PermaZONES - Dangerous Encounter Zones for Skyrim

PermaZONES - Dangerous Encounter Zones for Skyrim

and T3nd0's Perkus Maximus

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This Ain’t Your Grandma’s Skyrim… Important: This mod does not require you to use Perkus Maximus to work. The name is an homage to its predecessor, SkyRe_EncounterZones (which similarly does not require SkyRe to work. Sometimes names are silly...). You can use PermaZONES without PerMa itself.

What is PermaZONES (Short Description)?

PermaZONES (or Dangerous Encounter Zones for Skyrim/Perkus Maximus) is a mod that aims to increase the difficulty level in Skyrim. Instead of altering combat mechanics or enemy AI as many other mods do, PermaZONES changes the minimum levels for every encounter zone within the base game, as well as those added by the Dawnguard and Dragonborn expansions, increasing them beyond the pathetic and essentially worthless values set by Bethesda.

What does that mean (Long Description)?

For those who don’t know, vanilla Skyrim is broken down into Encounter Zones. Encounter Zones are generally dungeons, though there are a number of outdoor areas included as well. Each zone has a minimum level set. For instance, most bandit camps have a minimum level of 6. If you went straight from Helgen to fight some bandits at Halted Stream Camp for instance, you would find that some of these bandits are generally higher level than you. But any bandit camps you visit after reaching level 6 would scale with your character.

This is DUMB! Level 6 is nothing. Most players will reach level 6 within the first hour or two of play. Level 6 should be reserved for non-combat NPCs like merchants and innkeepers, not tough lawless bandits surviving and pillaging in the harsh wilds of Skyrim. Why are bandits—the most frequently encountered enemy type—relegated to a mere tedious annoyance within the first two hours of play? What is the point of setting a minimum level for enemies when it becomes meaningless almost instantly?

The entire game is essentially follows this same principle,with most zones having very low minimum levels (in the teens for the most part). Generally the toughest zones you can find in vanilla Skyrim are the Nordic Dungeons containing the named dragon priests (the named ones with masks), and their minimum levels are still only set at 24! That’s okay if you want to start a new playthrough every time your character reaches level 30, but what if you want to get to level 80 to fight that Ebony Warrior? Basically, before you’re even 1/3rd of the way there (and re