I'm a new player. I've only been playing this since 2012, so this video is for me.
@mike-thegamingdad Жыл бұрын
😂 haha sometimes I feel like a new player still. Learning new things all the time. All jokes aside, it has surprised me how many 'newer' players there are. When I set this channel up last July I thought its a 10 year old game, everyone has played this. But I get comments all the time from people saying they have just started it now and found my guides. I never thought I'd be asked to do stuff like this but it's fun 👍🏻
@toragirsl1441 Жыл бұрын
Ha, I feel like every day is a school day with Skyrim. I've been playing for a couple of years now, but I like videos like this as I always find something new. I did not know about Riekling followers for example, I think I sided with the nords during that quest (oops)
@Leto85 Жыл бұрын
@@mike-thegamingdad How cool is that. You'll be our Skyrim daddy now. :)
@Leto85 Жыл бұрын
Captain Boots have the same Enchanting slot as the body slot. Very handy for mages.
@mike-thegamingdad Жыл бұрын
Oh really? See there we go, something else I did not know 😂
@sheldor29964 күн бұрын
Captain boots? Where are those at? I've never heard of them. 👀
@Leto854 күн бұрын
@@sheldor2996 I buy them at the Radiant Raiment I Solitude. But the Unofficial Anniversary Club Patch has patched that already for now.
@chilboswaggins5500 Жыл бұрын
There is always a Spell Tome: Flame Cloak book on the Northern coast not far from Dawnstar. You can see the area where they "previous owner" found herself trapped inside a burning tent, leaving her necklace and book for you. It's far too expensive to cast by normal means at level one, but it'll save you gold later.
@Hallowedwanderer Жыл бұрын
I’ll defined check it out, I can’t seem to do any quest involving low temperature areas because “this one” feels like its going to die, literally barely managed to get back to the camp, sleep get some strength back to hit the road to warmer weathers. I love survival mode lol
@stevecochrane95319 ай бұрын
Many thanks, Mike! One added tip, maybe... get married and adopt kids: - If your home base is not in a town, you have a merchant at home. - Spouse gives a 10% in growing skills. - Kids give an extra 25% in potion creation. - Your spouse will give you a "home cooked meal" each day which is very helpful in survival mode.
@mike-thegamingdad9 ай бұрын
Yeah those are great tips as well thank you 😁👍🏻
@empire_racing82583 ай бұрын
Knew about the spouse and growing, but not the kids. Thx for the tip.🎉
@mcmalave2789 Жыл бұрын
I love playing as a High Elf mage. It was my first character and still my favorite. Though I go shopping in Solitude a little later, I like going to Dawnstar for a few things first. The Santa-like person sells a set of gloves that not only look good, but have a higher warmth rating. (Don't bother with the boots. I usually get my first sets of clothes from raiding Balgruff's palace.) I also pick up the quest for the Ring of Pure Mixtures in Forgotten Cave for an early 12% bust to alchemy. I also pick up the ruined books so I can make the conjuration tomes without paying for them. And visit the hall of the Vigiliant depending on the level. I have been in too many one-on-one knife fights with a mage when we run out of magic. It's hilarious. I now go for the glass knife in Myrwatch and then Mehrunes Razor. Borvir's dagger is yesterday's news ^_^
@tigger62 Жыл бұрын
I never knew the Flame Cloak would prevent cold water damage😮 Thanks for the tips since I just started a mage/assassin playthrough.
@mike-thegamingdad Жыл бұрын
Yeah it's quite a cool perk of it, just a shame it doesn't have any effect on cold temperature. That feels like an oversight, although I'm sure there's a mod that'll correct that. No problem at all 😁👍🏻
@Ahglock Жыл бұрын
@@mike-thegamingdad Yeah I always felt it was weird that fire spells did not warm you up in general. At least give the heat of a torch.
@chilboswaggins5500 Жыл бұрын
The spell tome is freely available on the Northern coast near Dawnstar. Your can grab it at level one but it's too powerful to cast yet. Even if you can't exploit it like the early Bound Bow book trick, I'd rather have it before I need it than need it before I have it.
