SKYRIM SNEAK ONLY CHALLENGE IS BROKEN - Skyrim Is A Perfectly Balanced Game With No Exploits!!

[@Rathzul]

Missed opportunity of calling "Ben Dover" "Ben Dovah"

[@taintwasher3703]

All hail the master of comments

[@Prophes0r]

Ooof. That's choice.

[@joostweijkamp1448]

Lemmy Trollmister by the looks of it

[@suerkaffee6090]

He should definitely issue an official apology for this mishap

[@ddschiefer]

My Great Grandfather's name was Ben Dova, at least his stage name anyway. He was an acrobat.

[@Wheagg]

I can totally imagine an orc being sneaky but getting caught all the time and then using intimidation like "YOU DON'T SEE ME."

[@gustavakerman2566]

Reminds me of Tyberos from warhammer 40k A giant space marine, but still insists on being sneaky.

[@Wheagg]

@@gustavakerman2566 Orcs in 40k are hilarious

[@gustavakerman2566]

@@Wheagg Oh, I mean the absolutely MASSIVE chapter master of the space sharks chapter. He is the biggest space marine there is, but he is still sneaky af.

[@tagiajohnson3548]

May be my next dnd build

[@baconbagels5475]

There's a Goliath build in dnd that legitimately does this

[@crazzzi4u68]

"Catgirl or Todd Howard background" ah yes, the only viable choices

[@thehunter929gaming3]

I love the chapters he has set up🤧 “intro” to “breaking Skyrim” I just love it

[@CoisoNull]

todd howard catgirl

[@hasanborazan1144]

Spiff: *Changes browser background to catgirls.* Me: somehow gets jumpscared by it and accidentally click off to "Oblivion %100 Camelion"

[@garyeldenmaggs2927]

Cat Howard? Toddgirl?

[@arutka2000]

@@garyeldenmaggs2927 Catward Toddgirl

[@rhinocort1184]

What’s kind of funny about Ben Dover killing Grelod is she has a book on her basically saying Orcs are monsters and sub-beings

[@mega_myles5274]

As the old saying goes: "It's not a bug it's a *feature* "

[@apersonyes3198]

now the saying is its not a bug its just death or nearly death

[@robertgray3710]

Bethesda in a nutshell

[@bubbles1044]

I mean, this is not something someone would discover on their first playthrough so it is a good feature for a fun sneaky replay

[@lluisg.8578]

You cannot avoid a bug and it always bothers you. Instead you can decide to use an exploit or not, depending on your gameplay. Like the cheats introduced by the devs. It gives you more opportunities for fun and repliayability. Long live the exploits!

[@ChiefMakes]

@@lluisg.8578a bug doesn’t ALWAYS annoy you. Unless it’s so dumb that you can open the volkihar gate or use the door inside (I had to get a mod just so I could continue the quest. Goodbye achievements on my most advanced game.)

[@porpoiseful253]

I love how he wasted his time sneaking into a wall instead of endlessly sneak attacking the unkillable target dummy standing infront of him named hadvar which takes max 15 minutes for max sneak and one handed which actually would have doubled his damage thanks to being able to max out one handed.

[@tno895]

Id always thought this trick was how the game normally starts

[@peutimporte4719]

Or just player.advskill sneak 100000000

[@TheEldritchGod]

@@peutimporte4719 - But that isn't what Todd Intended. Sneaking into a wall and backstabbing Hadvar repeatedly is how to play, as was intended.

[@bliam9443]

A bit late to the party but doesn’t hadvar eventually attack you if you hit him enough?

[@lonelygloomproductions7004]

You just saved me a lot of time!

[@Rob_Thorsman]

"Children don't report crimes." Bless the children, O Mighty Talos.

[@Otzkar]

nah, spiff chose the imperials not the stormcloaks

[@deadpotatos7077]

"blessings of the eight devins upon us" -some preist before being interrupted by the most impatient person ever

[@mememaster695]

@@deadpotatos7077 that guy would have survived if he would have just waited for her to finish

[@azarinevil]

It is why New Vegas is the greatest, only one Todd Howard's immortality curse didn't touch.. and actively offers the chance to leave no witnesses 🤣

[@ivansimunek4829]

@@mememaster695 true XD

[@FailedMaster]

Spiff: "So without further ado" Also Spiff: *continues to further ado*

[@ItsBofu]

Okay but where can I get a catgirl Todd Howard background for Opera GX

[@EEEEEEEE]

@@thespiffingbrit Tea

[@VitorSalsicha]

@@swawssfm9760 oh no

[@orangedragoon2773]

@@swawssfm9760 yes... good

[@Nuggetmonk]

@@swawssfm9760 i would like see that too....no not me im asking for a friend

[@kristhebrownie]

@@swawssfm9760 make sure its truly glorious

[@soot.mp3]

Spiff emotionally abusing Todd Howard by making yet another Skyrim video: "Dormammu! I've come to bargain!"

