10 Secret Boss Battles You May Have Missed In Skyrim

[@billshapkauski8584]

When I found the giant mudcrab, I still had the Posh mudcrabs modification installed so there was a giant mud crab complete with top hat and monocle. Totally worth it😂

[@LadySandingommOfShalott]

😂 I might try that mod later.

[@justcole1277]

That's where I draw the line

[@FARTMASTER7824]

@@justcole1277draw a line on your grandma butt

[@onieni9779]

At that point, just mod a Mr. Krabs model in with the "money" soundbit and then goes aaaaa when killed.

[@seangarey3921]

You can mod skyrim however you want to and still have fun. I like the mods to fit into the lore some kind of way. That means almost anything can fit in. Even a mud crab with a top hat 😊😊

[@brucetheloon]

Taron Dreth did not kill Katria, he just stole her research. Katria died from a fall while trying to solo Arkngthamz to prove she had authored the research.

[@reesetorwad8346]

Thank you!

[@takemebacktothen]

maybe that's a lie

[@dipman785]

@@takemebacktothen You find both her body and her ghost, who tells you exactly how she died. No room for doubt here.

[@takemebacktothen]

@@dipman785 I see. Whops, I forgot about all that.

[@Darkness-ie2yl]

ran into him one day and got wrecked

[@glennmglazer]

I was very surprised that Vulthuryol (the Blackreach dragon) wasn't on this list since it is easy to walk right on by and not know how to summon him.

[@MikeKojoteStone]

Which makes him one of the few boss fights some people may ACTUALLY not know about. Unlike all the mentioned ones, pretty much everybody WILL know about. (Yeah, I hate those clickbaity titles.)

[@JeffOfTheMountains]

Agreed. I actually found out about him by accident.

[@Settings208]

i actually first fought him by accident. the dwemer sun thing in that fortress looked too suspicious not to attack it and i didn't have a bow at the time, sooooo.... unrelenting force it was

[@nightowl6055]

Excuse me, THERE'S A DRAGON IN BLACKREACH???!!! I played through the main questline like 5 times already, how did I not know about this?

[@adamb89]

Especially since these bosses are virtually unmissable, unless you're doing a minimalist run where you don't explore and only follow quest markers.

[@shutuplige6524]

Karstaag is easily overlooked, and very tough for a first encounter

[@germanoschefo]

try dude on legendary, he's insane

[@truthlight2816]

​@@germanoschefoclimb that ledge. after you have placed the skull. Run out the main entrance. Then climb on the right side of the door wall. Once at the top walk over to his throne. He will spawn in allowing for you to use a fire attack(spam) and boom done.

[@germanoschefo]

@@truthlight2816 i dislike cheesing usually like that

[@ZarnonElchris]

Not just the word wall, it's also important to grab the steel battleaxe of fiery souls in ironbind barrow. It's the only way to get the fiery soul trap enchantment.

[@wolfyblackknight8321]

Yes it's very useful especially if you put fires soul trap ans fire damage on something great for vampires, trolls, bandits and almost anything without fire resistance.

[@JeffOfTheMountains]

Out of all 10 of these, I've found The Forgemaster to be the toughest to fight. It's not necessarily him that's hard, but the endless waves of Dwemer guardians and spiders that attack you while trying to kill The Forgemaster AND stop the steam from coming into the room.

[@MrHam-fq1gu]

Thanks for warning me. I shall now never do that quest because Dwemer things are the worst enemies in the game you can't change my mind I hate them

[@BasicViewer]

What? They stop spawning once the Forgemaster arrives. And the steam is barely a problem. A couple hits and it's dead.

[@adamb89]

He died in one hit to me, same as most enemies lol. Max level stealth, archery, enchanting, and smithing, I was doing like 2000 damage per shot.

[@JoshSweetvale]

This is where having a follower with good gear _and_ a good summon (Sanguine Rose) come in handy. And Katria. None of them are affected by damage scaling, so they can provide a proppa scrap! Related note: Battle for Whiterun + Ritual Stone= Some Lich King shit.

[@NeoGee]

Is the Wolf Queen really hidden, the first time you go to the Blue Palace you have to sit through Varnius' plea for help, which kicks off the quest chain leading to her, before you're allowed to speak to anyone.

[@motodog242]

That isn’t the same quest, but you’re right in a way. The follow-up quest where Falk sends a letter to you is the one where you fight Potema. It’s not a hidden boss fight.

