- Quest items actually don't have weight. They say they do but they don't, until they become "regular" items (read: when you can drop them), then they have weight again.
- The horse you get at the end of the Dark Brotherhood quest line is, unlike in Oblivion, NOT IMMORTAL. It will die if it falls too far. However, it has MASSIVE amounts of life (which is good because it's aggro like crazy; that damn thing goes for Dragons) so you don't really have to worry too much about him.
- If you are paying the Xbox 360 version, there is a limit of numbers of objects on screen before things start getting crazy. I made it a point to pick up every piece of food in the game an dthen drop all I could get (in separate trips, of course) on my house's kitchen table in a massive food mound. Now the framerate drops to about 5 when I step inside and wild glitches (walls disappearing and reappearing, lighting problems) happen CONSTANTLY in there. My house is haunted by food.
- Once you enchant an item it's there for life, so I suggest making sure your alchemy skill is as leveled as possible before putting that spell on your Ebony Mace.
- You can level really fast both smithing and enchanting in Whiterun. Next to your house, make tons of leather stuff (easy to get, levels quick) and if you've been picking up Silver Ingots (you'll get tons on the Companions' quests) you can make two rings at once with each. Make a billion, then head up to the keep and enchant them. I suggest using Petty soul gems as you are just doing this for levels, and using something like Fear or Fortify 2-handed as this has the biggest price boost. Enchant all the crap you have, then go sell it all. You can bump levels fast.
- Pickpocketing is probably the fastest leveling skill in the game, and it also benefits greatly from items that boost it. Pickpocket everybody: Nearly every person has either a ring, a gem, or both on their person. You can go up a whole level by just getting a gem.
- If you get trained by somebody, you can immediately pickpocket the gold back. Great for some free levels.
- Find the Steed Stone ASAP. It really is the best.
- If you are uncertain how you are going to play, hold off on spending points until you are level 10ish. I wasted probably five or six points in trees I ended up abandoning (two-handed and Destruction).
- Don't ever put points in Lockpicking or Pickpocketing. Ever. Trust me, save them for something more useful (especially Pickpocketing, though it IS cool to be able to steal someone's armor and weapon right out of their hands, but if you REALLY want it that bad just kill them and pay the bounty)
- Prioritize actual quests rather than "misc" onces. The "misc" ones are nice but usually have lower payout. The other side of this is some "misc" ones become full-fledged quests after doing the first step, so I suppose my advice is actually pretty crappy. Eh.
- Kill every dragon you see. You'll need the souls.
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