re: Official The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Thread AKA Skyrim addicts anonymous

Two dragons isn't bad as long as they don't throw that a-hole mud crab in.

I've taken a few days break from the game because I was getting my arse kicked lately in battle. I don't think I'm really taking advantage of enchanting/smithing.

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where do you get ingots to make armor from? I want to raise my smithing skill. Also do you have to be a mage or fighter mage to be successful right now I have a archer/sword shield fighter can you do well with these skills or do I have to be a mage.

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I have an archer/two handed sword wood elf with high restoration and I kick plenty of arse.

Gotta travel into dungeons to learn words, from my experiences. usually there will be a word wall at the end. Listen for the "dragon music".

Also, a courier appears at some point,and gives a shout related quest.

I'm 19 and have

Force
Fire
Ice
Slow time
Whirlwind sprint.

Its a blast. Looking forward to upgrading them too. I love the shout system as it ties into char progression, combat mechanics, lore, tangible reward etc

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I am level 26 and have only found like 2 shout words or whatever they're called. I have killed probably 10 dragons and absorbed their souls. the frick do i do with their souls?

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Whenever you do find more shouts, you will need the souls in your inventory to activate them. A few suggestions for finding more shouts...Do a few parts of the main quest. The greybeards max out your unrelenting force, and will also mark dungeons with word walls on your map.

Also, find the dragon priests. They usually have wordwalls by their crypts. There are several online guides to the dragon priest locations.

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also, is it worth keeping all the dragon bones/scales or should i sell them.

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Early on, sell them. You will need the money. You have to max out the left side of the smithing perk tree to create armor from them. It may take you a while, and there are plent of dragons to kill.

nice, didnt realize that was an attainable shout.

Fricken draugr deathlord in fellglow keep used that disarm shout on me a few times, fricking sucks.

I'm gonna use that one some of these bosses who swing 2handers, they fricking hurt even in improved heavy armor...

Ah frick just reread, not powerful enough? Lame

Ah, true.

Geez 3 deathlords at once?

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3 Deathlords in one spot in a crypt took me a solid hour to scheme out how to kill them

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I finally started the companions questline last night...at level 43. The "fragments of wuuthrald" melee after obtaining the fragment was HOLEE shite!!!

Don't know how many Draugr's came out of those coffins, but it took a good 25 minutes and three mid fight saves to finish all of them off. There were 4 deathlords and the rest were wrights (sp?). All at the same damn time!

Dumbass farkas must have been only level 10 or below, b/c he kept getting knocked da frick out after 2-3 hits from those Draugur deathlords and wrights.

Was, easily, the toughest fight I'd had. My high level made that much harder than it should have been.

My quest to get the helmet for the Stormcloaks was like that. They had a few Restless droughs early which made me think it would be really simple, then the room with the helmet had 3 deathlords and a bunch of Wights. All the nameless guys(and girl) died in an instant, my companion died midway through, Rolof and Galdor(can't remember either name) both got raped repeatedly. I was able to barely scrape through by downing a bunch of magicka and health potions.

lvl 19 Nord warrior primarily using a 2hander, my 1h and block, along with my own ability to block at the right time, aren't up to acceptable levels I suppose. Gonna work on that, thanks.