The (Grand) Finale | Skyrim Player Tries to 100% "The Elder Scrolls Online"

The (Grand) Finale | Skyrim Player Tries to 100% "The Elder Scrolls Online" | Reaper's March

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The finale of the Aldmeri Dominion has come at last. This video marks the completion of 30% of ALL the major faction content ESO has to offer. It's been a long journey: over 100 hours of gameplay and another 100 hours of editing... Reaper's March was a pleasant way to end the series.
I've played Skyrim for almost 12 years now, and I've never given an "honest" try of The Elder Scrolls Online (even though it's "technically" the newest Elder Scrolls game). Every time I try to play it, I always end up putting it down just as fast....
I've always heard ESO has some great storytelling and Elder Scrolls content. So I've decided to play it like a "singleplayer" game this time around; using immersive settings and taking a slower pace. To ensure I abide by these rules, I'm also locking myself in each ESO zone until it's 100% complete.
Here are the rules:
1. As soon as I step foot into a new zone, I am permanently locked inside until it's 100% complete.
2. In order to leave a zone, the entire zone-guide must be complete; all achievements and fish are mandatory to collect.
3. Potions, buff food, and other consumables are strictly prohibited; the only exception being consumables that increase fishing luck/chance.
4. I didn't have the money to buy a new ESO account loaded with all the DLC, so I'm using my Father's. To compensate for his CP 600 account: champion points will never be used during this series (the only exception being 2 green nodes that boost fishing luck)!
5. All MONEY & GEAR are stripped from my character as I cross the threshold into a new zone. I must barter, earn, grind, or steal to equip my character from the ground up EVERYTIME!
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Chapters:
Intro: 0:00
Gear: 3:07
World Bosses: 5:02
Points of Interest: 6:14
Notable Characters: 7:55
Main Story Recap: 8:54
Verdict - Story: 11:57
Verdict - Zone: 17:12
Verdict - Content: 19:08
Verdict - Overall: 22:03
What's Next?: 23:21
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This video is about a Skyrim player trying ESO, The Elder Scrolls Online, for the first time. In this series we're playing ESO one zone at a time. Determining which ESO zones are the best, and which ESO zone should a new player start in. Trying to play ESO as a challenge or figuring out how to make ESO more enjoyable. Figuring out the best storyline in ESO and finding hidden gems across the game. Skyrim player tries ESO, while trying to 100% complete ESO without using ESO zone guides for 100%. We find the worst zones in ESO to play and discover if ESO is worth trying in 2024.

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@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

Aldmeri Dominion is Over! My next few videos will be as following (in no particular order, whatever I feel like): - Mainstory/Coldharbour 100% - 1 DLC Zone (voted by members) - "First Impressions" + Tierlist video on the AD zones/ESO in general - 1 More DLC Zone (If I like the first one a lot. this one is a maybe) Thank you all again for your support! Over 350,000 views across my dominion playthrough so far; what an unbelievable achievement!

@jessicahardwick9213 Ай бұрын

I would highly recommend you complete the Mages and Fighters Guild story lines prior to going to Coldharbour. Do them along with your Harbourage missions. It will impact your experience in Coldharbour. In fact, playing things in a certain order impacts dialogue options throughout the game (eg, You'll see Raz a few more times and he will definitely comment on it).

@YoItsDoc Ай бұрын

I recommend doing the DLC zones in Chronological order. Interactions from earlier released DLC zones/expansions have Payoffs in zones released later. Also don't forget to do the Prologue quests for the zones before you start them. There are also Standalone dungeons that come before some of the DLC Zones.

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

@@jessicahardwick9213 Good to know. I find the quest order in this game really tricky to follow. I prefer to do things in "bursts". From my understanding, since my character is argonian, all my fighters/mages guild stuff is in EP. According to my rules, I can't go there yet. I think when I do that faction, I'll work in those quests; but for now I'd prefer to stick to my own rules just so I don't spoil myself on experiencing those areas for the first time. I think hindsight 20/20: I probably would've started in an EP zone and worked in the POI's while doing the main campaigns from the get-go. I have to think about it for sure, but I really appreciate the advice. As a new player it's always nice to get a clear explanation on things I would've totally missed on my own.

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

@@YoItsDoc Yes, I've done my research (hopefully) picking zones that are standalone (ish) or the start of major chapters. For example, I know Vardenfell, Clockwork City, & Summerset need to be done in that order. I find ESO does not have a great official guide for story content so I'm left relying on community help.

@jessicahardwick9213 Ай бұрын

@FrostbreakYT if that's the case, then you won't be able to complete Coldharbour without first completing the Ebonheart Pact storyline (if your toon is EP). You won't be able to properly go to Coldharbour without completing the Harbourage questline

@JCrushFitness Ай бұрын

The grand finale is Coldharbor, each of the main faction stories used to lead you to Coldharbor, and that was the finale of the game

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

Are you expected to do Coldharbour 3 times for each faction? Or is it only the finale for aldmeri dominion faction? I can't imagine the game would ask you to do it 3 times but I've only been playing for 2 months so who knows😆

@JCrushFitness Ай бұрын

@@FrostbreakYT no, Coldharbor was to be done after 1 faction and then after that another faction would open up, but it was framed as “experience the story from another faction” and it would just end and you would be sent to the next faction with a quest. After completing the last faction you would get an achievement and a cosmetic item which I believe you still get once you complete all 3

@chryses7565 Ай бұрын

@@FrostbreakYT You only need/can do it once. You're just kinda "expected" to remember it for all the other factions if you do their storylines. Honestly I think the way you're doing it is fine, there's barely any overlap with characters so it kinda feels like an isolated story anyway. Obviously you can see the remnants of when it was intertwined in the main story like at 14:15. I do think you'll enjoy the other zones a bit more after doing the coldharbour story though. It just adds better context for some of the stuff the characters will say/do.

