more than just Elder Scrolls 6 which is still years off.
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Tsurugi Smile Protector 🎼 ⏳️🗿 (@justhereforvt) reportedIf their work was as good as they claimed it to be, they'd have no issues finding jobs at other game companies. Also, in actually interesting news, Elder Scrolls 6 is in a "playable" state just based on this headline.
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MidwestNomad (@dedmeetdm) reported@BethesdaStudios Well that's a bunch of word salad PR BS. It'll be almost 20 years since a proper Elder Scrolls, and nearly as much before the next Fallout. Microsoft should shut you down and give these franchises to a company that actually cares. You all left Fallout 4 broken for over a year.
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Weathering The Storm (@StolenDaughter) reported@TESOnline I installed today's patch and can't log in because it doesn't recognize the patch... fix this immediately.
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KayBear (@Kaybearmomma) reported@WarHistoryBuff Its way over rated, it gets boring fast and it suffers from the fallout/elder scrolls you can do everything in one play through issue
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Taye (@Tayetalks_) reported@GamzlyTKD @JezCorden Agree with most of that but not the side chick platform, there's a world where they play their cards right they acquire more users even via consoles. The problem is they haven't being playing their cards right. Elder Scrolls isn't enough - They need Fallout etc etc
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Gærsstapa (@gaersstapa) reported@lastchalice Frankly I think its going to tank their studio. Whether it sells or not is irrelevant; the time it took, the costs, the issues, etc. Its GG. Further Hammerfell is a bad place to set it now with the ongoing real world discourse, if they wanted Hammerfell it should have released in 2021-2023. Now it will come off as developer tokenism and DEI. And to be real, looking at the developers out protesting, yea, it does look like that. Which means we are getting The Elder Scrolls: Starfield Edition. And I definitely don't think the team has the ability to make it as modular as Skyrim, which is the real reason the game is still a dominant force in its player base, from SteamDB; Skyrim SE: 39,382 players as of typing. Oblivion Remaster: 2,464 players as of typing. Starfield: 6,446 players as of typing.
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Nethi ܸ⩌⩊⩌ ܸ (@NethiVr) reported@CassieKittenVR Different tech at the time. Keep in mind that Bethesda is a bit like monster hunter with their engine. Each generation of games are working on the same system just modified to fix their current IP, which was ether Elder scrolls or Fallout. What a mess x3
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NaToonses (@Toonses7) reported@michaelamule @BethesdaSupport @TESOnline Especially when the message doesn't state what day or what version is the problem!
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Ronin_Blades (@ronin_blades) reported@LoneWolfMitsuni Thats fair, however elder scrolls and fallout are still two very good and popular series which are plagued with bugs and optimization issues... so I wouldn't call Beasts of Reincarnation **** til you play or seen someone play it to get the full scope of the game. Thats just my op
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𝔊𝔯𝔦𝔪𝔣𝔢𝔩 (@GrimfelOfficial) reported@FussyPastor Prompt was iterated on: Build an explorable 3D RPG world in Three.js based on the attached image. It has to feel like Elder Scrolls daggerfall in feel, FPS RPG, with collision detection, no clipping or defects on geometry, AAA visuals with HDR lighting and shadow shaders, target 60fps, split all the work into sub agents like terrain, props/geometry, materials/textures, lighting, physics, controls/camera, performance. Assign one sub-agent per stream. Each sub-agent owns its stream end to end and reports what it built plus what is still weak. Integrate, then run a review pass: walk the world, list every visible defect, fix them. Repeat till you get it perfect
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KhajiitCook (@Lgbt_Cherry) reported@Mark97009631616 @TESOnline One of the hardest jobs in programming is looking at someones previous coding and add on to it without causing some huge problems end point.
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GrimSyphr (@GrimSyphr) reported@bethesda now hire 50 straight white chud devs and @Asmongold to test and fix Elder Scrolls 6 and we can all be friends again.
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Justin (@Justin__NC) reported@_Deez_Games It is good news for all their franchises. I welcome it But the problem is that we should be talking fallout 6 and elder scrolls 7 coming out soon. They should be doing concept work for fallout 7 and elder scrolls 7/8 by now, not just starting fallout 5
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Wesley ✨ (@wesleytypes) reportedI love Creation Engine. Propriety engines play a significant role in forming a game's identity and I would never wish that away. Bethesda is who they are in large part because of this engine. That said, to spend countless years and millions of dollars on a new game and NOT strive to break new ground or do something you haven't before feels like a waste. The Creation Engine hasn't shown a meaningful capacity to grow and change with modern gaming expectation and that's a problem. I still want Bethesda games to feel like Bethesda games, but if Creation Engine 3 doesn't massively impress and prove that it can deliver a truly modern gaming experience, it will be imperative that Bethesda make changes that I don't think they're willing to make. At this point, promising the future of The Elder Scrolls and Fallout on Creation Engine feels like a giant gamble.
