Unreachable lore books?

tinythinker · April 2014

Has anyone encountered them?

I've seen them under tables, etc, in Stonefalls (below deck on the ship at the Dagger's Landing Site), in Deshaan (a crafting station in an old mine), and by a fishing spot at Nimaltan in The Rift.

Are they really unreachable or is there a trick to it that has eluded me? Are they just there to tease players? Have you seen them? Could you reach them?

(Not claiming a bug or anything, just asking about some content I've seen.)

RussianRambo · April 2014

tinythinker wrote: »

Has anyone encountered them?

I've seen them under tables, etc, in Stonefalls (below deck on the ship at the Dagger's Landing Site), in Deshaan (a crafting station in an old mine), and by a fishing spot at Nimaltan in The Rift.

Are they really unreachable or is there a trick to it that has eluded me? Are they just there to tease players? Have you seen them? Could you reach them?

(Not claiming a bug or anything, just asking about some content I've seen.)

I have encountered them. One day I found a lore book under a bed, but couldn't reach it. Next day that book appeared to be lying on top of the bed. So I read it ... That really is a bug. I remember one time I saw the blue glowing beneath a barrel which would usually signify that there is a lore book. As in the first case with the bed, the book was out of my reach and would have probably reappeared on top of the barrel later if I came back.

indhyrocksssb14_ESO · April 2014

Yes, I've found them. Logging Out/In normally makes it appear on top of whatever surface it was under.

tinythinker · April 2014

Thanks, will try that.

kirbus · April 2014

found one under a stool took a couple minuets and sneaking to finally get it. im wondering are all lore books in set locations or do they appear randomly? im thinking randomly because i have found nearly half of all the lore books in one faction territory.

tinythinker · April 2014

Some are fixed for each zone and others are more random.

Oh, and I ran across another unreachable book. The /reloadui command didn't help, but relogging as suggested here did.

Malediktus · April 2014

Havent seen any bugged lore books yet (collected 100+) but some normal books which were bugged. All of them in quest only rooms/caves. Restarting the game or restarting the quest never fixed it for me

A shame since you cannot go back to them.
One of them was in the endless slaughter mage guild quest. In the last burned house before the final fight there was a yellow glowing note or letter on a crate, but interacting with it did not work. Tried relogging and abandoning+redoing the quest of course

Jirki88 · April 2014

Yeah I've seen some of these lorebooks that are bugged. It seem to happen quite frequently with those that lay on a barrel/crate/nightstand or so, that they load laying on the floor INSIDE what they were supposed to lay ON.

tinythinker · April 2014

Just saw another one in Snapleg Cave under a hide blanket. At least now I can get them, but I guess it is a bug after all.

Nabren · April 2014

I can confirm that logging out and back in generally fixes the lorebook positions. Have not ran into a case yet where that didn't work.

markc01 · September 2017

I have always fixed the lorebook glitch by log out and then log back in... but now, after Morrowind expanision, ZOS fixed Cryodiil so that when you log out you get kicked out of Cryodiil. All that stuff that use to get fixed by log out and log in now doesn't work in Cryodiil. GEEZ!

tinythinker · September 2017

markc01 wrote: »

I have always fixed the lorebook glitch by log out and then log back in... but now, after Morrowind expanision, ZOS fixed Cryodiil so that when you log out you get kicked out of Cryodiil. All that stuff that use to get fixed by log out and log in now doesn't work in Cryodiil. GEEZ!

That's not good. Which book/what location?

TelvanniWizard · September 2017

You always seeking the forbidden knowledge, the books that no one should read... One day Hermaeus Mora will take you to Apocripha.

Vahrokh · September 2017

There are also lore books that if you miss them, you'll never be able to get them again. They are (very smartly) put in "one in a lifetime" rooms, whose door locks permanently after the quest is over.
An example: during Craglorn questline you are sent to kill some "generals". One of them lives in an underground fortress and his throne room (where you kill him) locks forever once you killed him. Of course, if you forgot / did not notice the book in there, you are out of luck about ever getting it again.

sabretalon · October 2017

I've had them as well.

Also had the walk through walls one as well.

A pain when it takes forever to log out and in again