I remember reading about Eltonbrand on early 2000s "cheat" websites and thinking it was the dumbest fake rumor ever, on par with Mew being under the truck in Pokemon. Then I found Eltonbrand in the Morrowind Construction Set data and was totally shocked.
Dude same here. I looked for so many fake "hidden doors" in this game because of the cheats websites. But I also figured out how to start the tribunal and blood moon dlc on the GOTY edition on xbox. Such a good time and great game.
you found the DLC? A guy attacks you in your sleep and the other one is a dialogue options loads of NPCs have. How hard were they to find for you? Do you not usually level up past level 6 or talk to NPCs
That moment you actually find mew in RBYG and walk out of the LAN tournament with it successfully given to you for winning. The other ways to get mew involve glitching.
It just sunk to me that "To upgrade my magical sword, which I got from an ancient demon, I first must talk to a Mudcrab Merchant, as I hope he is willing to talk to me as a vampire." is the kind of nonsense I love this game so much for!
I remember playing this game back in the day and I had a character going with like 50 hours in and just wandering around dungeons and all of a sudden I got vampirism and I'm like okay I'll just cure it but I couldn't and now the whole game changed and I didn't expect that at all
"Vampire Dust Has No Effect On You" "Yeah, I'm gonna reload. I have no idea why, but I'm going to reload". I have never related to something so hard in my life
I remember bringing up how crazy this secret was as a kid to my step-dad who instantly was like "Wait, Elton Brand? The basketball player?" and sure enough I found he's why it's called that. When being into nerd stuff and jock stuff crosses over!
The further back you go, the more obscure the secrets become. They weren't really meant to be discovered, maybe that 1 in a million player. Especially before the internet.
Dude I played Morrowind back not long after it came out and all my friends were really into it as well. I could call them if I got stuck lol sounds cheesy now. But sometimes you just had to grind grind grind. And sometimes give up and come back to it later if at all. I still remember this half flooded temple with all these riddles and a giant energy shield blocking a certain area. I tried for MONTHS but couldn't figure it the fuck out. 15 years later I still think about it. The Devs were smart with this one in particular cause they made the shield wall in such a way you couldnt glitch past it. Plus this was before we figured out the console commands.
Morrowind came out in 2002, everyone with a gaming pc had dialup. Some already had DSL which was marketed as ‘broadband’. There were plenty of gaming forums. In particular there’s little the moderators and regulars on Gamespy’s Morrowind forum did not know about the game.
@@Theclaidheamhmor I used dial-up in the late 90s, by 2002 I had dsl. In general it’s true you couldn’t get gaming information just as easily as now, but in particular Morrowind forum members were knowledgable and dedicated, almost fanatical about the game. I remember the long defunct Game-spy forum regulars included some well respected modders. Pre-Reddit, useful gaming forums were a little harder to find I’m not denying it, but there was still a lot going on.
"How did people figure this out?" What probably happened is someone found Eltonbrand in the construction set, and dug into the scripts that cause it to spawn. If not, it could have just been happenstance after someone talked to half the NPC's in the game to find one that'll actually talk to you.
Large open world RPGs like these had lots of volunteer beta testers (sometimes dozens or hundreds). Developers would talk to the beta testers and give them instructions to test certain quests or other things specifically. So a number of people in the community would have prior knowledge of quests and how they worked, then they would go on forums and talk about it, and the knowledge spreads into the general community from there.
As TES since Morrowind get shipped with their CS, its most likely that someone was scouting in the editor for cool weapons and found this. With other older games who have very weird cheat codes or easter eggs, I'm still amazed. Just not with TES as those are easy to find in the editor 😂
Eltonbrand is a reference to basketball actually, named after NBA player Elton Brand. Taken from UESP: The odd nature of this sword seems to stem from Bethesda developer Mark Nelson. The NBA basketball player Elton Brand was a member of his favorite team in college, the Duke Blue Devils (itself referred to by his nickname "BlueDev", and the object ID of the sword), whose most bitter rivals are the North Carolina Tar Heels. The number "11171" is thought to be a reference to Nelson's birthday, 11/1/1971. The name of the quest, "Shashev's Key", is also a reference to the long-time coach of the Blue Devils, Mike Krzyzewski, whose last name is pronounced "shə-SHEF-ski".
The "go to hell Carolina" was referencing North Carolina Tar Heels. The elf that fell from the sky at the start was also a part of this... This dev hated the tar heels and left a few eastereggs in the game to voice their hate.
@ao1778 you can use they/their/they're in reference to a singular person as well as in a plural way also, if you read the comment, you can see context clues that the OP knows it was only one dev (ex: "this dev...")
Ok so the dude who falls in front of you at Seydaneen is Tar Heil, a play on the name Carolina Tarheels. Elton Brand was a player for the Duke, their rivals. One of the programmers went to Duke.
@ilove bigbrother you could be the change you want to see and go make up extremely meticulous and detailed quests that people will compare to one off immersion breaking easter eggs. Or cry about it more. Whichever is easier for you.
@@Chance57 - Yes, because we all have time to just stop our current lives to chase the betterment of a hobby we spend free time doing... or how about those who actually make a living making games put more effort into those games (I’m pretty sure that’s what he’s asking for)...
I like how you can here the difference in the confidence of Mickeys goofiness from a year ago to now. It’s subtle but I can hear it for sure. Happy for his success.
The name, "Shashev's Key", Is a reference to one of the developers favorite basketball teams coach Mike Krzyzewski(its polish). Elton Brand was also a player for the team(Duke Blue Devils.)
One of the Artifact items is only accessible if you a vampire: the Spellbreaker shield. It is a quest you can only do as a vampire (doesn't matter which clan, this is generic vampire quest). Also there is a unique item the Blacksun Shield (or something like that) that only spawns to the world when you are doing a particular Aundae clan quest.
@@randomnutcase8926 UESP clearly states the shield only spawns in the game after you accepted the vampire quest, so unless you added it with console commands, it's unlikely you could get it w/o being a vampire
@@Atoru Is this the quest where you have to kill some vampires sealed in a cave? Formerly followers of Azura possibly? If so I would have avoided vampirism with a potion to cure it.
