Wow this video really blew up! Just wanted to say I’ve been getting a lot of comments about why I didn’t do this exploit or that exploit, and the reason why is because newcomers and those looking for a refresher do not care about exploits and just want to play the game normally. I am also someone that dislikes exploits and intentionally did not put any in the video. Just wanted to say this because I’ve been getting comments for the past 5 months about it which bothered me because I felt many people missed the point of the video.
Seriously target audience acquired! I wasn't able to deep dive into skyrim when it came out but I just got a steam deck and it makes it so much easier to play in small chunks at a time whenever. I just needed an overview/quick start/tips from the veterans so I could get into the game quicker :) lmao plenty of knowledge about macho man randy savage dragons though
Been playing this game for like 5 years and I’ve barely scratched the surface, this dude is teaching me things I didn’t know about freaking Bleak Falls Barrow.
Further point about Helgen cave with the bear, there is an iron helmet and a black-briar mead on the side by the cart. This mead can be used to help the jarl of falkreath before level five.
I’m kind of a new player but I’m already lvl 50 and completed thieves guild and companions but havent been to falkreath yet lmao what do you mean before lvl 5 😂
in skyrim, fighting a chicken makes you a criminal but in legend of zelda, fighting a chicken would make you the victim and the chicken into a criminal
My tips: 1. At around level 5-10 take a stable ride to Markarth, then do the Molag Bal quest (find the haunted house) to get the Mace of Molag Bal. This mace is a very effective starter weapon and looks cool. 2. Any level: recommended for lowlevels Go to Farengar Secret-fire and get the spell tome for Soul Trap. Then, find an animal like a fox or even a mudcrab and spam soul trap. Wait an hour if your magicka is depleted. Repeat until you are level 100 in Conjuration. Then go to Winterhold and speak to Phinis. He will give you a quest where you need to summon a daedra to collect a sigil stone. Use a bow and arrow to kill the daedra if not. Then get the sigil stone and bring it to Phinis. He will return it and what you can do is go to the Midden (far left from the entrance, looks like a trapdoor) and then find the Atronach forge. Search up a guide for this as you will need certain ingredients. Once you have the ingredients put them in the Offering Box and pull the pulley. If you've done it correctly, a daedric weapon or armorpiece will spawn. Unless you have done Daedra heart + Greater soul gem + Iron sword, then you will instead get a random weapon or armor with a random enchantment. Save before doing the random recipe just in case you get anything unwanted. 3. Common knowledge: don't get too cocky and go to a giant or a dragon at a lowlevel. I beg you. Unless you have a strong bow and arrow or Fireball do not even attempt it. You absolutely will be demolished.
First time playing skyrim and I was laughing mga ass off when a giant one shot smack me to death at level 2 :)) As for the dragons, I only kill them when there are soldiers around or a companion. I never kill it alone. It scares me
As a weirdo who never really played Skyrim until the Anniversary edition, I really appreciate you mentioning Golden Hills Plantation and the Tundra Homestead. All the added housing is pretty great (especially because I think they all were made by one of the best modders in the Bethesda modding world, Elianora) but those two are especially good. My warrior Nord, Njordmann the Nord Man, operates out of the one in the mountains between Markarth and Falkreath, which is basically Jorrvaskr turned 90 degrees. This is a great guide! I haven't done much exploring of the immediate area between Helgen and Riverwood. Njordy might do some extra poking around next time I play, particularly to find that bandit camp with the treasure map.
Same with me and the anniversary addition of this game. Golden Hills plantation is a game breaker in that I NEED it fully upgraded with the most expensive mushrooms dirt can grow right from the start. Once I have that, I don't worry about accumilating gold or acquiring a second home. Takes so much interest out of the game.😢
Skyrim veteran across several platforms. My favorite game ever. And I still learned a couple of things watching this video. Cheers. New subscription earned.
Just started Skyrim again on ps5. Last time I played it was probably a decade or more ago on Xbox 360. Feels like I’m playing it for the first time again Truly a masterpiece
It is far from a masterpiece. you are delusional. It's a buggy damn mess. Still TES games are fun and skyrim is fun, though still the worse of the 3 last TES games.
Once exiting the Helgen cave go southeast to the main road toward the alchemist shack/Riften. Not far down that road there will be ambushed Kajits with a skill book and a little further on North side of the road (under a ledge with icicles) another skill book. There are only low level enemies up to the Alchemist shack. Grab a few Scaly mushrooms while you're there. Both skill books will be gone once you go to Riverwood.
Many thanks, Im a veteran Skyrim gamer but haven’t played in a few years so thought I’d give myself a quick refresher which this guide did well. For those folk who eant early exploits I would say, if you haven’t played before just relax into it and don’t push yourself too hard. Skyrim is an individual experience not a competitive one. Once you become familiar enough with the game and things become familiar and grindy, then consider using the exploits to speed things up.
I tried starting this game twice previously years ago and couldn’t get very far due to being overwhelmed by how much there is. Thankfully, this video helped out a lot. Started my third try and am enjoying it a lot. Playing as an Orc using 1 handed and a shield. Seems pretty straightforward.
After leaving helgen you are free to go wherever you want like any bethesda TES or fallout game, but the game directs you in a location and especially your first time it is best to just follow that direction. With skyrim, even on your 100th playthrough you will pretty much always go to those standing stones, riverwood, bleak falls and whiterun just because its the best way to start the game and starts the main quest. Thing is with Beth games they are there for the experience of getting lost and finding things yourself. It's good to be overwhelmed and lost.
I'm a cozy indie gamer who just got this game and you made it a little less overwhelming for me! It's hard to find guides that truly talk about the basics and simplify it in a way that's easy to understand :)
Man I wish I could play through Skyrim one time now I know the world like the back on my hand but to think people are still playing it for their first time in 2023 cheers me up
I would say a more important reason to join companions early on is to get access to sky forge steel. It will be your best weapons for a long time and still a good option if you don’t care for the other styles.
