9 Things You Probably Didn't Know You Could Do In Skyrim

#skyrim

[@TheRemco98]

I love how 13 years after its release, the community is still going strong as ever. Keep it up dude!

[@chicknorris9602]

@@bigmyke200876 had a bad release, that’s all

[@courtney-rw8ch]

I played Skyrim through twice 10 years ago on PS3. On a whim, I picked it up from Steam for $18 for PC and was happily amazed at the amount of content and mods out there. I have been binging Skyrim videos for four months now with no end in sight!

[@josephlee5654]

I'll bet everything my family left me that ES6 ain't gonna last 2 years

[@BBZ9000]

2024 I’m doing my first play through, on PC anniversary edition. I love it!!

[@courtney-rw8ch]

@@josephlee5654 yep. A lot of hype for ES6 and GTA6. I hope at least one of them lives up to it!

[@octavianpopescu4776]

I'm a bit surprised seeing people call the first hours of Skyrim a snooze fest. That's actually my favourite part of the whole game. I get a feeling of first being immersed in the world and then after leaving Helgen, I get a feeling of endless possibilities. My character is still weak enough to make things interesting. Later on in the game, I inevitably become OP. But those first hours are the best for me.

[@courtney-rw8ch]

I feel that. I hang around Riverwood and White run until I have moderate armor, and at least one decent weapon and then I proceed to walk the map and discover as many places as possible before really pursuing any quests. (i’m talking like 50 hours worth of walking) I die A LOT, but it is a lot more interesting and fun than later on being so OP that I don’t even have to look at my health bar anymore…

[@HowManySmall]

The tutorial is one of the worst in any game I've played Not a fun thing to replay

[@abrahambobst4602]

It sure is heck is far, far better than the Snooze Fest begining of Starfield.

[@courtney-rw8ch]

@@HowManySmall literally why I only played one and a half times through 10 years ago on PS3. Wagon to dragon is horrible. But at least in the tutorial you can level.

[@user-lk4mn2sf9p]

Super talented

[@Frisken96]

Angie is the best npc, she really makes the world for me and I can immerse myself to the fullest, this is how all trainers should be.

[@tarablommaart2567]

I can't believe that even in 2024 Falldamage is still making skyrim videos regularly

[@followyourpath]

And here's hoping they keep going! Because I will for sure keep playing 😁

[@OmnipotentSpud]

There's a demand lol

[@NorscaWolves]

I love it

[@faithlessfate]

I cant believe they still find shit i dont know

[@paulhinterberger7438]

To be fair, I'm still playing Skyrim regularly in 2024. Playing as I'm watching this actually.

[@darthmadara7984]

Am I the only one who thinks Angie should have been made a follower after the experience? One of the most interesting vanilla npc encounters and you walk away leaving her in isolation, having no reason to return, knowing her non essential status could get her killed as an after thought if a strong creature spawns in her vicinity. Thanks RDO and my home is your home mod for enabling me to keep her

[@michaeltelson9798]

If you ever played the Rigmor of Bruma mod, Angie becomes an important character to Rigmor with her camp s place of safety and security.

[@themarvellousmacca]

To be fair, I haven't been near Angi in about 6 years. She's kinda forgettable for me

[@darthmadara7984]

@@themarvellousmacca Well there is no reason to return. I am comparing the uniqueness of the encounter to the vanilla followers recruitment process. If I was pitting it against recruiting Garus in mass effect or even Fallout's recruitment system, Angie would have fallen way short

[@cosmicsloth5002]

This game will forever be one of my all time favorites. My love for it will never die.

[@interestedincphpsqlmysql4222]

Become ethereal actually one of best shout IMO.. if you notice a dragon about to land your head or breathe fire.. use it and dragon will waste all effort on a "ghost" and you can safely land a few shots with your bow or spell while its taking off. It is a life saver in legendary difficulty. :)

[@jesusfilosofo6385]

4:15 if you dont have an horse, transforming into a werewolf or a vampire lord gives you extreme speed regardless of how much you're carrying, yes you cannot fast travel while transformed, but that helps alot as a last ditch option.

[@StArShIpEnTeRpRiSe]

If I remember correctly, you can't hold vampire lord form at daytime (in the open where the sun reach you), and also in both scenario you are attacked by anyone who notice you.

