Crossbows fall under the archery perk tree and all points assigned to archery will also apply to them. Crossbows remain loaded while moving in the world, allowing a quicker reaction than bows at the cost of being slower to reload and reducing the player's movement speed during reloading. New armors, perks, and weapons are introduced, including a crossbow for the Dawnguard. Players will be granted access to one of two home bases: Castle Volkihar or Fort Dawnguard. Players are given the choice to join forces with the vampiric Volkihar Clan or to fight them alongside an order of vampire hunters known as the Dawnguard. Two unique skill trees are introduced in Dawnguard, one for vampirism and one for lycanthropy. DLC includes different armors, items, weapons, characters, etc. The player can choose to either aid the Dawnguard or join the Volkihar, becoming a vampire lord themselves in the process. The Volkihar's leader Lord Harkon intends to use an Elder Scroll to permanently blot out the sun.

The Dawnguard is an organization dedicated to hunting vampires who attempt to stop the return of a powerful clan of Vampires named the Volkihar who possess the power to turn into monstrous 'vampire lords'. ĭawnguard revolves around an ancient prophecy predicted by an Elder Scroll. Due to performance issues, the PlayStation 3 release of Dawnguard was delayed until February 26, 2013. It was released on Microsoft Windows via Steam on August 2, 2012. The Xbox 360 version of Dawnguard was launched in English-speaking territories on June 26, 2012, and in France, Germany, Italy, and Spain in mid-July 2012. It was developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Dawnguard is a downloadable content add-on for the action role-playing open world video game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

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