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The Final Trial - Ultimate Challenge for High-Level Players
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The Final Trial - Ultimate Challenge for High-Level Players

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INSTALLATION:

- Copy the Data folder into your Skyrim folder (most likely C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Skyrim) or in case of Steam Workshop use files I uploaded. IF THE WORKSHOP UPLOAD IS MISSING FILES (FOR EXAMPLE CUSTOM SCRIPTS) - here is the link to the download: http://www.filedropper.com/thefinaltrial

- Make sure you copied the folder as it contains custom scripts used by the mod.



WHAT IS THIS MOD:

- This is a mod dedicated mostly to hardcore Skyrim players who have high-level, well-developed characters.

- This mod adds one new location called The Final Trial. The entrance to the location is located near Riverwood. It is hidden but the map marker should help you find it.

- Inside the small, forgotten dungeon you will fight the Ultimate Enemy. This is your Final Trial, Dragonborn.

- Your opponent is Wulfgard the Old. He's not a Dragonborn but an old, loyal servant to the Daedric Prince of knowledge and memory, Hermaeus Mora. Unlike Miraak, Wulfgard always remained loyal to his powerful master. Once a great warrior and a seeker of knowledge, he started serving Hermaeus Mora faithfully. He was richly rewarded many times and obtained secrets knowable only to loyalest of Mora's servants.

- Wulfgard the Old is not only a very powerful warrior but also able to make use of the knowledge shared by Hermaeus Mora. Some of his powers and effects are unique and will surely surprise the Dragonborn. Wulfgard's equipement is also fortified with his knowledge and allows him to be even more powerful.



WHAT IS SO SPECIAL ABOUT THIS ULTIMATE ENEMY:

- I am a hardcore Skyrim lover. I have spent more than 2300 hours in this game, most of it playing on Legendary difficulty. While this is my first mod I know the game itself very well. After so many hours in Skyrim I've pretty much seen everything. I've completed every quest, discovered every area, killed every unique, more challenging enemy. I know about different classes/builds and their strengths and weaknesses.

- we all know about things which are simply too powerful, especially when used by a high-level, well-developed character- sneaking, certain perks in skill trees, reaching the point when you reach the armor and magic resistance cap.

- Even when playing on Legendary Difficulty there are basically only two "real", more demanding challenges- Ebony Warrior and Karstaag.

- This mod adds the Ultimate Challenge. This is The Final Trial. Wulfgard the Old is the most powerful, "lore-friendly" enemy.

- He is capable of using effects and powers not available to the Player. He deals lots of damage and is very hard to deal with.

- This mod and this NPC is different from most mods with "ultimate boss enemies". I did not give him million HP, I did not give him weapons that kill you with one hit, I did not give him too many extra effects so he would simply be invincible.

- I tried to be "lore-friendly", not to create something "cheesy" and godlike. He is powerful, yes. More powerful than Ebony Warrior or Karstaag, that's for sure. But I have used my experience as a Skyrim player to balance him.

- You can kill him. So far I've managed to kill him with two of my characters. First one was a level 167 Archer and the other one was a level 93 Strong Restoration Warrior. Fighting him takes a long time, sometimes you make a mistake and die (or you are simply not strong enough), he is capable of killing you quickly if you are not careful.

- HE PUNISHES THE PLAYER FOR USING CERTAIN "OVER-POWERED" MECHANICS/PERKS! If you want to kill him your character has to be well-developed. While I'm not going to explain here what I mean, you will quickly find out that certain "tricks" don't work with him.

- If you beat him on Legendary Difficulty without using any glitches/ custom made godmode weapons or equipement / console commands- you can say your character is truly powerful and well-made.

- There are, of course, rewards for killing him (apart from your own satisfaction).



TIPS ON HOW TO BEAT HIM:

- Recommended minimal level ~100.

- Armor and Magic Resist cap reached.

- Strong weapon and/or strong spells.

- Well-developed character: well-distributed perks, useful powers and effects obtained, equipement adjusted to your character's playstyle.

- Potions and/or healing spells- you ALWAYS want to have full health second after you were wounded and you NEVER want to run out of magicka and/or stamina during this fight.

- Lot of time and patience. You want to remain calm, not make any mistakes and NEVER take anything for granted.

- Don't be a one trick pony! In most cases it's not going to work against him.

- Make sure you prepared yourself well before the fight. Lots of potions, arrows, all that stuff. He will punish you for any mistake you make.



KNOWN ISSUES/BUGS AND IMPORTANT INFORMATIONS:

- SAVE YOUR GAME BEFORE YOU ENTER THE CELL "THE FINAL TRIAL" FOR THE FIRST TIME!!! You can save inside as many times as you want but PLEASE have one save before you enter the location.

- Very rarely he disappears from the cell (mostly when you enter and exit the cell multiple times and/or swap between many characters). To fix it YOU HAVE TO HAVE A SAVE RIGHT BEFORE YOU ENTERED THE CELL FOR THE FIRST TIME. If a simple reload doesn't fix it and he is still not there restart your game. This will fix it.

- One of his items displays only one effect as for the enchantment effects. This item has another effect and when you obtain this item you can check the effects for your character.

- Very, very rarely one of his weapons may get glitched after you defeat him and you are able to pick two copies of the same item. This is, however, really rare.

- When you obtain the reward there are sometimes problems with something you obtain. Most of the time it works perfectly, sometimes it does not for some reason. Just give it another try. It will work.

- Sometimes when you enter the cell The Final Trial your outdoor Skyrim music is still going to play, mixed with the interior music playing. Reloading fixes it and I don't think this issue is connected with the mod itself.



