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The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim Walkthrough

Kurtis Seid
By Kurtis Seid, Game Guides Editor

Stop right there criminal scum. Our The Elders Scrolls V Skyrim Walkthrough provides strategies for the main quest, crafting tips, and secrets about guilds.

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This Walkthrough is under construction: Skyrim is a huge world, far too much for one lone person to cover in a short amount of time. If you've found something we've missed or have a tip of your own place a comment for @yarvem or Twitter @KurtisSeid.

What's New:

  • February 13 2011: It's been some time but we are going back and checking out the Thieves Guild.
  • February 10 2011: Xbox 360 Achievements and PlayStation 3 Trophies have been added to the guide.
  • November 21 2011: Version 1.2. More Daedric quests and crafting tips.
  • November 15 2011: Version 1.1. We've updated the first few quests about the Civil War in Skyrim, Companions, Dark Brotherhood, Mage's College, and Daedric Gods.
  • November 11 2011: Version 1.0 of the The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim Walkthrough is here. We are starting our walkthrough with the main storyline begging to end, but will continue to update with all major guilds and the war in Skyrim. Check back later for more info.

Kurtis Seid
By Kurtis Seid, Game Guides Editor

Kurtis Seid is a sadomasochist for games. He’s clocked over 200 days in a Final Fantasy entry but isn’t sure if he’s actually a fan of the series. His ideal game would somehow involve the harshest elements of King’s Quest, Team Fortress, River City Ransom, Ogre Battle, and Dark Souls.

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buccomatic 85 pts

"Congratulations on escape the Vault?er Helgen."

 

lol. i was thinking nearly the same thing. *coughfallout3cough*

Bog101 16 pts

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hardware4u 5 pts

Has anybody killed the old crone with the 2 spiders yet? What did you use?

darkali99 5 pts

Thanks this guide helped me alot!

peterhawk2 5 pts

whats that is it the guide? gamespot going more funny than i think

pipeline3104 15 pts

What is the point of Gamespot even having this guide, it is not anywhere close to being finished?

erfan777 5 pts

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q-w-e-r-t-y 7 pts

@erfan777 No, you did not. BTW does GameSpot ever plan on finishing the guide?

musicallie44 7 pts

@kainjacob Type "Skyrim UESP" into google search. That is the ultimate wiki site for every quest (and quest bug) in Skyrim. I won't lie - there are a lot of bugs. I've got tons of stuck quests in my journal that won't go away. But sometimes you can find a workaround on UESP. I've stopped playing for now until some patches to fix quests come out.

erfan777 5 pts

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kenthuss 5 pts

The Golden Claw Is A Side Quest and It Isn't in the main Storyline

calcanuck 5 pts

For Ice Mages, your best bet is to put a paralysis agent on your bow or other weapon. This will give you a few seconds to get in close and hammer the guy with a mix of melee weapon, left-hand magical weapon (or shield, if you prefer), and shouts. Fire Breath is usually the best shout to use against cold-based enemies like Frost Dragons and Ice Mages.

becauz 5 pts

Why is the guides no longer downloadable PDF like they use to be. I mean what good is a guide if you have to go online to read it. Kind of hard to do if you are playing the game.....Right?

RZ2012 5 pts

eeeee The guide didn't update for a long time.:|Why?!:-"

rangeraa 6 pts

@ZOD777 It's not set to the draw distance of the console versions...It happens to me on the 360 too....It's simply the way they made it.

KAINJACOB 5 pts

The first time I speak to Malborn, It will not allow me to give any items, is there some special trick to this. I have tried this so many times and I am getting frustrated, I need help please.

olleost 5 pts

@blago001 Hit "~" to bring up the command prompt and then type the code TGM. That is God-mode. Kill whoever you need to, get out of there, and type code TGM again. You do not want to cheat, right? :-)

wde1358 5 pts

I've been in the dungeon for two days. Apparently I have killed all of the guards and there is no one left that has the key to the cave. Help!!!! Is there anyway to get the guards to come, that have the keys to the cave? I don't want to start the game over

blago001 5 pts

i tried a whole day trying to complete this... I forgot to give my best weapons to the elf. :P

