Have you guys seen this huge easter egg about bugs in jars? : V

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 1:53 pm

http://www.reddit.com/r/skyrim/comments/nklj2/you_know_those_runes_on_the_lids_of_the_bug_jars/

This is apparently some huge easter egg in Skyrim, or maybe it's not an easter egg.

Apparently there are like 7 jars scattered across Skyrim with bugs in it and they have runes on the top of the jars. People have been trying to figure it out for a long time now and no one has.

There's also apparently an altar in the middle of Skyrim that has places for the 7 jars and you can place the jars on the altar just like you can place the dragon priest masks in labrynthian.

This is super cool!

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 7:02 am

Yah, I've collected a couple of them.... 2 different ones on 2 different characters.

I place them on my apothecary desk

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 4:46 pm

Ive seen this pop up numerous times on the forum and there is no definite proof of anything. Personally I believe its just an 'homage' to perhaps players or developers. I know in Morrowind there were some ashes urns named after a couple elderscrolls forum users who had passed away during the making of the game. It would be something that you may or may not have found and wouldn't know what they truly meant. Kudos to the imagination though, those jars have made alot of people stop and think of what they are for other then decoration and a meaning we are not aware of yet.

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 9:00 am

EDIT: Nevermind, the altar is apparently the Waynon Stones.

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 4:27 pm

So much text on reddit, can someone try to explain it in a nutshell?

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 10:11 am

...i did in the OP

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 1:20 pm

Yah, I've collected a couple of them.... 2 different ones on 2 different characters.

I place them on my apothecary desk :tongue:

I want to put them all in a nice row on my shelf in Solitude, but every time I come home they are all over the floor <_<

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 8:30 am

The DLC allows you to open the jars.....that is all

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 3:57 am

are the runes on the eye of magnus?

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 2:31 am

are the runes on the eye of magnus?

not that I could tell, they looked different.

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 9:36 am

I want to put them all in a nice row on my shelf in Solitude, but every time I come home they are all over the floor :dry:

I've put them on the shelves in the Alchemy room in Markarth, after clearing off all the ingredients. They look nice. I don't particularly care about anything else that may or may not be true of them.

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 3:46 am

there is only 5 jars, the book says so, and it doesnt say anything about a quest with them

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 5:27 am

They allow you to have all perks in the game and fly bareback naked on dragons. It also unlocks all weapons used in MW3 and BF3.

You might think this will make the game too easy. But there's a catch.

Jesus also returns and raises every dead thing that you have killed in the entire game and turns them against you.

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 1:08 am

they make awesome house decorations.

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 2:45 am

The DLC allows you to open the jars.....that is all

I hear that when you open the jars, it triggers the events leading to the Great War in Fallout. :tongue:

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 11:55 am

Damn, I sold one of them, because it didn't feel like an appropriate decoration in my Prospire Manor. Now I know some item I sell stay in the Merchants inventory forever. I hope I can buy it back.

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 10:09 am

Is it a nod to Zelda's bugs in jars?

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 3:34 am

The jars respawn, as far as I can tell. At least I have two of one of the jars on one of my characters.

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 8:50 am

Whoever wrote that is having a huge laugh that this is still going and people still believe him. Stop falling for it.

Is it a nod to Zelda's bugs in jars?

Far more likely that that reddit nonsense.

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 1:10 am

Is it a nod to Zelda's bugs in jars?

See that sounds logical, and something I can see the devs doing. I didn't know about the zelda jars so that makes some sense.

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 8:13 am

I want to put them all in a nice row on my shelf in Solitude, but every time I come home they are all over the floor :dry:

You're doing it wrong...
Drop them on the floor, go out, go inside, LIFT them up, dont add them to your inventory, just lift them up and place them where you want! Done

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 2:53 pm

The DLC will allow the jarls of each hold to sit properly while giving them important news and combining the jars will give you dragon in a jar

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 2:04 am

There's a place for them? That IS cool, I thought they were just decoration for your house. I'v found a butterfly and a moth so far... COOL!

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 7:26 am

There's a place for them? That IS cool, I thought they were just decoration for your house. I'v found a butterfly and a moth so far... COOL!

Um.... I think your chain has been jerked. Don't hold your breath....