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Guide to Dungeon Backdooring

• Borommakot

  

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  November 15, 2014

  Thanks for the breakdown, Ponty. I'm going to have to try to get Fire Breath.

  Thanks for the breakdown, Ponty. I'm going to have to try to get Fire Breath.
• Alastor

  

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  November 16, 2014

  Good luck dude. I tried to no avail myself.

  Good luck dude. I tried to no avail myself.
• Borommakot

  

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  November 30, 2014

  If I get into Snow Veil Sanctum and it doesn't give me the word(the wall is glitched) will it ever reset?

  If I get into Snow Veil Sanctum and it doesn't give me the word(the wall is glitched) will it ever reset?
• Ponty

  

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  November 30, 2014

  Not sure, UESP says it doesn't respawn though.

  Not sure, UESP says it doesn't respawn though.

• Parabola

  

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  February 14, 2015

  Very useful guide this. Just used it to plunder the slow time word in korvanjund and found a couple of useful things. By bucketing through the wall to the left of the barred door that allows a quick exit when doing the dungeon normally you can lift the bar and so skip the whole thing and pick up the word without disturbing the boss. I also didn't watch the video to the end where you say you need whirlwind sprint to get back out until I was already in. However I found that by going through the wall with normal sprint in the same place you can jag to the left immediately as you start to fall and glitch through to just the other side of the rubble pile.

  Very useful guide this. Just used it to plunder the slow time word in korvanjund and found a couple of useful things. By bucketing through the wall to the left of the barred door that allows a quick exit when doing the dungeon normally you can lift the bar and so skip the whole thing and pick up the word without disturbing the boss. I also didn't watch the video to the end where you say you need whirlwind sprint to get back out until I was already in. However I found that by going through the wall with normal sprint in the same place you can jag to the left immediately as you start to fall and glitch through to just the other side of the rubble pile.
• Parabola

  

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  June 14, 2015

  Another couple of notes to add: You can 'bucket' through Delphines secret door to pick up a blades sword straight out of Helgen. It usually requires a bunch of tries but eventually you get kind of stuck between the inner and outer parts of the secret door. Once this happens they both open and you are free to come and go. Occasionally the outer part remains closed in which case the only way out is to 'bucket' through a wall to drop out of the cell (so remember to carry an extra one!). This does not harm the main quest in any way. If you pick up the jagged crown while backdooring into korvanjund you get the non quest item version that can be enchanted etc. I haven't tested if this breaks the civil war questline though. You can also 'bucket' through the doors on dwemer elevators providing many opportunities for shenanigans. In particular I've used this to pick up the targe of the blooded early on without having to slog through alftand.

  Another couple of notes to add: You can 'bucket' through Delphines secret door to pick up a blades sword straight out of Helgen. It usually requires a bunch of tries but eventually you get kind of stuck between the inner and outer parts of the secret door. Once this happens they both open and you are free to come and go. Occasionally the outer part remains closed in which case the only way out is to 'bucket' through a wall to drop out of the cell (so remember to carry an extra one!). This does not harm the main quest in any way. If you pick up the jagged crown while backdooring into korvanjund you get the non quest item version that can be enchanted etc. I haven't tested if this breaks the civil war questline though. You can also 'bucket' through the doors on dwemer elevators providing many opportunities for shenanigans. In particular I've used this to pick up the targe of the blooded early on without having to slog through alftand.
• Parabola

  

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  September 8, 2015

  Just discovered something a little unfortunate. If you back door into Korvanjund for the slow time word and then go back there later on the civil war quest the boss may not have the jagged crown on him. I suspect I'd left enough time in between for the dungeon to reset and they have it coded so that the crown only appears on the first iteration.

  Just discovered something a little unfortunate. If you back door into Korvanjund for the slow time word and then go back there later on the civil war quest the boss may not have the jagged crown on him. I suspect I'd left enough time in between for the dungeon to reset and they have it coded so that the crown only appears on the first iteration.