Archive EntryPreservation Record
The Elder Scrolls Online
Shelf markLIB-0082
Editorial StandingCatalogued · Permanent Record
2017Game
Catalog Information
- Original Title
- The Elder Scrolls Online
- Release
- May 22, 2017
- Developer
- ZeniMax Online Studios
- Publisher
- Bethesda Softworks
- Medium
- Digital edition · Steam
- Subjects
- Action · Adventure · RPG · Massively Multiplayer · Digital Preservation
Archival Status
- Custody
- Permanent archive holding
- Reference Copy
- Steam digital edition · Bethesda Softworks build
- Condition Report
- Account-bound license on the archive Steam account. No physical media is part of this accession.
- Acquisition
- Digital acquisition · July 2026
- Filed
- August 8, 2026
Acquisition Record
How this digital copy entered archival custody — provenance for the holding, not the identity of the work.
- Source
- Steam
- Acquired through
- Digital library holding
- Entered
- August 8, 2026
- Steam App ID
- 306130
Technical record
- Holding reference
steam-306130- Provenance reconciled
- August 8, 2026
- Recorded playtime
- 60 hours 13 minutes
- Store listing
- Steam store listing
Curator Notes
Collection Documentation
Preservation Notes
- Access Hardware
- Windows or macOS through Steam under archive custody
- Original Hardware
- PC · Steam digital edition
- Playback Compatibility
- Continued access requires the archive account, Steam’s support for the title, and Bethesda / ZeniMax online services.
- Preservation Concerns
- Always-online MMO structure creates high preservation risk: server dependency, chapter/DLC rotation, and account authentication. No offline installer is held.
- Edition History
- The Elder Scrolls Online originally launched in 2014 outside Steam. The Steam storefront date for this edition is May 22, 2017. This accession records the licensed digital edition in custody under the Steam distribution path.
- Access Status
- Held as a permanent digital license on the archive Steam account while that custody and the required online services continue.
Connections
- Archival Lineage
- LIB-0112The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition (2016)
- LIB-0082The Elder Scrolls Online (2017)this filing
- LIB-0094The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered (2025)
- Series
- The Elder Scrolls
- Editorial Record
- Reserved for future critical writing in Bloodsoaked Media.
Artifact Documentation
This filing is retained as a digital edition. Physical collection photography does not apply to the holding itself.
Supplementary archival media may be entered if documentation is later filed. Nothing is forced into the record.
Stewardship History
A permanent chronology of this archival record — filed, revised, and tended over time. Entries accumulate; none are erased.
Filed into the Library
Accessioned as LIB-0082.
Collection Documentation entered
Connections established
Official artwork entered
Steam library artwork filed under the Library accession path.
Editorial revision
Catalog identity, authority references, and digital-holding documentation aligned for publication.
Preservation Notes entered
Published to the Bloodsoaked Library
Digital accession curated from Steam custody and set to Catalogued · Permanent Record.
Connections established
Linked to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition (LIB-0112).