Halted Stream Mine

Overview:

Halted Stream Camp is pretty good, as far as generic bandit dungeons go. It's got a nice design that makes sense as an actual place, with a touch of that unique flavor that shows whoever designed it really put some effort into the little things, and I'd like if more of the little dungeons the player might never visit were like Halted Stream Camp. It has a nice iron mine too, so you have at least one reason to keep coming back. Unfortunately, solid design aside, the place is poorly lit, covered in traps and gross dead mammoth bits, and the bandits do get a bit tedious.

So I cleaned it up. The cleaned up version is much better lit, has a cadre of guards with an actual guard rotating schedule because sleep deprivation is a real problem, miners to replace the poachers because one of those groups is really valuable to everyone who would Halted Stream Camp and the other one has a weird mammoth-hunting fetish I'm not super comfortable with, and an overseer. Basically, I took the default poaching camp and made it into a mining camp.

To see the cleaned up version, you have to claim the camp at either of the banners, or the ledger at the end of the dungeon. Once claimed, the camp will change control after 5 real-time minutes, 24 in-game hours, or you getting far enough away that the camp unloads. You can claim the camp for Whiterun Hold, House Battle-Born, House Gray-Mane, the Empire, or the Stormcloaks. Mainly this will affect the guards you get and what factions or gear they have, but there are some fringe benefits if you side with Whiterun, House Battle-Born, or House Gray-Mane. Claiming the fort will spawn guards and miners, and introduce you to the default overseer, Fjori Farroson. He will improve the benefits no matter who controls Halted Stream Camp, so it's probably a good idea to keep him alive, but he's not irreplaceable so there are backup overseers if you decide you don't much like him.

If Whiterun controls Halted Stream Camp, Whiterun will be generally better for blacksmiths. Both Eorlund and Adrianne will have more iron ore for sale, and an average of 100 more gold to barter with. House Battle-Born and Gray-Mane will improve things more for themselves, but a somewhat flexible player can benefit nonetheless. One of Eorlund or Adrianne will have the additional ore for sale, and the controlling house will have an average of 300 extra gold for players to steal.

Also, this mod supports Radiant Exclusions. Once the camp has been claimed, Halted Stream Camp will put itself on a list to no longer be targeted by "Kill the bandit leader" type quests because there will be no bandit leader to kill. Note that for this to actually work, you require the Radiant Exclusions optional file included as an optional file here.

Installation:

Plug and play.

Support:

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