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This Mod adds the Sword of Ancient Tongues to the game, originally made by Corvalho. The sword comes in 12 different variants. English, German and Spanish version available.

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Sword of the Ancient Tongues


First:

This is a port to Skyrim Special Edition based on the work of Corvalho with permission from the original author.

Original Mod: Sword of Ancient Tongues

Version 2.0:
Added golden variants of the Swords. They are taken from Sword of the Ancient Tongues golden and no scabbard and were originally made by Joedpa.
He gave me his permission to use his stuff.

Version 3.0:
Added variants with glowing runes. They are originally made by BBDLQEK1. Original Mod: Thinner Blade and Glowing Runes for Sword of Ancient Tongues
The mod is used with permission from the original author.

Note: I don't accept any kind of donations. Furthermore I will not take part on the mod authors donation system in any way. Any earned donation points for all
my ported mods go to the original mod authors to 100 percent. When you feel you should donate, please give some money to the animal shelter next to you.
Of course you can donate the original author when you find a donate-button on the original page. Let modding be free. Forever.



Description:

This mods adds two new swords fitting into TES' lore: The Sword of Ancient Tongues. The sword has the Seal of Akatosh symbol engraved in the handle and letters in dovahzul also engraved in the blade, which says "- Dragonborn, by his honor is sworn, to keep evil forever at bay..."

This mod is completely standalone. No other items of the original game will be overwritten. The meshes are optimized with Nif-Optimizer. Textures are in 2K.  The sword can be crafted and tempered. English, German and Spanish versions are available. The ESP is cleaned, hand-polished and checked for errors in TES5Edit.
As of version 4.0 the mod comes with a FOMOD installer in two versions:


Crafting-Only-Version:   
All weapons can only be crafted and tempered. The weapons are NOT added to levelled lists and NOT distributed in the world. Choose this option for maximum compatibility.


Levelled-Lists-Version:
All weapons can be crafted and tempered. In addition the weapons are added to levelled lists and are distributed to the world. The weapons have a chance to appear in the world and it is possible to buy them from blacksmiths after reaching a certain level. The needed levels are different for every weapon, depending on the weapon stats.
IMPORTANT: Don't forget to make a Bashed Patch if you use the levelled-lists version.
If you need help making a Bashed Patch look here: Wrye Bash Installation and Bash Patch Tutorial or S.T.E.P. Project Wiki - Bashed Patch.


Note: The Sword of Ancient Tongues (1-H version only) is included in the mod The Gifts of Akatosh which you can find here: The Gifts of Akatosh.
The name of the sword in those mod is Sword of Akatosh. It has slightly different stats but uses the same models and textures. It can be used without problems together with this mod. They don't overwrite each other.


Statistics

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Sword of Ancient Tongues - Sword - value = 2400, Weight = 17, Damage = 16, Reach = 1.0, Speed = 1.0
Sword of Ancient Tongues (golden) - Sword - value = 3000, Weight = 17, Damage = 16, Reach = 1.0, Speed = 1.0
Sword of Ancient Tongues (silver) - Sword - value = 3200, Weight = 17, Damage = 16, Reach = 1.0, Speed = 1.0
Sword of Ancient Tongues (glow) - Sword - value = 2500, Weight = 16, Damage = 16, Reach = 1.0, Speed = 1.0
Sword of Ancient Tongues (blue glow) - Sword - value = 2500, Weight = 16, Damage = 16, Reach = 1.0, Speed = 1.0
Sword of Ancient Tongues (green glow) - Sword - value = 2500, Weight = 16, Damage = 16, Reach = 1.0, Speed = 1.0
Sword of Ancient Tongues (violet glow) - Sword - value = 2500, Weight = 16, Damage = 16, Reach = 1.0, Speed = 1.0
Greatsword of Ancient Tongues - Greatsword - value = 2500, Weight = 23, Damage = 24, Reach = 1.3, Speed = 0.8
Greatsword of Ancient Tongues (golden) - Greatsword - value = 3200, Weight = 23, Damage = 24, Reach = 1.3, Speed = 0.8
Greatsword of Ancient Tongues (silver) - Greatsword - value = 3500, Weight = 23, Damage = 24, Reach = 1.3, Speed = 0.8
Greatsword of Ancient Tongues (glow) - Greatsword - value = 2600, Weight = 22, Damage = 24, Reach = 1.3, Speed = 0.8
Greatsword of Ancient Tongues (blue glow) - Greatsword - value = 2600, Weight = 22, Damage = 24, Reach = 1.3, Speed = 0.8
Greatsword of Ancient Tongues (green glow) - Greatsword - value = 2600, Weight = 22, Damage = 24, Reach = 1.3, Speed = 0.8
Greatsword of Ancient Tongues (violet glow) - Greatsword - value = 2600, Weight = 22, Damage = 24, Reach = 1.3, Speed = 0.8