@zeroone880011 ай бұрын
The spell is bugged, in that while the normal effect of fire damage and the visuals are extended in duration when dual cast or under the effects of a destruction potion, the cold water resistance never increases in duration. Keep this in mind when using the spell. This should be fixed by the unofficial patch, but I haven't checked.
@Lord_necromancer7 ай бұрын
I'm currently doing a no glitch, no exploit, legendary difficulty, survival playthrough as a mage. I have not equipped a single weapon. I am currently level 49 and have all of the magic skills except for enchanting maxed out - enchanting is level 90. It has been an absolute blast
@johnwpipes8927 Жыл бұрын
Great tips for sure! It really is an extraordinarily fun way of playing Skyrim. As satisfying to play as a pure Mage as it is a stealth archer or assassin, once you get a few levels/perks. So. Much. Fun!
@mike-thegamingdad Жыл бұрын
Yeah agreed. It's just getting over that initial difficult phase.
@hundragant10 ай бұрын
I main High Elf mage. Something I always advise new mage players as helpful is getting the Become Ethereal shout. It's a good panic shout for when you need to reposition, heal, or charge magic back up and it synergizes well with the High Elf power to regen magicka - Highborn. I also really enjoy using it for eliminating fall dmg so I can get places down low easier. It's satisfying dropping hundreds of feet unharmed. Become Ethereal is mostly only useful early/mid game. Towards the end I find myself never really needing it. I also constantly work on my enchant skill until it reaches lvl 100 so I can get double effects on my gear and reduce my destruction cost to 0 and alteration/illusion lessened. I never run out of magic and if I do, my destruction costs 0 so I can still apply pressure to enemies. As a high elf that puts most all my level ups into magic, I am def a glass cannon. Strong enemies can kill me in a single hit (looking at you Draugr Deathlords!) so get comfortable with staying back and dodging range attacks by strafing left and right and keeping distance from melee enemies by kiting. The destruction perk 'Impact' at lvl 40 is godsend game changer. In early game, time it so you're only attacking to stagger as this saves on magic costs. Don't forget to quicksave before and after every fight! Since you can die in one hit, it'll save you the headache
@mike-thegamingdad10 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing your tips 👍🏻😁
@empire_racing82583 ай бұрын
Looked for tips on how to play as a pure mage on survival as everytime i try i freeze my ass off. Even going into caves for warmth. Earned a sub.
@mike-thegamingdad3 ай бұрын
Thanks a lot! Glad the video was useful 😁🙌🏼
@empire_racing82582 ай бұрын
@@mike-thegamingdaddo you know the warmth rating for the arch-mage robes? I'm getting to the point I want to do the collage quest, but if the warmth of the robes suck, not gonna bother.
@mike-thegamingdad2 ай бұрын
@empire_racing8258 yeah they are 54, double the normal 27 that standard robes have, but the same as the vagrant robes you can get from vendors (that you can enchant yourself). They are still one of the best robes sets in the game 👍🏻
@christophertaylor91009 ай бұрын
Mages vs mages sucks in Skyrim because the ward spell works way better for NPCs than for you. Yours takes time to charge up to give full protection; that does not appear to be a limitation NPC mages suffer from. And they pop that thing up the billisecond it drops. Flame Cloak ought to warm you up, obviously, but they also blind you so...
@AdrianMcGavock Жыл бұрын
another quality vid Mike, regret I'm too lazy to play survival but ... lots of useful stuff, partic. the Atronach Forge... Winterhold was the first full quest-line I completed and I STILL haven't gone back to experiment with the Forge... will rectify tonight 👍
@mike-thegamingdad Жыл бұрын
Yeah ti's worthwhile checking out, I must admit it's not something I had dabbled with too often but you can make tons of stuff with it. Even spell books, if there's a spell tome you are missing, you can probably craft it 🤣
@NannyOggins Жыл бұрын
Some really good advice for mages here. I didn’t know about the Reikling follower as I always side with the Nords, they claim it was their home after all. However, I love to have more targets to bait enemies allowing me to take them out at leisure. I may be wrong but I think you can get Flame cloak free by taking it off the corpse of one of the students that went missing. Her burnt body is on the beach in a circle of burnt scrub, to the east of the college, quite near Yngold barrow.
