Can I Beat Skyrim Legendary Survival Difficulty With only Summons?! | Skyrim Legendary Challenge!

[@Ritchian]

For what it's worth. As I understand it, in the lore, the dragon claw puzzles aren't meant to be a clever puzzle to keep people locked out. It's meant to keep any draugr who might have happened to have picked up the claw key from getting through the door. Mindless undead creatures aren't especially good at solving puzzles, after all.

[@brodyrichter8113]

Essentially it checks to see if you have a working brain.

[@cpt.arctourus7950]

You are correct

[@StationaryBeggar]

That would track if the "puzzles" weren't toddler level easy. I think even a brain dead undead could figure it out if they really wanted to leave. They seem pretty cozy in there barrow until we come along and bother them.

[@bushybeardedbear]

Yeah, this checks out most of the time. Until you remember that some named dragon priests are sealed by these puzzles as well. And these guys are supposed to be, you know, liches. As in, very intelligent undead.

[@cpt.arctourus7950]

@@bushybeardedbear yeah there on the side without the key

[@CIoudStriker]

In case anybody wants to try this run, Bretons start with the Summon Familiar spell, meaning you wouldn't be completely defenseless at the start. Plus their natural magic resistance is really useful.

[@skymciel7726]

Pois é, eu tava pensando nisso aí, quando vi o bocó parado sem fazer nada.

[@BotZFounder]

I do this too, and I get the summon spell at the reanimate standing stone.

[@Pluto-c4q]

I would also use the Dremora Summon because in my opinion,its the strongest by far

[@skymciel7726]

Fazer um Summoner é muito foda, mas o que mais gosto é do illusionist.

[@Alizudo]

Yes!! Exactly!! Breton is one of my favourite races, and I immediately knew something was wrong when we did nothing to defend himself.

[@charlieawerbuch5352]

"And then Alduin just stood there so I ran up and punched him. I guess that was a bug" Nope. That's how the fight ends - Alduin sits there until you directly damage him.

[@greed140]

Yeah, that's the reason why a Skyrim Pacifist run is technically impossible from the start.

[@haku8135]

According to the lore, ONLY a Dragonborn can kill Alduin. The game takes that very seriously and makes him immortal unless specifically the Dragonborn deals damage. Summoning something and having IT deal damage, doesn't count. It's actually a pretty neat detail.

[@ravenclawtom]

yup, i did not know this when i was doing a pacifict illusion magic only run. killed my whole run.

[@riteinthebutt2816]

You would think that would be an acceptable thing to break cause it's the game code that you can work around.

[@Potato_tomato47]

Ymfah was able to beat Alduin without even getting credit of the kill by summoning from a staff to push alduin off of sovengarde so it is still possible summon only

[@rustyjones7908]

Regarding the greybeards: it's not so much they have a vow of silence, it's just they can't speak without tearing people apart. Argneir is the youngest of the crew so he can still speak normally. That's also why he immediately obeys Einarth when he tells him to stop being a gonk.

[@Amaryllia]

It's actually the opposite, Arngeir can speak normally because he is more powerful than the other human greybeards. Basically, he has mastered his thu'um so completely that he can choose not to use it and speak normally, while the others have no choice but to use the thu'um as they have not reached his level of mastery.

[@OnionyCabbage]

@@Amaryllia Ohhhh, that actually makes sense!

[@dashua1735]

​​@@AmarylliaThen why does he obey when Master Einarth tells him to stop being a gonk?

[@Amaryllia]

@@dashua1735 i wouldn't say hey "obeyed" him. Arngeir in game even says something about how einarth reminded him of his duties. So he wasn't telling him what to do as much as he was saying "hey I think you are making a mistake and should reconsider" this made arngier realize he was indeed wrong.

[@dashua1735]

@@Amaryllia He even calls him Master

[@superepicfuntime821]

The "Where is Willow" has to be the best intermission / time killer I have ever seen someone do, I think it well worth your time. 👍

[@dagrazytcom5492]

Mmm, yes. Take a game with garbage graphics and put it through recording software then post directly to YT. Even 1080 doesn't allow half the graphics to be seen in this game. I love Skyrim but I don't understand how to do mods so I'm stuck with trucker bathroom levels of graphics when playing.

