Thanks.... Few things I didnt know, and its always good to get a reminder of things I do know. Good post.

That was a good read! Thanks!

Nice post! very informative

just remembered another trick...if you're looking for a certain enchantment go to a blacksmith like adrienne (outdoors) and save your game. check her inventory for enchanted items and if she doesnt have what you want then kill her and reload your save. her inventory should now have different items...rinse and repeat until you find what you seek

#5... I appreciate your input though. I'll be editing in your suggestions (and crediting you of course).

And of course... thanks to everyone for the kind words. Editing a few more in now.

Up to 71. Added a bunch more, so people may want to see the "improved" list. Hope it helps.

Thank you for updating this! I'm going to print it out.

ha oops forgot about that but thanks for the nods in the list. this list is a great idea btw


70.- you can also pick up and throw beartraps with telekenesis

You can wear circlets under the jagged crown..that way you can have an enchanted head piece and still rock that sweet crown

Horses can jump and rear????

Dang it, I'm so tired of being stupid to this game. What button(s) do this?

Also, does rearing attack wolves?

the jump button

the same button that makes your guy jump makes your horse jump...the rear is done by hitting jump when not moving but does nothing useful

Might want to mention that the Vampire + Necromage thing makes Steady Hand bugged. Get Steady Hand first, then Necromage, then all the other perks you want.

Neat list, I'm on the PS3 too, and I had no idea I could move bear traps. =S

LOL. Y button. I never thought to use it while on a horse. Going to play tonight, for sure.

I'm adding a contribution to the list. I didn't see it, so here's the "infinite arrow" tip:
To get a good number of arrows (and save gold), head to Whiterun's Dragonreach porch about 8am/pm. You'll see an archer practicing. Sneak up and pickpocket the guard and add the arrow (only 1 is needed) you want more of. Close out. Return the next day (sometimes it takes 3 days) at 8am. The archer will be shooting the arrows you gave him. Stand by the target and take until he's done practicing. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat...


I can't thank, enough, for the poster who shared this. I know some think it's "common knowledge", but it wasn't for me. I've over 300 daedric arrows because of this tip, so to that poster... *SMOOCH*

Sorry for the drool.


And the tongue.

I'm excited.

I've played to lvl 67 with one character and had no idea about moving bear traps.

I knew you could move them, but never thought of TKing them. One time for poops and giggles I set up a row of like 10 bear traps and then lured a bandit through them. Died by bear trap. They should have a killcam for that...

Wow I am very grateful for this thread I read stuff i never even thought about, +1 to you op and people who helped.

good times....did you ever find that bear trap with the wedge of cheese on it? i love those little touches devs put in

I just recently had my horse shot out from under me. Didn't know that could happen!

Bandits were pelting me with arrows, I was trying to escape when suddenly I was watching the slow-mo animation of falling. My character got up, I looked over and sure enough, my horse was dead a short distance away.

Brilliant!

Wow. Either I missed it or haven't been there yet. These little things make my day.

this is an excellent thread, even at several hundred hours of gameplay time I learned a couple of things. just a couple of comments, OP.


all wardrobes, dressers, and end tables in the game are non-respawning containers, so you can essentially make any place in the world your home as long as you only place things in these containers! beware other containers though like sacks, barrels, and apothecary satchels etc.


did you know that the burning damage inflicted with the torch contributes towards your destruction skill?


this is incorrect - a daedric bow can match the DPS of a hunting bow by letting go of the trigger after the same amount of time a fully drawn hunting bow would take. this will cause the arrow to have a similar trajectory and damage to an arrow from the hunting bow. all a heavier bow does is give you the option of drawing the bow further and placing more powerful shots. obviously taking half-drawn shots with a daedric bow takes more discipline than always fully drawing the hunting bow, but with practice heavier bows are far more versatile weapons. also, the bound bow is the highest DPS weapon at the beginning of the game, but even with mystic binding it cannot match the DPS of legendary smithed bows since it itself cannot be tempered.

Well done. That must have been taken a while. The one that was new to me was the sphere arrow. Is it just a dwarven arrow with a unique name or something?

I'm more into the lore than the gameplay mechanics so I don't see how I SHOULD know this. I hate that these points are more important than the TES lore and this just shows through all the ridiculous lore-breaking mods that are made.
/rant-ish

Lots of good points, but the title annoys me as I refuse to call myself something below a "regular Skyrimmer".

Oh. My. God.

I'm going to have that made into a bumper sticker methinks....

Wow... TK works too? I've only got that on one character, so I never tried it. Looks like i"ll need to update AGAIN later.

Also, they're good tips. Of COURSE I'm gonna include them. Glad you like the list. I answered a LOT of questions to compile it.

Well, the first perk is perfectly safe, it's only when you 2/2. (though it's affected, so it's 25% slower. Might throw some people off.) If someone clicked through to the thread with the affected perks, they'd know this.

Perhaps deadric could. I've never tried "half shots"... never occurred to me.

However, this is referring to "real" stuff, not glitching your smithing, enchanting and alchemy up to insane levels.

I'm not sure if you're talking about just the "standard" loop (which is perfectly OK in my book) to use, but WITH QUICKSHOT a Bound Bow fires about 3 shots per single daedric shot. I"ll definitely recheck some things, but unless you're using max power enchants (with the aspect of terror) I'm nearly positive daedric can't get to 3x Bound Bow damage "legitly". You are "correct" though, that by glitching it could easily surpass the damage with enough smithing. That said, you could just "super' enchant some archery gear for the same effect (and BBow would also benefit).

Worth mentioning is that a BBow in any case is the (far) better choice, since you CAN'T fire 3 daedric shots with any kind of damage as quickly as a full charged BBow shot. Unless you're fighting something with huge HP (lookin at you Krosis) BBow will take out more targets faster. I'll check again with full powered V/N + destruction perk enchants, and highest smithing obtainable v BBow, but I'm still pretty sure the BBow reigns supreme. You know, I take it back. I bet you're correct. Double enchants is another 70 damage... I'll check, but you might just be right about this. I'll leave it in for posterity however.

I knew about the torch thing. There's some CRAZY ways to level destruction. Like standing in a blacksmiths forge for example.

I did NOT however, know that all dressers end tables and wardrobes are safe storage. Thanks for that!

No, it looks totally (well sorta) different too. DIfferent arrow head, and it's shorter. It "fits" inside the crossbow the sphere's use. Also, dwarven arrows have base 14 damage, this is like an ebony arrow (20) and available at the very start. (mostly).

There's also the giant club, but that weapon is just too silly to let a follower use (excepting Cicero). That's why I didn't mention it.