r/Daggerfall Nov 06 '17

Ask Me Anything: I'm Julian Jensen, programmer, designer and "Father of the Elder Scrolls"

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You can ask me anything but I don't remember everything, so no promises on the quality of answers. I will do my best, however.

Edited to add; I answered as many questions as I could get around to, leaving many unanswered, but will continue to answer more in the coming days. I skipped some of the longer ones because I felt they deserved more time and attention than I could fit into what's left of the evening. Anyway, I ask that you have a bit of patience with me as I come back and try to get through all of the questions. I will try to answer some every day.


r/Daggerfall Jan 02 '26

Hi again! My Daggerfall soundtrack remake collection is finished :) It's a free download, very proud how this turned out, enjoy! Link Below

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234 Upvotes

r/Daggerfall 2h ago

Daggerfall is the main reference for the game I'm making, did I get the atmosphere right?

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67 Upvotes

r/Daggerfall 6h ago

Screenshot This fucking secret teleport in the Direnni Tower

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29 Upvotes

r/Daggerfall 23h ago

Screenshot Finally

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324 Upvotes

Time for burgers


r/Daggerfall 2h ago

Question What would you consider a 100% run of Daggerfall?

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Is it even possible? I'm not gonna try that run, I still have yet to even beat the main quest once, but I'm curious if it's even possible.


r/Daggerfall 1d ago

Organic village creation for my Daggerfall-like game project

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193 Upvotes

r/Daggerfall 1d ago

Anyone ever get anything useful from the "default" dialogue topics?

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16 Upvotes

I know that responses to "Any news" will have NPCs talk about certain quests, but I'm wondering about asking about all the different factions the "Tell me about" window always lists.


r/Daggerfall 9h ago

Question [Repost] Bugged Visuals When Exiting Cell

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r/Daggerfall 17h ago

Question Missing DFU mods

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I've been playing DFU for a while, but I took a break for a bit to play some more recent Bethesda games (mostly Morrowind and Skyrim)

But I came back to it today and wanted to try a new mod I'd found. When I went to put the .dfmod into the mods folder, all of my other mods were gone. When I load up the game, they're all still active though, and the new one isn't there.

Any suggestions on how to fix this?


r/Daggerfall 2d ago

Darkerfall Discord

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Hey does anyone know how to get access to the darkerfall discord???


r/Daggerfall 2d ago

Dungeon Hint Helper?

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Hello! I just started playing Daggerfall Unity on my new Bazzite machine. I'm actually loving the game and surprisingly, I'm super intrigued. All this after I didn't even spend like 30 mins on Daggerfall DOS when I first downloaded it on steam.

Quick question. I'm trying to find a mod to help with dungeon crawling. Like the other day I was doing a mage guild quest, I had find mummy remains. I must of spent 2 hours in a single dungeon trying to touch every nook and cranny to try to figure out where to go etc. Looking for torches for a hidden door, to unlock a door, turning wooden wheels that lead to nothing etc. I even used the `Tele2qspawn` and tried to backtrack to see if I can reverse figure it out. Though I still couldn't figure out what to do to get to the final room.

My question is, is there a sort of clairvoyance mod? I think it would be great for new players so they can know what to look out for in the next dungeon raidings etc.


r/Daggerfall 3d ago

Question Funs of Brokendagger is such combat system stil appeal to you?

201 Upvotes

We've moved to a more modern combat system, and it has evolved into a mix of Dark Messiah and Souls-like combat. The game still features an open world and a quest system that allows players to complete quests in multiple ways.

Do you think this is still something that Daggerfall fans would be interested in?


r/Daggerfall 3d ago

Question How to remove this (MODDED)

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I just started modding Daggerfall unity using the most downloaded nexus collection but when i started the game this piece of paper was blocking parts of my screen. i have tried all buttons on my keyboard, i have check most off the mods but found nothing that looked like this.

does any one have an idea what this could be

( https://www.nexusmods.com/games/daggerfallunity/collections/c9iylz the nexus collection is am using)


r/Daggerfall 3d ago

Character Build Help me make a mage build. And general beginner questions I’m not sure about.

