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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Game » consists of 11 releases. First released on Nov 11, 2011

The fifth installment in Bethesda's Elder Scrolls franchise is set in the eponymous province of Skyrim, where the ancient threat of dragons, led by the sinister Alduin, is rising again to threaten all mortal races. Only the player, as the prophesied hero the Dovahkiin, can save the world from destruction.

100+ Things You've Learned Playing Skyrim (Spoiler Free Edition!)

#1 Posted by MB (9883 posts) - 1 year, 6 months ago

I'll start...

  1. Just because something looks *pretty close* on the map doesn't mean that it is. Get a horse.
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#2 Posted by AhmadMetallic (18957 posts) - 1 year, 6 months ago

It's been a while, MB! 100 here we come. 
 
2. Clouds. A lot of clouds. Like, clouds everywhere.

#3 Edited by evildeadron (810 posts) - 1 year, 6 months ago

3) if you steal cabbages from an old woman, she will send bounty hunters after you....even from the grave

#4 Posted by CaptainTightPants (2775 posts) - 1 year, 6 months ago

4) If you steal an item and then drop said item, people will happily return their own items to you.

#5 Edited by Claude (15850 posts) - 1 year, 6 months ago

5) Being Dragonborn is a big deal.

#6 Posted by Consaw (229 posts) - 1 year, 6 months ago

6) Dragons have a need for gold coins.

#7 Edited by ShaggE (4416 posts) - 1 year, 6 months ago

7) Horses REALLY want to be the heroes.

#8 Posted by JasonR86 (7675 posts) - 1 year, 6 months ago

8) Giants know how to fuck shit up.

#9 Posted by TheDudeOfGaming (5877 posts) - 1 year, 6 months ago

9) I've learned that it sucks when you're level 8, you kill a dragon while having very few potions and out of nowhere a forest troll appears and kills you.

#10 Edited by Afroman269 (7388 posts) - 1 year, 6 months ago

10) Fuck trolls, especially ice trolls. (not that kind of fuck)

#11 Edited by CenturionCajun (1461 posts) - 1 year, 6 months ago

11) Watch your fire. When you spray your flame spell all over a room trying to hit your target your allies don't appreciate being set on fire. They will return the favor.

#12 Edited by GJSmitty (651 posts) - 1 year, 6 months ago

12) If a giant hits you on a downward swing, you fly hundreds of feet into the air (physics)

#13 Posted by HistoryInRust (5953 posts) - 1 year, 6 months ago

13 (I think?) ) Frost Trolls know how to fuck you up. 

#14 Posted by Irvandus (2275 posts) - 1 year, 6 months ago

14) Werewolves can't sleep well at night without their teddy bears.

#15 Posted by BoG (5169 posts) - 1 year, 6 months ago

15) If you see a stray chicken in a village, let it be. Making it your lunch will result the entire town wanting your head.

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#16 Posted by Morien (153 posts) - 1 year, 6 months ago

16) Cats can be bats, can be rats, can be hats, can be gnats, can be thats can be thises.

#17 Posted by NekuSakuraba (6811 posts) - 1 year, 6 months ago

17) People let you put buckets on their head so you can steal from them.

#18 Posted by prestonhedges (1965 posts) - 1 year, 6 months ago

18) In Nordic Times, giants lived three feet from one another.

#19 Posted by GioVANNI (1240 posts) - 1 year, 6 months ago

19) Horses don't obey the laws of physics.

#20 Posted by scarace360 (4828 posts) - 1 year, 6 months ago

20) Horses are braver than I.

#21 Posted by RandomInternetUser (6779 posts) - 1 year, 6 months ago

21. Sometimes guards on horses fly through the air erratically at 100 mph.

#22 Posted by Solskugga (71 posts) - 1 year, 6 months ago

22. Even though they warn you for the traps the same npc will walk into them afterwards.

#23 Edited by animathias (1031 posts) - 1 year, 6 months ago

23. People tend to make really bad decisions, document them in journals or in a note, and keep that note on them until they die.

@Morien said:

16) Cats can be bats, can be rats, can be hats, can be gnats, can be thats can be thises.

Wabbajack.

