Easy enchanting and smithing tips?

Post » Fri Jun 15, 2012 12:14 am

I'm looking to get the levels up fast when I have the time. I've watched videos, but I honestly would rather have your guy's opinion on it.
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Madison Poo
 
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Post » Thu Jun 14, 2012 9:44 pm

UESP.
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amhain
 
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Post » Fri Jun 15, 2012 4:50 am

The videos you watched were probably pretty accurate on how to level smithing and enchanting. I'd say collect soul gems by any means (dwarven ruins are probably the best), get a weapon with a soul capture enchant or use the soul capture spell and fill them. Spam daggers to level smithing, enchant said daggers to level enchanting, sell said daggers to get more money and buy more gems and iron, rinse and repeat. Also check out the Skyrim wiki's for more info.

My honest advice to you though is to not quick level smithing or enchanting. I did that with my first character, because I felt like I needed to for some reason. I actually became stressed out trying to figure out how to make my character as powerful as possible. The game became way too easy, and a full 10-15 levels on my character were a product of the quick leveling. By the time I was finished tuning my character to perfection, I was burnt out and realized I wasted my time.

I'm playing a character now that specifically avoids enchanting, and does very little smithing (no perks in smithing, just the occasional smithing potion) to slightly enhance the weapons she uses. It's the most fun I've had playing a character. Each to his own, I'm just letting you know about my own experience with a ridiculously buffed character.
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Post » Fri Jun 15, 2012 5:05 am

Get tons of iron ingots and make lots of iron daggers. As you level up make stronger daggers. Also trap the souls of every enemy you kill and keep enchanting items constantly.
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Post » Fri Jun 15, 2012 6:44 am

Iron daggers is NOT the way to go. Your XP gains are based off of item worth.

Jewelry is good to focus on at first, then move up to high end armors and weapons.
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Post » Fri Jun 15, 2012 12:03 am

Iron daggers is NOT the way to go. Your XP gains are based off of item worth.

Jewelry is good to focus on at first, then move up to high end armors and weapons.

Yeah when I did it, it was before any patches so dagger spamming was viable. I guess it doesn't really work well anymore.
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Post » Fri Jun 15, 2012 10:48 am

Besides lots of soul trapping, I usually buy filled petty and lesser soul gems depending on how much money I have. Get the Transmute spell and mine lots of iron ore, transmute to gold ore, smelt to gold ingots, and make rings and necklaces out of those and the gems you come across. At higher levels, when you're capable of making more expensive things, make those (though you'll still want to be mining a lot).
You can also sell those rings, enchanted if you like, and use that money to buy more ore.
I usually pick up iron daggers since they're light for weapons, and enchant them with Banish if I have it.
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Post » Fri Jun 15, 2012 5:33 am

Yeah when I did it, it was before any patches so dagger spamming was viable. I guess it doesn't really work well anymore.
That's right. Before the iron daggers were the best "Bang for the Buck". Now it is different. I think it is better than it was. I noted the USEP, but I admit that I have not looked at the discussion pages on this to see what some of the testers have come up with, as an "ideal" replacement for the Iron Daggers of old.

I would still stick with jewelry for the most part.

Enchanting is pretty much Soul Trap everything and enchant every bit of worthless junk you can before selling it.
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Post » Fri Jun 15, 2012 8:43 am

I have quite a bit of gems, just not much after getting my enchanted sword.
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Luis Reyma
 
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Post » Thu Jun 14, 2012 9:39 pm

You could clear your cache and delete all updates out of your directory and spam iron daggers till 100 then re patch the game
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Post » Fri Jun 15, 2012 10:23 am

Hm.. and how do I do this on an Xbox?
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Post » Fri Jun 15, 2012 1:46 am

Ah, nevermind, I see how.
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Post » Thu Jun 14, 2012 11:10 pm

I'm looking to get the levels up fast when I have the time. I've watched videos, but I honestly would rather have your guy's opinion on it.

For smithing, use the Fortify Resoration Loop. Make a ridiculously strong fortify smithing potion and drink it. While under the game breaking smithing potion, upgrade something. You'll jump to 100 in smithing.

For actual advice that's not an exploit? Hoard gems and craft jewelry.
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