Author: Nikhil Pradhan

Venturing through the lands of Skyrim with a fellow ally or follower is much more fun than adventuring alone. They fight alongside you in the toughest of battles and even help you carry out all your evil deeds. In fact, your followers can become your stewards, spouse, skill trainers, or even your personal pack mule. They will follow you to death or dismissal. There are different types of followers in the game, each having their own set of skills, strength, weakness, and their level caps. Some followers have a low-level cap of 20, whereas others don’t have a level cap,…

Fire Salts are a rare alchemy resource in Skyrim that can be used to make Fire resistance and Magicka restoration potions, Flame Atronach, Exploding Bolts for crossbows, etc. Moreover, it’s also a key ingredient required to complete the Stoking the Flames questline. Although the resource is pretty rare, there are a few ways to get Fire Salts consistently. You can scavenge it from different world locations, as there are a fixed number of non-respawn-able Fire Salt in the game. You can also craft Fire Salt yourself at the Atronach Forge, given you have the necessary resources. Another great way to…

The ability to get married in Skyrim is one of the best features in the game. It has many benefits, including the Lover’s Comfort Bonus, Free Home-cooked meals, a personal merchant, and a steady supply of gold coins every day. However, picking the right partner for your playthrough can be difficult, as there are over 67 marriageable candidates in the game. And getting a divorce with your spouse isn’t very apparent because, well, the feature wasn’t even added to the game in the first place. Although the game officially lacks this feature, a few ways exist to revert your marriage…

The Dragonborn DLC expansion added a bunch of new stuff to the vanilla game, including an entirely new questline, new areas, Black Books, Bend Will Dragon Shout, Deathbrand Armor, etc. However, to unlock these items and play the new campaign, you first have to make your way to Solstheim. Solstheim is the new main location that was added alongside the DLC expansion. Although the official quest to head over to Solstheim only starts after encountering the cultists, you can still go to the new location very early in the game. In fact, you can leave for Solstheim as soon as…

You can spawn any items in Skyrim by using the Console Command. It is a debugging tool available for the PC that mainly serves to fix in-game bugs and glitches. But before we move to spawning items, we need to figure out the Form ID of the object we’re trying to spawn. It is a set of eight-digit numbers that help identify and distinguish the object from other objects in the game. There are two types of Form IDs, the BaseID and the Reference ID. For spawning items in the game, we’ll only be using the Base ID of the…

There are various types of Soul Gems in Skyrim, each having different capacities and the type of soul it can hold. The Black Soul gem is a special type of soul gem that can only trap the soul of humanoid creatures, including the Human, Elven, Khajit, Orc, Argonians, and the Dremora races. The process of filling a Black Soul Gem is pretty similar to filling any other soul gem. You can either cast the Soul Trap spell on a humanoid NPC before eliminating them or just use the Soul Trap enchanted weapon to kill them. Either of them will trap…

If you’re playing as a stealth-archer class in Skyrim, having a quiver full of strong arrows is a no-brainer. While the Steel Arrows or the Ancient Nordic Arrow can serve you well during the early game, they will definitely fall short when it comes to late-game content or facing tougher enemies. Now you might think getting the best arrows is easier said than done, and that’s true for the most part. The only downside of strong arrows is that they’re really hard to come by. But don’t worry! I’ve prepared a step-by-step guide to help you through the entire process.…

Amber is a common resource that is native to the land of Shivering Isles. In Skyrim, it’s a rare miscellaneous item that was added alongside the Saints and Seducer creation club content. Like any other ores in the game, Amber can also be used at a smelter to make Refined Amber Ingot. You can then use the Refined Amber to craft gears such as Amber weapons and Armor. Although Amber can be found randomly inside treasure chests, the chances you’ll get one during your playthrough are slim. The most consistent way to gather Amber is to scavenge through the Hollowed…

Harvesting the elven blood is a key step in the Discerning the Transmundane questline. Here, you must collect the blood of five different types of elves, including High Elf, Wood Elf, Dark Elf, Snow Elf (Falmer), and Orsimer (Orcs). There are a lot of Wood Elf NPC in the game, such as Faendal in Riverwood or Anoriath in Whiterun. However, in order to harvest their blood, you have to eliminate them first. This will turn all the guards and townsfolk of the hold hostile toward you and will also add a large bounty on your head. A much better way…

The Anniversary update of Skyrim added the Fishing system to the game. Well, it just introduced a small mini-game where players could catch fish using a fishing rod. However, along with this update, they also added a bunch of new fish species. The goldfish, in particular, is a rare kind that can be found only in lakes and ponds. Although they can spawn in any climate, they are more prominent during daylight and when the weather is clear. There are over nine different locations where the goldfish can spawn. But instead of going through all the places, I’ve listed only…