Recapping the 2023 ESO Tavern European Community Event

08/03/2023

ESO fans from all over the world came together for the ESO Tavern, held at Castle Satzvey near Cologne, Germany—check out some of our highlights!

With live music, medieval workshops, a tentacular cake, tons of cosplay, and much more, this year’s ESO Tavern was packed full of awesome activities and fun for attendees. Here are just some of our highlights from the two-day event!

Versengold Play Live

German band Versengold took time out of their vacation to perform for attendees and blew everybody away with their signature folk-rock/neo-medieval songs.

Versengold take the stage

They even shared their experiences of the event with a highlights video here:

Medieval Workshops & Activities

Throughout the first day of the event, community attendees could experience a host of medieval-styled activities. This included sword fighting, calligraphy, and bookbinding workshops, archery, pan fighting, hair braiding, and much more.

ESO Tavern activities

A Cake Worthy of Mora

It wouldn’t be a celebration without cake, and this Hermaeus Mora-inspired delicacy was so large it required four people to move it onto the table! While it was consumed in no time, we managed to snap a picture before it was devoured.

Forgive us Herma!

Cosplay Creations

As is tradition, the ESO Tavern showcased a host of incredible community-made cosplays, featuring characters from the Elder Scrolls series including almost every Daedric prince.  

Incredible ESO consplays

Livestream on Twitch

If you couldn’t make the community event this year, don’t worry! You can watch part of the Tavern, including developer and community interviewers and the Versengold live concert by checking out the Twitch.tv/Bethesda_DE livestream on demand here (in a mix of German and English).

The ESO team on stage

Thank You!

Many thanks to the #ESOFam community who made it out to Castle Satzvey for this year’s ESO Tavern—we hope you had as much fun as we did! If you’re eager for more, never fear. We’re already thinking about next year’s event, so keep an eye on elderscrollsonline.com and our social channels for more community fun in the future.

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