Obscure's College of Winterhold NPC Stuck in Staircase Fix
⚪ Last updated 2021⚠️ Install Order · 6 steps
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 0.2% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #114 of 156 Bug Fixes mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
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[]Obscure's College of Winterhold changes College of Winterhold's loading doors from into fake auto load doors for the player, but preserves the original doors to be used by NPCs
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]However, it changes the NPC door that leads from The Hall of Elements to Arch-mage's Quarters from a key-locked door to a barred door with an inaccessible door bar.[]Barred doors can't be used by anyone, but NPCs do not avoid it, and actively tries to use it as the shortest path from The Hall of Elements to Arch-mage's Quarters.
[]This causes them to get stuck behind the barred door forever when they try to go to the Arch-mage's quarters.
[]You can reproduce this bug with non-teleporting followers: If you use the staircase that goes from The Hall of Elements to the Arch-mage's Quarters, they are unable to follow.
The Fix
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[]Replace the barred door that connects The Hall of Elements with an unbarred door.
[]A replacement door is needed because the original barred door is a persistent reference, which means I cannot simply make it unbarred in an existing saved game.
[]Navmeshes in The Hall of Elements and Arch-mage's Quarters are edited to refer to this new door while leaving other references still pointing to the old door.
[]NPCs will now use the new door when trying to reach Arch-mage's Quarters, becoming unstuck.
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This small patch fixes a specific bug in Obscure's College of Winterhold where NPCs get stuck in the staircase between The Hall of Elements and The Arch-mage's Quarters. It's for players using that mod who encounter this issue. With 3,222 endorsements and 1.4M downloads, it's a widely used fix.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community-approved fix with 3,222 endorsements and 1.4M downloads—clearly a lot of people needed this.
- Targets a specific, annoying bug that breaks NPC pathing in a popular mod.
- Simple patch—no complex setup, just drop it in and go.
⚠️ Cons
- Last updated in 2021—might not be compatible with newer versions of Obscure's College of Winterhold or Skyrim SE updates.
- Only fixes one specific staircase issue—if you have other NPC pathing problems, this won't help.
- Requires Obscure's College of Winterhold, so it's useless if you don't use that mod.
For Skyrim players who use Obscure's College of Winterhold and have noticed NPCs getting stuck in that staircase. If you've never seen the bug, you probably don't need this, but it's a safe patch to add if you're already running the mod.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Make sure you have Obscure's College of Winterhold installed before adding this patch, and load it after the main mod in your mod manager.
- If you're using a mod manager like Vortex or MO2, just download and enable—no manual file placement needed.
- This patch only affects that specific staircase, so it won't conflict with most other mods that don't touch that area.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- wankingSkeever
- Version
- 0.1
- Downloads
- 1,367,728
- Endorsements
- 3,222
- Category
- Bug Fixes
- Created
- 8/12/2021
- Updated
- 8/12/2021
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