[@GroupScarab908]

Agreed! I found all but that second one, really fun idea for a challenge run like this.

[@hereticFox716]

Todd howard: it just works Edit; btw, alduin staring at you at the end isnt a glitch, he stays at one hp until you hit him as hes coded to only die by your hands

[@Halimat2.0]

you can use some special summons that do AoE damage on death to kill him i believe (like the flaming familiar)

[@hereticFox716]

@@Halimat2.0 i believe you are indeed right about that, the exploding familiar should be able to kill alduin when it dies, it would require testing however

[@_Dingu]

@@Halimat2.0 watch pacifist runs from ymfah, IIRC Aldiun has the "protected" status so he needs to be hit directly by the player to die. "Environmental" damage like the flaming familiar won't kill him. It's been a while since I've seen the videos so it might be wrong but I believe that's how it works.

[@MythicByrd]

By the by: the fire trap plates are colored differently for "safe" plates and "trapped" ones. If you look at them they have a diamond symbol in the middle with the little fire nozzle in the center of the diamond. The lighter colored ones are safe, and the darker diamonds are trapped. Hopefully that helps you at some point in the future

[@MrElgate]

About a thousand hours in skyrim (all version mixed) and I didn't know that.

[@lechking941]

good to know

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

I recently went through the thieves guild quest again and noticed that the plates in Mercer's basement look different. Some seem "burned", and for a good reason.

[@mehlessmidori602]

As someone who's been Skyrim for a little less than a year, seeing everything you were doing within the beginning from not picking the Breton to get the Conjure Familiar spell as a set spell, actually walking with Raloff and Hadvar and standing there when they cross paths to selling everything from Helgen Keep, even the Mage Hood that would've gave you the MP you needed to use the Summon Flame Atronach spell, I couldn't help but feel a hint of superiority. I've invested too much time into that game. And I found Willow only two times in the first round. Two in the second round.

[@Magziesfuntime]

It is actually worse then you think. There is nothing keeping you from exploring the whole world at the start of the game after leaving the keep at the start. So once he got to whiterun he could have taken the carriage to the mage college and got free casting gear, a free place to sleep, food and drink, as well as a cheap start spell which can sometimes be the summon flame he bought in whiterun. ROFL.

[@XDarkStrikerX]

@@Magziesfuntime One of my first few steps on legendary difficulty is to buy an orichalum ingot and a greater soul gem, steal some void salt from Whiterun alchemist then go straight to the Atronach forge. There's a broom there already, put the 4 items in the bin and craft a Storm Atronach staff right at level 1. You could just stay at that level and slay underleveled enemies for your atronach from there. That thing can also easily kill any encounters up until you get to level 14, by that point I already have the horse Frost and do the ''Night to Remember'' quest for the Sanguine rose to conjure a Dremora Lord. Then you're good for the entire game. Also not sure why he never went with Dremora Lords at all, which also work with Twin Souls. They're way more aggressive and damaging than Atronach from my experience. There's a very few encounter that can get through two of them at once.

[@jackhanley3993]

@@Magziesfuntimea free place to stay in winterhold is useless in survival legendary mode. You’d freeze before you’d make it to a capital city

[@Purriah]

@@Magziesfuntimeyou can literally get a staff of summon storm atronach (multiple) within a few minutes of starting the game too by gathering simple items and going to the atronach forge. That way it doesn’t even cost mana and you can give one to a follower, and have two storm atronach at level 1… but that’s super OP

[@Evarakeus]

​@@jackhanley3993You realize you can take a carriage, right?

[@kingzalrax250]

The “Where’s Willow” bit got me, that was entertaining, thank you kind sir ❤

[@WillowPlaysGames]

glad you enjoyed! :D

[@Scatteredpast]

My favorite theory regarding the claw keys is that those doors aren't meant to lock people out, they're meant to lock the powerful undead *inside*

[@cpt.arctourus7950]

That is exactly what it is

[@StationaryBeggar]

My theory is bethesda wanted the game to be playable by slow children.

