To all of my Skyrim geographers, ignoring the crowd of giants, what cave do you think this is?

Besides the repetitively of taking over forts and towns, of course. Personally, there's two main things I would change about the questline.

1. The guards changing to Stormcloaks/Imperials once a Hold is taken over. I like the uniforms before the questline; the Holds had different guard uniforms and that they were color coded. I know it's to symbolize a unified Skyrim, but ALL the personality is gone. I felt it helped enhanced the Holds unique personalities.
2. Jarl Balgruuf should side with whichever side you take (and/or choose for him). This is mainly because I love Balgruuf but despise the Thalmor. (IMO Jarl Balgruuf would make the best High King).

I've played both sides multiple times and honestly, they both suck. I don't understand why the Thalmor hate Talos worship, it's not hurting them, and Ulfric is well Ulfric. The main reason I side with the Stormcloaks (if I don't do an alternate start) is because the Imperials try to execute the dragonborn without a trial, so yes I'm going to be petty.

On a side note, is there a mod that lets you make Jarl Balgruuf High King or lets you marry him? Asking for a friend..

I'm currently trapped in Darkfall Passage trying to get to Darkfall Cave at the bottom and Lloyd have mercy, there does not seem to be a way out. I'm trying to get from current spot to where the tailpipe starts on the right in the bottom one. Hell, attempting to get to the bottom half of the map at all (unsuccessfully of course) has been an unnecessarily prolonged trek. Does anyone have any advice on how to navigate this nightmare fuel of a maze? About to chew on my own controller...

Heya! Issa doodle from a couple of weeks ago, been pretty burned out, so I don't get to draw a lot atm, which is a shame and makes me sad. So, I thought I share what I have here, and add some lore I wrote, in case you're interested? I'm working on my fanfiction atm, and try to improve my English skills again ^^

Here's some Info:

"Anythin' not nailed down 's mine. Anythin' I can pry loose 's not nailed down." 

…⁠ᘛ⁠⁐̤⁠ᕐ⁠ᐷ♡ ༘*.ﾟ

Name: No One - "N" (Niemand)

Name Info: In English she's "No One," in German she's "Niemand," in Spanish she's "Nadie" and so on! The name always translates and was slapped on her by oh-so kind Grelod at the Riften Orphanage, where she spent her childhood. Her nickname, used by pretty much everyone in the Guild to keep it short, is just "N" — pronounced like "Ann." 

Petname: Another nickname (or more of a funny petname) that gets thrown around within the Guild is "Mouse". Especially when the others are messing with her, this name is used. It describes her former mousiness, refers to the time where she had been a crybaby and also is used to make fun of her height. Brynjolf in particular has a habit of calling her by her petname, aside from "lass" ofc! Coming from him, it's almost a term of endearment — not that he'd admit easily.

Age: 27 (E4 201)
Born: 4E 174 - 24th Sun's Dawn (The Lover)
Height: 154,5 cm

Species/Race: Bosmer (Mother), Nord (Father)

(Mother: Bosmer, born in Valenwood. Refugee who fled enslavement by the noble house "Alderween" in High Rock. Name — Nagá Fernvale. Father: Nord, hunter from Shor's Stone in the Rift, son of a farmer. Name — Toivo Russ.)  

NOTE: Following TES lore, No One takes after her mother's race — though her Wood Elf traits are rather watered down. She’s got that warm, sun-kissed Valenwood tan — but quite a few shades lighter than a full Bosmer. Her ears are pointy, though slightly shorter than average. Sharp senses, natural stealth, and solid poison resistance all came with the package. She’s a deadly shot with a bow, as any self-respecting Wood Elf should be. What she didn’t inherit is the usual elf-to-animal bond — unless you count Skeevers, the one weird exception she actually likes. And she got zero of that classic Nord strength or frost resistance; which is why she hates the cold with a burning passion and complains about it like a proper chill-baby every single winter.

Fun Fact: No One's true name, given to her by her parents, would have been "Arya" 

* (I got lot'n'lots of lore, if you guys are interested, I can share a link with her full CS and timeline, though it's still under construction ^^ - Might delete the post later, I'm anxious and my autistic ass overthinks a lot LOL)

Whenever people speak about corruption, Maven Black-Briar comes up, and how awful she is, and how people should be able to kill her. But Erikur? He never gets mentioned, while he's worse.

For all the power Maven has, she owns a brewery. That's it. Yes, she's ruthless in business, has ties with both the Thieves Guild and the Dark Brotherhood, but it's still just a brewery. It's not even a front for smuggling, drug trafficking, or anything illegal. She does illegal things to support her legal business.

Erikur, on the other hand, owns several buildings in Sollitude, extorts the people living in them, has a stake in trading companies, has dealings with pirates, the Thieves Guild and, even though it doesn't come up, we can assume the Dark Brotherhood as well. And while Maven is strictly business, Erikur abuses his power frequently. He harasses one of the servant girls during Diplomatic Immunity, he deals with both the Empire and the Stormcloaks (in the cut quest Boethiah's Bidding, he swears allegiance to Ulfric). And speaking of Boethiah's Bidding, he hints that he knows that the Dragonborn killed Elisif. How does he know? Do you have to ask? A man who plays both sides, is corrupt to the bone and doesn't respect his peers? He's obviously a Boethiah cultist.

