Since I already nearly run vendors out of cash with my loot runs from dungeons...I don't think I'm going to bother carrying around six hundred pounds of book.

I'm barely 10 hours in, JUST arrived at the first "city" (not that saw mill town) and I already have, like, 5 grand. Money is not that hard to come by. Go pick some flowers, brew some potions, profit.

On PC version type ~ and type player.additem f x

Where X is how much gold you want to have.

Apparently Bethesda carried over the cheat codes from Morrowind and Oblivion into the new system.

I actually wish they had changed them because now I have to battle the denizens of Skyrim and my inner cheat demon.

scottydoesntknow: 25 hours in, loved every second of it so far.

Fark the giants though! I've killed over a dozen dragons and have yet to get a giant below 3/4 health.

One time I was fighting a giant, and a dragon landed and attacked it. The giant killed it in 8 hits, only lost like 1/4 of it's health... I still got the dragon soul though.

Time Traveling Bunnies: Okay, new to the Scrolls series but I bought this yesterday because of the recommendations from you farkers. So here's my question: how important is it that I physically read every book I encounter?

Should I just open the book then drop it after I've gained any skills from it?

I had the same question. Also, is it possible to take books from tables after reading them? New to a non-WoW RPG and am a bit dumb.

/really dumb apparently

Time Traveling Bunnies: Also I'm deep in the mountain looking for the golden claw and haven't used any magicka yet....at all.... in the entire game. Should I have done that by now?

You only have to use magic if you want to. I'm all about the archery and one-handed weapons. I almost never cast a spell. At level 21, I still haven't put any points into magic.

Time Traveling Bunnies: Okay, new to the Scrolls series but I bought this yesterday because of the recommendations from you farkers. So here's my question: how important is it that I physically read every book I encounter?

Should I just open the book then drop it after I've gained any skills from it?

Some of the books can hold hints about quests or crafting. I don't think it's worth the time, though.

Got the game on Saturday. I'm only about 5/6 hours in...I've just completed the meeting of the Greybeards, and heading out on their final task.

Awesome game.

scottydoesntknow: 25 hours in, loved every second of it so far.

Fark the giants though! I've killed over a dozen dragons and have yet to get a giant below 3/4 health.

Penny Arcade (new window) already covered this:



/PA speaks the truth here.
//Dragons are actually rather wussy.

I had to take the game out and give it to my girlfriend and tell her not to let me have it until Friday because it is getting in the way of the mountain of work I have to get done this week. I really should have done things over the weekend, but instead I chopped wood and made daggers.

Ive played it a good bit, but my roommate is insane. He got it on release, made a character who he got up to level 15, then decided to start over as a mage. He has already gotten that character up over my level, which is like 13. I dont think he has had anything to eat since Thursday.

Also, there is an exploit if you want the key to the house in Whiterun. You need to have the 5000 gold, and go to buy the house while the guy is in bed. You initiate the purchase and quickly exit the conversation and store all your gold in the wardrobe right next to his bed. You get the key and the achievement and get to keep your gold. Unfortunately it claims that your bed is still owned so you cant get the well rested bonus from sleeping in it. But it does give you a safe place to store your loot.

If there is a bridge near the giant's camp you can attack one, run off and then get in the smaller part of the bridge where they can't reach. Then hit them with magic or arrows. Step 3 - Profit.

sprawl15: Since I already nearly run vendors out of cash with my loot runs from dungeons...I don't think I'm going to bother carrying around six hundred pounds of book.

this.

one good dungeon crawl will have you pretty set if you search your corpses, cadavers, victims, chests, urns, etc, etc and sell off the shiat you upgraded from.


dun have the patience to do this for a 50gold book.

heiny81: If there is a bridge near the giant's camp you can attack one, run off and then get in the smaller part of the bridge where they can't reach. Then hit them with magic or arrows. Step 3 - Profit.

killed my first mammoth this way. some bandit ruin i hid in a doorway, sniped with arrows till it charged me, then wailed on it till it fell.

Why does everything this idiot says inflected like it's a question?

Is he a teenaged girl?

FinFangFark: Got the game on Saturday. I'm only about 5/6 hours in...I've just completed the meeting of the Greybeards, and heading out on their final task.

Awesome game.

You're seriously rushing then. I'm 24 hours in and haven't even gone to see the Greybeards. I'm heading in that general direction right now, the long way around since I want to join the mages guild.

Time Traveling Bunnies: Okay, new to the Scrolls series but I bought this yesterday because of the recommendations from you farkers. So here's my question: how important is it that I physically read every book I encounter?

Should I just open the book then drop it after I've gained any skills from it?

That depends on you. I try to read them all to get more of the backstory and history of the world. I think I've spent at least an hour or two reading, I'm over 100 books read ATM.

I'm sad that I cant play Skyrim yet. Too much to do with school and work, so I'll have to wait till holiday break. Still I've played morrowind, obilivion, fallout 3, and newvegas.

Through all the games I've discovered a pretty good strategy for looting - especially if you're a hoarder. Figure out values based on weight (how many gold or credits per unit of weight). Requires you to do a little math, but also lets you loot more without having to frequently return to town to sell stuff.

Oh man I cannot wait for this semester to be finished.

Does skyrim have a hardcore mode like newvegas did? I loved how hardcore mode totally changes the way you play the game and the skills you need to survive.

