The Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era is a cooperative adventure game for up to four players. It is meant to be enjoyed as a campaign played across three sessions, with each building on the last. During each session, your party takes on a quest as agents of a specific guild in one of Tamriel’s provinces To complete that quest, you must journey, battle, and explore your way across one province of Tamriel—such as humid, festering Black Marsh, which is presented in the tutorial.

Across your sessions, you will develop and advance each adventurer by earning experience points (XP) through completing encounters. To finish your campaign, you will complete an intense endgame session to defeat a shadowy threat to the continent of Tamriel.