university revision

You can enter the College of Winterhold, serve, and ask for help without entering the main questline.

Annoyed by the fact that, even if you're not interested in magic or just want to use some of their services, you have to participate in The Academy of Winterhold in almost every game?

Skyrim forces you to join the Academy, for example by starting the corresponding questline:

You progressed the Dawnguard mission.

You want to do some side work, usually as a mage character or trade with some NPC (Farada won't trade with you as long as you haven't completed her trials).

You just want to explore the Academy or complete the mission "No Stone Unexplored".

Don't do this again.

feature

Enter the academy in an immersive way. You still need to complete the Faraldas challenge to gain access to their grounds, but you're no longer forced into their questline. If you change your mind, talk to Mirabelle Ervine as usual to get the tour and the episode will begin.

Don't worry about entering the hall and approaching Tolfdir. As long as you're not on Mirabelle Ervine's tour, he doesn't think you're an apprentice.

Access to the Archmage's quarters is possible without completing any quests but requires some pickpocketing or lockpicking ;)

With the exception of some fans, you can complete any of the (radiant) sub-main quests and trade with their vendors without starting the University quest line.

Any relevant USSEP changes will be forwarded in this mod.

Mod was cleaned up.

Why are you making this mod? /(Oldrim) mods already exist!

I made this immersive mold. I don't like being forced into missions, and I don't like being locked into the main part of the game world.

Based on the reports in his comments section, I personally think that there are some models that don't look as good as I would like or have some major issues.

FAQ/Compatibility Notes

This mod shouldn't break anything, and I tested it extensively myself. It might just be incompatible with mods trying to achieve the same. It's compatible with everything else, including USSEP, Ordinator, Texture and Mesh Replacers, etc.

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Annoyed by the fact, that you have to get involved into the College of Winterhold troubles nearly every playthrough, even if you aren't interested in magic or just want to use some of their services?

Skyrim forces you to join the College, e.g. start their corresponding questline if:

You advance the Dawnguard quest.

You want to do some of the sidequests, usually as a mage character or trade with some of the NPCs (Faralda won't trade with you as long as you didnt complete her trial).

You simply want to explore the College or complete the quest "No Stone Unturned".

Don't be any longer.

Features

Get access to the College in an immersive way. You still have to complete Faraldas challenge to be allowed to enter their grounds but you aren't forced into their quest line any more. If you change your mind, just talk to Mirabelle Ervine as usual to get your tour and the plot will start.

Don't worry to enter the main hall and approach Tolfdir. He won't think you're an apprentice as long as you don't take the tour by Mirabelle Ervine.

Archmage quarters can be accessed without completing any quest but require some pickpocketing or lockpicking;)

With exception of some followers, you can complete any (radiant) sidequests like the master ritual quests and trade with their vendors without starting the college questline.

Any relevant USSEP changes are forwarded in this mod.

Mod is cleaned.

Why did you make this mod? / There are already existing (Oldrim) mods!

I made this mod for immersion. I don't like to be forced into quests and neither I like to be quest locked into major parts of the gameworld.

There are a couple of mods out there which, in my personal opinion, do not act like i wanted or have some major problems, as reported in their comment sections.

FAQ / Compatibility notes

This mod should not break anything …