The Elder Scrolls Online Thieves Guild DLC Announced, First Look Trailer

ZeniMax Online teased Thieves Guild content for The Elder Scrolls Online even before the MMO’s release, so I expect fans of the title and franchise to be at least curious about the teaser they have just released for the Thieves Guild DLC they’re planning to release in the future (the trailer only includes a “Coming Soon” at the end, which is not exactly specific). The trailer includes some dastardly thieving action and what looks like old-school adventuring, hinting at a questline split between actual thieving and the exploration classic D&D-inspired labyrinthine dungeons:

The announcement post on the game’s official website sheds significantly more light on what the DLC will include. The DLC proper will bring a new zone, Abah’s Landing, and a new adventure to the table. The adventure will pit the local Thieves Guild against the mercenary organization known as the Iron Wheel, and the player, as the new local guild recruit, will have a chance to restore the organization’s reputation after a horribly failed heist.

The DLC also includes a new 12-player trial, new “criminal activities”, and a new passive skill line among other things. Meanwhile, the patch that will be released for all players will include a new 64-bit client for Windows and Mac, improved grouping tools, a plethora of balance changes, access to content from other alliances and more:

Thieves Guild DLC Game Pack Features & Content

• Join the iconic Thieves Guild for the first time in ESO
• Hew’s Bane, a new zone available to characters of all levels and home of Abah’s Landing, the Thieves Guild headquarters, located in the southern peninsula of Hammerfell
• Hours of exciting new story content and quests that will take you through all your favorite areas of Tamriel
• A challenging, new 12-player trial: Maw of Lorkhaj
• Formidable new group bosses and delves to conquer
• The addition of new criminal activities
• A new passive skill line exclusive to members of the Thieves Guild
• Unique costumes, motifs, and item sets inspired by the devious Thieves Guild

Base Game Patch Features & Content

• A 64-bit client for PC and Mac
• Improvements to grouping including incentives and cross-alliance grouping outside of the Grouping Tool
• Tons of combat and gameplay balance changes
• Scrolling combat text (SCT)
• Improvements and updates to Cyrodiil and its campaigns
• Access to content from other alliances in any order you choose upon reaching Veteran Rank 1
• Prioritization of animations during combat
• Improved facial animations for Mac
• .and more!

I expect we’ll hear more details on the DLC and its release in the very near future, but for now that’s all we know on the introduction of the the iconic Thieves Guild to the MMO version of Tamriel.