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The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim Walkthrough

By: Kurtis Seid, GameSpot - Posted on Nov 11, 2011

Stop right there criminal scum. Our The Elders Scrolls V Skyrim Walkthrough provides strategies for the main quest, crafting tips, and secrets about guilds.

The Elder Scrolls 5 Skyrim Walkthrough

This Walkthrough is under construction: Skyrim is a huge world, far too much for one lone person to cover in a short amount of time. If you've found something we've missed or have a tip of your own place a comment for @yarvem or Twitter @KurtisSeid.

What's New:

  • February 13 2011: It's been some time but we are going back and checking out the Thieves Guild.
  • February 10 2011: Xbox 360 Achievements and PlayStation 3 Trophies have been added to the guide.
  • November 21 2011: Version 1.2. More Daedric quests and crafting tips.
  • November 15 2011: Version 1.1. We've updated the first few quests about the Civil War in Skyrim, Companions, Dark Brotherhood, Mage's College, and Daedric Gods.
  • November 11 2011: Version 1.0 of the The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim Walkthrough is here. We are starting our walkthrough with the main storyline begging to end, but will continue to update with all major guilds and the war in Skyrim. Check back later for more info.

252 Comments

  • game-ster23

    Posted Mar 1, 2012 1:41 pm GMT

    Great help.

  • hardware4u

    Posted Feb 10, 2012 11:27 am GMT

    Has anybody killed the old crone with the 2 spiders yet? What did you use?

  • darkali99

    Posted Feb 8, 2012 5:09 pm GMT

    Thanks this guide helped me alot!

  • peterhawk2

    Posted Jan 30, 2012 2:42 pm GMT

    whats that is it the guide?
    gamespot going more funny than i think

  • biokiros

    Posted Jan 28, 2012 8:43 am GMT

    o.O ??

  • pipeline3104

    Posted Jan 27, 2012 4:17 pm GMT

    What is the point of Gamespot even having this guide, it is not anywhere close to being finished?

  • q-w-e-r-t-y

    Posted Jan 19, 2012 4:56 pm GMT

    @erfan777
    No, you did not.

    BTW does GameSpot ever plan on finishing the guide?

  • Suikogaiden

    Posted Jan 18, 2012 6:46 pm GMT

    This walkthrough sucks.

  • musicallie44

    Posted Jan 18, 2012 4:58 pm GMT

    @kainjacob
    Type "Skyrim UESP" into google search. That is the ultimate wiki site for every quest (and quest bug) in Skyrim.
    I won't lie - there are a lot of bugs. I've got tons of stuck quests in my journal that won't go away. But sometimes you can find a workaround on UESP. I've stopped playing for now until some patches to fix quests come out.

  • kenthuss posted Jan 12, 2012 9:07 am GMT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    kenthuss

    Posted Jan 12, 2012 9:07 am GMT (hide)

    The Golden Claw Is A Side Quest and It Isn't in the main Storyline

  • calcanuck

    Posted Jan 12, 2012 2:10 am GMT

    For Ice Mages, your best bet is to put a paralysis agent on your bow or other weapon. This will give you a few seconds to get in close and hammer the guy with a mix of melee weapon, left-hand magical weapon (or shield, if you prefer), and shouts. Fire Breath is usually the best shout to use against cold-based enemies like Frost Dragons and Ice Mages.

  • becauz

    Posted Jan 11, 2012 9:42 pm GMT

    Why is the guides no longer downloadable PDF like they use to be. I mean what good is a guide if you have to go online to read it. Kind of hard to do if you are playing the game.....Right?

  • RZ2012

    Posted Jan 11, 2012 7:32 am GMT

    eeeee The guide didn't update for a long time.Why?!:-"

  • rangeraa

    Posted Jan 10, 2012 6:43 am GMT

    @ZOD777
    It's not set to the draw distance of the console versions...It happens to me on the 360 too....It's simply the way they made it.

  • KAINJACOB

    Posted Jan 9, 2012 9:48 am GMT

    The first time I speak to Malborn, It will not allow me to give any items, is there some special trick to this.
    I have tried this so many times and I am getting frustrated, I need help please.

  • olleost

    Posted Jan 9, 2012 4:32 am GMT

    @blago001 Hit "~" to bring up the command prompt and then type the code TGM. That is God-mode. Kill whoever you need to, get out of there, and type code TGM again. You do not want to cheat, right? :-)

  • wde1358

    Posted Jan 7, 2012 4:56 am GMT

    I've been in the dungeon for two days. Apparently I have killed all of the guards and there is no one left that has the key to the cave. Help!!!! Is there anyway to get the guards to come, that have the keys to the cave? I don't want to start the game over

  • blago001

    Posted Dec 28, 2011 12:54 pm GMT

    i tried a whole day trying to complete this... I forgot to give my best weapons to the elf.

  • ZOD777

    Posted Dec 28, 2011 11:51 am GMT

    @Deltaforce2665 I take it you never tried to shoot a giant or mammoth from really long range. Arrows disappear in midair when they get to a certain distance on PC. This distance is probably the same distance as the maximum view distance for consoles. There is a tweak to the Skyrim.ini file that gets rid of the range issue. Now I can shoot the bow around 250-350 yards or so. Before that, the range was around 50-75 yards.

  • strikezone311

    Posted Dec 28, 2011 1:06 am GMT

    @feelthesilence
    yep, put that wooden mask on where u found it in Labrynthian. u will know what u have to do once u have done so.

