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The video serves as a comprehensive starting guide for Skyrim players, addressing essential gameplay strategies and recommendations. It begins by noting the insignificance of race selection but offers tailored suggestions for warriors, mages, and stealth characters. The guide includes detailed advice for navigating key early-game locations such as Helgen, a Bandit Camp, Riverwood, and Bleak Falls Barrow. Emphasis is placed on collecting valuable items, utilizing the appropriate Standing Stones, and capitalizing on early game resources like alchemy ingredients and enchanting.
Players are directed to ransack Bandit Camps for treasures and enchanted gear and to use specific places such as Anise's Shack and Ember Shard Mine for alchemy and training. Upon reaching Riverwood, selling loot and taking on quests from locals like Lucan are encouraged. Exploring dungeons like Silent Moons Camp and Halted Stream Camp is advised for leveling up and finding valuable spells.
The speaker highlights multiple strategies for making money, acquiring followers such as Faendal and Uthgerd the Unbroken, and suggests housing options including Bree’s Home and Tundra Homestead. For those interested in more faction-based gameplay, joining the Thieves Guild and the Companions in Whiterun is recommended for their unique benefits.
The guide concludes with friendly advice to explore the game thoroughly for a richer experience and ensures that all strategies are beginner-friendly, avoiding advanced exploits.
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In this part of the video, Nelloth introduces a comprehensive starting guide for the game of Skyrim, aimed at helping beginners and experienced players alike. Key points include the insignificance of race selection for gameplay, although recommendations are given for different play styles: Nord, Orc, Redguard, or Imperial for warriors; High Elf, Breton, or Dark Elf for mages; Khajiit, Wood Elf, or Argonian for stealth or assassin characters. The choice between escaping Helgen with Hadvar or Ralof is discussed, noting Ralof’s advantage in gaining valuable light armor and Hadvar’s benefit of befriending a blacksmith.
Important recommendations during the Helgen escape include:
– Collecting ingredients like salt piles and elf ears from the potion room.
– Taking all items from the Torture Room mage, including his clothes, regardless of your chosen class.
– Gathering lock picks for future use.
– Exploring the sewer grate after the wooden bridge for extra gold and potions.
– Collecting poison and spider eggs from the spider room.
– Finding a health potion on a ridge in the bear cave.
– Killing the bear for its pelt and claws, useful for crafting or selling.
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In this segment of the video, the speaker provides guidance on various actions after escaping Helgen in a game. They suggest first ransacking a Bandit Camp to find valuable items like a treasure map, a black mage’s robe, and a skill book for one-handed combat. Next, they recommend heading west to a Shrine of Talos to loot enchanted gear from a dead Thalmor soldier. Then, the speaker advises choosing the appropriate Standing Stone based on your desired path (warrior, mage, or thief) and notes nearby locations like a fishing tent, Anise’s Shack, and Ember Shard Mine for future visits. Upon reaching Riverwood, they suggest selling loot to Alvor and Lucan, and picking up a quest from Lucan. They highlight the treasure location across the river and recommend using Anise’s cabin and its underground facilities for alchemy and enchanting.
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In this part of the video, the speaker provides a detailed guide for players navigating through Skyrim. After leaving Anise’s Cabin, following a specific path leads to a dead animal carcass with a Flawless Emerald worth around 200-300 gold. Nearby, players should explore Amber Shard Mine, a good beginner dungeon with low-level bandits and plenty of treasure. Afterwards, it’s advisable to sell loot to Lucan and Alvor and accept Lucan’s quest to Bleak Falls Barrow. Players should also consider acquiring Feandal as a follower for his archery training and then proceed to Bleak Falls Barrow, where several hidden chests with randomized loot can be found. After completing the dungeon, players should head to Brittle Shin Pass to find an enchanting table for disenchanting items. Returning Lucan’s claw yields around 400 gold. Finally, players should inform the Jarl of Whiterun about the dragon attack to continue the main questline.
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In this segment of the video, the speaker discusses strategies for making money early in the game by collecting alchemy ingredients and selling them to local alchemists, which can yield significant profit. The speaker recommends talking to Whiterun citizens for easy miscellaneous quests and clearing nearby dungeons like Silent Moons Camp, Halted Stream Camp (which contains a valuable transmutation spell book), Veterans’ Retreat, White River Watch, and Valtheim Towers to level up and test skills. The transmutation spell book allows for converting iron into silver and gold, making it a lucrative resource for aspiring mages or warriors.
Additionally, the Lover Stone, located east of Markarth near Salvinius Farm, is suggested for characters with diverse skills, as it offers a 15% boost to all skills. For housing, the speaker recommends Bree’s Home in Whiterun, costing 5,000 gold (7,000 gold with upgrades), featuring essentials like a bed and an alchemy table. Another recommendation includes the Tundra Homestead, priced at 7,500 gold, located just outside Whiterun.
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In this segment of the video, the presenter discusses housing upgrades and follower options in Skyrim. They mention the new house, complete with a farm, workbench, and various crafting tables and storage space, along with the Golden Hills Plantation house which offers passive income after completing some quests. Recommendations for early game followers include Faendal, Uthgerd the Unbroken, and Jenassa, with specific ways to recruit each. Tips on thieving suggest waiting to join the Thieves Guild before stealing, and joining the Companions in Whiterun for their benefits, including the werewolf perk. The video emphasizes that all shown strategies are feasible even at early game levels.
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In this part of the video, the creator wraps up by expressing hope that viewers enjoyed the content, noting that some elements like exploits were intentionally omitted to provide a beginner-friendly guide rather than an end-game walkthrough. The creator encourages exploration of the game for a more optimal experience and signs off with a request to like and subscribe, a mention of sporadic future uploads, and a festive greeting from House Televani to Skyrim heroes.