The ESO Night Market is a specialized Event Zone located within Fargrave’s interplanar bazaar. It is significantly more challenging than a standard overland zone and is designed primarily for group-oriented play.

This guide explains how Night Market bosses spawn, how to unlock Gilded encounters and how to complete every event and puzzle across all districts.

Table of Contents:

What Is the ESO Night Market?

Unlike standard overland zones, the Night Market is a group-oriented zone designed with a higher difficulty curve. While some content can be engaged with solo, we encourage you to bring friends or join others to kill the bosses.

The Three Factions

You must choose a side in the struggle for leadership by pledging to one of three rival patrons. Keep in mind that the faction choice is account wide and cannot be changed for the duration of the event season.

  • The Glittering Goad: A meritocracy focused on wealth, auctions, and prestigious trade.
  • The Ruckus: Scrappy underdogs who respect raw power and offer “protection” to those doing business
  • The Thousand Eyes: Comprised of the “insignificant” who find great power in their numbers and shared secrets

How Night Market Bosses Work (Boss Tier System Explained)

The Night Market uses a hierarchical boss system.

Night Market Boss Tiers

  1. Faceted Enemies:
    • Enemies that glows either green or gold. Defeating them grants increased rewards and district-wide boons.
  2. Calamitous World Bosses:
    • Powerful roaming bosses that stalk each district.
  3. Brazen Bosses (Mini-Bosses):
    • There are 12 Brazen underlings across the Night Market (4 per district).
  4. Argent Bosses (Elite Foes):
    • There are 6 Argent bosses (2 per district). These bosses only spawn after defeating their associated Brazen underlings and drop Gilded Keys.
  5. Gilded Bosses (4-Player Instances):
    • High-difficulty group bosses accessed through special district instances using Gilded Keys (1 per district).
  6. Opulent Bosses (12-Player Trial):
    • Three endgame bosses found in the Opulent Ordeal normal and veteran mode trial.

How to Spawn Argent Bosses and Get Gilded Keys

How Argent Bosses Spawn

Argent bosses are lured out of hiding by defeating Brazen underlings within the same district.

How to Get and Use Gilded Keys

  • Acquisition: Gilded Keys drop exclusively from Argent bosses.
  • Usage: Gilded Keys are required to enter 4-player Gilded boss instances.

District Breakdown: Bosses, Events, and Puzzles

Each of the three Night Market districts has a unique theme Skittering Precinct (Arachnid Theme), Sorrow’s Friend (Void Theme) and The Parch (Arid Theme), set of bosses, public events, and environmental puzzles known as Oddities.

Each of the three district have the following bosses and activities:

  • 4x Brazen Bosses (Mini-Bosses)
  • 2x Argent Bosses (Elite Bosses)
  • 1x Calamitous Boss (Roaming World Boss)
  • 1x Gilded Boss (4-player boss)
  • 1x Skirmish (Public Event)
  • 3-4x Oddities (Puzzles)
  • 1x Daring Race
  • ?x Faceted Foes

District Boons: How to Acquire, Stack, and Maximize District Effects

What Are Boons in ESO Night Market?

Boons are powerful, district-specific buffs in the ESO Night Market that help players overcome high-level challenges. These stacking effects scale your power and are required for completing some some achievements. Understanding boons is essential for any player aiming to maximize performance in the Market.

How to Acquire Boons

Boons are earned through activities and encounters, encouraging exploration and engagement with each zone’s ecosystem:

  1. Kill Calamitous and Gilded Bosses
  2. Complete Daring Races
  3. Solve Oddities 
  4. Hunt down Faceted Foes

Skittering Precinct (Arachnid Theme)

ESO Night Market, Skittering Precinct

Bosses

  • Brazen Bosses: Kraohl the Defiler, Khephidaen, Votary of Velidreth, Dranos Velador
  • Argent Bosses: Flesh Abomination, Lady Nassulekh
  • Calamitous Boss: Roksa the Warped
  • Gilded Boss: Gilded Alziriix (Gossamer Crypt)

Public Event: Brood Skirmish

Advance the event by:

  1. Scattering 10 skein spider swarms
  2. Burning 10 dregs
  3. Finish by defeating the Hordemother boss.

Puzzles: Arachnid Invasions

  • 4 locations: Southwest, Southeast, Northeast, Northwest
  • Completing all four without leaving the area earns the Not Today, Spiders achievement.

Daring Race: Rapid Extermination

  • A high-speed sprint through the webs of the Precinct.

Sorrow’s Friend (Void Theme)

ESO Night Market, Sorrows Friend

Bosses

  • Brazen Bosses: Kynmarcher Strix, Plague of Crows, Murklight, Scavenging Maw
  • Argent Bosses: Kovan Giryon, Exarch Molonach
  • Calamitous Boss: Wailing Bedina
  • Gilded Boss: Gilded Fateline’s Knell (Mournful Catacomb)

Public Event: Descender Skirmish

Advance the event by:

  1. Slaying six restless dead
  2. Revealing hidden horrors
  3. Finish by defeating the Spiral Descender boss

Puzzles: Guiding Light

  • 4 locations: Northwest, West, Southeast, South
  • Remaining in the area until completion earns the Bright Minds achievement.

