Skyrim Guide - 33 Tips for Total Beginners [Elder Scrolls Guide]

[@weskridge]

As someone with 1000+ hours in Skyrim across multiple consoles and pcs, I always enjoy a good beginners guide.

[@deejmeht2338]

Big same, usually find one or 2 things I disnt know 😅

[@VressGames]

Maybe you should be the one making the guides with that many hours!

[@JuggernogPerk]

How many hours u think u have across all platforms and releases?

[@weskridge]

@@JuggernogPerk i have no idea lol steam is the only platform to track hours, and across the multiple releases I've played it just over 900 hours. Ive completed full play throughs twice now, and working on a completionists run right now, but taking my time as it should be my last playthrough before es6. It takes about 300ish hrs to play all main/side and most misc quests.

[@JuggernogPerk]

@weskridge ah, do u use mods? I have over a years worth of playtime on xbox alone, i started om pc with the base game for some months then i my ps3 with the legendary edition and 5 years ago i got an xbox one with the special edition. I have played this game way to much

[@vasalbur]

Has thousands of hours on this game across many platforms, "Ah yes i need to watch this beginners guide."

[@VressGames]

Like a moth to the flame!

[@mikehigbee2320]

Same here! There's always a chance to learn something. Not in this case, though.

[@dangauldin6497]

Goes to show we're all a little invested in the game, eh?

[@sirmanwell7986]

Nowadays I try to create my character around a specific role playing story that I come up with, that usually isn’t fully fleshed out, lol. Then I end up being….. you guessed it… a stealth archer 😅… with a degree of personality

[@VressGames]

The inevitable stealth archer XD

[@ShaneLayton]

Funny thing is, I've never been a stealth archer despite having thousands of hours in the game. My character is always either a sword-and-shield build or a spell-and-sword build. The only time I've ever played stealth was as an Orc Berserker dual-wielding daggers.

[@brodmonah4901]

The sheer AUDACITY of this video is crazy. Keep it up!

[@redwood404]

2 tips from me. - Play the game naturally for your first time (don't look at loot location videos etc) - some books will give you a level increase and finding them in bookshelves or mixed in with other books can be a chore. However, these books are worth more money (50+ gold) so just hover over the books and only look for the valuable ones

[@2.GendersOnly]

All skill books have a cost of $50 or higher.

[@-Solaris]

Love that you still make skyrim videos in 2024 👍

[@VressGames]

I just make guides for whichever RPG I’m currently enjoying, regardless of age :-)

[@Pyxius]

This is so weird, I just bought a used Skyrim for PS3 a few days ago! 😆

[@VressGames]

Clearly I knew that and thought you might want a few tips 🙂

[@Pyxius]

The universe always provides 😌 Thanks for the great tips also!

[@ryderj1979]

I would've loved this as a new player and I still do an older player XD. Great video :D 💯!

[@VressGames]

Glad you enjoyed it :-)

[@sk8legendz]

I am currently level thirty I haven't done any guild quest I haven't even talked to the jarl of white run But I have ninety speech, which I use to create my own fence network to launder stolen goods, eliminating the need to join the thugs of the thieves guild, and I can operate a more gray fox oblivion, honor amongst thieves style of thief, gameplay Just a smuggler sent up to skyrim, to investigate the sleeping tree sap, as we have some skooma cooks trying to make some senchal scarlett 10x better than balmora blue. I find that joining quest and factions, and even following the dragon, born quest line in this game, sort of locks you into a character arc and story, of which I find tends to rob all role, play elements from the game outside of those conceptually built within those quest and guild storylines. Rejecting all quests and all guilds, just to adventure, trade, and help commoners of skyrim has been my best playthrough for freedom so far There is any advice I could offer from all my time and playing. Based on this experience specifically is that do whatever it takes to have.The most freedom in this game.Don't allow yourself to get locked into anything too early.Otherwise it robs the majority of your experience.And then you'll just want to make a new character

[@pathofmiraak]

I know skyrim more than Todd Howard but I will see this tips for sure

[@Obozo_Gaming]

For a first time player, the only mods I would really recommend using are the unofficial patch and SkyUI. They're non-intrusive and two mods I feel I can't play without.

