The Dungeons of the Elder Scrolls | Deep Dive

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[@OnyxLeviathan]

@@davemonkey26 thank you so much! I do my best.

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[@OnyxLeviathan]

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A 3 hour deep dive into dungeons in elder scrolls? Say less, this is amazing work

[@OnyxLeviathan]

@@Too_Ty thank you so much! I hope you like it.

[@ThePilot4ever]

This is the first time someone explained the history of each ruin type in the games that I could comprehend. Thanks bro!

[@OnyxLeviathan]

@@ThePilot4ever you’re absolutely welcome! Thanks for watching.

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@@Amknownas_743great_explainer thank you so much! There’s more where that came from :)

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3 and a half hour video on Morrowind? Instant subscribe. **Not all Morrowind but still here to stay! Thanks for the video!

[@OnyxLeviathan]

I'm so happy you're enjoying it! Thank you a ton.

[@christaylor86]

Found the video I'm gonna be watching to fall asleep to for the next week. Brilliant work, great subject!

[@OnyxLeviathan]

@@christaylor86 thanks!

[@Alex-nk1eu]

Very thorough analysis thank you for the effort Morrowind has my favourite dungeons cause the loot is unique and hand placed. Its easy to find potions and enchanted items. Even though Oblivion dungeons have a similar layout I found them less enjoyable and there is often no notable loot

[@OnyxLeviathan]

@@Alex-nk1eu you’re very welcome, thanks for watching! Also, I very much agree. Though growing up with Morrowind definitely had a hand in things.

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[@OnyxLeviathan]

@@EnshitificationStation I’m so glad you enjoyed it! I’ll keep on it.

[@KLMalint]

This may be the most comprehensive piece of scholarly work on the elder scrolls Fauna, Flora and history… that I have ever seen: you definitely got a sub for life

[@KLMalint]

Not to mention the fact that you help me find a place I’ve never seen before and I’ve been playing this game since it came out. I actually was playing it while I was watching the video.

[@KLMalint]

Morrowind**

[@OnyxLeviathan]

Thank you so much! I’m glad you enjoyed. I will definitely be doing more. Which place did you discover in Vvardenfell??

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@@deathworld5253 thank you so much! I will.

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[@OnyxLeviathan]

@@StefanStefan-uv4cc thank you!! I can’t wait to get back to that project. Since I’ve graduated, I’ve been able to put more time into things like this, so it may not be far off!

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[@OnyxLeviathan]

Thank you so much! I hope you continue to enjoy.

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The algorithm mostly sends me garbage, but occasionally there's a little gem in the rough like this. Absolutely love deep dives into minor details I'd normally never pay attention to, looking forward to seeing more in the future and binge-watching the rest of your videos once I wrap this one up.

[@OnyxLeviathan]

@@Psistarstormer I’m glad you found it! I’m going to be continuing this sort of content down the road, but eventually shaking it up with long videos about extensive projects I do!

[@alstroemeria]

Great video! I absolutely loved it, your insight into some of the more overlooked aspects of dungeon design was fantastic, bringing up details like the mushrooms in Oblivion or the underground waterways of Skyrim really makes your analysis stand out from the crowd and highlights the designers' outstanding attention to detail.

[@OnyxLeviathan]

@@alstroemeria I’m glad you enjoyed it! Also yes, some of the designers work goes completely unnoticed, even though it really changes things without it. And to think, a small group of individuals was responsible for each of those cool details!

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Cool idea for a video brother, thanks for putting this together

[@OnyxLeviathan]

@@StarsAndSticks you got it!

[@wdf70]

I like to think the Kwama life cycle goes Scrib to Soldier, then as the soldier gets too large to hold itself upright it drops down to 4 legs. The worm portion of the soldier separates from the body and becomes a forager while the remaining body becomes a mindless drone that moves slowly around the mine to do menial things. Scribs leave the mines in search of other locations to make nests, and if they find a suitable location without a queen's influence, the growing soldier becomes larger, stays attached to its armored body eventually becoming a new queen. And the cycle continues. As for the loss of legs between Scrib to soldier phase perhaps it just sheds them as 8 legs would be too much weight for them to stand upright to defend the queen. As their little scuttle walk is too slow for proper defense. Morrowind makes you think of this stuff.

[@OnyxLeviathan]

@@wdf70 dude I love this! I didn’t even consider that route. My mind went “small become big” haha but very cool stuff and definitely a possibility!

[@drewgoin8849]

Nirn's first evolutionary biologist?

[@OnyxLeviathan]

@@drewgoin8849 👀

[@wdf70]

@@OnyxLeviathan I make the suggestion because of the hostility of Kwama Foragers. They'll attack you anywhere if they see you, just as the soldiers would. But without their armored shell they aren't much of a threat.

[@Mewskie]

Amazing video this was very well made and voiced, I look forward to more of your content on your analysis of the Elder Scrolls, thank you for making my night!