Thank you for making this video, I never played skyrim on console and I got it on my pc recently and have been playing it. I loved the fallout series so I thought there was no way I couldn’t like this. Now I have an upperhand and a general start in the beginning with new characters. Thank you so much again
Before you leave the cave you can level up several times. You get behind whoever your following and sneak attack them, you keep doing it. You have to keep an eye on their health and wait ever now and to then for them to heal. You level up mostly in sneak but also whatever weapon class you're using. You can realistically level up until you're tired of it. But of course the higher you go the longer it takes. I usually go to level 9 or so you get there fairly quick
I left the cave level 20, after about 45 minutes of work. Truly a bit absurd especially considering I didn’t abuse a single glitch, just exploitations. Mostly the hit level 99 sneak in sub 10 minutes stab em in the back trick
@@BAMSE64 lol be a bit careful I’m sure I left that comment right after power leveling in the cave and didn’t realize I’d end up way overleveled. Which is especially shit in the beginning when you have nothing gear wise. I literally resorted to cheats to be unkillable for awhile until I evened out
My way to save time after you leave Riverwood is if the items are not crafting/leveling related don't pick it up unless it's worth 100 gold per 1 pound of weight. Ingredients for potions are your real source of money. Put a couple of points in stronger potions and experiment with ingredients to find the most valuable recipes and you will have more gold than you can spend right away. Always buy iron ore from everyone all the time. That way when you get the transmute ore spell you will be able to make lots of gold ore for blacksmith power leveling.
I always do this and just transmute as I’m running through town. Gets a little tricky trying to get silver having to constantly drop. Also I’m not a mage character and I keep forgetting to keep a mage set on me just to speed up transmutation.
Great Video! Been playing this for several years and learned a few tips, not just for me. My son just started playing too! The cave after Anise Cabin is new to me. Watch the river on the way to Riverwood. We found Salmon and caught some for the Roe ingredient during my son's playthrough.
just a note on smithing the gold, its worth noting that smithing, enchanting, and alchemy all level based on the value of the product, so making jewelry with gems will be better than without, meaning depending on the gems you have it might be better to make silver rather than gold to mix with the more common gems, furthermore, if you only have gold, its better to make gold rings than gold necklaces because it makes two rings, and together theyre worth more than the necklaces
When you get your first lock picks, unlock all of the cells in the torture room and the hallway that follows. Sometimes you can level up you lock picking just once before you pick up your first bow. The torturer's hood (which you can only get if you run w Ralof, since with Hadvar he heals too quickly) is also bugged so that it levels up with you. It is a light piece of armor that is always 1 armor rating above the best current piece available to your level. Aside from the first bandit camp mentioned in the video, when the road out of Helgen's cave bends to the right, go left over the hill and find another bandit camp set up under a cliff edge by the bees nest. Three archer bandits will show up after you loot their chest but they also have some good meat and alchemy ingredients too. Very useful if playing survival but can also be a challenge. After that, I usually head for the bandit camp mentioned in the video then the Shrine of Talos. Unless you are using the Unofficial Patch, the thief stone does NOT cover Bow skills. There is a bug that put Bow under the Warrior stone. So you either want to choose Mage or Warrior, unless you want to level up sneak and lock picking/ pickpocket earlier but it will put you at a disadvantage in combat as you level. That potion of lock picking after leaving Bleak Falls Barrow is usually a random low level skill potion. I have also picked up a potion of invisibility there before instead. Interesting that Kaj highwayman was wearing the torturer's hood for you. I have never seen that before.
10:40 A much better way to use the Transmuted Ore is to make both Silver and Gold Ingots based on what gemstones you've managed to acquire (mining regularly produces them as a byproduct. Use the gems to make various kinds of jeweled rings and necklaces (which are worth more gold, and thus give more smithing xp) and sell them off for lots of money. (Note that to make Silver Ingots you need 2 Silver Ores and the spell *prefers* to convert Silver Ore to Gold Ore over converting Iron Ore to Silver Ore, so you need to drop/put away Silver Ore before casting it again so you can convert more Iron Ore to Silver Ore and actually make Silver Ingots).
The thing with Goldenhills Plantation is that it's possible to acquire the farm, set up the farm in a specific way, do a few "sleep & harvest" repeats, and you'd have enough ingredients to power-level Alchemy to 100, granting a ridiculous amount of valuable options to sell... all in less than 90 minutes of play.
Note on Halted Stream Camp, please make sure to grab the "Transmute Mineral Ore" spell in the boss room. This spell combined with the endless iron mines in Skyrim makes leveling smithing a breeze
I played the game at launch. Beat it 12/31/2011. I decided to play it again and started 12 years later on 12/31/23. Im so hyped to dive back in to this classic!
I'm noob had this game recommended so many times finally got it. This the 1st video that popped up. All this seems helpful I'm going to follow it exactly . Want to have best start possble
Skyrim is a lifetime game if you play it patiently , quest by quest without skipping anything ( conversations , traveling....) !!!! Amazing work , imagine if we get one day full Tamriel RPG !!!! 🔥🔥🔥☝️☝️☝️
Thanks for the tips and only went halfway thru, but I'm new to the game and it's a bit of a spoiler alert rather than just general advice which I thought beginner guides generally gave.
Hi l have just installed elder scrolls V (skyrim) special edition less than a week ago withouth having any knowledge about the game at all and l wanted to say that these tutorials really help me, currently working on the bleak falls barrow rn
i haven't played since 2018 but it's one of the most memorable experiences I've had, 180 hours logged and modding when you get bored of the base game is fun, i'd say it's worth it
I've never completed Skyrim but would like to mention the beginning is very interesting it definitely has potential but I got overwhelmed by all the skill trees & choices left me feel like I was never making the correct choice but I am definitely considering giving it another try which is why I'm watching this video
@@notyourfather123 If you do (or are already) just make sure to limit your skill trees. Focus on 2 and allocate other perks where you want. For a beginner I’d say, One Handed and Heavy should be a good focus
I’ve just bought this game for the 4th time (PS3, PS4, PC and now PS5). Spent hundreds of hours on it, but never played it this well-planned. Thanks for a lot of tips for a quicker start.
