The Skyrim Ironman Challenge - Day 1

[@DietJoov]

This stream is a general overview of the challenge, and the start of our first genuine attempt at this - Since in real time we're a few streams ahead - I thought I'd note that some slight tweaks to the rules have been made but overall they remain the same. One example of a slight tweak I made was to pay 100 gold every time I stay at an inn vs 10 gold to balance it out a bit more in the long run. Thanks for watching! This is a much more challenging experience than I originally thought it would be.

[@greg5145]

I fucking love Mumford and sons. As well as modest mouse. I’ve really started to enjoy the shins now adays tho.

[@dr.JackieBright]

While watching this video, I got the most 90s ad I've seen in over 20 years.

[@queenizunia3145]

Theres a mod to make that a concrete thing if you'd ever want it; I use it to up my immersion as I tend to play with iNeed, Campfire, Frostfall and Better Spell Learning (no learning a spell by smashing the book into your brain, you have to study it and time passes while you do) enabled, I like having to spend more on inns to make them more valuable to me in a playthrough where I'm not fast traveling via anything but carriages and I need reliable, warm sleeping arrangements

[@bmadd100]

I also loved Mumford and sons I was singing along to your playing🤣

[@VyperByteX]

Because you helped Hdvar several of the items around Alvor's work area and house can be picked up and not be counted as stealing. Including some iron and steel ingots. This works for many characters you do minor quests for, you can even just chop some firewood, sell it to the innkeeper in Whiterun then use the bed for free for the rest of the game. If you don't want to exploit that mechanic for the video I completely understand it would feel against the spirit.

[@jaesjmes5498]

He can’t sell anything so he couldn’t do that

[@VyperByteX]

@@jaesjmes5498 I was just giving an example really. What I'm talking about there is not opening up Hilda's shop, but completing her unmarked quest to chop firewood for her, and when you select the option in question she will give you 5 gold for each firewood you have. I was just pointing out that completing many of these small, and sometimes even unmarked quests, allows you to pick up some items people own, and it will not count as stealing. It's due to a hidden friendship value you have with every character in the game, and could be a way to get items in such a play through you may have trouble getting if you don't want to steal.

[@jaggerperc4842]

Hi, I just tried this and it didn't seem to work. I sold about 50 gold's worth of firewood and she still charged me for the room. I suppose I could just chop wood every time I need to stay but from your comment it sounded like it would be no charge

[@VyperByteX]

@@jaggerperc4842 Just don't even talk to her. Head straight to the bed and use it, you can do so without paying. So long as you have ever sold her firewood.

[@VyperByteX]

@@jaggerperc4842 oh also I do this with the upstairs bed. The one I think is listed as being owned by the innkeeper.

[@Kestrel13]

I started my own (non-permadeath) Survival Iron Man playthrough and I've had your vods running in the corner while I play. Keep up the great work Joov

[@chickengoose8708]

As an avid RuneScape player I can confirm my goal is to obtain a fuck ton of cash and slightly more drip

[@DietJoov]

Fund my next grind? Yeah right. Lemme get a set of trimmed armor 2 tiers below what I need

[@BullFrogFace]

Is drop not the most important parts of Rpgs and MMOs??

[@chickengoose8708]

@@DietJoov Ayo, I gotchu

[@BigBlackChevy03]

Ever since Joov was laid low by the despicable butterflies, it seems he's formed a deep seeded hatred for them. When Skyrim's bad guy is the butterfly you can't say you expected it.

[@iJayHarry]

Yea! Just as I hop on the treadmill! Thanks Joov

[@DietJoov]

Get it! Hit your goals!

[@palindrome2667]

Not to be cringe but don’t think I’ve ever stumbled upon a youtuber/streamer before that I wish I had found so much sooner. You just seem like a genuinely awesome person dude. I wish I could be in the streams but I don’t have the internet for that. One day though. Long story short thanks for all you do. Your impact goes beyond simple imagination and im sure I’m not the only one who appreciates the happy attitude and general positive vibe you keep during the streams. Not everyone can do that and it’s inspiring to say the least.

