ESO Blackwood

ESO Blackwood Release Date

The release date of Elder Scrolls Online: Blackwood Chapter is June 1, 2021. The PS and Xbox console release date is June 8, 2021.

Server Release Date
PC June 1, 2021
Playstation and Xbox June 8, 2021

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Blackwood Location

  • Location: Blackwood

Blackwood is a Location in Elder Scrolls Online (ESO). Blackwood was added with the Blackwood Chapter and is accessible to all characters of all levels and Factions.

Players gain access to Blackwood (after downloading the DLC) by visiting their faction's beginning city (Daggerfall for DC). All enemies and resource nodes are Battle Leveled.

Cities, Settlements & Farms Caves, Mines, Ruins & Crypts Delves, Public Delves, Dungeons & Arenas World Events Points of Interest Wayshrines
  • Gideon
  • Leyawiin
  • Borderwatch
  • Farmer's Nook
  • Fort Redmane
  • Hutan-Tzel
  • Stonewastes
  • Deepscorn Hollow (map)
  • Doomvault Vulpinaz (map)
  • Glenbridge (map)
  • Tidewater Cave (map)
  • Veyond (map)
  • Welke (map)
  • Rockgrove
  • Arpenia
  • Bloodrun Cave
  • Doomvault Porcixid
  • The Silent Halls
  • Undertow Cavern
  • Vunalk
  • Xi-Tsei
  • Zenithar's Abbey
  • Oblivion Portals
  • Fort Blueblood
  • Ojel-Bak
  • Plateau of the Traveler
  • Salvitto Estate
  • Shrine to Nocturnal
  • White Stallion Inn
  • Bloodrun Wayshrine
  • Blueblood Wayshrine
  • Borderwatch Wayshrine
  • Fort Redmane Wayshrine
  • Gideon Wayshrine — Located across from the Stable Steed in Gideon.
  • Leyawiin Wayshrine
  • Leyawiin Outskirts Wayshrine
  • Stonewastes Wayshrine

Blackwood Features

Blackwood continues the adventure in the Gates of Oblivion. The Blackwood Chapter features over 30 hours of story content which allows players to explore a new side of Tamirel where they will find a diverse culture of the Agronians meets with Imperial ambitions.

Name Description
New zone Blackwood
Story content +30 hours worth of story content that follows the schemes of the Daedric Prince Mehrunes Dagon.
Companions System a new feature that allows the player to recruit NPC allies who will travel and fight alongside you.
New delves The Silent Halls, Zenithar's Abbey, Arpenia, Bloodrun Cave, Doomvault Porcixid, Undertow Cavern, Vunalk, Xi-Tsei, The Deadlands
New Trial Rockgrove:  Retake the village of Rockgrove from Daedric-worshipping Argonians in a new 12-player Trial. Battle through the town and put a stop to the invading tribe's rituals before they can call forth Mehrune Dagon's great army.
New World Events  Oblivion Portals : Enter the Oblivion Portals, scattered throughout the region of Blackwood, fight your way to their heart, and shut down these mysterious Daedric constructs, lest they engulf all of Tamriel in flame.
Others Earn, unlock, and find the Lost Relics of Blackwood. Acquire six powerful new gear sets, a host of dark collectibles, Achievements, items, and more!

Blackwood Sets List

Category Name Bonuses Information
Overland Sets Frostbite Set (2 items) Adds 129 Spell Damage
(3 items) Adds 657 Spell Critical
(4 items) Adds 129 Spell Damage
(5 items) Increases your damage done with Frost abilities by 8%. Increases your damage done against Chilled enemies by 4%. Increases your damage done against enemies afflicted with Minor Brittle by 2%.
Type: Light Armor
Style: ??
Location: ??
Required: Blackwood Chapter
Overland Sets Deadlands Assassin Set (2 items) Adds 129 Weapon Damage
(3 items) Adds 129 Weapon Damage
(4 items) Adds 1096 Max Stamina
(5 items) Adds 200 Weapon Damage
(5 items) Dealing damage to an enemy within 10 meters of you with a Heavy Attack causes you to throw a cone of knives, dealing 3063 Physical Damage to enemies hit. If an enemy hit has 50% Health or less, they also take additional 6293 Bleed Damage over 13 seconds. This effect can occur once every 15 seconds and scales off of the higher of your Weapon or Spell Damage.
Type: Medium Armor
Style: ??
Location: ??
Required: Blackwood Chapter
Overland Sets Bog Raider Set (2 items) Adds 1096 Max Magicka
(3 items) Adds 1206 Max Health
(4 items) Adds 1096 Max Stamina
(5 items) When an enemy you have recently damaged dies, gain 10 Ultimate and increase your Health Recovery by 1156 for 10 seconds. This effect can occur once every 10 seconds.
Type: Heavy Armor
Style: ??
Location: ??
Required: Blackwood Chapter
Crafted Sets

