New Elder Scrolls Blades Communication Error (500-12-100-user name)

I stumbled across a new Communication Error code in Elder Scrolls Blades last night--Communication Error (500-12-100-user name and number).

To fix it, I rebooted the tablet and then logged in with my user name and password.  Everything was fine after that.  I think this might be related to a wireless Internet interruption as we had very heavy rain last night that messes with the satellite signal.  Even though I had a good signal when trying to log in --I checked--it is possible the tablet was confused by a previous fluctuation.  This is all speculation, of course.  All I know for sure are the error number and how I fixed it.

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"Unable to Retrieve Character"--Elder Scrolls Blades

There's a new error message that popped up when I attempted to open Elder Scrolls Blades this morning--"We are currently unable to retrieve your character.  Pease try again later.   0-10001-1"

Shutting down my iPad and then restarting it resolved the issue.  Judging from postings to Reddit, this happens quite often (just never to me before) but the restart fixes whatever has gone wrong.

If you are here trying to figure out why you can't access Elder Scrolls Blades, Bethesda shut down the game servers on June 30, 2026.  

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New Elder Scrolls Blades Error Messages

If you are here trying to figure out why you can't access Elder Scrolls Blades, Bethesda shut down the game servers on June 30, 2026.  

The last two weeks have been "interesting" when it comes to Elder Scrolls Blades.  I've gotten two error messages I've not seen before.

The top communication error seems to be due to my wonky Internet connection.  Sometimes it's there, sometimes it isn't.  I waited and tried again later and things were fine again.

The bottom message was a puzzle.  I got it when I tried to click on the store for my daily gift.   I decided once again to ignore the Store Unavailable and didn't touch my Apple account and it also went away.  This appears to be a common problem.  I haven't found any solution besides trying again later to date.

Sometimes doing nothing except trying again later is a good idea.

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Elder Scrolls Blades Fix for Error Message 0-10001-1 UPDATED

After updating to iOS 15, I got error message 0-10001-1 when trying to open Elder Scrolls Blades.  The error message screen is above.

IMPORTANT UPDATE:  Folks, Bethesda has shut down the Elder Scrolls Blades servers as of June 30, 2026.  That's why you are getting this error message.  There is no fix, sadly.  Your game only exists on your device now.  Sorry.

I waited and tried again.  This time I got another error message (above) telling me to either retry logging in or to continue on and set up a new character.  Retrying did nothing, so I set up a new character.  You'll have to accept the game conditions again and go through the brief movement tutorial, then choose a name and attributes for a new character.  At the end you have the ability to log into Bethesda again with your old character name/login, so do so.  (DON'T skip logging into Bethesda or you won't be offered the choice of either character, which you need to retrieve your old character.). Once you do that, Bethesda will tell you to pick either the brand new character or your old one.  Pick the old one and you are set.

Note that some folks on Reddit say that powering down their device and then powering it on again and attempting login to Elder Scrolls Blades fixed their issue.  This didn't work for me.

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