[@heyitsniles686]

Hey Joov! If you see this or not, I just wanted to say thank you for the effort you always put into videos, and originality of said videos. I found you through Micky D, I’ve enjoyed the year plus journey of seeing you and your content evolve! I can’t wait to see where the rest of your journey goes! Just major props being able to turn your personality and work ethic into the KZbin channels, and twitch channel we see today! Can’t wait to see the rest of the journey!

[@DietJoov]

I appreciate it! Thanks for watching and supporting our channels. We need to do Morrowind Multiplayer again!

[@heyitsniles686]

@@DietJoovabsolutely you do! And both of you guys make it easy to support, you both are extremely creative and entertaining! Thank you for taking the time out of your day to respond!

[@jillianhubert6931]

I fall asleep to you all the time! Then it plays through other videos and then the next day I'm backtracking it all to catch up to! You've got a great voice and skyrim is a comfort game for me so your videos are perfect for daytime or nighttime!

[@Cidia_v1]

Unironically my new favorite youtuber The energy is immaculate, the video ideas are fun, im about to make a playlist of all the diet joov VODs to watch on shuffle whenever i need to be going to sleep, The content is great The personality is great The community engagement is great Your great Joov Thank you so much for the content !!

[@DietJoov]

Awh thanks so much! It's hard work but I love every bit of it!

[@numerousbeesinaberry]

Days since joov hadn't lied about not being a stealth archer while performing archery under stealth: 0

[@wailingbridge3872]

I listen to joov while I’m working like it’s a podcast. The vods are the perfect length to zone out and work too

[@Nr4747]

I'm glad that you're so open about not knowing quite a few things about Skyrim. It's actually refreshing seeing a content creator being honest about that (without claiming to be new to a game, which you didn't) - plus I get to see you discover new things and adapting your strategy all the time. At the same time, it's still odd to me that some of the things that seem so "obvious" to me (like Halted Stream Camp having the only easily accessible Transmute Ore-spell in the entire game since it's not sold by normal spell book vendors) aren't to someone who hasn't poured literally over a 1000 hours into the game (yet).

[@Halosrighthand]

1:48:27 The Dawnguard has armored huskies if you do the quest line that don't bark and live a lot longer than Vigilance and Meeko.

[@SLAPERZZ1]

What a good doggo🤣 he’s on holiday too🙏 Thanks Joov for being a real one! You’re a good guy and I hope to be able to join the streams sometime in the near future! Big love from UK🇬🇧🙏

[@TheVoid_Dweller]

1:14:35 Don't lie to your fans Joov about the identity of your Father!

[@imover9999]

2:21:00 Dude! I think that may have been the first video of yours I watched and I've been absolutely hooked since. Legit binging your content. Although this stream made me look up swampletics and binge all 12 hours of that as well, but man... Your solsteim turkeystick video was so so enjoyable to watch. But I enjoy all of your Skyrim content. (Never played fallout, so I wouldn't understand what was going on in those videos.) 3:19:15 Also I totally get being nervous playing music in front of people. I play piano and when you're playing alone you can play perfectly, but as soon as someone is watching or listening the difficulty gets put on legendary. Respect for having the guts to play in front of so many people.

[@coleh401]

Loved the guitar bit while you were transmute grinding! Thank you for sharing that

[@mist-valley-modz]

I am really looking forward to the Joov album, Songs To Transmute By. :) Great storyteller, great player, great streamer - one of my faves. Cheers, Joov!

[@mlevis05]

Ok, not super related to the challenge but that sweater is super awesome. I think that while you are considering designs for Joov merch, stuff like that with Joffrey and og m’aiq from Morrowind, not to mention turkey stick would be really cool! i think they could definitely be geared towards memes and characters from the vids and maybe even have some dialogue or a quote from the vids (like look dad, I’m doing it!). Anyway, idk if it’s a great idea but I hope it helps on the road to Joov merch! Also, great vid! Super excited for the rest of the vods!

