Unofficial Creator Club Update - Arcane Archer Pack

A small patch that prevents the Arcane Archer Pack quests ("Zombies of Souls" and "Arrow Speed") from creating a club on install from automatically starting, instead of triggering a quest after the courier passes the annotation, also fixes elemental corruption bugs and Soul Stealer arrow instakills.

Unofficial Creator Club Update - Arcane Archer Pack

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I hate it when tasks start automatically. Whether it's a mod, a DLC pack, or what we call a download from the Creation Club, if installing it causes a certain quest to appear only in my diary, I'm not a fan. Immersive destruction is one of them. Downloading some content from CC and suddenly I had to accept that my character heard three rumors and received a message in one go - at the bottom of the dungeon, no less!

Therefore, I am taking it upon myself to rectify the situation and intend to work on all the files on the Creation Club one by one so that the missions can start in a more immersive way and make other improvements as I see fit.

After installing this patch, Stalwart of Souls and Swift Arrows will no longer automatically launch when loading the game, and you will not receive Elemental Arrows for free. Instead, the first time you meet Calcelmo in Markarth, you receive "Calcelmo's Letter" from the courier, which begins the company's "Soul Stalwarts." This task will proceed normally and upon completion, "Instructions from Calcelmo" will be sent to the courier. Read this and start being “Swift as an Arrow.” This way I bundle two tasks together.

Additionally, this update fixes incorrect elemental damage application from the Explosive Arrow and changes the effect of the Soul Thief Arrow so that it matches the description - a critical hit causes a filled soul gem to be added to the target's inventory, rather than immediately adding any unnecessary NPCs killed.

I strongly recommend not to install this patch on a save file that already has the Arcane Archer Pack installed. If you do this, it won't break your game, but you won't benefit from some of the fixes and you may experience unusual search behavior.

Do you own all Creators Club content? Please use my all-in-one patch instead!

Require

Creation Club’s “Arcane Shooter Pack”

Disclaimer

I am not the original author of the Creation Club files this patch relies on. This patch is not supported in any way, shape, or form by the original author, and is an independent mod with its own responsibilities and shortcomings.

Install

Make sure you have downloaded and installed the Arcane Archer Pack from Creation Club.

Download and install the patch, preferably using NMM or MO. If you want to do it manually, you can simply drag and drop the .esp and script files into the Data folder.

enjoy your meal!

Uninstall

Uninstall the patch using your Mod Manager, or delete the .esp file from your "data" folder. This should safely revert all my changes back to their original state. However, in general, Skyrim does not support uninstalling mods during playback, which is a practice that should be treated with caution.

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