The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

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Jan 28, 2013 @ 8:19pm
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Molten Core

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***DAWNGUARD IS REQUIRED***

DISCLAIMER: The concept of Molten Core and all that that entails belongs entirely to Blizzard Entertainment. This is simply a fan recreation of the dungeon. My partner and I are not benefitting financially in any way from this mod.

WARNING: By itself, this mod functions flawlessly. It may have conflictions with other mods that I have not tested. Please be wary of this with not just this mod, but with all. Make a back-up save or two before installing this mod. I don't want to be blamed for what might happen because of some stupid technical problem. This mod is quite large, so be prepared for a rather lengthy download time.

This mod is a Skyrim recreation of the famous 40-man raid dungeon Molten Core from World of Warcraft. Vast quantities of new content has been added, such as a quest line, new items and creatures, and much more.
Don't worry, you don't need to have played WOW to enjoy this mod and the challenges and glorious loot that it introduces to the game.

NEW CONTENT:

New Dungeon: Molten Core (HUGE!)
3 Whole New Armor Sets
7 New Enemy Types, Including a Unique Boss
8 New Weapons
2 New Loading Screens
Many New Unique and Powerful Enchantments
New Mineral: Dark Iron
New Spell: Molten Gout
Everything is lore-friendly!

The dungeon is located near the Honningbrew Meadery outside of Whiterun. The exterior of the Molten Core is a dwemer ruin called Mzachalft. Finding this site will begin the quest line.
Throughout development, MrPieMan and I strived to make the dungeon as lore-friendly as possible, despite it being from another game world. Everything that was added was considered heavily in this respect. You will find that this dungeon is in many ways much like Blackreach in that it is an entire worldspace in and of itself. We hope that you enjoy the sprawling depths of the Molten Core as much as we enjoyed creating it!

Be sure to contact us with any issues you may encounter, and we will be more than happy to do everything we can to help solve your problem!

If you feel curious enough to compare our recreation of Molten Core to the real one in WOW, there are many YouTube walkthroughs available, or you can use the wiki page below.
http://www.wowhead.com/zone=2717

~Flavor Text~

Let this scrawling serve as a warning to all those who might stumble upon this site. I, Dep-Zedlen, lead a group of my fellow Dwemer into this cavern to survey the area. We made a perilous mistake. The creatures we disturbed by coming down here were far too powerful to overcome. My entire team was incinerated by those monsters before I had the chance to seal off the gate. If you do not wish to suffer the same infernal fate as my comrades, you must keep it shut. The abominations that dwell within will put an end to your life, as well as this world. I hope that my sacrifice keeps those above safe from the horrors of this molten core.

Thank you all for your support!

BUGS:

If you encounter a crash when Ragnaros is summoned, please make sure you have latest version of the mod. This bug should have been fixed by the update. Also, the crash is only occasional. If you try again, Ragnaros will most likely be summoned without a crash. Thank you for your patience with this issue.

Maclever has brought it to my attention that the scene between Ragnaros and Executus before the final boss fight may be bugged when one has the "Non-Hostile Friendly Fire" mod installed alongside this mod. There is apparently a confliction between the way that mod handles factions and how they are used to control the behavior of Ragnaros throughout that scene. I am sorry for this inconvenience. Below is a link to the conflicting mod for those that are curious.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=9902

Other than these, no bugs have been found.

CREDITS:

Mod by HighWarlordBob and MrPieMan
HighWarlordBob - Scripting, Textures, Enchantments, Miscellaneous Contributions
MrPieMan - Level Design, NavMeshing, Miscellaneous Contributions
Title Image by All In One Pancake

A BIG SPECIAL THANKS to PROXiCiDE for all his immensly helpful assistance with scripting and to Tytanis for his absolutely remarkable assistance with making Sulfuras a one-hander for Ragnaros.
Without these two guys, the mod would never have been finished so well. Thanks so much!

***IMPORTANT*** I will be posting many more screenshots and details about this mod very soon. For the time being, I encourage all those interested to subscribe and try it out. We are very anxious for feedback.

***ALSO IMPORTANT*** For all those interested, MrPieMan and I are planning on recreating the famous Shadowfang Keep from WOW as our next project. Keep an eye out! Below is a wiki page with information about that dungeon.
http://www.wowhead.com/zone=209
377 Comments
jayaitch Oct 4, 2022 @ 5:39am 
Quick review;
-Technically excellent (except for final battle - below), Kudos to the devs who made this. However, I'm not a WoW fan so I wouldn't like this as much as others. I played the mod at L50 with very good equipment and Mjoll with good equipment as follower. Still very tough on Adept. Way too much "yomping" for my taste. Final battle (Inner Sanctum) had to speak to Executis(?) before he called Ragnaros, difficult to do when he's swimming in a lava lake! Reload, Ragnaros appears and I killed him whilst he was bollocking Executis for letting me into the Inner Sanctum. Then everything just "stopped". Strange. Agree with those who wanted the ever respawning magma hounds to be killed with no respawn. Way too dark in the dungeon for me.
jayaitch Oct 4, 2022 @ 4:58am 
SPOILER: Getting into the dungeon

-. On arriving at Honningberg Meadery, face the main building, on your left you will see the "new" Dwemmer ruins.- Fight your way to the top of the ruins. You will see a lift lever inside a locked gate. To the left and right of the locked gate is an "etched tablet". The tablets say the same thing, something about "looking south" and to a "machine belching smoke" etc. This is what some people refer to as the "riddle".- If you turn 180 degrees when facing the locked gate you will see a machine belching smoke, however, your navigator says you are facing West. If you bring up the WORLD MAP, you will see you are facing due South and the machine you are looking at is the one you want.- Go towards the machine and then take a slight left before the machine and drop off the ruins platform (only a 1 metre drop).- Turn 180 degrees and you will see a Dwemmer face with a blue button, press the button and the lift gate will open.
King of Amazons Sep 1, 2021 @ 9:06pm 
Well, I got to the fight with Ragnaros after so many times of crashing, but it turns out he doesn't attack at all. Well, I'm just glad I can complete this quest after all (though I am curious as to why he doesn't attack). ^^
King of Amazons Sep 1, 2021 @ 5:14pm 
Okay, question about that large group of magma hounds that keep reviving: Is there a way to make them stay dead?
bylokonnor Jan 30, 2021 @ 9:57pm 
This is great. The only problem is that for the last two years, everytime I meet Ragnaros in person, the game crashes.
Eseer May 17, 2020 @ 8:27pm 
Underrated mod, beautifully redesigned
Bethus Nov 7, 2019 @ 8:41pm 
I really enjoyed playing. Dark and dangerous scenarios. Monsters hard to kill and amazing ending. I liked very much.:steamhappy:
Vavok Mar 1, 2018 @ 4:11pm 
Is this in Special Edition? I can't find the dungeon...
Conri Feb 16, 2018 @ 11:56am 
Did anyone say ? Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker ? X'D You won't understand unless you have played WoW :P
Universo Game Jan 23, 2018 @ 1:15pm 
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