Daring Race: Void Collapse

  • A race through the shifting shadows of the Void.

The Parch (Arid Theme)

ESO Night Market, The Parch

Bosses

  • Brazen Bosses: Taupezu Azzida, Sellistrix, Doylemish Ironheart, Incineration Beetle
  • Argent Bosses: Ash Titan, Ozezan the Inferno
  • Calamitous Boss: Dunegorger
  • Gilded Boss: Gilded B’Kyfxi (Timeless Wallow)

Public Event: Ritual Skirmish

Advance the event by:

  1. Gathering six motes of magicka
  2. Attuning six weather rods
  3. Finish by defeating the Zephyra and Levinda boss encounter

Puzzles: Boulder Dashes

  • 3 locations: Southwest, Southeast, Northeast
  • Completing these movement challenges without leaving the area grants the Boulder Bouncer achievement.

Daring Race: Unstable Creatia

  • A technical race across the dunes and debris of the Parch.

All Night Market Puzzles (Oddities) and Puzzle Lord Achievement

There are 11 puzzle locations (Oddities) across the Night Market.

  • Skittering Precinct: 4 Arachnid Invasions
  • Sorrow’s Friend: 4 Guiding Lights
  • The Parch: 3 Boulder Dashes

Completing all 11 puzzles earns the Puzzle Lord achievement.

The Opulent Ordeal Trial: Bosses and Affinities

The Opulent Ordeal is a 12-player trial and serves as the Night Market’s final challenge.

Trial Bosses

  • Opulent Web Eater
  • Opulent Arid Varlet
  • Opulent Knightshade

Trial Affinities

  1. Cobweb Affinity
  2. Drylands Affinity
  3. Eclipse Affinity

Achievements

  • Affinity for Everything: As an individual in separate encounters, defeat the Opulent Web Eater, Opulent Arid Varlet, and Opulent Knightshade while having the Cobweb, Drylands, and Eclipse Affinities in the Night Market’s Opulent Ordeal.
    • Complete the Opulent Ordeal with Cobweb Affinity
    • Complete the Opulent Ordeal with Drylands Affinity
    • Complete the Opulent Ordeal with Eclipse Affinity
  • Opulent Eradicator: Defeat all three bosses
  • Essence of War: Defeat all three bosses without suffering a group member death.

Night Market Rewards, Titles and Achievements

Rewards

  1. House: Night’s Den
  2. Item Sets: Glittering Goad, Gorethief, Shattered Paths Signet, The Ruckus and Thousand Eyes
  3. Furnishing Plans: Night’s Den Window Grate, Ornate, Fargrave Paper Lantern, Blue Flat, Fargrave Paper Lantern, Blue Round, Fargrave Paper Lantern, Green Flat, Fargrave Paper Lantern, Green Round, Fargrave Paper Lantern, Purple Flat, Fargrave Paper Lantern, Purple Round, Fargrave Paper Lantern, Red Flat, Fargrave Paper Lantern, Red Round, Fargrave Switch Plate, Blue, Fargrave Switch Plate, Green, Fargrave Switch Plate, Red and Fargrave Switch Plate, Yellow
  4. Outfit Styles: Helm of the Ruckus, Shoulder of the Ruckus, Helm of the Glittering Goad, Shoulders of the Glittering Goad, Helm of the Thousand Eyes and Shoulders of the Thousand Eyes
  5. Skin: Night Market Curator
  6. Furnishing: Bearer of Fargrave, Broken Skull, Bearer of Fargrave, Skeletal Jaw and Hourglass of Akatosh Brace, Massive
  7. Antiquity Furnishing:
  8. Bearer of Fargrave, Broken Skull, Bearer of Fargrave, Skeletal Jaw, Hourglass of Akatosh Brace, Massive , Imperial Titan Slayer and Valenwood Skull Blocks
  9. Emote: Not My Coins!
  10. Busts & Tropies: Alziriix, B’Kyfxi, Fateline’s Knell and Web Eater
  11. Skill Styles: Chains of Flame, Azure Blue, Core of Flame, Azure Blue, Dark Talons, Azure Blue, Dragon Blood, Azure Blue, Dragon Leap, Azure Blue, Dragonknight Standard, Azure Blue, Hearthfire, Azure Blue, Inferno, Azure Blue, Obsidian Shield, Azure Blue, Petrify, Azure Blue, Searing Strike, Azure Blue, Superheated Ward, Azure Blue and Wing Buffet, Azure Blue
  12. Dyes: Thousand Eyes Ichor, Glittering Gold and Ruckus Rust

Titles

  1. Firebrand: Ruckus Favored achievement
  2. The Scurrying: Eyes Favored achievement
  3. Priceless: Goad Favored achievement
  4. Diamantine: Bedlam Across the Planes meta-achievement
  5. Interplanar Victor: Night Marketeer achievement
  6. Pathwalker: Essence of War achievement

Relics and Mementos

  1. Egg of Arac: Gauntlet Bearer (Skittering Precinct)
  2. Gleaming Lamp: Gloom Warder (Sorrow’s Friend)
  3. Windglass: Wind Slicer (The Parch)

Housing Reward

  • Completing the introductory quest “Those Who Would Rule” unlocks the Night’s Den house.

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