Hist Whisperer Set

(3 traits)

(2 items) Adds 129 Health Recovery
(3 items) Adds 129 Stamina Recovery
(4 items)  Adds 129 Magicka Recovery
(5 items) Dealing damage with a Light or Medium Attack heals you for 318 Health and restores 318 Stamina and Magicka. Dealing damage with a fully-charged Heavy Attack heals you for 636 Health and restores 636 Stamina and Magicka.
Type: Crafted Sets
Style: ??
Location: ??
Required: Blackwood Chapter
Crafted Sets

Heartland Conqueror Set

(6 traits)

(2 items) Adds 129 Weapon and Spell Damage
(3 items) Adds 1096 Max Magicka
(4 items) Adds 1096 Max Stamina
(5 items) Increases the effectiveness of your Weapon Traits by 100%. This does not affect Ornate or Intricate traits.
Type: Crafted Sets
Style: ??
Location: ??
Required: Blackwood Chapter
Crafted Sets

Diamond's Victory Set

(5 traits)

(2 items) Adds 129 Weapon and Spell Damage
(3 items) Adds 657 Critical Chance
(4 items) Adds 129 Weapon and Spell Damage
(5 items) Dealing direct melee damage grants you Range Supremacy for 5 seconds, adding 437Weapon and Spell Damage to your damage over time and ranged attacks. Dealing direct ranged damage grants you Melee Supremacy for 5 seconds, adding 437Weapon and Spell Damage to your melee attacks.
Type: Crafted Sets
Style: ??
Location: ??
Required: Blackwood Chapter
Trial Sets Bahsei's Mania Set (2 items) Adds 129 Spell Damage
(3 items) Gain Minor Slayer at all times, increasing your damage done to Dungeon, Trial, and Arena Monsters by 5%.
(4 items) Adds 657 Spell Critical
(5 items) Increases your damage done to non-player enemies by up to 15% based on your missing Magicka.
(5 items) Adds 129 Spell Damage (Perfected only)
Type: Light Armor
Style: ??
Location: ??
Required: Blackwood Chapter
Trial Sets Stone-Talker's Oath Set (2 items) Adds 129 Magicka Recovery
(3 items) Gain Minor Aegis at all times, reducing your damage taken from Dungeon, Trial, and Arena Monsters by 5%.
(4 items) Adds 129 Magicka Recovery
(5 items) Your fully-charged Heavy Attacks place a soul bomb on your target that charges as the target takes damage. After 10 seconds, the bomb explodes, restoring 5% of the damage received as Stamina and Magicka, up to 2240 Stamina and Magicka, to 12 group members within 16 meters of the explosion. This effect can occur every 10 seconds.
(5 items) Adds 1096 Max Magicka (Perfected only)
Type: Light Armor
Style: ??
Location: ??
Required: Blackwood Chapter
Trial Sets Sul-Xan's Torment Set (2 items) Adds 129 Weapon Damage
(3 items) Gain Minor Slayer at all times, increasing your damage done to Dungeon, Trial, and Arena Monsters by 5%.
(4 items) Adds 657 Weapon Critical
(5 items) When an enemy you recently damaged dies, they leave behind a vengeful soul for 6 seconds. You can only create one vengeful soul at a time. Touching the soul increases your Weapon Critical by 2160 and your Critical Damage by 12% for 30 seconds.
(5 items) Adds 657 Weapon Critical (Perfected only)
Type: Medium Armor
Style: ??
Location: ??
Required: Blackwood Chapter
Trial Sets Saxhleel Champion Set (2 items) Adds 1096 Max Magicka
(3 items) Gain Minor Aegis at all times, reducing your damage taken from Dungeon, Trial, and Arena Monsters by 5%.
(4 items) Adds 1096 Max Stamina
(5 items) When you cast an Ultimate ability, you and up to 11 group members within 28 meters of you gain Major Force for 1 second per 15 Ultimate spent, increasing your Critical Damage done by 20%. 
(5 items) Adds 1096 Max Stamina (Perfected only)
Type: Heavy Armor
Style: ??
Location: ??
Required: Blackwood Chapter
Monster Masks Zoal the Ever-Wakeful (1 item) Adds 1096 Max Stamina
(2 items) When you Break Free, you release a wave of Watcher energy, causing enemies within 8 meters of you to become Feared for 3 seconds. You also gain 34 Weapon and Spell Damage for each enemy hit, up to 6 enemies, for 7 seconds.
Type: Monster Helm Sets
Style: ??
Location: ??
Required: Blackwood Chapter
Monster Masks Immolator Charr (1 item) Adds 1487 Armor
(2 items) Adds 1206 Max Health
(2 items) When you take damage while below 50% Health, gain immunity to immobilizations, snares, and crowd control effects for 10 seconds. This effect can occur once every 40 seconds.
Type: Monster Helm Sets
Style: ??
Location: ??
Required: Blackwood Chapter
Monster Masks Glorgoloch the Destroyer (1 item) Adds 1206 Max Health
(2 items) While in combat, each second you stand still grants you a stack of Flesh Fortress, up to 10 stacks. Each stack increases your Armor by 380 and your Critical Resistance by 38. Each second you move removes a stack of Flesh Fortress. Exiting combat removes all stacks of Flesh Fortress. Using charge and teleport abilities do not remove stacks of Flesh Fortress.
Type: Monster Helm Sets
Style: ??
Location: ??
Required: Blackwood Chapter
Mythic Items Gaze of Sithis (1 item) Adds 3276 Maximum Health
(1 item) Adds 1025 Health Recovery
(1 item) Adds 4000 Armor
(1 item) Reduces your Block Mitigation to 0.
Type: Mythic Items
Style: ??
Location: ??
Required: Blackwood Chapter
Mythic Items Harpooner's Wading Kilt (1 item) Dealing direct damage grants you a stack of Hunter's Focus for 1 minute, up to 10 stacks max. You can only gain 1 stack of Hunter's Focus per second. Each stack of Hunter's Focus increases your Critical Chance by 125 and your Critical Damage by 1%. Taking direct damage removes 5 stack of Hunter's Focus, up to once per second. Removing Harpooner's Wading Kilt removes all stacks of Hunter's Focus. Type: Mythic Items
Style: ??
Location: ??
Required: Blackwood Chapter
Mythic Items Death Dealer's Fete (1 item) Gain a persistent stack of Escalating Fete every 2 seconds you are in combat, up to 10 stacks max. Each stack of Escalating Fete increases your Maximum Health, Stamina, and Magicka by 150. You lose a stack of Escalating Fete every 4 seconds you are out of combat. Type: Mythic Items
Style: ??
Location: ??
Required: Blackwood Chapter
Mythic Items Shapeshifter's Chain (1 item) Reduce the cost of your Transformation Ultimate abilities by 15%. While transformed, increase your Maximum Health, Stamina, and Magicka by 1707. Type: Mythic Items
Style: ??
Location: ??
Required: Blackwood Chapter

