IKEA Crashes Into Skyrim and Fans Are All Making the Same Elder Scrolls 6 Joke

IKEA is teaming up with Skyrim in a bizarre crossover, and fans are reacting with the same punchline about The Elder Scrolls 6.

On September 2, the official IKEA accounts for Ireland and the UK dropped a promotional video on Instagram. The clip shows a chaotic pile of Skyrim-themed items scattered across a snowy mountainside, mixed in with some surprisingly modern pieces.

Among the frozen Nord helmets, pots, swords, books, and wheels of cheese, you'll spot a rune-etched Allen wrench and a white Kallax 4x2 shelf sitting on top of the heap.

The video then flashes a date – September 9, 2026 – along with the message, "Coming to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim." The caption echoes that: "A Creation coming to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim."

So far, it's unclear what this collaboration actually involves. Will players be able to decorate their homes with a Kallax shelf? Can they wield that magic Allen wrench as a weapon? (That would be hilarious.) Or is Skyrim furniture heading to IKEA stores?

Either way, fans are all saying the same thing: We're getting an IKEA collab before The Elder Scrolls 6 even drops.

"New Elder Scrolls? No. New Skyrim furniture that will break down before the new Elder Scrolls comes out? Yes," one user wrote on X.

"Heard they're reforming the Dawnguard. Vampire hunters or something, in the old IKEA near Riften. Might consider joining up, myself," another joked on Instagram.

IKEA seems to be diving headfirst into the gaming world, recently unveiling a furniture line tailored for gamers. The Yxstaby Collection, which debuted at gamescom this year, features pieces inspired by the Xbox controller.

That lineup includes a TV stand, a side table, a 'thumbstick' stool, a D-pad cushion and platter, a lounge chair, and more. IGN even caught up with Carl Ledbetter, Xbox's Head of Design, at Gamescom, where he discussed the inspiration behind the collab.

"I've spent all my time [at Xbox] looking at input, controllers, the console, how things fit into the home. [That] matters when you design a console, [the] horizontal and vertical position. [So] this goes back years. The philosophy that we share for designing products at Xbox and at Ikea are nearly identical. So it was like a love connection," he told us.

For now, fans will have to wait for more details on The Elder Scrolls 6, which recently got a major update after Xbox CEO Asha Sharma revealed she saw an early playthrough in August, calling the scale and grandeur "incredible" and the story "even greater."