The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
An open-world RPG about monster hunter Geralt searching for his adopted daughter.
2015
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
An open-world RPG about a Dragonborn drawn into a civil war and the return of the dragons.
Bethesda Game Studios · Bethesda Softworks · 80–120 hrs
Difficulty
The open-fantasy sandbox whose real build tools are smithing, enchanting, and standing stones. Main-quest shouts are a tour; the Aetherium forge, Black Star, and a legendary-skill loop are the long save.
Tips
- Start here
Don't fast travel the first road
Walk the road to Whiterun at least once so the map fills with the camps the game wants you to find. Mage stone if you are playing spells, Warrior or Thief otherwise; you can swap at the Guardian Stones any time.
- Start here
Smithing plus Enchanting is the curve
Improve the weapon, then enchant it, then wear Fortify Smithing gear and do it again. A legendary iron dagger with a matching enchant will outpace a raw Daedric you never improved.
- Advanced
Legendary skills keep the leveling
Reset a skill to 15 with Legendary once it hits 100 so the XP curve doesn't freeze. Atronach or Lord stone later in the game beats the Guardian Stones you picked in Helgen's shadow.
- Advanced
Become Ethereal for the fall
The Become Ethereal shout (Throat of the World / Greybeards) lets you drop off any cliff and ignore the landing. Use it to grab the Notched Pickaxe on the Throat without a reload.
- Secrets
Black Star and Lost to the Ages
Azura's Star vs the Black Star is a soul-gem choice you should make on purpose. Lost to the Ages (Aetherium forge) is the best 'I never found this' quest in the DLC-era game.
- Secrets
Nightingale and the Paarthurnax dilemma
Nightingale armor from the Thieves Guild line is a stealth set the Dark Brotherhood will not give you. The Blades will ask you to kill Paarthurnax; that choice is permanent for the rest of the save.
- Builds
One weapon school and one armor school
One-handed plus block plus heavy, or stealth plus archery plus light. A character that dabbles in Destruction, Conjuration, two-handed, and sneak at 30 each will feel underpowered in every dungeon.
Walkthrough
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- Skyrim main questWalkthrough · UESP
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Summoned prints
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