With the success of The Elder Scrolls Online‘s Dragonknight rework, fans are already counting down the days for Update 50. There’s a lot on the table for when it releases, though it may take a bit of time until then.
ESO‘s U50 won’t bring any major class reworks, but it will significantly shake up all classes by adding to them rather than transforming. Werewolves, however, will get some new life with the update. Here’s when it releases.
ESO Update 50 release date
Though there is no official release date for ESO‘s U50 yet, Zenimax shared that it will go live in June 2026. This is in line with the usual interval of around three months between major updates, following U49 in March.
You can expect U50 to contain the Werewolf rework, as well as the Class Mastery passives for those who don’t subclass, and a plethora of other improvements. Having bonuses for not borrowing skill lines from other classes is arguably the most meta-defining part of the update, at least for PvE: most (if not all) meta builds pick up bonuses from other trees, such as Nightblades’ Assassination, Sorcerers’ Storm Calling, or, more ubiquitously, Arcanists’ Herald of the Tome.
The player experience livestream on March 26 also showcased a few improvements coming with the update, such as:
- Improved Companion XP rate
- New post-Coldharbour Golden Pursuit called Path to Adventure
- Transmute Stations (almost) everywhere, including in Mages Guilds
- A Guild Mail feature
- Improved limit for daily quests
ESO Update 50 PTS release date
If you’d like to get an early look at U50, some parts of the patch are scheduled to land on the Public Test Server (PTS) on April 13. This is an important opportunity to provide feedback and shape the major content drop (though if you’re just there to flirt with the vampire quest giver, we won’t judge you).
Zenimax will share more information in livestreams before then, with a Seasons Direct on March 31 and another broadcast on April 9. Before U50 lands, players will also have the release of season zero on April 2 and the Night Market on April 29.
Players will have to wait to fully take on what ESO offers with Update 50, though Zenimax has enough in stock to keep us occupied until then.