I will agree that the potions you can make is a gateway to a ton of profit. The ravage potions and poisons and such at lower levels still give you a ton of gold from any merchant since most merchants sell potions
It honestly became too profitable to me, it’s crazy. I have wanted to do a run that focuses on potions/poisons but I always just end up as a sneak thief of course.
Jumping back in after a 7 year break lmao. Nice guide and as your pinned comments suggests it is helpful for me as I want a playthrough without exploits so thanks for that!
ive never get to play any skyrim games when i was young because i never had a personal pc the computer shop i played with only have online games, now that ive bought my own I can now play Skyrim
You missed a lockbox left of the entrance of bleak falls barrow. If you stand in front of the entrance and go left and then right around the corner, there will be a lockbox there with some loot.
There is also a satchel, but whether or not you can find them depends on whether you are using mods. If you have a snow mod installed then they will be buried under the snow. Moving the cursor around will find the satchel but the strongbox is buried too deep to be located.
Damn good video. You earned a new sub. I just finished Witcher 3 and was looking thru videos for new RPG. And you actually pulled me in to the game. 💪🏾👍🏾
Left this gem till it went on sale.. It was just $12 on steam so I finally picked it up. Going to do my first playthrough with no mods. Thanks for the guide~
I have over 700 hours in Skyrim on my PS4. I just started my first Xbox X play through and some of these things I am surprised that I never knew. Thank you sir. 😊
I bought this game about 6 months ago & never even inserted the disc. Not because i didn't want to, but having 3 consoles plus Gamesticks' & Emulators on my phone & tanlet, i wanted to see the gameplay, and you, sir, did a great job! I was going to add it to a bundle I'm about to sell, but I knew I should at least try it. Now I wanna beat it!
Can we just say Skyrim is the best game of all times. I remember playing it for the first Time In 2014 and I was shocked on how good it was and now we have a tutorials in 2023!!
@@aryadiazzar833 you can play the game without mods it’s still great but if you want to have extra fun then mods will do. But my first time ever playing the game and finishing it, it was without mods and it was still crazy!!!
It's pretty good from an objective point of view. I had more fun with nier autotama and mgs3 and re4 and yakuza 0. Skyrim might be 4th or 5th ny favorite
@@Noway976 beat the game on my second playthrough this game is immaculate you wont look at gaming the same after this game it was a 10/10 experience i hope you enjoy every part of the way theres no other experience like the first time playing this game . loved it so much id tattoo its logo
I bought skyrim half off on my switch yesterday, but i watched my dad play this game so much as a kid like the loading screens are a part of me childhood.
Haven’t played nearly as long but I got shouted into the waterfall and knew I had to put that chest in the video. I had a feeling nobody knew about it lol
I'm new at this game and don't see how I am dying so easily! It's crazy because I guess I'm not used to playing games with such low health and needing to block.
The first time I played this game I beat it with sword and shield on expert. It was fun but this time around I'm doing a full on destruction/alteration magr on adept who doesn't use weapons or armor (only robes). I'm having way more fun this time around. I used to think adept was too easy, but it's not. The higher difficulties (expert and onward) don't really make the game more challenging. I mean.. they do. But for the wrong reasons. On adept there's a lot of room to experiment with your build and you dont have to worry about doing the maximum amount of damage all the time. You can play the game.. like a role playing game. You can do.. what you want. On higher difficulties I'd probably need to use a full set of the best light armor I could get, plus some flesh spell, plus enchantments on my armor that decrease destruction cost. It gets out of hand rather fast. (The default difficulty the developers intended is the most fun way to play the game? Imagine that. Seems so obvious in hindsight)
Well I'm doing a conjuration build now with a bound sword playing on master difficulty and for that build I think master difficulty is quite fun. The viability of different builds in this game seems to vary wildly. (Conjuration feels like turning the difficulty slider down, it's actually crazy)
I’ve played on harder difficulties a few times but I found that I have more fun trying to seek out tough enemies on adept opposed to just making all weak enemies tougher.
Please do Goldenhills vid. I like to gather and plant ingredients for potions of enchanting, smithing, bow, light armor, invisibility. Plus horker soup and vegetables soup thanks. And closest location for supplies to build barrack house etc. also best steward.
It's best to get Creep Cluster, Mora Tapinela, and Scaly Phiotala, may have misspelled the last two. Anyways, those three combined produce one of the best potions in game and sell for a lot. Look up Goldenhills Plantation here on RUclips there are guides on how many to plant of each so you get 60 of each when they grow every three days. Though, the first time they grow is after 24 hrs and then after the first grow it's every three days in game.
What a great video….thank you….naturally I subbed immediately 😊…I came late to the party , have only played Skyrim since last August …..but have fallen in love…..just a mention…if one has anniversary edition…the warrior house can be gotten by killing the warrior that lives there….completely furnished and child ready. It’s a free furnished place until you get money for other places you may want. Golden Hills and the Stones of Barenziah will guarantee financial freedom in the game. My first character was broken…I contracted Vampire Dz., I couldn’t get rid of it because Fallion died. Then I got hit with a very OP dragon that I couldn’t beat or run from all under lvl 15. Awful…..but I learned very quickly to become a werewolf asap to avoid the vampire issue. I pretty much follow your route at beginning of game. I just love videos like these and sharing tips and tricks with others. Thank you for a great useful video.👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🌸
Im here in 2024 trying to play this game again cuz I bought the 360 version way back in the day when it was on sale, and I got to the part where I gotta find the grey beards I gave up cuz I didn’t know where to go, now I’m actually getting into it and way past the grey beards. Games great. 😎
You can hit Ralof or Hadvar all the time in helgen Cave with your weapon for leveling your one or two handed skill. I leave helgen every playtrought with 1 or 2 handed level 40 and playerlevel 5 till 6
It feels a little exploitative but it makes it very worthwhile to help kick start your build so you can play the game a little more freely without having to purposefully not use other skills to prevent level ups.
