Things I Wish I Knew Earlier In The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Tips and tricks I wish that I had known earlier in the Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Watch this video if you want to prepare for your next playthrough when the Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Anniversary Edition comes out!

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[ZephrusPrime]

My favorite thing about my first time playing Skyrim was how I knew absolutely NOTHING! I love how lost I was and didn't know my way around. I love that new experience where I just couldn't believe what just happened and no clue what to do next. Skyrim was the best the very first time playing through when it was all such a mystery and I had no clue what it meant to be Dragonborn.

[codysawyer]

We all literally know Skyrim far too intimately at this stage that Bethesda knows they'll never be able to improve from their peak with a audience that no longer is amazed by the brilliant simplicity yet simlicity none the less, they're definitely making their bank knowing with foresight that the next elder scrolls won't live up to the hype/expectations.

[darkoreljic]

They should’ve named the Anniversary edition “Very Special Edition”

[immakat]

Todd's done it again, the man, the meme, the legend, truly has no bounds

[tythesithari]

Biggest tip, do the peace council quest just so Delphine will go to the mountain top. After you wait for her to leave and shout her off the mountain side.

[dillonklasse]

Tod Howard: “we don’t remake old games it doesn’t do them justice” he then turns around and remakes Skyrim every two years for the next decade.

[livethecarnival]

When you're overburdened you can either drop all your extra stuff and have your companion pick it up by asking them to do something for you. An even easier way is to dump it all into a container and have your companion loot the container. If they pick up stuff this way they can bypass their carry weight and carry literally everything.

[mysticmeadow]

I've been playing on 360 without mods for 10 years. I've already asked my family for a new system for my birthday so I can get this Anniversary edition! Thank you for the tips 😁👍

[derjosh]

I'd say another tip worth mentioning is to not overdo it with skilling things like lockpicking etc. in the early game. Because these stats will raise your overall level, but won't help you in a fight. And the enemies will get stronger based on your level, not on your actual combat power, so it could happen that you'll have a much harder time raiding bandit camps etc.

[ryderwellbrock]

I was 7 years old when this game came out, I remember looking over my older brothers shoulder watching him play for hours, and now I play the game. It never gets old.

[Critical]

Another tip if you're feeling like taking on those pesky trolls/frost trolls early on, in the reach between markarth and falkreath there's a small open cave sorta thing where a man called "trollsbane" lays dead, in his inventory will be his warhammer called...Well..."trollsbane" and it burns trolls for 15 points of damage PLUS the extra damage done to Trolls since they have a weakness to fire, once you grab it, run like the wind since there will be 2 trolls guarding this dead man. Most likely the pair that killed the fellow.

[GTAVictor]

More useful tips:
1) A follower can carry stuff beyond their carrying capacity if you manually command them to pick stuff up from the ground. However, do not have them pick up items you dropped in a stack because it resets the item in their inventory back to 1. Alas, it's not worth it for light items, but very useful for heavy items you want to take - especially in the case of dwemer ruins where the metal scraps (for dwarven metal ingots) weigh a lot.

2) If you're playing on a higher difficulty, Spellbreaker is the most useful shield in the game as it creates a ward to block spells, so it's not only useful for regular combat but also against mages.

3) The game never directly tells you this, but magic resistance is completely separate from physical damage resistance (armor rating). This is something that took me way too long to realize in my first playthrough - I had 700+ armor rating yet still got killed my mages in a matter of seconds, and was left wondering "How?!!?". Alas, atop of completing "The Book of Love" quest, you should also level up the alteration tree to gain access to the magic resistance perk.

4) Magic resistance and damage resistance are capped at 80%, which equates to ~700 armor rating. Beyond that, you won't be taking any less damage. Since this armor rating can be reached by both heavy and light armor, light armor is actually better because it has none of the drawbacks of heavy armor. So unless you prefer heavy armor for aesthetic reasons, light armor is actually the META.

[ofinfinity]

"Become friends with someone, and they may allow you to take certain items from their home." After siding with Ralof, went from Helgen directly to Riverwood, sold what I had, and talked to Gerdur. Then went back to Helgen to loot everything I didn't take the first time. Fast travel back to Riverwood to sell again. Did the Blacksmith tutorial for a free dagger and helmet. Did Faendal's quest, to get him as a follower, and take his house key. Did the Bleak Falls Barrow/Golden Claw quest. Without stealing, I took everything I could from Hod and Gerdur's house, Faendal's house, the Riverwood Trader, and what ever was lying around Riverwood (barrels, etc.). By the time I reached Whiterun, I had enough gold to buy Breezehome.
For me, becoming friends with someone, and taking all their stuff is a fun exploit.

[hattoripool]

I hope they add cut content back in the anniversary edition of Skyrim like spears, making your own spells etc and some of the cut features were actually standard in the older elder scrolls game. I also hope they actually give enough of a damn to not only do that but to fix the stupid glitches.

[danielcasillas]

Watching this gave me a sense of nostalgia from when I was barely learning new things about Skyrim. Lol

[joelkp]

My no.1 reason to play Skyrim:The legendary, amazing soundtrack composed by the literal god that is Jeremy soule

[thesleepycrusader]

First skyrim play through is so special i’d kill to experience it again

[bluesandshrew]

3:30 if u want to do the blades questline then do it before ur first fight with alduin. That way u can do the entire blades questline without killing parthurnax. It's a good idea since it gives u a buff to defence against melee attacks from dragons which is kinda useful

[fpgamer]

I always do another playthrough every couple of years, but everytime I install 1 mod I install 100 more

[hieuphungminh]

Things I wish I knew before playing Skyrim: My entire Mod list. So I don't have to spend hours fixing the shit out of my game and actually had to make a new save because of game-breaking bugs.