Looking for Derkeethus

Fixed some issues with finding Derkeethus, such as moving his cell key to a more logical location (i.e. not in his cell), exposing quest information in your journal, optionally adding quest markers, and giving him something to stick with.

Something always makes me think about finding our lone Argonne entourage. For one thing, when you find him, the key to his cell is... inside his cell. On the other hand, you have almost no information to work with other than the waterfall, and it won't be saved in your journal. Even better task goals try to solve this problem, but since the task is submitted under Misc in your journal, all other information is not visible. Finally, the cells themselves are disturbingly lacking in flooring.

This patch:

Move cell keys. Spoilers (1)

Get the Misc tab's tasks so that the information provided by Better Quest Objectives is actually visible.

Adding a floor to the cell makes it more than just a staircase that plunges into deep water. (See screenshot.)

There is an option to add quest markers to help you find already hard-to-find dungeons. Spoilers (2)

Repost all changes from the unofficial Skyrim Special Edition patch.

This patch requires the Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition patch, without which the damage to Derkeeethus will be much more severe, and the text from Even Better Quest Objectives I used for the journal. The title of the mission, Extracting an Argonian, doesn't appear to exist anywhere in the game text, but comes from the Wiki.

NOTE: If you already have the frustratingly obscure "Find Derkeethus" task in the misc section, you're in luck:

Even if you've already started the Find Derkeethus quest, the changes introduced with this patch appear to be taking effect smoothly. The only weird thing I've seen if you install this late is that the "new mission" message will reappear once you release Derkeethus, but it doesn't seem to hurt anything.

May conflict with other mods editing this dungeon location (Spoiler 2). Load this mod before Realistic Water II.

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Some things always bugged me about the quest to find our lone Argonian follower.  For one thing, when you find him, the key to his cell is... inside his cell.  For another, you're given almost no information to work with other than something about a waterfall, and this information isn't kept in your journal.  Even Better Quest Objectives tries to fix this, but as the quest is filed under Misc in your journal, all of the additional information can never be seen.  Finally, the cell itself is disturbingly lacking a floor.

This patch:

Moves the cell key.  See spoiler (1)

Gets the quest out of the Misc tab so that the information provided by Better Quest Objectives is actually visible.

Adds a floor to the cell so it's not just a staircase plunging into deep water.  (See screenshot.)

Optionally adds a quest marker to help you find the already-hard-to-find dungeon.  See spoiler (2)

Forwards all changes from the Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition Patch.

This patch requires the Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition Patch, without which rescuing Derkeeethus is far more broken, and Even Better Quest Objectives whose text I use for the journal.  The title for the quest, Extracting an Argonian, doesn't seem to exist anywhere in the game's text, and instead comes from the Wiki.

Note: If you already have the frustratingly ambiguous "Find Derkeethus" quest in your misc section, you're in luck:

The changes this patch introduces seem to go into effect without a hitch even if you've already begun the Find Derkeethus quest. The only oddity I've seen if you install this late is the "New Quest" message will appear anew once you've freed Derkeethus, but it doesn't seem to hurt anything.

May conflict with other mods that edit this dungeon location (spoiler 2).  Load this mod before Realistic Water Two.

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