ESO Alik’r Awaits Golden Pursuits ends on Tuesday, November 10, 2026. Complete seven of its activities in Alik’r Desert and you’ll earn 10 Warrior Wave Crown Crates in Alik’r Desert. You don’t need to finish every challenge on the panel. Just reach the seven-activity milestone to collect all three crate rewards.
ESO Alik’r Awaits Golden Pursuits is only around for a week, so check your progress before heading out. Its objectives are based around fighting Daedra, destroying Dark Anchors and defeating creatures in the desert. The in-game Golden Pursuits menu shows the exact tasks that count.
How to Start ESO Alik’r Awaits Golden Pursuits
Open your Activity Finder and select Golden Pursuits. Find the Alik’r Awaits campaign, then look at the activities and their progress counters. There is no Crown Store quest starter to collect. Your goal is to complete seven of the event’s listed activities before it disappears.
If you’re not already in Alik’r Desert, travel there using an unlocked Wayshrine or another available route. Once you’re in the zone, use the Golden Pursuits panel as your checklist. Fighting the same types of enemies in another zone won’t count towards these Alik’r objectives.
ESO Alik’r Awaits Golden Pursuits Rewards
The rewards add up across three milestones. The first two crates aren’t replaced by the next three. Finishing all seven required activities gives you two plus three plus five, for ten crates altogether.
| Completed activities | New reward | Running total |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 Warrior Wave Crown Crates | 2 crates |
| 5 | 3 Warrior Wave Crown Crates | 5 crates |
| 7 | 5 Warrior Wave Crown Crates | 10 crates |
Check the rewards in your Golden Pursuits screen as you pass each milestone, and claim anything that’s ready. If your objective counter has reached seven but you’re still looking at five crates, check whether you’ve collected the final reward before assuming it failed.
The Warrior Wave crates contain randomised items inspired by the Ra Gada. You’ll get the ten crates for hitting all three milestones, but you can’t choose what’s inside. A particular mount, pet, skin or cosmetic is never a guaranteed result of opening them.
Fast Ways to Make Progress in Alik’r Desert
The developer specifically names Dark Anchors and monster kills among the ESO Alik’r Awaits Golden Pursuits activities. The Alik’r dolmen circuit is popular because groups can move between anchors and fight waves of Daedra without spending much time looking for enemies.
Start by checking which Dark Anchor objectives you’ve been given. Join the groups moving between active anchors, help defeat the enemies and wait for each encounter to finish. If a particular objective needs multiple anchor clears, the progress counter in Golden Pursuits will tell you how far you have left.
For creature-kill activities, look for a place in Alik’r where the relevant enemies spawn consistently. Keep an eye on the wording of the objective: different enemy types or locations aren’t interchangeable. The campaign doesn’t give credit for every kill in the whole game.
There can be crowds around these encounters during the event. If enemies are dying before you can hit them, move to a quieter spot or switch to another objective. You only need seven completed activities, not a perfect clear of every objective.
What If Your Golden Pursuits Progress Isn’t Moving?
First check that you’re viewing this specific Alik’r campaign and not the separate Skyrim-themed Golden Pursuits. These are different events. Check the location, enemy or Dark Anchor requirement, then watch the individual progress counter while you play.
If the counter hasn’t changed after a fight, make sure you’ve actually met that task’s conditions. Being near a dolmen isn’t necessarily the same as earning credit for its completion, and simply attacking an unrelated enemy won’t satisfy a specific creature objective.
The full activity list is in the game. ZeniMax’s announcement gives examples rather than spelling out every objective. The safest approach is to follow the in-game wording rather than a guessed list copied from another Golden Pursuits event.
When Does ESO Alik’r Awaits Golden Pursuits End?
ESO Alik’r Awaits Golden Pursuits ends Tuesday, November 10, 2026. ZeniMax confirmed the date, but did not announce a specific closing hour for this campaign. Don’t confuse it with the ESO Plus trial, which has its own confirmed 3pm GMT deadline on the same day.
With November 9 maintenance interrupting play, finish your remaining objectives as soon as you can log back in. The Sai Sahan costume promotion has a longer claim period, until November 23, so it’s the crates that need your attention first.
If you’re looking for other new ESO content, Markarth is also moving to the base game on November 9. That’s a separate access change and doesn’t count as an Alik’r Awaits objective.
Official ESO Alik’r Awaits Golden Pursuits source: ZeniMax Online Studios: Official Alik’r Awaits announcement discussion.
