Ok, so I don't really want to spoil one of the places that I think is just... the most amazing video game setting I've ever visited in ... any game ... ever. That said, Blackreach is http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/596954956044558004/5F2DD69F1E5B2B1BBBE3E5DDDBECD3BDB3F30376/. This is easily one of the most beautiful settings I have ever seen in any story, ever. Really.

I think it combines the best and most amazing elements of Skyrim, Morrowind, and Oblivion together with some of the greatest ideas from Star Wars (TFU), Lord of the Rings, and who knows just about what else. It's amazing.

Not only that, but the place is HUGE. It's obnoxiously huge. I'm trying to explore it the old fashioned way (by running around in it) and I've been down there for more than an hour and I still haven't figured out my way around that place.

But whatever, the point of this thread is that I really, really, really want a house down there. I just.. need one. I'll pay $10 for a well-done DLC house down there, I don't care. I need it. If gamesas can't do it, then please modders, make my day.

And Bethesda, truly, you have done something awe-inspiring. I haven't been that amazed by a single game environment since ... well actually I haven't ever. Wow.

http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197968493770/screenshots/?tab=all

I agree, I could spend hours down there. I already did. That was one of the greatest, most memorable dungeons ever.

I got lost numerous times there. It was absurd.

Couldn't agree more... that is all

I spend 2 hours just looking around me, taking it all in and it literally blew me away. I even saw a Giant walking around minding his own business.

the first time i actually got to Blackreach i just stared in awe at [censored] EVERYTHING. the way the jellyfish mushroom trees sway a bit stood out for some reason as a "hoooly [censored]" thing to me. i wandered around for fifteen minutes until i remembered i was there to do something and went and did it (also because i was sort of low-level and the chauruses (chaurusii??) were wrecking my [censored]).

the A[censored]d/Blackreach/M[censored]k (censoring for people who actually want to stumble across it~) thing as a whole is just absolutely incredible. spectacular dungeon crawl and atmosphere and design and just EVERYTHING. easily my favorite part of the game so far.

Claim Sinderion's Field House, sure, it has his skeleton in it, atleast it's nice and cozy!

go and get all the crimson nirnroots it will take you all over just finding a few i dont think ive even seen all of it and i spend atleast a good 2 hours down there

I spent hours in this place, the fact that there were little mini dungeons in this dungeon, that required going through one of 3 Dwemer dungeons to access blew my mind.

"Yo dawg I heard you liked dungeon crawling, so we put a dungeon in yo dungeon so you could dungeon crawl while you dungeon crawl"

But seriously, like every type of mining node was there, plus the setting was just so fantastical, with the glowing mushrooms, floating glowing spores, an exotic plant, Steampunk Dwemer city, waterfalls, it was dreamy, absolutely surreal.

I want to go were is that at it looks amazing :drool:

It's just a glimpse, on all the DLC they have coming for us! Muahahaha!

They proved that they CAN make breathtaking environments when they want to.
They'll have plenty of time to work on new content. No set release date and all that.

I spent hours upon hours down there, and I still think I haven't seen all of it.

My entrance was spectacular.

On the lift:
Me: Alright! Let's find this transcripter in that tower, and get out of here!
*charges out with my ax in hand*
Me: Ho. Lee. [censored].
Lydia: I've never seen anything quite like this.

I was immediately shot with a spike by a sphere centurion, bringing me back to earth.

Is there any easy way to go back to Blackreach after you complete the quest that brings you there?

How do you find that place?

This.
This is exactly what happened to me,haha
Except I was with Azura Lady.
Both my companion and I must have distended our jaws.

@EffeminaT
Yep, an elevator

@Imperial
Through the main quest

I love Blackreach, I've not cleared it yet, plan on going back when I've leveled a bit more, the Falmor are easy, it's the other denizens of the place that tend to one or two shot me and it's game over.

I litterally spend a day in blackreach, easily the best designed dungeon in any game, ever. If you count all the dwarven areas that are in it and connect to it it is absolutely the apitome of an open world dungeon.

Just find the lift you returned to the surface with.

I agree, I want a house in Blackreach. It kinda felt like a Lovecraft creation. I loved it.

I'd like to know this as well.

I've found something that looks like it's probably a lift to take you down there, but I can't seem to even interact with the gate.

As far as I know you can only get there by being on the main quest or the quest Discerning the Transmundane.

There are several access points through Dwemer ruins, but the only connections from the outside world that bring you directly to Blackreach have to be unlocked from inside.

Once inside Blackreach, you can find several lifts that take you outdoors in Skyrim, and I think you can get back down the same ways.

Blackreach was definitely my favorite location so far. It's so huge and beautiful and mysterious and dangerous. Full of plant life and mineral formations you can't see anywhere else, and some spectacular Dwemer ruins. The music also added to the experience greatly. I spent a good couple weeks of game time exploring every corner of the place.

I've spent so much time down there with my lvl 52 Nord Battlemage. I know it like the top of my foot. I go down there periodicallly for Crimson Nirnroot and plentiful kills. Not to mention the loot. The glorious enchanted loot.

I saw him too and killed him. Best defense is a good offense

Beautiful dungeon. Was in it for hours and hours today

:D

If you explore the are fully there are several lifts that can be unlocked to allow fast access to the surface. I found 4 seperate direct lifts to the surface myself, strewn across skyrim. If you were game I'd wager you could use blackreach to "fast-travel" across half the map.

To get there for the first time, you have to stumble upon it from within one of the several ruins that connect to it. At first, there's no entrance to it directly. This is actually one of the things that's so cool about it, you have to find this place within another place.

After you get there, though, there are several elevators that go to the surface. The lever for turning on the lift is actually in the middle of the lift floor itself. When you get to the top, you have to flip another switch on the wall to unlock the door from the inside. Now you can get back to the lift whenever you like.