How to craft ?

A forge can be used to create a weapon. To craft a weapon you need to know the correct crafting perk and you need to have the needed materials in your inventory (details see spoiler below). In addition there is a crafting book for the weapon. Keep the correct book in your inventory when you want to craft the weapon. Otherwise the item will not show up at the forge. A sharpening wheel can be used to improve the weapon twice as much. Crafting books are not needed for tempering.

Crafting books:
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Since it took ages to scroll through the crafting menu because of all the mods I installed, I was thinking about a solution to clean up the crafting menu. The solution is an additional crafting book for every weapon which you need to have in your inventory when you want to craft the specific item. Simply remove the books from your inventory and nothing will show up in your crafting menu. This way you can easily declutter your crafting menu. All crafting books will automatically added into your inventory when you run this mod for the first time. This happens with a little quest (without any additional scrips) which runs only once. I did my best to create pleasing crafting books. Every book contains useful information to craft the item.

Why did I add the books direktly to the player's inventory? Well, what are the alternatives?
- Adding them directly to the inventory of merchants for selling. Possible, but it is not a good modders practice and would cause incompatibilities. Every mod which
  alters merchant's inventory would be incompatible.
- Adding them to merchant's levelled lists for selling. Possible, but I don't know a possibility that items always appear in the merchants inventory this way. That's why
  this possibility is out of question.
- Adding them to the world so that you have to search them. Possible and most immersive but it would cause incompatibilities with every mod which alters the place
  where the specific book is located. Compatibility patches will be needed for all those mods.

I want my mods as compatible as possible. So I decided to add the books directly to the players inventory. It is the best way in my opinion and causes no problems. You can always remove the books from your inventory and store them somewhere.

Recipes:
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You need to have the right crafting book in your inventory when you want to craft an item.

