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The game has been in development since at least 2018, but the fact that it's still in its early design stage means that it will likely be a couple more years before Elder Scrolls fans learn anything about the size of the map compared to Skyrim or Morrowind. It's unclear where precisely The Elder Scrolls 6 will be set, though Bethesda has been gradually dropping hints that Hammerfell is a likely candidate. Perhaps that's why so many Elder Scrolls fans continually return to Skyrim through all of its many rereleases despite the game theoretically having less longevity than a constantly-updating title like The Elder Scrolls Online. It's no wonder there are so many Easter eggs and hidden secrets to find in Skyrim. Unlike Daggerfall, developers meticulously crafted each location, meaning Skyrim has hundreds of hours' worth of unique areas and quests to discover. Skyrim is only a bit smaller than Cyrodiil, as depicted in Oblivion, with 37 square kilometers of area for players to explore. Daggerfall Has The Largest Elder Scrolls Map However, Bethesda's marketing placed the first Elder Scrolls game's map size at anywhere from 6 to 9 million square kilometers - though an argument could be made that Arena's map is technically infinite in practice. For that reason, it's almost impossible to calculate the actual map size of Arena. It appears that the broader area of the Elder Scrolls' continent of Tamriel is procedurally generated, something that would appear again later on in Daggerfall, and that venturing too far from any of the major cities in Arena will lead players to a seemingly endless wilderness populated with settlements, inns, and dungeons that become gradually unrecognizable the further the player travels.
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Unfortunately, it's never been successfully proven whether or not this is true, and any distances listed on the game's fast-travel map exist only in lore rather than actual in-game space.
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In reality, the developers intended for players to fast travel between critical locations, though Arena's manual states that traveling on foot between cities is possible, even if it may take players real-world hours or even days to make the journey. While just about every other mainline Elder Scrolls game has an easily-measurable map size, it gets a little more complicated when examining Arena's total area. While the game covers all of Tamriel, just like The Elder Scrolls Online, it's more traditionally open-world than ESO. Though there are some exceptions, such as Skyrim's Dragonborn DLC allowing for travel to the island of Solstheim, it seems that for the most part, the franchise will stick to this formula for some time to come, as it grows increasingly likely that The Elder Scrolls 6 will take place in either the region of High Rock or Hammerfell.
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Unlike many of the more recent mainline Elder Scrolls titles, starting with Morrowind through Oblivion to Skyrim, games in the series tend to only focus on exploring one region at a time, be that Morrowind, Cyrodiil, or Skyrim.
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As the game continues to grow and with many fans speculating that it will eventually explore areas outside of Tamriel, it's worth asking just how large The Elder Scrolls Online's map is by now and how it might compare to other mainline games in the series.
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It seems as though The Elder Scrolls Online ( ESO) is making preparations for the first game expansion of 2022, which, like many of the game's previous chapters, will more than likely expand the world of ESO significantly.