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Jiggylookback (@jiggylookback) reported@BethesdaStudios Do people play Fallout 76 and Elder Scrolls Online? I read the numbers…I don’t know anyone who personally does. I tried 76 with a buddy and we enjoyed it for a minute but it was a massive glitch fest and that was like two years ago.
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Ivan^3 +18 (@DarthK4iser) reportedI mean going by elder scrolls you only have a set backstory in 1 because our friendship is required for the story while everything else is more open ended outside of being a prisoner. I mean there 2 imperial agent but those guys can range in service and actions
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@DarkPaladin000 (@Paladin000Xbox) reported@JamieMoranUK They do cost more you're absolutely right but there are some successful live service games out there Just look at Bethesda and how long they've done Fallout 76 An elder scrolls Online those games have a ton of players Sea of Thieves did at one point I'm not sure what it is now
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Kendra Bratton 🌸🧚♀️ Fairy VTuber (@Voxs_Faegirl) reported✧༺♥༻∞GUIRELLA ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM ENDED∞༺♥༻✧ 🌸Welp looks like it is a YT Server issue for the East coast I am praying it is better by tomorrow before going on my trip. Tonight we raided into @mino_mieko on Twitch & on YouTube we raided into Machina X Flayon!
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DeLa-Fuente (@itsFante) reported@BethesdaSupport @TESOnline I keep getting “login failed. Unexpected internal error has occured”
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𝔊𝔯𝔦𝔪𝔣𝔢𝔩 (@GrimfelOfficial) reported@abandonedmuse I think it just runs at a lower rate as I didn't max out usage Build an explorable 3D RPG world in Three.js based on the attached image. It has to feel like Elder Scrolls daggerfall in feel, FPS RPG, with collision detection, no clipping or defects on geometry, AAA visuals with HDR lighting and shadow shaders, target 60fps, split all the work into sub agents like terrain, props/geometry, materials/textures, lighting, physics, controls/camera, performance. Assign one sub-agent per stream. Each sub-agent owns its stream end to end and reports what it built plus what is still weak. Integrate, then run a review pass: walk the world, list every visible defect, fix them. Repeat till you get it perfect
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Jean-Clawed (@dropandrot) reported@Pirat_Nation Why a company that is obsessed with cramming live service crap into everything hasn't thought to use the DA world building to make it a MMORPG, and milk it like Microsoft has done with Elder Scrolls Online, is a mystery.
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Alaska Gnome I SUPPORT Israel (@Gnomiss) reported@BethesdaSupport @TESOnline trying to return after several years... I can log in to the web sight.. but log in to the game fails with an error 201.. do i have to re subscribe to log in?????
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Alright Stingy (@___Stingy___) reportedBethesda is notoriously known for relying on the community to fix their games (finish the rest of the development for the game) these developers deserve to be fired the last single player game was three years ago. “But fallout76 and elder scrolls online are mainline game”
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TJ Jimmy Falker (@FalkerTj) reported@aaniVibeTheory Idk fallout new vegas if you can polish it a bit and fix bugs without ****** up what was there. Elder scrolls Morowind too... if you mean an upgraded revamp the true crime streets series. Dont kill my wallet though fo an already made polish up. Bought it once prior save my wallet
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Supreme Mii (@JmRealgamer) reported@Stealth40k 1) I know about that but I did have to temporarily erase it to save space for Elder Scrolls Oblivion Remaster coming out soon. Then I hear ESOR has technical issues Bethesda hasn’t fixed across all systems yet. It’s gonna be lots of fun or I’ll find myself reinstalling MKW on
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MyNameIsNobody/Destiny 3 (@AzLineage) reported@FilmsFallout Since it sounds like bungie will be making a Borderlands live service game instead of another Destiny game, so glad I have Fallout and Elder Scrolls to fall back on
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MOBBDE21 (@MOBBDE21) reported@IdleSloth84_ He mentioned that before about the live service games. But yeah, Elder Scrolls 6 will likely go exclusive, Fallout 5 will likely be multiplatform.
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Chel (@Genuine_Snap) reported@JBishie They need to fix that storefront before they expect pc players to use it. Even still, when games were exclusive to EGS, PC players would just skip them, saying “no steam no buy”. They may grab the latest Elder Scrolls, but most PC players will skip Xbox games if this is true.
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Sam Hawkes (@Hawkes1986) reported@CultureCrave Released Skyrim in 2011, took unit 2018 to even announce elder scrolls 6..... And we're now in 2026. Honestly, I couldn't give a **** about es6 at this point. Your focus now is live service, passion for elder scrolls lost and more money live service won. Stick it up your arse.