[@haku8135]

@@StationaryBeggar Have you ever seen people do puzzles in games? Bethesda wanted their players to not rage quit cause the simplest puzzle they could think of was too hard. For fuck's sake, I've seen people that GENUINELY THINK the Elder Scroll dwemer machine, the one where you get the elder scroll by pressing the buttons, IS A PUZZLE! IT ISN'T EVEN A PUZZLE! LITERALLY NOT ANY KIND OF PUZZLE! According to the lore, the reason IS to keep the Draugr in. Without the claw it's impossible to get in (unless you rob a Daedric Prince) and with the claw you can then open the door containing undead even more powerful than what you fought to get there. You know, the smart thing to do. Keep in mind the Dragonborn is STUPID powerful. The vast majority of normal people who may attempt to delve these ruins would be DESTROYED by those stronger undead. It's basically an idiot filter.

[@neoqwerty]

@@haku8135 Also in-lore most people wouldn't look at a puzzle door inside a BURIAL TOMB for their ANCESTORS and go "ooh treasure!". They'd just go "oh there's just more dead guys in there, probably, should leave that door with the old god totems sealed so there's no draugr invasion. Or something even worse sealed away in there by the old Atmoran gods."

[@lechking941]

@@neoqwertybasicly only the solars who will see thoes doors and wish to tempt them.

[@vorips]

i am so in love that you actually put in the mod "insects be gone" i have huge arachnophobia too and even kind of stopped playing few games because i couldn't get over this fear

[@WillowPlaysGames]

I can deal with it but hate anything with more than 4 legs

[@vorips]

yup, pretty much same here only spider species that isn't all that scary to me are jumping spiders, they just look super cartoonish and cute

[@vhirtue0594]

I mean bears are stronger than frostbite spiders so he just made the game more difficult

[@MattDoubleUJee]

I think he just reskinned the spiders and didn't actually turn them into bears

[@nighttimeserenity2447]

Wish me luck when i once more pick up Skyrim VR: *Alduin is MASSIVE ASF.* Doesn't mean that the Giant Frostbite Spider is gonna be small... x-x I shudder at the thought

[@Ancusohm]

Ooh, I saw your teasers for this. I'm super psyched to see you do this challenge run.

[@WillowPlaysGames]

Hope you enjoy!

[@benjadryl_7393]

The flaming familiar spell might have been great for this run. It summons a familiar except the familiar explodes when it first attacks an enemy. Basically, it's a fire ball spell for the conjuration school. It doesn't sound like a vanilla spell but it's been in the base game since launch.

[@TheHerbalist03]

yea but you get it from a DLC soo

[@benjadryl_7393]

@TheHerbalist03 it's a vanilla spell, in the base game. Just Google it. But if it was a dlc spell, why does that matter?

[@Ealais76]

@@TheHerbalist03pretty sure this guy has SE

[@dima_keller]

Surprised you didn't go for a Breton character instead. They start with conjure familiar spell and their magic resistance is almost op

[@WillowPlaysGames]

I've explained this a dozen times but I went nord because I was afraid of the cold mechanic, considering how the run went with me freezing to death a bunch.

[@lechking941]

@@WillowPlaysGamesthe kajeit also get some cold resistance. but i got the campign mod for my temp controll. i suspect though it dont entirly work with the camping mod still trying to learn though

[@blazingswayze5518]

​@@lechking941 There is a summon skeleton book not far from whiterun I can't remember exactly where I think the ritual stone. Costs 90 Magicka so as long as you aren't tired you can level conjuration with any race

[@gorgeousfreeman1318]

@@lechking941 How did you butcher Khajiit that bad?

[@silentj624]

You knew what they meant. Thats all that matters ​@gorgeousfreeman1318

[@ruggedescavalier9654]

The Wheres willow segment of the videos were such a unique way to spice things up!

[@WillowPlaysGames]

glad you think so!

[@yuyaplays9311]

For sure I enjoyed every minute of trying to find you.

[@bushybeardedbear]

I guess there's always the classic challenge of an entirely illusion and/or never killing anyone run. It's been done before, but it could be fun.

