This skill is the best for warriors, although anyone with proper diligence can learn blacksmithing. It's one of the production skills alongside with alchemy and enchantment. The more skilled blacksmiths forge deadlier weapons and more reliable armour. The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim features a few skills that allow the players to create various pieces of gear and consumables:īlacksmithing is a skill that affects the parameters of the created items of equipment and allows to forge gear and weaponry. They give blessings called "Signs." Anyone can receive a buff from them by touching one of the ancient stones. The stones of the Warrior, Thief and Magician are located near Riverwood. On Nirn, three constellations are apparent: Warrior, Mage and Thief, and it's closely associated with the Guardian Stones located in Skyrim. Hovewer, there are no limits for the creation of hybrid skill builds. The starting level of most skills is 15, although, during the character creation, the choice of the race determines six trees that receive additional starting bonuses.Įven though it's possible to open all skills in Skyrim, it would take awful lot of time. It also leads to an increase in the level of the hero. The growth of the skill level occurs when it's used. Skills development characterizes how good your character performs various actions. In The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim, a character can develop 18 different skill-trees. Wanting to help fulfil their fate, the famous Graybeards and the last two surviving members of the Blades join Dovakin.Įach race of Skyrim has unique culture and history, and it influences on NPCs opinions about your characterĬharacter Development in the Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim The hero has the responsibility to defeat the dragons, who began their awakening in Skyrim. The player later finds out that the main character is Dovakin - Dragonborn - whose ability is to kill and gain knowledge of slain dragons by absorbing their souls. As soon as the protagonist puts the head on the block, the dragon Alduin attacks the settlement. This conflict is the last event predicted by the Elder Scrolls that will lead to the return of the dragons led by Alduin.Īt the beginning of the storyline, the player's character turns out to be a prisoner, and you are taken to execution for illegally crossing the border of Skyrim during the war. One side wants Skyrim to separate from the Empire, and the other wants it to remain a part of it. The High King of Skyrim was killed, and the province is in a state of civil war. Two hundred years have passed since the events of The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion and the time set in the game is the 201st year of the Fourth Era (4E 201). The storyline of The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim It also had an immense commercial success: in 2014 the number of copies sold around the world exceeded 20 million, and by November 2016 - already 30 million.
The game received positive feedback from critics and collected several awards, including the title of the best game of 2011 from the Spike Video Game Award, the title of "Game of the Year" and "Role-Playing Game of the Year" from IGN and Gamespot. The main storyline of the game revolves around the appearance of the mighty dragon Alduin in Skyrim the main character, "Dragonborn", is challenged to stop the return of dragons and defeat Alduin. The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim takes place in the fictional province of Skyrim on the mainland of Tamriel on the planet Nirn two hundred years after the events of the previous game in the series, the Oblivion. Like the previous games in the series, Skyrim allows the player to travel around the vast open world and explore it to find new places and quests. This game is also famous for its fan-made custom modifications. It also has three expansion sets: the Dawnguard with vampires and werewolves the Hearthfire with sophisticated housing system, and Dragonborn with the locations from previous games. The game was released on November 11, 2011, for Windows, Playstation 3, and the Xbox 360. This game is the fifth project in the Elder Scrolls series. The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim is an open-world multiplatform role-playing game developed by Bethesda Game Studios.