Battlespire: after 29 years, the secret of this Elder Scrolls Easter egg is revealed

A preservation mystery almost three decades old has just been solved. An Elder Scrolls Legend: Battlespire, released on MS-DOS PC in 1997, hid an Easter egg whose activation method nobody knew. The announcement comes from Andrew Borman, director of digital preservation at the Strong Museum of Play in Rochester, New York.

The answer was sitting in the papers of Julian LeFay, who led the Battlespire team and passed away in 2025. The collection was donated to the museum after Christopher Weaver, founder of Bethesda Softworks, reached out to LeFay's family. The Easter egg had been spotted in the game's code, but its command had never been found.

How to trigger it

Start a game, hold down the 1 key and type "Spire". A picture of the development team appears with two messages: "Greetings from the Elder Scrolls team" and "Battlespire rules", along with the developers' first names. Be careful: the message vanishes as soon as you release the 1 key, so keep holding it until the end. The article does not specify a particular game version or patch.

Source: Time Extension