User:Alexk3/sandbox
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This is an attempt to create a ultimate skyrim guide that meets the following criteria:
1) Printer-friendly (sections fit into single page, if they don't - turn off junk items in your printer setting)
2) Straight-to-the-point, minimalist
3) "Everything you need to know to play Skyrim on one page"
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Guide[edit]
Developing tips[edit]
The recommended race to play is Breton (+25% defence vs. magic) │ Level up at a ratio of 3 Health, 1 Stamina, 1 Magicka; around level 70 in Enchanting/
Alchemy you'll be able to make gear that reduces Magicka consumption by 100% │ Don't level too fast; theoretically, you can max out some non-combat skills in about an hour - you'll gain 25 levels & be pitted against mobs that far outstrip your combat abilities │ Ignore Block, Heavy Armor, Lock Picking, Pickpocket, Speech & Two-Handed │ Buy all blank Soul Gems, Ingredients, Iron & Corundum Ore │ Crafting new items is more efficient than upgrading │ Let no opportunity to use magic go to waste.
Items needed for quests[edit]
× Books, Other # │ × Materials # │ × Start Quests □│
□ Last Scabbard of Akrash │ □ Bear Pelt (any) 10 │ □ Boethiah's Proving □│
□ Night Falls on Sentinel │ □ Flawless Amethyst 3 │ □ Heddic's Volunruud Notes □│
□ Song of the Alchemists │ □ Flawless Ruby 1 │ □ Lost Legends │ □ Ysolda's Message │
□ The Mirror │ □ Flawless Sapphire 2 │ □ Sinderion's Field Journal □│
□ Mammoth Tusk 1 & 1 │ □ Gold Ore 1 │ □ The Aetherium Wars □│
□ Dwemer: Gyro, Cog 1, 10 │ □ Silver Ingot 1 │ □ The Legend of Red Eagle □│
□ Daedra Heart (1 & 1) │ □ Deathbell (20 & 1) │ □ Fire Salts (10) │ □ Frost Salts (5) │ □ Ice Wr. Teeth (5)
□ Jazbay Grapes (20) │ □ Nightshade (20) │ □ Nirnroot (20) │ □ Troll Fat │ □ Vampire Dust │ [1]
Most expensive[edit]
WEAPONS [2] │ Banish │ Paralyze │ Absorb Health │ Damage Stamina │ Absorb Stamina │ Absorb Magicka
POTIONS ... │ Bear Claws ....... │ Hanging Moss
.... │ Creep Cluster .... │ Wheat
Giant's Toe ..... │ Blue Butterfly ... │ Blue Mountain Flower
.... │ Wheat ............ │ Scaly Pholiota
... │ Wheat ............ │ Wisp Wrappings
... │ Garlic ........... │ Vampire Dust
Chaurus Eggs .... │ Luna Moth Wing ... │ Vampire Dust
... │ Luna Moth Wing ... │ Namira's Rot
Deathbell ....... │ Dwarven Oil ...... │ Salt Pile
Creep Cluster ... │ Mora Tapinella ... │ Scaly Pholiota
EFFECTS..[3] │ Paralysis │ Damage Magicka Regen │ Invisibility │ Slow │ Fortify Carry Weight │ Regenerate
Suggested Perks[edit]
2 ALCH 1 Alch I 𝙿 42 CONJ 40 Necromancy
3 SMIT 1 Steel Smit 𝙴 43 DEST 30 Aug Shock I
4 ENCH 1 Ench I 𝚁 44 SMIT 50 Adv Armor
5 SNEA 1 Stealth I 𝙺 45 DEST 30 Aug Frost I
6 ALCH 20 Alch II 𝚂 46 SMIT 50 Arc B-smith
7 ARCH 1 Overdraw I [4] 47 ARCH 30 Eagle Eye
8 ALCH 20 Physician │ 48 SMIT 70 Glass Smit
9 ONEH 1 Armsman I │ 49 SNEA 30 Muffl Mov
10 ENCH 20 Ench II │ 50 REST 70 Necromage
