Battle in the Alliance War, Battlegrounds, and Imperial City during the Midyear Mayhem PvP event and you’ll earn bonus XP, collectibles, and more!
To Battle!
The Midyear Mayhem in-game event for Cyrodiil, the Imperial City, and the Battlegrounds begins this Thursday, January 28 at 10:00AM EST, and the fight will continue until Tuesday, February 9 at 10:00AM EST.
During this action-packed event, you can earn bonus rewards when battling your fellow players in PvP activities, including double XP and Alliance points and event-specific collectibles, Achievements, and titles.
Here's how you can join the fight:
- Visit the in-game Crown Store to acquire the “Details on the Midyear Mayhem" quest
- Travel to your Alliance War faction's main gate in Cyrodiil using the Alliance War menu or a Battlegrounds camp outside major cities
- You are no longer required to travel to Cyrodiil to kick off the event
- If you already completed the quest last year, you won't need to do it again
- Alliance Points gained
- XP gains for PvP player kills
Prepare for battle
The Scroll of Pelinal’s Ferocity will continue to be usable throughout the entire event, but if you happen to lose it, you can receive another from Predicant Maera or simply use the Basin of the Gore Virtuous instead.
Fight for Loot & Glory
In addition to the bonus Alliance Points and XP you can gain during this event, you can also loot a host of Midyear Mayhem rewards, collectibles, and Achievements.
NEW Ebonsteel Armor Outfit Style Pages
Become a true knight of Tamriel with these new tradeable Outfit Style pages, dropped by bosses in the Imperial City, including those found in the city itself and the sewers.
Second Legion Outfit Style Pages
Wear the classically Imperial raiment of the Imperial City’s Second Legion with tradeable Outfit Style pages, dropped by bosses within the Imperial City, including those found in the city itself and the sewers.
Midyear Victor’s Laurel Wreath
As usual, you can claim the Midyear Victor’s Laurel Wreath collectible by completing all of the Midyear Mayhem Achievements below:
· Mayhem Connoisseur: Receive the blessing of the Whitestrake at one of the Alliance Gates during the Midyear Mayhem.
- Echo of Pelinal's Fury: Read a Scroll of Pelinal's Ferocity during the Midyear Mayhem.
- Hand of the Whitestrake: Acquire your 25th Pelinal's Midyear Boon Box.
- Wrath of the Whitestrake: Defeat 50 opponents during the Midyear Mayhem.
- Pelinavant the Scourge: Win a Battleground match during the Midyear Mayhem.
- Pelinaline the Bloody: Capture a Keep in Cyrodiil during the Midyear Mayhem.
- Pelinerrif Insurgent: Capture an Imperial District during the Midyear Mayhem.
Note that access to the Imperial City DLC game pack is required to earn all of the above Achievements, so pick it up FREE from the in-game Crown Store!
Earn glory by battling your fellow players
Boon Boxes
As you battle your fellow players in Cyrodiil, the battlegrounds, and the Imperial City, you’ll also earn Pelinal’s Midyear Boon Boxes. You can get these in addition to your regular Rewards for the Worthy containers and as PvP daily quest rewards from the following:
- Battleground quests from Battlemaster Rivyn
- Scouting, Battle, Warfront, and Conquest Missions
- Elder Scroll capture and recapture quests
- Town quests in Vlastarus, Bruma, Cropsford, Cheydinhal, and Chorrol
- Imperial City daily quests
When you receive and open one of Pelinal’s boons, you have a chance to receive the following items:
- Transmute Crystals
- Alchemy reagents
- PvP consumables such as repair kits, forward camps, and siege weapons
- Motif pages for the Alliance and Akaviri styles
- Style items for your Alliance
- Akaviri style items
- Coldharbour siege weapons
- Prismatic Runestones
- Books of Pelinal housing items
- Resource Notes and “The Golden”
- NEW fragments for a runebox containing the Alliance Breton Terrier pet
The Alliance Breton Terrier pets
Finally, throughout the event, harvesting nodes within Cyrodiil and the Imperial City will drop double their regular resources, and the Cyrodiil merchant Adhazabi Aba-daro (also known as “The Golden”) stocks Alliance War Legendary-quality jewelry, with necklaces during the first weekend and rings during the second.
Event Tickets & Unstable Morpholiths
During the Midyear Mayhem event, you can earn up to three Event Tickets per day by completing two different PvP activities:
- Two tickets for completing any Cyrodiil or Battlegrounds daily quest
- One ticket for completing any Imperial City district daily quests
The Event Ticket timer resets at 1:00AM EDT each morning. Note that if you earn new Event Tickets over the 12-limit cap, you’ll lose them.
This Midyear Mayhem event also introduces a brand-new series of base and upgrade fragments for the year! These fragments will allow you to summon the new Unstable Morpholith pet and eventually upgrade the pet into different items throughout 2021. You can begin collecting your pet fragments by picking them up from the Impresario for Event Tickets.
Be careful when handling the Unstable Morpholith pet!
Here’s everything the Impresario will stock during the Midyear Mayhem event:
- Unstable Morpholith base fragments
- Including the Deadlands Flint, Rune-Etched Striker, and Smoldering Bloodgrass Tinder
- The first Unstable Morpholith upgrade fragment
- The Rune-Scribed Daedra Hide
- Ebonsteel Armor Outfit Style pages (can’t be traded)
- Second Legion Outfit Style pages (can’t be traded)
- Breton Terrier pet
- Midyear Grab Bags
- Containing a collectible you don’t currently have from previous Midyear Mayhem events
- Group Repair Kits
Once you have all three base fragments, you’ll be able to summon your Unstable Morpholith pet from your Collections UI. During the event, you can also collect the first upgrade fragment to eventually upgrade your Morpholith into the Deadlands Scorcher skin!
The Deadlands Scorcher skin
As you might have guessed, the Unstable Morpholith and fragments work the same way as the Indrik feathers and berries did from previous events. Simply collect them during the events and use them to unlock new collectible rewards! For more on these new rewards and Event Tickets in general, check out our guide.
Mayhem Returns
Battle your fellow players in the Alliance War, Battlegrounds, and Imperial City and you’ll receive bonuses to XP and Alliance Points AND unlock a host of new and returning event collectibles. Are you ready to take up arms and fight during this action-packed in-game event? Tell us via @Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Glory and honor!
The Midyear Mayhem in-game event begins on Thursday, January 28 at 10:00AM EST, and will end on Tuesday, February 9 at 10:00AM EST.