  • Deltaforce2665

    Posted Dec 27, 2011 3:26 pm GMT

    @ZOD777 never had these issues... I just aim above them and I hit my target 99% of the time so idk what you're talking about

  • shaks101

    Posted Dec 26, 2011 4:21 pm GMT

    Level 27 now I think. Playing on Expert difficulty for 99.9% of the game so far. I will say trying to beat any Ice Mage of any kind is suicide even on Expert -__-. Note - I am an Orc with Heavy Armour.

  • GamerLegend10

    Posted Dec 26, 2011 2:33 pm GMT

    @WIGASInDaHouse
    really? i would have thought being a werewolf would make dragon slaying harder.

  • WIGASInDaHouse

    Posted Dec 26, 2011 4:05 am GMT

    i love killing dragons with the werewolf its so easy

  • chechak7

    Posted Dec 25, 2011 1:33 pm GMT

    i used to Write a comments and guldens but I took an arrow in the knee...!

  • ZOD777

    Posted Dec 25, 2011 1:12 pm GMT

    I think the bow range is far too short. I even have zoom, but it seems like no matter what, even things like giants and mammoths cannot be hit at long range when CLEARLY visible. I hope they change that in a patch for PC. Besides, what is the point of zoom when I can hit things just as well without it? Bow range should be about double what it is.

  • gPiOrzeL

    Posted Dec 25, 2011 5:09 am GMT

    Thiefs and dark brotherhood completed, Main story too, time for some more Wish modders do somthing about, and make some quests Or Bethesda maybe

  • sarmadtohidi

    Posted Dec 24, 2011 8:33 pm GMT

    I am looking for to play this game and fade in to it for days,but i simply cant,since i have a M.A exam Next month,lucky you all,i envy you

  • SomeDays2

    Posted Dec 24, 2011 3:20 pm GMT

    cant stop playing this game xD

  • tahashaikh15

    Posted Dec 24, 2011 4:01 am GMT

    I have completed all the main quests except the dark brother hood,s one and the thieves guild one

  • feelthesilence

    Posted Dec 23, 2011 8:21 pm GMT

    I have collected 7 dragon priest masks but one of them is an wooden mask which apparently doesnt show any powers.keeps saying 'unknown energy flows through it'.I got it from Labyrinthian.Does any1 know anything about it??

  • Lokar

    Posted Dec 22, 2011 6:48 pm GMT

    Does anyone else get a touch of motion sickness with this game? I play every day, and the gray scheme at night is beginning to get to me. Yipes.

  • Jake518

    Posted Dec 22, 2011 5:32 pm GMT

    @yarvem when will this be complete? the guilds are still incomplete and only have the beginning quests.

  • bigjoe8181

    Posted Dec 20, 2011 1:08 pm GMT

    i don't blame people for not liking the elder scrolls...some people need to play games where you're held by the hand from start to finish...me i like the freedom to explore, to have a big world before me and be overwhelmed by it, i love the feeling that i can do what i want when i want to, and i love the fact that i paid 60 bucks and i'm about 125 hours into the game and i'm not near completion by a long shot....if you like paying 60 bucks for dumb 8 hours generic war-games that's your problem don't come on here and start bi*t*ng!!!

  • Vkain

    Posted Dec 20, 2011 10:42 am GMT

    Level 6 and am trying this now. Died about 5 times so far.

  • williebazerka

    Posted Dec 20, 2011 3:04 am GMT

    @Thy49ers-How many hours in gametime?

  • Gilroy33

    Posted Dec 19, 2011 12:58 pm GMT

    I have done that Red Eagle Book Quest 5 times now....not happy...stupid glitch!

  • Thy49ers posted Dec 18, 2011 10:00 pm GMT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    Thy49ers

    Posted Dec 18, 2011 10:00 pm GMT (hide)

    my armor level is 1817 and my total damage with 2 one handed swords is 1100.... beastly... thats with enchants though. I have to play on master level for it to be a challenge. im at level 100 everything 81.5 is skill cap level. their is a mission in the north where you get a boog called ohgmus infinium and their is certain trick with the book that allows you to level up all skills to 100 if you know how to perform it. If you mess it up you will not be able to retry. I will not tell you the trick though. I am basically a God in skyrim.

  • wjcole1955

    Posted Dec 18, 2011 7:08 pm GMT

    Help I'm playing through the forbidden knowledge quest have the key in the guidmon but can't get out of area bridge to central pillar won't come down!!!!

  • armedvigilante

    Posted Dec 15, 2011 4:40 pm GMT

    the only guild questline i liked was dark brotherhood i have done all but the mages college so i dont know if that one is good yet

  • darkagent7

    Posted Dec 15, 2011 4:50 am GMT

    I used to make guides like this one.
    But then I took an arrow in the knee...

  • IanFrederick91

    Posted Dec 12, 2011 5:15 pm GMT

    @Wall, the guild questlines may be short, but once u complete the guilds main questline you can continue to do quests for them, and more unique Non-miscellaneous quests will arise

  • Wall

    Posted Dec 12, 2011 9:29 am GMT

    the guild questlines seemed very short to me.

  • williebazerka

    Posted Dec 8, 2011 7:34 pm GMT

    @Snowman I'll probably buy a Skyrim guide eventually just to have all the info in one book after I play hundreds of hours.Otherwise you can get all sorts of info and tips on any Skyrim site.

  • Snowman621

    Posted Dec 5, 2011 4:00 am GMT

    don't know if i should buy the book guide, i have already played alot of the game