@naidr0x Ай бұрын

I have one big issue with Coldharbour though, and that's the fact that characters from the DC storyline get a lot more of a spotlight as opposed to the other ones, and the game acts as if you've known them all along even if you only did AD or EP and have never seen them. so I'd probably recommend doing it after DC

@JCrushFitness Ай бұрын

@@naidr0x there’s no one that I know of that is from DLCs that appears in Coldharbor. Everyone is base game. They do bring in characters from other factions but I’ve always felt like they were properly introduced. It’s been a while since I played without already knowing who those people were, so maybe I’m wrong

@clockworx7689 Ай бұрын

Congrats on Graduation! And don’t ever apologize for taking breaks! Whatever makes the game most enjoyable for you is best for yourself and the content ❤

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

Thank you clockworx! I actually did some mega-grinding this weekend and got this out ahead of schedule

@clockworx7689 Ай бұрын

@@FrostbreakYT btw, I’d recommend taking into consideration the fact that the main story was originally supposed to be one quest per five levels when judging it, for some reason they changed this with the one Tamriel update and it messed up the pacing real bad

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

@@clockworx7689 Oh wow really? That's interesting. Do you mean 5 levels per zone or 5 levels per quest? Because you'd be max level in Grahtwood if it was 5 per quest (that's about 15 campaign missions up to that point).

@clockworx7689 Ай бұрын

@@FrostbreakYT 5 levels per quest, which pretty closely matches up to my own 100% quests experience, I finished reapers march around level 45, which was the level to get the main quest where you go to coldharbour

@TheKrazyOne213 Ай бұрын

Hey dude, I just want to say that I love your videos. You are so well articulated, your editing is fantastic, and this is my most played game ever so I’m obviously biased lol. I would guess I have probably close to 10,000 hours between Xbox and PC. I don’t play ESO anymore, but seeing your videos gives me so much nostalgia and I really feel like I’m going through the zones again for the first time watching your videos. Please keep it up! Something I wish you would have done alongside your rules for each zone would be: the mandatory completion of the mage & fighters guild quest for each relevant zone. However! This could be a bonus because maybe now you’ll be able to make a video about going through those entire story lines, and I’d love to join you on your journey with them. (Also if you haven’t picked up their skill lines yet, picking those up sooner rather than later is good because they give really good skills and passives). Keep up the great work!

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

Holy crap, thank you so much! I would've loved to do the guild stuff, but since my character is an argonian, I would have to have started in the EP faction! Hindsight 20/20 right? Even now I'm considering it, but it's going to violate a few of my rules to go through those zones prematurely and "spoil" my first impression of some of those areas. I'm thinking about it, but I 100% wish I knew that at the start of this series. I think I'll do a guild video / mini-sode after I finish the storyline. I do have their skill lines fortunately, someone else told me about that in my first video! Thanks again for the support, totally unnecessary but I really appreciate it

@efalien5926 Ай бұрын

I was afraid that maybe the last playthrough was to much and that you would gave up on this fantastic series. Glad to see you back and congrats on graduation. I tried going blank once and I have to agree that it makes playing the game more challanging and you appreciate looting more, dont know why I stop doing that, but thank you for reminding me. I will try this again when the new chapter is out.

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

I had to take a step away for sure, but I am getting back into the groove. Obviously exams/graduation is a pretty stressful time, so my days have been eaten up doing that stuff which also delayed the video a bit too. That's cool to know other people are doing it too! I imagine for DLC zones it'll be much harder than base-game stuff, but I wish you luck!

@pax3785 Ай бұрын

I discovered your channel today and went through this whole series. I literally just finished the last video and was wondering what I would watch next, and BAM new video. Very nice :) Congrats on graduating!

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

That's good timing. I definitely took too long between this one and the last one haha. Thank you!!

@pax3785 Ай бұрын

@@FrostbreakYT I hope you enjoyed making this as much as I enjoyed watching it. I'm becoming a channel member and I'm looking forward to seeing more 😊

@YoItsDoc Ай бұрын

On the note of End of Story Rewards, They definitely start existing during the expansions. The Staff at the end of the Northern Elsweyr DLC I even ended up using for a while.

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

Very cool! That's awesome to hear I'm looking forward to those rewards! I was surprised for sure, most MMOs I've played even give you a substantial reward multiple times in the main story that has significant impact in relation to the story or current quest.

@granth6198 Ай бұрын

Loving the series man! Just a heads up incase you didn't already know, a lot of the DLCs have story arcs that span multiple zones and would be best enjoyed back to back. Some are obvious like Northern Elsweyr -> Southern Elsweyr but some are less obvious like Morrowind -> Clockwork City -> Summerset.

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

Yes I am aware thank you! I've made sure to do my research and I think I understand which zones need to be done first before others. Some are standalone (ish) like Orsinium, Gold Coast, etc. but most are in a 3-part series. Thank you for the information regardless, before doing any DLC I'm going to make a community-post to ensure I'm not making a major goof.

