Top 8 Worst Decisions In Skyrim

Skyrim has some pretty cruel outcomes if you're not careful. Here are 8 of the worst decisions you can make in the game

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[LexusLFA]

The biggest joke is that the Rueful Axe isn't even a daedric artefact.

[Antidisestablishmentarianismm]

i think destroy the dark brotherhood should've been a questline. where you have to figure out things like where the sanctuary is and the password and then hunt down members like cicero and burn the night mothers corpse

[kamixakadio]

Even worse, Not killing Paarthurnax isn't "A Choice", its the absence of progression. The Quest gives you not choice, on the basis of completing quests, yet despite that, people still refuse to kill him, even though it means permanently never progressing that quest further, nor completing it. It's heartwarming, and is evidence of how great the writing is.

[BlueFireDrakka]

as someone who actually did destroy the dark brotherhood on one of my character, It did feel kind of...Empty. maybe if you got a separate questline where you uncovered their plans and prevented what they were going to do, and get like Non murder versions of the Dark brotherhood's major assassination's quests, like being invited to Vittoria's wedding as a guest of honor for preventing her death and that dinner on the ship as thanks, capped off with a white horse gifted from the Emperor as a counterpart to Shadowmere.
maybe that was too much but honestly I feel like it needed more than a pat on the head and some gold for taking down a super secret assassins' guild.

[neilprice]

Barbas isn't a dog. He's a Daedra that can shape shift into anything he wants, but uses the dog form for scouting and getting around without being noticed. He's only trapped in the form of a dog because Clavicus Vile forced to remain in one form as punishment, In that game only and doing so also trapped Vilein that statue.

[duplicarus]

Option 3 keep Barbas for yourself forever, that way you have an un-killable dog companion.
Step 1: Start the quest
Step 2: Accept Vile's Task
Step 3: Never complete the task

[Rev.RappingChad]

A horse is actually pretty useful if you’re overloaded with goods to bring to the market. Being on your horse, you can fast travel back to the market in any city.

[devoradordelosmundos]

Honestly it baffled me that you can't just kill the Blades instead. I mean, it's not like they're major players. After Alduin's Wall (and Season Unending if you didn't finish the Civil War), they basically just hide in their old shitty temple. Why not place a side option to kill the Blades when they tell you to kill ol' Party Snax?

[wyattsouthard]

Timestamps:
Mistake 1: 0:23 Mistake: Returning Azura's Star
Mistake 2: 1:25 Mistake: Killing Barbas
Mistake 3: 2:58 Mistake: Betraying Parthenax
Mistake 4: 3:43 Mistake: Destroying the Dark Brotherhood
Mistake 5: 4:54 Mistake: Sparing Silus Vesuius
Mistake 6: 6:13 Mistake: Becoming a Vampire instead of a Werewolf
Mistake 7: 7:13 Mistake: Investing in lockpicking
Mistake 8: 8:09 Mistake: Buying a horse

[BH-wlxr]

Lockpicking is actually okay to get to the Increased Gold and the Extra chance of special treasure. It is a must do for a money grubber like me.

[ender_slayer]

You can actually kill Delphine and Esbern in vanilla Skyrim on any platform if you have any level of “Raise Dead”. Just cast it at them repeatedly (probably pop a few magica pots) and they’ll eventually begin to glow. Shortly after that they’ll turn to ash like any other resurrected corpse.

*BE WARNED* doing this *will* break any other quests that are related to them, and they *WILL NOT* respawn.

This method works on any NPC even if they are “required” like the graybeards.

[tythesithari]

I refuse to ever kill my dragon buddy over the blades but instead of killing Esbern it would be cool if he joined the greybeards. Unlike Delphine who sends you to your near death on a "hunch" he actually helps you get information and gives you a way to catch a dragon, plus he was the only one to call out both civil war factions outside Arngeir since the other greybeards don't talk. There needs to be a mod to only kill Delphine and let esbern be a greybeard or kill Delphine and rebuild the Blades with him while sparing dragon grandpa.

[Alatzas]

It's not about stupidity, but about RP and morals. It's obvious that most of moral decisions are made to be non-lucrative, it's a classic artistical device. Wouldn't be the high road otherwise.

[oscarmanuelayala]

For anyone that doesnt know, the best way to get a horse early game w/o doing a whole side quest story line, like dark brotherhood, (shadowmere) or dawnguard (arvaak) would be to tame the unicorn. I forgot exactly how to start the quest, i think its in the college of winterhold but plz correct me if im wrong. Its the 'creature of legend' quest. It is invincible, and it will always be with you and best of all its free and there is not a single threat to reach it or tame it. Im not sure if u need to start the quest to trigger spawning the unicorn but if u wanna try to tame it w/o starting the actual quest i was lead between Riften and Champions rest. Hope this helps 😊

[forshizzlemywizzle]

Lockpicking is always a wild investment in my mind, because once I figured out that basically what you do is turn the lock really slowly until you feel the strongest buzz in your controller, and then rotate the other stick, as long as it’s between the two strongest buzzes, it will open, I don’t think I’ve failed a single lockpick attempt. I do wish I’d known that when I first picked the game up in 2011 though 😅

[bandinem]

I love the fact that unlike in fallout i dont need to put any point into lockpicking to open master locks, its easy and with enough lockpicks the world is yours

[askdeterminataleandaus]

the Vampire decision ONLY talks about the Original Vampires, Vampire Lords have no real downside in sun other than no Magicka, Health and Stamina Regen in daylight. The hostility of Townsfolk is also only applicable to the Original Vampires, They removed it for the Vampire Lords.

[Digidragon]

Being a vampire in the game ISN’T problematic. If you have the Dawnguard DLC.

[lordcirrhosisofliver]

The joke with how shitty your reward for killing barbas is that barbas outright warns you that no deal made with clavicus will be worth it, clavicus does not care for mortals and has no issues screwing them over. in fact clavicus is a daedra of trickery just as much as he is a daedra of bargains. Thus the fact that you get a reward that isn't worth it for siding with him is totally in character. Clavicus' realm in oblivion is literally called "the fields of regret". Barbas is one of the best side characters in skyrim anyway, killing him is like killing paarthunax, I don't know why anyone would do it outside of either not realizing that you have a choice and can spare him or playing a character that wants to make all the worst decisions. The fact that the reward you get for sparing barbas is better then the one you get for killing him is just a bonus.

[gamer-san]

If you want horses for free, you can always befriend the horse seller either by challenging them to a fistfight or doing a small task for them.