@@randomnutcase8926 Yes, this is the quest where the sealed vampire requests you to bring Spellbreaker to break the seal, then attacks you. Still, the quest isn't available until you are vampire, so it's more likely you cured it afterwards with the Molag Bal quest, instead of avoiding it, as avoiding would mean the vampire attacked you on sight (even with Porphyric Hemophilia disease, as I checked that)
For anyone wanting to be a Vampire, the Dwermer ruins west of the Ashlander camp wich name I dont remember correctly (but it starts with "E") is FILLED with Vampires and cattle. In fact is possibly the ONLY dungeon in Morrowind that trully was constructed to scare the shit out of you, due to the amount of time those vampire assholes jump from the dark corners.
Thing is in Morrowind there's 3 different clans of vampires given the 3 play styles. Combat, stealth, and magic. The clan that infects you determines which skills get boosted. Best to find the clan that best suits your play style.
Whenever I played the Mages Guild and had to find Vampires of Vvardenfell vol. 2, the dwemer ruin Galom Daeus has a bunch of vampires and they infected me every time. Its really close to where he went in this video, he might have passed it. For the record, they are the stealth clan.
From what I remember you couldn't go to get yourself infected by going to the main clan HQ, they would keep attacking you anyway. Best to just visit one of the tombs or ruins. All these random vampires actually belong to clans, you need to check a guide to know which one specifically. Galom Daeus is also a part of Temple questline, you got to to kill Raxle Berne - they are stealth/rogue clan. Druscashti are Quarra - hard hitting warriors. Aundae are in a tomb placed somewhere at Sheogorad (north Morrowind)- mages. In Ald'ruhn there was a quest for a noblewoman who wanted to convince her son to not become a vampire. You can also google out Marara and her ring, it's quite good.
Another perk of having and completing the Master Index quest: while all conventional fast travel options and services are banned, because of the special nature of the Master Index teleportation (it is through dialogue topics not the "travel" option), you can still use it as vampire. So you can still have 10 fast travel locations (the forts) + what ever place you have marked for recall. Makes life as a vampire just that much easier.
More importantly... Aundae - the only way to get the Darksun Shield and Light of Day That shield is crazy good, especially if you are doing a "no enchanting" run.
When we were kids I had a good friend that this was very much a "my dad works at Nintendo" moment for me when he told me about this particular sword and I vehemently didn't believe his shit until he actually showed me it in game.
Eltonbrand is super powerful. Goldbrand is out of its enchantment after 10 hits, Eltonbrand - after 100 strikes. So it's a massive difference, not only better stats, but 10-times longer enchantment duration makes it worthwhile. With Morrowind Patch Project - you only need the gold in your inventory to get the upgrade, so I've played with this weapon a lot.
I remember reading about this and then trying it out. It was a pain, but luckily I already had a vampire character to test it on. I really miss the style of game Morrowind was (aside from the combat). Nice walk down memory lane here.
The most painful part of this video is when he uses Almsivi Intervention to get to Molag Mar only to load a save because he "had" to travel through water to reach Vivec, despite there being a silt strider and a ship in Molag Mar that could've taken him directly to Vivec.
As someone who regularly takes the Atronach birthsign, the Mace of Molag Bal is invaluable early-mid game. It is the only item with the absorb magicka effect, making it my go-to method or regenerating magicka.
One good thing about fighting an Altmer vampire with Goldbrand that does fire damage: their 100% weakness to fire. 50% from race, another 50% from being a vamp.
Missed opprotunity to edit in Nicholas Cage screaming "I'M A VAMPIRE!" at the 12:17 mark, but as the rest of the video was of very entertaining quality, I, as the humblest of watchers, shall like and subscribe regardless.
Lol 8:30 having full Fatigue will increase your hit chance by 25%, and being depleted of fatigue will decrease your hit chance by 25%. Just recently got into morrowind and having a blast finding out so many creative tricks to min max builds :)
Keep making these videos man, I'm a bit younger so I only played from Oblivion on, but I love seeing and learning about the older games. What a trip. Peace dawg.
people probably found about Eltonbrand with the creation kit and then it spread of there. Also selling artifacts instead of using them has paperweights in a place you take over (or the solstheim house) smh
@@RadioactiveSince1990x Actually on second thought that's what I was thinking of. Been so long I mixed them up. I remember eventually using the construction set to move Creeper there.
You can still use the mages guild fast teleport service, as the mages deal with vampires. The woman in vivec at 16:41 could have warped you to Ald Ruhn
In Oblivion you can go straight to getting the Mehrunes Dagger due to it being dlc. My first playthrough I did this and used it through basically the whole game, including shivering isles, where it immediately killed the final boss.
I don’t know if some of the mods might mess around with the vampire quests and the few times I’ve done them, I’ve stuck to the “mage vampires” (as I played as a magic focused character), but I never experienced any particular problems with those vampire quests. The only issues I can think of might be the “kill X number of vampires from other clans”, if you’ve already cleared out a lot of vampires before the quest starts (as it will not count these towards your tally, the quest might be impossible to complete). Sure, some of them might be a bit odd (e.g. one dealing with a young Dunmer whose mother wants you to convince him NOT to become a vampire, where you basically has to take a dive so he’ll think vampires are wimps), but I haven’t found them to be broken. Bear in mind, though, that it seems that the game is expecting you not to go vampire until you’ve got some levels under your belt (and possibly some tricks up your sleeve, such as the Boots of Blinding Speed and navigation via Recall and Almsivi/Divine Intervention). Also, if you want to become a vampire, casting Weakness to Common Disease on yourself will make the likelihood of catching it far greater (incl. via the “check a vampire corpse’s inventory until you catch it” approach).
I love that people went the extra mile for this sword. It is a basketball reference and, this entire process has multiple basketball references in it. From the sword itself to the Key you have to obtain and, finally the exact amount of Gold you need to do it.
The way to make most of Creeper and Mudcrab Merchant, when selling items they cannot afford right away, is to also take items in return, and then later sell them back, once their gold reserves are replenished. So let's say you want to sell an item worth 10 000 to the Creeper, who only has 5000. So sell it, but take back items worth 5000 in total to make up for the real value, and then sell tgem back to get the remaining 5000. This way you will get the full 10 000 from a merchant, who only had 5000 / day to spend.