[@brstew_]

"Toddmammu! I've come to bargain"

[@nightone9720]

Call me Dr. Strange

[@cubeduncertainty9401]

Always and endlessly...

[@cubeduncertainty9401]

@Emi Dretcanu your pfp is

[@koopslone6823]

Todd Howard emotionally abusing his fans by re-releasing skyrim on yet another console: "dormammu I've come to bargain!"

[@bernardomatta4218]

Oh my god, Spiff has been snorting tea again and went back to Skyrim. My day went from "Coffee" to "Yorkshire Tea Gold"

[@mohammadsaleh1998]

@@AxxLAfriku they are paid and olso ehy do u have 2 women with u Freak

[@SentiNel090]

Why should your day ever be on "Coffee" in the first place?

[@Oblithian]

So, if you use the Krosis mask while doing the fortify restoration loop it will apparently become permanently modified to give you a bigger boost (making lockpicking as easy as a door knob, bows insta-kill, and Alchemy better). This boost was retained until I put the masks on the statue at Labyrinthian, where it was sadly replaced by a base mask.

[@JoshLefelhocz]

Yeah, stack that with four clothing items each possessing a perfectly balanced level of smithing boost courtesy of the fortify restoration loop, then add the notched pickaxe and you officially have the most broken setup ever.

[@owlrecluse2234]

Old comment but this works with anything with an enchantment, as long as you don’t unequip it it. This and an amulet of talos is the poor man’s infinite shout glitch (since I can never get the timing for the transform + 5 amulets glitch correct).

[@gammaplaya2723]

A certified "Nobody cared, until I put on the mask" moment

[@elnombre91]

"the greatest rolly boy in all of the universe" *Dark Souls would like to know your location*

[@Sephiroth5200]

*VLDL has entered the chat*

[@sventobergte845]

@@Sephiroth5200 Masters of the rolly polly!

[@snefansson]

I ALMOST wish Elden Ring would turn out to have some exploits here and there to see Spif going to town on it. Now that would be content! Knowing From though, it's not gonna have oversights like Skyrim does but... it would be fun

[@coleandhisvideos]

@@snefansson It's a video game Something's bound to be exploitable

[@sgtnubbings6501]

@@snefansson Every game will have some exploitable aspects, it's pretty much impossible to create anything that doesn't

[@H3lios227]

And so Spiff whispers into your ear "this is balanced as all things are"

[@EEEEEEEE]

‎‎‎E‎

[@evanwhite2845]

I concur

[@ultraman_99]

Snaps fingers

[@michaelbuffaloe5694]

Thanos energy

[@aarepelaa1142]

And even deaf people can hear him

[@Savaris96]

Next up on the spiffing brit: The floor is made out of perfectly balanced floor

[@EEEEEEEE]

‎‎‎E‎

[@roebenjaminpeled2705]

After that: life is a perfectly balanced.... oh wait the minute....

[@DareSpeak23]

FLOOR GANG 4 LIFE!

[@desmondchurch9630]

So balanced Skyrim horses don't even use it!

[@jamespazour5602]

A

[@Ivvyfay]

You can also raise Sneak with sneak attacks. Instead of sneaking in front of the bear, you can crank up the difficulty to legendary and Sneak attack Hadvar or Ralof repeatedly. They will never aggro or detect you at that point in the game and you really can’t kill them. They heal faster than you can deal damage. If you are past that point, you can do something similar with the Greybeards. Find one of them meditating in a side hallway, crank up the difficulty to legendary, stand behind them, and sneak attack them. But only attack them while they are meditating. Otherwise they will mess you up.

[@Megalon-qc8pf]

The sponsored bit is LITERALLY names “Spiff gets paid money”

[@erutanevoli]

lol

[@BQD_Central]

And that’s a good thing !

[@Clara_Page]

@@BQD_Central Yes very true indeed, because that money can go towards his Yorkshire tea addiction for which he can not function with out! Making him incapable of generating such entertaining talking pictures for our amusement.

[@zexfafa2794]

Spiff is only youtuber that can exploit not only games but KZbin algorithm and his viewers for maximum efficiency and get away with it.

[@djreaves13]

I grammar also

[@rustler08]

What happens when Dr. Jekyll goes into stealth mode? He becomes Mr. Hyde.

[@Kayrim_Borlan]

I love you

[@bluedogz1624]

He then uses a cane which never hits.

