Lively's Patch for CotN Dawnstar and Thunderchild
⚪ Last updated 2023⚠️ Install Order · 7 steps
Install in this order, then this mod last — most mods fail to load without their framework and dependencies in place.
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 0.2% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #195 of 274 Patches mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Cities of the North - Dawnstar is really cool. All of the CotN stuff is genuinely awesome, honestly.
Thunderchild is my favorite shout overhaul/expansion mod. I sure do love Enai's stuff.
One of Thunderchild's pillars is clipped halfway into a building when using CotN Dawnstar. I fixed it. Pretty simple.
Please check screenshots for Before and After images.
Plugin is ESP flagged as ESL.
This patch relocates the Pillar of Lightning Shield in Skyrim's Dawnstar so it no longer clips into a building. A small, focused fix for players using both CotN Dawnstar and Thunderchild, with 105 endorsements and frequent downloads.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Fixes an annoying clipping issue that breaks immersion.
- Lightweight patch that does one job well.
- Solid endorsement ratio (105 endorsements) for a niche fix.
⚠️ Cons
- Only addresses one specific object placement—if you don't use both mods, it's useless.
- Requires both CotN Dawnstar and Thunderchild to function, adding dependency overhead.
- No other tweaks or improvements beyond the pillar fix, so it's very narrow in scope.
For Skyrim players who run both Cities of the North: Dawnstar and Thunderchild and hate seeing the Pillar of Lightning Shield clip through a building. If you're not using both mods, skip this—it does nothing for you.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Make sure you have both CotN Dawnstar and Thunderchild installed before adding this patch, and load it after both in your mod order.
- If you're using a mod manager like Vortex or MO2, just install and enable—no manual file placement needed.
- Check that the pillar is in the right spot after loading your save; if not, try disabling and re-enabling the patch.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- Lively
- Version
- 1.0
- Downloads
- 64,053
- Endorsements
- 105
- Category
- Patches
- Created
- 7/26/2023
- Updated
- 7/26/2023
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