{"id":234090,"date":"2024-06-19T13:13:30","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T13:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/19\/the-elder-scrolls-online-gold-road-update-42-now-live-on-all-platforms\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:16:42","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:16:42","slug":"the-elder-scrolls-online-gold-road-update-42-now-live-on-all-platforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/19\/the-elder-scrolls-online-gold-road-update-42-now-live-on-all-platforms\/","title":{"rendered":"The Elder Scrolls Online: Gold Road &#038; Update 42 Now Live on All Platforms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p align=\"center\"><i>Adventure awaits  in Gold Road<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Note that there are no level or story requirements for the <i>Gold  Road <\/i>Chapter, allowing you to jump right in with any of your  characters\u2014existing or brand new! <\/p>\n<h2 class=\" is-pip\" data-pip-on=\"1\" data-pip-label=\"Update 42\">Update 42 <\/h2>\n<p>Launching in tandem with Gold Road is Update 42, a free  base-game patch for all <i>ESO<\/i> players. Update 42 introduces a series of  balance changes, fixes, and additions with no purchase required (beyond access  to the game itself). <\/p>\n<p><b>Improvements to In-game Mail<\/b><\/p>\n<p>With Update 42, we\u2019ve made a series of improvements to  in-game mail, focusing on its interface and notifications. This includes the  addition of categories (player mail, system mail, and system alerts), improved  sorting, attachment preview, and inventory space display. <\/p>\n<p>This update also adds a \u201cDelete After Claim\u201d option (helping  you keep inboxes under control), a \u201cTake All\u201d function, and notifications for  mail with attachments. In addition, messages received from your Hirelings will  now be automatically recorded in the Lore Library under \u201cHireling  Correspondence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Finally, as part of the team\u2019s efforts to improve server  performance and stability, Update 42\u2019s mail changes also include reduced  expiration times based on the mail types. <\/p>\n<p><b>Environment Sustainability Features<\/b><\/p>\n<p>With this update, we\u2019re joining Team Xbox in reducing our  game\u2019s environmental impact with the following new features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reduced GPU use during periods of inactivity for PC\/Mac, Xbox  Series X|S, and PlayStation 5. <\/li>\n<ul>\n<li>Reducing resolution and imposing a framerate cap during  inactivity. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li>Screen dimming during periods of inactivity on PC\/Mac. <\/li>\n<ul>\n<li>Note that this already occurs on consoles.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li>Reduced GPU use in Contextual Menus for Xbox Series X|S and  PlayStation 5. <\/li>\n<ul>\n<li>When viewing most menus on consoles, the framerate is capped.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more on Xbox\u2019s sustainability efforts, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xbox.com\/en-US\/community\/sustainability\">visit this page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For everything changing and coming with Update 42, be sure  to check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/forums.elderscrollsonline.com\/en\/categories\/patch-notes\">patch  notes on the official forums<\/a>. <\/p>\n<h2 class=\" is-pip\" data-pip-on=\"1\" data-pip-label=\"Forgotten No More\">Forgotten No More<\/h2>\n<p>The Forgotten Prince walks Tamriel, and chaos follows in her  wake. Investigate the emergence of Ithelia and confront her scions, explore the  Colovian region of West Weald, and unlock and customize new abilities with the  Scribing System in <i>The Elder Scrolls Online: Gold Road<\/i>. Tell us if  you\u2019re excited to dive deep into this new Chapter via\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TESOnline\">X (formerly Twitter)<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/elderscrollsonline\/\">Instagram<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/elderscrollsonline\">Facebook<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><i>The Elder Scrolls Online: Gold Road is now live on PC\/Mac, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elderscrollsonline.com\/en-us\/news\/post\/66077#new_tab\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Adventure awaits in Gold Road Note that there are no level or story requirements for the Gold Road Chapter, allowing you to jump right<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":234091,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234090"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234090\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}