I just killed my first dragon and it was awesome!

After I search through his/her's corpse I got some heavy ass dragon bones and dragon scales. What can I do with them? I don't know what they can be used for? I don't want to sell them, and I can't store them since I don't have a house yet. Can anyone tell what they are good for other then money, can I make dragonbone and dragonscale armor?

Thanks

yes

@evildeadron: So yes I can make armor?

yes, just look all the way down the armor skill tree

@evildeadron: Ok, is there anyway to store an item without a owning a house? They take up a lot of inventory space.

You WILL be fighting other dragons, you know.

@MrRedwine: Excellent point.

I heard that Daedric armor, despite being below Dragon in the smithing tree, is better.

I don't like the look of the dragon set and the daedric set looks badass so this was a relief.

You realize if you go into pretty much any pub, a drunk dude will ask you to fight with him. Beat him, he will become your follower. Use him as a storage mule.

If you've killed the first Dragon, go back to the Dragonsreach keep, and the Jarl will give you a "housecarl" named Lydia. She can follow you around and help you fight stuff, but she'll also keep things that you give her, so you can store stuff by giving it to her. There's another person in the inn who will also become your "companion" or whatever if you beat her in a fistfight. That's how I stored stuff before I got a house (though you can get one fairly quickly if you work at it and don't waste money).

edit: should add that she doesn't have to follow you around, you can leave your stuff with her and she'll have them when you come back.

@thehexeditor said:

I heard that Daedric armor, despite being below Dragon in the smithing tree, is better.

I don't like the look of the dragon set and the daedric set looks badass so this was a relief.

The Deadric armor is indeed better, but it's also way way harder to make (before guides are available). When I reached 100 smithing I already had enough dragon stuff to make chest and helm, while I've so far only found one of the items you specifically need to create Daedric items.

You can store items in pretty much any place and it will stay there. I did this until I could afford to buy a house and then transferred all my stuff over to my house. I don't think you want to leave your stuff outside a house for too long though because I heard that it can reset.

I dumped all my stuff on Lydia.. about 20 dragon bone/scales and all the loot from several dungeons to sell later.

I have no idea where she is.. I haven't seen her in a while, if she's alive.. will she respawn at the place I got her??

@RandomHero666: She does not come back if killed.

Oh and to answer the OP, early on just concentrate on selling them, money is more important early on. Infinite dragons!

@TruthOasis said:

You can store items in pretty much any place and it will stay there. I did this until I could afford to buy a house and then transferred all my stuff over to my house. I don't think you want to leave your stuff outside a house for too long though because I heard that it can reset.

Considering the many warnings the game itself throws at you (loading screen, help menu, manual) "Warning! Do not leave things in containers you do not own! They may not be there when you come back." I wouldn't store anything valuable outside of your house. You and others may have been lucky, but I'd hate for someone else to lose a lot of valuable stuff based on that advice.

@Hizang said:

@RandomHero666: She does not come back if killed.

Oh and to answer the OP, early on just concentrate on selling them, money is more important early on. Infinite dragons!

She goes to your house if you have one, else she goes back to where you got her.

It might take several hours of game time. Play around, wait about 24 hours, then go look.

I've been selling all my dragon bones and scales. You make a good bit of gold off them.

It's just good for selling until you can get your smithing skill tree maxed which seems crazy to me. Dragons fights are surprisingly frequent.

Thanks for the input, I already sold them. They are heavy sob's.

I did not realize that Lydia can be a pack mule, thanks for the tip, back to looting.