[@Ancusohm]

Oh, I've never beaten Skyrim either. I always kinda get bored before I finish the main quest line. Then I wander off and do sidequests or start a new playthrough or whatever.

[@WillowPlaysGames]

I didn't actually like skyrim much when I started this run, before I had always found it boring personally. by the end I figured out it's appeal and I like it.

[@Mech299]

Did you know that in Bleak Falls Barrow, there are actually 3 chests in the Overlord room? One on the right side of the word wall up some rocks, one near the Overlord, and one to the left, beyond the waterfall. They're both leveled chests I think, so they might not have *the best* loot and rewards, but it's still more stuff!

[@b-buggy1086]

I loved the finding Willow mini game what a great way to use these battles

[@lucillefrancois150]

A bit late to be relevant but you actually could’ve started with a conjuration spell by starting as a Breton. They always start with the conjure familiar spell, which could’ve made the beginning a bit faster The different races all have different attributes, both with survival off and extra ones with it on, like some having different spells, powers, passive abilities, and survival skills like how Argonians and Khajiit are resistant to eating raw food while other races can get sick from it

[@darkdonc]

Good job on the video. Did put a smile on my face after a tiring day and the mini game was a nice addition as well. Keep up the good work

[@thewardoggames2194]

I feel like Ulfric is just having fun picking on you calling you ridiculous names. Pretty soon he’s just gonna call you something like Frost-Troll Skeever-Butt

[@Kebelix47]

Dude, what a hustle 😂 congrats on the patience! Some minor tips: 1. Bretons start with conjure familiar 2. You should get Spellbreaker, as it has a ward that protects against spells 3. You definitely should use the conjure dremora (?) lords 4. If you didn't want to level smithing and enchantment, you really should boost alteration, at least to combo it with your armor. You were dying too often 5. You really should use a lot of restoration spells. Congrats on the playthrough, though! I play Skyrim since 2013, love this game

[@ScoutScoutScoutScoutScout]

I kinda wonder how you were originally expecting the damage of your summons to do especially considering that anyone that isn't the player character is not affected by the difficulty on another side note that thing with Alduin at the end isn't a glitch, Alduin is a protected npc so that only damage dealt by you can kill him

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

I tend to go with Hadvar, no matter which side I take in the civil war. For a very simple reason: Joining him and following him to Riverwood means you'll be a friend with the blacksmith and that in turn means you can take stuff from his house. Including respawning iron and steel ingots at the forge.

[@mistercastillo6517]

never heard of you before but i clicked out of curiosity, quality like this deserves instant sub

[@WillowPlaysGames]

thanks! :D very kind of you to say!

[@short0811]

Ooo. Im going to enjoy this one! Great content man! (Edit: also these really remind me of Major Slack playthroughs)

[@WillowPlaysGames]

Let me know what ya think when you finish it! ^^

[@CDvoid_gamez]

Yeah, i see what you mean definitely has the major slack feel

[@myassisonfire9143]

I was looking for Skyrim challenges to watch and felt like I had to watch this one because My name is Willow too!! Im excited to watch more of you videos :)

[@WillowPlaysGames]

next challenge will be skyrim as well!

[@joffasaurfinch]

I’m so hyped to have found a new youtube channel with so much potential, loving the content 👌👌

[@mrcoldmiser]

4 and 2 for finding you! That was a lot of fun, thanks for putting in the effort to make a game out of it!

[@luxzen5544]

Your so underrated I can just tell you put a lot of effort into these videos. You deserve to be as big as other Skyrim creators if not bigger ❤❤

[@WillowPlaysGames]

Glad you like them!

[@joaovitorr3251]

The mini game is pretty fun, laughed hard for some of the spots u hid, really original ideia

[@lilylezbean_alien5444]

My arachnophobia appreciates the removal of the spiders. Thank you

[@davidwillis5044]

Having to punch Alduin at the end isn't a bug, you are required to land the final blow. which makes sense as you are the "Chosen Hero"

[@RazorFang18]

I loved the Where's Willow minigame within a game. x'D So entertaining.