[@SatanasExMachina]

Get.....out. lol

[@nobodyimportant5417]

When you told the "it's made of hide!" joke, my boy and I started giggling, my wife glared at the TV, then us, and walked out of the room. Well done, spiff. Well done.

[@SWISS-1337]

"ninjas need to wear leather armour, because it's made of hide!" (paraphrased) - legitimately actually funny.

[@BenjaminGoss-c8p]

No he says ninjas should wear hide armour because its made of hide

[@megatonpolska8579]

There is a glitch when using a shield, when you have perk "Block runner", you move with the normal speed when sneaking. You are much faster, and it makes sneaking much more fun.

[@faatman42]

Easily done by sheathing and unsheathing your weapons

[@alexnonya5905]

10 months late but you can have two spells favorited and just go back and forth for the same effect without even sheathing a weapon

[@kagemushashien8394]

So, basically a Riot Jugernought from CoD.

[@jcom3837]

@@alexnonya5905 yol

[@anondabomb]

@@alexnonya5905 I’m not gonna pause the game every time I wanna go fast.

[@noneayourbusiness5149]

"The Ebony Warrior is statistically the strongest enemy in all of Skyrim." Reanu Keeves would like to know your location...

[@Surgeplus]

And he said it would one-shot many things. But he needed to hit the Ebony Warrior twice to do the job. :p

[@shadowdragon714]

@@Surgeplus i think cuz of falling off that ledge while attacking. you are not counted in SNEAK mode while airborn.

[@DeathMatchSAS]

@@Surgeplus His defense is too high sadly. The only guy with tempered armor. Of course you can still use Death Mark on him

[@TheOutsiderTO]

I don't know but the The Ebony Warrior was one Hit by me. I don't know why? Double Handed Dragonbonesword and No Mods. But he apears in my way to Whitherrun. Since i was Lv 367 he apears. Now im Lv. 831.

[@Brizzle427]

Are you implying Reanu Keeves is an enemy?

[@kareningram6093]

"Ben Dover" "It's made of HIDE." I'm dead.

[@AURON2401]

Yes, Yes you are my friend.

[@newbiegaming6090]

Of course. Spiff isn't only the pinnacle of british culture. He's also the pinnacle of comedy. XD

[@newbiegaming6090]

@Deborah Ajao oh my... To have Spiff as a parent... What a lucky sausage. XD

[@Eniteee]

Hidden jokes

[@Nehauon]

@@Eniteeethey’re actually quite visible I’d say

[@frankharris9744]

Question for Spiffing Brit: What would happen if you maxed out sneak and used FLAME CLOAK behind enemies? Would they "detect and attack" you or not see you and get burned to death just standing there?

[@Makorze]

If its spiffs "Nuclear" flame cloak, it wouldn't matter. They'd all be dead.

[@ChiefMakes]

Two years late but I’ll try that

[@badrat484]

I like to imagine that a sneaky orc furiously screams under his breath when he activates berserk and backstabs someone

[@SWDou]

AEUGH!!!!

[@aquaruis88]

SNEAK ATTACK!!!!

[@gellasztomania1643]

DID YA GIT EVA SEE A PUR'PA ORK? I DON' 'FINK SO THEY'Z DA SNEEKIEST

[@Gormathius]

*Y O U D O N O T S E E M E ! ! !*

[@haxxperrrt5085]

1:05 "how to hide sponsor money" "how to hide a body" I love how Spiff always pays attention to the important details

[@0NeeN0]

and living in Switzerland which is a cherry on top

[@Iordygon]

Pyongyang weather lol

[@TKailan]

being a Vampire would also have increased your Sneak Stat

[@cardiepie9157]

*bees*

[@aidandeagle]

Buzz buzz

[@whisperingshadowXI]

*hears vampiric bee buzzing* _"Must've been the wind..."_

[@youtubestuff683]

I always go kajeit vampire with bow

[@youtubestuff683]

@@TaikaJamppa *bends knees slightly* "must have been the wind" -bandits

[@batuhanylmaz9662]

KZbin automated subtitles interpreting his "opera gx" as "alfred gx" is the most brit thing I've seen today. Thanks susan

[@indestructiblemadness8531]

Ah yes. I additionally got myself the perk that makes spells silent. That means slowing time is silent, which allows me to hit the spinnig powerattack with both daggers dealing damage multiple times as sneak attack.

[@mtoy42twin]

I additionally upgraded my one handed all the way, and upgraded enchanting to put 2 enchants on my gloves. One handed and the back stab. I was debating upon getting the increased one handed damage potion but thought that might be a bit overkill, and decided against it.