@chryses7565 Ай бұрын

ESO Nuzlocke Edition. I love it !! Might copy these rules myself for my 80th playthrough... seems like a really fun way to enjoy some of the older zones

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

I didn't even try to design it that way, but someone else said the same thing on my intro video! Maybe one day I'll make a "real" ruleset other people can follow for this game. It changes as I learn more about it, but I think it's a neat idea :)

@OleCopperbeard Ай бұрын

Another great one. I hope you stick around and end up doing all the zones, would be a legendary series. Cheers.

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

That's the idea! Thank you for the comment :)

@heyflight Ай бұрын

I really enjoyed this whole series so far and hope it continues.

@contre.x Ай бұрын

Always super excited to see a post to the series! I think you're gonna love orcinium!

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

Thank you! I'm looking forward to it!

@alexanderduvall2567 Ай бұрын

Congrats on Graduation, man! I’ve found myself really excited to watch your videos when I see they’ve posted. I haven’t played all the POI missions and other content in every zone I’ve played, so your videos are definitely motivating me to want to go back and do that before playing too many more zones as I’ve gotten back into ESO.

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

That's awesome to hear, thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed and thank you!

@Yubaci Ай бұрын

Loving the videos man! Looking forward to seeing what's next.

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

Thank you, I am too

@matthuie3567 Ай бұрын

This series is super interesting! I’m glad Malabal Tor didn’t take the wind out of your sails. Can’t wait for the Covenant story.

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

I hope so too! Thanks for the comment!

@marcelloserventi8827 Ай бұрын

I’m a big Elder Scrolls fan but never played ESO. This series is convincing me to maybe give it a shot. I’ve been hooked on this series since the first video and your channel deserves to blow up.

@unicornscake7423 Ай бұрын

You really should! Its so much fun if you enjoy story and elder scrolls 💞💞

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

You gotta play it like I do! I think playing it like an MMO coming from a singleplayer experience can be a bit jarring, but if you take your time and don't blast through all the content, you'll have a great time!

@sergeantbread5302 Ай бұрын

i didn't even realize i was here 3 hours after upload, i just binged the playlist and assumed you were taking a break for a bit. amazing series and can't wait to watch the rest of the factions (wish i had good ping when i played eso)

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

I (did) take quite a bit of a break, but I guess that's good timing for you! Thanks for tuning in :)

@kingcouch4799 Ай бұрын

Amazing video and great editing as usual 👍🏼

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

Thank you so much 🤗

@AurbisYT Ай бұрын

Fantastic video man, I’ve loved watching the series so far.

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

@ericleblanc9295 Ай бұрын

First off, congratulations on your graduation! This series has been super interesting to watch! I've been following along and I'm in Shadowfen for the Pact run and I gotta say, it's making the run more engaging and I get to really explore the environment and notice things I didn't notice before. I can't wait for the Coldharbour video and beyond.

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

Thank you so much, I'm going to be getting into coldharbour this week I think (after I do mages/fighter's guild).

@fog1014 Ай бұрын

Love the series so far!

@spiradeus Ай бұрын

Congrats on graduating! As someone who rushed through most of the base game stories on the eu server, and is now starting to play on the us server due to us friends, your series has greatly inspired me to take my time with the zones this time around!

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

Thanks and I'm glad I could provide a different perspective! It's a great way to play and with friends I can image it's quite a bit more fun too!

@johnsey2625 Ай бұрын

Congrats on graduation! I go to your vids at times during my study breaks to relax for a bit. Wish you the more success!

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

Thank you so much!! I hope you're not as bad as a procrastinator as I am haha.

@KyRo_Dread Ай бұрын

Banger after banger. Was so excited to see this pop up in my feed

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

Thank you!

@elliot1089 Ай бұрын

Another great video, such a good series. My only problem is that you are now ahead of my playthrough! So I need to catch up before I can watch the rest of this! Keep up the great work. Oh and well done for graduating.

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

Haha, well I work pretty slow so I'm sure you'll catch up! Thank you for the kind words!

@charlietoepfer8125 Ай бұрын

Congrats on graduating University! Once again another good video. I can’t wait to see you go through Coldharbour and the main story.

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

@chrisieschilledgaming Ай бұрын

Another awesome video, well worth the wait 🙂Really looking forward to Coldharbour, it's been 9 years since I played that story. 600 hours later I'm still working on the base game content 🤣

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

I'm looking forward to Coldharbour too. Last time I did the main story I blasted through it in 2015ish so I have some idea of what's going on, but never got past 50% of it.

@Skylar2037 Ай бұрын

Congrats on graduating man! Glad you mostly enjoyed Reaper's March. With the ending, I too was super confused with that line, I'm not sure why they haven't just altered that. In terms of a grand finale though the alliance zones are supposed to be played alongside the main questline of the base game, so you're meant to go into the intro to coldharbour next which then feels a little more massive, but stand alone it's so strange.

@Skylar2037 Ай бұрын

Just saw someone else already commented pretty much this, apologies

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

Yeah I'm doing that right now, thanks for the comment regardless!

@Howdy8008 Ай бұрын

Howdy, been looking for something like this. Cant wait for you to do the dagerfall covenant. I want to know all the important stories but we still have to work for money so i only have a few days to play. Just really want to fallow the stories so i can roleplay my characters better. Great videos bro keep it up.

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

Thank you so much! Life comes first, even for me. It would be awesome if I could do videos part-time or full-time someday, but there's basically no money in it at the moment. Regardless, I plan to continue playing anyway!

@mattis6081 Ай бұрын

much love, great content

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

Much appreciated!