@@IzraelGraves Creeper and Mudcrab Merchant are considered creaturers, not NPCs by the engine. Transactions with them don't go through the normal mercantile checks. They buy and sell items for face value.
does anyone else remember forums mentioning the “Fertile Crescent”? I remember it being an item that was found in the ocean floor somewhere, but can’t find anything about it. Did I make this up?!!!
Think you mean daedric crescent. You go to Tel Fyr find an amulet in a box put it on get teleported to a deadric realm kill a daedra lord and it is given to you. If you use mark and recall you can get two.
The appeal of American football is that it's about as close to a colosseum game as you can legally play. Nobody can prove it's a bloodsport if you only bleed internally!
glad to see someone's still playing this in 2021.. my favorite game of all time, probably spent more time in this game than any other.. but eltonbrand is not a very good weapon, i think sunder might be the best weapon in the game
The Daedric Crescent is the best weapon in the game, excluding a custom ebony sword with shock damage. That's based on damage output, mainly. But the crescent also paralyses when you hit, so there's a huge benefit to that.
"I don't where to go to find vampires ". Literally played morrowind for years and never saw a vampire, that I'm aware of. In contrast, I know I fought several vampires in Arena. I fought at least a thousand in Daggerfall, but I never caught vampirism. In Oblivion it seems like you can get vampirism just by using the public toilet. Skyrim they aren't everywhere, like Oblivion, but there is still an entire DLC dedicated to it.
If you max out you’re acrobatics you can use the Icarian flight scroll without using any slowfall or levitate spell to cushion you’re fall. You take zero damage from falling. It’d have to be incredibly high drop. I should’ve added in there that you’re acrobatic skill takes an additional 20+ after becoming a vampire. Ps. I truly admired the vampire versions of Morrowind. Becoming a vamp actually made a difference in you’re stats, not like Skyrim where it doesn’t do much except for granting you different spells and transformation form.
"how did they think people were gonna figure this out?" - datamining. even back before the internet, weird nerd kids were messing around inside the code to 1) figure it out and 2) *find cool stuff*.
The construction kit makes it easy to see how the game is built. If you were searching for what weapons exist, you'd find eltonbrand. And then you'd want to figure out where in the game it is. Under the item, it will tell you how many instances exist in the world. When you see that none exist in the world, you'd look for it in quests, since that would be the most likely way to add an item that doesn't have an instance in the world. I love the construction kit. You could build a whole new game with it if you wanted.
In skyrim the items aren't scaled to your level (other than random spawns and select unique items) you CAN get daedric armor at level 1 using the atronach forge and it will actually be daedric quality
Daggerfall deadric quests are crazy. You have to find a book that gives you detailed instructions on how to summon the deadra you want, and it's fairly intricate. Time of day, season, maybe even exact days of the month or week. I can't remember the details. I just remember being thunderstruck by the complexity.
Could Tarhiel be a reference to North Carolina Tar heels?... a Duke rival. They had Vince Carter around that time, who was known for jumping very high.
Those speed boost + blindess boots are awesome. Get some magic resist and your not completely blind. Combine that with a permanent leviatation item and your you're own airline.
I found the Elton Brand quest on a forum back in the day. The whole journey from Goldbrand on is one of my favorite weapons quests in the history of gaming.
Just a general note, your spellcasting is tied to your fatigue, so if you run around depleting fatigue and then try to teleport you will have a much lower chance. Not sure if you just forgot but it makes the game a lot easier.
@@antoniodiavolo a good question, been a while since i played. I think fatigue gives a penalty to "rolls" so your initial disposition with NPCs might be fine, but any attempt to persuade or bribe will be poor.
that is something i always ask myself. finding this shit out must have been so thrilling back in the day. now it's like 'where do i find X good weapon'
I try to tell my younger friend about this. Actually buying games to explore and play. He just buys a game then googles exploits and dupes for them. Why even pay 60 bucks to glitch the game out?
As I recall, there is one Ancestral Tomb with vampires near by Vivec, and another one nearby Keep Hlormaren (the closest one to Balmora). Those are atleast some of the easiest to get to places I recall. There is one also nearby Fort Buckmoth in Ald-ruhn. Another easy place to get to, for catching blood suckers disease.
by the way, i found a bug in morrowind today, the aldurun mages' guild quest giver, give her the chronicles book, then read the quest for detect potion, then go to Mar Gaan and kill the scamp in the hut. if you return to the mage's guild quest giver, all quest will be complete and you will also item returned to you that you never gave.
And the internet, not sure why he thinks we didn't have the internet when Morrowind came out. UESP (Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages) is where I got a lot of my Morrowind info back in the day.
Yeah, back then i had to go to my friends house to print out Morrowind guides and other game's secrets. Good times when the internet wasn't literally EVERYTHING.
Haha, see becoming a vampire in morrowind is all part of the experience. When you want it, you'll almost feel like you'll never get it. And when you don't want it ever, you pretty much always contract it lol.
I don't know if anyone's bothered to tell you, but success rate of spells is also tied to your fatigue. Low fatigue results in more spell failures. Just leave yourself sit in place for a moment or so before casting, unless you're in combat, of course. Love morrowind, even in 2021 it's still an amazing game to come back to. Stumbled across your videos just today and I've got to say I enjoy them quite a bit!
"How do people figure this out?" Digging though the construction set. Back in the day, a friend made me do this to get Eltonbrand. I think it was on my potion OP save and we fast-walk levitated across the map between the locations.
As somebody that on their second attempt at Morrowind as a teenager managed to get Chrysamere at level 2, I fully support the fact that the game can give you stupid weapons early on.
If I had to guess people poking around in the TESC Found it and started looking to see what it was rewarded from and worked their ways backwards from there. The Carolina thing apparently is a reference to a sports team and the Blue Devils or something.
So fun fact I found out from an NPC Ald Skar is called that because that was the name of the ancient giant mudcrab their ancestors killed to get the shell that became Ald Skar And in Dunmeri, it just means "Under Skar"
Yes, if you interact with a diseased corpse, whether that be a creature or a vampire, you have a small percentage chance of catching the disease they have. When you repeatedly open the inventory menu of the corpse, the game rolls the infection roll every time. The chance is really small, less than 1%, so you're gonna need to keep repeating the process quite the few times. The bloodline of the vampire affects which kind of vampire you will become, and each clan has their own unique quests and a base, so it is important to know what is the bloodline of the vampire you are dealing with. I used to do it so, that I would just let the vampire attack me enough times, keeping myself alive with spells and potions, just to keep all members of my future clan "alive" (as far as vampires go), but the search trick is safer and easier.