11 LIGH 1 Agile Def I │ 51 SNEA 30 Backstab
12 ALCH 30 Benefactor │ 52 CONJ 70 Dark Souls
13 REST 1 Nov Rest │ 53 ONEH 30 2 × Flurry I
14 ALCH 30 Poisoner │ 54 SMIT 100 Dragon Armor
15 CONJ 1 Nov Conj │ 55 SNEA 40 Deadly Aim
16 ENCH 30 Fire Ench │ 56 CONJ 100 Twin Souls
17 ILLU 1 Nov Illu │ 57 ARCH 40 Overdraw III
18 ALCH 40 Alch III │ 58 ONEH 40 Armsman III
19 ALTE 1 Nov Alte │ 59 ILLU 40 Kindred Mage
20 ENCH 40 Ench III │ 60 SNEA 40 Light Foot
21 DEST 1 Nov Dest │ 61 ALTE 40 Mag Resis II
22 ENCH 40 Frost Ench │ 62 ARCH 50 Power Shot
23 ARCH 20 Overdraw II │ 63 ONEH 50 2× Flurry II
24 ENCH 50 Insight Ench │ 64 ILLU 50 Quiet Cast
25 ONEH 20 Armsman II │ 65 LIGH 50 Unhindered
26 ENCH 50 Storm Ench │ 66 ONEH 50 Savag Strike
27 REST 20 Regen │ 67 SNEA 50 Silent Roll
28 ALCH 60 Alch IV │ 68 ALTE 50 Adept Alte
29 ONEH 20 Fight Stance │ 69 DEST 60 Aug Shock II
30 ALCH 60 Conc. Poison │ 70 DEST 60 Aug Frost II
31 ALTE 20 Alte 2× Cast │ 71 ARCH 60 Overdraw IV
32 ENCH 60 Ench IV │ 72 ONEH 60 Armsman IV
33 ILLU 20 Illu 2× Cast │ 73 LIGH 60 Wind Walker
34 ALCH 80 Alch V │ 74 SNEA 70 Silence
35 ILLU 20 Animage │ 75 ARCH 70 Quick Shot
36 ENCH 80 Ench V │ 76 ALTE 70 Stability
37 ALTE 25 Appr Alte │ 77 ONEH 70 2 × Savagery
38 ENCH 100 Extra Effect │ 78 ARCH 80 Overdraw V
39 LIGH 30 Custom Fit │ 79 ONEH 80 Armsman V
40 SMIT 30 Elven Smit │ 80 ILLU 90 Mast of Mind
41 ALTE 30 Mag Resist I │ 81 SNEA 100 Shadow War
Best gear[edit]
With unofficial patches, using no exploits. [5] You have to have:
— Ahzidal Armor set (Fortify Enchanting +10)
— 100 Alchemy, Enchanting & Smithing │ Alchemist 5, Benefactor │ Enchanter 5, Insightful Enchanter
— Filled Grand Soul Gems │ Ingredients for Enchanting & Smithing potions │ Sets of gear w/ no enchantments
01 │ CRAFT blank equipment │
[4]
02 │ BREW potions of Fortify Enchanting │
03 │ EQUIP ahzidal to Fortify Enchanting │
04 │ DRINK potions of Fortify Enchanting │
05 │ ENCHANT gear of Fortify Alchemy │
06 │ EQUIP gear of Fortify Alchemy │
07 │ REPEAT 3 × │
08 │ EQUIP ahzidal to Fortify Enchanting │
09 │ DRINK potions of Fortify Enchanting │
10 │ ENCHANT gear of Fortify Smithing │
11 │ EQUIP gear of Fortify Alchemy │
12 │ BREW potions of Fortify Smithing │
13 │ EQUIP gear of Fortify Smithing │
14 │ DRINK potions of Fortify Smithing │
15 │ UPGRADE equipment │
16 │ EQUIP gear of Fortify Alchemy │
17 │ BREW potions of Fortify Enchanting │
18 │ EQUIP ahzidal to Fortify Enchanting │
19 │ DRINK potions of Fortify Enchanting │
20 │ ENCHANT equipment │
01 │ Weapon ◄ Shock/Frost Damage │
02 │ Weapon ◄ Shock Damage/Soul Trap │
03 │ Helmet ◄ Conjure/Illusion │
04 │ Armor ◄ Destruction/Alteration │
05 │ Gloves ◄ Bow/One-handed │
06 │ Boots ◄ Sneak/One-handed │
07 │ Ring/Necklace ◄ Bow/One-handed │
08 │ Ring/Necklace ◄ Conjure/Illusion │
09 │ Ring/Necklace ◄ Destruction/Alteration │
10 │ Ring ◄ Unarmed/Carry Weight │
Useful Lists[edit]
Atronach Forge Ingredients[edit]
- See Atronach Forge for a detailed guide & [other].