@nyromath2195 Ай бұрын

Just wait til you get to the Alik'r, now there's a real desert zone. Fantastic video as always, the new ruleset seems to be working out great. I love the notes on the gear sets, I'd never really considered Soulshine's synergy with the Arcanist class. Looking forward to more 👍

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

Thank you! I think we got a free house or something in that zone didn't we? Would be cool to try out some of the player housing. I'm enjoying the new rules too!

@Xyphyri Ай бұрын

Banger video as always

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

You already know! Thank you for the support!

@colinquinn8851 Ай бұрын

I think you’ll really enjoy the newer zones, the stories are much more engaging and actually gives you rewards like cosmetics or outfits etc. so I can’t wait to see you take on the rest of eso!!

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

Me too! On to coldharbour & wrothgar!

@cubusong1 Ай бұрын

Congratulations on finishing the Aldmeri Dominion and on graduating!

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

Thank you!!

@eldenanchor8179 Ай бұрын

I'm still working through the Aldmeri series, but one zone that stands out to me for 100% completion is the DLC zone Murkmire. I remember a particularly cool event that I think you would appreciate. Thanks for the great content!

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

Nice! I'm looking forward to return my lizard to his homeland. I've heard that zone is pretty great.

@lilblizake Ай бұрын

I’ve never played an MMO and I’ve been thinking about playing this one because I want a grindy, yet rewarding game. This series has really talked me into starting it, awesome content!

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

Hey that's great to hear! MMO's are pretty different than RPGs, just remember to take your time and go slow to take it all in. I can't speak to the grind factor of ESO personally, my challenge I impose on myself is a "grind" but I'm not sure how the "real" game holds up. I wish you the best of luck!

@lilblizake Ай бұрын

@@FrostbreakYT thanks! And yes my grind I will impose on myself will be to get all the Xbox achievements which I hear is pretty grindy and daunting. Which also adds to the challenge :)

@waveeyes 16 күн бұрын

One thing that stood out for me in Reaper's Marsh that I still remember years after playing it is how fantastic the voice acting for the twins were, Khali in particular. Like, during the Rawl'kha trial the hatred and grief in her voice hits so hard. Then when I chose to sacrifice her (since I thought Shazah would be a better leader) Khali's final lines before allowing the Dark Mane were full of a pure grief I can't remember any other character comming even close to matching. And as a massive khajiit fan, Reaper's Marsh was a solid zone for them. Not quite Elsweyr, but still great (definitely my favourite non DLC zone storywise).

@Dr_FeelG00d12 Ай бұрын

Hey man just wanted to say I really enjoy these videos

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

I appreciate you watching :)

@derbirider6646 Ай бұрын

Great video frost

@johnr.9094 Ай бұрын

Hope you have fun with the Ebonheart Pact, that one is the best in my opinion.

@ryanisanart 21 күн бұрын

keep going as the devs intended, love this series, keep it up!!!!

@bluetimbre4193 Ай бұрын

Congrats to you for graduating! 🎉

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

Thank you!!

@dlaslim Ай бұрын

Congrats on your graduation! I was waiting for this new chapter

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

Glad I was able to get it out in a somewhat reasonable timeframe. Life's been real busy!

@dlaslim Ай бұрын

@@FrostbreakYT It's more than reasonable with all that you have been doing

@Meta622662 Ай бұрын

Congratulations dude 🎉

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

Thanks! 😁

@hounsdjentlow3074 Ай бұрын

Congratulations on graduation dude ! Love this series! Man i wish bethesda would set an elder ecrolls game in elsywer with the khajit we need weird and alien back

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

That would be great if they did. TES 6 is going to be in Hammerfell so that's cool I guess. But having a game dedicated to the Khajjit or Argonians would be sick.

@georgiagiraffe5844 Ай бұрын

Congrats on graduating!! :D

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

Thank you Georgia!

@dxk65 21 күн бұрын

You bring up a good point about how the vanilla storylines (and even a lot of the DLC storylines) don't give you meaningful rewards for finishing them. ZOS did eventually address this in later DLCs by giving you multiple meaningful rewards for doing all the activities in a zone but they probably should retroactively do the same for older content too.

@Trigarta Ай бұрын

I am glad you liked Reapers March after the rough patch of Malabal Tor. It is one of the better base game zones. I was kinda hoping you would go through the game in chronological order including all the alliance zones but if you want to see a DLC zone that's fair enough. I am enjoying your videos nonetheless.

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

For sure. When I do my tierlist, I might judge each zone regardless of previous or future zones. I think Reaper's March takes the cake as the best zone (obviously the big thing that holds it back is that I didn't think it was a fantastic finale). But if you disregard that, I think it's either 1 or 2 for zones.

@felixtalbot6404 Ай бұрын

Keep it up awesome videos!

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

Will do!

@lukaskekesi1276 Ай бұрын

Oh I am looking forward to you to play DC zones stories! They were my fav

@Cooperharley0204 Ай бұрын

Loved the video as usual and congratulations on all of your hard work & graduation brotha!! You're the man, your content is phenomenal, and you should take as long as you need for breaks! You've got a fanbase in ESO and they'll be here regardless! :D Just leaving a comment here to talk about what you said about the reward at roughly 15:20. Reward structure in ESO has been and always will be a problem - whether that's for completing the Aldmeri Dominion storyline or rewarding players for completing hard content, they've always struggled with this unfortunately - even after 10 years. They've improved this in Necrom finally, but you'll notice this is a problem until then in my opinion :)

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

Thanks so much Cooper I've heard some other people in these comments have the same criticisms I do about the reward structure; I guess it's not really a hot take. That's too bad to hear, of course I'm only 2-3 months deep but I can image how frustrating that must be for veterans. Some people mention the Elsweyr chapter has some really cool weapon rewards and (housing) for the finale. I'm excited to get there and check out that area + necrom so I definitely have some stuff to look forward to!

