Lambert says right now the list includes over 50 types of furnishings, new motifs, music boxes, emotes, two new jewelry enchants, a new siege weapon, mythic items, and even a mount. The reward for this hard work? All kinds of goodies. Lambert calls this game a cross between Battleship and Minesweeper. There's less glamor here, just a brush, a couple of types of shovel and a special Radar Sense. The next step in securing your relic, and fame and fortune, is to head to a dig site to complete another mini-game – Excavation. Depending on the rarity of the relic you're looking for, the mini-game difficulty will change. Completing these will narrow down your search area and dig site for the relic. You'll then need to use a new device called the Antiquarian's Eye to do some scrying, which opens up a new shape matching mini-game. You'll find other leads from killing bosses, looting thieves guild troves, shopping at vendors and all your usual adventuring activities.

You'll first need to join a guild called the Antiquarian Circle, which will give you a handful of leads on a few relics to get you started.

There are relics scattered around Tamriel, and you'll need to research them and then excavate them.

'The best way to think about it is Indiana Jones meets Tamriel.' As Lambert points out, it's the first big system that's been added to the MMO since Housing, and it's focused on exploration and lore. Greymoor introduces a new Antiquities system to the whole of The Elder Scrolls Online, not just Greymoor, which means – fellow ESO addicts feel free to start creepily rubbing your hands together now – a whole new type of gameplay to get sidetracked with when you should be focused on saving the kingdom. Just because the lands of Tamriel are suddenly riddled with zombies and weather that makes September in the Lake District look inviting doesn't mean there isn't time to learn a new skill. (Image credit: Bethesda) Antiquities roadshow

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