Time Traveling Bunnies: Thanks dudes. I'm starting to hit that weight limit and books seemed like the obvious thing to drop in a pinch. And the magicka was never tutorialized so I didn't know if I just hadn't hit that phase yet.

And this is why I play the PC version. Inventory management is not what I sign up to play when I buy an RPG.

/though I put up with it in Ultima VI on account of it being awesome

safari joe does it again: I had the same question. Also, is it possible to take books from tables after reading them? New to a non-WoW RPG and am a bit dumb.

I figure if the book is worth ~45+ gold, it's likely a skill book, and if it's worth 0 or 1, it's likely a book that you should read. Oftentimes the name gives it away. Most lore books are worth in the 8-20 gold range.

To pick up a book, you hit the 'use' button while reading it, IIRC. Be careful though, taking a book can count as stealing even if you can read it without stealing. Just doublecheck when it's a public book.

Time Traveling Bunnies: How the hell do you guys have so much gold? I think I might be around 500.

If you're still on the Golden Claw, it sounds like you've barely started. I plowed about 30 hours into the game this weekend.

/I may have a problem.

RolandGunner: On PC version type ~ and type player.additem f x

Where X is how much gold you want to have.

Apparently Bethesda carried over the cheat codes from Morrowind and Oblivion into the new system.

I actually wish they had changed them because now I have to battle the denizens of Skyrim and my inner cheat demon.

Those aren't cheat codes; it's a developer's console, and it's part of what makes the series awesome: the games are infinitely modifiable.

Time Traveling Bunnies: scottydoesntknow: Missions are the next one, and the further you get along in a guild/group the higher the rewards will be for completing them. Thieves Guild in Riften will get you quite a lot.

Orion Blackwind thanks you again for your information. I can't wait to get off work today.

/cheesy name?
//don't even care

My Khajit dual daggers assassin type is named Gary.

I named my character after my high school government teacher. He is the fiercest warrior in all the land. His name is Larry.

I cannot wait to play this game.

But I will not cheat! As soon as I started cheating in Morrowind and Oblivion, I just made myself an unstoppable badass and killed the whole country.

I used this book-gold exploit to get some gold to feed my Smithing hobby...

Turns out you can mine for ore (just found this out at the end of the night last night) instead of buying it constantly from NPC smiths. Does anyone know how to turn that ore into Ingots?

I played Morrowind for days on end(total). I played Oblivion for a few hours. Felt more like eye candy than real entertainment. I also dislike the changes that were made, and the absense of a cheat code for regen health, because I just HAD to kill a town guard for his armor on Morrowind.

Which is Skyrim most like?

I may pick it up when it hits a sale or put it on the Christmas list to help with the cold months of winter. Besides, I still have New Game-itis from Mw3, crappy as it is, I like it.

As to the article, any single player game that will patch things like this are douchy, imo. "Play our open ended game, but only how we say to!!!"

Is there, or is there not a patch for the PC already?

Also, why the hell are the dragons so wimpy compared to the giants? Makes no sense.

Snow Monkey: I used this book-gold exploit to get some gold to feed my Smithing hobby...

Turns out you can mine for ore (just found this out at the end of the night last night) instead of buying it constantly from NPC smiths. Does anyone know how to turn that ore into Ingots?

There are smelters scattered around (though they seem to be rarer than forges). The simplest one to find is at the Whiterun blacksmith. It's the big beehive shaped thing at the back of the crafting area.

Protip: corundum ore is best used to make steel, corundum ingots are only used for top level enhancements.

Time Traveling Bunnies: Also the Whiterun guards killed me a few times after I trespassed and stole a horse.

Hah. I accidentally stole something or other (misclicked) and the guards immediately showed up. I had just entered the store so I just reloaded from the save point.

Anyone else buy a horse? I did early on, and I think it was a mistake. It's annoying when you fast-travel to an area where the horse can't go and it just gets left where ever you started from. And you should be able to fight from horse-back. And finding your horse when it runs off during a tough fight is obnoxious. A fire spriggan killed mine, and I didn't bother buying another. :(

I'm enjoying the hell out of this game. I could see easily ignoring main quests for days and days. I kind of blew the whole weekend gaming it, which is why I have a L19 mage that I've basically 100% invested into destruction magic.

Its so badass!

Snow Monkey: I used this book-gold exploit to get some gold to feed my Smithing hobby...

Turns out you can mine for ore (just found this out at the end of the night last night) instead of buying it constantly from NPC smiths. Does anyone know how to turn that ore into Ingots?

near most blacksmiths and forges you'll find a smelter. click on it.

/about 30 hours in
/screw frost trolls

Snow Monkey: Turns out you can mine for ore (just found this out at the end of the night last night) instead of buying it constantly from NPC smiths. Does anyone know how to turn that ore into Ingots?

Smelters. Big black bee-hive looking structures about as tall as your character. There's one behind the forge in Whitehall.

Since we're asking questions:

What difference does it make which soul gem size you use when enchanting a weapon? With armor once you've chosen your soul gem, it shows you the final enchantment strength. Nothing like that happens with weapons. Does it affect the final number of charges in the weapon?

sprawl15:
There are smelters scattered around (though they seem to be rarer than forges). The simplest one to find is at the Whiterun blacksmith. It's the big beehive shaped thing at the back of the crafting area.

Protip: corundum ore is best used to make steel, corundum ingots are only used for top level enhancements.

You know how many pieces of ore i've sold? Darnit... Ahh well, they were mostly Iron & Silver. Thanks a ton for the help!