@Cooperharley0204 Ай бұрын

@@FrostbreakYT it absolutely gets better in DLC content, so you’ll see improvement over time! More of a “don’t be surprised initially” kinda thing :) cheers man!

@naoflir4916 Ай бұрын

nteresting side note: When you progress through the Aldmeri Dominion storyline, you can check in the Mages Guild of Grahtwood to see that either Rurelion or Gathwen is still trying to rescue the other. However, if you finish the Aldmeri Dominion plotline, you can visit them in the Guild celebrating getting the other person out of the tomb.

@AemondHightower3679 Ай бұрын

Love your channel

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

Thank you :D

@hyenamage1538 Ай бұрын

The POI with Raz is actually a decision whether you save him time and destroy the artifact or use it to free him and give him more work to hide it because the only means of destroying the artifact is buried in rubble, he does not die (mainly because he is an icon of the AD, but he will tell you that he just parkoured his way out of the crumbling ruins) As for the zone, it's not a desert. It actually looks more like a savannah. There is an actual desert on the Daggerfall side of the world map, they have a zone literally called Alik'r Desert (and it is exactly what a desert is). Besides that, Elsweyr looks more like a desert but as far as I saw, the only source of water or oasis outside of the hub is on a path bottom right on Elsweyr (as far as I know). Thank you for an interesting series and have a good night. Edit: I really forgot what Elsweyr looks like, lol. It is still a savannah but it's arid in the middle of the map.

@Conan776 Ай бұрын

Yeah, I feel like he used up all his desert material on the wrong zone, lol. There's also Hew's Bane which has a town which is all but named after Ali Baba.

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

I just came back from the grand-canyon and Reaper's reminded me a lot of it! Lots of rocks, some water/streams, mountains, and not much greenery. There are 5 types of deserts in our world (some are completely snow!). The grand canyon is actually considered a "semi-arid desert" so I believe technically my statement calling it a desert is correct if you compare it to similar real world biomes (mohave-desert). Obviously, there's probably better examples of a "stereotypical" desert in ESO with sprawling sand-dunes; but it's does belong to the desert family on paper when you compare it to real life!

@hyenamage1538 Ай бұрын

@@FrostbreakYT That's interesting. Thank you for the info. I didn't know there were 5 types of desert, I thought there was just "desert". School never taught me much and I never looked it up.

@marekhyra8004 Ай бұрын

Great video, love you comment and slow paste of it

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

Thanks!

@Incan771 Ай бұрын

The goat has returned. Well done sir ☝️

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

Thank you kindly

@Teaaaa89 Ай бұрын

Congratulations on graduating!! I love the videos but real life will always come first! As always, so glad for a new video (:

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

Thank you so much!!

@Forgefaerie Ай бұрын

quick suggestion if I may? IMO when you do Coldharbour campaign - clear all of the side missions before starting the point of no return portion of the main quest (also applies to any future DLC zones). all the people you have encountered during side missions - show up in the finale (some actively participate, others show up afterwards) and you can talk to them, touch base if you will - which I personaly think is pretty cool.

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

Very good to know, thank you. Does it warn me when that's about to happen, or do I just have to try and figure it out?

@gabrielsimon9302 Ай бұрын

The game won't tell you. It 's best to complete all side quest, when you have still three main quest left in the zone.

@Forgefaerie Ай бұрын

@@FrostbreakYT it sorta warns you are the last moment - but it could be easy to miss. if you find yourself at the top of the map in coldharbour, heading for the fortress - you are close to the point of no return.

@Sakurai_3 Ай бұрын

Congratulations on graduating Frost! 👏 ❤

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

Thank you :D

@user-vj5wj4ee1u Ай бұрын

The title had me stressing thought this was the last one you were doing 😂

@OolongSnakeArt Ай бұрын

Reapers march is super popular for doing player to player trade with the Guild traders. They are right there by the way shrine in Rawl'kha. I call it the Mall of America for TES, because if its not sold there, you didn't want it, and its marked up by 15% typically.

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

Interesting. I've never really done guild trading stuff but I never thought about how the location of something would 100% affect the price.

@sirhans5822 Ай бұрын

Congrats on graduating and on finishing the AD zones! This series has been so fun to watch. I really hope you continue take your time with the game and take breaks so that this can continue to be enjoyable for you! ESO's base game zones can feel very rushed sometimes and back at release very badly received by most. Which is why people to this day won't go back to this game to give it a chance. Not to say they do not do a lot well. But things like copy and pasted delves, weak world bosses, lackluster rewards, and anti climatic storylines makes this apparent. It feels like they had a lot of ideas of things they wanted to do and ran out of time or budget. I really wish they would go back and redesign and fix up some of these early zones. The easy world bosses for example were designed for players with weaker sets, like the ones you found in this zone. Good luck solo'ing WB in Chapters, they definitely designed those to be played by groups. Or at the very least you need to be very good at the game and have great sets to stand a chance. Regardless, there is a lot of fun to be had in other alliance zones and the best thing about base game imo is the Coldharbor main quest which you seem to be doing next. The characters from the Coldharbor main quest fantastic, they feel more like classic ES characters, and some even make appearances in future Chapters. Anyways, keep up this great series! I cannot wait to hear about your experience with future zones :)

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

Thank you so much! I agree with basically everything you said and those are my primary issues with most zones I go through. I'm dreading the late-game world bosses, those are going to be tough without great gear for sure. I think I remember back in 2020 I played for about a week in greymoor (and made some videos on this channel comparing cities). I tried to solo a world boss and got demolished... like in a single hit. I've already been enjoying the Mages Guild / Fighters Guild stories a bit more than usual zones. They have so much lore implication, better rewards, and really great storytelling. Thank you for the comment!