Must be a Duke Blue Devil alum, big rivalry w/the N C State Tar Heels. So Micky they play basketball w/their feet in Ireland ? I know Irish Hurlers are badass but dam Never got a comparison between the 2 blades , just say'n
The official Morrowind guide book was a THICK boy with lots of details and I remember doing this easter egg once before the real advent of internet tips, so it was probably in there.
Forgot about the "VILE BEAST AWAY WITH YOUUUUUUUUU" voice line lol I heard about Eltonbrand from my only other buddy who played Morrowind; I think he found our about it from GameFAQs or something like that
The way they figured it out was through the TES Construction Set included with the game, you can see all assets and scripts and with little scripting knowledge you can read and understand how they work.
I mean they had the internet... and this was certainly on it but... ...people were just more easily entertained before we became hyper sensitive to media. Now we just look up the answer in five seconds, but growing up back then we would try every combination of every rumor we heard of every possible secret. Now no one has patience to do that anymore, I wouldn't even play a game without Map Markers these days...
I had the official Morrowind strategy guide. That thing was like a bible in thickness, and made for good reading even when you weren't playing the game due to all the lore. That guide is the only way I learned of the rigged wraithguard.
theres a conjure weapon/armor glitch in oblivion that gets you basically daedric equipment with 0 weight. its been years but it has something to do with damaging the equipment then repairing it before the spell effect ends then you can unequip it and it goes into your inventory? something like that.
yea It's a college basketball team.. 111-71 his favorite player was on the team that beat Carolina at that score. The name of that key item is the last name of the coach of his favorite basketball team. Elton Brand was an NBA player after playing in college. It's a fun easter egg for sports geeks like myself.
I remember reading about Eltonbrand on early 2000s "cheat" websites and thinking it was the dumbest fake rumor ever, on par with Mew being under the truck in Pokemon. Then I found Eltonbrand in the Morrowind Construction Set data and was totally shocked.
Dude same here. I looked for so many fake "hidden doors" in this game because of the cheats websites. But I also figured out how to start the tribunal and blood moon dlc on the GOTY edition on xbox. Such a good time and great game.
you found the DLC? A guy attacks you in your sleep and the other one is a dialogue options loads of NPCs have. How hard were they to find for you? Do you not usually level up past level 6 or talk to NPCs
@@Guitar-Dog It's called making a character getting to level 5 and making a new one you thought up
That moment you actually find mew in RBYG and walk out of the LAN tournament with it successfully given to you for winning. The other ways to get mew involve glitching.
Honestly I've never played morrowind before but I have to do it now. Like you said man its so convoluted it seems fake, gotta get this sword now
It just sunk to me that
"To upgrade my magical sword,
which I got from an ancient demon,
I first must talk to a Mudcrab Merchant,
as I hope he is willing to talk to me as a vampire."
is the kind of nonsense I love this game so much for!
rofl yep thats the type of nonsense that makes morrowind morrowind
I remember playing this game back in the day and I had a character going with like 50 hours in and just wandering around dungeons and all of a sudden I got vampirism and I'm like okay I'll just cure it but I couldn't and now the whole game changed and I didn't expect that at all
"Vampire Dust Has No Effect On You"
"Yeah, I'm gonna reload. I have no idea why, but I'm going to reload".
I have never related to something so hard in my life
I remember bringing up how crazy this secret was as a kid to my step-dad who instantly was like "Wait, Elton Brand? The basketball player?" and sure enough I found he's why it's called that. When being into nerd stuff and jock stuff crosses over!
@Aces Spades Bloodbowl? I play it sometimes
Tarhiel is also a basketball reference, but I think everyone already knows that one.
The further back you go, the more obscure the secrets become. They weren't really meant to be discovered, maybe that 1 in a million player. Especially before the internet.
Dude I played Morrowind back not long after it came out and all my friends were really into it as well. I could call them if I got stuck lol sounds cheesy now.
But sometimes you just had to grind grind grind. And sometimes give up and come back to it later if at all. I still remember this half flooded temple with all these riddles and a giant energy shield blocking a certain area. I tried for MONTHS but couldn't figure it the fuck out. 15 years later I still think about it. The Devs were smart with this one in particular cause they made the shield wall in such a way you couldnt glitch past it. Plus this was before we figured out the console commands.
There are so many like this in Morrowind, ridiculously hidden things to find. This is probably the most convoluted though.
Morrowind came out in 2002, everyone with a gaming pc had dialup. Some already had DSL which was marketed as ‘broadband’. There were plenty of gaming forums. In particular there’s little the moderators and regulars on Gamespy’s Morrowind forum did not know about the game.
@@BlookbugIV Did you actually ever use dialup? Plus game forums werent nearly as reliable or informative as they are now. It was way differnent then.
@@Theclaidheamhmor I used dial-up in the late 90s, by 2002 I had dsl. In general it’s true you couldn’t get gaming information just as easily as now, but in particular Morrowind forum members were knowledgable and dedicated, almost fanatical about the game. I remember the long defunct Game-spy forum regulars included some well respected modders. Pre-Reddit, useful gaming forums were a little harder to find I’m not denying it, but there was still a lot going on.
"How did people figure this out?"
What probably happened is someone found Eltonbrand in the construction set, and dug into the scripts that cause it to spawn. If not, it could have just been happenstance after someone talked to half the NPC's in the game to find one that'll actually talk to you.
Large open world RPGs like these had lots of volunteer beta testers (sometimes dozens or hundreds). Developers would talk to the beta testers and give them instructions to test certain quests or other things specifically. So a number of people in the community would have prior knowledge of quests and how they worked, then they would go on forums and talk about it, and the knowledge spreads into the general community from there.
I would imagine the first person who found out accidentally had the exact amount of gold to trigger the easter egg
@@cakeeatingpirate What an asinine comment
As TES since Morrowind get shipped with their CS, its most likely that someone was scouting in the editor for cool weapons and found this.
