Elder Scrolls Online: Clockwork City DLC Console Launch & 'Asylum Sanctorium' Trials!

Nov. 7, 2017

Elder Scrolls Online: Clockwork City DLC Console Launch & ‘Asylum Sanctorium’ Trials!

Today is finally the day PlayStation 4 and Xbox One owners can get their hands on Zenimax Online Studios’ latestClockwork CityDLC andUpdate 16patch for the MMORPG,The Elder Scrolls Online.

TheClockwork Cityadd-onbrings players to the mechanical wonderland of Sotha Sil and is chock-full of features such as theTransmutation Systemand the newAsylum SanctoriumTrials. Today, we’re going to take a look at this eerie clockwork sanitarium and give you a brief rundown on the new Trial and what it has in store for you.

Not all of Sotha Sil’s experiments go as planned. Face the Clockwork God’s most dangerous creations in the Asylum Sanctorium.

The Asylum Sanctorium is a new type of Trial for both veteran and new players alike. As in previous Trials, this short but challenging Trial requires 12-players and a high level of coordination and communication in order to complete. However, this new challenge also has two big differences: It only hasthree bossestotal and allows you to pickhowyou want to take them on.

The new bosses are:

The Sanctorium is designed with a choose-your-own-adventure in mind. Meaning that while there are only three new bosses in the Trial, the boss Saint Olms is the only one you actually have to defeat. But how much challenge you’re looking for is up to you.

The other two bosses; Saint Felms and Saint Llothis, can be fought individually and in any order. However, if you so wish, you can skip one or both of them and go straight for the clockwork monster known as Saint Olms. But be warned, if you skip one or both of the first two Saints, you’ll have to deal with themandOlms at the same time, making the last fight considerably harder.

By selecting which bosses your group wants to take on and when, you’re able tocustomizethe Trial’s overall difficulty, you can also run the Trial in either “Normal” or “Veteran”, so there’s a huge amount of variation in difficulty to challenge your team.

The Asylum Sanctorium has a host of new rewards, such asgear sets,achievements, and a skin, in addition to two new types of items upon completion: “Asylum Weapons” and “special Runeboxes”.

Asylum Weaponsare similar to theMasterorMaelstrom Weaponsyou can get from theDragonstarandMaelstrom Arenasthat providebuffsto specificweapon abilities. For example, you could find a two-handed Asylum Weapon with the “Disciplined Slash” bonus that provides additionalUltimatewhen you use theReverse Slashability. Perfect for those wanting to deal massive damage up close.

The new powerful Asylum Weapons should help even the playing field with veterans. This encourages co-operation between various players in a large group. But, that doesn’t mean there isn’t any incentive for old vets, as there are “Perfected” versions of the Asylum Weapons that they can strive to collect. Which looks different but hits harder.

Finally, in addition to the Perfected Asylum Weapons that you acquire when you complete the Asylum Sanctorium on Veteran Hard Mode, you’ll also get the chance to receive anultra-rare Runebox.

These Runeboxes contain aClockwork Reliquary, aPolymorphthat can turn your character into a Mechanical Factotum. What’s more, as long as you don’t open the Runebox when you first pick it up, you’re able to sell it on the markets or give it away.

In the Asylum Sanctorium, you’re able to customize exactly how challenging the Trial is, improving the quality of the rewards with each additional level of difficulty. Are you and your group ready to attempt this new Trial on the Veteran Hard Mode and face all three Saints together? Or will you take it slow and confront each boss one-by-one?

The Elder Scrolls Onlineis now available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and on PC for Windows and Mac.

You can also check out ourcomprehensive breakdownon some of the biggest additions and changes Update 16 has introduced inThe Elder Scrolls Online.

If you are playingESO, you’ll probably want to check out ourESO Guidesand know more about builds. Check out thisMagicka Templar guide, or thesein-depth sets guides.

You would also enjoy10 Things you Missed in Grahtwoodand finding out whyI’m still playing ESO 3 years later!

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