Brooms, Charcoal, Daedra Hearts, Empty Wine Bottles, Human Hearts, Raw Meat (Dog Meat, Horker Meat, Horse Meat, Legs of Goats, Mammoth Snouts), Rolls of Paper, Ruined Books, H. Skulls & [other]
Bugs in a Jar[edit]
□ Bee in a Jar ..... : near Riften > Lake Honrich > Goldenglow Estate > 2nd Floor
□ Butterfly in a Jar : between Haemar's Shame and Ivarstead
□ Dragonfly in a Jar : SE of Markarth > Dushnikh Yal > Burguk's Longhouse > Cellar
□ Moth in a Jar .... : S of Dawnstar > E of Fort Dunstad > Duskglow Crevice
□ Torch-bug in a Jar : between Dawnstar and Winterhold > Frostflow Lighthouse
Treasure Maps[edit]
× # │ Map Location │ Chest Area
□ I │ Bandit Camp S of The Guardian Stones │ Riverwood
□ II │ Journeyman's Nook │ Valtheim Towers
□ III │ Riverside Shack │ Solitude Lighthouse
□ IV │ Inside Redoran's Retreat │ Pelagia Farm
□ V │ Angi's Camp │ Lost Valley Redoubt
□ VI │ S-SE of the Shrine, W of Stonehill Bluff, on top of a mountain │ Korvanjund
□ VII │ Traitor's Post │ Gallows Rock
□ VIII │ SE of Bleakcoast Cave │ Dragon Bridge
□ IX │ Lucky Lorenz in rubble, near the river near the Abandoned Prison │ Broken Helm Hollow
□ X │ Inside Stony Creek Cave │ The Lady Stone
□ Neugrad │ Tower on top of Fort Neugrad │ Fort Neugrad
□ Valehk's │ Given to you by Velehk Sain │ Pilgrim's Trench
The Litany of Larceny[edit]
□ Queen Bee Statue ....... : near Riften > Lake Honrich > Goldenglow Estate > 2nd Floor
□ Honningbrew Decanter ... : near Whiterun > Honningbrew Meadery > 2nd Floor
□ East Empire Shipping Map : Solitude Docks > East Empire Company Warehouse
□ Model Ship ............. : N-NE of Windhelm > Snow Veil Sanctum > Snow Veil Catacombs
□ Dwemer Puzzle Cube ..... : Markarth > Understone Keep > Dwemer Museum > Lab > [Locked Area]
□ Bust of the Gray Fox ... : Riften > Riftweald Manor > [Wardrobe] > Cellar
□ Left Eye of the Falmer . : W of Windhelm, S of Lake Yorgrim > Irkngthand > Mercer Frey
Walkthrough[edit]
See Quest Timing for whys, whens & why-nots.
Helgen, Riverwood, Whiterun[edit]
1) □ Unbound │ Keep Novice Hood (+30 Magicka) from Helgen Keep to summon Flame Atronachs later │ Most items in Hod & Gerdur's House (if you accompanied Ralof)
2) □ A Lovely Letter │ Riverwood, Sven or Faendal │ 25 gold; most items in Sven & Hilde's House or Faendal's House │ Follower (optional) │ Go to Sven/Faendal, take his fake letter to the other; when he gives you his own fake letter, pickpocket him for the 1st letter; go to Camilla & turn in both letters; talk to Sven, or Faendal (recommended); enlist him as a follower if desired.
3) □ Sell Vegetables │ Near Whiterun, Pelagia Farm, Severio │ Most items in the farm
4) □ Argonian Ale Extraction │ tip Brenuin (or Lucia) before buying or selling anything in Whiterun │ Brenuin │ Potion of Vigorous Healing; most items in The Bannered Mare │ Sell some firewood to Hulda to take the Ale (& other stuff) w/o stealing.
5) □ Start Greatsword for a Great Man (finish on your way out of Whiterun) │ Adrianne │ Balgruuf's Greatsword (temp.) │ Better than any other early equivalent item but is 2-handed | Most items in the Warmaiden's.
6) □ A Few Words with You │ Carlotta │ Some gold; most items at Carlotta's stall & house
7) □ Bullying Braith │ House of Clan Battle-Born, Lars │ Most items in the house
8) □ Take Up Arms │ Jorrvaskr, Living Quarters, Kodlak │ Vilkas's Sword (Skyforge Steel Sword; temp.); Unusual Gem (Kodlak's room); completing the quest makes many items in Jorrvaskr free for the taking │ Vilkas asks you to take his sword to Eorlund. A sword of similar quality is not normally obtainable until later in the game.