[@gamerguy247365]

2:52:27 in my opinion any enchanted item in the world, can be looted and disenchanted, but not used not equipped only carried to a disenchanter not sold nothing like that, but without that there's pretty much no enchanting whatsoever I also said, fair enough on looting pretty much whatever you want from helgan so that you can sell it all immediately and buy a wood cutters and a pickaxe

[@lycantabris]

"Would you help a creepy giggly jester if he got stuck in front of your farm in the middle of nowhere?" Considering Cicero is a very dangerous man, yes, absolutely. Help him so he's able to get going on his merry way and either thinks on you fondly or not at all. Not helping is just a terrible idea, and not just for this quest, but irl. Always always always be nice to crazy people that know where you live if you live in the middle of nowhere! It may backfire, but not being nice is definitely going to at some point.

[@LyricAndCompany]

this is a cool challenge idea! if you're not opposed to small mods, there's actually an option in the alternate start mod to start the game as a beggar, so you would literally have to go from rags to riches. But hey, that's only if you die on your current run, and we all know *that's* not going to happen 😉

[@DannyTanimoto]

I dunno man, Clairvoyance is the only reason I actually finished the Auriel's Bow quest. Its good when you're ass at directions (me)

[@puissantcroissant3926]

omg same, i kept getting so lost in that clusterfuck of a place

[@puissantcroissant3926]

at least it had good music there to make up for it

[@DannyTanimoto]

@@puissantcroissant3926 FORREAL like the visuals and the music were gorgeous but holy fuck, I really hated how hard it was to find just about any exit

[@donnykitsune6289]

A very astute and valid observation, but by this point [the before-mentioned auriel's bow quest], I've forgotten the spell even exists due to how little I use it, despite going out of my way to pick it up shortly after completing Unbound and escaping helgen.

[@GDKF0238]

It’s so good that shit is a perk in FO4 lmfao

[@danielstoner3831]

I was just laughing so hard watching you spam transmute ore and sleep and there's no more ore left. I've done that myself before, and it's funny to see how long it happens for/ when will he notice.

[@TheGrantGuy]

Hey joov, long time viewer of the main channel, pretty long time here on the Vod channel also, and I gotta say when I pulled up KZbin today for the first time went to subs and saw a new joov video which is already a nice thing, but on top of that the title was OSRS ironman? well hot damn I was beyond excited, I am a 19/20 year RuneScape vet, it was my whole childhood so the mix of 2 games I love and one of my favorite creators currently I couldn't wait to watch, I watched a few minutes but didn't have the time to fully indulge, now going back and giving this my full attention I'm stoked for this mini series, and one last thing I gotta say its awesome to see you shout out and to have found the somewhat inspiration for this based from j1mmy and settled because they are two creators I also love, so as much as the RuneScape super nerd goblin inside me wants to blab forever sharing RS knowledge I will hold off, would love to see you do an OSRS newbie series, even more so if you could collab with j1mmy and his pals like settled and such, maybe a group iron man series, I bet my life it would be hit merging the two game communities and you guys individual communities.

[@AndrewBrownK]

1:58:58 I can confirm I always leave whiterun the same way you do. But whenever I'm entering whiterun, I never go through the drawbridge. Looking at the landscape a moment after this exact timestamped frame, there is a little ramp "above" the wooden bridge that's beside your face. I always use that ramp to get on the wall and skip the drawbridge.

[@jimg1787]

A true Ironman fights with honour…..and apparently overpowered boulders in mines.

[@FairyTypeValerie]

As a huge osrs fan and a huge Joov fan, this crossover is sooooo awesome I'm stoked

[@keira4840]

Okay I already left a comment like 4 hours ago, but then I got to the part where you mentioned Knox's Korner, and you solved a mystery I've had in the back of my mind since the last time I saw those videos when I was in roughly 6th grade, in like 2006. Seriously, I can clearly remember some kids convincing our teacher to play these in class but I have NEVER been able to remember what they were called. Super crazy to watch now and remember the early internet and the type of humor that was prevalent back then. Anyway 11/10 all Joov videos are informative and helpful.

[@DietJoov]

Beware the Dilly Dally Ghost!

[@lutradominus5326]

Well another amazing new adventure to watch :) This is why I love your work, long videos so I dont have to chose smthing else every 20mn, chill but still very interesting due to the permadeath and rules. That's just perfect for painting minis :p Plus, Doggo. May the Nines bless you.