[@OnyxLeviathan]

I’m glad you enjoyed it, thank you! I have plenty of Elder Scrolls video ideas, so I can’t wait to take a crack at them.

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[@OnyxLeviathan]

@@drewgoin8849 Thank you so much! Every bit helps, and I’m glad you enjoyed the video. I have quite a few ideas for more TES related stuff!

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[@googleisawful1473]

With all the long-form video game analysis videos out there, many of which hardly even concern themselves with analysis and largely just retell the events of the game, it's cool to see one take a more focused approach by going in depth on an important element of game/world design. I'm only about 25 minutes in, but I'm really enjoying the breakdown of the dungeons, how or whether their design works to the benefit of the game, and how well they exhibit sensible attentions to detail. Hopefully this vid takes off. Seems like it's already begun to.

[@OnyxLeviathan]

@@googleisawful1473 thank you so much! I really tried to dig in and highlight any details that surprised me, as well as ones I’d never considered as something special, just in case anyone hadn’t noticed them yet.

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I know Fronk's even if you've recolored him, beat daggerfall today despite the second to last quest not spawning the totem so going to watch this uninterrupted for the next 3 and a half hours

[@OnyxLeviathan]

@@anythingarax a bro after my own heart. Enjoy!

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@@kendallmangus5456 thanks for joining the ride! And I’m glad you liked it!

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Really good video! Commenting for the algorithm. :)

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Good job Onyx, holy fucking shit this was some god damn work. Fucking grad paper of a video what the fuck.

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Legendary algorithm pull

[@OnyxLeviathan]

@@Rockercdc I hope you enjoy it!

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Nice video outlander

[@OnyxLeviathan]

@@dailyfactoid Thank you, sera.

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I feel like every comment is astounded that this video has less than 100k views and isn’t from 6 months ago. If that isn’t the biggest compliment from a comment section I’ve ever seen then idk what is and I agree with them.

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[@malasdair]

Great video. Maybe just youtube but I think you should normalize the volume a bit higher, I turn it up to hear you better and then the ads keep BLASTING me lmao. Thank u!

[@OnyxLeviathan]

@@malasdair definitely an issue with my computer :/ thank you for watching!

[@brinerock1430]

NatGeo for elder scrolls. Nice

[@drewgoin8849]

Truly.

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[@OnyxLeviathan]

I hope you enjoy!

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@@Drew-toob hell yeah!

[@serbianfemboy]

You just mentioned that dunmer cremate there loved ones, so i think the skeletons are most likely fallen adventures or slaves.

[@OnyxLeviathan]

@@serbianfemboy they definitely cremate the higher ranking family members yes, so I think that tracks

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[@Marccoo]

Great job, so much work into this. How long did this take you?

[@OnyxLeviathan]

@@Marccoo thanks!! This took 2.5 months from the first footage gathering to the final edit. The script was 86 pages. I would work at the lab (lab technician), then come home and work a few hours a day on it.

[@LittleMushroomGuy]

Hey, please play Daggerfall Unity. Its great, and it's fair to talk about the dungeons and their design if you play on Unity

[@OnyxLeviathan]

@@LittleMushroomGuy I’ll give it a shot!

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Nice vid

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@@furtsmagee1513 thanks!

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[@urthofthenewsun8465]

My favourite dungeons are the ones in Morrowind. I love the Dunmer strongholds and the practicality of them. There's an incentive to clear them out so you can use the Propylon system to blink across the map. Far more interesting than the fast travel system of later games.

[@OnyxLeviathan]

Yes! I love the realism of the Morrowind travel system.

[@logancade342]

It's unbelievable to me how incredible morrowind is considering what Bethesda eventually became.

[@nickoliekeyov746]

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[@pizza.doctor]

No disrespect to the creator, but I will probably use this to fall asleep multiple times and I will never fully watch it back to back

[@OnyxLeviathan]

@@pizza.doctor No offense taken! If it helps you relax and unwind, I count that as a win.

[@ChadVanryn]

Would the dungeons in Skyrim even fit underneath Skyrim

[@OnyxLeviathan]

@@ChadVanryn hmmm I think they would, yeah. Just depends on where/how deep Blackreach’s caverns are and whether they would conflict spatially.

[@ChadVanryn]

@@OnyxLeviathan it would be interesting to see the 3D map of Skyrim with the dungeons. There's just so much underneath oblivion it's easy to imagine that it wouldn't fit

[@OnyxLeviathan]

@@ChadVanryn oh absolutely, that’s one of the huge reasons I bet most of the Oblivion forts were largely underground

[@wesleyrussell8386]

29:40 the ribs and pockmarking remind me of saguaro wood. If it is wood I wonder if it could come from the big mushrooms

[@OnyxLeviathan]

Hmm. I could see it resembling saguaro. But as for the mushrooms, they form chitin, which although strong, probably wouldn’t be strong enough to use for support beams. Then again, the Telvanni do magic stuff with them, building entire structures. So who’s to say?

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@@userXKD669 you got it!