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Issue Data
Status: Closed
Issue Type: Bug Report
Project: Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition Patch
Component: Skyrim SE: Vanilla
Category: Actors & AI Packages
Assigned To: Nobody
Platform: All
Severity: Very Low
Votes: 0
Watching: N/A
Opened By BlackPete on Sep 24, 2025 6:02 am
Last Edited By Arthmoor on Jan 28, 2026 6:26 pm
Closed By Arthmoor on Jan 28, 2026 6:28 pm
Resolution: Fixed
Comment: Fixed for USSEP 4.3.7.

Issue #35907: Winterhold guard at Whistling Mine carries too many shields

 
The Winterhold guard outside of Whistling Mine (Ref ID: 0005CAA8) is set up to carry two Winterhold guard shields, plus what seems to be another randomized type of shield. It's easy to see in the Creation Kit from the actor base record (GuardWinterholdSons) why there are two copies of the unique Winterhold guard shield, but I'm not sure where the third generic one is coming from. None of the three Winterhold guards in town have this problem.

As you can see in the screenshot linked below, the mine guard has two copies of the unique shield plus a hide shield.
https://postimg.cc/sBXKxW8M

As a comparison in the screenshot linked below, a town guard only has the one unique shield.
https://postimg.cc/R3Ss5y4x


Note: Not directly related, but the mine guard also has a sleep outfit while the three in town don't. Given the inventory setup, this particular guard may have originally been a direct copy/paste from a regular Stormcloak soldier.

Related Issues: 5989  

Comments

1 comment(s) [Closed]
Arthmoor said:
 
It looks like we may simply have missed removing this one guard's extra shield when 5989 was fixed in 2012.

I cannot find anything in the templates to explain why he's also got a Hide Shield as nothing in any of his parent lists mentions those, and he's got the "Use Invetory" box unchecked anyway. Maybe this fix to remove the extra shield will be enough to correct things going forward.

Comment #1 Jan 28, 2026 6:28 pm
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