Elder Scrolls 6: 10 Ways To Make The Perfect Sequel

It might be further away than we care to admit, but that doesn't mean we can't start dreaming...

by Ewan Paterson
Bethesda

The Elder Scrolls VI is years away. No matter how much we'd all love it to happen, Bethesda's long anticipated follow-up to 2011's Skyrim isn't dropping anytime soon, with the studio/publisher instead prioritising Starfield, which isn't going to release for at least another year, one would imagine.

Even so, that hasn't stopped Scrolls fans from agonising over everything that could potentially be included in the series' next entry. They've had almost seven years now to consider what a Skyrim sequel could look like (2013 marking the release of the Dragonborn DLC), and with the hype surrounding next-gen consoles getting more and more palpable by the day, it seems as though speculation regarding a sixth Elder Scrolls has reached a fever pitch in recent weeks.

Rumours and purported leaks have been swirling for sometime now, with most signs pointing towards Elder Scrolls VI being set in Hammerfell and High Rock, home to the Redguard and the Bretons.

Some other 'details' are more than a little dubious, but the rumoured setting is still a good jumping off point to consider how Bethesda could make the perfect follow-up to Skyrim, a game many would consider to be one of the finest RPGs ever released...

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WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well. In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.