With other older games who have very weird cheat codes or easter eggs, I'm still amazed. Just not with TES as those are easy to find in the editor 😂
Eltonbrand is a reference to basketball actually, named after NBA player Elton Brand.
Taken from UESP:
The odd nature of this sword seems to stem from Bethesda developer Mark Nelson. The NBA basketball player Elton Brand was a member of his favorite team in college, the Duke Blue Devils (itself referred to by his nickname "BlueDev", and the object ID of the sword), whose most bitter rivals are the North Carolina Tar Heels. The number "11171" is thought to be a reference to Nelson's birthday, 11/1/1971. The name of the quest, "Shashev's Key", is also a reference to the long-time coach of the Blue Devils, Mike Krzyzewski, whose last name is pronounced "shə-SHEF-ski".
Imagine telemarketers trying to call you with that last name.... @_@ LOL!
The Tar Heels.
Who play basketball.
A sport which involves **jumping**.....
*Mike Shashevski!*
The 11771 is a reference to the biggest win for duke against unc. 117-71
My bad 111-71
The "go to hell Carolina" was referencing North Carolina Tar Heels. The elf that fell from the sky at the start was also a part of this... This dev hated the tar heels and left a few eastereggs in the game to voice their hate.
Bro you’re right wtf “Tarhiel” = Tar Heel. I might have to try out this Easter egg soon lol
"His" hate. It was one dev...
@@ao1778🤓☝️
@ao1778
you can use they/their/they're in reference to a singular person as well as in a plural way
also, if you read the comment, you can see context clues that the OP knows it was only one dev (ex: "this dev...")
On that note: Go Heels! Go to hell blue devils! Still an amazing reference to the Tobacco Road rivalry
Ok so the dude who falls in front of you at Seydaneen is Tar Heil, a play on the name Carolina Tarheels. Elton Brand was a player for the Duke, their rivals. One of the programmers went to Duke.
Yes he was a huge tarheels fan. They also have a ring called the blue devs ring. Which is named for the blue devils.
@@memine5667 and an enchanted Orc Warhammer named Ban Hammer.
You forgot about the key and the amount of gold needed to make it. Both of those are references as well.
@ilove bigbrother you could be the change you want to see and go make up extremely meticulous and detailed quests that people will compare to one off immersion breaking easter eggs. Or cry about it more. Whichever is easier for you.
@@Chance57 - Yes, because we all have time to just stop our current lives to chase the betterment of a hobby we spend free time doing... or how about those who actually make a living making games put more effort into those games (I’m pretty sure that’s what he’s asking for)...
I like how you can here the difference in the confidence of Mickeys goofiness from a year ago to now. It’s subtle but I can hear it for sure. Happy for his success.
Fun fact: you don't have to be a vampire to get shashev's key. Though it is how you find out about it naturally
Well I for one had fun with that fact
What, do you just taunt him into fighting then?
@@vikingfortiesfaeroes I can't remember I think you just have to have a certain number of gold. And goldbrand in your pocket.
@@vikingfortiesfaeroes that would be the legal way, yes. :D
Lol this guy cant even run fallout 3 bro im pretty sure his dad had to set this up for him probably thinks he's the all knowing gamer 😂
The name, "Shashev's Key", Is a reference to one of the developers favorite basketball teams coach Mike Krzyzewski(its polish). Elton Brand was also a player for the team(Duke Blue Devils.)
One of the Artifact items is only accessible if you a vampire: the Spellbreaker shield. It is a quest you can only do as a vampire (doesn't matter which clan, this is generic vampire quest). Also there is a unique item the Blacksun Shield (or something like that) that only spawns to the world when you are doing a particular Aundae clan quest.
Pretty sure I've had spellbreaker without being a vampire. May have found it without quest.
@@randomnutcase8926 UESP clearly states the shield only spawns in the game after you accepted the vampire quest, so unless you added it with console commands, it's unlikely you could get it w/o being a vampire
@@Atoru Is this the quest where you have to kill some vampires sealed in a cave? Formerly followers of Azura possibly? If so I would have avoided vampirism with a potion to cure it.
@@randomnutcase8926 Yes, this is the quest where the sealed vampire requests you to bring Spellbreaker to break the seal, then attacks you. Still, the quest isn't available until you are vampire, so it's more likely you cured it afterwards with the Molag Bal quest, instead of avoiding it, as avoiding would mean the vampire attacked you on sight (even with Porphyric Hemophilia disease, as I checked that)
@@Atoru I don't remember now. But Ive definitely had that sheild!
For anyone wanting to be a Vampire, the Dwermer ruins west of the Ashlander camp wich name I dont remember correctly (but it starts with "E") is FILLED with Vampires and cattle. In fact is possibly the ONLY dungeon in Morrowind that trully was constructed to scare the shit out of you, due to the amount of time those vampire assholes jump from the dark corners.
Thing is in Morrowind there's 3 different clans of vampires given the 3 play styles. Combat, stealth, and magic. The clan that infects you determines which skills get boosted.
Best to find the clan that best suits your play style.
Whenever I played the Mages Guild and had to find Vampires of Vvardenfell vol. 2, the dwemer ruin Galom Daeus has a bunch of vampires and they infected me every time. Its really close to where he went in this video, he might have passed it. For the record, they are the stealth clan.
You might be thinking of Druscashti. It's southwest of the Urshilaku camp
Fuck those guys, i had to there for the thieves guild and it was terrifying
From what I remember you couldn't go to get yourself infected by going to the main clan HQ, they would keep attacking you anyway.
Best to just visit one of the tombs or ruins. All these random vampires actually belong to clans, you need to check a guide to know which one specifically.
Galom Daeus is also a part of Temple questline, you got to to kill Raxle Berne - they are stealth/rogue clan.
Druscashti are Quarra - hard hitting warriors.
Aundae are in a tomb placed somewhere at Sheogorad (north Morrowind)- mages.
In Ald'ruhn there was a quest for a noblewoman who wanted to convince her son to not become a vampire.
You can also google out Marara and her ring, it's quite good.
Another perk of having and completing the Master Index quest: while all conventional fast travel options and services are banned, because of the special nature of the Master Index teleportation (it is through dialogue topics not the "travel" option), you can still use it as vampire. So you can still have 10 fast travel locations (the forts) + what ever place you have marked for recall. Makes life as a vampire just that much easier.
