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About this mod
Adds new unmarked locations, places to explore, and points of interest to Skyrim's rivers, ponds, and lakes.
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Dive Below The Surface
Do you love swimming? Are you looking for more wet and wild game content? Do you want to both go chasing waterfalls AND stick to the rivers and lakes that you're used to?
Underwater Skyrim: Rivers and Lakes adds more than 60 new locations, points of interest, Easter Eggs, and exploration opportunities to the game's waterways. This is a vanilla+ experience with a focus on environmental storytelling—discover new ruins, loot, creatures, letters and notes, and even small dungeons and caves.
The mod also tweaks a few spots to make shallow ponds deep enough to swim in, cause boiling geysers to scald you, or provide secret passages to deeper waters. (Plus, I've added a seat to the hunter's camp at the hot springs; now you can relax in the pool with them!) Swim in the swamps, explore flooded caverns, find abandoned shrines, and make a splash at the docks.
Take a deep breath—or chug a potion of waterbreathing—and dive in!
Q&A:
Is there a list of all the things this mod adds?
Yes! It's in the comments section under spoiler tags.
What version of Skyrim do I need?
Either AE or a recent version of SE (post 1.6).
(Why? In order to be compatible with CC Survival Mode, this mod requires Survival Mode as a master. You don't have to USE Survival Mode—it's totally fine to shut it off—but you do need to have its files installed.
If you're on v1.5 or earlier, I've heard that BEES is the recommended tool for running a "best of both worlds" setup; you'll want to combine that with the Survival Mode creation. I'm not an expert on running outdated load orders, though, so I'm afraid I can't help you troubleshoot.)
What about the Forgotten Vale? Solstheim? The ocean?
Working on it! This mod is focused on the rivers, ponds, swamps, and lakes in the base game's vanilla map, but I'm hoping to release more underwater mods in the future. In the meantime, you can also check out Underwater Blackreach, which adds similar points of interest underwater underground.
Can I install this mid-game?
You sure can!
I hate slaughterfish. Are there slaugherfish?
I've added a patch to the downloads page that will kill the slaughterfish added by my mod as soon as they load. However, it won't touch vanilla slaughterfish, and pretty much every area deep enough to make it worth placing something cool is also deep enough for the game developers to have put a slaughterfish there. I recommend combining my patch with one of the many excellent mods for dealing with slaughterfish, such as Slaughterfish Are Extinct, Drop Dead Slaughterfish, or One With Nature.
Compatibility:
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Thanks to MysticMalevolence, dddssm, and AnyWincest for modding tips. ESPECIALLY thank you to Aboda7m for taking a look at the mod and helping me fix some stupid errors before publishing.
I've gotten requests for an Xbox version, but unfortunately possess neither the skills nor the console to make that happen. If anyone wants to port it, you have my permission to do so.
If you enjoy this mod, don't forget to endorse!
Do you love swimming? Are you looking for more wet and wild game content? Do you want to both go chasing waterfalls AND stick to the rivers and lakes that you're used to?
Underwater Skyrim: Rivers and Lakes adds more than 60 new locations, points of interest, Easter Eggs, and exploration opportunities to the game's waterways. This is a vanilla+ experience with a focus on environmental storytelling—discover new ruins, loot, creatures, letters and notes, and even small dungeons and caves.
The mod also tweaks a few spots to make shallow ponds deep enough to swim in, cause boiling geysers to scald you, or provide secret passages to deeper waters. (Plus, I've added a seat to the hunter's camp at the hot springs; now you can relax in the pool with them!) Swim in the swamps, explore flooded caverns, find abandoned shrines, and make a splash at the docks.
Take a deep breath—or chug a potion of waterbreathing—and dive in!
Q&A:
Is there a list of all the things this mod adds?
Yes! It's in the comments section under spoiler tags.
What version of Skyrim do I need?
Either AE or a recent version of SE (post 1.6).
(Why? In order to be compatible with CC Survival Mode, this mod requires Survival Mode as a master. You don't have to USE Survival Mode—it's totally fine to shut it off—but you do need to have its files installed.
If you're on v1.5 or earlier, I've heard that BEES is the recommended tool for running a "best of both worlds" setup; you'll want to combine that with the Survival Mode creation. I'm not an expert on running outdated load orders, though, so I'm afraid I can't help you troubleshoot.)
What about the Forgotten Vale? Solstheim? The ocean?
Working on it! This mod is focused on the rivers, ponds, swamps, and lakes in the base game's vanilla map, but I'm hoping to release more underwater mods in the future. In the meantime, you can also check out Underwater Blackreach, which adds similar points of interest underwater underground.
Can I install this mid-game?
You sure can!
I hate slaughterfish. Are there slaugherfish?
I've added a patch to the downloads page that will kill the slaughterfish added by my mod as soon as they load. However, it won't touch vanilla slaughterfish, and pretty much every area deep enough to make it worth placing something cool is also deep enough for the game developers to have put a slaughterfish there. I recommend combining my patch with one of the many excellent mods for dealing with slaughterfish, such as Slaughterfish Are Extinct, Drop Dead Slaughterfish, or One With Nature.
Compatibility:
- Oxygen Meter, DMT Underwater Combat, or any other game mechanics mod will be compatible! This mod adds underwater content, but doesn't touch the swimming mechanics.
- This should also be compatible with any purely visual mods (e.g. texture replacers or lighting upgrades).
- Underwater Blackreach: Compatible!
- Depths of Skyrim: Compatible!
- More Underwater Treasures: Compatible!
- Unmarked Locations Pack: Compatible!
- Natural Waterfalls: Compatible!
- Skyrim Landscape and Water Fixes: Compatible!
- JUSTICE - City Exteriors SSE: Compatible!
- Shadows Over Ilinalta: Compatible!
- Half-Moon Creek: Compatible!
- Moon and Star: Compatible!
- Dread Prison: Compatible!
- Lore Friendly Clearpine Pond: Compatible!
- Ryn's suite of mods: Compatible!
- Underwater Treasure SSE: Compatible!
- WAVY Waterfalls Effect: Compatible!
- There's no way I can possibly test every single mod myself, so if there are any that aren't listed that you aren't sure about, feel free to try it out and let me know if you see any problems.
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Thanks to MysticMalevolence, dddssm, and AnyWincest for modding tips. ESPECIALLY thank you to Aboda7m for taking a look at the mod and helping me fix some stupid errors before publishing.
I've gotten requests for an Xbox version, but unfortunately possess neither the skills nor the console to make that happen. If anyone wants to port it, you have my permission to do so.
If you enjoy this mod, don't forget to endorse!