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Welcome to the Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages! We have been building a collaborative source for all knowledge on the Elder Scrolls series of games since 1995, and we could use your help! To begin browsing our site, you should select one of the games on the left side menu. If you would like to help us build the site, you can learn how to get started as an editor, read over the help files, or look through our guide to helping out.

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Fan Fiction Competition — April 3rd, 2008

Another Elder Scrolls Fansite, Chorrol.com, is holding a Fan Fiction Competition from today until the end of the month. Anyone can enter, and the prizes are actually quite good (Two Copies of Oblivion signed by Todd Howard, and a map of Shivering Isles signed by the developers). So for anyone interested in writing fan fiction, they should definitely look into this. More information about the competition can be found here. There will be three categories for entries: short (less than 2500 words), medium (2500 to 20000), and long (20000+). Ratwar, an administrator here on the UESP, will be helping to judge some of the entries. Good luck to anyone hoping to enter!

UESP Reaches 10,000 Articles — January 1st, 2008

Perfectly timed with the New Year, UESP hits the 10,000 legitimate article mark, according to the Statistics page. Special thanks to all editors who helped make it happen. Happy New Year, everyone, and let's keep 20,000 in our sights for the future.

Wrye Interviewed by Bethblog — December 11th, 2007

UESP's resident monkey, namely Wrye, is the most recent modder to be interviewed by Bethesda Blogs. For all the details, including how to pronounce Wrye's name and his latest top secret projects, see the interview.

Forums Anniversary Party — November 19th, 2007

To mark their second anniversary, the UESP Forums are holding a party on Friday, 23 November 2007 (the UESP forums were started at Wed Nov 23, 2005 5:58 am). A four-hour window has been set aside for the party (note that all the following time periods are the same, just translated into different time zones):

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Hawaii 7am–11am
Pacific 9am–1pm
Mountain Standard Time 10am–2pm
Central USA 11am–3pm
Eastern USA 12pm–4pm
London 5pm–9pm
Paris, Berlin 6pm–10pm
Helsinki, Istanbul 7pm–11pm
Moscow, Riyadh 8pm–12pm

Join us for fun and games!

Online Elder Scrolls? — November 2nd, 2007

Over the past few months, there have been quite a few rumors about the Elder Scrolls series going online. These were started when ZeniMax Media, Bethesda's parent company formed a new division, ZeniMax Online Studios headed by Matt Firor, a developer with experience in the MMO field. Then, on October 25, Bethesda received a large $300 Million investment from an outside firm. Now it has come to light that ZeniMax Media registered ElderScrollsOnline.com back in mid August. Still, this is speculation, but it definitely appears that Bethesda and ZeniMax are cooking something. Here's the 'whois' lookup confirming the domain purchase

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There are various types of traps in Oblivion, practically all of which are found in dungeons or the Planes of Oblivion. Most traps are tripped if the player activates a certain "trigger", which may be a physical object or an invisible proximity trigger. Traps are usually hidden in dark areas, or are blended into their environment, making them harder to avoid. After an activated trap resets, there is usually a small time period where it is safe to pass. They are returned to their original state altogether during a cell reset. (When a cell has not been visited by the player for 72 in-game hours everything in it respawns.) (more...)

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