Planning to buy this game, because its sale theres a lot of info here and looks like it was fun to play, when i was a kid i dont have money to play this but rn finally i have the chance to buy and play this game.
Hadvar is better long term for the friendship of Alvor plus you can, chop wood for Lod and befriend them giving you another house worth of free loot, you can make your early money with easily with potions
What does one do if they accidentally attacked Hadvar because they got jumpscared thinking he was a random hostile and he started fighting you and anytime you go to the village with the Blacksmith him they both continue to try and jump you. I ended up just going to Whiterun to escape his onslaught and have continued the game without doing anything Hadvar wanted me to do 😅
very good guide but i kinda pick pocket some people and was spotted commiting murder so i could either pay up 1.1k or be a fugitive and now i cant get into white run without a bunch of people trying to kill me
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Wow this video really blew up!
Just wanted to say I’ve been getting a lot of comments about why I didn’t do this exploit or that exploit, and the reason why is because newcomers and those looking for a refresher do not care about exploits and just want to play the game normally. I am also someone that dislikes exploits and intentionally did not put any in the video.
Just wanted to say this because I’ve been getting comments for the past 5 months about it which bothered me because I felt many people missed the point of the video.
Seriously target audience acquired! I wasn't able to deep dive into skyrim when it came out but I just got a steam deck and it makes it so much easier to play in small chunks at a time whenever. I just needed an overview/quick start/tips from the veterans so I could get into the game quicker :) lmao plenty of knowledge about macho man randy savage dragons though
Fk exploiting bro. You should ban anyone asking about them.
I hate exploiting. It's stupid.
Thanks - I'm one of these "weird" people, I like playing games without exploits, cheats, codes. Your video is very helpful
I’m with you. Just firing it up for the first time and don’t want to ruin it with the exploits, yet!
I never thought I would be looking for a beginner's guide to Skyrim in the year 2024 but here I am. Thanks brother. Amazing guide
I'm about to replay it today. I'm so excited.
I’m about to play it for the first time why am I scared I will get addicted lol. Never played any games like this before ever.
@@QNICORN79how’s it going ?
Yep brother forgot a lot off stuff but anyways mage build let’s go
I just started yesterday!
Been playing this game for like 5 years and I’ve barely scratched the surface, this dude is teaching me things I didn’t know about freaking Bleak Falls Barrow.
Further point about Helgen cave with the bear, there is an iron helmet and a black-briar mead on the side by the cart. This mead can be used to help the jarl of falkreath before level five.
If I ever try to speedrun becoming Thane if Falkreath I will definitely attempt this 😎
@@masterneloth and you also sneak stab ralof or Hadvar before killing the bear for quick 100 sneak
@@ethanbowman4748 I killed him but he came back to life with full health how come
@@taha7538 Do you mean Ralof/Hadvar?
I’m kind of a new player but I’m already lvl 50 and completed thieves guild and companions but havent been to falkreath yet lmao what do you mean before lvl 5 😂
Tip for newbies: Don't kill any chicken when you first arrive, cuz everyone gonna kill u for it
in skyrim, fighting a chicken makes you a criminal but in legend of zelda, fighting a chicken would make you the victim and the chicken into a criminal
not even accidentally
I learnt the hard way on that one last night. My first time playing the game 😂😂😂
😭
@@WeLsHWaRrIoR4EvAsame I just started 😂😂 and I killed everyone in Riverwood
It's 2023 and we're still getting tutorials. I love it, truly a game of all time.
And yes, I'm still playing my modded playthrough a few hours a day.
What anime’s your pfp?
@@moose5497 blue lock,i guess
Lmao truly a game to be forgotten way to long without a sequal
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@@muscadineman45pritchett82ES6 has already been announced to be released
My tips:
1. At around level 5-10 take a stable ride to Markarth, then do the Molag Bal quest (find the haunted house) to get the Mace of Molag Bal. This mace is a very effective starter weapon and looks cool.
2. Any level: recommended for lowlevels
Go to Farengar Secret-fire and get the spell tome for Soul Trap. Then, find an animal like a fox or even a mudcrab and spam soul trap. Wait an hour if your magicka is depleted. Repeat until you are level 100 in Conjuration. Then go to Winterhold and speak to Phinis. He will give you a quest where you need to summon a daedra to collect a sigil stone. Use a bow and arrow to kill the daedra if not. Then get the sigil stone and bring it to Phinis. He will return it and what you can do is go to the Midden (far left from the entrance, looks like a trapdoor) and then find the Atronach forge. Search up a guide for this as you will need certain ingredients. Once you have the ingredients put them in the Offering Box and pull the pulley. If you've done it correctly, a daedric weapon or armorpiece will spawn. Unless you have done Daedra heart + Greater soul gem + Iron sword, then you will instead get a random weapon or armor with a random enchantment. Save before doing the random recipe just in case you get anything unwanted.
3. Common knowledge: don't get too cocky and go to a giant or a dragon at a lowlevel. I beg you. Unless you have a strong bow and arrow or Fireball do not even attempt it. You absolutely will be demolished.
Skyrim is for the nerds
@Arwah Sapi am i right?
4. The industrial revolution was...
First time playing skyrim and I was laughing mga ass off when a giant one shot smack me to death at level 2 :))
As for the dragons, I only kill them when there are soldiers around or a companion. I never kill it alone. It scares me
@@kirakira1212when your high enough level, you will laugh at the dragons attacks because they will do like no damage
@@arwahsapidon't watch a video about it. Also don't insult people for being smarter than you
As a weirdo who never really played Skyrim until the Anniversary edition, I really appreciate you mentioning Golden Hills Plantation and the Tundra Homestead. All the added housing is pretty great (especially because I think they all were made by one of the best modders in the Bethesda modding world, Elianora) but those two are especially good. My warrior Nord, Njordmann the Nord Man, operates out of the one in the mountains between Markarth and Falkreath, which is basically Jorrvaskr turned 90 degrees.
