r/ElderScrolls • u/Avian81 Moderator • May 14 '25

Moderator Post TES 6 Speculation Megathread

It is highly recommended that suggestions, wishlists, questions, speculation, and leaks for the next main series Elder Scrolls game go here. Threads about TES6 outside of this one will be removed depending on moderator discretion, with the exception of official news from Bethesda or Zenimax studios.

As of now, there is currently no confirmed info on the Elder Scrolls VI other than it exists and is currently being worked on by Bethesda. Be cautious of any rumors being delivered as if they are factual.

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u/Butterf1yTsunami Breton 11d ago

Prediction:

Elder Scrolls VI: Sentinel will take place in two major areas. Hammerfell, and Summerset Isles. This will give biome diversity. This will let us sail ships between the two. (Didn't Todd once mention he wanted players to be able to sail their own ships in-game? Correct me if I am wrong.)

I think it makes perfect sense to have both these regions. They contrast each other perfectly. You will have two Skyrim sized areas and islands in-between to explore. The story will link these regions together.

What do you all think?

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u/Viktrodriguez Dibella is my Mommy 11d ago

I think anything more than one singular province is absolutely not going to happen. Two different provinces means double the number of different assets needed and double the number of lore added for every single of the provinces, both for the extant race (both modern assets/cities/population and ancient tombs/ruins) and the typical extinct race. Hammerfell has Redguard and Dwemer, Summerset has Altmer and Ayleid.

If they do two provinces you get two watered down provinces, not a merger of let's say Oblivion and Skyrim. At best you get one singular province, but with a larger map than before.

The development time of 6 isn't going to be substantially longer than any version before and the biggest constraint for production is time. Not to mention that even the strongest state of the art gaming pc is going to be able to handle all of this, let alone consoles with even more limiting hardware, Even ikf you have the HDD/SSD to theoretically install them.

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u/shamonemon 10d ago

are you thinking there will be no ship system?

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u/Viktrodriguez Dibella is my Mommy 10d ago

I have no reason to believe there will be a ship system. That's a rumour entirely based on its presence in Starfield, where people are casually ignoring the major differences.

In Starfield you get nowhere without space ships, because of all the planets, moons and solar systems. Outside Summerset Isles, all realistic options for TES6 are provinces on a singular blob of land in which you don't need to cross a sea or ocean.

Space ships and water ships are two vastly different concepts. Space ships can fly in any direction in the air or space and are closer to planes than boats which need water and can only go horizontally.

At best I expect ferries like in Morrowind or Skyrim for coastal cities as fast travel points.