Help preserve The Elder Scrolls: Blades
Blades shuts down June 30, 2026. We're capturing the game's API traffic while it's still alive so a community server emulator can be built. If you play on iOS or Android, you can help.
Held by 48 contributors keeping the rite. Every captured character is bound for revival when the server breathes again.
Enter the memorial →Why preservation is realistic
Bethesda tolerates fan revivals
When TES: Legends shut down in January 2025, fans launched a full server emulator. Bethesda did not intervene.
Commission deadline July 27, 2026
The Stop Killing Games initiative reached 1.29M signatures. The EU Commission must respond 27 days after Blades shuts down.
Phil Spencer on preservation
Microsoft's gaming head has publicly advocated emulation as the path to keep games playable. The corporate stance aligns.
Progress
Last 14 days · daily activity
Top contributors
Yumeko35,353 req · 6 rec · 18 tasks2.
FlappetyFlap25,255 req · 133 rec · 1 tasks3.
Taheen/ Eugene/ N'wah10,460 req · 44 rec · 4 tasks4.
The Trickster7,086 req · 14 rec · 1 tasks5.
ŸẫƧᶄƦằṽĄ5,767 req · 2 rec · 0 tasks6.
JIB5,451 req · 0 rec · 0 tasks7.
Wuuthrad2,455 req · 0 rec · 0 tasks8.
🐉Araishah🐉1,929 req · 0 rec · 0 tasks9.
Scarlet / Peregrina1,861 req · 0 rec · 0 tasks10.
Shoyr1,560 req · 0 rec · 0 tasks1. Install WireGuard
Scan a QR code or import a .conf file into the WireGuard app on your phone.
2. Trust our CA cert
Install our certificate so HTTPS traffic to game servers can be decoded. Disconnect the VPN when you're not playing.
3. Play normally
Your game traffic is captured automatically. Optionally upload a screen recording to help correlate API calls with in-game events.
Community
The gathering place for Blades players. Guides, theorycrafting, the social side. If you came here looking for the community, that's where the people are.
The Rust-based reimplementation of the Blades backend that this preservation project is feeding. Once enough traffic is captured, the goal is a working community server.