[@jesusfilosofo6385]

@@StArShIpEnTeRpRiSe yea but for that, timeskip close to an shop or your house and you are good to go.

[@StArShIpEnTeRpRiSe]

@@jesusfilosofo6385 Forget the fact, that if you are in vampire lord form near a shop or house, everyone in the settlement want to kill you, but even if you do that, that means, you are at a pace, where you can put down or sell most stuff, so you don't need carry them.

[@jesusfilosofo6385]

@@StArShIpEnTeRpRiSe my man, is not perfect, sometimes im full of important stuff, and this helps alot if you dont have the conjure spell of the horse, but it has its oportunities to shiny, is good when inside caves too.

[@Mr_.G]

There's things that EVERYONE knows by now and then there are proper tips. Here's 3. Instead of going to the place requested, fight the Ebony Warrior whilst in a town, right after he's told you his nonsense. He can't spam shouts anymore and you have space to move around properly. There's a Dragon in Blackreach. Find the bit where there's a Falmer worshipping temple. Above it there's a big gold glowing light thingy. Use the Unrelenting Force shout on it, you hear a "Dong" and a Dragon flies out. There's a Dragon in Solstheim, tucked away on an unmarked island. Go find it.

[@DatCrazyNerf]

Instant merchant gold refresh: 1. Quick save 2. Attack the merchant 3. Instantly quick load. - their gold stock will be reset

[@dscwac396]

Rich merchants handles this and your Xbox thanks you too.

[@bigduginc]

In Solstheim when you finish Bloodskal Barrow, at the end you can choose Scholar's Insight. This power gives you 2 points for each Skill book read. You can go from 90 to 100 instantly if you have 5 different books. An easy way to bypass the most difficult levels.

[@ASavageEye]

You beat me too it. Actually going to Bloodskal Barrow is the first thing I do once I leave Helgen. Not only does it give you the Scholars Insight skill but you also get the Bloodskal Blade which is a mad powerful item in the early, Also your first mask, which gives lightening protection and boosts lightening spell damage ( this also scales up your lightening dmg enchantments when worn if you are not playing a wizard build ). Finally you also get an Ancient Nordic Pickaxe. Overall it is a fantastic way to start the game.

[@user-hn4zn9nx3c]

0:55 A Lesson well-learnt, you'd better listen: DO NOT MAKE FOLLOWERS PICK UP STACKS OF ITEMS THIS WAY, THEY WILL BECOME ONLY ONE ITEM. I dropped 500 clay bricks in a stack for Lydia to pick up, and when I checked her inventory later, it was only one clay brick. Totally threw a monkey wrench into my plans, it could've been far worse if I asked her to pick up some valuable arrows. You need to drop them all individually, no matter how painful it is. if you really want some good painless carry weight on those followers try using the potion of restoration loop to get a super powerful piece of armor that increases your carry weight by 3 trillion or something.

[@geehammer1511]

Also IF we're gonna drop anything do it away from other NPC's because they'll pick up items.

[@Forced2DoThis1]

This is the fist video of this type that ACTUALLY had things in it I not only hadn't done, but things I didn't KNOW at all! GREAT WORK!!!

[@UnswimmingFishYT]

I actually didn't know some of these. Rare that I see little details which are new to me, and finding them makes this a more interesting channel.

[@fredrickdenga7552]

We all have refused to move on

[@lordgoatofthememeisles3808]

Knew all of these except two, one being the horse fast travel trick which I forgot, and the other being immediately going to the watchtower, which is something that just never occured. Awesome video btw. It's nice to see my favourite game still has people playing it and making content about it.

[@prozoomy3588]

Angie is great to do when your Archery is 90 so you finish the skill off quickly

[@cpljimmyneutron]

So, each of the prisoners in the Dark Brotherhood torture room will give up the location by taking their health to below 10% without killing them, it is really easy to do, no conversations necessary.