@novAviator01 Ай бұрын

Thank you for the video

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

Thank YOU for watching

@novAviator01 Ай бұрын

@@FrostbreakYTwow you’re on it with the replies I’m still watching and you answered 10 mins ago always nice to see that.

@ManOfParody Ай бұрын

1: Absolutely love this series. It got me back into ESO 2: I already installed that reshade pack after seeing how it made your game look compared to mine, and I love it. 3: Are you using some sort of UI addon or settings to get it to look so cinematic? (Besides the obvious widescreen)

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

1. Thank you so much, I'm glad!! 2. I love it too, I can't ever go back after using it. 3. I actually don't use any addons besides lorebooks and skyshards. I just use the "hide UI" keybind and try to lineup a good shot!

@richardprichard843 Ай бұрын

Quality videos!

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

@wyattdetherow6853 Ай бұрын

Hey congrats on school and good video bro

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

Thank you!!

@michellepartridge8558 Ай бұрын

I felt the same way when I finished a zone story recently, and after saving everyone including the King's son several times, the king hands me a green quality sword, that wasn't even a set item. Well thanks for nothing. Reworking the reward system would be nice. I'm really enjoying your series, great work!

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

Totally. I seriously think main story content should NEVER have any "general non-set" items whatsoever as a reward; at least give me something usable. I think the finale reward for Reaper's was a blue set-item (fortunately), but several times I was handed a really crap green dagger or green epaulet. Thank you for the kind words, glad you're enjoying

@sirhans5822 Ай бұрын

@@FrostbreakYT They luckily started fixing this with Orsinium and the rewards got better and better as ESO improved :)

@Explanda1 Ай бұрын

Lets go more content. I love your vids man. Do make sure to branch out here or there so you don't get stuck in a niche

@Explanda1 Ай бұрын

Also congrats on uni

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

Thanks! I plan to keep making ESO videos until I get bored or people stop watching. I like MMOs and Elder Scrolls Stuff, so that's kinda the niche I want to do anyway!

@Explanda1 Ай бұрын

@@FrostbreakYTalright 👍. I've just seen a lot of youtubers I watch stagnate and even stop uploading bc they didn't branch out and their audience was only there for 1 game or series so they ended up be bored of making content. I wouldn't want the same to happen to your chanel

@awesomalityness Ай бұрын

Highly recommend doing the some DLC zones in a chunk. Coldharbour *slightly* leads into Wrothgar which *slightly* leads into morrowind. Thieves, Brotherhood, and Imperial city are all standalone and would be good break points. Imperial city thematically is tied to Coldharbour (not really a spoiler, the zone is literally the other side of the gargantuan anchor) which could be a good spot to follow Coldharbour as well

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

Thanks! Some people told me thieves guild and dark brotherhood have missions where you need to leave the main zone. If that's true, i'd probably avoid that until I finished the zones I'm supposed to go to first.

@awesomalityness Ай бұрын

@@FrostbreakYT they do and they don’t. Their stories function off a reputation system with new chapters of the zone story unlocked as you gain ranks in the faction. Sounds cool and makes sense since they realistically wouldn’t trust a newbie with the trusted secrets off the bat; however, it ends up being pretty grindy and you have to do many many many repeatable side quests for the faction to rank them up with almost all of the side quests sending you to other zones for themed menial tasks (for thieves guild it’ll be stuff like pickpocket people in this zone, open a lockbox in this guys house, gain clean treasures; and DB would be killing random people in a zone or a specific target). They zones they send you to won’t have much spoilers other than just seeing the zone and wandering a bit to get to areas. Also all the side quests send you to base game zones only so if you’re 100% not wanting to enter a zone if you haven’t done it yet then do them in release order. The only fully “standalone” DLCs are Imperial City and Murkmire. Everything else it tied to a larger story with IC even arguably tied into the main quest for the companions as it functions as an epilogue of sorts to Coldharbour. Also Craglorn but it’s not counted as a DLC anymore so it’s a good standalone area

@VitorVieira2103 Ай бұрын

jesus man that title scarred me, thought u were ending the series, that would be very sad. But i'm glad i was wrong, ur keeping the good work as always

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

haha my bad. I mean it's the grand finale of AD and it's finally over!

@legofan4409 Ай бұрын

If you are doing Coldharbour next I hope you'll do the five companions quests since they tie directly tie into the Codharbour and base game finally. Also, characters from the DC story appear in Wrothgar, so you'll miss out on some special dialogue options if you skip going through the DC storyline. Of course I can't blame you since that would be at least two more months of questing haha. Still, I hope you continue with this series beyond Coldharbour and one DLC zone, maybe even to the end of the current DLC if you have the energy and time. It's really fun to watch your videos and hear your thoughts about the content for each zone.

