Summary
Bethesda has rolled out a December update forThe Elder Scrolls: Castles, including a special holiday event series that will take place later in the month. The update toThe Elder Scrolls: Castles, which is now live, also includes new features that should both bump up the speed of quests and increase interactivity between players.
The mobile building and management game set in the world of Tamriel fromThe Elder Scrollsfranchise first launched in September 2024.Sharing DNA withFallout Shelter, a multi-platform game that Bethesda first released on mobile in the summer of 2015, players are tasked with building and maintaining a castle, managing its resources to keep its occupants happy and safe, and launching missions from the War Table. The game introduced its first seasonal content with a bigElder Scrolls: Castlesupdate in October, which included a two-week-long Witch Festival in which players could experience exclusive spooky-themed storylines centered around the Halloween season.
Now entering its first winter,The Elder Scrolls: Castlesis set to launch a pair of holiday-based events, Saturalia and Old Life/New Life, which are set to run from December 21-24, 2024. Not much has been revealed about what these two simultaneous events will contain, but the developers are promising the arrival of special seasonal characters and limited-time winter decor that players can use to decorate their castles.
As noted by the game’s official Twitter account, the update also brings with it two brand-new features. The first is a Quick Quest feature that should significantly speed up the game’s questing portions by having them play out automatically. Players can more easily manage theirElder Scrolls: Castlessubjects' gear by making use of the Auto-Equip button, ensuring that they’re kitted out in the best gear to take on their assigned quests. To further speed things up, a new 2X Speed option has been added for subjects on quests, and players can also replay quests from the victory screen and see each quest’s static rewards upon repeat completion.
The second new feature provides players with greater ability to interact with in-game friends, allowing them to visit each other’s castles and receive gifts from them. In addition to these two big changes, the game now hands out better rewards for taking down boss dragons on normal maps, rewarding players with Legendary subjects full of some of thebest traits inThe Elder Scrolls: Castles.
The Elder Scrolls: Castles
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From Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning developer behind Skyrim and Fallout Shelter, comes The Elder Scrolls: Castles – a new mobile game that puts you in control of your very own castle and dynasty. Oversee your subjects as the years come and go, families grow, and new rulers take the throne.BUILD YOUR DYNASTYTell your story for generations - each day in real life covers the span of an entire year in The Elder Scrolls: Castles. Train your subjects, name heirs, and maintain order to help your kingdom flourish. Will you keep your subjects happy and ensure a long life for their ruler? Or will they grow discontent and plot assassination?MANAGE YOUR CASTLECustomize your castle from the ground up, adding and expanding rooms, placing lavish decorations and inspirational monuments, and even assign subjects to workstations to ensure your castle has the resources to thrive for years to come!RULE YOUR KINGDOMMake key decisions that impact your legacy. Will you risk a limited supply of food to aid a neighboring kingdom? How should a heated spat between your subjects be settled? Your choices determine if your rule will inspire prosperity or lead your castle to peril.COMPLETE EPIC QUESTSCreate heroes, equip them with epic gear, and send them to battle against classic Elder Scrolls foes to collect valuable items and keep your kingdom growing.
