Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-4015741-20131010112323/@comment-26318119-20150527230153

Rukathesoldier wrote: 98.232.175.28 wrote: [sorry for the necro]

Yeah it was a bit silly that the Aetherium Forge quest ends with you musing about whether or not there's any other aetherium out there, when there are clearly mounds of the stuff in Blackreach, as well as a few other places. I don't think that stuff is Aetherium. i believe it is, because if you compare the shards you find to open the forge with the countless number of mounds in blackreach (WHICH is where they started mining aetherium in the first place), you can see that there are some striking resemblence.

other than that, i dont see any reason that it ISNT aetherium, other than some of the braindead npc's telling me so. it cant be stalhrim as stahlrim is found north on Solstheim, and is a more.. colorful ore that doesnt share the same simularities as what we find in the depths of blackreach.

and considering that blackreach was the first place that aetherium was found, and it was THE place to mine it, i dont see why there still cant be exposed ore as with other ore across skyrim. not to mention we were told that the dwemer fought over it, meaning that mining operations could have ceased while they were fighting, meaning there would still be unmined ore around.

im certain that the rocks in blackreach are indeed aetherium, but theres not much to be done since no one seems to go into blackreach for ages :|