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

- This is my first mod. I hope I uploaded everything you guys need to play it properly (.esp, Scripts, ScriptsSource). If I made any mistakes- let me know!

- Please share your thoughts about this mod! I am willing to learn!

- I hope you guys will like it. It's certainly not a mod for everyone and it's not even a big project. I wanted to create a challenge for people like me and I've spent a long time testing and balancing everything.

- It would be awesome if you guys shared your experiences with my mod and, even better, record yourselves beating Wulfgard (or trying to)!

- If someone beats him on Legendary Difficulty (preferably in Vanilla Game)- you should be proud of yourself!

- GOOD LUCK, DRAGONBORNS! THIS IS THE FINAL TRIAL!
63 Comments
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casmaran 11 Dec, 2021 @ 11:34pm 
...the download link no longer works either, I wanted to see if that fixed the issue.
casmaran 11 Dec, 2021 @ 11:33pm 
The trap door opens and closes, but you can't enter it.
Zell 2 Aug, 2021 @ 11:14pm 
Thanks very good mod, very similar to the "ebony warrior" I was able to beat him starting in Novice mode & reloading a save at a tougher setting till legendary mode at level 87 - the damage reflect setting makes him very tough at the higher settings. He seems to be impossible if you are setup as a mage, paralyze does not work against him.
Spent awhile toying with this entertaining mod, I will let others try without spoilers on ways to defeat him.
No issues, no CTD started fine with SKSE as well.
Thanks for the mod, waiting on the next chapter from Bethesda is hopeless it feels.
Hatsodoom 8 May, 2018 @ 7:06am 
I really feel like the damage reflect thing needs to be taken out. If not for that the fight would be fun. I get super high damage, high hp and armor, but when I'm forced to use a weaker weapon well that's just not a good fight. Because of this I do next to no damage against something that reams me in about 3-4 hits, less if the reflect procs. Not only that but he heals when below 1k HP, so I can't even break past his healing since he can't be staggered reliably. Only reason I even got him down that low is thanks to Summon Glory from the Spellblade mod. (Apperently he's invincible.) Not to mention the rewards are kinda meh. All in all it's a decent mod, but needs to have the damage reflect taken out. Everything else is fine.
RustedCutlass717 2 Apr, 2018 @ 2:21pm 
The reason i use mods, Vanilla only goes so far. I wanted to test "overpowered mods" against this guy, as he is designed around preventing those sort of cheaty-seeming mods. As for the reflection damage, it's a matter of using a weapon that'll hurt him, but leave you still in fighting shape. I like this guy. He is a good challenge for veteran players with like 1,000 plus hours put into the game.
ARGO  [author] 12 Feb, 2018 @ 3:03pm 
The reflect damage he uses is exactly what Ebony Warrior uses. And it is very frustrating when you have strong weapons (and everything you've posted is perfectly valid, all I meant by slightly doubting the possibility of slaying Wulfgard on level 50 was the lack of more hp on that level but, once again, with quick enough healing + preparation + bit of luck it is possible) when you kill yourself just because you deal so much damage. No offence taken, anyway. Good job on beating him and that's it. Also take into consideration the fact that it was my first mod ever- while I had plenty of other ideas my lack of knowledge kept me away from introducing more stuff.
devon 12 Feb, 2018 @ 2:43pm 
All it takes for maxed out enchanting, alchemy, smithing, onehanded, and lightarmor (onehanded really only needs level 80, and lightarmor doesn't need maxed out leveling with the first three skills) is to be level 41.

Add that with onehanded damage potions, 200+ healing potions, vegetable soup, and you're set. One could kite the guy and just damage him, or just stand there spamming the hotkey for health while dual-wield attacking him. The latter of which is fairly easy on a level 80 character (assuming you max out health with perk points).

^Which leads to my frustration. The most overpowered, but legitimate, methods for skyrim just felt like I had to do them more... Instead of taking 30 health pots to fight with, I just planted the ingredients, fast traveled a few times, and voila! 200 health potions. But perhaps this is just how Skyrim is.
devon 12 Feb, 2018 @ 2:31pm 
ARGO,

I probably came off a little rude in my comment, so I apologize on that.

As for damage reflection, yes it is in vanilla but only for the character to utilize according to my knowledge. I understand the reasoning behind its implementation, I was just frustrated at the resulting purpose. My character, maxed out armor rating and around 1000 health, using high damage and fast melee, gets killed by my own hit. This isn't some trick, it's the result of maxed out enchanting, alchemy, smithing, onehanded, and light armor. The ability is not seen much in skyrim, except if the player character takes it, and I was thrown off by its usage. Again, I understand it's implementation. I've had a death where I have won the fight and downed him, my finishing blow on him being my own demise...
ARGO  [author] 11 Feb, 2018 @ 9:08am 
different type of character. If you were using a sneak assassin archer- he would punish you for doing typical overpowered things for a "class" like that. If you were to play as a summoner- he'd punish you with something else. I am certainly bit sceptical about you beating him on vanilla legendary with a level 50 melee character but it is possible, theoretically. So I'd say good job and thanks for using my mod.
ARGO  [author] 11 Feb, 2018 @ 9:07am 
Thanks for your opinion devonic. I am, however, not exactly sure how an experienced, hardcore skyrim player like yourself (you stated it) doesn't get what that "damage reflection" is, since it's something that was in the vanilla originaly and was actually used by an NPC. As for the teleporting and summoning he could have had if I had given it to him- sure. But I did not. He was meant to punish certain overpowered mechanics in this game using special effects, unique for him and clearly different from something that was in vanilla. It is more likely that you character simply requires a different playstyle so he did not punish you for doing things you'd normally do with a