Skyrim mystery: the weird chime-ish noise revealed. : V

» Tue Jun 05, 2012 5:01 am

Every since I bought this game at launch and while wandering I keep hearing this weird chime noise. It's fades in and out, chiming. Some people on here were also wondering what the hell that noise was. Some theorized it had something to do with Restoration magic, which I didn't understand.

But at last, after over 300 hours of gameplay and about 5 different characters, I have discovered the source of the noise: NIRNROOT!

Seriously. I have been confounded by this mysterious noise for months, and after slaying the cave troll before the road to Ivarstead, I found a glowing Nirnroot creating the chime noise. Wouldn't have guessed a plant was making the noise. But that's all for now, just thought that perhaps some people hadn't discovered this and were as confused as I.

» Tue Jun 05, 2012 7:08 am

But at last, after over 300 hours of gameplay and about 5 different characters, I have discovered the source of the noise: NIRNROOT!

Good job, would you like a cookie for discovering something that most people on this forum have known for months already?

» Tue Jun 05, 2012 11:33 am

* Shakes fist *

I thought you were going to reveal the musical jingle that happens evey now and again for god knows what reason.

» Tue Jun 05, 2012 10:49 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlC6Z0iRoOA

1:00 starts talking about the humming nirn root
So yeah not only did people know but they made silly vids about it

» Tue Jun 05, 2012 7:40 am

I figured it out pretty early because I play with headphones.

» Tue Jun 05, 2012 4:02 am

I've known for ages.

» Tue Jun 05, 2012 12:08 am

Don't worry, it took me months to finally figure it out as well.

Now, something that I haven't figured out yet......

Whenever I wander around the Reach for the first time, there's a giant shaking and a crashing noise. It's not a dragon, because it's occurred before I started the main quest. I have no idea what it could be, and it hasn't happened in the same area twice, but it's ALWAYS in the Reach when there's a lot of fog, and it's never happened twice on the same character. Shedding any light on this would be appreciative.

» Tue Jun 05, 2012 12:23 am

Whenever I wander around the Reach for the first time, there's a giant shaking and a crashing noise.

I assume that noise means there's a troll in the area. :confused:

If it's something else maybe someone else will tell us. :ph34r:

I figured the Nirnroot out pretty quickly and I think Ingun even tells you about it if/when you ask her where/how to find her ingredients.

» Tue Jun 05, 2012 5:55 am

I assume that noise means there's a troll in the area. :confused:

If it's something else maybe someone else will tell us. :ph34r:

I figured the Nirnroot out pretty quickly and I think Ingun even tells you about it if/when you ask her where/how to find her ingredients. :tongue:

I can't recall, she either mentions the chiming or the glowing. The chiming is definitely louder than it was in Oblivion, or maybe its just cause it seems I have to turn the volume up a bit more in Skyrim.

» Tue Jun 05, 2012 12:40 am

I assume that noise means there's a troll in the area. :confused:

If it's something else maybe someone else will tell us. :ph34r:

Definitely not a troll, though it's a close comparison. It's a shaking troll noise coupled with the screen shake of a dragon encounter...yet there's no dragon, no troll, and no enemy nearby. It's only happened in the Reach, and it's only happened once per character. It's as if the Graybeards are calling me...before I'm starting the main quest. And only in the Reach.

» Tue Jun 05, 2012 1:03 am

It's a shaking troll noise coupled with the screen shake of a dragon encounter...yet there's no dragon, no troll, and no enemy nearby. It's only happened in the Reach...

Happened to me last night... In the Reach.

» Tue Jun 05, 2012 9:20 am

Definitely not a troll...

Have you ever gotten the noise out in the open (like where you can look around)? I've definitely experienced the shaking to which you're referring (a couple of hours ago even), but I've never looked around. The Reach is so rocky and mountainous I just assumed it was a troll out of view.

» Tue Jun 05, 2012 6:36 am

* Shakes fist *

I thought you were going to reveal the musical jingle that happens evey now and again for god knows what reason.

That one appears when you clear the location.

» Tue Jun 05, 2012 7:51 am

Skyrim is a world filled with spirits.... watch your steps....

» Tue Jun 05, 2012 10:28 am

Slightly funny post, but I got started on TES with Oblivion and I recognized the sound immediately when I first heard it.

» Tue Jun 05, 2012 12:12 pm

I remembered the sound from Oblivion, so yeah, I've known for quite literally YEARS. lol

» Tue Jun 05, 2012 2:33 am

Hmph, I noticed that sound when I came to the bridge near the Honningbrew Meadery on the first trip to Whiterun. I looked around and finally under the bridge. A humming plant. I've never played TES games before, but WoW had Felweed that did that.

I thought this would be about that throbbing/tinkling sound that some or most dead casters emit. Fire mages continue to make a crackly/static-like sound, maybe frosties do, too.

» Tue Jun 05, 2012 12:02 am

Every since I bought this game at launch and while wandering I keep hearing this weird chime noise. It's fades in and out, chiming. Some people on here were also wondering what the hell that noise was. Some theorized it had something to do with Restoration magic, which I didn't understand.

But at last, after over 300 hours of gameplay and about 5 different characters, I have discovered the source of the noise: NIRNROOT!

Seriously. I have been confounded by this mysterious noise for months, and after slaying the cave troll before the road to Ivarstead, I found a glowing Nirnroot creating the chime noise. Wouldn't have guessed a plant was making the noise. But that's all for now, just thought that perhaps some people hadn't discovered this and were as confused as I.

Knew it was nirnroot since oblivion, also playing with headphones helped. But seriously didn't you see the white glow when that sound was heard?

» Tue Jun 05, 2012 4:46 am

I'm still trying to find a winding fjord where i can hear the "Shrieking Winds" that are supposedly echoes of Lamae Beolfag/Bal.

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 9:44 pm

When you first start a game and go through river wood the tree to your right when you cross the bridge is humming loudly and it's not the ninroot noise as I wear headphones and can tell the difference. I can't tell what it is

» Tue Jun 05, 2012 12:32 pm

When you first start a game and go through river wood the tree to your right when you cross the bridge is humming loudly and it's not the ninroot noise as I wear headphones and can tell the difference. I can't tell what it is

Oh, yeah, I remember that. I can't recall the sound offhand, but I think I recognized it. It wasn't bees, was it? I seem to recall expecting to find something in the tree but there was nothing there.

» Tue Jun 05, 2012 7:32 am

Nirnroot, one of the easiest things to find in Skyrim. Why?, perhaps its to do with the fact it glows with a massive white hue and makes a loud noise!

» Tue Jun 05, 2012 3:18 am

It took me short to figure it out only because I've been watching a play-through at about the same time I was playing with my first character. Without it, I'd hardly notice.

» Tue Jun 05, 2012 9:35 am

didn't you follow the noise to its source the 1st time you heard it? They also have a aura glow thats easily visible at night. It's so easy to find they might as well have a arrow floating above pointing at it

» Tue Jun 05, 2012 4:10 am

When you first start a game and go through river wood the tree to your right when you cross the bridge is humming loudly and it's not the ninroot noise as I wear headphones and can tell the difference. I can't tell what it is

Not even close, that's barely heard. The Nirnroot sound is much stronger.