[@Alirian2]

​@@motodog242It's the start of the quest chain. The first quest is where you go to fight the people summoning Potema

[@go_mitul]

im surprised the dragon in blackreach wasnt mentioned since that fight can only be activated with specific conditions. I totally missed it my first time going to blackreach

[@apopsis520]

Skyrim doesn't have boss battles and you cant change my mind they're just special named characters

[@brandoncooper1920]

Karstag?

[@Salamanders01]

One of my biggest mistakes was trying to take down Potema at level 9 with 37 iron arrows with a imperial bow, 11 minor healing potions, a basic healing spell, and a dragur war axe. Took 2 hours, lot of cursing, and constantly hiding to repeatedly do sneak attacks. The dragur scourge she had was worse than Potema herself. At least the fight taught me that things can only come back once before becoming ash.

[@remingtonbaker1804]

Potema had such potential to be the best quest in the game

[@gamingwithbrandon6617]

My all time hated quest

[@darktemplar446]

I absolutely love your skyrim ccontent. I recently started up a new game and have been loving it. I've played this game close to 25 times and I still love it. I also started oblivion again and I really hope those oblivion remasters for new systems is a true leak.

[@blackbox0]

Loved the forge master, best questline in the game

[@Tattletale-Delta]

We should have gotten a spell to summon Katria. Top 5 best characters in Skyrim she is.

[@SecretData001]

If only the forge entrance didn't bug and not allow me to place the shards and continue the quest without commands

[@calkestis658]

I fought all these guys, surprised I didn't see that one dragon that spawns after you ring a few bells in that one underground dwemer location, that one was surprising to me.

[@12345BTU]

Everyone says all Dwemer ruins are the same except X. Insert different ruin for a different topic. The irony

[@Mycopher]

2 small corrections, dude didn't kill Katria, she fell into a crevass during a quake and you can also encounter Vulthuryol without doing dragon rising, but it is a bit of a pain in the butt.

[@Headless_Bill]

I feel like I've found the body of the giant mudcrab somewhere out in the wilds. It was a dormant piece of scenery lying near one of the little crab pools, I think, on the plains far west of Whiterun.

[@harlandmountain7998]

Yup. It's an unmarked location. First time I saw it I thought I had to fight it, so I preemptively blasted it with a fireball.

[@shinydoubloon8237]

@@harlandmountain7998 i slapped it with a sword because i thought it was a bugged mudcrab broodmother

[@motodog242]

That’s where you fight the spectral Crab Guardian.

[@richardrichardson2568]

you forgot one of the best and hardest if not the hardest secret bosses being kaarthstagg the spirit frost giant who resides in kaathstagg castle on solsteim i died to him 15 + times on adept difficulty at level 50 hes one hard fight but i had 8 out of ten ive heard of on your list

[@redeyejedi11]

I have his skull in my inventory. Any tips how to take him down?

[@Trixie_Lavender]

​@@redeyejedi11fire, ally, high level, lots of potions

[@redeyejedi11]

@@Trixie_Lavender I was level 11 when I 1st found him. I'm now at level 70. Do you think I'm ready to finally kill this beast? ⚔️☠️

[@Trixie_Lavender]

@@redeyejedi11 depending on your skills, probably. It'll still be a tough fight, especially on higher difficulty

[@redeyejedi11]

@@Trixie_Lavender Job done 😄 I took Serana and Jhzargo with me.

[@altabalder]

There's actually 4 dragons that you can fight before Alduin starts resurrecting his folk, aside from the skeleton you mentioned. 1. Duhnevir (Always forget how to spell it) 2. The two dragons on the Firgotten Vale 3. The orange-black dragon in Blackreach Edit: Actually only Duhnevir.

[@zeroone8800]

You can't fight the blackreach dragon before dragon rising, without mods or console commands, as you need the Unrelenting Force shout and more than one word of it. (I have tried with one word and failed; I have not tried 2 words. Three words works.) The second and third words are quest locked to main quests after Dragon Rising.

[@joehall1945]

the two dragons from the forgotten vail don't spawn in till after dragon rising but you can fight one in the soul cairn

[@MarleyCedrone]

@@zeroone8800theoretically you could kill Ulfric and resurrect him and lead him into blackreach and bait him into shouting at the orb before doing any main quest

[@justcole1277]

​@@MarleyCedronebig brain

[@KimberlyKjellberg]

@@MarleyCedrone He is essential until Battle for Windhelm so that would take some extra work.