This is a great guide! I haven't done much exploring of the immediate area between Helgen and Riverwood. Njordy might do some extra poking around next time I play, particularly to find that bandit camp with the treasure map.
Njordmann I see the most hilarious and lore friendly name I’ve ever heard I love it lol
Also I am glad you enjoyed the guide! ❤️
Bow to Christ 🐷
You mean Hendraheim, where all you need to the is survive a fight. Best aspect of the hall is the basement with the artifact-specific storage places.
Same with me and the anniversary addition of this game. Golden Hills plantation is a game breaker in that I NEED it fully upgraded with the most expensive mushrooms dirt can grow right from the start. Once I have that, I don't worry about accumilating gold or acquiring a second home. Takes so much interest out of the game.😢
Skyrim veteran across several platforms. My favorite game ever. And I still learned a couple of things watching this video. Cheers. New subscription earned.
"once you strip that mine for all it's fucking got" I laughed, excellent, 10/10
it wasn't that funny
@@joelyee3187 take a look at this milk drinker over here
@@nurniegreeble5784honestly
Caught me off guard
Lol
November 11, 2011. It's hard to believe we've been coming back to this game for so long, and it never fails to suck us right back in
Just started Skyrim again on ps5. Last time I played it was probably a decade or more ago on Xbox 360. Feels like I’m playing it for the first time again Truly a masterpiece
Same. I played Skyrim at launch. Finished the game 12 years ago. Just now hopping back in.
Playing it again on ps4 for first time in that long
Fuckin right
Same here
It is far from a masterpiece. you are delusional. It's a buggy damn mess.
Still TES games are fun and skyrim is fun, though still the worse of the 3 last TES games.
Once exiting the Helgen cave go southeast to the main road toward the alchemist shack/Riften. Not far down that road there will be ambushed Kajits with a skill book and a little further on North side of the road (under a ledge with icicles) another skill book. There are only low level enemies up to the Alchemist shack. Grab a few Scaly mushrooms while you're there. Both skill books will be gone once you go to Riverwood.
Thanks friend, I didn't know that 1
Thanks, I never knew that.
Many thanks, Im a veteran Skyrim gamer but haven’t played in a few years so thought I’d give myself a quick refresher which this guide did well. For those folk who eant early exploits I would say, if you haven’t played before just relax into it and don’t push yourself too hard. Skyrim is an individual experience not a competitive one. Once you become familiar enough with the game and things become familiar and grindy, then consider using the exploits to speed things up.
I tried starting this game twice previously years ago and couldn’t get very far due to being overwhelmed by how much there is. Thankfully, this video helped out a lot. Started my third try and am enjoying it a lot. Playing as an Orc using 1 handed and a shield. Seems pretty straightforward.
How deep did you get?!
After leaving helgen you are free to go wherever you want like any bethesda TES or fallout game, but the game directs you in a location and especially your first time it is best to just follow that direction.
With skyrim, even on your 100th playthrough you will pretty much always go to those standing stones, riverwood, bleak falls and whiterun just because its the best way to start the game and starts the main quest.
Thing is with Beth games they are there for the experience of getting lost and finding things yourself.
It's good to be overwhelmed and lost.
I'm a cozy indie gamer who just got this game and you made it a little less overwhelming for me! It's hard to find guides that truly talk about the basics and simplify it in a way that's easy to understand :)
Yes I agree 💯
Does anyone know where the key to the chest in the embershard mine?
What does a cozy indie gamer mean?
@@Kwisatz_HaderachXIII usually they play farming sims etc, like stardew valley etce :)
Agreed! I'm attempting this game for the first time in 2025 and I'm overwhelmed but hoping this guide helps lol
0:26 racism solved
He specified in Skyrim, though 😢
Man I wish I could play through Skyrim one time now I know the world like the back on my hand but to think people are still playing it for their first time in 2023 cheers me up
😂 just made my character just seeing if i fw the style since starfield caught my eye
I literally just started playing and im clueless lmao. I played eso but not skyrim
2024 first time playing it
😅came here only because I killed a chicken and was forced to kill the entire Riverwood 😢😅
I needed that extra info
I only started it today for the first time but enjoying it so far
I've never played it ever since it came out, but i bought it tonight and absolutely love it so far.
Going to try Skyrim today I know I'm years late but better late than never. Thanks for the guide 👍✌️
I’m just trying it today 😭
SAME BRO WTF THIS OG SKYRIM IS SO BUGGY AND I DONT KNOW HOW TO MOD HELP
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@@Danny-yq8kejust got into it
Me too bro!
@@ronen6283let’s get it
I would say a more important reason to join companions early on is to get access to sky forge steel. It will be your best weapons for a long time and still a good option if you don’t care for the other styles.
The best reason is to become a werewolf... none of this namby pamby vampire sparkling here than you very much 😆
At least werewolf is my preferance 😀
Cool.. i play this game from the release on and never knew about the Chest behind the wordwall in Bleakfalls Barrow - Thanks!
Thank you for making this video, I never played skyrim on console and I got it on my pc recently and have been playing it. I loved the fallout series so I thought there was no way I couldn’t like this. Now I have an upperhand and a general start in the beginning with new characters. Thank you so much again
This was uploaded one year ago and it's truly impressive the amounts of views that it has, knowing that skyrim was released almost thirteen years ago
Before you leave the cave you can level up several times. You get behind whoever your following and sneak attack them, you keep doing it. You have to keep an eye on their health and wait ever now and to then for them to heal. You level up mostly in sneak but also whatever weapon class you're using. You can realistically level up until you're tired of it. But of course the higher you go the longer it takes. I usually go to level 9 or so you get there fairly quick
Seems like cheating but screw it lol
I'm level 18 and sneak 100 after 30 mins
I left the cave level 20, after about 45 minutes of work. Truly a bit absurd especially considering I didn’t abuse a single glitch, just exploitations. Mostly the hit level 99 sneak in sub 10 minutes stab em in the back trick
@@monhi64 im loving all these tips, itll be my first playthrough
@@BAMSE64 lol be a bit careful I’m sure I left that comment right after power leveling in the cave and didn’t realize I’d end up way overleveled. Which is especially shit in the beginning when you have nothing gear wise. I literally resorted to cheats to be unkillable for awhile until I evened out
My way to save time after you leave Riverwood is if the items are not crafting/leveling related don't pick it up unless it's worth 100 gold per 1 pound of weight. Ingredients for potions are your real source of money. Put a couple of points in stronger potions and experiment with ingredients to find the most valuable recipes and you will have more gold than you can spend right away.
