Underwater in Skyrim is to vast not to make legimate DLC with explorable areas that are story connected . Caverns, sunken cities, ghost ships, craters and caves should be subjects of exploration. Long lost lore should be vast underwater. This is strictly DLC and explorable area integrated with exisiting Skyrim. So you can travel their like any other place in skyrim. Bring back the aquatic races from earlier skyrim.

What dwells in the deep

Have to admit it'd be pretty great to explore the portion of Winterhold that fell into the ocean (which I assume is a substantial chunk of the city considering it's current size in-game...).

Cthululu and his sunken city of Ryleah.

Underwater caves/dungeons would be nice. Would give me a reason to actually use the waterbreathing enchantment.

If you actually look there quite alot of stuff underwater , like hidden chest and sunken boats.

I doubt anything will happen as far as underwater exploration goes. If I recall Bethesda said that the underwater content in Skyrim would be better than in previous games, just like they said you could sabotage Skyrim's economy. At least in Fallout New Vegas I could find golf carts underwater.

Never really thought of this but it sounds like itd be fun and different.

Not being able to fight underwater limits the game as far as underwater areas to explore and do things. This does not mean that there can't be areas to explore, but they would have to be areas that are devoid of hostile life.

However, assuming they would fix that, I would love to have reasons to go underwater. Morrowind was very good about this. There were like 9 grottos (only a couple were really cool) and a daedric shrine all underwater. That would be enough for me, but more would be better.

They need to expnd the storyline around areas underwater. Plus I want to see how whirlwind sprint propels you through water, and unrelenting force like a sonic shout against schools of enemies.

My Argonian would be happy with his underwater home

There is a really really excellent mod that addresses this issue. The Winterhold ruins the author made are fantastic and fit perfectly lore-wise.

Unless you're a console player, in that case, sorry.

Agreed, Oblivion and Skyrim are both completely empty underwater, caves are really rare. Morrowind was a bit better, having a bit more places to visit but it was still dull.


I don't think underwater combat is a must, make a couple of puzzles where player will be afraid for his/her life- if they mess up they drown, and call it a day. I'd enjoy a good puzzle more than underwater cave where you'd just dive and fight.

Hmm, nope. I play on PC. I may have to look into that, thanks for the heads up.

Only if they added underwater combat.

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/8333

Ancient sunken cities, or punished and destroyed cities by the daedra, would be easy to add , and build story. Lore should be limitless. Armor made from scales from underwater life, with a primitive but sleeker look to accomdate the atmosphere w/stamina perks etc.

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Pilgrim
Theres more if you look hard enough

Horker skin is waterproof

Not a must, but if there is going to be something down there that is going to nibble on me, like Slaughter Fish, then I need to be able to do something about it.

I wouldn't mind underwater caverns and grottos....Alteration and Argonians would be more useful then too. However, if the entire dungeon is underwater it wouldn't work unless they add under-water combat of some form.

It would be awesome if there was a secret city under water, with unique and ancient architectural, and a nameless horror that stalks you in the ruins with no other enemies.

Maybe I can recruit a Aquarian

True, I hope they bring it back in one of the DLCs or something.

I couldn't agree more, I want to explore underwater areas.

Since the very day I read http://uesp.net/wiki/Lore:36_Lessons_of_Vivec,_Sermon_36, I am dreaming of exploring the Castles of Glass and Coral of the Dreughs. And to discover more about the lost Dreugh civilization. The gods they worship, their arts and crafts, their society, and so on... I wonder whether there are still working clockwork Dreughs. Maybe, and this is purely hypothetic, there are even remnants of the long lost Sotha House in the Depths of the Sea of Ghosts? Anyways, it would be a very exotic destination, not far from Skyrim and hence reachable from the current map. Very worthy of interest. And it would allow quite large freedom to the devs, given the current lack of information about it. (In fact it's on the very first place on the list of the places of the Elder Scrolls world I want to visit. Closely followed by the Argonia, Artaeum and Falinesti.)

And a Dreugh armor carved in coral, or a Dreugh trident would sound quite badass, in my opinion.


Also, exploring the underwater ruins of winterhold would be great.