It was released on Microsoft Windows via Steam on August 2, 2012. Due to performance issues, the PlayStation 3 release of Dawnguard was delayed until February 26, 2013.ĭawnguard revolves around an ancient prophecy predicted by an Elder Scroll. The Dawnguard, an organisation dedicated to hunting vampires, are reformed to attempt to stop the return of a powerful clan of Vampires named the Volkihar, who possess the power to turn into monstrous "vampire lords". The Volkihar's leader, Lord Harkon, intends to use an Elder Scroll to permanently blot out the sun. The player can choose to either aid the Dawnguard or join the Volkihar, becoming a vampire lord themselves in the process. Introduced in Dawnguard are two unique skill trees: one for vampirism and one for lycanthropy. Players are given the choice to either join forces with the vampiric Volkihar Clan, or fight them alongside an order of vampire hunters known as the Dawnguard.
New armors, perks and weapons, including a crossbow for the Dawnguard, have been introduced.ĭepending on the player's choice, they will be granted access to one of two home bases: Castle Volkihar or Fort Dawnguard, respectively. Crossbows will remain loaded while moving in the world, allowing a quicker reaction than bows, at the cost of being slower to reload and reducing the player's movement speed during reloading. Crossbows fall under the archery perk tree and all points assigned to archery will also apply to crossbows. The vampire lord has a new skill tree to level up.Ĭrossbow bolts can be crafted with enchantments to create bolts with additional magical damage.įor vampires, a temporary transformation into a "vampire lord" is available, working in a manner analogous to the existing werewolf transformation, with the exception that it may be used repeatedly, rather than being limited to once per day. Werewolves have also been given a skill tree, which they did not have previously. The vampire lord skill tree contains eleven perks and the werewolf skill tree contains eight perks. Eighteen new loading screens and several new world interactions are present. The vampire lord levels up through kills with its Drain Life spell, or its bite attack, while the werewolf gains experience towards its skill tree by consuming corpses while transformed to extend the duration of the transformation before it wears off.
New locations are featured in Dawnguard, including two explorable new worldspaces: a realm of Oblivion called the Soul Cairn, and the Forgotten Vale, a secluded arctic valley located somewhere outside the holds of Haafingar and the Reach. Additionally, large areas such as Castle Volkihar, located on a coastal island off the Haafingar coastline, and Fort Dawnguard, located in a small canyon outside the Rift, serve as central quest hubs during the story. A "face sculptor" character is introduced in The Ragged Flagon in Riften, allowing players to change the facial appearance of their character at will. Stronger "legendary" dragons are also present in Dawnguard, appearing randomly throughout the environment, and can be slain by the player character and absorbed like any other dragon (awarding an achievement). Three new dragon shouts (Drain Vitality, Soul Tear, and Summon Durnehviir) have also been included. The player character may begin the expansion quest lines in a number of ways. Town guards can be overheard discussing the return of the Dawnguard, or the player character may be approached directly by an Orcish Dawnguard member named Durak and asked to join the order to combat the growing threat of vampires within Skyrim.
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