Always buy iron ore from everyone all the time. That way when you get the transmute ore spell you will be able to make lots of gold ore for blacksmith power leveling.
I always do this and just transmute as I’m running through town. Gets a little tricky trying to get silver having to constantly drop. Also I’m not a mage character and I keep forgetting to keep a mage set on me just to speed up transmutation.
My deal is I try to fill me and my companions inventory before I leave a delve as after that I am guarenteed to be going to dump and sell.
I just started Skyrim on Xbox series s. Having fun so far I love the atmosphere and nature
Great Video! Been playing this for several years and learned a few tips, not just for me. My son just started playing too!
The cave after Anise Cabin is new to me.
Watch the river on the way to Riverwood. We found Salmon and caught some for the Roe ingredient during my son's playthrough.
just a note on smithing the gold, its worth noting that smithing, enchanting, and alchemy all level based on the value of the product, so making jewelry with gems will be better than without, meaning depending on the gems you have it might be better to make silver rather than gold to mix with the more common gems, furthermore, if you only have gold, its better to make gold rings than gold necklaces because it makes two rings, and together theyre worth more than the necklaces
One reason to horde gems and not sell them, turn them into jewlery, enchant them, then sell them
years after my first play through later i decided to hop back on this game and remembered NOTHING so THANK YOU for this video 😅❤
When you get your first lock picks, unlock all of the cells in the torture room and the hallway that follows. Sometimes you can level up you lock picking just once before you pick up your first bow. The torturer's hood (which you can only get if you run w Ralof, since with Hadvar he heals too quickly) is also bugged so that it levels up with you. It is a light piece of armor that is always 1 armor rating above the best current piece available to your level. Aside from the first bandit camp mentioned in the video, when the road out of Helgen's cave bends to the right, go left over the hill and find another bandit camp set up under a cliff edge by the bees nest. Three archer bandits will show up after you loot their chest but they also have some good meat and alchemy ingredients too. Very useful if playing survival but can also be a challenge. After that, I usually head for the bandit camp mentioned in the video then the Shrine of Talos. Unless you are using the Unofficial Patch, the thief stone does NOT cover Bow skills. There is a bug that put Bow under the Warrior stone. So you either want to choose Mage or Warrior, unless you want to level up sneak and lock picking/ pickpocket earlier but it will put you at a disadvantage in combat as you level. That potion of lock picking after leaving Bleak Falls Barrow is usually a random low level skill potion. I have also picked up a potion of invisibility there before instead. Interesting that Kaj highwayman was wearing the torturer's hood for you. I have never seen that before.
Dude, that was an awesome video. I'd love to see a Goldenhills Plantation video too. You earned my subscription. Keep up the great tutorials
Thank you! I will do my best to live up to some of your expectations!!! 😅
10:40 A much better way to use the Transmuted Ore is to make both Silver and Gold Ingots based on what gemstones you've managed to acquire (mining regularly produces them as a byproduct. Use the gems to make various kinds of jeweled rings and necklaces (which are worth more gold, and thus give more smithing xp) and sell them off for lots of money. (Note that to make Silver Ingots you need 2 Silver Ores and the spell *prefers* to convert Silver Ore to Gold Ore over converting Iron Ore to Silver Ore, so you need to drop/put away Silver Ore before casting it again so you can convert more Iron Ore to Silver Ore and actually make Silver Ingots).
I bought this game 2 months ago, but only started playing this weekend. Just from reading books on random shelves i feel overwhelmed lol
Me too brotha
I never read then lol
Throwing it out there that I indeed would
Like a video regarding the golden plantation!
Man, I have been playing this game every year for the last 11 years. Love it.
As a person who has never played the game before this was very helpful thank you for the info.
The thing with Goldenhills Plantation is that it's possible to acquire the farm, set up the farm in a specific way, do a few "sleep & harvest" repeats, and you'd have enough ingredients to power-level Alchemy to 100, granting a ridiculous amount of valuable options to sell... all in less than 90 minutes of play.
How do you get enough to buy the plantation so early in game?
@@tiffanymysticstorm1471It’s free if you complete the small quest associated with it
I cant seem to find the plantation as ive searched everywhere around rorikstead and cant find it anywhere
I love that your videos are so nice and short!
Note on Halted Stream Camp, please make sure to grab the "Transmute Mineral Ore" spell in the boss room. This spell combined with the endless iron mines in Skyrim makes leveling smithing a breeze
I played the game at launch. Beat it 12/31/2011. I decided to play it again and started 12 years later on 12/31/23. Im so hyped to dive back in to this classic!
I am new to the game and I'm so amazed. I want to learn more about it!
I'm noob had this game recommended so many times finally got it. This the 1st video that popped up. All this seems helpful I'm going to follow it exactly . Want to have best start possble
Same lol
I’ve been hitting that bandit camp since release. And what’s funny is no one told me about it. But I like that it’s something everyone does now ❤
I wish I'd seen this guide when I first started. Despite going through that beginning dozens of times, you tought md three new things.
Skyrim is a lifetime game if you play it patiently , quest by quest without skipping anything ( conversations , traveling....) !!!! Amazing work , imagine if we get one day full Tamriel RPG !!!! 🔥🔥🔥☝️☝️☝️
I was saying this what if Elder Scrolls VI was Tamriel 🥲🥲
ESO is nearly a full tamriel RPg. Just not single player
So great. Just bought the anniversary edition, never played before. Your intro is the best I’ve seen. Thank you.
Thought I knew Skyrim but I was shocked to hear about that flawless emerald, thanks dude I'll have to give that a shot then.