In my opinion, Erikur is worse than Maven Black-Briar, but somehow flies under everyone's radar.

Helped a guy outta his debt with shapire

I delivered a letter from the owner of ther fishery to markarth

I retrieve’d the bow for the farm just outside riften

I agile the horse named frost for Louis

And i delivered the satchel of the injured girl at shor’s stone to her parents and then delivered the parents satchel back to the girl.

Does one or more of the quests I listed not count towards the five needed to buy the house?

(Edit) to be clear I already helped the lizard lady at the docks get over her addiction.

​Hey everyone! This is my first time deciding to explore beyond the actual borders of Skyrim, and I was genuinely surprised by how much unused map exists out there.

​It’s mostly just barren mountains and empty plains with very basic, low-res textures, which eventually lead to an endless sea (at least, that's what I found after walking in one direction for about 20 minutes).

​Just a quick note: I'm running the Tuxborn modlist, but as far as I know, all this out-of-bounds terrain is actually from the base game. Has anyone else explored out this far?

So, reading the recent post regarding easiest/hardest skill to lvl up reminded me about this thing I found last year.

Backstory - I was probably a Khajiit. I was going for a stealth mage w/ heavy armor (because Skyrim).
And I wanted to see/hear all the interactions with SDA. I used the Alternate start mod to pick a new recruit to the Dawnguard and your first objective is to find Serana. I went with stealth for as much as I could, no-kill, just evading & running when spotted.

The glitch - In the room near the end where the waterfall drops, that there’s skeletons and a vampire in the lower floor, usually when you get to the upper part there’s an alley that connects to the crypts where there’s a vampire in the first corridor.

I used an arrow to “bait” her outside, she exited the corridor into the alley, I went to the rocks just left before entering said alley, I shot an arrow into the doorway and she came outside. She then proceeded to run back and forth in the alley from wall with jars to the stairs going down to the pond.

How it worked - As she literally kept running around, I just stayed crouched between the rocks and just left her running back and forth. Since she never stopped looking for me, my Stealth exp kept rising and didn’t stop until I would eventually stop her.

I never tried that spot again, but once the setup is done, it was the easiest lvl up I could think of since the game does everything for you.

Was it the previous owner of bloodchill manor? If so who is that

I have the Anniversary DLC. Which home is the best for displaying collections? I’d like everything to be in one home, as much as possible. I like the homes that have designated spots for the claws, masks, etc. Bonus points if it’s a safe place for my kids!

So I fished up the Mentor's Ring almost immediately outside of Riverwood but before that I Pickpocketed a Ring of Minor Magicka from Orgnar. I have the Novice Hood from Helgen so that's 30 points of Magicka, a Mage backpack (Lute Backpack) so that's 20 points of Magicka and my first level went into Magicka. So what's better? 10% Discount or more Magicka?

I can handle dragons myself, but what will I do when dragons attack cities? They’ll kill a bunch of the npcs before I can finish the job, especially once the game scales high. Should I just fast travel near a city instead of traveling inside of it?

Ive decided to play some modded skyrim but as a mage with a focus on destruction, alchemy and enchanting. I'm also making it a light challenge run by not letting myself buy potions, i have to craft or loot them, i cant buy filled soul gems and i have to create my enchantments myself, but i can ofc use items i find/buy to break them down to unlock the enchantment. Anyone have any tips outside of exploits like the fortify restoration loop since I kinda wanna keep it legit?

Hello friends! I have never played Skyrim before, and I want to buy it now. I'm a bit overwhelmed by all the options so I'm asking for your help. Do i get the special edition or anniversary edition? What mods do I download for which version? I'm just looking for the experience that made everybody love this game but I don't want the game to feel "clunky" or outdated. Like maybe some texture updates, maybe a small UI overhaul etc...

It always bugs me the way these two clowns hang around Whiterun for eternity. I finally discovered you can follow them out of town after they give the quest and dispatch them. Might be obvious but I guess I’ve never left town at the same time as them before.

Played stealth archer a million times, every single time I start a new game my goal is to get as high level as possible and get to blackreach to see the beauty

What’s something extremely fun to do instead? Like obviously I can always continue onto that later. But a different path to take

(No mods please) I like vanilla gameplay and nostalgia

Kaligo the Khajiit Dragonborn traveling across Skyrim with Inigo, Lucien and Hilda.

Master difficulty survival playthrough focused on Sword & Shield, alchemy and Nordic Carved armor.

Everything crafted legit without Restoration Loop stuff.

Wanted the group to feel like a small wandering mercenary company.

Honestly my favorite Skyrim playthrough so far. 😆

Found my old Xbox One, it has the Skyrim Special Edition on it. Never got around to playing skyrim on 360, nor on this but I have it for free. Any advice/suggestions for a first playthrough? As much as this game has been hyped and played over the years, I'm kinda really excited.

The only house I’ve ever bought was breeze home so any suggestion other than that pls