Despite being a huge success, Oblivion has no doubt been overshadowed both by time and its loftier successor, Skyrim. Still, The Elder Scrolls 4 exists as a major player in the RPG genre, but that hasn’t stopped someone from wanting to blend the two games together. Sort of.
The “Skyrim Border” mod comes from the mind of Nexus Mods user JoopvanDie, and is essentially a way of bringing a bit of TES5 to Cyrdoiil, the province where Oblivion takes place. Anyone who knows the map of Tamriel is aware that the latter game borders the former, though players are unable to cross.
However, JoopvanDie invites us to step a little bit into Skyrim, giving us a small area to trek around in, perhaps breathe in a bit of that cold, dragon-y air.
Just a quick pop by to say hello
As the name suggests, the mod by no means allows you to traverse the whole of Skyrim‘s landscape or cross over into any other part of Tamriel that’s not officially part of the game. That would be far too ambitious. And, in fact, there is already a fan-made project that covers that idea.
What this does is bring just a little bit of the border within our grasp inside Oblivion. While there’s not a huge amount there – no new quests, for example – there’s enough that’s worth a quick visit. This includes:
- an area for you to explore
- one small village with NPCs
- few small caves
- two ingredients
- one new creature (Frost troll)
- new armor and a medieval Scandinavian(ish) helmet
- treasure hunting
If you want to get to the area, the description says to go to the Echo Cave (shown just west of Bruma, which you can see in the image above) and follow the road to the northwest. Say hi to Paarthurnax for me if he’s there.
