Daedric Online is a free-to-play, open-alpha Skyrim roleplay and survival MMO built around a shared, persistent world for hundreds of players. Open to everyone without a whitelist or application, it gives players a common starting point and asks them to earn their progress through play. The world spans nine starting holds and features custom professions, mastery-based progression, crafting, combat, dungeons, housing, and roleplay systems.

Players can follow profession paths such as mining, blacksmithing, tailoring, alchemy, cooking, scholarship, and skinning, gathering materials to create equipment and supplies. The persistent world includes more than 150 populated dungeons, live enemies, wildlife, player-versus-player combat, loot, and claimable homes. Social features include 3D proximity voice, party formation, secure trading, roleplay chat, and emotes, alongside guards and moderation systems.

To join, players need a legal PC copy of Skyrim Special Edition through Steam, Vortex, the Daedric Online mod collection, and the Windows launcher, which verifies and updates game files. The Discord community offers news and support, while Patreon provides an optional way to support the project.