Skyrim Mod 'Heart of the Mountain' Launches as Official Paid DLC
The release shows Bethesda continuing to treat high-quality community mods as official paid content, bringing a fan project with DLC-scale ambition to the storefront more than a decade after Skyrim's launch.
Reporting from 1 sources: 4Gamer.net.
Bethesda Softworks surprise-released 'Heart of the Mountain', a DLC-class fan mod for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, on the Skyrim Creations platform. Priced at 1000 Creation Credits (about $10), the mod adds a new land over 1.5 times the size of Solstheim, with over 40 dungeons, 70 quests, and 11,000 lines of voiced dialogue. It was led by mod maker DarthVitrial.
The mod 'Heart of the Mountain' introduces 'The Old Lands', a new region larger than Solstheim, with desert, wetland, and cursed forest biomes. It includes a new dungeon tile set called Xanmeer, built in the Argonian style, along with original music, unique equipment, and new enemies. The mod features over 70 quests and fully voiced NPCs, including the living doll Audrey with over 800 lines. DarthVitrial, the lead creator, plans to release the Xanmeer tile set as free assets for other mod makers after initial bug fixes and optimizations.
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