Bethesda Staff Please Answer This Question... : V

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 9:57 am

Theres alot of charcoal in Skyrim.. but... are there any deposits of saltpeter and potassium nitrate in Tamriel?.........

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 5:45 pm

And Todd Howard fell silent.

...Oh wait, the staff are already silent.

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 3:00 pm

Bethesda hasn't shown any interest in pursuing blackpowder weapons in the past.

(Note, not staff member, just a forum volunteer.)

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 11:22 pm

Charcoal can be used as coal, which is used for smelting ores and making tor....oh, wait, wrong game. I wish there were a use for it, but I can't think of any just now.

Potassium nitrate? Are you looking to preserve food? Maybe they'd let us craft salt piles with it.

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 2:35 pm

Why do you want explosives when you can blow stuff up with your mind? That's regression.

» Fri Jun 08, 2012 12:55 am

I don't think so.

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 4:02 pm

I see your black powder musket and raise you two flaming fireballs.

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 1:47 pm

I see your black powder musket and raise you two flaming fireballs.

Imagine the damage you could do to him in the 2 minutes it takes to reload.

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 9:35 pm

A ton of strange things like this in Skyrim. Would someone like to activate my ledger?

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 5:30 pm

Bethesda hasn't shown any interest in pursuing blackpowder weapons in the past.

(Note, not staff member, just a forum volunteer.)

Redguards have cannons on their ships.

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 6:01 pm

mods. that is all.

» Fri Jun 08, 2012 1:12 am

Redguards have cannons on their ships.

That leaves room to fire on Horkers and Snow Bears.

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 7:31 pm

You want firearms, when there are more important things missing? Cider for example. Dlc with Dwemer scratters is what we need, finally a proper use for all those apples.
Oh, and saunas.

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 2:07 pm

Speaking of charcoal, anyone ever found a tree to chop? I think I ran into every tree in Skyrim and not a one to chop (and yup, I have all the tools you can pickup in the game even if they are not usable....yet)

I even tried using the lumber mill, I can cut a log in half, but if I click on the cut pile, it just warps me back to the main pile and I drop another log.

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 10:43 pm

You want firearms, when there are more important things missing? Cider for example. Dlc with Dwemer scratters is what we need, finally a proper use for all those apples.
Oh, and saunas.

I still don't understand why we can't make apple pies. Maybe someone will come up with a brewery mod so we can brew our own ciders and beers.

» Fri Jun 08, 2012 12:48 am

I still don't understand why we can't make apple pies. Maybe someone will come up with a brewery mod so we can brew our own ciders and beers.

Yup, that's one thing I miss, going back to the old Ultima days where you could use ovens to bake bread and pies. Skyrim already has almost everything else, but would be cool to use lumber, cloth and Dwemer oil to make your own torches, smithing to make your own lockpicks and even add a carpentry skill to make furniture for your homes (and even build your own)

I mean if you are gonna sandbox... do it right! :bunny:

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 3:25 pm

Why are all thinking of guns... I was thinking of FIREWORKS!

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 1:46 pm

Redguards have cannons on their ships.

Scrictly for shooting pirates out of...

And possibly also clowns.

» Fri Jun 08, 2012 1:47 am

Where the dragon tongue grows there are various cavaties that emit steam. This steam, as found in areas around Yellowstone, has a tendancy to smell very much like sulfur. That scent means that there are vast quantities of sulfur deposits just below the surface, which means it should only require a mining pick to retrieve Sulfur.

Potassium Nitrate, on the other hand, is a bit more difficult to find. It is usually extracted from Nitrogen-rich soil through a filtering and drying process. Since none of that technology exists in the game, Potassium Nitrate would be extremely difficult to include.

Wait a few years, maybe the science will catch up with your dreams.

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 11:27 pm

Theres alot of charcoal in Skyrim.. but... are there any deposits of saltpeter and potassium nitrate in Tamriel?.........

Potassium Nitrate can easily be refined from certain waste products that arent scarce.
Saltpeter is a mineral.

Meanwhile, TES already has gunpowder.
Redguard featured cannons.

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 4:38 pm

I still don't understand why we can't make apple pies. Maybe someone will come up with a brewery mod so we can brew our own ciders and beers.

That's why don't get. Why is it not possible to make other foods that are in game? Sweetrolls, Apple Pies, Bread, Baked Potatoes?

Also, what are the windmills for. If I select 'Use Grinder', nothing happens.

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 3:34 pm

http://skyrimguild.com/crafting-with-the-atronach-forge-in-skyrim/

and a quest is all it's used for. But so is rolls of paper too.

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 11:27 am

Im sure beth will answer this, it seems like a high priority question.

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 6:12 pm

Maybe if the Dwemer were still around.

» Fri Jun 08, 2012 12:23 am

Why are all thinking of guns... I was thinking of FIREWORKS!

Good idea Gandalf!