Love watching a new Skyrim guide (and I had no idea about the thalmor robes lol)
Thanks for the tips and only went halfway thru, but I'm new to the game and it's a bit of a spoiler alert rather than just general advice which I thought beginner guides generally gave.
Hi l have just installed elder scrolls V (skyrim) special edition less than a week ago withouth having any knowledge about the game at all and l wanted to say that these tutorials really help me, currently working on the bleak falls barrow rn
never played skyrim, is it still worth playing? It's on sale but i'm not sure if i should buy it or not.
i haven't played since 2018 but it's one of the most memorable experiences I've had, 180 hours logged and modding when you get bored of the base game is fun, i'd say it's worth it
I've never completed Skyrim but would like to mention the beginning is very interesting it definitely has potential but I got overwhelmed by all the skill trees & choices left me feel like I was never making the correct choice but I am definitely considering giving it another try which is why I'm watching this video
I would definitely recommend it, but I may be biased given the RUclips channel lol
@@notyourfather123 If you do (or are already) just make sure to limit your skill trees. Focus on 2 and allocate other perks where you want. For a beginner I’d say, One Handed and Heavy should be a good focus
I just started for the first time and I thinks it's awesome.
I’ve just bought this game for the 4th time (PS3, PS4, PC and now PS5). Spent hundreds of hours on it, but never played it this well-planned. Thanks for a lot of tips for a quicker start.
I will agree that the potions you can make is a gateway to a ton of profit. The ravage potions and poisons and such at lower levels still give you a ton of gold from any merchant since most merchants sell potions
Wheat and Blue Mountain Flowers. Great combination. 😎
These easy to get ingredients will make you rich quick:
1. Blue mountain flowers
2. Hanging moss
3. Lavender
It honestly became too profitable to me, it’s crazy. I have wanted to do a run that focuses on potions/poisons but I always just end up as a sneak thief of course.
Jumping back in after a 7 year break lmao. Nice guide and as your pinned comments suggests it is helpful for me as I want a playthrough without exploits so thanks for that!
Also the bear cave allows you to enter at level 1 and come out at level 17 or higher depending on how much time you wish to "sneak" near the bear.
How does that work?
@@Nicolas_Arthur lol , you stealth hit whoever you chose to follow with a dagger, for as long as you choose.
ive never get to play any skyrim games when i was young because i never had a personal pc the computer shop i played with only have online games, now that ive bought my own I can now play Skyrim
You can get one of the best archery weapons at lvl. 1. You can steel a deadric crossbow by the arrow maker in Solitude.
Very good video. Well, edited. Sounds nice I like.
You missed a lockbox left of the entrance of bleak falls barrow. If you stand in front of the entrance and go left and then right around the corner, there will be a lockbox there with some loot.
There is also a satchel, but whether or not you can find them depends on whether you are using mods. If you have a snow mod installed then they will be buried under the snow. Moving the cursor around will find the satchel but the strongbox is buried too deep to be located.
@@stuartmcnaughton1495 I play on console and when I played on PC, I rarely used any mods.
Damn good video. You earned a new sub. I just finished Witcher 3 and was looking thru videos for new RPG. And you actually pulled me in to the game. 💪🏾👍🏾
Just started playing after owning this game for over 6 years. This games sick!
I owned this game for awhile too and finally started playing it. It is quite good.
Thank you! I have never played a game like Skyrim before and wanted to watch your video to see what it's like. I really appreciate it!
Left this gem till it went on sale.. It was just $12 on steam so I finally picked it up. Going to do my first playthrough with no mods. Thanks for the guide~
its been 2 weeks , is it fun ?
My advice is to try to get as many trophies as you can because once you mod it is really hard to go back lol
I have over 700 hours in Skyrim on my PS4. I just started my first Xbox X play through and some of these things I am surprised that I never knew. Thank you sir. 😊
Idk why I’m watching this when I have hundreds of hours in this game but HEY I’m glad i did
You can never know too much, and if you already know it, regurgitate it 7 more times!
I bought this game about 6 months ago & never even inserted the disc. Not because i didn't want to, but having 3 consoles plus Gamesticks' & Emulators on my phone & tanlet, i wanted to see the gameplay, and you, sir, did a great job! I was going to add it to a bundle I'm about to sell, but I knew I should at least try it. Now I wanna beat it!
Tomorrow I’m gonna watch this video again to start a new Skyrim game the 1000th time
I start a new Skyrim game every two hours
@@dajiawhitfield7050 I understand I can relate
Got the game on the winter sale and truly what a master piece of unlimited content even for 2023.
Bro, your Whiterun Guards: Why are we here video is fuckin hilarious.👏
More Please, whenever the fuck you decide!!!
I may make another one, whenever the fuck February or March rolls around! 😂❤️
I am brand new to gaming and really appreciate this tutorial!!! Thank you!!!!
brand new to gaming in general??? dude you’re in for a wild ride :) welcome to the community, i hope you have a blast. happy gaming!
I love seeing someone play the game for the first time. Always funny seeing them run around like a headless chicken😂
Just reloaded this after years away and it's really fun
Loving it.
Can we just say Skyrim is the best game of all times. I remember playing it for the first Time In 2014 and I was shocked on how good it was and now we have a tutorials in 2023!!
do i have to play this game with mods?
@@aryadiazzar833 you can play the game without mods it’s still great but if you want to have extra fun then mods will do. But my first time ever playing the game and finishing it, it was without mods and it was still crazy!!!
It's pretty good from an objective point of view. I had more fun with nier autotama and mgs3 and re4 and yakuza 0. Skyrim might be 4th or 5th ny favorite
Great video man :) i subbed! i played skyrim in the past before but never beat the main story quests i might play it again...
I didn’t even know there were two ways to go at the start 😭
the relative innocence of the entire narration came crashing down and hit me like a freight train at 6:45 LOL
this and gamevibez’s video helped me a lot thanks for this gang 😇
Your outro was perfect!