[@tgaming4360]

I love these random Skyrim videos popping up in 2023. I’m still playing too 🤣🤣🤣

[@morgantaylor84]

I've played Skyrim for over 240 hours and the only one of these I've actually found (so far) is Warlord Gathric. I was going after a random "Source of Power" quest that led me to his tomb. I was level 12. He was a Draugr Overlord. He could TWO shot me. He DID one shot my follower (to downed, not dead) state a few attempts. But then I beat him and that was one of the most satisfying victories I've ever had in Skyrim.

[@ProfessorBear510]

The skeletal dragon is absolutely terrifying in VR if you don’t know it’s there!!! My children learned a couple new choice words that day…

[@nickpossum3607]

I kinda cheesed the fight with The Forgemaster with the Wabbajack, did get a tasty sweet roll out of it.

[@aidenlafay689]

Man the first shot of the werewolf I looked away then back and bout screamed. I didn’t know it was a tail for a sec😭💀

[@thatoneguywhosjustthere1478]

I bet you wasnt expecting a reply a month later was you?!

[@jamesonwells4575]

@@thatoneguywhosjustthere1478 oh boy do i have a surprise for you

[@pallegantzhorn3742]

If you wanna do a uno reverse on Arondil, steal the soulgem next to him and his ghost girl will turn on him, seems like justice for the poor girls

[@jazzingpanda3190]

Mental after 1000s of hours in this game, there is still things I hadn’t seen. Never saw that giant mud crab before lmao

[@JarvisBaileyVA]

An important detail about Iron Bind Barrow. Completing it grants the fiery soul trap weapon that can be disenchanted for the best soul trap enchantment in the game

[@victimnr47]

Have encountered all of these bosses multiple times, several of them, in my first every playthrough when the game released

[@Jingaito]

"with the power of quicksaving " :D yep definetly that one

[@MGG87]

If you can sneak past Arondil and pick up the Soul Gem beside him, the ghosts will attack him. They'll still be hostile toward you, but, you can let them have some justice before sending them to their final rest.

[@stormym5434]

I always just calm all of the horkers, including Lord Tusk…I found a cool way to mess with the necromancers in wolfskull cave by using a staff of either storm atronach or the sanguine rose and causing one of them to appear near the ritual master,,,it breaks the spell they have on the draugr and the draugr begin to attack the necromancers! I have seen and done all of these quests…..so many quests…lol. I am on my 39th game….as for the labyrinthian dragon, I have always gotten 5 dragon scales from it…🥰

[@UnswimmingFishYT]

Gathrik is odd because along with Yngol, one in Skuldafn, and maybe others, he's of the rare undead type that appears as either a deathlord or dragon priest depending on level. Yngol is more interesting, because Ysgramor's son being a dragon priest and also having died on the way to Skyrim clearly means the dragon cult started in Atmora.

[@andreasr5713]

if the Thu'um doesn't enough for dragonborn, we have the power of quicksaving

[@thf1933]

The surest way to miss those bosses is to kill them with one arrow and not notice.

[@danteeightsix]

Nearby the Guardian Mudcrab, you can see it's corpse.

[@fullofwork]

A thought town guard told me he saw a white strange thing in a cavern, i was there confident thinking it was a frost troll ... i never got out of that cavern! the white ugly fenders and the fucking machine had got me..

[@Hypn0st1cDumb0]

The way the draugr fell in the beginning cracked me up.

[@mr.traphil5663]

Old Salty is a reference to the character „Old Salty Crab“ from Sleeping Dogs.

[@cpshoot1146]

I didnt know fighting alcoholism is considered a boss battle

[@dvunkannon]

There's a moment in the Potema quest when she raises a bunch of dead bodies in a small room, but only after you're in the middle of the room. Definitely one of the creepiest moments in Skyrim. It's worth looting as many bodies as possible and dumping the heavy iron armor and weapons in the preceding hallway so that they have to fight with their bare hands.

[@adamludadi1404]

Where is the Reaper? (He can found in Soul Cairn)

[@SoiledWig]

Maybe this creator doesn't know about him

[@xChaosFlower]

I knew about all of these except for number 10. How have you not heard of Potema? Shes tied to a quest and you get contacted after aanwhile to deal with her again

[@stevenbart2375]

And isn't that the quest you need to complete to be able to buy a house in Solitude?