Alright Mike? So there's 3 Vamp clans in Morrowind.
Aundae - Magicky
Berne - Sneaky
Quarra - Flighty
Guess which one you visited 🙈
Quarra - fLighty or fighty?
i think they are both:)
Are you implying Coach K is a vampire? Now that he's still coaching after Roy Williams has retired, all signs point to yes.
More importantly...
Aundae - the only way to get the Darksun Shield and Light of Day
That shield is crazy good, especially if you are doing a "no enchanting" run.
"Go to hell Carolina." Refers to the North Carolina Tar Heels, and I can confirm it was in the Strategy Guide.
When we were kids I had a good friend that this was very much a "my dad works at Nintendo" moment for me when he told me about this particular sword and I vehemently didn't believe his shit until he actually showed me it in game.
everyday another video, what a man
Dedication 100
@@roryoconnor8959 you should rest and meditate on what you’ve learned
*FOUL BEAST, AWAY WITH YOUUUUUU!*
Anyways can you do something for me?
The real life experience captured in a video game
Actually it's *YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU.*
"That's how people respond to me in real life." Classic.
Eltonbrand is super powerful. Goldbrand is out of its enchantment after 10 hits, Eltonbrand - after 100 strikes. So it's a massive difference, not only better stats, but 10-times longer enchantment duration makes it worthwhile. With Morrowind Patch Project - you only need the gold in your inventory to get the upgrade, so I've played with this weapon a lot.
I remember reading about this and then trying it out. It was a pain, but luckily I already had a vampire character to test it on. I really miss the style of game Morrowind was (aside from the combat). Nice walk down memory lane here.
The most painful part of this video is when he uses Almsivi Intervention to get to Molag Mar only to load a save because he "had" to travel through water to reach Vivec, despite there being a silt strider and a ship in Molag Mar that could've taken him directly to Vivec.
As someone who regularly takes the Atronach birthsign, the Mace of Molag Bal is invaluable early-mid game. It is the only item with the absorb magicka effect, making it my go-to method or regenerating magicka.
One good thing about fighting an Altmer vampire with Goldbrand that does fire damage: their 100% weakness to fire. 50% from race, another 50% from being a vamp.
Missed opprotunity to edit in Nicholas Cage screaming "I'M A VAMPIRE!" at the 12:17 mark, but as the rest of the video was of very entertaining quality, I, as the humblest of watchers, shall like and subscribe regardless.
Lol 8:30 having full Fatigue will increase your hit chance by 25%, and being depleted of fatigue will decrease your hit chance by 25%. Just recently got into morrowind and having a blast finding out so many creative tricks to min max builds :)
Keep making these videos man, I'm a bit younger so I only played from Oblivion on, but I love seeing and learning about the older games. What a trip. Peace dawg.
Force urself to play morrowind lol
There are also different vampire clans each with their own unique clan buffs.
Damn, people in Morrowind be dramatic as hell
"AWAY WITH YOUUUUUUUU"
My vampire ass: I wasn't gonna do anything to you but k.....
people probably found about Eltonbrand with the creation kit and then it spread of there.
Also selling artifacts instead of using them has paperweights in a place you take over (or the solstheim house) smh
There was a house in Balmora I always stole, it had a bunch of tables and made for a perfect artifact museum.
@@RadioactiveSince1990x Hlaalo Manor I'll bet. A fairly popular house to own and decorate.
@@technomage6736 Nerano manor but Hlaalu manor is very nice as well
@@RadioactiveSince1990x Actually on second thought that's what I was thinking of. Been so long I mixed them up. I remember eventually using the construction set to move Creeper there.
@@RadioactiveSince1990x nerano manor!? I friggin loved that house?
You can still use the mages guild fast teleport service, as the mages deal with vampires. The woman in vivec at 16:41 could have warped you to Ald Ruhn
lmao I could have saved you an hour and a half
You cant, just did this the other day. Helps to have a 100jump/1slowfall spell prior to this
Whoa never even noticed the dead silt strider dang so much detail
In Oblivion you can go straight to getting the Mehrunes Dagger due to it being dlc. My first playthrough I did this and used it through basically the whole game, including shivering isles, where it immediately killed the final boss.
Great video man, the vampire quests would be a cool video but I've heard they are pretty buggy.
Yeah, being a vampire was cool but I might just cure it in the next video. I have plans for other quests anyway that should be interesting!
I don’t know if some of the mods might mess around with the vampire quests and the few times I’ve done them, I’ve stuck to the “mage vampires” (as I played as a magic focused character), but I never experienced any particular problems with those vampire quests.
The only issues I can think of might be the “kill X number of vampires from other clans”, if you’ve already cleared out a lot of vampires before the quest starts (as it will not count these towards your tally, the quest might be impossible to complete).
Sure, some of them might be a bit odd (e.g. one dealing with a young Dunmer whose mother wants you to convince him NOT to become a vampire, where you basically has to take a dive so he’ll think vampires are wimps), but I haven’t found them to be broken.
Bear in mind, though, that it seems that the game is expecting you not to go vampire until you’ve got some levels under your belt (and possibly some tricks up your sleeve, such as the Boots of Blinding Speed and navigation via Recall and Almsivi/Divine Intervention).
Also, if you want to become a vampire, casting Weakness to Common Disease on yourself will make the likelihood of catching it far greater (incl. via the “check a vampire corpse’s inventory until you catch it” approach).
I love that people went the extra mile for this sword. It is a basketball reference and, this entire process has multiple basketball references in it. From the sword itself to the Key you have to obtain and, finally the exact amount of Gold you need to do it.
The amount of gold is the birthday (11/1/1971) of the developer who had the idea for all this, Mark Nelson.
@@ic3olate well that and it's also a score 111-71 I dont know which game though
Morrowind was full of ridiculous Easter eggs like this, "Peke Utchoo", the insaneum that is Ald Daedroth, it goes on.
I been watching around 300 subs remember me when you hit 1 million
Cheers man! Means alot to hear
2 millions minimum, this guy is the new Nerevarine
get this man a ticket to Tahiti and a basket full of mangoes when you hit 1 mil
The way to make most of Creeper and Mudcrab Merchant, when selling items they cannot afford right away, is to also take items in return, and then later sell them back, once their gold reserves are replenished. So let's say you want to sell an item worth 10 000 to the Creeper, who only has 5000. So sell it, but take back items worth 5000 in total to make up for the real value, and then sell tgem back to get the remaining 5000. This way you will get the full 10 000 from a merchant, who only had 5000 / day to spend.