[@chronosvonflowersby7680]

Posted on the other VOD but I think for carriage use you should have to manually travel to that place first before you can use a carriage

[@DietJoov]

I'm in the future in terms of this VOD, so I'll say from my experience so far in this challenge - with the way Skyrim's difficulty is zoned, it's almost beneficial to walk everywhere due to the sheer amount of ingredients that need to be collected for this challenge. I think this is a fair rule though!

[@mjwtruth]

Challenge: complete all guild quests in the most handicapping way possible. Thieves guild: only heavy armor and 2 handed weapons Companions: stealth archer College: dagger and shield with street clothes Dark brotherhood: all kills must be self defense

[@tjbrody]

4:23:05 A turn based elder scrolls made like Divinity Original Sin 2 would be heaven

[@TheRevan1337]

Joov, i really think you should do a 100% skyrim quest playthrough at some point, especially since you said you wanted to be a bit more into the lore than you are currently it might be fun for viewers to be able to see you react to skyrim content you've never ever done or interacted with before(or not in a very long time :) Like the aetherium forge thing (which is from the dawnguard dlc )

[@shadecaelus7605]

"He has thwarted Rocky!" *BONK*😂 1:13:57

[@randomninja7632]

Hey joov, this isn’t related to the vod but you inspired me to try the lv 1 solestiem survival challenge. I did beat it and I found a few interesting tidbits that would help with a future run if you’re interested

[@mirko85able]

I've heard about you from Jabo and started watching your content from this challenge. Great content, keep it up sir.

[@queenizunia3145]

Fun fact; that smithing tutorial you mentioned can be done at any smithy. They all have similar dialogue for it to my knowledge. I usually end up doing it with Adrienne in Whiterun and I know 100% you get the option to make her the dagger and such, but you can also do it with Alvor in Riverwood, Hadvar's uncle. I don't know if others give the whole 'make me a dagger' spiel, but I heard the smithy, Glover, in Solstheim comment on my first smithed item when I was practicing doing a Solstheim only playthrough like Turkey Stick lol.

[@EarthPoweredHippie]

I LOVE how the leather scout armor looks

[@Scout_io]

I keep missing your streams. >< I love your content, Joov. Hopefully I can catch a stream soon and say hello!

[@CallieKou]

Hey joov, vod channel lurker here, i know you are doing the iron man stuff right now, but i wanna put forward a combination of challenges for fallout 4. Fallout 4 survival Automatic guns only, and only in vats. (Pacifiying perks allowed) Play with the pacification perks Travel with every follower all the time using a mod (at least the most that you can without alienating more, for example im not sure if the courser can be with you if you side with the others, but hes also boring so its meh) , but take away all weapons so they cant attack, and get them all to max affinity, whilst doing all the companion quests. Make a mega base somewhere with a room decorated for each companion once you have got to know them and their personality and aesthetic, and any unique vendors you can find (like vault tec sales man). The idea of a super charismatic guy/gal bluffing their way through the wasteland, only to spray with poor accuracy when shit hits the fan is amazing. I imagine attack dog will be of good service. (Maybe a high char luck build with solid agi and per? Str and endurance are for fighters, not lovers)

[@PonderThatGaming]

This makes me want to learn how to make mods so i could make a mod with these rules, like make it to where shop options dont show up and such and follow along with ironman rules

[@maroonsushi3128]

Looking forward to the vengence arc of Turkey stick

[@monachan432]

Joov I love your videos, I’m not sure which is cuter, you or Chewie! 😊 Thanks for such great entertainment

[@xanderberry8439]

Why does the RuneScape money look like cheesy noodles/frys 🤣??

[@AndrewBrownK]

I really loved the guitar playing. It was a nice cheery moment

[@drazirach0144]

If you happen to find a flesh spell casting a flesh spell before each combat encounter is a good way to level alteration early game

[@sirkelendor5429]

I didnt realize that everytime i played runescape i was accidentally playing ironman. I really like crafting and gathering in games

[@devonfarrar6313]

It is funny you mention falling asleep to your mods helps your channel. I do that every night this is my first time doing it on one of your vids

[@gamerfourlife64]

Joov is the true ironman

[@TheFeltmeister]

I likes skyrims music but tbh I always turn it off its more emersive to me waking around listening to every sound in the game its actually quite nice

[@rasputin2750]

Can't wait for the ESO Region Locked UIM "Black Marshletics"

[@RandolphTheG11]

1:10:04 did no one else see the deer fall from the sky ?