[@aumi2416]

You can actually use clairvoyance to see that the 3rd prisoner in the first quest is actually the 3rd guy the kajit

[@grumphump2728]

just passed 370 hours on my file. level 183. Still endlessly entertained by doing weird stuff

[@courtney-rw8ch]

Holy heck Batman! I am just over 500 hours and level 58 😂😂😂

[@grumphump2728]

​​​@@courtney-rw8chhaha I power level once in awhile. I have max upgraded daedric armour and a boat load of health. So I can just let giants attack me while I'm afk. Sometimes I'll use a shield, as blocking giant attacks levels you up SO fast. I'm legendary 28 block and legendary 24 heavy armour haha. 2.6 million gold. 910 dungeons cleared. 20427 hours waiting (shop resets) 3.5 million gold found, 3137 chests looted, 8081 skill increases 564 books read, 9168 barters, 4240 people killed, 2554 animals killed, 1960 creatures killed, 2015 undead killed, 177 daedra killed, 449 automatons killed, 277 dragon souls collected, total lifetime bounty 117596, 228132 items pickpocketed, 229247 items stolen

[@courtney-rw8ch]

@@grumphump2728 nice! I am a bit of a hoarder and still loot burial earns for seven gold so I do have 1.8 million lol

[@grumphump2728]

​@@courtney-rw8ch nice!! I'm the same way hah i buy every arrow, ingredient, and ore from everyone I can all the time and it just stays at 2.5 million hah I think it's very safe to say your money issues are done after a million

[@Queygaming1996]

Just discovered your channel and loving it mate!🤙🏻

[@Tucher97]

So fun fact with being over encumbered, ok so this sounds silly or weird but always carry a potion of increase carry weight as chances are that you picked up just enough to be over encumbered so the carry weight potion will get you long enough to fast travel. This can be done in fallout 3, NV, and 4 with a buffout drug.

[@NorscaWolves]

Keep the skyrim vids coming it's great to have more content

[@305julianp]

I hope my grandchildren play Skyrim and it lives on forever! Im 29 btw and have a 9 year old daughter, she’s on Minecraft now, when she’s ready I’ll introduce her to Skyrim 💚

[@top_banananaplays]

You can use a flame, frost or storm clock spell and use Become Ethereal afterwards to continuously damage enemies while still being invincible.

[@marquislexil]

Damn, I didn't know about the infinit companion carry weight. But I am newer to Skyrim than most, I suppose. I had taken a break from gaming to travel a lot for a few years. And I travelled a lot. Before the Nintendo Switch came out, so there was no way to play the games I really wanted to, at the time. Like Skyrim. Videos like this really mean a lot to me. Thank you for keeping Skyrim content alive along with a few other channels. I just subscribed🤘🏼

[@TheCorpsehatch]

My first playthrough I did in Skyrim way back in 2011 I went from Riverwood to Bleak Falls Barrow. Did not go to Whiterun until after returning the Golden Claw. Interesting thing is when doing this Delphine does not show up in Dragonsreach. Did not not the trick for skill books and followers. I did know skills level up slower at higher levels though. NOTE: Fairly certain the Unofficial Patch removes the exploit for buying a home for free.

[@shogunjax4678]

You have an amazing voice, I bet you get all the ladies.

[@inductivegrunt94]

13 years and we're still discovering new, or unknown, things in Skyrim. And Fall Damage is still covering Skyrim to this day.

[@austinfowler2690]

I'm learning new things here

[@vaulthunterfromterra4053]

Today I learned that Dawnbreaker does extra damage to Dragons. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised, they ARE resurrected after all.

[@teyanuputorti7927]

thank you for sharing this

[@gestaltdude]

It has to be said, I stopped listening to Balgruf years ago. The thing I really hate about that part of the quest line is sometimes you don't receive the Axe of Whiterun which, if you're an obsessive collector, can be a proverbial thorn in your mind for the rest of the game. I've got into the habit of doing a hard save just before entering Dragonsreach after finishing the Barrows, just in case that glitch occurs. As for carryweight, I made things easier for myself by downloading a backpack mod and tweaking the capacity so I have over 100k weight limit. Finally, if your on PC, you can get around any seller not having enough gold by opening the console command screen, click on the seller, then using the command "additem f xxx" to give them as much gold as you want, though I recommend not going over 31k.

[@LAZERAK47V2]

Counterpoint to 3: If you head straight to the Western Watchtower, you miss out on a piece of leveled enchanted loot from Balgruuf for completing Bleak Falls Barrow. Instead, just head upstairs, wait for the conversation to start and then leave the room via the large doors to the balcony. Re-enter Dragonsreach and the conversation will be skipped, while also giving you your loot.

