Many of you guys take part in ESO Beta and have different characters. Some testers had chance to take part in more than 3 or 4 events and spent a lot of time for questing and leveling up. I heard that some testers could even reach the maximum possible level - 50th. The question of what will happen to all Beta characters after the end of the testing is very important.

There were a lot of rumors about this, but finally we have official information. Jessica Folsom, community manager for Elder Scrolls Online, confirmed that testers will not be able to continue playing their characters after the Beta is over. All characters will be destroyed and will not carry over to the live game.

ESO Beta Character carry over

There is one more source – Support section on the official ESO website:

WILL PROGRESS I MAKE IN THE ELDER SCROLLS ONLINE BETA CARRY OVER INTO THE LIVE GAME?

No, The Elder Scrolls Online beta characters will not carry over to live. Players will need to create new characters at launch, or during Early Access if they have pre-ordered or pre-purchased the game and redeemed their Early Access code.

Currently it is unknown if the characters will be destroyed fully. Maybe ZeniMax will destroy only in-game progress leaving the appearance and Nicknames untouched. I will be happy to see this variant because I spent time creating my character and I like how it looks But to be honest I think that the chances to see this variant are low. It seems characters will be destroyed fully.

Testers will receive a reward for taking part in Beta - a monkey pet.

The other bonus for those testers who have purchased the digital download is that the Beta client can be patched to the full version. You will not have to download the game once more after the launch. You will be able to patch it to the full version and play. It is much better than downloading the full game again.

Thought the rewards are not amazing I am happy to be a Beta tester. I received a lot of knowledge. There will be great competition after launch and I will know what to do.

Give a monkey pet for the monkies "testing" your game, lol. I really dont know if Zenimax are trying to be sarcastic or not.

Anyway, of course they're going to wipe. They always do. The live databases will probably be new ones from scratch, same with client data. They're only going to have problems if everyone run a different version. I remember in GW2 they just patched the full game onto the beta and yes, after a number of patches the game became unstable and crashed/disconnected all over the place. When wiping it and redownloading, crashes/disconnects stopped and the game folder became 5gb smaller, lol.

Monkey pet is awesome

They don't carry over.

Character name reservation is not likely. But take comfort! Your account name is safely and securely all yours, fully reserved and all!

my understanding is all characters will be completely wiped.....its generally the norm when beta testing comes to a close.

No, your characters will be wiped with toilet paper before release.

The memory of my beta character will carry on forever!