Is it possible to confront Dagoth Ur from the beginning of the game

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Let's suppose someone has just started a new game and has just stepped off the boat in Seyda Neen. Is there anything, aside from the difficulty of the monsters, stopping the player from walking up Red Mountain and confronting Dagoth Ur?

For example, is the Ghost Gate locked until some part of the main quest has been completed? Even so, there's that secret entrance into Red Mountain underneath Kogoruhn that would grant you access into the Ghost Fence.

Additionally, is it absolutely neccesary to to acquire Kagrenac's Tools to defeat Dagoth Ur, or do they simply make him easier to beat? Would a hypothetical infinitely-leveled character still be able to take him down?

Best Answer

Short answer: No, there is nothing stopping a player from confronting Dagoth Ur right from the start, but you will need Sunder and Keening to actually accomplish anything.

Longer answer:

Ghostfence is fairly easy to get past. The gate is IIRC openable right from the start, you can levitate over the fence anyway, and if all else fails, the Scrolls of Icarian Flight can get you pretty much anywhere; just use a second scroll, or any source of Slowfall or to land, and you're done.

Without Sunder and Keening, though, you've no way to actually destroy the heart, so you'll need to go grab those on the way. Wraithguard can be safely skipped, as long as you have some way to survive the damage caused by the other two artifacts. That's not an easy thing to do, but it is certainly possible. A common method involves getting 100 pts of Resist Magicka, since the damage from Sunder/Keening is magical. The Heart Ring dropped by Dagoth in the first fight is handy here; even though it only lasts 30 seconds, that's more than enough time to destroy the Heart.

Ultimately, the game can be beaten without ever having to fight anything, or even complete any proper quests beyond the tutorial. But doing so involves running past some very strong enemies without the levels or equipment you normally need to survive them; look up Morrowind Speedruns on YouTube (or anywhere else on the internet speedruns can be found) to see some of the ways people survive the run into Red Mountain.

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