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SilverBride
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I don't know where this fire is coming from because it's just hovering over the snow. I ran across it doing surveys on PCNA today. Here is a screenshot of it and of the map showing its location. I will report this as a bug in game.

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  • SilverIce58
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    This happens to me sometimes in Vivec's crafting areas but with a blue flame. Not sure what causes it either.
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  • SilverBride
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    I went to do a survey and when I came back it was gone. I had never seen anything like that before.
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  • Sluggy
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    Rare sight of an above ground knocker? Just don't whistle while it's around. I hear they hate that.
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    What is a knocker?
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  • karthrag_inak
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    khajiit is lifelong Mel Brooks fan

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  • SilverBride
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    I don't think that's what they meant...
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  • Frayton
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    SilverBride wrote: »
    What is a knocker?

    https://www.toptenz.net/10-interesting-facts-about-the-tommyknocker-legend.php
  • SilverBride
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    Have any others seen anything like this fire?
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  • Viridian_Wizard
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    Kind of reminded of this lore. https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Bloodmoon_Prophecy
  • Sluggy
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    SilverBride wrote: »
    What is a knocker?

    Sorry. I'm from PA. I sometimes forget that it isn't a thing everyone knows. Anyway, looks like someone else posted a link about them.

    It's actually a really interesting legend since there are a lot of things that can be explained away with physics and yet, when you are a hundred feet below ground or more parts of your modern brain just seem to shut off and superstition takes an iron grip.

    One of the manifestations is supposed to be that of a flame that can sometimes lead the way to fresh air. That's what instantly popped into my head when Is saw the picture anyway.
  • katanagirl1
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    I’ve never seen anything like that. Was the flame animated and flickering like a regular flame?
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    katanagirl1 wrote: »
    I’ve never seen anything like that. Was the flame animated and flickering like a regular flame?

    Yes. It looked like it was coming up from the ground.
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  • DenverRalphy
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    I went and took a peek at the location with some addons enabled to see if there's anything that would occasionally spawn there. But nothing. Not even a resource node. Curious.
    Edited by DenverRalphy on 27 August 2026 17:56
  • SilverBride
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    I was surprised. I've played over a decade and never saw anything like this before. I was traveling along the road heading to a survey and there it was.

    My arrow on the map points to the way I was facing. It was on the west side of the road.
    Edited by SilverBride on 27 August 2026 18:04
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  • DenverRalphy
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    SilverBride wrote: »
    I was surprised. I've played over a decade and never saw anything like this before. I was traveling along the road heading to a survey and there it was.

    My arrow on the map points to the way I was facing. It was on the west side of the road.

    Yeah, I'm pretty sure I found the same location on PSNA. There are a few resource node spawn locations nearby, but nothing right on the spot I was looking at. Would be interesting to learn what it is all the same.

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    DenverRalphy wrote: »
    SilverBride wrote: »
    I was surprised. I've played over a decade and never saw anything like this before. I was traveling along the road heading to a survey and there it was.

    My arrow on the map points to the way I was facing. It was on the west side of the road.

    Yeah, I'm pretty sure I found the same location on PSNA. There are a few resource node spawn locations nearby, but nothing right on the spot I was looking at. Would be interesting to learn what it is all the same.

    That's the right spot. The same squirrel to the right of the tree is there, too.
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  • Treeshka
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    Maybe those Flame Atronach assistants causing some graphical glitch?
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    I don't have that assistant and no one else was around.
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  • Frayton
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    Treeshka wrote: »
    Maybe those Flame Atronach assistants causing some graphical glitch?
    This might be it actually. Sometimes effects from other players or their pets/companions/assistants will stay behind when they leave especially those flashy ones.
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    I didn't realize that could happen, but I don't think that is what this is. The flame patterns are very different. The fire I saw is like ones we see in huge campfires around Tamriel.
    Edited by SilverBride on 27 August 2026 21:59
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  • DenverRalphy
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    Frayton wrote: »
    Treeshka wrote: »
    Maybe those Flame Atronach assistants causing some graphical glitch?
    This might be it actually. Sometimes effects from other players or their pets/companions/assistants will stay behind when they leave especially those flashy ones.

    Pretty sure that can only happen if your game client is "there" to witness it when it happens. Phantom residue from visual effects typically aren't a server side phenomenon as it's a result of the client not properly dismissing a visual effect. In this particular case the server is telling the client "there is something there to render" because it manifested before the client was there to witness its creation.
  • Elvenheart
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    Maybe it’s somehow related to what’s up in Winterhold….
  • Frayton
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    DenverRalphy wrote: »
    Frayton wrote: »
    Treeshka wrote: »
    Maybe those Flame Atronach assistants causing some graphical glitch?
    This might be it actually. Sometimes effects from other players or their pets/companions/assistants will stay behind when they leave especially those flashy ones.

    Pretty sure that can only happen if your game client is "there" to witness it when it happens. Phantom residue from visual effects typically aren't a server side phenomenon as it's a result of the client not properly dismissing a visual effect. In this particular case the server is telling the client "there is something there to render" because it manifested before the client was there to witness its creation.

    It might be a range thing. I've seen some residual effects that I recognize even if I didn't see who it came from.
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    Elvenheart wrote: »
    Maybe it’s somehow related to what’s up in Winterhold….

    What is happening in Winterhold?
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  • whitecrow
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    Frayton wrote: »
    Treeshka wrote: »
    Maybe those Flame Atronach assistants causing some graphical glitch?
    This might be it actually. Sometimes effects from other players or their pets/companions/assistants will stay behind when they leave especially those flashy ones.

    I remember this happened with the Dwemervamidium Mirage memento when it first came out.
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  • SilverBride
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    Is there a memento that is a flame like this?
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