@mike-thegamingdad Жыл бұрын
Yeah that is true its just south of Yngold, I learnt that after making this and last night I recorded it as I'm going to use it in another video I'm making on a daedric build 😅 The riekling followers can be useful although a little squishy. At higher levels you get better riekling warriors who can take more of a hit 😁
@ded2thaworld963 Жыл бұрын
Just started my first real survival play through. I’m an argonian necromancer more or less with some sneak and one handed as secondary. So far i’m doin ok, it’s the constant walking that gets me.
@mike-thegamingdad Жыл бұрын
Nice argonians are actually one of the more challenging races to play on survival as they are the only race to have a -25 warmth rating. It's a small difference but warmth or lack of can be a killer
@Stickfigure414 Жыл бұрын
It really is a bit upsetting that the flame cloak doesn't warm you up but at least it does help protect against the cold water so that's neat. Thanks for all the info!
@mike-thegamingdad Жыл бұрын
Yeah it doesn't make sense does it, but oh well 😅 and no problem at all 😁
@XEV_ Жыл бұрын
These are very helpful tips maybe I should try a pure mage
@mike-thegamingdad Жыл бұрын
No problem at all, yeah it's a fun way to play. Definitely more of a challenge 😁
@XEV_ Жыл бұрын
@@mike-thegamingdad yea i played as a mage while i was doing the college storyline it was a struggle
@BretHiggins10 ай бұрын
Thanks for the tips, the smaller tweaks here have helped me a bunch in survival mode. Cheers! B
@incryptdead3342 Жыл бұрын
Im lucky i watched this before i put all points into destruction. Thanks for tje advice.
@mike-thegamingdad Жыл бұрын
No problem at all glad to help out 😁
@Katie.JesusIsKing Жыл бұрын
Another great video Mike The Gaming Dad 😊
@Katie.JesusIsKing Жыл бұрын
I always forget about the forge in the Midden. So cool to know the fire salts. Will be helpful after finishing the Theives Guild and getting so many gems you don't know what to do with
@mike-thegamingdad Жыл бұрын
@@Katie.JesusIsKing thank you! Yeah it's great once you can build up a lot of gems. If you eventually get the prowlers profit perk (No Stone Unturned quest) you can make absolutely tons of fire salt 😁
@Katie.JesusIsKing Жыл бұрын
@@mike-thegamingdad I always finish the Barenziah quest but I cheat. On the 360 (idk about other consoles) you click A really fast you can pick up 2-4 stones for every one stone 🤣
@mike-thegamingdad Жыл бұрын
@@Katie.JesusIsKing haha did not know about that, that is mad. I've had to always do it the old fashioned way 🤣
@lucygray4314 Жыл бұрын
I cried laughing at the arrow to the heel xDDD
@mike-thegamingdad Жыл бұрын
Haha always happens 😅
@robertbell8566 Жыл бұрын
Very helpful. Thank you
@mike-thegamingdad Жыл бұрын
No problem at all 😁👍🏻
@giulianomarco Жыл бұрын
Hello! New subscriber here. I only joined yesterday (I might have been #7000!). I've been playing Skyrim for 12 years, but never really got on with Survival Mode. After taking notes from your two survival tips videos, I'm going to have another crack at it. I'm also going to watch your survival playthrough videos. You sound like Neil Hodgson, btw... 😋👍
@mike-thegamingdad Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for subscribing! Yeah I wasn't that interesting in survival when it first came out, but once I gave it a proper go I've really enjoyed it. Feels like a new experience and takes more thought and strategy 😁 I hope you enjoy it! Haha is that the motoGP rider?
@giulianomarco Жыл бұрын
@@mike-thegamingdad That's him! Separated at birth, maybe? Worth giving Davina McCall a bell? 😋 BadCompanySarge quit posting Skyrim today, so I asked him if it was OK to throw a [dragon] bone your way and mention your channel. He was fine with it, so you may pick up a few more subscribers. 😁✌️
@mike-thegamingdad Жыл бұрын
@giulianomarco haha its quite possibly, maybe I'll meet him one day and we'll look at each other like we know each other from somewhere 😂. Awesome thank you very much! 👍🏻
@zeroone880011 ай бұрын
Difficultly levels do effect summons, but it is bugged. They do reduced damage at high difficulty levels, but also take less damage from enemies meaning they're actually better tanks at higher difficulty levels. This is a engine bug that can only be fixed with SKSE. Playing a conjurer with the bug fix on Legendary is really annoying. This same bug affects followers as well.
