Skyrim talk:Giant

Dragon Hostility

Is it worth mentioning that giants will attack dragons, given the opportunity? I personally have been saved during a dragon fight by a wandering giant on at least one occasion. --Kalamage 23:54, 20 November 2011 (UTC)

Giant Pictures

Giant Pictures
I took these with steam. I used the tm console command so that there is no menus. If you want to use them you can. :P — Unsigned comment by Ututu222 (talk • contribs) at 02:20 on 21 November 2011 (UTC)

bug

The getting hit and flying up doesnt seem to be a bug to me, it just seems like the effect of a giants enourmus physical strength, albeit a little overpowered. (Eddie The Head 12:01, 23 November 2011 (UTC))

It's not a bug, it's a feature!— Unsigned comment by 71.194.190.179 (talk) at 06:27 on 26 November 2011 (UTC)

This isn't a bug, so I changed the 'bug' section to 'notes'. Skysky 18:31, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

So, are you guys saying that this effect was intentionally made for comical purposes? I thought it was a bug at first, but since the space personality core DLC came up where it is sent back to space if it is hit by a giant, it seems to make sense. — Unsigned comment by 130.157.91.157 (talk) at 06:26 on 29 February 2012 (UTC)

Command Creature

It may be worth noting that using the command creature effect on the mammoth after angering the giant is quite an effective way to combat the giant. Just make sure to help the mammoth emerge the victor, as even a weakened giant can be a pain to kill, where the mammoth will be simple to finish off. 72.130.254.147 06:27, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

Paralysis poisons are also effective vs giants

Giant's don't resist paralysis poisons, whether stock or crafted. Also a good way to keep them occupied if you need to tangle with one. 24.156.216.144 11:25, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

I would say that is due to the 1.2 patch removing all resistances. (Eddie The Head 11:27, 4 December 2011 (UTC))

It's not the patch, Giants indeed does not resist paralysis, but their magic resistance will lower the duration. Nevertheless, it's a way to fight them.117.5.243.113 17:28, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

Sad Giant

This is probably insignificant, but to the southwest of eastmarch imperial camp there is a giant standing over the body of a dead mammoth in the water, it looks as though it is in mourning, like the mammoth was a pet Emzi43 11:01, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

I've seen exactly the same thing in my game around a week ago. Forgot to mention that. I think that the water is poisonous that's why the body of a mammoth can be found there. --Arkhon 08:11, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

Mammoths will sometimes fly up into the air for seemingly no reason (terrain glitch?) and fall down to earth again, dying from fall damage. I have seen this happen to mammoths following giants around the plains. But the giants never noticed the bizarre death of their "pet" and continued on. I suspect that most randomly dead mammoths lying around died in this way, but I can't explain the behavior of the "sad" giant. Possibly his herding behavior stopped because he ran out of mammoths to herd, or possibly he's just a more sensitive soul than his brethren. 71.178.115.32 00:41, 5 March 2012 (UTC)

I don't think so, it's inventory was empty, if it was a normal one it would have had tusks and a snout on it. And it was in a pretty coincidental spot. Emzi43 21:30, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

Also, it wasn't just some random pool; there were a bunch of mammoth skeletons in it already. Maybe it's a gravesite or something and the giant was supposed to have dragged its body there. 76.104.188.147 06:20, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

How long does it take for a Giant to turn hostile?

It would seem natural for this page to have some information on how long the player needs to be in the vicinity of a Giant before it turns hostile, and how close vicinity. Unfortunately I am not at all skilled with the Construction Kit, so I will have to appeal to others to do something about it. --MortenOSlash 21:02, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

Frost Giant Split

I've proposed this article be split, giving Frost Giants their own article at Skyrim:Frost Giant. Even though they're just a cheap reskin of regular Giants, in lore terms they're completely separate and in appearance they're vastly differing. Add to that the fact that they're DLC specific, and I feel there's enough justification to give them a separate page, or at least a separate entry. —Legoless 19:51, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

I only added them here originally because in game they are basically the same except for appearances so was unsure if there was enough reason to give them there own separate page. If lore treats them as separate creatures I think we should have them separate here as well. — Kimi the Elf ^{(talk | contribs)} 21:28, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

They also seem to be unique, and the giant versions of animals (eg Mudcrab Guardian Spirit) in skyrim have their own pages. The Silencer speaks^Talk 21:36, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