[@terrorhuhn9192]

the irony to shout silently xD

[@proxlite8728]

I used to play stealth in this game and tvis is litterally my build. However, when you have the last perk in the stealth tree, you become invisible for a second when you crouch, and as far as I remember: every single enemy in the game will lose you for a momen. This means you can litterally run into a room full of enemies, crouch, attack and get a stealth kill. Repeat until the room is empty.

[@lllllll5990]

Damn ima have to get that perk my stealth tree almost at 100 too around 95

[@aidansharp5244]

@@lllllll5990You can easily max stealth in the starting area at the bear section, just force Harvard into the corner get behind him, crouch and sneak attack, every sneak attack grants 1 level, repeat ti’ll level 100.

[@dustenekoes28]

Teabag the air for max stealth, gotcha!

[@SDG0213]

@@aidansharp5244 that way will also increase 1-handed. bonus

[@headcode]

@@aidansharp5244 I tried this, and I didn't notice any difference between attacking or just moving. I wanted to try again later in the game, so I just went to Whiterun Hold to the 2nd floor above where the Jarl's throne is and just looked at a wall, crouched and autorun toward the wall. Because of the number of NPC's (maybe?) I was able to level up Sneak pretty quickly, getting almost 1 level per minute.

[@seancarnell1503]

"We don't need magic" Calm + sneak = free backstab

[@AnakinS86]

Or use shadowstep

[@Rabijeel]

Why that serious? Just break Sneaking alike to the Infinite-Mana-Glitch, just instead of Mana do it with the Sneak Value. Sneaking while Running is fun.

[@excalligator5529]

Shadow warrior + some easy to pull of timing = the same effect but works up to any level

[@masterBjorn28]

Fun thing about the forward roll. With a bow drawn you can keep rolling till you run out of stamina

[@RyzoLND]

you can infinitely roll as long as you have a weapon equipped (with no spell in the off-hand), and are playing in first person.

[@LuciferX_13]

I love how spiff got paid to go "hey look cat girl background"

[@LuciferX_13]

@@thespiffingbrit $tonks

[@elgatto3133]

@@thespiffingbrit nekopara fan in the wild

[@flyingtoast27]

I could hear him struggling to not laugh

[@meleemastermaa1449]

- Uses daggers - Raises the dead - Completely broken Is this the plot of Solo Leveling?

[@amkn7939]

Noice

[@amkn7939]

Is light novel already complete?

[@meleemastermaa1449]

@@amkn7939 Light novel was complete a long time ago, the manhwa was close to completion last time I checked.

[@amkn7939]

@@meleemastermaa1449 can you spoiler the ending bro??

[@meleemastermaa1449]

@@amkn7939 To be honest I was only checking the manhwa, so I don't know how it ends, but you'll probably find spoilers easily since the series is quite well known.

[@RelentlessOhiox]

The fact I managed to get every single achievement in one playthrough of this broken ass game without mods is what you call a mastery of patience.

[@iKnownot999]

Doing that rn with the ps5 version lol looking forward to it

[@rogue2598]

Getting to lvl 78 just for legendary dragons is a pain in the ass

[@thepyrogamer4]

Fun fact: You can kill Grelod before going to Aventus, when you kill her then go to Aventus you can say you already kill Grelod, then he will say you guys really are good or something like that, then bam, your bro hood material. It just saves you some time, you know?

[@thepyrogamer4]

@Aaron C i thought it was just common knowledge to instantly get the dragonstone

[@asurasyn]

If you have the permathrall spell unlocked, you can raise Grelod and bring her with to spook Aventus too!

[@IzzyZil20]

@@asurasyn where do you find that spell?

[@asurasyn]

@@IzzyZil20 couldn't tell you exactly, but it only spawns when your Conjuration is around level 80

[@petercocchiara659]

"Its made of hide." You sure mango isn't expecting? Because that is a dad joke

[@matthewtalbot-paine7977]

Better than a pregnancy test are dad jokes.

[@ebony.warrior]

another thing that is do-able to get sneak 100 quicker is to just smack hadvar/ralof at the start inside the bear room. Step 1: put the game on legendary difficulty. Step 2: equip a dagger and start sneaking behind hadvar/ralof Step 3: smack hadvar/ralof behind his head. Step 4: repeat Step 3 until you reach sneak 100 End: you get sneak 100 and about 30 one-handed at 21 levels

[@p3chv0gel22]

Ha. Never thought about that Well, it's time to do another run

[@deron2203]

I was just gonna say this haha a lot easier

[@darian_2247]

And its WAY faster

[@Userkiller3814]

If you are going to cheese it, you might as well just use console commands to level it to 100.

[@Prophes0r]

@@Userkiller3814 Nahh. GIVING yourself levels is cheating, and doesn't FEEL like you accomplished anything. Creatively using game mechanics is NOT cheating. You can still feel like you 'earned' it. (Though one's personal limit for bug usage will vary. Restoration loops DO feel like cheating for me. But only because you can get numbers that are too far beyond natural maximums.)