@kevlyon Жыл бұрын
Dont forget master neloth sells Great staffs too guys :)
@mike-thegamingdad Жыл бұрын
Yeah he does actually, also his staff enchanter is useful and easy to get hold of. All you have to do is find him a new steward
@davrosdavros7198 Жыл бұрын
Great video. You should do a let’s play of a mage
@kevlyon Жыл бұрын
Carry some brawlers gloves and go hand to hand :) better damage than a dagger
@mike-thegamingdad Жыл бұрын
That's a great tip hadn't thought of them, thanks for sharing 😁
@crazitaco7 ай бұрын
Be a khajiit for warmth bonus and additional unarmed bonus
@Airinas9610 ай бұрын
"Oh, well... It must've run off" 😂
@mike-thegamingdad10 ай бұрын
I've heard a bandit say that probably a 1000 times now and it's still funny 😅
@Airinas9610 ай бұрын
@@mike-thegamingdad That and the milk drinkers 😂
@mike-thegamingdad10 ай бұрын
@@Airinas96 let me guess, somebody stole your sweet roll 🤣. They did a really good job with the dialogue, so many awesome one liners
@kevlyon Жыл бұрын
What does my head in is when you visit parthanax your there for ages and cold can kill you if not careful
@mike-thegamingdad Жыл бұрын
Yeah that is annoying, on my let's play someone had shared a tip about placing a camp there and it made a big difference when I tried it as you are right, by the time he's finished talking you are half frozen to death
@Airinas9610 ай бұрын
Do you use any graphics mods? your game looks really good.
@mike-thegamingdad10 ай бұрын
I don't buddy no, just the base anniversary edition on PC nowadays 😁
@thomasrosendahl2783 Жыл бұрын
Witcher 3 and RDR2 you can play 3-4 times, and you have experienced everything, Skyrim you can play 100 times and still have things to do. Modded Skyrim is almost endless in terms of builds and quests.
@mike-thegamingdad Жыл бұрын
Yeah this is very true. I'm still to experience modden skyrim properly, I played around on PS4 with them a bit but Sony don't allow external assets on their consoles so mods were limited to say the least, nothing like what you can do on XBox and PC. I've kept my channel mod free up to now so that anyone with AE can do anything I'm showing, but eventually I'll move into mods 😁
@mariop810110 ай бұрын
Survival Legendary (I'm level 15), use a follower, let them attack and attack enemies backs, avoid archers line of sight they kill me with one shot.
@mike-thegamingdad10 ай бұрын
Yeah followers definitely grow in usefulness on harder difficulties
@andrewpina391 Жыл бұрын
As a mage do you level up your health? Because most mages don’t wear armor
@mike-thegamingdad Жыл бұрын
Yeah health is very important. Magicka generally should go as high as you need it to, so if it's 200 as you can get another 100 through gear, and you only need a max of 300 for the spells you need to use. Then just do that and then put everything else into health. That's usually what I do. My first mage I made the mistake of going to high on magicka and not enough health. I had like 400-500 in magicka and then realised I could reduce the cost of spells through gear, and I didn't have nearly enough health
@andrewpina391 Жыл бұрын
@@mike-thegamingdad thank you for the info ! Got yourself a new subscriber
@mike-thegamingdad Жыл бұрын
@@andrewpina391 thank you very much I appreciate it 🙌🏼😁
@zombierobot5747 Жыл бұрын
Always carry hawk feathers and garlic bread for disease not potions
@mike-thegamingdad Жыл бұрын
Yeah thats a good tip 😁👍🏻
@jcxfuego5 ай бұрын
Mage in Legendary Survival is just 💀
@jamesrogers558810 ай бұрын
Mages can and should still wear arm, no rule says they can't, further more even with alteration tree maxed with best flesh spell you won't hit the cap, also glass and fur aren't the only arms with max warmth rate. Zzzz
@CharlietheWarlock5 ай бұрын
Use necromancy
@mike-thegamingdad5 ай бұрын
Yeah necromancy is very strong for survival as well 👍🏻