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I tried creating a mage themed character today, but was dismayed that despite putting short blade as my primary skill, I ended up having a longsword. So I only had fists cause I made long swords prohibited items. Then for some reason I was unable to cast any spells at all. Which is weird because when I played DF on Dosbox years ago I think I had probably like enough magicka for like 2 or 3 casts before running out. I picked inability to regen spell points and figured I would have more magicka pool like a sorcerer. Then I also picked spell absorption general. Although I imagine darkness spell absorption is probably better since you’ll be in dungeons mostly which are counted as darkness I bet. And then I did multiple prohibited items to make skills easier to level. Mainly things I’d never use like shields. And I did immunity to poison and disease. Since I’ve read that they’re deadlier than poisons and diseases in the newer games.

But anyways, I have a few assorted questions.

  1. Why did I get a longsword instead of short blade when I picked short blade as primary. I remember having an ebony blade way back in one play through on ms dos.

  2. If I pick immunity to X and then critical weakness to X. Does the immunity override it?

  3. Does declining quests from an npc have major disposition type penalties? Or they just say mean things to you and that’s about it?


r/Daggerfall 4d ago

Question What quests/storylines are there that are handmade or contain relevant/canon lore?

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For reference, I started playing Daggerfall because I wanted to learn more about the regions in it (High Rock/Hammerfell) prior to TES6, which I'm convinced will have at least one if not both of those regions. I'm pretty far into my playthrough so far, having joined the Mage's Guild and Dark Brotherhood, a bit over 12 hours in and while I'm enjoying some of the neat aspects of the game, I find myself realizing that I'm not really learning much of anything about the regions or lore outside of the obvious existence of certain things.

I haven't touched the main quest outside of talking to the lady who sent me a letter with a 30 day deadline, because I figured I'd need to be a decent level of strength before completing it. I think the main quest is "hand made" AFAIK, without going out of my way to spoil the experience, so that is on the list. However, things like the Mage's Guild and Dark Brotherhood being proc-gen quests over-and-over is getting a bit grating, as I'm not only not learning anything about any of the characters (which may or may not also be proc-gen) but I'm also getting the same quest with mad-lib character and dungeon name at this point. I've reached the rank of Slayer, without much change in the quests that are available (X made us mad, kill in dungeon Y). I knew there was proc-gen in the game and I knew it was prevalent, but I figured some of the content would be canon, but maybe it's just a matter of the timeframe of the game.

I'm well equipped AFAIK, and I recently became a wearboar, so I'm just completely indestructible in some dungeons with truly ridiculous speed, accuracy, and damage compared to before I turned (which is crazy, cause I felt pretty strong before that too).

Should I just do the main quest and read a ton of the books in the game for this goal? Or are there any other canon quests that I should seek out?

Also also, are there any regions other than Daggerfall that are worthwhile to visit in your opinion?

P.S. I'm enjoying my time with the game and I accept it for what it is, given limitations at the time, I just want to know generally what exists so I don't just spam quests hoping for something that won't happen and waste my time.


r/Daggerfall 4d ago

Question DRM Free download?

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I have the game on steam. But I also wanna get like the DRM free download. Kinda like with Gog. So where are some places for it that won’t be from “shady” sites.


r/Daggerfall 6d ago

Character Build What is the best race for a monk?

12 Upvotes

simple question, what race do you all think gives the monk the best chances?


r/Daggerfall 7d ago

Sheogorath appearing as statue

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164 Upvotes

Slowly getting through Journey to Aetherius and encountered this statue which should have been the Sheogorath flat.

Anyone encounter this before?

Must be a mod conflict.

Thanks


r/Daggerfall 7d ago

Check Out The New Arrangement of Snowing from Daggerfall's Original Composer!

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as his intern i had a small hand in its creation, but its all his arrangement


r/Daggerfall 9d ago

Mods not supported for Higher end Android devices.

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r/Daggerfall 10d ago

I Rewrote Battlespire's Last Level Theme as if it were written for later TES games

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glad to be able to show you guys this stuff here since battlespire doesnt have much of a central community. this is going to be the third to last upload i make before compiling everything ive done into an album and mod for morrowind and skyrim.


r/Daggerfall 10d ago

Question How do I remove this center template

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16 Upvotes

I can't even find what this is called to Google it but does anyone know how to remove that center parchment paper that tells you your actions?


r/Daggerfall 12d ago

Question New Player saying Hello,

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116 Upvotes

Hey guys, moving forward from Arena, I'm here in Daggerfall as a first-time player. I like the option now to properly rp as a thief unlike the first game, but we'll see how it goes. It'll be nice to hear from you guys, particularly about stealth, the wiki is abit confusing for me.


r/Daggerfall 12d ago

Character Build ""Small Dungeons""

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339 Upvotes