[@Rynotastic]

I’m always surprised you never do the cheese you can do against Hadvar before you open the chest with the equipment. Grab a sword off the wall, sneak behind hadvar, and wack him until your hearts desire. Then collect the stuff from the chest and he’ll pull the chain and progress the game.

[@benji_macca]

If you killed astrid when you’re in the shack then broken into the dark brotherhood sanctuary to get the gear than you could also have the blade of woe for your dagger

[@NezomShark]

I prefer be part of them and get the lost fair way

[@dimplechestnut790]

And clairvoyance shows which one to kill.

[@NoHer0]

Couldn't you just steal it when you first meet her and then just get the free one at the end again

[@benji_macca]

@@NoHer0 You can’t pickpocket Astrid

[@Beaslu]

@@benji_macca there are actually videos on this it's a slight exploit, but you can pickpocket Astrid in vanilla

[@DeltaJim]

"Catgirl or Todd Howard background" What if I want a Catgirl Todd Howard?

[@galaxy9radio664]

"It just works, nya" Todd Catward

[@godlikeselephants]

@@galaxy9radio664 Brilliant

[@omaridusk3803]

Omg no…

[@brenolk4642]

Dear God... - TF2 Soldier

[@TheLeefung]

I think R34-Artists got you covered

[@danielbrannon8371]

There's a MUCH faster way to level up sneak. In the same spot, retreat behind the pillar and your companion will follow you. Get the x15 damage and harder to detect in sneak and repeatedly attack your companion while sneaking. It levels up INSANELY fast.

[@ericb3157]

also, any successful sneak attack against an enemy you are "hidden" from gives you Sneak XP.

[@icyphoenix2401]

I've heard one of the best things to do it on is shadowmere, but that might be a bit late in the game

[@neoqwerty]

@@icyphoenix2401 Ralof and Hadvar at the start of the game don't even turn hostile AND they fast-regen back to full HP

[@nocluewhatiam1189]

Backstab tutorial companion before bear over and over don't lvl until 100...that's all, dagger gains bonus from 1 handed tree as well with a ebony dagger upgraded to max with dark brotherhood gear u crush anything as long as your hiding

[@amaureaLua]

That's faster in real time, but not in player time, is it? Spiff just aimed into the corner, weighted down the forward key, and was then free to go to sleep or something.

[@Seisachtheia]

Spiff: Don't join the Stormcloaks Also Spiff: Windhelm, the capital

[@artisticcactus6406]

me who has barely used an actual weapon in skyrim: wait, you guys are getting damage modifiers?

[@kajl222]

Restoration Mains: "Wait, you guys deal damage?"

[@r3dp9]

All of my Master Destruction Mage fights devolved into stunlocking my foes with tickle tasers. Dragons took quite awhile to cook.

[@castform57]

Had to download a mod to actually make magic efficient in the long run. The mod adds a fortify destruction damage enchantment, and with the usual restoloop exploit, you can make the most basic flame spell into a beam of instant death.

[@KorilD]

Ah yes, the legendary *Punchmaster* build. A classic.

[@Nurk0m0rath]

@@castform57 There are ways to improve this design oversight without going that far. Several of the perk packs naturally increase overall destructive power by much more reasonable numbers. But if that is the result you want, you can always just use alchemy with the restoloop, no mods needed. Fortify spell potions boost power, rather than making things cost less. Fun fact, cloak spells gain both reach and damage after drinking a fortify destructo potion, so a potion of 20,000% fortify destruction followed by flame cloak results in a full dungeon clear in about 2 seconds. This also has the benefit of selective damage, so nobody who isn't currently gunning for you will take damage and come after you. Literally the best way to help fight vampires without risking getting thrown in jail for it.

[@JesusKid1000]

"For 60 seconds you do double damage" Oh no...I know where this is going

[@ShadyNerd]

ASMR: Berserker Rage sneak orc gently whispering "AAAAAAAAAHHHHH" as he murderizes you

[@insaincaldo]

Quietly vibrating with seething rage as he stalks his victims.

[@Khajiidaro]

@@insaincaldo Kinky

[@drakedbz]

By the way, there's a better way to level sneak. Hadvar/Ralof will ignore all friendly fire until you're out of the starting dungeon. Just sneak attack them repeatedly for much faster sneak skill. Sneak goes up based on how much damage you do with a sneak attack, so as your sneak gets better and you put perk points into sneak attacks, you raise it even faster.

[@shanesloth4419]

also works for hadvar in the riverwood smithy's home, not sure if any progress in civil war is needed, not sure if its been patched out. but i remember on my xb360 sneaking and smacking him in the home while he sat in the chair.