Sword of Ancient Tongues - (4x) Silver Ingot, (1x) Steel Ingot, (1x) Ebony Ingot, (1x) Leather Stripes - Perk: Ebony Smithing
Sword of Ancient Tongues (golden) - (4x) Silver Ingot, (1x) Steel Ingot, (1x) Ebony Ingot, (2x) Gold Ingot, (1x) Leather Stripes - Perk: Ebony Smithing
Sword of Ancient Tongues (silver) - (6x) Silver Ingot, (1x) Leather Stripes - Perk: Ebony Smithing
Sword of Ancient Tongues (glow) - (4x) Silver Ingot, (1x) Steel Ingot, (1x) Ebony Ingot, (1x) Refined Moonstone, (1x) Leather Stripes - Perk: Ebony Smithing
Sword of Ancient Tongues (blue) - (4x) Silver Ingot, (1x) Steel Ingot, (1x) Ebony Ingot, (1x) Refined Moonstone, (1x) Leather Stripes - Perk: Ebony Smithing
Sword of Ancient Tongues (green) (4x) Silver Ingot, (1x) Steel Ingot, (1x) Ebony Ingot, (1x) Refined Moonstone, (1x) Leather Stripes - Perk: Ebony Smithing
Sword of Ancient Tongues (violet) (4x) Silver Ingot, (1x) Steel Ingot, (1x) Ebony Ingot, (1x) Refined Moonstone, (1x) Leather Stripes - Perk: Ebony Smithing
Sword of Ancient Tongues (no scabbard) - (3x) Silver Ingot, (1x) Steel Ingot, (1x) Ebony Ingot, (1x) Leather Stripes - Perk: Ebony Smithing
Sword of Ancient Tongues (no scabbard) (golden) - (3x) Silver Ingot, (1x) Steel Ingot, (1x) Ebony Ingot, (2x) Gold Ingot, (1x) Leather Stripes - Perk: Ebony Smithing
Sword of Ancient Tongues (no scabbard) (silver) - (6x) Silver Ingot, (1x) Leather Stripes - Perk: Ebony Smithing
Sword of Ancient Tongues (no scabbard) (glow) - (3x) Silver Ingot, (1x) Steel Ingot, (1x) Ebony Ingot, (1x) Refined Moonstone, (1x) Leather Stripes - Perk: Ebony Smithing
Sword of Ancient Tongues (no scabbard) (blue) - (3x) Silver Ingot, (1x) Steel Ingot, (1x) Ebony Ingot, (1x) Refined Moonstone, (1x) Leather Stripes - Perk: Ebony Smithing
Sword of Ancient Tongues (no scabbard) (green) (3x) Silver Ingot, (1x) Steel Ingot, (1x) Ebony Ingot, (1x) Refined Moonstone, (1x) Leather Stripes - Perk: Ebony Smithing
Sword of Ancient Tongues (no scabbard) (violet) (3x) Silver Ingot, (1x) Steel Ingot, (1x) Ebony Ingot, (1x) Refined Moonstone, (1x) Leather Stripes - Perk: Ebony Smithing


Greatsword of Ancient Tongues - (4x) Silver Ingot, (1x) Steel Ingot, (1x) Ebony Ingot, (1x) Leather Stripes - Perk: Ebony Smithing
Greatsword of Ancient Tongues (golden) - (4x) Silver Ingot, (1x) Steel Ingot, (1x) Ebony Ingot, (2x) Gold Ingot, (1x) Leather Stripes - Perk: Ebony Smithing
Greatsword of Ancient Tongues (silver) - (6x) Silver Ingot, (1x) Leather Stripes - Perk: Ebony Smithing
Greatsword of Ancient Tongues (glow) - (4x) Silver Ingot, (1x) Steel Ingot, (1x) Ebony Ingot, (1x) Refined Moonstone, (1x) Leather Stripes - Perk: Ebony Smithing
Greatsword of Ancient Tongues (blue) - (4x) Silver Ingot, (1x) Steel Ingot, (1x) Ebony Ingot, (1x) Refined Moonstone, (1x) Leather Stripes - Perk: Ebony Smithing
Greatsword of Ancient Tongues (green) (4x) Silver Ingot, (1x) Steel Ingot, (1x) Ebony Ingot, (1x) Refined Moonstone, (1x) Leather Stripes - Perk: Ebony Smithing
Greatsword of Ancient Tongues (violet) (4x) Silver Ingot, (1x) Steel Ingot, (1x) Ebony Ingot, (1x) Refined Moonstone, (1x) Leather Stripes - Perk: Ebony Smithing
Greatsword of Ancient Tongues (no scabbard) - (3x) Silver Ingot, (1x) Steel Ingot, (1x) Ebony Ingot, (1x) Leather Stripes - Perk: Ebony Smithing
Greatsword of Ancient Tongues (no scabbard) (golden) - (3x) Silver Ingot, (1x) Steel Ingot, (1x) Ebony Ingot, (2x) Gold Ingot, (1x) Leather Stripes - Perk: Ebony Smithing
Greatsword of Ancient Tongues (no scabbard) (silver) - (6x) Silver Ingot, (1x) Leather Stripes - Perk: Ebony Smithing
Greatsword of Ancient Tongues (no scabbard) (glow) - (3x) Silver Ingot, (1x) Steel Ingot, (1x) Ebony Ingot, (1x) Refined Moonstone, (1x) Leather Stripes - Perk: Ebony Smithing
Greatsword of Ancient Tongues (no scabbard) (blue) - (3x) Silver Ingot, (1x) Steel Ingot, (1x) Ebony Ingot, (1x) Refined Moonstone, (1x) Leather Stripes - Perk: Ebony Smithing
Greatsword of Ancient Tongues (no scabbard) (green) (3x) Silver Ingot, (1x) Steel Ingot, (1x) Ebony Ingot, (1x) Refined Moonstone, (1x) Leather Stripes - Perk: Ebony Smithing
Greatsword of Ancient Tongues (no scabbard) (violet) (3x) Silver Ingot, (1x) Steel Ingot, (1x) Ebony Ingot, (1x) Refined Moonstone, (1x) Leather Stripes - Perk: Ebony Smithing