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

Thank you! How do I do the five companions quests? Or is that part of the campaign? Yeah I figure there's some stuff I'll probably miss, but I can't do all of ESO before trying out the DLC!

@legofan4409 Ай бұрын

@@FrostbreakYT Five companions quest is simply the one you do at the start with the Prophet, Lyris, Abnur Tharn and Sai Sahan. I think you've already begun it, right? If not, talk to the hooded figure in Auridon. The main point is that the end of that questline is the final "final" part of the base game before you explore the other alliances' zones.

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

@@legofan4409 Ah okay, no I haven't started that, but I'm familiar with it. I'm going to buy an alliance change token so I should also be able to adhere to my rules.

@legofan4409 Ай бұрын

@@FrostbreakYT Nice! The are around 10 quests with them in the base game, with the last one only being available after you beat the MQ in Coldharbour.

@darklordkuro7953 Ай бұрын

Cold harbor is in fact the grand finale. After you finish zone 5 you are sent there to finish the plot. After that you are sent to another faction and then the last one. Originaly , when the game was level dependent, other faction zone where veteran zones with harder mob. Also once you clear cold harbour i highly encourage you to do the mission from the profet. You can find him in the harborage or as a projection near the first town in auridon. Also you may need to speak to the misterious stranger in auridon first town to kick start that story

@SuperGamer273 Ай бұрын

Look, everyone needs to like and subscribe, seriously, this takes WAYYYY to much work to not be getting hundreds of thousands of views on each video. Seriously people it takes less than 30 seconds.

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

Thank you for the kind words. Everyone's be so supportive already, but I appreciate the love

@chryses7565 Ай бұрын

💯💯💯

@SuperGamer273 Ай бұрын

@@FrostbreakYT I got you homie

@Random27790 Ай бұрын

Good stuff

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

Appreciate it!

@christophermccormick5505 Ай бұрын

If you didn't know you can complete the Zone Guide without doing all the quests. As it only counts quests tied to the main story or big locations. So if you "100%" a zone and move on you may actually be leaving some fun small quests behind. There are add-ons to show all quests in a zone to help not miss any though.

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

ooh really? I know there's some side-quests that are on the side of the road and not tied to anything. I grab anything I can but sometimes I miss them! Would you mind telling me the name of the addon? Gameplay already takes ~20 hours per zone so I'm not sure if I'd have the time to work it in, but it'd be a good addon regardless if I do feel like learning more about an area.

@jaredthecat6290 Ай бұрын

Congrats on the graduation. Great work m8. I could never

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

Thank you!

@joshuabarbrow1252 Ай бұрын

The main storyline in the game is what leads to cold harbor. That’s when you fight molar bal

@hatman9874 Ай бұрын

Awwwwww yeah new video!

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

Woohoo!

@FabresFour Ай бұрын

So, I would like to explain something that I believe will make a little sense: When people say that Coldharbour is the final alliance map, that's not being frivolous, that's a fact. In Coldharbour, we see different conclusions to things we did during the alliances and this ties things together better. Unfortunately, after Tamriel Unlimited, this got pretty messed up and I've wanted to see this resolved by the game for years. Technically, that whole quest in which our character reunites the alliances in Stirk (which you may have already done before, having played the main quest), only happens because our hero became famous throughout the continent for his deeds in your specific faction. What I would recommend is: Complete the three factions, and then do the Coldharbour questline, considering the encounters you will have there. And even though technically the ideal would be for this story to be done with 3 different characters, I would recommend doing it with the same character to get a general idea of everything you find in Coldharbour. This is it! The Aldmeri Dominion sequence was incredible! For me, the Dominion is the best faction because of the new lore established. But narratively, the other factions are much more interesting.

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

I'm working through Coldharbour now. My god it's basically a different caliber of story. Not to say I dislike the zones I've done so far, but this main campaign truly feels like an elder scrolls experience.

@Darkfernape Ай бұрын

congrats on ur grad

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

Thanks!

@gabrielsimon9302 Ай бұрын

Some usefull information concerning the DLCs. Every DLC that released after 2016 has a prologue quest that you can play before the acctual DLC. These prologue quests are often times really good, and I would advice you to play them before the DLCs. However, all of these prologue quests take place in base game zones, so you would need to break your rules to play them. The same problem exsists with the Thieves Guild and Dark Brotherhood DLC as they have radomized quests that require you to go to other base game zones. These quests are optinal, and you do not need to play them to progress with the DLCs main story (although they make it easier) but I'm unsure if you can 100% Hews Bane and the Gold Coast without playing in base game zones. This leaves Orsinium as the only DLC you can play right now, without breaking your rules. If your part of the Ebonheart Pact, you also need to play in the EP zones to complete the Main story, aswell as the Fighters Guild and the Mages Guild, witch I would advice,playing before Coldharbour.

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

Ah, thank you for the information! I am actually going to buy an alliance change token to switch to the dominion and make that stuff a bit easier (so I don't have to break any of my rules). Regardless, I appreciate the comment!

@sirhans5822 Ай бұрын

@@FrostbreakYT I would also encourage you to play Chapter prologues first. They are around 10-30mins and introduce you to the themes and plot, the characters you will meet, and act as a great intro or bridge between chapters. They aren't super essential but sometimes skipping them can lead to an abrupt start to the chapter's main quests. They also introduce some new mechanics like the grappling hook.

@tylercook6039 26 күн бұрын

If you think that's all desert you should see the Alik'r in the Daggerfall Covenant.