[@adamschaefer1677]

KZbin: “Spiff can’t possibly have more Skyrim exploits to show off.” Spiff: “Hold my Yorkshire Tea Gold.”

[@jackofspades3908]

The dark brotherhood quest can be fast tracked by just going straight to Riften and killing Grelog.

[@wpeniche]

“Todd, what’s his sneak level at??” Todd: it’s over 9000!!!

[@jonathanherring2113]

"Todd, what's his sneak level at?? Todd... Todd?"

[@UltimatelyEverything]

Spiff is one of those KZbinrs i can literally watch play anything even games i don't play or aren't my type of games.

[@Sn0wjunk1e]

Spiff there is actually one very important reason to choose Ralof: there is a room where Ralof tells you to unlock a door. if you ignore the door you can continually beat up ralof to level up one-handed as he will never aggro and never die.

[@arthurpendragonsyt]

It works the same with Hadvar by not opening the chest

[@karlplessius1300]

Or do it to either in the room with the bear.

[@BeingWolfie]

I can't speak for Ralof but with Hadvar, you can also level up your sneak forever by hiding behind a pillar and walking into it. You can also level up one-handed and destruction in this way too. Just sneak up to Hadvar while he's facing the grate, stab or blast him, walk away, sneak again. Rinse repeat.

[@SomewhatPeculiar]

Backstabbing either of them also levels up sneak incredibly fast.

[@Sn0wjunk1e]

@@BeingWolfie but with Ralof you dont' need to walk away to level destruction or one-handed cuz he stays in one place, and if you time it right when he loses all health you can cause a stack-overflow causing him to instantly refill it.

[@thomasbarnes8461]

1:40 and here you can see that spiff searches only the most normal of things, such as *how to hide a body*

[@alguem5996]

"Skyrim sneak only" and "challenge" in the same phrase forms a paradox.

[@jordarini]

So something I’ve realized spiff after watching several of these over again, if you wanna make the smithing even more broken you can get four clothing items with the fortify smithing enchantment which you can do the restoration loop for obviously, but there’s also the notched pickaxe at the top of the throat of the world that absolutely brea- I mean- perfectly balances your smithing skill to ludicrous levels if you improve a weapon while you have it equipped.

[@astralprophecy2419]

"The Stormcloaks are nutters" Sounds like something a Thalmor spy would say...

[@chamoo232]

But he's not wrong. If you read the stuff in the game you can find out that the Thalmor basically manipulated Ulfric into starting the Stormcloak rebellion. By having the Empire busy fighting the Stormcloak they are too distracted and divided to fight the Thalmor. The Thalmor are using the most basic and direct "divide and conquer" strategy.

[@BenLJudy]

The Thalmor honestly helped the Stormcloaks more than they helped the Imperials. They were trying to make the rebellion costly so they could manipulate other areas while the Empire was distracted.

[@Umbra_Ursus]

Nah, a Thalmor would just insult you for breathing. The technically-not-a-spy is running the Stormcloaks.

[@buttercup9709]

Tbf if you read the stuff in the game, you find that Ulfric is literally a sleeper agent for the thalmor. Also joining the stormcloaks means betraying Balgruuf and I will never do that.

[@Kolaris8472]

@@chamoo232 The same missive also says they don't want him to win. If he did, they'd lose access to the province, at least temporarily. The anti-Thalmor thing to do is conclusively end the war one way or the other.

[@shiftingkitties7396]

"always use leather armor because its made of HIDE" amazing, now get out

[@kamo7293]

"it's made of hide" that was actually quite good. had a good laugh

[@jackwilliams5761]

If you join the storm cloaks in the beginning you can get the key for the gate off the imperials and attack ralof while sneaking for levels. Put on point in sneak and it levels extraordinarily fast

[@Mgauge]

Ten years and we’re still finding ways to break this game over our knees. It truly is Todd Howard’s gift to humanity.

[@Rabijeel]

To be honest, since 8 Years I did not hear one nwe way - just the same Stuff warmed up by Chef Mike. And, the most funny Thing: This is the same Bug that allows you to Dupe Items in Jagged Alliance 2. Yes. The old DOS-Game. They forgot to define maximum Valued and cap it. Also, there is no Minimum, so by bringing Stuff below Zero, you st it to the maximum Possible. On JA2 it is the Item counter, allowing you to be able to buy the one unique Item you sold 254 Times back. Here, it is possible with mostly every Stat - and on Sneak and Mana even without using Restoglitch.

[@ary4n185]

I was just doing my 71st stealth archer/dagger and this is perfect timing

[@KingNedya]

I was just doing my 0th stealth character.