[@meegwunmatthews516]

You’re gonna blow up with these challenges, sick vids bud

[@crabcontrol3481]

Not sure if this would have broken your rules; but, a torch can be equipped to the left hand. It has a weak block, deals mild fire damage, and provides warmth on survival.

[@Phlarx]

The "Where's Willow" segments has to be one of the best ideas I've ever seen for spicing up a waiting montage! Missed the first one in round 2, otherwise got them all :D

[@CoregamerProduction]

nice video watch it the 3rd time and still enjoy it. Even ask myself "is it possible t o beat skyrim with illusion spells only"

[@FishWithAGun954]

Great vid! If ur gonna do a Necro run pick high elf they have extra magic benefits

[@werd3426]

I remember doing this challenge and it's surprisingly easy if you know what you're doing, even without the restoration potions glitch

[@3personal5me8]

Glad I have something to watch while I fall asleep! Keep up the good work!

[@MrDoobes]

I know these videos probably take alot of time, but man am i enjoying them!

[@WillowPlaysGames]

they take a decent amount of time yeah, they are fun and people enjoy them so I'll keep making em!

[@norbertfinta8329]

Liked the video but I have 2 small criticisms 1: you said you won’t use glitches or exploits but the soul trap on a dead body is definitely an exploit/ glitch and it enabled you to speed run the conjuration skill making you stronger then you should have been kinda ruining the spirit of the challenge 2: technically at the end alduin has to be killed by a source of damage directly from the player this isn’t a glitch it’s a feature, while I agree this shouldn’t invalidate the whole run it could have been a fun mention because this feature “failed” many other peoples challenge runs

[@WillowPlaysGames]

I don't see it as a glitch or exploit personally. It's programmed into the game to work that way. A glitch or exploit in my opinion is something the devs didn't intend.

[@norbertfinta8329]

@@WillowPlaysGames an exploit is something that is possible in the game but (programmed into it) but gives an unfair advantage and I doubt the devs intended for you to be able to reach max conjuration by just standing over a dead body for an hr or two as that’s obviously not what conjuration is about

[@WillowPlaysGames]

I'd consider the dawnstar chest to be an exploit, that's kind of my bar. sitting somewhere for hours doing something tedious isn't really an exploit imo. If it were then making 1000 iron daggers to level up blacksmithing is pretty much an exploit as well.

[@norbertfinta8329]

@@WillowPlaysGames Yeah 100% dawnstar chest is definitely an exploit. it’s literally just missing collision and it’s out of bounds. making 1000 dangers should level up your blacksmith skill since you are smithing something but the issue is how is “trapping” the soul of a dead corpse that shouldn’t have a soul inside it anymore considered conjuration as you are not conjuring anything? Soul trap shouldn’t canonically work on corpses since with the spell you are trying to capture the soul before it leaves to whichever after life it’s going to and once it’s left there shouldn’t be anything to capture, the only reason it does give XP is because the devs don’t distinguish between using it on a living or a dead NPC in the code making it an exploit in my opinion.

[@trustinid6721]

The sheer quality of these vids are insane to me Like your vids kept pooping up in my recommended and I was baffled both by how you haven’t exploded and how I wasn’t subscribed yet. Fixed that second problem though, keep it up dude!

[@WillowPlaysGames]

thanks! I hope it continues to grow! ^^

[@REXTUGA]

Not gonna lie, had fun in the forts minigame! Nicely done

[@Wynn_Silver]

I'm only a couple minutes in so if you figure this out later in the video, I apologize. From my understanding of how Skyrim's difficulty system works, it only affects damage DIRECTLY ON OR CAUSED BY the player. I know it doesn't affect followers and I would assume it doesn't affect summons. So a summons only run would effectively be the same on any difficulty as far as damage dealing goes. So I suppose that makes the real challenge here not getting one-shot yourself while the summon does her thing and dealing with managing survival mode. I look forward to seeing how you fare. PS I enjoyed your Where's Willow minigame.

