Last night, Bethesda hosted a special ESO Direct in which The Elder Scrolls Online's 2025 plans were laid out, and there's definitely a lot of change coming to the game throughout the year - with two new Xbox versions now available.
The big content release in 2025 is a major new zone and storyline called "Seasons of the Worm Cult", which takes the form of a two-part adventure debuting on June 18th. The second part will then arrive later in the year.
You can see a trailer for Seasons of the Worm Cult up above, and here's the official description:
Divided by the mysterious Writhing Wall, the isle of Solstice is beset by the dread Worm Cult, and you and your fellow players must venture into the mysterious island of Solstice, gather your allies, and put a stop to the cult’s dread schemes. For the first time in the game’s history, the Seasons of the Worm Cult saga continues a story that began in the ESO base game (although you don’t need to have completed the game’s original story to enjoy this one).
Beyond that, there's also a big in-game event called "Writhing Wall" for the latter part of 2025, a free update arriving in June that adds new Subclassing and Hero's Return systems, and a couple of new Dungeon Packs including one that's available now.
There's more detail about all of this on the official ESO website, and here's a look at the roadmap:

Now, in terms of those two new Xbox versions, there's a 2025 Content Pass that includes the new stuff but not the game or old expansions, while the 2025 Premium Edition adds all eight previous Chapters along with the base game.
The 2025 Content Pass is priced at $49.99, while the 2025 Premium Edition is $74.99. Bizarrely the prices here in the UK are not correct - the Content Pass is mistakenly being listed at £84.99 right now on the Xbox Store.
So, there you go! Excited for the future of ESO? Let us know down in the comments section below.
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Can you still access all the content, @FraserG? Or is it like Destiny where certain parts can no longer be played, even if you own them...?
@Fiendish-Beaver As far as I'm aware, all the old content will remain playable and they're just adding to it.
Ideal, thank you, @FraserG... 👍
@Fiendish-Beaver you can jump into all parts at anytime from what i recall 👍
That's cool, @Weebleman. Thank you...
This sounds like plans to make ESO a more seasonal MMO which probably makes more sense money wise and maybe will lead to more updates all around. Still a little unfortunate in that I had gotten in the habit of buying the latest expansion like half a year plus later when it's 67% off. Idk how that'd work with the seasonal tract. The pass will probably be full price for longer and then I guess they'd sell everything in individual packs later? God I hope there's no fomo.
@Fiendish-Beaver To add to this they're supposedly improving the environments and art for old areas to match up with the newer content (stuff like lighting).
That'll be cool. Thank you, @WildConcept6...
@Fiendish-Beaver This is EXACTLY with I completely stopped bothering to even play Destiny.
Was bad enough their DLCs were incredibly overpriced and severely lacking in content.
@THE_VITTLER In all fairness, there's A LOT of content in that Premium Edition bundle. If person is a completionist - - be playing all that for years and years and years.
I only ever play the campaign in Destiny 2, @GuyinPA75. I don't do the Raids, and only do some of the Strikes where I am capable of doing them solo. I'm very anti-social...! 😂
However, I haven't bought any of the expansion packs for D2 in recent years since they stopped me from playing parts of it that I own. I'm not sure whether these parts are rotated in and out, or if they are gone for good, but I won't part with money on the game when Bungie might decide on a whim to withhold content that I have paid for. Tis a shame because I really enjoy the game as a solo experience...
I've always enjoyed the idea of this game, but every time I have ever loaded it up, I feel massively overwhelmed and leave lol.
@Kaloudz It's amazing. Just follow the main zone quests and avoid all the side quests until you complete the main quests. You'll be able to tell the main quests from side quests due to the unique icon. There is also a build in guide that will guide you through zones. Other than that run dungeons and collect gear and enjoy! Probably my favorite game ever, if I'm being honest.
Used to play ESO religiously with a few friends (PC). We all just slowly drifted away from it though. I still have it installed, but I doubt we'll be returning any time soon.
@TheEstablishment How long on average does the main questline take? I remember loading it up, and having so many markers it was hard to keep track of lol.
@Kaloudz The first expansion, Morrowind, took me maybe 6 hours to complete. Each expansion has taken me between 4-8 hours to get through. In all honesty, I don't do side quests as a lot of them offer trivial rewards and don't really enhance the core storyline. You're free to jump into a zone and dive into the core story quest regardless of expansion though, it isn't like you need to complete them in order or even complete them at all, though you will receive an achievement and a cool "title" to accompany your name out in the world. Each continent can take a couple hours to clear the main quests in those special areas.
I always find it best to pick a map and use the zone guide to direct me to the first quest, which is usually waiting for you once you enter the zone. The main quests marker always looks different from the side markers.
My favorite thing to do is run dungeons and collect entire sets of gear that goes with my class (I tank). Usually take 5 or 6 runs through to get it done but it's fun. Dungeons usually take about 15-20 minutes to complete, while trials (raids) can take an hour at best.
There is no FOMO in this game and everything is just there waiting for you. You don't need to follow any sort of path and are free to create your own path by picking a zone and completing the story. Its only overwhelming if you let it be, but if you focus on one area at a time it's fun as hell.
@TheEstablishment Thanks for all of that. You've convinced me to give it another go and I had just the right amount of space to download it with some to spare.
I had no idea that the quest line was as less time consuming as I thought. I was under the assumption that the game would take over 1000 hours to play through the story alone - it seems to have been added to over and over and over again (which is a good thing of course).
Knowing it's more manageable, and that that there's no FOMO is enough for me alone to credit it with another go. Thanks brother.
I was a day-one player who played almost every day for five years until CP2.0 changed everything and forced me to play their four-skill-slot mini-game 50 times a night. And I hate that menu, it was a nightmare to navigate with a controller.
Have they fixed this? Have they given us all our passive skills back on the green skill tree? If not, unless I can play like Skyrim and not have to constantly worry about what skills are active, it’s still a no from me. Because that was a total ball-ache compared to how we used to play.
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