Blackwood New Class

There is no new class for Blackwood chapter. Currently, ESO has the following six classes: Dragonknight, Sorcerer, Nightblade, Templar, Warden, Necromancer.

ESO Blackwood Price

Currently, Blackwood is available in the following editions listed below. The Upgrade editions of this chapter contain just Blackwood, which is ideal for existing players who already own the game and previous Chapters.

Name Price
The Elder Scrolls Online: Blackwood Upgrade $39.99
The Elder Scrolls Online: Blackwood Upgrade Collector’s Edition $49.99
The Elder Scrolls Online Collection: Blackwood $59.99
The Elder Scrolls Online Collection: Blackwood CE $79.99

The two Collections above include not only the Blackwood Chapter, but also the base game and every previous Chapter in The Elder Scrolls Online’s history (Morrowind, Summerset, Elsweyr, and Greymoor), making it the perfect jumping-on point for new players.

Blackwood Companions

Companions in The Elder Scrolls Online is a new system that is added with the Blackwood Chapter. Companions are special NPCs that can be recruited to join the player's adventure and who helps in combat. Companions usually have their own specialization, preferred equipment, skills, class, stats, strengths, weaknesses, and many more.

  • There are Two Companions available: Mirri Elendis and Bastian Hallix
  • Companions start at level 1 and they can level up by gaining experience with you through quests or combat.  And you can equip certain gear, or assign costomes/mounts for them. 
  • Companions have their own Companion Skills that you can slot, and can have different roles/sub-classes such as Deadly Assassin, Soul Thief and Living Shade. You can set their Combat Behavior to better suit your fighting style.
  • Companions have a full Dialog System. Continuous interaction with a companion will allow the player to unlock personal quests.
  • Speculation is that players can unlock two companions at the start by completing a certain main quest.

Companion Skills in Elder Scroll Online (ESO) is a new feature added with the Blackwood Chapter (Release June 2021). You can pick multiple skills for your Companions, make them more powerful and helpful in your adventures. Like your character, companion skills can be categorized as Class Skills, Weapon Skills, Armor Skills, Guild Skills, and Racial Skills. They can slot 5 normal skills and 1 Ultimate skill.

Each companion skill has a cooldown of several seconds. Companions can cast each ability as it comes off cooldown according to the skill order assigned on the companion skill bar. 

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