Argonian Houseboat - no access to the roof

alienmz · July 2025

The argonian houseboat is equipped with a ladder leading to the roof of the boat. But you cannot use the ladder to go up.

Is this intended or a bug ?

onyxorb · July 2025

I think they intent it to be this way, but a lot of people have made comments on this (at least in game).

I'm hoping that if enough people put in tickets that maybe they'll reconsider the design and angle the ladder so it's actually climbable.

Never know, maybe it will be changed.

ArchMikem · July 2025

onyxorb wrote: »

I think they intent it to be this way, but a lot of people have made comments on this (at least in game).

I'm hoping that if enough people put in tickets that maybe they'll reconsider the design and angle the ladder so it's actually climbable.

Never know, maybe it will be changed.

They have a strong policy of not changing content thats gone to the Live servers unless its breaking the game.

Punches_Below_Belt · July 2025

But why go to the trouble to design it that way? Did they run out of time to finish it?

Nemesis7884 · July 2025

Man it would be so awesome if they expanded the game to the ocean with isable boats and underwater content, diving etc even knowing this will never happen (but the again we do get swimming mounts...and boats are essentially mounts...)

LunaFlora · July 2025

you can add the marshwood ramp to it
https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Murkmire_Ramp,_Marshwood

cozmic72 · July 2025

Yeah I was disappointed when I bought this as well.

Kitziboo · July 2025

I’m currently using the Marshwood ramp for access whilst I decorate. You can even walk up the lower section which has no steps but I’m still trying to think of a way to integrate it whilst being functional.

onyxorb · July 2025

LunaFlora wrote: »

you can add the marshwood ramp to it
https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Murkmire_Ramp,_Marshwood

I took a screenshot of the houseboat with that same ramp next to the ladder and attached it to the ticket I submitted.
Just wanted to show just how small of a change would be needed to make the ladder usable.

People mentioned this in PTS as well, it's just strange that they would make it like this knowing that most people would want to get on the roof.

I know there is a 99.999% it will not be changed, especially since it made it to live this way, but can always hope.

NoticeMeArkay · July 2025

The angle of the boat houses ladder versus the angle required for us to walk upwards. Made a picture from the side. We got so close.

twisttop138 · July 2025

There's a few housing related things recently I've been disappointed by. The house boat but really big for me was the steam baths house. So many invisible walls so close to the house. When you look at something like the lighthouse for instance, you can go everywhere even out to all the little shipwrecks. Such a shame.

Grizzbeorn · July 2025

It was kind of a pain to get the Murkmire Ramp in a not-terrible-looking position that was traversable, but I eventually got it.

Thanks, @LunaFlora, for pointing out the Ramp.

Katheriah · July 2025

twisttop138 wrote: »

There's a few housing related things recently I've been disappointed by. The house boat but really big for me was the steam baths house. So many invisible walls so close to the house. When you look at something like the lighthouse for instance, you can go everywhere even out to all the little shipwrecks. Such a shame.

I noticed the Steam Bath walls as well. One positive thing though is that you can build pretty far into the sea at the entrance of the house.