Except you don't, because value isn't one to one, so when you sell back an item you purchased it sells for less than you bought it for.
@@IzraelGraves Creeper and Mudcrab Merchant are considered creaturers, not NPCs by the engine. Transactions with them don't go through the normal mercantile checks. They buy and sell items for face value.
The trick with the vampire ash is to just chug a load, each time has a chance of infecting you
does anyone else remember forums mentioning the “Fertile Crescent”? I remember it being an item that was found in the ocean floor somewhere, but can’t find anything about it. Did I make this up?!!!
All i know is the daedric crescent that you had to do some weird stuff to get.
Think you mean daedric crescent. You go to Tel Fyr find an amulet in a box put it on get teleported to a deadric realm kill a daedra lord and it is given to you. If you use mark and recall you can get two.
the fertile crescent is where mesopotamia built itself around iirc
The appeal of American football is that it's about as close to a colosseum game as you can legally play. Nobody can prove it's a bloodsport if you only bleed internally!
glad to see someone's still playing this in 2021.. my favorite game of all time, probably spent more time in this game than any other.. but eltonbrand is not a very good weapon, i think sunder might be the best weapon in the game
Mace of Aevar Stone Singer for me
Umbra Sword. Powerful and you get so many wonderful souls.
Morrowind would be second in playtime only to Skyrim for me
The Daedric Crescent is the best weapon in the game, excluding a custom ebony sword with shock damage. That's based on damage output, mainly. But the crescent also paralyses when you hit, so there's a huge benefit to that.
Keening
"I don't where to go to find vampires ". Literally played morrowind for years and never saw a vampire, that I'm aware of.
In contrast, I know I fought several vampires in Arena. I fought at least a thousand in Daggerfall, but I never caught vampirism. In Oblivion it seems like you can get vampirism just by using the public toilet. Skyrim they aren't everywhere, like Oblivion, but there is still an entire DLC dedicated to it.
These vids are amazing! Thank you! Glad I found your channel
The one sentence that sums up Morrowind best. "There's cliffracers everywhere."
I found it in the construction set data back in the day, that quest looked like a lot. 20 years later I'm watching you do it and it's a lot! LOL
If you max out you’re acrobatics you can use the Icarian flight scroll without using any slowfall or levitate spell to cushion you’re fall. You take zero damage from falling. It’d have to be incredibly high drop. I should’ve added in there that you’re acrobatic skill takes an additional 20+ after becoming a vampire.
Ps. I truly admired the vampire versions of Morrowind. Becoming a vamp actually made a difference in you’re stats, not like Skyrim where it doesn’t do much except for granting you different spells and transformation form.
As a vampire in morrowind i remember using the "mark" and "recall" spells quite often
"how did they think people were gonna figure this out?" - datamining. even back before the internet, weird nerd kids were messing around inside the code to 1) figure it out and 2) *find cool stuff*.
The construction kit makes it easy to see how the game is built. If you were searching for what weapons exist, you'd find eltonbrand. And then you'd want to figure out where in the game it is. Under the item, it will tell you how many instances exist in the world. When you see that none exist in the world, you'd look for it in quests, since that would be the most likely way to add an item that doesn't have an instance in the world.
I love the construction kit. You could build a whole new game with it if you wanted.
Made the mistake of watching this video outside in the sun. I think i saw a sword flapping around a bit, maybe a menu or two
In skyrim the items aren't scaled to your level (other than random spawns and select unique items) you CAN get daedric armor at level 1 using the atronach forge and it will actually be daedric quality
Daggerfall deadric quests are crazy. You have to find a book that gives you detailed instructions on how to summon the deadra you want, and it's fairly intricate. Time of day, season, maybe even exact days of the month or week. I can't remember the details. I just remember being thunderstruck by the complexity.
I legit did this on the Xbox version in like 2008 or so. It was ridiculous to get and the sword was absolutely broken... until Tribunal.
Could Tarhiel be a reference to North Carolina Tar heels?... a Duke rival. They had Vince Carter around that time, who was known for jumping very high.
OMG is Tarhiel a reference to the university of North Carolina Tarheels. Where MJ went. And u know what I think Elton Brand went there too OMG
Those speed boost + blindess boots are awesome. Get some magic resist and your not completely blind. Combine that with a permanent leviatation item and your you're own airline.
He knows. He just doesn't want to because it's too easy.
I found the Elton Brand quest on a forum back in the day. The whole journey from Goldbrand on is one of my favorite weapons quests in the history of gaming.
Just a general note, your spellcasting is tied to your fatigue, so if you run around depleting fatigue and then try to teleport you will have a much lower chance. Not sure if you just forgot but it makes the game a lot easier.
Isn’t fatigue tied to like everything? Like don’t NPCs treat you differently with low fatigue as well?
@@antoniodiavolo a good question, been a while since i played. I think fatigue gives a penalty to "rolls" so your initial disposition with NPCs might be fine, but any attempt to persuade or bribe will be poor.
@@jimslim4227 nah he's right when bartering because the merchants charge more and are less likely to barter
that is something i always ask myself. finding this shit out must have been so thrilling back in the day. now it's like 'where do i find X good weapon'
I try to tell my younger friend about this. Actually buying games to explore and play. He just buys a game then googles exploits and dupes for them. Why even pay 60 bucks to glitch the game out?
I found it in the construction kit and tracked down where it was used in the game from there.
As I recall, there is one Ancestral Tomb with vampires near by Vivec, and another one nearby Keep Hlormaren (the closest one to Balmora). Those are atleast some of the easiest to get to places I recall. There is one also nearby Fort Buckmoth in Ald-ruhn. Another easy place to get to, for catching blood suckers disease.
by the way, i found a bug in morrowind today, the aldurun mages' guild quest giver, give her the chronicles book, then read the quest for detect potion, then go to Mar Gaan and kill the scamp in the hut. if you return to the mage's guild quest giver, all quest will be complete and you will also item returned to you that you never gave.
im pretty sure most people figured this out through the construction set
And the internet, not sure why he thinks we didn't have the internet when Morrowind came out. UESP (Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages) is where I got a lot of my Morrowind info back in the day.