Item ID's:

You can use the mod AddItemMenu - Ultimate Mod Explorer to obtain the weapons. In case you want to add the items via console use the following item ID's:
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Note: You must replace the "XX" with your specific mod index. The mentioned item-ID's are valid only when you use a ESP version of the mod. ESL files need the form ID's compacted for the file to be considered valid. That's why the following item ID's are not valid when you use a ESL version of the mod.


Sword of Ancient Tongues - XX000D63
Sword of Ancient Tongues (golden) - XX000DE9
Sword of Ancient Tongues (silver) - XX000E7D
Sword of Ancient Tongues (glow) - XX000DF1
Sword of Ancient Tongues (blue glow) - XX000DF3
Sword of Ancient Tongues (green glow) - XX000DF5
Sword of Ancient Tongues (violet glow) - XX000DF7

Sword of Ancient Tongues (no scabbard) - XX000E12
Sword of Ancient Tongues (no scabbard) (golden) - XX000E1A
Sword of Ancient Tongues (no scabbard) (silver) - XX000E7E
Sword of Ancient Tongues (no scabbard) (glow) - XX000E1B
Sword of Ancient Tongues (no scabbard) (blue glow) - XX000E1C
Sword of Ancient Tongues (no scabbard) (green glow) - XX000E1D
Sword of Ancient Tongues (no scabbard) (violet glow) - XX000E1E

Greatsword of Ancient Tongues - XX000DE7
Greatsword of Ancient Tongues (golden) - XX000DEA
Greatsword of Ancient Tongues (silver) - XX000E7C
Greatsword of Ancient Tongues (glow) - XX000DF2

Greatsword of Ancient Tongues (blue glow) - XX000DF4
Greatsword of Ancient Tongues (green glow) - XX000DF6
Greatsword of Ancient Tongues (violet glow) - XX000DF8

Greatsword of Ancient Tongues (no scabbard) - XX000E13
Greatsword of Ancient Tongues (no scabbard) (golden) - XX000E21
Greatsword of Ancient Tongues (no scabbard) (silver) - XX000E7F
Greatsword of Ancient Tongues (no scabbard) (glow) - XX000
E20
Greatsword of Ancient Tongues (no scabbard) (blue glow) - XX000E1F
Greatsword of Ancient Tongues (no scabbard) (green glow) - XX000E22
Greatsword of Ancient Tongues (no scabbard) (violet glow) - XX000
E23


How to install ?

Use a mod manager of your choice (recommended):

Mod Organizer 2, Nexus Mod Manager, Vortex:

Install as usual. Run the FOMOD-installer and choose your options.

Wrye Bash:
WB does not support FOMOD-installers. As a WB user you probably know how to handle FOMOD's. One possibility is to use MO2 or NMM to pick your poison and repack the result as 7zip-file. After that you can install the new created archive in WB.

Manual installation (not recommended):

Unpack the archive somewhere and choose one of the 2 core folders and one of the 12 ESP's / ESL's. Then put the content of the choosen folders in your data-folder.

Note about ESPFE: You can choose if you want to install a classic ESP or an ESPFE. Read carefully when you plan to install the ESPFE version of the mod:
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An ESPFE plugin is a ESP file with the ESL flag set in TES4 header without changing the extension to *.esl.

