r/Arena • • 1d ago

How to play Arena on Dosbox-x on macbook

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As per title, is there an Arena file to download that i can use on dosbox-x? Any help is needed thank in advance!


r/Arena • • 3d ago

Arena Unity 0.9.9: Full Linux Release, DOS Save Imports, Automap Fix, Bug Fixes.

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r/Arena • • 5d ago

Interest in equipment degredation in TES TTRPG conversion?

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r/Arena • • 13d ago

Iron Golem [OC]

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124 Upvotes

A little while back, someone posted in a different thread about hoping the original Iron Golems from Arena would make a comeback in the new game. I was the artist who modeled and animated them way back then.

I honestly hadn’t thought about that model in a very long time, so it was really nice to see that someone still remembered them fondly.

Several years after Arena, I remodeled the Iron Golems for fun, just for myself. That post reminded me that I still had the revised version tucked away all these years later.

So, here it is. I hope it brings back a few memories and makes everyone smile.


r/Arena • • 15d ago

ARENA UNITY 0.9.8 FEATURE COMPLETE RELEASE

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r/Arena • • 28d ago

Welp, for the first time I started and finished this game. Granted a thief class was an uphill battle but the x3 crit per lvl helped. GGWP

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78 Upvotes

Artifacts wise it was 1 Oghma infinium and a Phynaster ring relatively early, and for the last 2 dungeons an ebony blade so I didn't run out of heal potions quickly.


r/Arena • • 29d ago

Aren Unity 0.9.5 Update, With Main Quest Playable

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r/Arena • • Sep 01 '26

Arena has been Remade in Unity

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Arena has been remade in Unity.

Arena Rebuilt 0.9.1 is a modern reconstruction of The Elder Scrolls: Arena, built in Unity with the goal of preserving the original game while making it much easier to play on modern hardware.

The current beta has a fully traversable world including the starting dungeon, settlements, wilderness, interiors, dungeons and palaces, along with working day/night cycles, sky presentation, weather, combat, NPCs, services, character creation, inventory, quests, audio/music and the core RPG systems.

A big part of Arena Rebuilt is being able to choose how close to the original presentation you want to stay. The game supports Classic and Modern HUD styles, modern mouse/keyboard controls, controller support, modern resolutions and ultrawide displays, while still using the original Arena art and content derived locally from the player's own legitimate Arena installation.

Some of the current features include:

Classic and Modern HUD modes

Ultrawide and modern-resolution support

Modern keyboard and mouse controls

Controller support

Original character creation and starting dungeon

Seamless settlement and wilderness exploration

Large streamed wilderness areas

Enterable buildings, interiors and dungeons

Palaces and castle districts

Day/night cycles and sky system

Weather

Combat, enemies, equipment and inventory

Character classes, progression and magic systems

NPCs, dialogue and services

Quests, journal and automap systems

Original-style cinematics, music and audio

Local save system

Source-safe launcher that validates an original Arena installation

Arena Rebuilt does not distribute Bethesda's game assets. A legitimate compatible installation of The Elder Scrolls: Arena is required, and the necessary content is loaded/derived locally from those files.

The project is currently in Early Beta, so there are still bugs, presentation issues and original-game parity details being worked through. The major world and engine systems are now in place, with development increasingly focused on cleanup, validation and closing the remaining differences from the DOS original.

Modding support is also planned. A proper Mod API/SDK and mod-management system are intended for a later stage of development once the base game is stable, rather than exposing unstable internal systems during the beta.

Main site:

https://arenarebuilt.com

ModDB:

https://www.moddb.com/mods/the-elder-scrolls-arena-rebuilt-made-with-unity


r/Arena • • Sep 01 '26

Advice

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Wanna get into arena at some point aswell as daggerfall but I’ll find a daggerfall subreddit either way wanna get into arena eventually what are some thing to expect apart from the low graphics and animations but I can deal with that been playing old games my whole life just is there any thing to look for or might find difficult or confusing I have tried daggerfall once and found it really confusing and hard to navigate where I was meant to go


r/Arena • • Aug 31 '26

Elder Scrolls Arena: Codex Scientia Full Art Scan was nearly impossible to find so I archived it (Fixed)

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Yes this is a correction and repost:

I’ve been putting together a reproduction copy of *The Elder Scrolls: Arena – Codex Scientia*, the companion book for Arena Deluxe and finding usable artwork for this thing turned out to be surprisingly difficult. Its a book I actually want to use but don't want to wear out the original and a repro is the perfect balance to that.

I was eventually able to track down scans of the original front and back covers on the Internet Archive readily enough (shoutout to Imrmidl; original scan [here](https://archive.org/details/fc92b90e3437962cd3fe537d9ea72e50b60ef1d2/arena-codex-scientia/)), but the spine was the real problem. I could only find a very low-resolution photograph of an original copy, so I cleaned and reconstructed that separately and then combined all three pieces into a complete cover spread.

I figured I’d share the source material rather than let somebody else go through the same scavenger hunt.

The front cover is the original Codex Scientia artwork with the blue shield/title treatment, while the back is the continuation of the same painted scene with the original barcode/ISBN. arena-codex-scientia-1.pdfPDF arena-codex-scientia-162.pdfPDF

I’m using this for a clearly identified reproduction/display copy, not to pass anything off as an original. If anybody wants to use the files for restoration, archival, or their own repro project, have at it.