#24 Edited by Milkman (13970 posts) - 1 year, 6 months ago

24. If you think you're safe from dragons, you're not safe from dragons.

#25 Posted by Alaska_Gamer (1526 posts) - 1 year, 6 months ago

25. Shouting Fus Ro Dah at a bandit at the top of a mountain is fun. See how far one of them flies to their doom. It's also a great way to quickly dispose of Frost Trolls.

#26 Posted by ShiftyMagician (2111 posts) - 1 year, 6 months ago

26. You grow into a class of your own design, without a need to conform to one.

#27 Posted by Hizang (8536 posts) - 1 year, 6 months ago

27. Don't fuck with giants.

#28 Edited by VisariLoyalist (2988 posts) - 1 year, 6 months ago

28. If a kid witnesses a murder they usually are to scared to tell anyone

#29 Posted by Fripplebubby (1027 posts) - 1 year, 6 months ago

29. I'd be a lot warmer and a lot happier if my belly was full of mead right now.

#30 Posted by Kyreo (4594 posts) - 1 year, 6 months ago

30. Never trust statues.

#31 Posted by admachina (182 posts) - 1 year, 6 months ago

31. If you kill all of the people that saw you commit a crime, you didn't commit a crime.

#32 Edited by MB (9883 posts) - 1 year, 6 months ago

32. Magelights can stick to living things...which is awesome.

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#33 Posted by Ravenlight (7023 posts) - 1 year, 6 months ago

33. Copping a feel on the temple statues is generally frowned upon.

#34 Posted by alexl86 (613 posts) - 1 year, 6 months ago

34. Nords will verbally insult your race, then turn to you for help.

#35 Edited by animathias (1031 posts) - 1 year, 6 months ago

35. When faced with a difficult opponent out in the world, take it back to the nearest encampment you can. Not only do you get help in beating a powerful foe, but more bodies to loot with no (major) drawbacks!

#36 Posted by MOLE (321 posts) - 1 year, 6 months ago

36. You can set bear traps in caverns. Shoot an arrow next to it - hide - bandit comes running to sound - steps on bear trap - winning

#37 Posted by Subjugation (4328 posts) - 1 year, 6 months ago

37. Mages were throwing hadouken before it was mainstream.

#38 Posted by Matoya (417 posts) - 1 year, 6 months ago

38) You might be the worlds most amazing hero, the slayer of dragons, but you'll still die to a guy in fur armor and a dagger, or a bear.

#39 Posted by McGhee (5319 posts) - 1 year, 6 months ago

39. Dark Elves look like Klingons with pointy ears, in other words, super badass.

#40 Posted by Mystic_11 (191 posts) - 1 year, 6 months ago

40. Even in death dragons can still slide along the terrain

#41 Posted by SeriouslyNow (8532 posts) - 1 year, 6 months ago

41. Lydia is sworn to carry your burden and sounds so pleased when she says it too.

#42 Posted by Extreme_Popcorn (814 posts) - 1 year, 6 months ago

42. Chickens can be witnesses to your crimes

#43 Posted by Saseav (56 posts) - 1 year, 6 months ago

43. Mammoths are scarier then dragons.

#44 Edited by CollyWolly (47 posts) - 1 year, 6 months ago

44. Mammoths can float 80 feet in the air but cannot survive falls from such heights.

#45 Posted by Hemmelight (114 posts) - 1 year, 6 months ago

45. Giants' clubs can and will float into the air after their master dies, presumably to return to Sovngarde.

#46 Posted by Solskugga (71 posts) - 1 year, 6 months ago

46. Rasism is not a good thing, unless its against elves, then its just fine.

#47 Posted by jacksmedulla (268 posts) - 1 year, 6 months ago

47. Dogs can talk.

#48 Edited by Th3_James (2537 posts) - 1 year, 6 months ago

48. You can become a Vampire without any knowledge of getting bit.

#49 Posted by csl316 (4714 posts) - 1 year, 6 months ago

49. Sometimes if you kill your friends, they'll leave you an inheritance.

#50 Posted by Vexxan (4549 posts) - 1 year, 6 months ago

50. A horse will always want to fight a dragon, but a horse will never win against a dragon. 

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