9) □ Finish Before the Storm │ Purchase spells from Farengar; start Salt for Arcadia │ Dragonsreach │ Leveled armor; most items in Dragonsreach; Unusual Gem (Jarl's Quarters).
10) □ Andurs' Arkay Amulet │ Hall of the Dead, Andurs │ Andurs' Amulet of Arkay (temp.; +10 Health); Unusual Gem (crypt) │ A Flame Atronach will handle the combat.
11) □ Finish Salt for Arcadia │ Arcadia's Cauldron, Arcadia │ Potion of Brief Invisibility, Potion of Enhanced Stamina, Potion of Illusion; most items in her shop (inc. ingredients)
12) □ Delayed Burial │ NE of Whiterun, N of Whitewatch Tower, Loreius Farm, Cicero │ 250 gold
Falkreath[edit]
13) □ Delivery │ Thadgeir (Dead Man's Drink or chops wood outside) │ 250 gold
14) □ Sell Vegetables │ Corpselight Farm, Mathies │ Most items in the farm
15) □ Some Light Theft │ Dengeir (his house or the inn) │ 250 gold; most items in his house
16) □ Rare Gifts │ Black-Briar Mead │ Jarl's Longhouse, Siddgeir │ 2-3 leveled potions; most items in the longhouse │ Has to be started prior receiving the Jarl's letter (lvl 9) or be skipped.
17) □ Kill the Bandit Leader │ Chop Wood on your way (from) there │ Jarl's Longhouse, Siddgeir │ Leveled amount of gold │ Prerequisite for Build Your Own Home & Thane of Falkreath │ Climb the hill behind the camp (you'll know you're there when you'd find a skeleton) & clear it w/ ranged attacks (sneak to make bandits move around); Flame Atronachs will handle the leader.
18) □ Chop Wood │ N of Falkreath, W shore of Lake Ilinalta, Half-Moon Mill, Hert │ Most items in her house │ Free lumber
19) □ Thane of Falkreath │ Jarl's Longhouse, Siddgeir │ Blade of Falkreath, Housecarl Rayya
20) □ Build Your Own Home │ Need at least 5000 gold & many iron ingots │ Jarl's Longhouse, Nenya │ Adding a Garden & Greenhouse is recommended; plant the suggested ingredients to harvest 3-5 units from each ✻ every 3 days or every day if you replant them after each harvest: [4]
× Ingredients ✻ Potion
□ Creep Cluster 5 F. Carry W. / Rest. Mag.
□ Scaly Pholiota 5 Reg. Stam. / F. Illusion
□ Mora Tapinella 3 Weakness to Magic
□ Cannis Root 4 Paralysis /
□ Imp Stool 4 Dmg Health (1.5 × Dmg)
□ Death Bell 3
□ Blisterwort 4 Fortify Smithing /
□ Glowing Mushroom 5 Fortify Health /
□ Wheat 4 Restore Health
□ Snowberries 4 F. Ench. (w/ B. B-fly) /
□ Dragon's Tongue 4 Resist Fire /
□ Tundra Cotton 3 Fortify Barter /
Riften[edit]
21) □ Start Bow to the Master │ W of Riften Stables, Merryfair Farm, Dravin
22) □ Quest all Beggars Have │ Riften │ Tip Edda or Snilf before buying or selling anything.
Thieves Guild[edit]
23) □ A Chance Arrangement │ Brynjolf │ Prerequisite for Taking Care of Business │ To spare Brand-Shei, drop the ring & tell Brynjolf you lost it.
24) □ Taking Care of Business │ Brynjolf │ Gloves of the Pugilist (the Ratway; Fortify Unarmed); leveled Poison, Potion of Fortify Health, Potion of Fortify random Stealth skill │ Prerequisite for Loud & Clear │ You'll never face more than 1 enemy at a time (except the 1st corridor) in the Ratway before talking to Brynjolf in The Ragged Flagon. He'll instruct you to collect debts from 3 business owners in town: Keerava (The Bee & Barb), Bersi (Pawned Prawn), Haelga (Haelga's Bunkhouse). Ask him about each one to learn how to handle them. Whichever one is the last one to be racketeered will pay up without a hustle.
