One of the leads who worked on The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim says he hopes The Elder Scrolls 6 adds boats and naval exploration.
In an interview with GoHumanize, Bruce Nesmith – who was at Bethesda from 1995-1998 and again from 2004-2021, where he was lead designer on Skyrim and a quest designer on Fallout 3, 4 and 76 – was asked what he’d like to see in The Elder Scrolls 6, which he isn’t working on.
Nesmith replied that he hoped fan theories that The Elder Scrolls 6 will be set around Iliac Bay and Sentinel City are true, because that would potentially lead to the ability to use boats and explore the water for the first time in the series.
“What will be the big new feature for Elder Scrolls 6? I think boats and potentially even naval combat are the natural ones,” he said.
“Moving vehicles is not something that the Elder Scrolls has never really had. You had carriages that would take you from place-to-place, but most players only did that once. It didn’t really add anything.”
Nesmith added that adding the ability to use a boat and explore the sea could make for more than just another way to get around, but the introduction of entirely new game mechanics and enemies.
“Setting Elder Scrolls VI in Iliac Bay, you’re setting yourself up for a big expansion into seafaring stuff, and even if you never go under the water, think about all the things you could do on top of the water,” he explained.
“It could be really cool. We might get entire skill trees allowing you to walk on water or have boats that allow you to do more than just sail your boat. There could be all kinds of unique creatures and spells that could work with water too.
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