[@LedeannaCal]

I don't mind the starting hours of Skyrim after thousands of hours of playtime because I play characters not the game.

[@raul6972]

Quite a useful tip, never thought of saving the books for later

[@adameriksson6921]

I just started playing skyrim a month ago. It's awesome! Though I figured out a few of these on my own. What's better than dropping your stuff on the ground is putting it in a chest, barrel or whatever place you can that doesn't count as stealing then have your follower take everything from inside. Much faster.

[@bacd-nn2lg]

I played this game so much that everything on this list is known to me.

[@mikelapine1]

It would have made a ton of sense if the ghost weapons were the exception to not being able to deal damage in the ethereal form.

[@Wolf359inc]

I found Angie on my latest playthrough, and completed the first challenge. Unfortunately, we were attacked by a dragon, and she did not survive, so I was not able to complete the “quest”… 😂😂😂

[@ZeyZemZer]

As someone who just started playing Skyrim, sometimes the directions are really confusing when starting missions especially when you’re not familiar with the map yet. But so far, it’s been amazing.

[@Stoneyhost4135]

The carry weight i have a clip of doing it in first gen vanilla skyrim in 2011 somewhere i recorded to show my friend at school how to have the followers carry everything you have but make sure you give them potions so they dont die and get one that know how to heal them selves

[@supaorigamisensei]

One of the things that peeves me about Skyrim is the fact you cannot travel on the carriage when you’re encumbered Yet you can ride your own horse and fast travel with no issue

[@lunar8063]

For the first thing, you can throw your stuff in a chest/barrel/sack etc. and use the command for them to take all from chest. Way easier than having them pick up one item at a time, and they can pick up stolen objects.

[@RealBradMiller]

😮

[@YosiahW]

I've tried this before with stolen items and my follower refused to take them. I think their nature matters there. Like Mjoll is considered lawful good or whatever so she refuses to commit crimes.

[@somethingbanter]

getting houses for free is really easy in the switch version because you can use the amiibo spell to summon a chest anywhere that you want

[@utvolvet]

Even more efficient than dropping items on the ground (and potentially losing materials as mentioned previously) just put all the items you want in a barrel, chest, or other storage container. Then command the follower to take all from the container. Super fast, never lose mats, and never lose items that bounce away on the ground. Just don’t try to do it inside a space where you’re trespassing or the follower may refuse.

[@jasruss989]

8:54 I will literally never get tired of that Outro lol

[@nathanblake2918]

If you use any of the cloak spells before using Become Ethereal you could do damage that way too, but the way you showed was interesting too

[@luana.desousa6398]

Make a tierlist video about the ways to play in combat (double handed, one handed and shield, one handed and magic, dual casting magic, archer, etc)

[@bencross3759]

Oh my god! I'm a seasoned player of skyrim but i did not know about the carry weight! Game changer!

[@JodyMyth]

4:03 I kinna like to switch to my werewolf abilities and then stop near a town so the guards don't attack me and the fact is werewolf hitting ability kinna makes u dash so it's also way faster and when u have completed the time of bring a werewolf u can wait for 24 hours and be it again

[@williamgregoriopalpal3238]

I suggest you install the mod "growl beast of skyrim" you will enjoy playing as a werewolf trust me

[@lunarcontact]

Hey i did learn something new 😅 thanks

[@horacenewman1147]

Just started a new Thalmor build yesterday. Skyrim will never die

[@timm285]

I love your videos

[@iskurtynn8759]

the first trick works wonderfull with chests too :D

[@jasonbyrne6132]

Haven't played it in 5 years recently picked it back up can't stop playing....dammit!!!!😊

[@michaeltelson9798]

One of the surprises that I discovered is that Logrolf the Willful in the House of Horrors quest, had hidden plans. This Boethia priest had a hidden agenda to produce a sacrifice that would very much please his patron Daedra, but you and Molog Bal are going to destroy it. Talk to Azzada Lylvieve and his wife Michel. They talk about a friend that had helped Azzada get off the streets of Markarth. This old soldier is Logrolf the Bent. Willful? Bent? There is a similar concept in those nicknames. Plus, Bethesda doesn’t like to repeat names of characters except to make minor spelling changes. No matter what, would you readily accept help from a priest of Boethia? Michel also mentions that in one of his last letters Logrolf mentions a ghost problem in his house, hmmm?! To me is that Logrolf had planned to prop up Azzada then at the peak of his success give him to Boethia as a prize showing his devotion to this Daedra. Getting the mace from Molog Bal is actually a good thing as you prevent the murder of this good soul and preserve their family while denying Boethia one of her best priests. Most people think of the conversations with the Lylvieves as a nice story, but it could have had a cruel fate.