25) □ Start Loud & Clear │ Thieves Guild, Brynjolf │ Thieves Guild Armor (inc. a non-necklace of Fortify Barter); most items in Cistern │ Thieves Guild membership
26) □ Start No Stone Unturned │ The Ragged Flagon, Vex
Takes place in Riften[edit]
27) □ Pick Dravin's Bow in the Ratway Vaults
28) □ Stabilized │ Shadr │ Leveled Potion of Invisibility; most items in Riften Stables │ Borrowed Horse │ Finishes at the stables.
29) □ Helping Hand │ Wujeeta (docks, fishery or Haelga's Bunkhouse) │ Leveled unenchanted ring; most items at the docks │ Prerequisite for The Raid
30) □ Bring It! │ Harrald │ 2 leveled precious gems
31) □ Pick up Stone of Barenziah in Mistveil Keep's Jarl's Chambers
Riften quests to start (in any order)[edit]
32) □ Hunt & Gather │ Mistveil Keep, Wylandriah │ Find Wylandriah's Spoon, Ingot, Soul Gem.
33) □ The Lover's Requital │ Riften Jail, Sibbi
34) □ Distant Memories │ Brand-Shei (market or Haelga's Bunkhouse)
35) □ Stoking the Flames │ Balimund (market or his shop) │ Leveled amount of gold; most items in his shop? │ Find 10 Fire Salts.
36) □ Ringmaker │ Madesi (market, Haelga's Bunkhouse or Beggar's Row) │ 400 gold; leveled necklace │ Find a Mammoth Tusk, Gold Ore, 2 Flawless Sapphires.
37) □ Ice Cold │ Marise (market or her house) │ Apprentice Alteration spell tome │ Find 5 Ice Wraith Teeth.
38) □ Pilgrimage │ Hall of the Dead, Alessandra │ Alessandra's Dagger (temp.) │ Very light & Increases speed for dual-wielding.
39) □ The Book of Love │ Temple of Mara, Dinya │ Need to visit 4 locations across Skyrim, 2 of which can't be reached by carriage.
40) □ Special Delivery │ Bolli (market, fishery, The Bee & Barb or his house)
41) □ Sealing the Deal │ The Bee & Barb, Talen-Jei │ Random leveled potion; most items in the inn? │ Find 3 Flawless Amethysts.
42) □ Under the Table │ Romlyn (Black-Briar Meadery or The Bee & Barb)
43) □ Truth Ore Consequences │ Elgrim's Elixirs, Hafjorg
44) □ Few & Far Between │ Ingun (Elgrim's Elixirs or Black-Briar Manor) │ Leveled amount of gold, 2-5 random leveled potions/poisons every few days │ Find 20 of Deathbells, Nirnroots, Nightshades.
The Rift[edit]
45) □ Dawnguard & Awakening │ Fort Dawnguard, Isran │ Crossbow, 45 Steel Bolts; all items in the fort │ Take the road from S gate of Riften that leads E; after the road turns SE & you cross a bridge, look for an unmarked entrance to Dayspring Canyon in the cliffs on your left.
46) □ Finish Bow to the Master │ W of Riften Stables, Merryfair Farm, Dravin │ 5 leveled precious gems; most items in the farm
47) □ Shor's Stone quests │ N of Riften │ If you sell ore to Grogmar you'll have to skip The Forgemaster's Fingers.
— Pick up ore sample from Filnjar for Truth Ore Consequences
— Mine or Yours │ Filnjar │ Leveled amount of gold; most items in his house
— Start Special Delivery │ Sylgja
48) □ Sell Vegetables │ SE of Goldenglow Estate, Snow-Shod Farm, Addvild │ Most items in the farm
49) □ Sell Vegetables & start Smooth Jazbay │ Between Ivarstead & Shor's Stone, Sarethi Farm, Avrusa │ 5 random potions; most items in the farm (inc. ingredients) │ Find 20 Jazbay Grapes.
Ivarstead[edit]
50) □ Complete the 1st objective of The Book of Love │ Most items in Fellstar Farm & Klimmek's House
51) □ Pick up Wylandriah's Spoon for Hunt & Gather │ Fellstar Farm building
52) □ Start Grin & Bear It │ Temba │ Random leveled waraxe │ Find 10 Bear Pelts.
53) □ The Straw that Broke │ Narfi │ Random ingredients
54) □ Deliver Black-Briar Mead Keg to Wilhelm for Under the Table │ Vilemyr Inn │ Leveled jewelry
55) □ Get Lynly to confess for The Lover's Requital │ Vilemyr Inn