[@WillowPlaysGames]

Glad you enjoyed the minigame, I didn't know that going in but still was a challenging run for me and hopefully was an entertaining romp for people to watch. :D

[@3personal5me8]

I did in fact fall asleep while watching it. Watching again today, I just want to let you know that Alduin can *only* be killed by the player. The summons and npcs can get him down to 1 hp, but the player has to damage him in some way to actually kill him and beat the game

[@menacingpankake4124]

Love fhe minigame section lol & great video!

[@liamstorey2260]

I love skyrim challenge runs id love to see more!!

[@WillowPlaysGames]

I'll sprinkle them in but I'm going back to fallout for a few, don't have the game knowledge to easily throw together a Skyrim run as quickly. I did a 60 hour fallout run in 10 days, this 30 hour Skyrim one took me 2 weeks cause I had to do so much more research and create new assets for editing.

[@liamstorey2260]

@@WillowPlaysGames thats fair!! I honestly love any challenge runs you do

[@BlakeHornback]

I liked the wheres Willow so much the fort you didn't have it I was sad

[@WillowPlaysGames]

Need to find a way to do it in the fallout games

[@dragongirl1139]

I really like this its kind of like your a camera-man filming a summoning documentary :)

[@joelpierce1453]

I think if you play as a Breton you start with the Conjure Familiar spell.

[@gdsgooddaysir8363]

Ngl this channel is super cool i started watching it a few days ago and its kept me from boredom from my summer so far aslo the wheres willow parts are super funny 😊

[@WillowPlaysGames]

glad you enjoy! ^^

[@Aryan_Wilcox]

Found you 4 times in Round 1 and 3 times in Round 2! That was fun!!! Also good video!

[@WillowPlaysGames]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@tsutl84]

I've done this on the hardest difficulty but NOT with survival. Personally I don't like survival. You got me there. Just an FYI, legendary difficulty is the best for this kind of challenge. Summons get the buff from difficulty that enemies do so they take reduced damage on legendary. On the easiest difficulty a lot of summons die in 1-2 hits for the same reason, they take more damage from the difficulty scaling.

[@pathogenofdecay]

Avoid the Elder Scrolls Wiki when you can. It can be inaccurate. The Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages (UESP) is the definitive TES wiki and was even owned by Bethesda themselves originally.

[@mlparts9032]

If you’re thinking about doing a necromancy only run, I recommend getting the Necromancer’s Amulet (can be obtained during the quest “Blood on the Ice” in Windhelm.) It grants you 50 xtra magicka and reduces the cost of conjuration spells by 25%. Just keep in mind it also affects your health and stamina regen.

[@thesturmvogel6359]

Your bear mod is acceptable. and by that i mean i wouldnt do it but im glad you did because it means you enjoyed the run more And the more you enjoy it, the more we do

[@AdeminaMemes]

39:24 "wow this dungeon does not end does it?" Welcome to Blackreach.

[@TreRiot]

What's that outro song I like it and when is the zombie playthru

[@WillowPlaysGames]

play dead by neffex and idk

[@roboticgamer5029]

I found all the Willows. Also, great challenge video!

[@Zog-The-Swedish-Honky]

Breton starts with conjure familiar

[@civilez7060]

Camping helps manage cold, also torches and fur armor. Clear Skies shout stops Alduin meteors.

[@WillowPlaysGames]

I didn't have the aniversary version of the game when I did this run, was running skyrim special edition using steam family share and it wasn't upgraded yet. next run I will have anniversary edition.

[@joshplace7615]

I’m dropping a like… only cause I like your content… not because Skyrim belongs to the nords… cause it doesn’t.

[@WillowPlaysGames]

Don't worry, next skyrim run I'll join the imperials and make propaganda for them. I'm an equal opportunist propagandist.

[@laurence4281]

I love love love your videos, i hope you find your happiness in doing them so we can be be the lucky ones to listen ! :)

[@theantil7]

Guy literally plays Pokémon on essentially vanilla Skyrim for 45minutes. Worth every minute lol

[@oakcobra7814]

Haven’t even watched the vid yet but the answers is absolutely yes, summon make the game hella easy ESPECIALLY DEADRA

[@deavntesmith6519]

One of the elf races start with the conjure familiar spell not sure if you said why you didn’t start with them edit: Bretons start with it

[@WillowPlaysGames]

I started with Nord because of the cold and warmth system of survival. I'm glad I did since it became a regular issue and I would of hated it being worse than it already is.

