

Works perfect, tried every version of proton and this is the only that got to the character screen

Works perfectly out of the box
Didn't set any compatibility mode or change launch options, just worked great! Performance seems good. I have not tried installing addons but the OOBE is good!
Everything worked, even after installing addons.

export PROTON_NO_ESYNC=1
export PROTON_NO_FSYNC=1
export DXVK_ASYNC=1
export DXVK_FRAME_RATE=30
export RADV_PERFTEST=gpl
export WINE_FULLSCREEN_FSR=1
export MESA_GL_VERSION_OVERRIDE=4.6COMPAT
export PROTON_NO_XRANDR=1
export VK_ICD_FILENAMES=/usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/radeon_icd.x86_64.json
export VK_LAYER_PATH=/usr/share/vulkan/implicit_layer.d
export DRI_PRIME=1
export DXVK_PRESENT_MODE=immediate
3D Audio Latency (caused by heavy graphics; vsynch; leaking shaders)
ESO does not Run on Win due to reliance on Vulkan Tesselation or "Terrain". Causes recovery bootloops.
export DXVK_PRESENT_MODE=immediate
AMD Drivers win 10 run natively in unsupported mode.
Starting the game and running around while having broken terrain caused a segmentation fault. (The same black screen).
Runs in correct env.
Is locally instanced; might cause network induced lag.
Seeing surpreme quality versus the same on Win. Might be a missing transparency shader.
FSR Superresolution does not function as it should be. (Would be vice versa and a end-of-life time) Instead FSR generates the impression of running on the screen of a gameboy. i.e very low resolution.
Adjusting anisitrophy in some cases has generated weird results. (Broken terrain).
Issue regarding terrain i.e 'black screen' and crashing i.e corruption after deployment of an update is deemed 'cross platform' and could even induce kernel panic 'if' it happens to frequent. SET SkipIntroVideo=1 would be recommended anyway.
Has seen multiple windows such as the intro to "HeroEngine" for the first time since installing it. As well as Tooltips for CreationGeck

Install and Launcher in default settings funktionieren out of the Box ohne tinkering steps
Addons funktionieren auch mit dem Minion Addon tool. Ich spiele auf Max settings 4K mit der gleichen Performance wie in Windows. Nur die Skalierung im Launcher ist verbugged. Aber die meisten werden diese nicht mal benutzen.

i play on medium graphics no issues

Runs OOB
Using normal proton 9, runs out of box, tested on both Fedora and Solus


Stable 100 fps and 50-70 ping, same as on Windows, no glitches, no fps drops, 50h + on Linux with no problems

Идеально
В нее можно играть даже на холодильнике.. Жалко с модами проблема с установкой.

The game is already Platinium for those playing with Proton Experimental, Zenimax itself confirms that and the experience is indeed flawless
The game is already Platinium for those playing with Proton Experimental, Zenimax itself confirms that and the experience is indeed flawless, enable Pronto Experimental and play as you wish, no problems whatover, I think that is time for this game to become platinum, NVIDIA DLSS and DLAA working fine, 60FPS no frame drops, works flawless from the start.

Flawless ! Perfectly out of the box! Gaming on Linux is awesome and will only get better!
Keep in mind to disable any VPN, for some reason this game does not like VPNs when connecting to their servers. I use NordVPN, and when connected to it, it will not log to Bethesda servers. I guess the same would happen on Windows? Probably yes! (oh my the way, bye bye Bill Gate's Microsoft Windows!) This games is reaching 100fps on 4k with a 3090 on Ubuntu 24.04.1

Runs perfetcly out of the box.
Runs like a dream.
Can have some slightly longer loading times compared to windows

Runs great
It Just Works™
Tried launch option here and game runs in menu at maybe 5fps or less.
PROTON_SET_GAME_DRIVE=1 %command%

Отлично работает на linux
отлично работает из коробки

Use Proton 9, Experimental or GE 9
Used to have issues with the launcher but seems to have been fixed with Proton 9.
Works perfectly fine out of the box. The launcher itself seems a touch buggy but it doesnt seem to matter overall.

