Dude, Where's my Archery? : V

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 1:51 pm

I'm at level 29 and my character's Archery skill was at 65. Suddenly, when I check my Skills I see a big, red "15" under Archery. Checked Magical Effects -- nothing negative shows. Took a cure disease potion and got blessings at 2 shrines just to be sure. Since I developed the character with marksmanship as a major skill, the irreversible loss of 50 points means I will probably have to abandon this character and start all over. Anybody know what happened to my Archery skill?

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 10:16 am

AFAIK, it's only a display bug. Level it up or find a trainer and you should see "66".

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 4:48 pm

On PC, use the console. From the UESP:

getAVinfo Get Actor Value information
This will print a short list of information about the given attribute (a.k.a. actor value) of the specified target. You can select a target with the mouse, or enter the refID of the target followed by a period before the command. For example, player.getavinfo lightarmor will return information about the player's Light Armor skill, such as the base value (what it was just after character creation), any current temporary or permanent modifiers, etc.

In this case, the skill you need to check is marksman.

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Console

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 10:20 am

Thanks. As guessed, it was a display glitch that went away when I trained. I've seen posts from players who took similar hits on other skillls.