[@palindrome2667]

Dude lmfao. Thanks for that.

[@yungchino1929]

I was playing some survival Skyrim and dude I was strafing back and fourth waiting for Delphine to show me to my room and I died by a kettle at full health. Last save I had was when I got out of that cave that Serana was in

[@pironiero]

Your main channel should be called diet joov, because this one is a THICC content bearing one

[@ChrissieBear]

Man was so wrong about the lockpicking in Starfield. 💀

[@johnclark222]

Does beyond Skyrim bruma armour have a warmth value?

[@noolscorner1287]

The slide show in the beginning was great.

[@Invisfire777]

Heard what u said about three hours in and have been listening to the history of Rome podcast on repeat for five years to sleep. Past few nights I’ve put on your vods instead :) keep up the good work man. You seem like a /joovial/ guy!

[@XXLPIakat]

There is a mod that adds degradation to weapons and armors that have been improved. It's a pretty good compromise since you need to maintain your gear to be better and you level up smithing passively by keeping your gear upgraded.

[@BertKreisinger]

Indianapolis Jones to the rescue with his fire ass content

[@Halosrighthand]

Never expected to see Jimmy in a Joov video

[@mishade]

I know youve likely already figured it out, but for the Audio thing for Music, you can make a separate Audio line that isnt recorded, it wont be accurate to what you are doing unless you plan that far, but you can have background music in the vods while recording audio alone. You just separate the 3 audio sources, your mic, the game, and the music.

[@gamerguy247365]

3:58:16 fallout 3 but spending the least amount of time above ground

[@Akoustikus]

subscribed for chewy, fun concept for a run!

[@DennisUrMenace]

I have a gem 1 ps4 and it ran red dead with 0 problems, no crashes or frame issues. They sound like a jet engine but I thing the gen 1 is one of the better ps4 and anything after that they sacrificed for price, size or noise. I also fall asleep to your videos :)

[@mattiasandersson8693]

i have a gen 1 ps4 also. got it in 2014. stills runs like a dream

[@raynorzeraph953]

Yeahhhh boiiii I was just watching your test vid yesterday

[@two_dimensional2D]

1:45:10 I did not need to laugh this hard

[@courierofthemojave2470]

What’s the best thing to level up smithing?

[@chelsey-6887]

Iron daggers- or gold rings (transmute iron) then dwarven bows at 30 i think?

[@courierofthemojave2470]

@@chelsey-6887 thanks

[@shaferssyndicate2526]

No shit I did this run when in my last serious playthrough, I did no looting in dungeons because "that's not very Nord of you" and I could only use my fists until I got a Warhammer, I was on legendary difficulty and on survival, I was in Riverwood chopping wood for hours before I got enough money to buy a Warhammer.... This was the best playthrough I did, made it all the way to the Alduin fight and I knew I wasn't going to do it so I joined the DawnGuard.

[@kaylaa2204]

Joov that would be Minecraft Beta 1.6 actually. Release version 1.6 would’ve been long after hunger was added, which was in Beta 1.8 Fun version of the game though, I recommend going back and trying it. A lot of people today are playing Beta 1.7.3 for that era of the game because you got a few more bits and bobs like colored wool and pistons

[@palindrome2667]

Dude my favorite song is from Mumford an sons, little lion man rules 🐛

[@DennisUrMenace]

O horn kinda did a region lock of the metros in fallout 3 that’s pretty cool

[@AndrewBrownK]

1:24:04 and don't get him started on burning sprigs of wood

[@BriefHobo]

Wow I share a twitch follower with Joov was not expecting to see Wirtsthirdleg here

[@RinSyuveil]

I sure hope you picked the Imperial dude this time when leaving the tutorial area because he would give you free Iron and Steal to pick up after talking to him while also giving the crafting tutorial and due to talking to him it would not be stealing it would just be free Mats on the ground for pickup

[@GothamandGomorrah]

You should do this again some time, Joov. But this time actual ironman. 😂 Don't pick up; ingots (must be made at smelter from ore), potions (must be made at alchemy table from collected ingredients), furs that aren't from a direct kil, spell tomes (that means no transmutation spell). But I would say anything given to you as a quest item is still a fine rule. But you can have a follower this time. But the same rules apply to them that apply to you. Oh. And it has to be played on legendary difficulty 😆 Love the content Btw.

