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If you’re knee-deep in Skyrim and you’re dying often or unsure as to how to improve your character, we’ve got a few tips for you to help you become the master Dragonborn. Read on to learn some Skyrim skills!

 

1) Ignore the knockback shout.

 

The first shout you get will push opponents back, giving you some breathing room. If you’re up against mages or archers, this is not so helpful. However, one of the next shouts you should run across is a fireball shout, and this, at later levels, can actually kill opponents in a single hit, taking out dangerous melee opponents and allowing you to close in on those weakling cloth-wearers.

 

2) Read up on wiki sites.

 

There’s no shame in research – it’s frustrating to learn your perks are in the wrong place when fixing it means going back tens of hours and redoing weeks of play. Whether you’re playing Skyrim or partypoker, it’s best to have a vault of information you can rely on in order to go into the game with the biggest possible advantages. As long as you’re not spoiling the story for yourself, you should be absolutely fine.

 

3) Craft!

 

Learn to enchant your gear, craft new gear, and skill up in these areas. Doing so will mean that you have a far larger advantage in combat, as your armour will be better, with passive magical or physical benefits, from sneaking, to spell damage on melee weapons, to bonuses to Magicka regeneration.

 

4) Do what you like.

 

This is the final and most important piece of advice we have to give you. Have fun. Don’t stick to the main quest if you don’t want to. If you want to make the game entirely about hunting and selling what you skin or loot, then good for you. Don’t succumb to completionitis if that’s not what gets you excited in videogames. Skyrim is a very open-plan game compared to most, so find your groove and settle into it. Enjoy your time in Skyrim!

 

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