[@ericbates5465]

Time to change that saying, there's only one thing guaranteed in life

[@TheMetalAllfather]

Arondill did what he did out of love for his dead wife, this ghost you can find sleeping in their room in the cave where you find him. If you read good journal he comes off as a very sad, but sympathetic character, and not some monstrous corpse fucker.

[@FmjDontPlay]

I’m so happy and proud to say I’ve done all of these 🙌🏻🔥

[@Notmiddleg]

The emperors mudcrab which is found by completing the fidhing quest line is tougher

[@villekuronen6242]

as Vampire that Forge Master was quite annoying ...... also Taron Dreth found me in tavern in Markarth right after i finished Lost to the Ages

[@Gameon22387]

I absolutely love your videos. Keep up all your great work

[@sporksta]

Old salty was just drunk when you went up to him, he is known as a violent drunk

[@Ben-Hollingbery]

I've seen the forgemaster ,Taran Dreth before the skeletan dragon gathric and potema, but none of the others

[@heikeschimanski7624]

Pfff, none of the mudcrabs comes even close to the Emperor crab guardian spirit. That was one of my favs 🤘🤘🤘😁😁😁

[@johntatman8182]

I've only been playing for like 6 years and I've seen them all

[@chozoone19]

Just finished the aetherium quest and the forgemaster while taking forever to drop was fairly easy, with Katria and another companion drawing his attention I barely took damage. Did the wolf queen a bit before that. Gonna have to hunt down the rest of these

[@Kaisarfire]

"Skyrim boss battles you may have missed... if you never played the game..."

[@Jedimeister17]

In general: lot of the battles aren't realy tough, if you do know the shout ice form, which let's you freeze your enemies and keep them from attacking you, while you can take them down 1 by 1. Also, personally I don't think that all of the bosses are actually "secret" or "easy to miss". Some of them I wouldn't call boss fight as well. Actually easily missable boss battles: 1,4,5,6,(8),10 Not boss, but still easily missable: 7 Not secret, as they are part of fraction questline or their quests basically "comes to you": 2,3,9 2) Can't think that a lot of players missed him, cause you encounter him during the Dark Brotherhood questlline. 3) Also not realy a secret boss battle. You have to do the prequel quest to become Thane of Solitude/Haarfingar, and Potemas quest will than be brought to you by a courier. Sure, it's completely optional, but so is basically everything except the mainquest. 4) I found the remains of the giant mudcrab (and also knew what was up with it) but never got it to appear. Never found out, that it is part of a quest that is given by a rather hidden quest giver. 7) Wouldn't actually call him a boss, rather an unique random encounter, but he is indeed easy missable 8) Also not sure if you can call him a boss, but at least he is the last encounter in a dungeon 9) Again, not a secret boss, as his encounter is part of the mage academy questline

[@bryanhugh8905]

If you have issues with the man who cried wolf go get the ritual stone. Kill the first couple waves, hit your power and you got half the room fighting for you. Gives you time to hide n heal

[@lindos602]

For Potema, Meridia’s sword helps a lot during the battle, since there’s a chance the enemy you killed explode and set fire to the other. Once killed, said burning enemies will be turned to ashes.

[@ArchetypeGotoh]

I’ve never seen Dragon Priest Gathrick before… that would be a shock!

[@danielseckold4157]

Giant frost monster thing with whirlwind around him deserves a spot that thing was the only thing I found hard in the game

[@brynyolfxd3010]

There's 5 dragons not resurrected by alduin ... paarthunax, the skeletal dragon, the twins in the forgotten vale (no burials there so they been there sleeping til you disturb them) and the dragon of blackreach

[@phillipalexander1992]

There is also the one in the soul cairn

[@naivedino]

You always makeme smile when i watc your videos

[@jacobniemann4756]

You can also fight Durnehviir before doing Dragons Rising dunno about any others.

[@Haggysack2k8]

The guys at Bethesda seem to have something against Dunmers with the name "Dreth"

[@AlbertScoot]

I installed a mod one time that bugged out and kept spawning Forgemasters in the overworld that were 5x bigger.

[@piplion9264]

Karstaag this dude is kinddda hard to find if ur new in game since there is no quest for it and pretty strong boss too

[@orionwilcox5892]

I absolutely can not believe that Karstaag is not on this list.

[@declanbearman2630]

Karstaag is easily the hardest boss to come by

[@adamriekert1984]

Embarrassed to say I missed the first five on the list.