[@mlparts9032]

There’s also a player home added in the Annivesary Edition called Gallow’s Hall that’s perfect for role-playing as a necromancer. It even has its own bone forge and you get the Staff of Worms which allows you reanimate a dead body to fight for you *permanently* (until they get killed). I used it on a Draugr Deathlord. Can confirm it works on pretty high level enemies.

[@mokeymale8350]

If you do end up doing a Necromancer playthrough, I recommend using the Anniversary Edition for the added undead summons. That way you can get Skeletons and Zombies as summons instead of having to break rules to get corpses where there aren’t any

[@amberthesalamander]

I love your voice and these are cool videos. I subscribed☺️

[@Lord_necromancer]

Something that can help with a run like this is you can get a staff of summon Storm Atronachs at lvl 1. Just get a broom, greater soul gem (empty or filled), orichalcum (ingot or ore), and void salt. Then go to the atronach forge under the college of winterhold and combine them. Just like that, you have one of the most powerful summons in the game at level one that you can use for no magica. Also, the summoning range on the staff is insanely high, you can put it really far away.

[@cgoose500]

12:04 Something is really impressive about that fireball being shot upwards

[@Weedocto]

You can scroll forward to decrease depth of field

[@blazingswayze5518]

33:45 the storm thrall is actually weaker than a regular storm Stronach. It's only convenience is that you don't have to re-summon it. But because of npc pathing you probably will anyway for better positioning.

[@samvimes9510]

39:36 it's funny you call the Falmer inbred, because they probably are. They used to be snow elves, but were betrayed by the dwemer. They were forced to eat toxic fungi that made them go blind, were kept as slaves, and when the dwemer zero-summed themselves out of existence, the blind snow elves were trapped in their abandoned caves and cities. Eventually they devolved into the form you see now. Their history is pretty tragic.

[@haku8135]

Whether or not they're inbred depends greatly on how many of them there are. Or rather how many they started with. Considering there's quite a lot of them around now and they seem to actually even be getting SMARTER according to some parts of the game, they're probably not inbred actually. The reason they look so horrifying is because they live underground in the dark. Things that evolve in the dark generally look like nightmare fuel.

[@samvimes9510]

@@haku8135 hmm, that's true. And I forgot that they are known to come out of their caves at night and steal children, and a lot of dwarven ruins are connected to Black Reach, so they likely wouldn't be living in small isolated pockets. Funnily enough, since I wrote that comment, I've been watching some of TheEpicNate's lore videos on them. In-game historians think the falmer were used as slaves, but it seems more likely that the dwemer were actually experimenting on them, which makes a lot more sense. After all, why bother with slaves when you already have a bunch of automatons that can do all your labor for you?

[@joshuahammons2992]

Nice vid! By the way someone may have told you but Bretons start with summon familiar spell

[@VaaldisTheWanderer-uh1pz]

23:20 to be fair you did tell him that you ditched your armor to sneak through enemy ranks. It only makes sense that you would wear their armor to disguise yourself.

[@thebois8048]

Does Carrying a torch effect your temperature? That might be a better way to do sections on the mountains for future runs

[@superclodd]

Nah it doesnt

[@Halimat2.0]

​@@supercloddit does affect it though torches burn out if you hold them for long time if i recall correctly

[@jt-ux5jr]

The fact you did this without "conjure demora lord" is crazy. Need 75 conjugation and to complete a quest at the college but they are so overpowered it makes everything so easy.

[@patrickpanniello5490]

Damn storm cloak. Do you not know the lord of the imperials. We are trying to revolt and you kill the one person to help him with a shout in a dishonorable battle. You fool! GOOD VIDEO THO LOVED IT!

[@gibb0ne-bri0s0]

The minigame was super fun and original😂😂!

[@WillowPlaysGames]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@webbierfoil274]

Great video, though if you choose Breton you would've started with conjure familiar.