@heh9294 Ай бұрын

I think that before Coldharbour you should complete fighter and mages guild. Guilds story are kinda interlinked with the main story and getting you to coldharbour. And they are not to long to complete

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

I can't. My rules state I'm not allowed to enter zones until the previous ones are 100%. From what I understand, fighter's and mages guild stories take you through multiple zones. And since my character is argonian, I'd have to do pact zones (which I've never touched yet).

@heh9294 Ай бұрын

@@FrostbreakYT Ah okay. Just thought you were an aldmeri argonian so the guild quests would've been in the same zones you already done

@novAviator01 Ай бұрын

Personally my favorite alliance zone is the Ebonheart pact because it’s has the cool morrowind aesthetic but also nord and argonian although Stros M’kai (Daggerfall covenant) is the best First zone but the rest of the Daggerfall covenant to me just gets a little too generic medieval fantasy look to it although the Alik’r desert is nice love the vibes.

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

That's cool! I'm 100% looking forward to starting a new zone, that should be a lot of fun!

@lokhir8099 Ай бұрын

in regard of the staff of magnus; i remember back then when you finished the fighters guild you got a sword with the banish of undead enchant, which back then wasnt craftable and so you kept that sword and used the set in pvp to actually fight off some vampire characters.. this was in 1.5 i think... so looooong ago xD

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

That's cool! I haven't done that questline yet and that sounds like a cool reward!

@layne6972 Ай бұрын

Love the bit where you go "There's a big pranking festival. You go into this, like, dimension, it's beautiful with a bunch of people doing stuff there... you gotta throw chicken at people" It fucking explodes, like holy shit man, thought you meant a throw whole chicken, not that 😭 Only makes it better that it explodes when you call it a "great point of interest" like yeah it seems amazing lmao

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

Hahah I did like it! It was pretty funny, which is generally kinda rare in ESO xD

@XiiJWCiiX Ай бұрын

About the only end of quest rewards that are kinda cool are the momentos you get from some dlc public dungeon quests.

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

Yeah the public dungeon memento in Reaper's March was awesome, I just wish the main story had more stuff like that.

@cageking1762 Ай бұрын

I've never made it to the last zone of a faction lmao. congrats

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

Thank you!

@ShivSaerdin Ай бұрын

Congrats on graduating. But that's AD. Ebonheart pact and the Nord high king's lore is way darker and much closer to skyrim. I really want to see you begin that storyline up to what goes beyond Stirk and Coldharbour.

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

Looking forward to it! I'm going to try to do cadwell's gold or whatever it's called so I'd like to do all of them if possible!~

@ku-fc5nj Ай бұрын

You get Caldwells helm for beating the zones (all factions). Or at least you used to

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

Cool! That'll be a nice reward :)

@coinisinorbit Ай бұрын

waiting for Destiny 2 The Final Shape to drop, swag video to watch while waiting ]

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

I used to play Destiny 1 back in the day. Never really tried the 2nd one. Thanks for watching!

@ziadjuuhh8317 Ай бұрын

congratulations on your graduation, good job

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

Thank you so much 😀

@HapyyTheCat Ай бұрын

there is a finale reward. You have to complete cadwells gold. All 3 alliance story quests and coldharbour. You get a thing from Cadwell. Good luck big G.

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

Okay! Looking forward to it :)

@creeperkiller9k975 Ай бұрын

I am kinda confused that it didn’t lead your game to Coldharbour, I’m pretty sure it did for me and I started playing after Tamriel Unlimited. My character is a Khajiit and apart of the Aldmeri Dominion so the trigger could still be attached to the faction your character is.

@creeperkiller9k975 Ай бұрын

Ohh wait now I remember ( it still was quite awhile ago) the Coldharbour questline and the faction of choosing questline converge at some point I think that’s actually why nothing happened cause the coldharbour questline hasn’t been touched at all yet

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

@@creeperkiller9k975 Ah okay that makes sense. Maybe because I'm an argonian it wouldn't trigger.

@superiorgo2368 Ай бұрын

Congrats on your degree

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

Thanks :)

@colinquinn8851 Ай бұрын

I recently beat Ebonheart Pack!!

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

Congrats!

@penguinmaster7 18 күн бұрын

i chose Shazah to die so Khali could become the champion, because she didn't heal me when I desperately needed it. she straight up ran away. in that character's eyes, if you don't heal him when he tells you to, you must apologize by dying.

@FrostbreakYT 18 күн бұрын

LOL. Hey, we all have our own reasons xD

@rufur2 Ай бұрын

I think it's more of a steppe climate rather than a desert. I'd say desert is a way more interesting climate to put cool stuff in than steppes

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

Yeah that might be true. It is a little mountainous to be a desert, maybe more of a steppe/savannah would've been more accurate.

@jayspare Ай бұрын

hoorayyy!!!!

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

Yipee!

@polvocorrupto Ай бұрын

Aren't you going to do other alliance storylines first? Some DLC storylines and sidequests often include some notable characters from the base game, as well as some DLCs have quests that involve you going to a place in a base game zone (i.e.: Thieves Guild DLC).

@FrostbreakYT Ай бұрын

No, that's not my plan. I'm sure there'd be a few repeat characters but from what I've been told most of the DLC is designed to be completed for new-players without knowing the story. I suppose it's possible I might get spoiled (like when people told me Raz lives after the main campaign) and I know certain characters have no threat of death. I did not know that about thieves guild... I'll take that off my list if that's the case. Most of the zones I allow members to vote on are decently isolated so I'm not super worried about it.