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The Elder Scrolls: Arena

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The Elder Scrolls: Arena

Developer: Bethesda Softworks
Publisher: Bethesda Softworks
Platform: DOS
Released in US: April 1994
Released in EU: 1994


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TextIcon.png This game has unused text.
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The Elder Scrolls: Arena is the first entry in the Elder Scrolls series. It was initially a gladiator game that was transformed into an RPG over time.

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Read about prerelease information and/or media for this game.
Prerelease Info

Unused Text

Present from 3C4D8 to 3C60A in a decompressed executable of a.exe are a few leftovers from when the game allowed the player to have team members:

Team leader
Team member 2
Team member 3
Team member 4

Revisional Differences

  • Version 1.01 added the ability to check the version number.
  • v1.05 added the ability to rename spells.
  • v1.06 added the ability to slow the game down with the '-delay' command for faster processors, such as the Pentium.
  • Patches added the ability to have messages instantly pop in instead of pixellating in by pressing F4.

Unused Graphics

ElderScrollsArenaPOPTALK.gif ElderScrollsArenaS2.gif

These two HUDs are in the graphics files, but there is seemingly no way to enable either. The HUD on the left is featured in screenshots from very early versions of the game, where the player could have up four characters in his or her party.

Unused Drop Rates

Creatures that leave no corpse still have drop rates associated with them. It is possible to have a brief shot at grabbing these drops through a very specific combination of spells that delay the disappearance of the corpse long enough to interact with it.


(Source: https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Arena:Monsters)

Cure Curse is Useless

Cure Curse is a possible spell effect, but no enemies can curse the player in the vanilla game, and thus this effect is useless. If modifications allow an enemy to be able to curse the player (such as AVGVSTA's All New Classes, where some human foes of some of the replacement classes have such a spell) the spell works as intended.