How to Get Started in Skyrim
How to Get Started in Skyrim
Maybe you have never played an Elder Scrolls game before, or perhaps you have played Morrowind or Oblivion and want to know the best way to get started with a vengeance in Skyrim. Skyrim is a large and complex game with a very wide world to explore. Sometimes this can be overwhelming and understanding a few things before you start out can be very helpful.
Steps

Creating Your Character

Understand what it means to choose your race in Skyrim. The different races all have skills they are particularly good at. Consider not just how your character will look like, but also the starting skills and unique powers they come with upon creation. There are ten different races you can play as in Skyrim.

Pick High Elves for Illusion magic. The Altmer, or High Elves, are particularly adept at Illusion magic. They start the game with a bonus to regenerate magicka (Skyrim’s version of mana), an ability to gain +50 to magicka at will, a +10 to the Illusion skill, and a +5 to Alteration, Conjuration, Destruction, Enchanting, and Restoration. They also have the additional spelled, Fury.

Consider an Argonian if you want to sneak and breathe underwater. The Argonian is a lizard like creature that excels at being sneaky. They make excellent thieves. They begin the game with the power to recover health faster once per day, have increased resistances to disease, the ability to breathe underwater, and a higher unarmed damage. Thier starting bonuses to skills include a +10 to lockpicking and a +5 to Alteration, Light Armor, Pickpocket, Restoration, and Sneak.

Choose a Wood Elf if you’re an archery fan. The Bosmer, or Wood Elves, are very good at Archery. They start the game with the skill to command animals and have a 50% increase to resist both disease and poison. Thier bonuses to skills are a +10 to Archery, and a +5 to Alchemy, Lockpicking, Pickpocket, Light Armor, and Sneak.

Pick a Dark Elf if you want to cause some damage with Destruction magic. The Dunmer, or Dark Elves, are particularly skilled at Destruction magic. They have the ability to invoke their Ancestor’s Wrath once per day and cause any opponent that gets close to them to take fire damage. They start the game with a 50% increase to fire resistance, a +10 to Destruction, and a +5 to Alchemy, Alteration, Illusion, Light Armor, and Sneak.

Select the Breton if you want to conjure. The Breton are humans with the power to absorb 50% of the magicka from spells cast against them. They naturally resist a quarter of any magic used against them, and are very adept at Conjuration spells with a bonus of +10 in Conjuration. They also have a +5 to Alchemy, Alteration, Illusion, Restoration, and Speech. Additionally they have access to the spell, Conjure Familiar.

Pick Imperial if you want to make some money. Imperials are lucky in every sense of the word. They have an increased chance to find gold, they can use the power Voice of the Emperor to calm even the toughest of foes, and they can easily pick up any one handed weapon and put it to good use. They are also very good at Restoration spells. They have a +10 in Restoration and a +5 to Block, Destruction, Enchanting, Heavy Armor, and One-Handed weapons.

Select Khajiit if you want to slink in the shadows. The cat creatures, Khajiit, are the sneakiest of them all. They have a natural weapon in the form of claws. They can see very well in the dark by using the power Night Vision. They have a +10 to Sneak and a +5 to Alchemy, Archery, Lockpicking, Pickpocket, and One-handed weapons.

Choose Nord if you want to wield large weapons. The Nord are a large race of humans that inhabit the majority of Skyrim. They have an increased resistance to Frost, the power to make all targets flee in fear once per day, and are adept at the large two handed weapons with a +10 to Two-Handed skill. They also have a +5 to Block, Light Armor, One-handed, Smithing and Speech.

Select Redguard if you want to be a master swordfighter. The Redguards are great at single-handed combat weapons. They have the power to regenerate stamina at 10x faster rate once per day. They start the game with a +10 to One-handed, and a +5 to Alteration, Archery, Block, Destruction, and Smithing.

Customize your character. Once you have chosen your race all other decisions are solely cosmetic. You will be able to create a truly unique character in Skyrim with the many options in the character customization screen. You can choose to be male or female and change nearly every aspect of your body, face, and hairstyle. If you do not like your face, you can change at a later time in game.

Understanding the Menus and User Interface

Understand the Items menu. The Items menu is your inventory. This menu is the catch-all place to equip items, weapons, armor, scrolls and to consume food.

Know the Magic menu well. This menu shows you your different spells and shouts. You should also be aware that it is in this menu that you can check on the effects of diseases and poisons done to your character.

Use the Map menu. The Map menu will open up the world map. You can then use it to fast travel to any place you have already been.

Open the skill menu. The Skill menu is where you will level up your character, choose perks for individual skills you have leveled, and where you will choose new attributes.

Keep an eye on the Quest Journal. The Quest Journal is where you view your quests. You can make any quest active by choosing it, and a map marker as well as compass marker will appear to guide your way.

Understanding Your Skills and Attributes

Understand the skills system. The skills system in Skyrim is simple to use. There is no wrong way to do it. Each skill has an individual level attached to it and in the skills menu you can add perks that increase the abilities associated with that skill.

Level your skills. Every character level you gain one perk and may assign it to any skill. The skill must be leveled to the required level for that perk in order to assign the perk to it. You can level skills by using them, training them through NPCs (non-playable characters), or through reading certain in game books.

Know how your attributes work. Every time your character gains a level you will be able to increase one of either health, stamina, or magicka. Depending on your character’s focus you will want to put more into one than the others.

Develop Your Playstyle

Experiment with what playstyle is right for you. Ask yourself questions as you play, such as: Consider what weapon type you're going to fight with. For instance, do you favor a bow or a greatsword? The stereotypical build for an easy time playing Skyrim is a stealth archer: mastering Sneak and Archery (ranged weapons).

Let your favorites influence your other skills While you can do whatever you want, being a two-handed weapon user means you will be fighting up close. You might want to use heavy armour. Likewise, using mage robes for a mage is not necessary, but they will increase Magic regeneration. Light armor (or wearing clothes instead of armor) helps you run faster, which may be preferred by someone who does mostly ranged attacks.

Choose your character's morals. Are you a lawful warrior or a mischievous thief? If you're more into roleplaying a character, having a mindset for your Dragonborn helps you make decisions better. Some people prefer to play amorally, so that they can complete any quest for good or bad.

Finally, Explore

Begin filling your quest log. You can get new quests in Skyrim by walking up to NPCs, specifically named NPCs and exhausting their dialogue options (you can click through the dialogue to speed it up faster). If you choose to join a Guild, you will be given quests by them. If you want to start the main quest right away, head to Whiterun after talking to Gerdur (if you chose Ralof in the beginning) or Alvor (if you chose Hadvar) and tell Jarl Balgruuf the Greater about the dragon in Helgen.

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