[@arwahsapi]

Everytime I hear a new back story to a lore I feel like my mind is blown!

[@michaeltelson9798]

@@arwahsapi Thank you, it just struck me one day that there was a connection between these people. Michel’s comments clinched it about the ghost in the house. It’s very subtle but definitely there is the connection.

[@akunformalitas]

Willful? Bent? Bend will shout, now I see...

[@silvenimoy3115]

Even though the Bloodskal blade’s energy blast thing doesn’t do much damage it does stagger many enemies, so still useful during Become Ethereal to interrupt enemy healing or clear a path to get to safety and heal

[@NCRranger11]

The first one is kinda true, but after a certain amount of items or weight, items will not appear in their inventory.

[@themarvellousmacca]

You do realise that if you munch on Netch Jelly, or if the Greybeards hit you with Ice Form... You'd have to change your channel name

[@Peterplaysmobile]

My favorite is when I spam balgruff and he says “not now” I don’t know why it’s satisfying

[@xsxSquallxsx]

Love that you say, probably didn't know instead of you don't know.

[@garyhart6421]

I think I've heard the follower carry exploit b4 --- but I no longer have/need them. Yup, done Angi's test. Never needed the horse exploit (I have a portable room 😜) Slaughtered the Assassins

[@n1njaman549]

Also yout can stash loot on corpses and drag em or resurrect them to get loot places

[@Krystlist]

the trick to make your followers pick up excess gear is also the trick to duplicate items, you just have to pass through a load screen (like a main town entrance) then return to where you made your follower pick the stuff up and the majority of what you dropped should be there again while the originals are in yours or your followers inventories still. I just did this with soul gems and ingots and got hundreds of them without having to scour Skyrim or waste money buying them

[@generalwd40]

The #1 is good, but i didn't advise to do it with all thing, example, rings. I advise to use that for gauntlet or bigger items.

[@wesleylowe4256]

I just make them carry all my dragon bones and scales they basically become a walking armory once you get 100 smithing

[@dirtylaundry6756]

wish i could go back to when i first got into the game 😭

[@BLADEST3R]

Forget having to go through all of that with the lycanthropy thing, it's actually pretty simple, put the equipment you want to wear on or in something get arrested escape from jail put on new equipment rinse and repeat wear everything you want all at once

[@jonnykosschuk8760]

I've been watching your videos recently mate! Giving me the ich to jump back into skyrim! Do you have a preferred mod list currently?

[@cjlewis4938]

I just downloaded Nolvus. Freaking huge if you can handle the space, and you'll definitely want a decently build pc. But it has a LOT of the big mods and tons of others.

[@NoahVercetti]

I petfer vanilla . But the I see how mods can be fun

[@Redactedzz]

i've been playing this game since i was 6 yrs old im now 15 almost 16 and i love your videos can you show your mod list

[@getrekt244]

The house glitch works in real life too. I believe it's called squatting.

[@computerbiscuit]

If Bethesda was smart they would give us a new few new DLC’s worthy of Skyrims reputation. I’ve been playing this game since its release, and the mods only made it better. I’d gladly buy a new DLC if they made it the size of the original game. I thought it would be a cool idea that you go thru a portal and are sent back in time to be a part of Ulfric’s uprising maybe even earlier when Winterhold was destroyed.

[@justusallred1047]

Anyone else watch these videos as a challenge?

[@finndriessen5829]

You can duplicate youre items with followers. And if you want to cut a heavy amount of the story use youre horse or use a plate and glitch in the thalmor embassy from their youre quest will be done from that point

[@muh.andianto]

I didn't know about that western watchtower thing. Hmm, another new game again I guess

[@347harsha]

Thanks Guru

[@LK_35]

The shout glitch works with vamp lord too

[@user-ph3rq9wb1h]

Yu can also turn to werewolf wen over encumbered to get around faster depending on how much the beast can carry. Yu can over encumber the beast too so keep eye on that just be careful tho depending on where yu turn cud get yu a bounty of 1000 gold especially wen near of in a hold

[@fallenvideogames2121]

I remember I accidentally cloned the Dawn breaker used the unrelenting shout while fighting the named “Boss” of the temple and had to look around for it cause it blew it out of the console and picked it up put it in and found another on the ground have only gotten it to do that again once

[@johnmccall4528]

Wow, I actually learned a thing or two.