ZOD777 198 pts

@Deltaforce2665 I take it you never tried to shoot a giant or mammoth from really long range. Arrows disappear in midair when they get to a certain distance on PC. This distance is probably the same distance as the maximum view distance for consoles. There is a tweak to the Skyrim.ini file that gets rid of the range issue. Now I can shoot the bow around 250-350 yards or so. Before that, the range was around 50-75 yards.

strikezone311 5 pts

@feelthesilence yep, put that wooden mask on where u found it in Labrynthian. u will know what u have to do once u have done so.

Deltaforce2665 6 pts

@ZOD777 never had these issues... I just aim above them and I hit my target 99% of the time so idk what you're talking about

shaks101 6 pts

Level 27 now I think. Playing on Expert difficulty for 99.9% of the game so far. I will say trying to beat any Ice Mage of any kind is suicide even on Expert -__-. Note - I am an Orc with Heavy Armour.

GamerLegend10 107 pts

@WIGASInDaHouse really? i would have thought being a werewolf would make dragon slaying harder.

WIGASInDaHouse 5 pts

i love killing dragons with the werewolf its so easy

chechak7 14 pts

i used to Write a comments and guldens but I took an arrow in the knee...!

ZOD777 198 pts

I think the bow range is far too short. I even have zoom, but it seems like no matter what, even things like giants and mammoths cannot be hit at long range when CLEARLY visible. I hope they change that in a patch for PC. Besides, what is the point of zoom when I can hit things just as well without it? Bow range should be about double what it is.

gPiOrzeL 5 pts

Thiefs and dark brotherhood completed, Main story too, time for some more :) Wish modders do somthing about, and make some quests ;) Or Bethesda maybe :D

sarmadtohidi 5 pts

I am looking for to play this game and fade in to it for days,but i simply cant,since i have a M.A exam Next month,lucky you all,i envy you

tahashaikh15 7 pts

I have completed all the main quests except the dark brother hood,s one and the thieves guild one

feelthesilence 5 pts

I have collected 7 dragon priest masks but one of them is an wooden mask which apparently doesnt show any powers.keeps saying 'unknown energy flows through it'.I got it from Labyrinthian.Does any1 know anything about it??

Lokar 5 pts

Does anyone else get a touch of motion sickness with this game? I play every day, and the gray scheme at night is beginning to get to me. Yipes.

Jake518 5 pts

@yarvem when will this be complete? the guilds are still incomplete and only have the beginning quests.

bigjoe8181 5 pts

i don't blame people for not liking the elder scrolls...some people need to play games where you're held by the hand from start to finish...me i like the freedom to explore, to have a big world before me and be overwhelmed by it, i love the feeling that i can do what i want when i want to, and i love the fact that i paid 60 bucks and i'm about 125 hours into the game and i'm not near completion by a long shot....if you like paying 60 bucks for dumb 8 hours generic war-games that's your problem don't come on here and start bi*t*ng!!!

Vkain 6 pts

Level 6 and am trying this now. Died about 5 times so far.

williebazerka 111 pts

@Thy49ers-How many hours in gametime?

Gilroy33 5 pts

I have done that Red Eagle Book Quest 5 times now....not happy...stupid glitch!

Thy49ers 5 pts

my armor level is 1817 and my total damage with 2 one handed swords is 1100.... beastly... thats with enchants though. I have to play on master level for it to be a challenge. im at level 100 everything 81.5 is skill cap level. their is a mission in the north where you get a boog called ohgmus infinium and their is certain trick with the book that allows you to level up all skills to 100 if you know how to perform it. If you mess it up you will not be able to retry. I will not tell you the trick though. I am basically a God in skyrim.

wjcole1955 5 pts

Help I'm playing through the forbidden knowledge quest have the key in the guidmon but can't get out of area bridge to central pillar won't come down!!!!

armedvigilante 12 pts

the only guild questline i liked was dark brotherhood i have done all but the mages college so i dont know if that one is good yet

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