Better dungeons

Better Dungeons

by Scot and WalkerInShadows

Are you tired of all those bland, dreary, cookie-cutter caves? This is the mod for you! Better Dungeons makes almost all the caves unique and interesting.

New Features:

- Caves that allow light have some plants growing inside, so now you can also harvest ingredients from vegetation inside the cave.

- Some areas are too tight to pass, so you need to choose the option to squeeze through.

- Ropes to climb, some of which lead to hidden treasures.

- Some caves have unique treasures, some of which can be acquired by solving little "puzzles".

- Caves that have torches along the way means there are bandits, necromancers, conjurers or other inoffensive NPCs, by following the torches it will eventually lead to them.

- The only lights in the caves are the ones from daylight, so now torches make sense to use.

- There are 5 safehouses to store your loot, among other things.

This mod does not touch certain caves that are quest-related - to avoid breaking things - as well as others that didn't really need new features. These caves are: Amelion Tomb, Darkfathom Cave, Dunbarrow Cave, Glademist Cave, Haynote Cave (avoids conflicts with CDEP Fanaceya), Lake Arrius Caverns, Nonwyll Cavern, Serpent's Trail, Sideways Cave, Underpall Cave (avoids conflicts with CDEP Underpall), Vahtacen Cave, and Wellspring Cave.

Requirements

Oblivion with the 1. 2 patch.

Installation

There are two versions of Better Dungeons - a BSA version and a non-BSA version. The non-BSA version is for people who wish to avoid conflicts with other BSAs - it's a known issue with Oblivion that if two or more BSAs have the same file path, it can lead to crashing. (Or you can just use SkyBSA to get around the issue.)

Better Dungeons' BSA is known to conflict with MMM and Better Cities' BSAs, so if you're using those, you're better off getting the non-BSA version. This version can also be made into an OMOD for easier install/uninstall. In either case, the installation procedure is the same - drop the esp and BSA or files into the Data folder. Use BOSS to place Better Dungeons.esp, or move it by hand using OBMM/Wrye Bash.

Compatibility

Better Dungeons is compatible with FCOM and most other mods, as long as they don't make major changes to the caves. It has been tested in a load order with ~170 other mods, including several quest mods. Mods that add new monsters, like WAC or OOO/MMM, work well with this, as do new sound mods. We highly recommend using a texture replacer mod to truly enjoy the added features.

Dispensation has made a small patch to rebalance the Club, Cursed Amulet and Honest Warrior Shield.

Known Issues

None at this time.

Hints and Spoilers

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