Upon exiting the cave from Helgen, take a sharp right through the woods. There you will find a bandit camp with skill books and a chest.
Can’t believe I’m just now getting around to playing this game but thanks for the tips hopefully this sets my first play through up with success💯🔥
Same I just started tonight. How’s your experience so far
@@Noway976 beat the game on my second playthrough this game is immaculate you wont look at gaming the same after this game it was a 10/10 experience i hope you enjoy every part of the way theres no other experience like the first time playing this game . loved it so much id tattoo its logo
This makes my inner hoarding self pleased
I bought skyrim half off on my switch yesterday, but i watched my dad play this game so much as a kid like the loading screens are a part of me childhood.
I love how after so many years we still play and love it
I've been playing Bethesda games for over seven years now and I've never played Skyrim ! 😅 now here I am starting my first ever play through
Been playing since daggerfall and never knew about chests behind waterfall lol
Haven’t played nearly as long but I got shouted into the waterfall and knew I had to put that chest in the video. I had a feeling nobody knew about it lol
Hey I'm new to Skyrim. Thanks for smooth start awesome video keep them coming.
I'm new at this game and don't see how I am dying so easily! It's crazy because I guess I'm not used to playing games with such low health and needing to block.
I just bought Skyrim during the Steam sale. This guide is very helpful, thank you!
The first time I played this game I beat it with sword and shield on expert. It was fun but this time around I'm doing a full on destruction/alteration magr on adept who doesn't use weapons or armor (only robes). I'm having way more fun this time around. I used to think adept was too easy, but it's not. The higher difficulties (expert and onward) don't really make the game more challenging. I mean.. they do. But for the wrong reasons. On adept there's a lot of room to experiment with your build and you dont have to worry about doing the maximum amount of damage all the time. You can play the game.. like a role playing game. You can do.. what you want. On higher difficulties I'd probably need to use a full set of the best light armor I could get, plus some flesh spell, plus enchantments on my armor that decrease destruction cost. It gets out of hand rather fast. (The default difficulty the developers intended is the most fun way to play the game? Imagine that. Seems so obvious in hindsight)
Adept is technically the “Normal” mode in Skyrim so you are completely correct! Have fun with your mage, it is a fun build!!
Well I'm doing a conjuration build now with a bound sword playing on master difficulty and for that build I think master difficulty is quite fun. The viability of different builds in this game seems to vary wildly. (Conjuration feels like turning the difficulty slider down, it's actually crazy)
I’ve played on harder difficulties a few times but I found that I have more fun trying to seek out tough enemies on adept opposed to just making all weak enemies tougher.
This really is a very well done starting guide.i strongly recommend it to any new players. 👍
Please do Goldenhills vid. I like to gather and plant ingredients for potions of enchanting, smithing, bow, light armor, invisibility. Plus horker soup and vegetables soup thanks. And closest location for supplies to build barrack house etc. also best steward.
Maybe I’ll make a Goldenhills video if I’m running out of content. It’s a pretty simple house, so aside from exploits I’m not sure what id do lol
It's best to get Creep Cluster, Mora Tapinela, and Scaly Phiotala, may have misspelled the last two. Anyways, those three combined produce one of the best potions in game and sell for a lot. Look up Goldenhills Plantation here on RUclips there are guides on how many to plant of each so you get 60 of each when they grow every three days. Though, the first time they grow is after 24 hrs and then after the first grow it's every three days in game.
Ive played this game since it came out and currently have 10,340 hours on it. Love it and truly an experience
What a great video….thank you….naturally I subbed immediately 😊…I came late to the party , have only played Skyrim since last August …..but have fallen in love…..just a mention…if one has anniversary edition…the warrior house can be gotten by killing the warrior that lives there….completely furnished and child ready. It’s a free furnished place until you get money for other places you may want. Golden Hills and the Stones of Barenziah will guarantee financial freedom in the game. My first character was broken…I contracted Vampire Dz., I couldn’t get rid of it because Fallion died. Then I got hit with a very OP dragon that I couldn’t beat or run from all under lvl 15. Awful…..but I learned very quickly to become a werewolf asap to avoid the vampire issue. I pretty much follow your route at beginning of game. I just love videos like these and sharing tips and tricks with others. Thank you for a great useful video.👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🌸
Im here in 2024 trying to play this game again cuz I bought the 360 version way back in the day when it was on sale, and I got to the part where I gotta find the grey beards I gave up cuz I didn’t know where to go, now I’m actually getting into it and way past the grey beards. Games great. 😎
Same dude 😂
You can hit Ralof or Hadvar all the time in helgen Cave with your weapon for leveling your one or two handed skill. I leave helgen every playtrought with 1 or 2 handed level 40 and playerlevel 5 till 6
It feels a little exploitative but it makes it very worthwhile to help kick start your build so you can play the game a little more freely without having to purposefully not use other skills to prevent level ups.
Planning to buy this game, because its sale theres a lot of info here and looks like it was fun to play, when i was a kid i dont have money to play this but rn finally i have the chance to buy and play this game.
Hadvar is better long term for the friendship of Alvor plus you can, chop wood for Lod and befriend them giving you another house worth of free loot, you can make your early money with easily with potions
What does one do if they accidentally attacked Hadvar because they got jumpscared thinking he was a random hostile and he started fighting you and anytime you go to the village with the Blacksmith him they both continue to try and jump you. I ended up just going to Whiterun to escape his onslaught and have continued the game without doing anything Hadvar wanted me to do 😅
@@magpiezaychik check for a bounty and pay it off then their hostility should reset
I did countless hours of Skyrim playthroughs and roleplayings.
Hey, a tips and tricks video! Gotta watch!
very good guide but i kinda pick pocket some people and was spotted commiting murder so i could either pay up 1.1k or be a fugitive and now i cant get into white run without a bunch of people trying to kill me
Sounds like you should visit a different city for a while. I hear Solitude is lovely this time of year!
After revisiting FallOut 4 thanks to the show, I'm wanting to replay some Skyrim also, so this video is great for me. Thanks for uploading!