@@Hootkins. Having internet before the year 2005 was a privilege where I'm from
Yeah, back then i had to go to my friends house to print out Morrowind guides and other game's secrets. Good times when the internet wasn't literally EVERYTHING.
I want to add that yes, this was in the guide, as well. I used to own it, and it was there.
I had the internet in 1994, still use the same email from that time too lol
Just discovered this channel. Love it so far!
Haven't seen so much dying and bad luck in any other gameplay, wonderful.
Haha, see becoming a vampire in morrowind is all part of the experience. When you want it, you'll almost feel like you'll never get it. And when you don't want it ever, you pretty much always contract it lol.
or you become immune to disease before you find out that vampires are even a thing in this game.
I really hate to be "that guy" but Elton Brand played basketball but football.
there is an all melee vampire ancestral shrine outside of seyda neen on your way to balmora near the waters edge. I forget the exact name of it.
Keep up the content, love these videos m8
I don't know if anyone's bothered to tell you, but success rate of spells is also tied to your fatigue. Low fatigue results in more spell failures. Just leave yourself sit in place for a moment or so before casting, unless you're in combat, of course.
Love morrowind, even in 2021 it's still an amazing game to come back to. Stumbled across your videos just today and I've got to say I enjoy them quite a bit!
"that'd be khuul"
"How do people figure this out?" Digging though the construction set.
Back in the day, a friend made me do this to get Eltonbrand. I think it was on my potion OP save and we fast-walk levitated across the map between the locations.
As somebody that on their second attempt at Morrowind as a teenager managed to get Chrysamere at level 2, I fully support the fact that the game can give you stupid weapons early on.
"being a vampire's cool. Just have to land in the water."
*Lands in shallow water*
The "safe" hours for vampires are from 8 pm to 8 am, or as we say in the civilized part of the world from 20:00 to 8:00.
How the fuck are you pronouncing 20:00 😂😂😂
@@Kyryyn_Lyyh twenty-hundred hours
20 o‘ clock
@@Kyryyn_Lyyh - it’s really not that hard...
My Dad's friend showed me this when I was 7 in 2002 (he was an IT guy). Blew my mind.
If I had to guess people poking around in the TESC Found it and started looking to see what it was rewarded from and worked their ways backwards from there.
The Carolina thing apparently is a reference to a sports team and the Blue Devils or something.
The way you figured this stuff out back on the day was by peaking in the Construction Set.
So fun fact I found out from an NPC
Ald Skar is called that because that was the name of the ancient giant mudcrab their ancestors killed to get the shell that became Ald Skar
And in Dunmeri, it just means "Under Skar"
Only thing missing was you testing the sword out at end. I have Morrowind on X box. Look like a pain to get. Well done
Nice nice definitely one of the most ridiculous quests in the elder scrolls games
In TES: You have contracted Porphyric Hemaphilia. Huzzah
In IRL: Hematologist, "enjoy no Sunlight, crippling nerve pain, and diaphragm failure.
i personally just do boethias quest and then spawn elton brand lol great video as always micky (from 2 years ago)
Yes, if you interact with a diseased corpse, whether that be a creature or a vampire, you have a small percentage chance of catching the disease they have. When you repeatedly open the inventory menu of the corpse, the game rolls the infection roll every time. The chance is really small, less than 1%, so you're gonna need to keep repeating the process quite the few times. The bloodline of the vampire affects which kind of vampire you will become, and each clan has their own unique quests and a base, so it is important to know what is the bloodline of the vampire you are dealing with. I used to do it so, that I would just let the vampire attack me enough times, keeping myself alive with spells and potions, just to keep all members of my future clan "alive" (as far as vampires go), but the search trick is safer and easier.
I’m assuming that casting Weakness to Common Disease on yourself also increases the likelihood of catching vampirism by searching vampire corpses(?)
@@DebatingWombat It does, and especially if you are playing as one the races who are resistant diseases (Argonian, High Elves etc), it helps.
Must be a Duke Blue Devil alum, big rivalry w/the N C State Tar Heels. So Micky they play basketball w/their feet in Ireland ? I know Irish Hurlers are badass but dam
Never got a comparison between the 2 blades , just say'n
I did have the original strategy guide and it did actually tell you about this.
The official Morrowind guide book was a THICK boy with lots of details and I remember doing this easter egg once before the real advent of internet tips, so it was probably in there.
Forgot about the "VILE BEAST AWAY WITH YOUUUUUUUUU" voice line lol
I heard about Eltonbrand from my only other buddy who played Morrowind; I think he found our about it from GameFAQs or something like that
Oblivion sucks because the weapon's enchantments scale too. There's no point in questing for good weapons before level 20 or 25 when they max out
Doing this without the Boots of Blinding Speed is crazy. You have my respect, outlander.
When becoming a vampire, have a charm spell available. That way you can still fast travel and shop
The way they figured it out was through the TES Construction Set included with the game, you can see all assets and scripts and with little scripting knowledge you can read and understand how they work.
This man just sold the Mace of Molag Bal to a crab for less than half its price.
I mean they had the internet... and this was certainly on it but...
...people were just more easily entertained before we became hyper sensitive to media. Now we just look up the answer in five seconds, but growing up back then we would try every combination of every rumor we heard of every possible secret. Now no one has patience to do that anymore, I wouldn't even play a game without Map Markers these days...
I had the official Morrowind strategy guide. That thing was like a bible in thickness, and made for good reading even when you weren't playing the game due to all the lore. That guide is the only way I learned of the rigged wraithguard.
The scamp merchant will talk to you if you're a vampire
"How did they figure this out" you looked at the creation kit files
theres a conjure weapon/armor glitch in oblivion that gets you basically daedric equipment with 0 weight. its been years but it has something to do with damaging the equipment then repairing it before the spell effect ends then you can unequip it and it goes into your inventory? something like that.
yea It's a college basketball team.. 111-71 his favorite player was on the team that beat Carolina at that score. The name of that key item is the last name of the coach of his favorite basketball team. Elton Brand was an NBA player after playing in college. It's a fun easter egg for sports geeks like myself.