Advantages:
- ESPFE files are "light" plugins. They behave like a normal ESP file but bypass the 32-bit plugin ID limit of 254 plugins. There are 254 available "full" slots (00 to FD)
  (FE is for light modules, FF for the save game) and there are 4096 available "light" slots (FE 000 to FE FFF).
- ESPFE do not break your load order. The ESL flag controls how FormIDs are mapped, it has nothing to do with load order.
  • without ESL Flag: mapped into a full slot (xx yyyyyy)
  • with ESL Flag: into a light slot (FE xxx yyy)
  ESPFE files will NOT shuffle your load order.
Since the file has the *.esp extension the file is treated as just another *.esp file and it's in plugins.txt in whatever order
  you put  it.
In contrast "true" ESL files that have an .esl extension or if the file has the ESM flag that things will change. Those files will be loaded in the ESM block. In
  case those files have masters they will forced to load before the *.esl file. This can break your load order.
- No need to merge files anymore and no need to build a merged patch anymore.
- You can build a Bashed Patch inluding ESPFE without any problems. In contrast for "true" ESL files that have an *.esl extension you need the newest release of Wrye
  Bash (build 307.2018.1014.1217 from the 14th of October) to build a Bashed Patch with ESL files. The newest release can be found on discord. Otherwise ESL files will
  be ignored when building the Bashed Patch and levelled lists changes will not be merged into the Bashed Patch.

Drawbacks:
- Nexus Mod Manager (NMM) does not work with files that have the *.esl extension or carry an ESL flag. You need to use a functional mod managersuch as MO2, Wrye
  Bash or Vortex to manage these types of mods.

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Form IDs has to be compacted with Form IDs 0x800 to 0xFFF for the file to be considered valid. When the mod has Form IDs outside this range those Form IDs will
  change.
That's why Form IDs of the ESP and the ESPFE/ESL version of a mod can be different. Technically those ESP and ESPFE/ESL versions are completely different
  mods.
Switching between ESP and ESPFE/ESL versions in a current save game is not recommended and WILL result in loosing all items and CAN result in save game
  corruption.
Using ESL/ESPFE files are only recommended with a new game or on files you have not yet begun using in an existing save.
  However there was no need to change existing Form IDs in the AncientTonguesSwords.esp (only new ones), so you can safely update.
- Dual Sheath does not work with ESPFE currently.

General load order:
  • Game's Master
  • Update.esm
  • DLCs in official order
  • CCs in official order
  • All ESM (flag after load) in plugins.txt order (*.esl, *.esm, and *.esp files mixed in any order based on plugins.txt, as long as they all have the ESM flag)
  • All non-ESM (flag after load) in plugins.txt order (only *.esp because it's impossible to have a *.esm or *.esl without ESM flag)


Requirements:

Skyrim Special Edition. USSEP technically not needed but highly recommended.


Compatibility

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Complete Crafting Overhaul Remade - Fully compatible. CCO globals were added to every recipe.

MorrowLoot and MorrowLoot Ultimate - Compatible. Those mods completely remove higher level objects from levelled loot lists. Using the Levelled-Lists version of this mod may result in inconsistencies with the scope of those mods, because the new added items including higer level weapons will appear in levelled lists. Because of that I
recommend to use the Smithing-Only-Version, which is fully compatible, for the ML/MLU user. An experienced user can remove the higher lever weapons from the leveled lists using SSEEdit to make the Levelled-Lists-Version fully compatible with those mods.

Skyrim Revamped - Loot and Encounter Zones - Compatible. Same as ML/MLU.

Weapons Armor Clothing and Clutter Fixes - Compatible. Crafting recipes and stats may be a bit inconsistent. I could make them more constistent but I did not want to differ too much from the original mods. You can easily adjust the item stats using SSEEdit by yourself.