[@love_life_leafeon5955]

what i love is that people can have hundreds of hours in skyrim you can have only experienced 3 or 4 of these.

[@Splifs420]

Don’t stop posting the Skyrim vids brodie i never had netflix until recent but I used to watch Skyrim lore videos and challenges PRIME ENTERTAINMENT 💀🤣💯

[@Kaydenthegoat473]

Ya know I always loved horkers. I always thought they were cute af. Also there's a mudcrab merchant in solstheim that wheres a hat.

[@stethespaniard2]

I don’t know why I watch these. I actually expect to learn something new but I never do

[@jpcofferip5325]

Well, there is another dragon that you can fight before dragon rising : Duhrnevir.

[@brittfaulkner4416]

deep inside labrynthian its literally the first room lol

[@Cernumospete]

You just want me to reinstall Skyrim!!! AGAIN!!!!

[@DemonicBolt66]

I've fought 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, so I've still got some work to do!

[@nuut6976]

0:17 That werewolf tail ain't looking right

[@Adotworm]

💀

[@themaidenlesswretch7819]

I killed the wolf queen my first time using the ritual stone to reanimate the pipe of draugr. It was… quick

[@vinxersnf9374]

Lol,i fought this giant crab just today 🤔😆,and i was kinda shocked

[@killerb359]

Man i have fought every single one, i have played way to much skyrim😂 i love your videos tho man. Cant wait for more

[@gagegoyette4078]

First list ive seen that didn't have the disappointment of skyrims grim reaper

[@Cody-zw3jz]

I just used harmony on the troll so I didn't have to kill it

[@xenjanobody2097]

I was suprised that instead of the giant mud crab at the end of the fishing quest line was replaced by some wimpy joke mud crab bosses, that crab was badass and the fight was pretty different than others in the game

[@anna-puu]

I have hundreds of hours of playtime in Skyrim and I'm about to install it again after the disappointment called Starfield. I haven't even seen all of these, such a cool video! Last time I uninstalled I stumbled upon Karstaag. Man was I surprised. Morrowind's Bloodmoon is my favorite DLC for any game ever made. I tried to fight him a bunch of times and I had like five companions with me, but we couldn't beat him. I decided that next time I'm playing again, I'm going straight to Solstheim and we will finish the job.

[@Erakelus]

I knew all of them, but good that you put Gathrik the last, since i've only discovered him recently. Also Uderfrykte is not secret at all if you have to kill it in order to finish a major questline. Old salty isn't a boss battle. You could have exchanged them by less known bosses, like King Olaf, since you don't even need to kill him in order to complete the bards college and first couple of playthroughs i missed his fight completely and didn't know it existed. Also there are other lesser known bosses, like the giant chaurus under the lighthouse (that one is even more horror than the horker). Luah Al'Skaven, Halldir, Vighar or Movarth Piquine.

[@captaindishman9126]

Udefrykte I killed him twice and didn't know the significance. I thought the name for "troll" got glitched out or something. Still don't know the significance tbh.

[@chrisrmorriscm]

Fought all of them, nice video though

[@Arjalineck]

The way you said skeletal is so wrong...SkelEEEEtall? Bro

[@markspringer4322]

I think karstaag can kill them all

[@Huy-G-Le]

You can actually found the shell of that very same giant Mud Crab somewhere nears Whiterun city.

[@Settings208]

i don't think i'll get around to killing taron dreth cause that fucker has some insane spawn rates

[@KageDarkAngel]

I lost a sword when fighting the Wolf Queen's legions. Never found it after the fight and I think it was the first time I ever got disarmed without getting sent flying from a shout. Good thing I always carry extra weapons.

[@joetheman74]

All of these are not secret at all. Most are not even bosses. In fact the two actual truly secret bosses in the game are not even mentioned here. The Blackreach Dragon (not really a boss but a cool secret dragon battle) and Karstaag.

[@merlijnbal221]

so i killed all of them many times a boss i did always miss is the reaper in the soul cairn

[@xoev]

When you think you’ve seen everything in Skyrim there’s always something you haven’t

[@jonathanfenton2601]

Skyrim would make a great TV series. some episodes would need a disclaimer as being of the Dark Fantasy genre.

[@milosgarovic4898]

Bro who is Chairdof Sitler on 06:03 lol

[@kellymoore446]

What about the dragon in blackreach

[@The-Blue-Knight]

I saw a lot of these but a few new ones, interesting video!

[@davidhill229]

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