The Elder Scrolls Online: Blackwood Preview

Scheduled to go live June 1, 2021, the Blackwood expansion for The Elder Scrolls Online will be bringing along new areas, quests, and enemies. It will also introduce companions to Bethesda’s MMORPG, and those are the primary focus of this Game Informer preview. Here’s a couple of paragraphs to get you started:

What’s even better is that these aren’t just pretty faces; they are fully upgradable. Additionally, their inclusion is a massive boon for those that like to play solo. With the new dungeons and PvE instances, running this game solo can be done, but it can also be incredibly frustrating. Companions can be specced out to the fighting style of your choice, which makes running solo a little easier to manage and more enjoyable to do.

To get these companions, you’ve got to complete their questlines for them to be classified as “allies.” Mirri was hands down my favorite. There are parts in her writing that almost reminded me of Isabella from Dragon Age 2 with her sassy humor and take-no-s**t demeanor. When playing through what Blackwood has to offer, I genuinely found myself captivated by what both of these characters would have to bring to the RPG aspect of this MMORPG, though I definitely gravitated to her the most because of her strong personality and wit.