Author: Nikhil Pradhan

Not only did the Hearthfire DLC add the feature to build your own home, they also added the feature to hire stewards for your homestead. The main purpose of this addition was to help you with your home improvement projects. Your housekeeper can help you collect essential building resources, add furnishing to your rooms or even help you place farm animals on your homestead. So how do we get ourselves a steward? Well, firstly, stewards aren’t a unique type of NPC. In fact, you can assign the role of the steward to an existing NPC. Just make sure they are…

The speechcraft is a vital skill that comes in very handy if you wish to efficiently barter with traders in Skyrim. It is also used to clear hostile situations without resorting to violence by persuading, intimidating, or bribing. However, in order to use your Speech skills successfully, you’ll need to have a higher Speech level. Otherwise, the speech skills will simply fail. You can level up your speech skill in multiple ways. Either use the speech skills frequently, or trade with merchants often, or buy the skill levels from trainers. But, a free yet limited way to level up your…

You can mix and match armor pieces from different sets to makeshift your own armor set during the early stages of the game in Skyrim. However, in the late-game, you’d want to own a proper armor set, as enemies are tougher and can dish out more damage. The game has different types of armor for different playstyles. The light armor provides decent protection but has low carry weight, which makes it best suited for stealthy gameplay. On the other hand, the heavy armor provides better protection in exchange for high carry weight. This type of armor is best suited for…

Among various playstyles players try out in Skyrim, the Conjuration playstyle in particular, focuses a lot on necromancy and the use of Daedric summonings. The summonings are not just limited to Daedric entities, but you can go further and summon weapons out of thin air. Some spells even have utility purposes, such as the Soul Trap spell for filling Soul Gems or the Arvak spell for summoning a convenient horse anytime, anywhere. With the plethora of available options, it can be a bit difficult to choose worthwhile conjuration spells. To help you avoid such mishaps, we’ve gone through all the…

Skyrim has a vast selection of weaponry that complements almost any play style. There are swords, hammers, crossbows, mace, bows, great axe, and staves made up of materials like iron, steel, dwarven, ebony, etc. However, a few weapons stand out from the rest as they often have a unique appearance, enchantments, exceptional damage-dealing capability, and synergies. These weapons can also have single or multiple questlines tied to them that you must complete in order to acquire them. We’ve compiled a few of the best unique weapons that the game has to offer, along with their unique perks and the proper…

The cook-your-food game mechanic in Skyrim is often ignored as there are better alternatives, like the restoration magic and potions. And the fact that players rather choose to eat a hundred pieces of cheese-wheel or raw ingredients instead of a cooked meal speaks volumes. So why should you care about cooking food? Well, cooked foods have huge benefits compared to raw foods. Not only do they restore more health points, but they also grant you added bonuses like Fortify, Resist, Regen, etc. For example, consuming raw beef will restore 2 points of your total health, whereas eating a cooked one…

Whether you’re crafting new gears or upgrading your old ones, you’ll almost always need Ingots. In fact, if you’re trying to level up your Smithing skills, having a huge pile of Ingots should be your priority. There are multiple ways to get Ingots in the game. You can buy them from blacksmith merchants, find them as random loot, or even make them yourselves. To make Ingots in Skyrim, you’ll need to gather some ores (depending on the type of Ingot) and a smelter. After getting enough ores, simply interact with the smelter to produce Ingots. Let’s discuss ! Step 1:…

Firewood is a miscellaneous resource that has very specific uses in the game. You can either sell it to Mill owners or Inn keepers to get a steady supply of gold coins or use it to craft items like Arrows and Camping supplies. Furthermore, selling Firewood to the Lumber Mill owner will also give you permission to use their Mills. Having access to the Lumber Mills can be very useful, as it essentially gives you free Sawn Logs.  So, if you’re looking to get some Firewood, you’ll need to get a woodcutter’s axe and use it on the woodchopping block.…

If you’re playing a mage character in Skyrim, getting new and powerful spells is essential for fighting tough enemies and progressing further into the game. But getting new spells can be difficult if you don’t know where to look at. Typically, to learn new spells, you have to read its Spell Tome. Spell Tome are books you can either purchase from spell merchants/court wizards or find it randomly as world loot. For this article, we’ll be covering the wizard merchants and their locations where you can buy Spell Tomes from. So, let’s start with the most convenient spell merchant in…

Telekinesis is an adept-level spell that allows users to move distant items and objects to their location. You can then add such items to your inventory to throw them as a projectile. Telekinesis is also the only Alteration class spell that gives a massive amount of experience points. Most players often take advantage of this spell and use it to level up their Alteration quickly. So to get the Telekinesis spell, you’ll have to get its Spell Tome. There are a couple of ways to get the spell book. You can either buy it from wizard merchants like Tolfdir and…