[@ryandunkling1179]

Omfg 😂 he does look like Jon Bernthal 😅 i cant unsee it.

[@_ric]

You mentioned in the video (about the 40 min mark, didn't get a timestamp) about enchanting a shiv to make it the most powerful weapon. If you check out Spiffing Brit, I believe it was him who created a Skyrim playthrough where he beat the game using just a fishing rod, and another where he just uses a fork. Can't post URLs on here, but I'm sure you can find it.

[@ambertheprotogen6335]

Can you play Skyrim as a scavenger Basically if an enemy drops something equitable you equip it. If they drop multiple (like a bow and a dagger) you can pick what you equip

[@AJgamersAJ]

i dont think Joov should have given the bow back to the owner and here is my explanation why: In runescape when playing iron man you still get random events. The Thief giving you the bow is a Random event so i think a "True Iron" man in my eyes would have kept it or given it back to the owner. Like you can do in runescape random events. :)

[@regs137]

Fun Fact. Joov played the electric spoon in Juvenalia.

[@chesterfieldmcfistycups2836]

I’m thinking minute 39 of the main channel video will include the goat genocide montage; The Quest for Interior Lighting!

[@kaylaa2204]

Nah that vendor says “you look rather pale” to everyone regardless of if you’re actually ill. The joke is she’s trying to sell you something, by lying to you.

[@ottolehikoinen6193]

I thought Ironman was just permadeath with a survival mod, but I got no trouble with added difficulty. No looting weapons or armor is a nice addition.

[@DietJoov]

It was a fun challenge! albeit a bit grindy since I have to somewhat focus on "Finishing" in order to make a video and tell a story. I think what makes it really fun is forcing myself to interact with mechanics I don't normally interact with like mining

[@Jacob-ce7nh]

NEW JOOV VOD

[@PhirenFayt]

i played a skyrim challenger where your build, what you can invest in is randomized

[@Charles-hm5zj]

omg Joovdad? that's the cutest shit i've heard of omfg i love him

[@HumphreyHorsehead]

I REMEMBER THE DILLY DALLY GHOST

[@ac.creations]

Settleds Tileman series has me "nerd sniped"

[@jwelton90]

What is instead of paying to sleep at the inn you steal an item and submit to jail without paying the bounty and then sleep off the jail sentence?

[@DietJoov]

I changed this later on to a 100 gold fee for the time being. It felt like a fair balance that left a good amount of room for locating the remaining gold needed

[@bluefool1836]

love the vids ❤

[@EarthPoweredHippie]

Veg soup and hot veg soup is crucial in a survival run

[@IanThatMetalBassist]

3:20:30 It wasn't THAT bad, you're just out of practice. Happens to all of us who play/played

[@KippoKupo]

it'd be cool if u could list ur mods. i wanna do this challenge

[@sethwhittington7170]

If there's a mod that makes gold bars usable as a currency then that would make buying the house a much more reasonable goal as well as help with the rp aspect of the run.

[@MystWalkur]

Agreed, I wish that woulda been a vanilla feature. Since it not vanilla tho it's super unlikely Joov'll use it. That's one of the unique and awesome things about Joov imo, most other Skyrim streamers have so many mods that for people without powerful PCs it feels a bit unattainable (still love their streams tho)

[@isaacwainwright5895]

Hey Joov, do you not use hot keys for your different weapons / spells?

[@bornkinggamer3347]

I knew you must watch OSRS content with all your area locked videos you do.

[@DietJoov]

I actually didn't start watching OSRS content until people said it reminded them of Swampletics

[@bornkinggamer3347]

@@DietJoov Oh really? I would have never guessed that lol.

[@keira4840]

This vod made me go look up Audioslave. He does have excellent vocals!

[@DietJoov]