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Issue Data
Status: New
Issue Type: Bug Report
Project: Unofficial Oblivion Patch
Component: Unofficial Oblivion Patch
Category: Actors & AI Packages
Assigned To: Nobody
Platform: All
Severity: Very Low
Votes: 0
Watching: N/A
Opened By Anonymous on Jul 21, 2026 2:45 am

Issue #36815: NPCs loosing their essential status

 
There are changes like these mentioned in the changelog: "Also in Order of the Virtuous Blood, if the player sides with Seridur, he will be made non-essential after the quest, as he is involved in no other quests"

Similiar to the ticket here https://afktrack.afkmods.com/index.php?a=issues&i=36683 NPCs being essential for seemingly no reason seems to not be considered a bug by Unofficial Patch Team standards. There are other examples like this in the UOP and SI and DLC Patch. I suggest looking for the term essential in the changelog to find all the cases.