What makes the exotic homeland of the Khajiit so unique? Join us as we dive into the faraway lands of Elsweyr and the Khajiiti people who call it home.

Walk on Warm Sands

In The Elder Scrolls Online: Elsweyr, you’ll explore a massive, living world made up of windswept savannas, craggy desert canyons, and dense jungles--a very different environment from the pristine wilderness found in last year’s Chapter, The Elder Scrolls Online: Summerset.

“For us, Summerset was more of departure from our usual milieu where we went to a high-fantasy, visually striking location,” explains Greg Roth, Elsweyr’s Zone Lead. “But with Elsweyr, we wanted to return to more traditional Elder Scrolls experience. That said, while Elsweyr might not be as green as Summerset, it is still a very exotic land, with its own aesthetic and appeal.”

When coming up with Elsweyr’s environment, the team drew inspiration from multiple real-world sources.

“In general, when planning a new zone, we always try to take multiple different real-world inspirations and mash them together,” says Joseph Watmough, the new zone’s Senior Concept Artist. “For Elsweyr’s grasslands for example, we looked at West Africa, and for the southern more tropical parts, we looked at southern India, Indonesia, and Thailand. This gives the player an experience that’s rooted in reality, but also something a little different.”