Things to do besides quests? : V

» Fri Jun 22, 2012 11:50 am

I often find myself not knowing what to do next in Skyrim. I don't want to rush through the quests so Im always searching for activities besides that. Here you can list all the things you do in Skyrim besides quests.
Here are the obvious things, for a start:

Hunting: Even the Dovahkiin needs some time off his fate and responsibilities. I tend to use hunting as the main leisure activity for my characters, because its relaxing and you get to see beautiful environment and explore the world at the same time.
Dungeon Diving: Going into caves to collect mushrooms, or graverobbing an ancient nordic ruin...
Collecting: For example, my character collects sweetrolls and bones ...
Decorating my house(s): Because it gives me a kind of visual feedback on my achievements.

Apart from that, do you have any other creative ideas on what to do in Skyrim?

» Fri Jun 22, 2012 9:49 am

When it is dark, I transform into my werewolf and attack anything in the woods

I try to make my bows stronger Eg; I started off with a long bow, then hunting bow then Deadric bow, i hate about 60 damage with my daedric until i started upgrading it, now i have got aver 220dmg on my bow..

» Fri Jun 22, 2012 7:30 am

When it is dark, I transform into my werewolf and attack anything in the woods

I try to make my bows stronger Eg; I started off with a long bow, then hunting bow then Deadric bow, i hate about 60 damage with my daedric until i started upgrading it, now i have got aver 220dmg on my bow..

I have 196 if you don't count arrows. :biggrin:

» Fri Jun 22, 2012 11:39 am

I have 196 if you don't count arrows. :biggrin:

About, 180 for me with out arrows...I upgraded my longbow.....160 dmg

» Fri Jun 22, 2012 3:26 pm

Explore! Plunder!

» Fri Jun 22, 2012 12:17 pm

I mainly explore. Just see what I can find, even though I've found a hell of a lot of locations in the world.

» Fri Jun 22, 2012 7:31 pm

stealing sweet rolls in the guards barracks

» Fri Jun 22, 2012 10:56 am

I go hunting...

for Aldmeri Dominion.

Bring on the real War.

» Fri Jun 22, 2012 6:17 am

Take a swim, go for a walk, camping, fishing, relaxing in hotpools. Of course everything with Raksha's four friends.

I have some screenshots of these activities, link for them is in my signature.

» Fri Jun 22, 2012 11:34 am

I just wander as a level 4 vampire, I kill any aldmeri dominion and Stormcloak I find + beasts, any decent folk get paralyzed while I escape.

» Fri Jun 22, 2012 5:15 am

bow damage 244 without arrow. and i had ebony arrow....

other than questing, i hunt for people to feed on.

» Fri Jun 22, 2012 4:10 pm

Roleplay. Create a personality, a life for your character. Make the decisions they'd make, as opposed to the decisions you want to make. Be someone specific, and tell their story through the game.

It extends the longevity of the game infinitely. I could easily spend hundreds of hours with my character, catching up with his friends and visiting his favorite spots in Skyrim.

» Fri Jun 22, 2012 7:42 am

Build a pillow fort.

Might be showing my age here, though...

» Fri Jun 22, 2012 11:53 am

I'm being a milk drinker

» Fri Jun 22, 2012 7:21 pm

Hiking, irritating rabbits, chasing foxes, shouting at butterflys, arguing with Marcurio. Thats pretty much my downtime right there, I count dungeon diving as questing personally.

» Fri Jun 22, 2012 7:02 pm

Take a swim, go for a walk, camping, fishing, relaxing in hotpools. Of course everything with Raksha's four friends.

I have some screenshots of these activities, link for them is in my signature.

I thought that cats hated water? :biggrin:

» Fri Jun 22, 2012 8:19 pm

Shooting torchbugs with arrows. Which is surprisingly not that hard to do.

» Fri Jun 22, 2012 11:19 am

Easy Tempo:
Not every, check out tigers if you want RL example

Still, my Kharjo does not like cold water, as you can see on one of the screenshots

» Fri Jun 22, 2012 10:54 am

take up a profession like mining, alchemy, enchanting, blacksmithing all that for some extra gameplay options, collect the mysterious gems and dragon preist masks, Simply explore lands un explored and read a few books if you want.

» Fri Jun 22, 2012 5:35 pm

Read. Shop. Try out different outfits. Go to the pub, listen to the bard, talk with people and have a few drinks. Cook. Investigate houses (with or without stealing things).

Messing around: Save and try who who can FUS without getting a bounty. Stalk people. Walk around naked and see what comments you get.

» Fri Jun 22, 2012 8:43 am

After I read this thread one thing hit me.... If these are things to do besides quests I must be special as I do these things as my primary way of playing and quests is more of a secondary thing.

» Fri Jun 22, 2012 12:39 pm

I stare up at the night sky and scream at the Headless Horseman if he happens to pass by.

» Fri Jun 22, 2012 9:12 am

Steal people's house keys so Im never locked out

» Fri Jun 22, 2012 6:30 am

One of my characters just plain explores--follows every path, doesn't worry about breaking quests by entering a dungeon too early, since he doesn't do quests. One is researching the various gods and daedra, reading and visiting shrines, temples, and other places associated with religion and/or cults. One is studying the government and history.

» Fri Jun 22, 2012 6:27 pm

I still come across new things or discover hidden chests I never found before on my previous playthroughs and I'm on maybe my 7th character in total. Yesterday I found a location and 3 spiders (1 of them was dead when it fell) lowered out of the trees and attacked me.

My character collects all flawless gems and many books.