General:Fallen Banners & Update 45 Now Live on PC/Mac

Originally published March 10, 2025. The original article can be found here.

Defend an Elder Scroll and experience a host of changes and additions to the game with the Fallen Banners dungeon pack and Update 45 base-game patch.

The Fallen Banners dungeon pack and free Update 45 base-game patch are now live on PC/Mac and arrives March 26 for Xbox and PlayStation consoles. In this release, you can save Cyrodiil from plunging further into chaos with two new dungeons and experience a host of changes and quality-of-life additions.

Fallen Banners dungeon pack

You can get access to the Fallen Banners dungeon pack at launch via ESO Plus™ membership. Note that alternative means of acquiring it will be revealed as part of the upcoming ESO Direct on April 10.

Fallen Banners

Gather your party for two challenging new PvE dungeon experiences: Lep Seclusa and Exiled Redoubt. Unlock new achievements and earn new rewards including item sets, collectibles, and more as you fight to preserve what little peace remains in the war-torn region of Cyrodiil.

Lep Seclusa

The Moth Priests of Lep Seclusa are besieged, and the cunning Orpheon the Tactician is set on seizing the power of the Elder Scroll they safeguard. You must help Sister Chana defend the sanctuary against an army of deserters, protect its people and secrets, and confront Orpheon before he can use the power of the scroll to forever change the face of Cyrodiil.

Defend the Moth Priest sanctuary

To learn more about Lep Seclusa, check out this preview blog.

Exiled Redoubt

Soldiers of the Alliance War, regardless of their faction, are vanishing, and all trails lead to the Imperial fortress known as the Exiled Redoubt. Team up with the Battlemage Lucilla, infiltrate this mysterious stronghold, and put a stop to the schemes of a once noble Imperial house before its chaos can spread beyond its stone walls and throughout Tamriel.

Battle your way into an Imperial stronghold

To learn more about Exiled Redoubt, check out this preview blog.

New Dungeon Loot

Those who brave Lep Seclusa and the Exiled Redoubt also have a chance to loot and unlock a host of special rewards, such as new collectibles, item sets, and Achievements. This includes the Tactician’s Gold Lattice Skin, earned by completing both dungeons on veteran difficulty—no easy task!

Unlock a new Cyrodiil-inspired skin

Getting Started

At launch, you can access the Fallen Banners dungeon pack with an ESO Plus membership. If your ESO Plus membership lapses, you will lose access to the DLC until you renew your membership or acquire it by other means.

Note that while at launch ESO Plus membership is the only way to access the dungeon pack, there will be additional ways to acquire it in the future—stay tuned for more information during the April ESO Direct.

Once you have access to Fallen Banners, you can dive right into the two new dungeons via the following methods:

• By teleporting directly into the two dungeons from your map
• By using the Dungeon Finder tool
• By visiting their specific dungeon entrances within the Hew's Bane (Lep Seclusa) and West Weald (Exiled Redoubt) zones

As a base-game patch, Update 45 will be automatically downloaded by your game clients when it launches.

Update 45 Base-Game Patch

Arriving in tandem with the dungeon pack is the Update 45 base-game patch, a free update for all ESO players that features additions, bugfixes, and improvements to the game.

Starter Zone Refresh

To help keep ESO as welcoming to new (and returning) players as possible, the game’s starter zones have received a visual refresh, bringing them closer to the quality of more recent additions. Bleakrock Isle, Bal Foyen, Stros M’kai, Betnikh, and Khenarthi’s Roost have each received improvements to their lighting, enhanced ground and water textures, updated structures, and the addition of more clutter or props.

Discover updated starter zones

Cyrodiil Champions PC/Mac Test

ESO’s Alliance War veterans can help the team test future changes and iterations on the game’s open-world PvP with a PC/Mac-only test called Cyrodiil Champions. With the goal of improving stability and performance in Cyrodiil (and perhaps other environments), look for a special Alliance War campaign called Vengeance to participate from March 24-31, 2025.

General Changes and Improvements

Along with the above, Update 45 also boosts mount starting speed, overhauls the Craft constellation to ease micromanagement, and introduces a general UI cleanup of the in-game map to help improve readability. It also moves the game’s disguises out of the inventory and into your collections and improves the visibility of Mundus Stone boons—phew!

You can discover more about the update’s features in this preview blog. For everything arriving as part of the base-game patch, check out the Patch Notes on our official forums. Don’t forget, the Update 45 base-game patch is FREE for all ESO players and is downloaded automatically at launch.

Delve into the Endless Conflict

Gather your party and prepare to delve into two challenging new PvE experiences with the Fallen Banners dungeon pack. Are you ready to witness the true cost of the Alliance War? Are you excited to make use of the base-game patch’s various improvements and additions? Let us know via Bluesky, X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, and Facebook.

The Fallen Banners dungeon pack and Update 45 is now live for ESO Plus members on PC/Mac and arrives March 26 for Xbox and PlayStation consoles. Look for more details on additional ways to acquire Fallen Banners during the upcoming April ESO Direct.'