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Silence is Golden

*The previous version of Silence is Golden was broken. Probably due to my lack of experience with the Creation Kit. It did all sorts of strange things like fail to work when enchanted on a new piece of footwear, or not be enchantable at all. This latest version should be fixed, but I can't gaurantee that it will play nice with saves that used the older version of the mod. That's an unfortunate reality of Skyrim/TES modding in general, dating all the way back to Morrowind. Which is something I can't fix, so just be forewarned.*

What is Silence is Golden, why did you make it, and why is it classified as a cheat?

Well, allow me to answer those three burning questions:

1.) Silence is Golden adds an enchanted pair of footwraps (like the ones you were wearing as a prisoner at Helgen) to the the shore behind the Guardian Stones. The enchantment (originally called "Silence is Golden", but should now be a generic Muffle) is a 1.0 magnitude muffle. They can be found in a Rotting Sack near a tree and some lillies.

2.) I made this humble little plugin because I got sick and tired of murdering Balimund as the "quickest" way to get the muffle enchantment (which is one of the hardest enchantments to get, since it only appears in random loot and as you level, the chances of finding it dwindle due to other more powerful enchantments having a higher likelihood of dropping). So, now there's a surefire way to get the muffle on an item that's easy to get, and easy to ignore if you don't want it. Aside from the enchantment, the Padded Wraps are no different and no more powerful than the footwraps you start with.

3.) It's a cheat because you get an enchanted item for free, with no work, and that enchantment is one of the hardest to get legitimately. It's not game breaking by any means, but it will give you a leg up (even if all you do is disenchant it so you can put it on some leather boots).

Let me know if there are any problems with the mod. It was my first time using the Creation Kit (not my first Kit use though - I've made mods for myself all the way back to Morrowind), and I wouldn't be terribly surprised if I mucked something up.

Just in case you have a difficult time finding the Rotting Sack, I've put pictures up as directions. Should be self-explanatory, but I'm totally willing to answer any questions you might have. Nothing is worse than a mod with no support. Happy trails.

UPDATE: This is just to address the move to paid content on the Steam Workshop. Silence is Golden, and any and all future mods by me will remain free. If there's an option, I may add some sort of "donate what you want" to future mods, but I will never force anyone to pay anything. I've been modding my games with content created by other people for as long as I can remember playing PC games, and something just doesn't sit well with me about this monetization of the modding community. The important thing is, Silence is Golden is here to stay, and yours to use for as long as the Workshop exists (and perhaps even after if I get around to putting it up on the Nexus or something).

UPDATE 2 - Skyrim Special Edition Edition: I have no intentions of updating SiG for Skyrim SE. Even though I have SE, I haven't done more than glance at it a few times, and I think that isn't going to change.