[@dreadavis9751]

"you finally awake"

[@KingNedya]

@@dreadavis9751 "Hey, you, you're finally awake."

[@adifferentyn5402]

Bethesda: Tod, what does the scouter say about his stealth power level Tod: IT'S OVER 9000

[@limerick622]

my favorite sneak glitch is when you do a stealth roll and shield charge (from block skill tree) and you can just do a silent rush that sends everyone flying until you let go of sprint. Stamina will go down to 0 but it wont stop you from running lol

[@urbypilot2136]

3:43 "One hit them to Oblivion!" The hit was so hard you sent them one version back?

[@Kohchu]

STOP!! You violated the laws of time and space! Pay the court a fine, and serve your sentence, your stolen goods are forfeit!

[@azarinevil]

Oblivion is Elder Scrolls slang for Hell. Technically their only way out were the portals in previous version, so if they managed to make it back that far.. they are Reanu Keeves and we are all in danger 😂

[@HighKing9000]

Back to vanilla 🤣

[@thebattousai7837]

But vanilla Skyrim is Skyrim not elder scrolls oblivion

[@deankaraniya7422]

Thanks for explaining the joke Sherlock. Not even correctly at that; Oblivion is a totally different game, not an earlier version of the same game.

[@jaeusa160]

@15:00 "It's made of hide!" ...fine, I'll press the damned Like button.

[@Warrant_Officer_Schrodinger]

Can't belive spiff did the fortify restoration loop and didn't disenchant his sneak armour to literally phase out of existence when sneaking.

[@astuteanansi4935]

Late response but I'm pretty sure you can't disenchant the Shrouded set.

[@ethancobabe2420]

As soon as I heard the Berserker Rage did double damage, I knew what would follow

[@illy1985]

The best part of Spiff's videos is that he's having so much fun making them.

[@icetide9411]

Stock images: exist Spiffing Brit: *It's free real estate*

[@Stoic_grimace]

Turned out it wasn't free though

[@U39I]

Buying stock photos and slapping his own watermark on them was the biggest brain move he did

[@blazingblue_3039]

0:41 The words "balance" and "Skyrim" go together about as well as "Valve" and "trilogy"

[@RootDude68]

I've been using Opera for almost four years and my background is an unlimited number of Bidoofs

[@MrVaern]

Once you get to the room with the bear, you can shove Hadvar into the corner where you'd normally autorun into the wall and instead use your dagger to backstab him. As long as you're in range of the bear you get a ton of sneak experience for repeatedly stabbing your companion. He also doesn't become hostile or die, though dropping him to 0 HP may cause him to become dislodged from the corner and require that you reset him once he recovers. Overall, it'll take you about 15-20 minutes rather than several hours to reach 100 sneak. It's a fairly easy opportunity to quickly and easily grind out a couple of legendary skill levels for bonus perk points, if you ever wanted to do something that required tons of extra perks.

[@sylphario4468]

I feel like you'd just absolutely adore Todd Howard singing "it just works " it's just majestic.

[@pulau5000]

You can level your Sneak even faster at the bear section. You just stand behind the imperial/stormcloak follower and sneak attack him. The NPC can't die because he is essential for the tutorial part, also he won't turn hostile. Sneak attacks increase the skill way faster than autowalk against the wall and this method is more enjoyable, this also works with any other skill, One-Handed, Destruction... Great for legendary difficult runs :P

[@DovahkiinKhajiit]

"Khajiit like to sneak, maneuver silken and sleek. The darkest corners we seek in the night. So feline and fair, from the sands of Elsweyr. And through our glistening stare, perfect sight."

[@joehughes5438]

I would have killed the torturer because he has a steel dagger and then repeatedly backstabbed the chosen follower in the bear cave for faster level up

[@MM-sx7zs]

Yup, don't know why NO ONE ever talks about setting the game to legendary, then just stabbing the shit out Hadvar or Ralof for hella exp, get to 100 sneak in like, 10 minutes that way. Just make sure to keep as little damage as possible while doing it, save your points for one/two handed until after you're done exploiting it, else it will take longer because they'll no longer out-heal the iron dagger. (Though you can use a fist, but if you pick a beast race you'll run into the same problem of doing a little too much damage for them to out heal it.)

[@czsoul9173]

Also using the cleaning the focal point quest you can get 100 illusion in about an hour with the muffle spell for the ultimate stealth character.

[@cyprex]

Thanks! That's how I was forced to do it on the Special Edition version for PC.

[@morrigankasa570]

I'm surprised anyone leaves the filthy Torturer and his assistant alive at all.

[@weredraco]

The moment I heard the "Hide" joke, I instantly paused, told everyone in our house, then posted it into our friend's group chat.

