The Gray Host marches on the Reach in The Elder Scrolls Online: Markarth, the epic conclusion to the Dark Heart of Skyrim storyline. Explore a dangerous new zone, gather a band of unlikely allies, confront a Vampire Lord and his ancient army and much, much more! ESO Markarth launches November 2nd for PC, Mac and Stadia and November 10th for X Box One and Playstation 4.
List Of New Features and Updates
New Sets
ESO Markarth releases a brand new zone, The Reach, which includes Overland and Crafted sets, as well as a new Solo Arena, Vateshran Hollows, which also has it’s own sets and Arena Weapons. Some examples are below.
Legacy Of Karth
2 items: Adds 833 Critical Chance
3 items: Adds 129 Weapon Damage and Spell Damage
4 items: Adds 1487 Offensive Penetration
5 items: Enemies affected by your Alchemic Poisons take 1973 Disease Damage every 1 second.
Witch-Knight’s Defiance
2 items: Adds 129 Weapon Damage
3 items: Adds 129 Weapon Damage
4 items: Adds 129 Weapon Damage
5 items: Increases your Weapon Damage by 369 against Poisoned enemies.
Voidcaller
2 items: Adds 1206 Maximum Health
3 items: Adds 1096 Maximum Magicka
4 items: Adds 129 Spell Damage
5 items: When you take damage, your Spell Damage is increased by 24 for 5 seconds, stacking up to 20 times. This effect can occur once every half second. Upon reaching 20 stacks, the duration is doubled but can no longer be refreshed.
All sets are reviewed in the Video below.
Class Balance
While the primary focus of the Markarth DLC is the new story zone of The Reach, there are also some major class balance changes coming to the base game as well.
For Nightblades, the Master Assassin passive no longer grants passive weapon and spell damage when flanking an enemy but now grants Spell Penetration and Physical Penetration.
For Wardens, Subterranean Assault no longer applies Major Fracture, but instead recasts itself once for free. The magicka morph of this skill, Deep Fissure applies the new Major Breach which debuffs both Physical and Spell Resistance.
Frost Staff Changes
The Frost Staff is seeing a major update in the Markarth DLC, focused on Tanking and Support roles in ESO. Some of the major changes we are seeing currently on PTS are:
Heavy Attacks with the Frost Staff no longer taunt enemies. The Tri-Focus passive now provides a larger damage shield instead.
Frost Clench now taunts the enemy.
Wall Of Elements with a Frost Staff equipped (Wall Of Frost) now does a bit less damage but grants you and your group a small damage shield. The Unstable Wall of Frost morph provides another damage shield after the effect ends. Both morphs no longer snare.
Pulsar and Elemental Ring when cast with a Frost Staff provide Minor Protection to you and your group within the AOE.
A new Debuff, Minor Brittle, can be applied to Chilled enemies which increases their critical damage taken.
Major/Minor Buff Changes
Significant changes are coming to most of the major and minor buffs in the game. Some buffs are stronger while others are now significantly weaker. You can review the full list of changes below.
Minor Expedition: Increased to 15%, up from 10%.
Major Savagery and Prophecy: Increased to 12%, up from 10%.
Minor Breach: Increased to 2974, up from 1320.
Major Breach:
Increased to 5948, up from 5280.
Major Breach now affects both Physical and Spell Resistance equally.
Minor and Major Fracture: Yeeted from this plane of existence to embrace its missing other half, Minor and Major Ward.
Minor Resolve: Increased to 2974, up from 1320.
Major Resolve: Increased to 5948, up from 5280.
Minor Fortitude/Endurance/Intellect: Increased to 20%, up from 10%
Major Fortitude/Endurance/Intellect: Increased to 40%, up from 20%.
Minor Defile: Decreased to 8%, down from 15%.
Major Defile: Decreased to 16%, down from 30%.
Major Mending: Decreased to 16%, down from 25%.
Major Vitality: Decreased to 16%, down from 30%.
Major Evasion: Decreased to 20%, down from 25%
Minor Berserk: Decreased to 5%, down from 8%.
Major Berserk: Decreased to 10%, down from 25%.
Minor Protection: Decreased to 5%, down from 8%.
Major Protection: Decreased to 10%, down from 30%.
Minor Maim: Decreased to 5%, down from 15%.
Major Maim: Decreased to 10%, down from 25%.
Minor Vulnerability: Decreased to 5%, down from 8%.
Major Vulnerability: Decreased to 10%, down from 25%.
Minor Magickasteal: Decreased to 168 per hit, down from 300.
Major Aegis and Slayer:
Decreased to 10%, down from 15%.
Fixed an issue where Aegis was additive rather than multiplicative.
Minor Courage: Increased to 215, up from 129.
Major Courage: Increased to 430, up from 258.
Major Force: Increased to 20%, up from 15%.
[NEW] Minor Brittle: Increases the target’s Critical Damage taken by 10%
Major Brittle: Increases the target’s Critical Damage taken by 20%. Not yet sourced.
Minor Cowardice: This debuff has been reworked, and now reduces the target’s Weapon and Spell Damage by 215, rather than increasing their Ultimate cost abilities by 60%.
[NEW] Major Cowardice: Reduces a target’s Weapon and Spell Damage by 430.
Empower:
This buff now applies to all Light, Medium, and Heavy Attacks for its duration, and is no longer consumed on use.
The following sources of Empower now last 3 seconds, down from 5 to reflect the change that Empower is no longer consumed:
Aegis of Galenwae
Might of the Guild
Empowering Grip
Wrecking Blow
Ambush
New Mythic Items
The Markarth DLC will be unveiling TWO new Mythic Items, one focused on Ultimate generation and one of Self-Healing.
Pearls of Ehlnofey
(1 item) Whenever you cast a healing ability while your dominant resource is under 30%, gain 5 Ultimate.
Ring of the Pale Order
(1 item) Restore 15% of the damage you deal as Health. you cannot be healed by anyone but yourself.
Item Set Collection and Reconstruction
This is absolutely amazing! First, in the collections menu there is a new area for Sets collection. Once you bind an item to your character it will appear as collected in your full list of sets. This is account wide as well, so all the sets you have across all of your characters will appear here. What’s the point you ask?
Any set piece you’ve collected can then be reconstructed using Transmute Stones! For example, if you’ve collected a Maelstrom Inferno staff you can now recreate as many more New Maelstrom Inferno staves as you want to equip your other characters! A few notes here:
The cost of reconstruction depends on how many items in the set you’ve collected, including weapons, armor and jewelry.
With only 1 set piece collected the cost of reconstruction is 75 Transmute Stones.
With ALL set pieces collected the cost of reconstruction is 25 Transmute Stones.
New Items you reconstruct will be made at Green Quality, unless you also apply upgrade materials during the reconstruction process. This follows the same rules as crafting and using your own character’s crafting level and passives.
The Trait for your reconstructed item can be chosen as well and your options for Traits depends on your character’s own Researched Traits.
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