YASH - Yet Another Skyrim Hardcore mod - Compatible. YASH completely delevels the world. That means there is a chance to find every item in the game as of level 1, including higher level gear. This makes every mod which adds levelled items to levelled-lists inconsistet with YASH. Using the Levelled-Lists version of this mod makes the new weapons available after reching a certain level (see description section). Because of that I recommend to use the Smithing-Only-Version, which is fully compatible. When you want to use the Levelled-Lists-Version you must delevel the levelled lists to ensure a full compatibility with YASH. On the YASH page you find in the descriptions a link to a SSEEdit script, which delevels every mod very easily. Alternatively you can use the Unlevel-Item-Lists feature of the mod True Unleveled Skyrim by DanielUA. Note: When building the bashed patch always load YASH last, otherwise the levelled lists will be releveled again. Special tip: After building the bashed patch you only need to delevel every entry in the bashed patch, since the bashed patch overwrites any other changed levelled lists.


Known Issues:


None so far


Mods used in pictures:

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Armors: The Gifts of Akatos and Schwertleite Set and Lustdesign - Sovngarde Steel Armor

Character: The character preset is taken from Shiva's Beautiful Presets

Location:
Screenshots were taken using the mod The DollHouse Photo Studio.

Poses:
Pose mods used: Halo Poser SE, Wulf Pose SE, Nise's Poser SE. Google them.



FAQ:

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Q: Does this mod work with Skyrim VR ?
A: Usually this kind of mod should work, but I don't know it for sure. I don't own VR equipment and cannot test it. You have to find it out by yourself.

Q: Is the mod compatible with ... ?
A:
The mod adds new items only. Apart from levelled lists no original assets of the game are affected. Technically this mod should be compatible with everything.
     However inconsistencies with other mods may appear. Some notes for specific modsyou can find in the compatibility section of this page.


Q: Is this weapon added to leveled lists?
A:
You can choose an option with levelled lists support.

Q: Does this mod use scripts?
A: No.

Q: Can I savely merge the mod with others?
A: Yes. If you want to merge this mod, please use the loose-files version. Alternatively you have to unpack the bsa-files by yourself. For merging use Merge Plugins.
    There is no need to merge files when you use the ESPFE version of the mod.

Q: Can you port the mod for XB1 ?
A: No. I don't use XB1.

Q: Can you provide light plugins ?
A
: Yes. You can choose between ESP and ESPFE file.

Q: Why did you change your mind in regard ESL/ESPFE files?
A
: My biggest concern against ESL/ESPFE files was that Wrye Bash ignored them when building a bashed patch. This is no longer true. The current version
    (build 307.2018.1014.1217 from the 14th of October) supports ESL/ESPFE files. Building a bashed patch works flawlessly now. So the advantages using ESL/ESPFE
    files are worth the disadvantages now in my opinion. Make sure you read carefully the the install instructions.


Q: Can you backport this mod to Oldrim ?
A
: Seriously? When you are still on Oldrim use the original mods. But why still using Oldrim? Switch to SSE. It's time. Really. I mean it.

Q: I found a bug.
A: Oh damn! Please report it in the bugs section of this page. Describe the issue as accurate as possible and mention the version you use.
    I will try to fix as soon as possible.


Q: Are the weapons lore-friendly ?
A: Yes.

Q: Can you add ... ? / Can you change ... ?
A: Maybe. Feel free to ask.

Q: I don't like these weapons.
A: I don't need any complaints how you don't like the mod. Simply move on and use a mod you like.


Credits:

Credits and special thanks to
Corvalho for Sword of Ancient Tongues
Joedpa for Sword of the Ancient Tongues golden and no scabbard
BBDLQEK1 for Thinner Blade and Glowing Runes for Sword of Ancient Tongues

Celiand for the spanish translation

and (of course):
Bethesda for one of the best games ever
ousnius for SSE Nif Optimizer


Other tools used: CreationKit 2.0, SSEEdit 3.2.1, NifSkope 2.0.0, Gimp 2.10, MergePlugins 2.3.1, ESP-ESM Translator 3.50, 7-zip



Thank You

Thank you for checking out the mod. I did my best to provide a good mod for YOU.

Please come back and endorse when you like the mod. Thank you.


You have read until here? Really? I am impressed. Congratulations. You are probably the only one in a hundred. But now it's time to play ... Have fun !