Arch + EndeavourOS aur
I had to manually install sudo pacman -S vulkan-radeon
Before it would either install or launch. Without it, the installer crashed, and eos64 was just stuck on a black screen. Also make sure that PROTON_USE_WINED3D=1 %command% is removed from Launch Options under Settings - not sure if that was necessary for the installer to run.
Can run from CLI with: STEAM_COMPAT_CLIENT_INSTALL_PATH="$HOME/.local/share/Steam" STEAM_COMPAT_DATA_PATH="$HOME/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/306130" WINEDEBUG=+seh python3 $HOME/.local/share/Steam/Steamapps/common/Proton\ -\ Experimental/proton run zosSteamStarter.exe
The WINEDEBUG part was useful to figure out what was missing.
Steam should really check and recommend vulkan dependencies. Or each Distribution should package them as prerequisites. As mentioned, sudo pacman -S vulkan-radeon
fixed it for me. I think the Ubuntu equivalent is sudo apt-get install mesa-vulkan-drivers

Equivilant to windows in performance and stability. Great Job Valve!

The game launcher supports gamepad input now, so the mouse is not needed once gamepad controls are set in the game itself for both gameplay and also the character select screen. Do close the launcher once the game launches for a performance boost in the Steam menu.

Game requires mouse controls to use the launcher also for initial setup
You need to set up gamepad mode in the game itself, and to also make gamepad mode be used for the title screen. A keyboard would be really useful for initial setup, but the built-in keyboard is enough. Using the steam button and the right trackpad is enough to use the mouse to click on the install and launch buttons.

Works very well and even allows to play with mods
Sometimes it gets delayed

Works out of the box.
Works great with no tinkering required. Launcher does appear in front of the game after launching but can just close the launcher and play fine.

PULSE_LATENCY_MSEC=50 %command%
Audio issues on pipewire. Fine on pulse. Audio will crackle at that thin line of annoyance before not even wanting to play anymore.
Launcher would kick game out of fullscreen.

I had to limit the number of used CPUs to 4 for first launch. Otherwise it would hang on opening animation. After the first succesful lauch the limit could be lifted.

The Launcher its freezing the entire PC
I cant click on my apps when the launcher of eso appears (he disappear but i still can click on him, like he was invisible. Its using a lot of hdd for some reason and i just close killing the process (when the pc dont freeze 100%). If there's a way to run safely the launcher, the game its appear to be out of the box.

Works straight out of the box, just close the launcher after the game has launched.

The typical gamer isn't going to to want to troubleshoot anything past a reboot. I would still personally recommend it to certain people.
Slowness caused by launch menu until closed
Linux kernel 6.8.9 freezes the game and I have to close it through Steam or kill the process. 6.8.8 works fine. I tried several desktops such as Gnome xOrg and Plasma, nothing helped with the freeze. I tried several Proton launch options as well as startup commands and nothing helped.
TLDR: Run the game using Linux 6.8.8 if you are running Fedora 40 until something changes.
gamemoderun %command%

PROTON_ENABLE_NVAPI=1 PROTON_SET_GAME_DRIVE=1 %command%
lower graphics preset and 40fps cap (game can run on a solid 90 tho) average batery life on steam deck oled is 4.5 hours with the tweaks
if the game stutters close the zenimax launcher after youre ingame
without the tinkering the game is borked but after these easy steps it should run without any problems
Had to force WineD3D to get past the InstallAnywhere window. Afterwards I switched back to DXVK to play the game.
PROTON_USE_WINED3D=1 %command%
As others have noted, close the game launcher after starting, or game performance suffers significantly.

Habe jetzt ein paar Stunden in ESO verbracht, läuft ohne Anpassungen butterweich, keine Abstürze, keine Fragmente, nichts dergleichen. Die Performance ist auf hohen Einstellungen sehr gut. Das Problem, dass der Launcher die Leistung reduziert, trat bei mir bislang auch nicht auf.