[@WillowPlaysGames]

I thought about that but decided against it because the cold system, Nords are stronger against the cold debuff and it's easily the most difficult one to handle! ^^

[@webbierfoil274]

@@WillowPlaysGames Understandable.

[@JD4you247]

i liked the mini game

[@acep3452]

I also like the game. Did you try to sneak?

[@colinwilliams6187]

I saw you three times, it was only because I had died in skyrim and then looked directly at the video the whole time where I had full concentration during this video

[@colinwilliams6187]

Okay the second time it was only once but I must continue to look now for each time the bit happens to help this bit become more regular since I thought it was great

[@spacebumpkin1565]

Love the format hope for more

[@rufus3399]

"I choose Raloff because he didn't try and chop off my head. And becuase blue is better color" i cant agree more

[@karllelke2896]

Love the Minigame! Although I only spotted you 3 times.

[@WillowPlaysGames]

Check out my latest vid for more where's willow! Glad ya loved it!

[@kennethbuchczik1937]

Dude you are amazing! Keep going ❤️

[@hedgehoginacanoe5838]

33:49 if you grabbed the necromancer amulet, Conjuration robes, and conjunction dragon piest mask you could have easily casted them.

[@demonic_myst4503]

Bigest issue of survival mode for me is freezing to death the heat mechanic is not balanced at all

[@haku8135]

It really isn't. The mod is a lot better about it. Warm clothing and protective clothing in survival mode is NOT well thought out. Like TECHNICALLY it makes sense, wearing steel vs fur.... But you're not slapping steel plates onto your bare skin, there's gotta be padding under it.

[@demonic_myst4503]

@@haku8135 we talking the creation club not the better mods like ineeds sdurvival mode is a badly made version of said mods

[@Mr-Trox]

​@@haku8135Frostfall, iNeed... Survival Mode is just a bad copy of far better mods.

[@Xenbiotic]

with no mods just anniversary edition skyrim I never died to the cold on survival legendary. Even touched cold water once. But I also play a lot of hardcore. And I never ever used hot soups. I only recently been using a horse and they are so good because planning out paths into cold areas was a pain haha.

[@Akeno_PvP]

i will support you but i will never support the stormcloaks

[@WillowPlaysGames]

lol

[@truittrees93]

Unless I'm mistaken the issue early on with FoV on the horse ice being blurry was because of the Survival mode debuffs, idk which one for sure but I believe its if you're too cold?

[@WillowPlaysGames]

that would make sense, still wish I could turn it off. considering how much of the game you're somewhat forced to play while cold.

[@MykeyG84]

Love the game and music. Please, more of that. Also, you might want to edit the name a little. So many other willows, if someone tells their friend about you (which happened to me), took some time to get to you.

[@WillowPlaysGames]

glad you persevered to find me, and honestly, I don't think the name matters. Willow is a common name but realistically if someone wants to share my content then grabbing a link isn't difficult. I've used the name for years and changing it would feel wrong tbh. if you type willow fallout or skyrim you should find my channel. I appreciate the concernthough!!! Also super happy to hear you loved the game! My next video going out in the next couple days has more!

[@novAviator01]

More Skyrim runs would be great

[@WillowPlaysGames]

there will be more! don't worry!

[@KimberlyKjellberg]

I tend to use a lot of summons, my most common character is a small elf. Because I just find it amusing that the hero everyone waits for to save them turn out to be a tiny elf with sticky fingers. I also use mods, one that makes it so that after an intense fight I end up with cuts, bruises, broken limbs as such so those summons are a life saver. I prefer to use Dremora Lords as soon as I can, but they are an expert level spell. When they have wiped out the enemies they come back to stand next to their master: Oh and one of the things they often say to the enemy is "I honor my Master by destroying you" If playing on survival bring torches, using one will give you few more minutes before freezing to death and cook with fire salt.

[@ECLIPSE-THESUN]

5:36 you do not have to wait for irileth to speak with you, you can just go straight to balgruuf, she will interrupt you so pull her back as you did and spam dialouge and ye be good

[@MrMusic469]

crazy how i posted something just like this with the exact same challenge and got 13 views. either way cool video, deserves what it’s got so far and more.