Mysterious walled compounds...

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Lord_Draevan
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While browsing r/elderscrollsonline, I found this picture:

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It's a walled off, inaccessible compound in the Alik'r Desert. But this reminded be that I found another one in Deshaan. Same thing, walled off compund in the middle of nowhere, on an island off the coast, no map marker, no explanation, no one in there, doors all locked. I'm sure there's one in an AD zone too (if you've found one please comment on it).
This makes me think it has something to do with a future expansion or content.
Thoughts?

EDIT: So far there are 4:
-In Deshaan:
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-In Stormhaven (no image)
-In the Alik'r Desert (see above)

-In Grahtwood:
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Edited by Lord_Draevan on January 14, 2015 8:04PM
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  • Iago
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    There is one in Grahtwood too I believe they have something to do with either the darn brotherhood or Theives guild when they get introduced
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  • Lord_Draevan
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    Iago wrote: »
    There is one in Grahtwood too I believe they have something to do with either the darn brotherhood or Theives guild when they get introduced

    Probably. As it's pretty small, maybe it's some form of player housing? Or maybe it is a Thieve's Guild/Brotherhood hideout with most of the base being underground?
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  • phreatophile
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    That Darn Brotherhood...
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  • Lord_Draevan
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    I'm also fairly certain they're all island, the ones in Alik'r and Deshaan are, at any rate.
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  • Iago
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    I Believe Grahtwood may be too
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  • UrQuan
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    There's one here in Grahtwood:
    MysteryLocationGrahtwood_zps9c5fa5f3.jpg
    I actually managed to get inside it using some creative jumping, but there was nothing inside. There's one in Stormhaven too.
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  • Lord_Draevan
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    UrQuan wrote: »
    I actually managed to get inside it using some creative jumping, but there was nothing inside. There's one in Stormhaven too.

    There is on in Stormhaven too? Interesting...
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  • UrQuan
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    There is on in Stormhaven too? Interesting...
    Yeah, the one in Stormhaven is just East of Bonesnap Ruins. I spent a loooong time trying to find a way to get into that one... The only one of these walled compounds that I've managed to successfully get into was the one in Grahtwood, and like I said there wasn't anything inside (or at least, not anything you could interact with).
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  • OrangeTheCat
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    This is cool. I am going to check this out the first opportunity I have. Thanks for posting this OP.
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  • OrangeTheCat
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    I got inside the compound in Grahtwood. Pretty easy to do. I did find one crate and one barrel I can interact with; just contain basic provisioning mats.
  • kungmoo
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    there is one in cyrodiil as well, SE corner of the map by the AD relic gate
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  • Lord_Draevan
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    there is one in cyrodiil as well, SE corner of the map by the AD relic gate

    That's the city of Bravil itself. Similarly, you can't access Cloud Ruler Temple in DC/EP territory.
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  • TheShadowScout
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    Found the four in the adventure zones too. I suspect they are just there for now, to become important in some future update. Guildhalls, maybe?

    BtW, of a similar yet not same nature is the empty cave village in the NW corner of Shadowfen... I also always wonder if maybe someday that one will get something... or if maybe I just missed a quest somewhere around there...
  • Merlin13KAGL
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    There are numerous places like this that are locked down.

    Some may be for future content, some for ambiance.

    Remember, it's a war torn world - it's not so unusual that some people would pack up, lock up, place a ward and just go.

    Regarding SE AD...those docks are such a tease. *Hate invisiwalls* Same with the oversized gates connecting to Cyrodiil/Craglorn.
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  • OrangeTheCat
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    While trying to swim past the Grahtwood enclosed building to something nearby that looked similarly interesting I discovered there are Slaughterfish in PvE. I was very disappointed.
  • Lord_Draevan
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    I assumed it was only one per faction before, but if there's one in Stormhaven and Alik'r then it's safe to assume there's one in each zone.
    Edited by Lord_Draevan on January 14, 2015 7:52PM
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  • dietlime
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    They look like prime candidates for player housing in the TES universe as well.

    One thing is for sure. Someone had to use ZoS' tools to manually and intentionally place that structure's elements (not tiles, but a "clipping editor" they probably have- think Halo Forge).

    So either:

    A.) It had a purpose which was removed.

    or

    B.) It has a purpose which is not yet implemented.

    Nice find, OP!
    Edited by dietlime on January 14, 2015 7:49PM
  • dietlime
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    There are numerous places like this that are locked down.

    Some may be for future content, some for ambiance.

    Remember, it's a war torn world - it's not so unusual that some people would pack up, lock up, place a ward and just go.

    Nope! Game design doesn't work this way. That's a whole user-interactable layout someone took the time to pick and place in such a way that players could scamper around on it. Nobody's taking the time to tuck whole compounds players will never notice. They spend time doing that with "skeleton picknicks", but what you're looking at there is probably an hour+ time-consuming to lay out, depending how skilled the user (artist) is with the editor tools provided.

    It's one thing to add ruins, or abandoned structures; but you put those where players will see them. They're set pieces. The OP has a picture of some level design, not a set piece. Granted, just a little snippet.

    I hope it's something neat!
    Edited by dietlime on January 14, 2015 7:53PM
  • Lord_Draevan
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    They're kind of hidden too, the one in Deshaan in way off in the southeast corner.
    Edited by Lord_Draevan on January 14, 2015 8:02PM
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  • xKyrio
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    While browsing r/elderscrollsonline, I found this picture:

    ucy5a9l.jpg

    It's a walled off, inaccessible compound in the Alik'r Desert. But this reminded be that I found another one in Deshaan. Same thing, walled off compund in the middle of nowhere, on an island off the coast, no map marker, no explanation, no one in there, doors all locked. I'm sure there's one in an AD zone too (if you've found one please comment on it).
    This makes me think it has something to do with a future expansion or content.
    Thoughts?

    EDIT: So far there are 4:
    -In Deshaan
    -In Stormhaven
    -In the Alik'r Desert
    -In Grahtwood

    I remeber jumping in there, and getting stuck when i was new to the game :P
    i think it was that stop atleast.
  • Djem
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    Very interesting. Player housing seems the most likely guess to me, as Thieves Guild and Dark Brotherhood hideouts are usually not so glamorous.
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  • Kartalin
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    I agree it's probably not TG or DB, because those would likely be accessible to each faction at roughly the same point in their character progression. Like Vampire/WW bites from NPCs and the altars are only available in the final zone for each faction: Reaper's March, The Rift, and Bangkorai.
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  • RSram
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    I got into both the Deshann and Grahtwood compounds. In both cases I used the streak skill to teleport to the top of the wall. In the Desann compound there is a huge rock next to the wall that you can streak from, and in the GRathwood compound, there are crates that you can steak from to get to the top of the wall.

    You cannot enter any of the building in either compound.

    I haven't tried the other two.

    Is the Stormhaven compound with walls made of wooden posts? if not then there is a fifth compound or fort that I found several months ago, but I don't remember what zone it was in.

    I posted about these several months ago, I thought that these were part of a quest that I missed.
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