[@gamespacedator4individkraf834]

the carry weight thing has a bug that causes the items to register as stolen though, or it might just be how they decided to do it xD

[@christophervandyke1342]

Carry weight trick works in fo4 too

[@LordofGodsandMen]

That’s crazy you can skip that convo about the dragon I’ve sat through it like you said but really probably over a hundred times

[@willheismusical]

I was an adult when this came out

[@CaptainB1994]

I knew about Number 5, tbh I found out by accident and I knew about number of 7 thanks to a certain Spiffing individual lol.

[@BxGStone]

Okay so I knew the Fast Travel lock while encumbered and you would grab your horse for faster transportation..... however, i didn't know that you can just simply.... fast travel from it.

[@ColeOutcast]

I dont know if im just broken or stupidly stubborn, but even though ive played hundreds of characters and beaten the game dozens of times, i still have never played a stealth archer (or archer in general) in skyrim. I always end up reverting to the spellsword (sword in main hand, spell in the other, medium armour).

[@mollyslayermollyslayer9487]

Jus be careful with number one like arrows sometimes if u do it like 25 sometimes theyll pick it up and itll say they picked up one

[@danielbrueggemann3058]

This I have not found ty for the bow place but i seem it would be best to use at level 95 or something to get faster to 💯 cause it take longet the higher lvl

[@nooberdoodles8132]

If you save while crouched or fast travel while crouched or on a horse it might bug the save if playing unmodded

[@Anska5126]

Iirc you can still use Cloak Spells while Ethereal too. Fire, Frost, Whirlwind or even that Sun Cloak from Dawnguard would all be useful but not so much Lightning as the secondary effect is kinda useless by late game since magicka regeneration is scaled by how much you have and late game mages have a lot of it making their regeneration for Fireball quite fast Fire Cloak does a little extra damage more than the others which stacks a bit in the 3 seconds it's active Frost slows enemies making it harder for them to dodge or escape from you Whirlwind will throw people around when you run at them The Sun one is just pretty and more effective against vampires/undead Drinking a potion of Fortify Destruction/Restoration isn't the same as the enchantment and will amplify the effects. Dual casting Cloak Spells also doubles the range. Use Fortify Destruction/Restoration Enchantments to make the cost cheaper and the Sun spells are cheaper than the default cloaks. Vampire Necromages can also get a boost to range. I am unsure if there is a way to increase the damage of the Bloodskaal Blade Energy Wave but I'd guess the Destruction Potion if anything would also do that

[@liwyngradius]

Ah shieeet, never thought about asking my follower to pick up skill books, I always read them on the spot because I figured I’ll likely not go back to it anyway

[@MagicianSul]

I think there was a simple way to pick up skill books without reading them by just holding another button but It's been too long since I last played Skyrim for me to be sure.

[@robertmurphy7131]

I saved all my skill books until I got the black book ability that gives double skill points for each. Then I cashed in. I a lot of these, but it was still a good vid.

[@canadianbacon2262]

Myrwatch and hendraheim are free you just have to go to the location and complete a small objective to obtain them

[@xxcodyxx2093]

1:03 His comment killed me XDDDDD

[@darklegion1783]

Thats cool , learned 3 new things! Unfortunately for me i use MCO so the bloodskall blades attacks actually do not work with their power attacks. Means i have to no clip thru that puzzle in the burrow too. If anyone knows a mco patch for the blade i would appreciate that!

[@benjaminbaird3198]

In stead of the horse fast travel just take a potion to increase carrying capacity you get them trough out the game fast travel to your home and deposit loot in chest no horse necessary

[@aranyabunmi8079]

Gosh I love this game

[@richardzermillion6397]

I found out recently followers can have infinite inventory like literally just last month on the new game after 2 year break and wish I knew because I made a full gear of carry weight jewelry and gear

[@JoinTheBrotherHood]

I knew number 2, 4 & 5, that's it