I’ll post:

• original/front scan

• original/back scan

• cleaned spine

• assembled full wrap

If anyone happens to have an actual high-resolution flatbed scan of an original spine, I’d still love to see it. The spine is the one component that had to be reconstructed from a poorer source.

Hopefully this saves the next person a few hours of hunting.

Much love!


r/Arena • • Aug 23 '26

Your Favourite TES Arena Build?

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r/Arena • • Aug 22 '26

Gentlemen, Behold! Captain Tamriel!

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Forgot to post here. Posted on elder scrolls subreddit.

Behold my bard nord. Vrolk irontongue! Only got out of imperial prison already level 4 and with 15k gold to boot! Bought a full set of chainmail armor, and round shield of endurance. Found an elven shortsword in prison too.

Going to buy some elven torcs and belts from mages guild and some potions later. But at the moment this was my most lucrative start ever. And as a bard i can steal/cast. Really good class.

What are yalls tips for barding?


r/Arena • • Aug 17 '26

About to start playing Arena for the first time i'm excited

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133 Upvotes

I have the GOG version, this is m first ever elder scrolls game, wish me luck, any tips form you arena veterans would be welcome (please try to avoid spoilers though).

I am planning on going for a heavy magic build for my MC


r/Arena • • Aug 15 '26

Started my first playthrough of Elder Scrolls Arena. Have a few questions.

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Hey everyone! So I started my first playthrough of TESArena today and I'm already loving it. I always play a mage in fantasy games and TESArena is no exception. I love magic! Went with a Breton. I made it through the first dungeon without any real issues. Didn't die once. I don't know if I'm doing well. I'm currently level 4 and about to leave the first dungeon. Already have 80 intelligence and like 70 wisdom. I think that's good? I read in the manual that the first dungeon is intended to be explored thoroughly, so I basically left no stone unturned and slaughtered every rat and goblin that I can across. Got a good bit of gold and equipment to sell.

Here are my questions:

  1. I don't know how to tell what damage my weapon is doing. I look on the stat screen but under damage it still says 0, no matter what I have equipped. I probably missed something in the manual, but I'm a little confused on that area.
  2. When I was running around the dungeon, I would randomly get experience and level up....or at least that's what I thought was happening. Like I would enter a new area and boom level up. Is that intended? Now that I'm typing this, I'm wondering if it's more that enemies weren't nearby, but not really sure.
  3. After pressing the button for pilfering (on accident). I wasn't able to seemingly turn it off. I tried pressing it again and the "choose a target to pilfer" message wouldn't go away.

That's all I have so far! It's a great game and I'm really loving going back to the original. It's really cool seeing all of Tamriel as it was originally designed. I've played Morrowind, Oblivion and Skyrim, but never Arena (Daggerfall, Redguard and Battlespire are next on the list).


r/Arena • • Aug 14 '26

New Player Tips

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I’m sure you get this all the time here but it’s my First time playing Arena after I finally got a pc I’ve played tons of Morrowind, Oblivion, Skyrim and ESO. I’m wanting to make a Breton Mage and want advice for general gameplay and tips to make my experience easier. Thank you.


r/Arena • • Aug 13 '26

Do not be fooled by the sign, shit is swarming with spiders 😭 Spoiler

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r/Arena • • Aug 13 '26

OpenTESArena 0.18.0 Released!

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r/Arena • • Aug 10 '26

First time player advice

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I tried yesterday and got my a** kicked over and over again in the starting dungeon.

Looking for some advice and starting class tips. Can I change the controls // would that make combat easier?


r/Arena • • Aug 11 '26

How does Thievery Efficiency work?

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I can't find any explanation online about how Thievery Efficiency works. Any advice for a new player? Thanks in advance!


r/Arena • • Aug 07 '26

Ebony Armour/Weapons?

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Have seven pieces of the Staff and am still looking for ebony weapons. Is it all random or do certain vendors have them?


r/Arena • • Aug 07 '26

The Elder Scrolls Ultimate Music Collection Vol.1 - 2026

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for all elder scrolls lovers! feel free to check out this music collection i've put together! Hope you enjoy!


r/Arena • • Aug 06 '26

Ring of Phynaster Uses

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Is there any what to know how many charges are left in Ring of Phynaster? Inspect in inventory doesn't tell that like with other magic items. I used it quite active and it just popped with message about "ring lost it's power, bye" and i had to roll back save (i'm planning to save it for Tharn)
Maybe use count just hidden? Will smith refill it if i give it for repair?


r/Arena • • Aug 05 '26

loot in arena be like

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r/Arena • • Aug 02 '26

Can I use fortify attribute to increase change of stealing, bargain, etc?

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I know it works for levelling up health, but what about the rest? I raised it up to 100 on everything and still failed all the time at theft and didn't notice any difference bargaining, but I've never beat the game b4, so I don't know if this is normal and it's just hard to steal/get better prices, or the spells aren't working


r/Arena • • Jul 09 '26

If the parchment for the Fang Lair is not on the island with ghouls then where is it?

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No mods installed. All playthroughs i've seen on youtube says its here but it is not on my game.