Giving Cow to Giant

There is a faction called Once_the_player_gives_the_cow_to_the_giant_they_are_both_permamently_added_to_this_faction. Does this mean that there is a hidden quest to give one of the tattooed cows to a giant? --Xyzzy 16:53, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

There is no actual quest for this, here is a list of everything related in the CS. The Silencer speaks^Talk 17:05, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

I just came across a farmer who was making a peace offering of a painted cow to the giant at Sleeping Tree camp. We exchanged a small dialogue where he warned me to keep my distance in case the giant thought I was part of the offering. I followed at a distance, in sneak mode to be sure and the giant just clubbed the poor farmer to death! Annabellalot (talk) 11:54, 27 November 2012 (GMT)

That's a world interaction with a farmer giving the cow to a giant, not the player. — ABCface^◥ 15:21, 27 November 2012 (GMT)

Karstaag a Frost Giant?

The Giants added in Dawnguard looks remarkable alike Karstaag from Bloodmoon, am i the only one seeing this? — Unsigned comment by 95.209.30.41 (talk) at 20:58 on July 10, 2012

By this it seems he is, before I found that I looked at the picture of him and thought the same thing so no your not alone (had to look at the picture haven't played Morrowind in ages) --SPMcKinney 21:19, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

Language

Is there any information on what type of language they speak, to me it sounds like some kind of elven/mer language. RIM 13:32, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

In Daggerfall, one of the language skills the player could learn was Giantish; it stands to reason that this is also the language the giants of Skyrim use. However this does little to tell us about the roots of the language. Garland the Elder 00:46, 28 July 2012 (UTC)

Moved from Article

moved from article:

• If you kill enough giants and/or mammoths, you can walk up to any group or individual of either of the two species and it will continue to be docile until you attack it, and once attacked it will flee. While quite humorous at first, it becomes annoying when trying to eliminate a group as they are quite fast and split off in different directions.

added by AngeliSangui on 23:30, 6 July 2012 (UTC)

This sounds extremely unlikely to me, so I think it's better to keep it on the talk page until other players can verify the information. ABCface^◥ 13:49, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

Giants Dying?

I was in the Whiterun Stables when I turned around to see a giant appear out of nowhere and die.Glitch?--Skyrimplayer 15:13, 14 August 2012 (UTC)

Something like the bug with reappearing (and falling) dead dragons and dragon skeletons, or did it appear alive and just suddenly die after some time? —MortenOSlash 19:07, 14 August 2012 (UTC)

As soon as I saw it it was in the death animation.I might just have been to slow though.--Skyrimplayer 19:31, 14 August 2012 (UTC)

I've seen this numerous times when entering a zone, usually involving a creature I had killed before I last left that zone. The dead creature just drops from a standing position as soon as you see it. I think I've seen this happen with a creature that wasn't originally encountered in the zone I was entering, but very, very rarely. It may be a combination of two existing bugs, rather than a new one. --Xyzzy^Talk 21:15, 14 August 2012 (UTC)

… or maybe has been killed in the zone, not necessarily by the player? This is the same zone you first encounter the Companions out killing a giant early in the game, is it not? —MortenOSlash 21:22, 14 August 2012 (UTC)

The giant that the Companions fight is actually seen at nearby Pelagia Farm, but you still might be on to something.--Xyzzy^Talk 21:35, 14 August 2012 (UTC)

How large are the zones, anyway? —MortenOSlash 17:01, 15 August 2012 (UTC)

Level 32 vs. somewhere between level 20 and 30

The monster summary box tells us giants are level 32, but the notes says "somewhere between level 20 and 30". Should one of them have been corrected? —MortenOSlash (talk) 20:41, 23 September 2012 (GMT)

It appears that the vague level note was added before somebody looked it up and entered it in the NPC summary. I corrected the note. Thanks for pointing it out. --Xyzzy ^Talk 02:52, 24 September 2012 (GMT)

Happy to help. I thought something like that was the reason for the opposing facts, but as I am not familiar with the Creation Kit I have no means to check myself. —MortenOSlash (talk) 05:11, 24 September 2012 (GMT)

I found the info on CSList, which anybody can use. --Xyzzy ^Talk 05:59, 24 September 2012 (GMT)

Ah. That gives me an idea … … Let us see … Giants are in the Creature Faction (0x00000013) – as are goats. Hmmm. Could it be …? Of course it could! See you at the Cursed tribe talk page! —MortenOSlash (talk) 17:35, 24 September 2012 (GMT)