[@baizuo3954]

I have more than 2000 hours, I better know all the tips...

[@VressGames]

Did you?

[@baizuo3954]

@@VressGames yeah, no new ones from your video. But I still keep my eyes open.

[@SuperLuigi1025]

I played skyrim on the switch before I started on pc and the first thing I did was download mods.

[@chilingamer]

me over here having played since i was 7, with at least 2.5k hours over 5 different platforms, and played every version except vr watching a beginners guide 😂

[@VressGames]

2.5k is insane my friend… have me beat by a long way!

[@chilingamer]

@ and on top of that that is almost completely unmodded, and even when I did modit was just unofficial patch and some cosmetic mods

[@MrBlake6332]

I feel like if we’re optimizing for XP gains it actually makes sense to play a race that has the LOWEST skill level in whatever skills you’re using. There is more XP to squeeze out of those skills that way. Technically it will take longer but the overall xp gained is worth it. Racial abilities are another thing though.

[@dangauldin6497]

I 100% agree with you on Mods. I think a brand new player should use a few mods in the beginning, but ONLY the ones that add cosmetic improvements. Its already beautiful, but why not make the game even more attractive. No quest add mods, no God-mode mods none of that. But when you can have immersive weather, improved trees and that sort of thing it just adds great visual aplomb.

[@markewing10]

Tip #1 Say goodbye to friends, family and the light of day 😊

[@forgottenshard1377]

I will agree on this point having no mods or at least limited amount of mods for a first playthrough is HIGHLY recommended because once you get into the modding scene, you'll be stuck in that rabbit hole and most likely end up with some like 200+ mods 😂😂

[@jeffafa3096]

Are people actually starting with Skyrim more than a decade after its release? I would love to walk those 7000 steps again for the first time...

[@VressGames]

From messages I’ve had, yes. Also, me too!

[@Allantitan]

Don’t listen to this guy about the chickens. You should totally attack the one in river wood on your first visit 😈

[@Ultimate-Technology-Solutions]

On PC F5 to quick save.

[@VressGames]

Probably the most important tip of all!

[@xenomar9417]

Buy the anniversary edition of this game. It's really the only one left on store shelves

[@istvansipos9940]

1. keep in mind that, unlike in other Elder Scrolls, there is no night vision spell, potion, item in the game. Cat folk or vampire. Or no night vision for you. 2. have something relaxing nearby. To calm your nerves when the "R" P G game forces you into something, giving you 0.000 chance for what the R stands for. f.e. "Dude, the cannibals have a plan. They wanna eat you. Wanna me kill them ALL? Wanna tell the guards? Something?" of course, you CANNOT say this. You stand in front of the priest, wanna play the decent guy, and there is NO dialogue option to do so. You cannot tell the jarl that there is a fukkn magic door in his palace. or the sh!t talk in Jarvasskr (or something) hall: "You still need to prove yourself, whelp" (then no dialogue option for me. In fully enchanted dragon gear, as the LEADER of the Companions) etc etc etc. by the way, is there an NPC anywhere who offers a quest to END the thieves guild? Thanks. I am the good kitty boy. And then, just to have a few more missions, I have to beat innocent people. My character does not wanna do it. But the player has to. A PG game without that initial R. A great PG game. Just don't believe anybody when they mention the R

[@eddielolivares3952]

33 huh😉

[@cv8167]

Personally, I don't start modding a game until I have all of the achievements/trophies. I can't stand when people mod the F out a game before they even play it once.

[@VressGames]

Pretty much the same approach as me, aside from games like WoW which is a different thing entirely

[@thiamarcosthiamarcos8936]

Best guide: play all you want, but dont kill chicken.

[@whitewolf3051]

That tip also applies to Nintendo's Legend of Zelda, only difference is that it's the chickens that will get you, not the people. That said, if you want to kill chickens in a video game, look no further than Kingdom of Amalur, they're like rabbits in Skyrim.