[@RyanTheHusky115]

Ah yes! Sneak, the most perfectly balanced skill thing in the universe. As all things should be.

[@mauer1]

actual its the restauration loop. then sneak comes into play.

[@zhilidaodes]

there is actually a faster way to get sneak in the area where hadvar/raloaf try to sneak by he follows you so he will stand still get your daggah and start stabbin him in the back for like 10 minutes to get to sneak 100. and grab the perk shadow warrior it is op crouch in front of a enemy that is fighting you and stab em because you have 1 second of invisibility so it counts as a sneak attack its a instant kill (but any teamate will make it not work)

[@waleedkhalid7486]

And this is why everyone just becomes a stealth archer.

[@Santiago-Farrell]

Its actually the hilarious paralysis perk

[@Kayrim_Borlan]

@@Santiago-Farrell Paralysis can screw you over at very long range though...

[@CarpeNoctem135]

You could even stack more on top of that doing the soul trap glitch to get up conjuration. Get the bound bow and dagger spells, and unlock the perk on the tree that makes bound weapons stronger

[@therolfinator]

That mustache/rat tail combo on an orc. Amazing *chef's kiss*

[@ALASKANTHUNDERDRAGON]

I've always played a stealth orc, and when you get detected just berserker rage and reign absolute chaos

[@Habibihaboobie]

I know this is Skyrim but I wanna say your chest video for Divinity 2 was the first time a KZbin video ever convinced me to buy a game. I got it during the current summer sale on steam and now I am 30 hours into a solo chestkinesis run !!!!

[@InOzWeTrust]

"Up the butt Wooly Mammoth"- I feel like that's a thing I've overheard at a bar.

[@jakeborduin4578]

Fun thing about the final perk on the sneak tree: you don't actually need to be stealthy at all once you have it. Even in the middle of a pitched battle, if you crouch with that perk, everyone loses track of you for a moment, which is long enough to execute a sneak attack. You can repeat this to one-shot everything until there are no more enemies left.

[@10v-s7d]

The only true Sneak 9000 is having your inventory filled with buckets to put on people's heads.

[@TheSunMoon]

When you thought Skyrim videos has been exhausted annnnd.. Spiff "sneaked" on us.

[@dalakhsarothal9624]

At this point looks exactly like a reenactment of my first ever playthrough of Skyrim. It just happened that being an assassin edgelord was also completely busted op.

[@Aerowarrier]

Spiff you just sound so happy to be back in this absolutely amazingly balanced game, it’s so nice to hear

[@liamdammon7289]

These videos help me with the realization that nothing is real, only my mind truly exists, but then i watch the spiffing brit and i am happy again!

[@Ryan-cf7bf]

Amazing that the exploit master spiff hasn't realized that you can hit Hadvar while sneaking behind him in front of the bear to very quickly power level your stealth. You can get 50 in a couple of minutes

[@AFlyingSwive]

also can use him to level up two handed and one handed skills that or use shadowmere later on

[@Ryan-cf7bf]

@@AFlyingSwive usually at least one of them and sneak at the same time

[@welton9748]

That surprised me too. Every time I start a new game I go trough the mandatory stabbing Hadvar/Ralof session before proceeding and voila, sneak 100 in minutes

[@duttyburger6528]

I know what you're thinking, a new Spiff video, to be watched immediately. However you must first make a nice hot cup of yorkshire tea, or else Reanu Keeves will not be happy

[@jorusin5260]

In fact he might come and visit you with the amazing 'fork give me'

[@xtz2100]

"all roads lead to stealth archer" -jesus 1941

[@EEEEEEEE]

Gandhi*

[@operator8014]

When in Rome, stealth archer.

[@andrewburrow3118]

But only one road leads to salvation, and that is Jesus.

[@aidansharp5244]

You could make this slightly better by becoming a vampire lord for the bonus sneakiness, and necromage perk.

[@schekelscheme_9541]

So if you go with ralof at the start of the game, when u get into the first room u can kill the 2 imperials take the key and ralof can't open the gate, you then go into sneak and hit ralof repeatedly which will quickly level up sneak

[@petesorensenguitar]

Yep, it levels up one handed too, and once you're doing that backstab damage you get an insane amount of skill xp.

[@belgarath6388]

@@petesorensenguitar And dont forget to pick up a twohanded weapon on the way to the bear at the end. Why? because you can repeat the feat of beating up your guide for exp just with twohanded this time.

[@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606]

With that steel dagger, he now does 240 damage when sneak atyacking in barbarian rage.

[@luv-lost]

"its made of hide!" Spiff, have you become a Dad recently?

[@lord-fishv7355]

14:50 i was doing college work as soon as you made that joke and forgot what i was thinking about.