Aventus's door is always locked, you're meant to pick the lock. No trouble will come of it, Aventus is just a lonely boy waiting for a friendly killer to break the ice.
I killed Lemkil and adopted both of his daughters, since my character is an evil khajit, banned from Whiterun where they're living, i ruined their lives even more
I always adopt Sophie, and usually Runa from the riften orphanage. She hates being the only girl there, always picked on by the boys and forced to do most of the chores.
Hello!! This is the longest episode in a while but I hope you still enjoy it! Thank you so much for your continued support! I am having so much fun with Skyrim! Episode 20 is HERE: th-cam.com/video/-sovBNZ26oI/w-d-xo.html
Please please take the carriage at any stable to all the major holds. You will make it a lot easier on yourself if you’ve discovered all those places without running across the map
Just don't forget the old saying. "While in Solstheim you must be aware. Although, to be fair, even though they're rare, you might want to prepare for the Werebears there".
That large "ice monster" was a Frost Atronach and was actually summoned by one of the Draugr chasing you. Meaning that if you could defeat the summoner, the Atronach will vanish (same as taking out a necromancer). There also exist certain spells tailored to deal with summoned Atronachs specifically. When exploring dark places, here are some spell ideas that can make things easier: - "Candlelight": Produces a visible hovering light around you, to see and be seen. - "Detect Life": Highlights nearby living things; anything shown in red is probably hostile. And as a general strategy, if you panic the best direction to escape is _not forwards_ because you might alert even more enemies to your presence. But it's okay -- we all do that sometimes! (One of my characters lost Lydia in this very dungeon, and in fact not far from where you died) I wouldn't worry about Sofie making it to Whiterun safely -- Aventus himself came to Windhelm from Riften which is about the same distance away. 16:40 - Sounded like Angrenor Once-Honored just kicked the bucket. (Rumor has it he was old friends with the Aretino family....) 23:30 - _The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind_ also included the island of Solstheim (and also as DLC!) where it showed you a bit of Skyrim's atmosphere. Here, things are reversed: the eruption of Morrowind's Red Mountain buried about half the island in layers of volcanic ash, showing you a bit of Morrowind's atmosphere instead! 23:50 - If an NPC dies that you were on good terms with, sometimes you will receive a "Letter of Inheritance" with 90G (100G minus tax) attached to it. What you did to deserve this varies by NPC: maybe you completed a sidequest or favor for them, or maybe you were the only person to give them a kindness of 1G.... 24:10 - There are ten "Treasure Maps" throughout Skyrim (plus one on Solstheim), and you found that one in the ruined Riverside Shack on your route to Kynesgrove. If you can recognize what's drawn on the map (hint: that one's near a major city somewhere), you can find hidden treasure exactly where the map says to look! 27:30 - Any time you get to choose between "(Persuade)" and "(Intimidate)", whether or not this succeeds actually varies based on your Speech level. But in most cases yes you can just pay gold (aka. "Bribe") to get the person's help. Captain Gjalund normally charges 250G for passage to Solstheim (hence the option saying "double your usual rate"). 56:20 - When inspecting a container (chest, barrel, etc), anything that might be considered stealing will be highlighted _red._ Any item shown in white is safe to take -- but usually, all items in a container will be one or the other.
Oh wow, I never expected you to investigate Solstheim so soon! You must be starting to get a better idea of how vast this game truly is. Rest assured that it will never entirely run out of surprises for you. I've been playing since 2012, and I'd never seen that Shrine of Kynareth that you discovered (at around 49:08). ❄
I haven't discovered it either. In fact last week I saw a short video about a certain dungeon in east Skyrim that I never (in three characters and 1000 hours) discovered myself. Because you don't go forgetting taking a plunge like that one.
16:31 (as XENA exited the inn) The death scream of Angrenor Once-Honored. No idea why he died. Might be that he spawned at the same coordinates as another person. Then the game solves that by moving one of them 1000 ft up in the air...
it seems he can die randomly cause he also died in one of my playthroughs and still dont know how he died. Other people has reported this as well. Could be a bug or could be vampire attacks or something
Windhelm is bugged and sometimes kills off characters. He is not the only one who can die. Torbjorn Shatter-Shield and Torsten Cruel-Sea have died for me but I was able to save them by reloading a save. What I found out was their bodies were stuck under the city where the graveyard is and there is an exploit to get under there. The game must've spawned them and they died by falling there. I found their bodies by using detect dead spell. My save before that had them alive so I went back and every time I am in the city I use detect dead to make sure nobody has died. It's just a bug. These characters have no scripted deaths so you can keep them alive most of the time.
Solatheim is an island that is part of Morrowind but also near Skyrim. It first appeared as the site of a DLC in Elder Scrolls 3. For those of us old guys who have been playing ES games that long, seeing Solstheim again and hearing the ES3 music again was quite awesome.
@@Controlled_Insanity_003 I don't think so. It seems Red Mountain started erupting since long before TES3. I do recall a DLC for TES3 that added Solatheim, but I never got that deep into TES3. The lore about Solatheim is it used to be apart of Skyrim, and they gave it to Morrowind to help the Elves recover after Red Mountain blew up. IDK how long ago that event was, and I don't think it was a plot in any of the TES games since it seems Red Mountain was always perpetually erupting in all the TES games. IDK if it is erupting in ESO, considering that MMO time period is about thousand+ years in the past from Skyrim. I'm sure the TES wiki can explain it better. I keep remembering exploring Red Mountain but I cant remember if it was in ESO or TES3, likely TES3.
@@Controlled_Insanity_003 So i did a little Wiki Reading. ESO takes place in the 2nd Era, though i also saw it took place in the 3rd era... but i don't buy that. Either way it's long before Red Mountain blew up, which occurred 5 years into the 4th Era. TES3 and 4 takes place during the 3rd Era, which would be before the eruption as well.
@fragalot ok, like I said I don't know much concrete about anything pre-skyrim unless it's directly mentioned in the game through loading screens or most books in the game
A handy tip that is easy to miss: If you hit X while looking at a quest in the quest list it will show you where it is located on the map. It will occasionally give you trouble if it's related to Solstheim.
Yes, some quest use random locations, and traveling to solstheim will add solsthiem locations to the random locations possible. This makes it hard to find your location marker since you have two maps now. So as said above, if you can’t find a quest marker, try traveling to solsthiem to see if shows up.
I normally don't comment much on videos but would like to express how refreshing it is to see someone experience Skyrim for the first time. I binged your series over the past few days and its amazing how you experience the game. Throws me back to my first playthrough almost 12 years ago! Keep up the good work.
i'll always remember that time when i was using a mod who changes the game's start, and being dropped into Solstheim, lv1, i ended up just taking cover behind a boulder to not get one-shot by *not saying the actual name because spoiler* but people who have already played will know x)
(1:20) You don't actually HAVE to pick a side in the civil war, but there's a good bit more stuff to do if you do. (1:40) Quests in your log are there pretty much in the order you receive them. Dragonborn is meant to be late-game DLC, but there's nothing stopping you from doing it immediately. (6:00) Touching a shrine will reset the duration of your blessing as well as remove any diseases you may have picked up.
Agreed, time to invest, weapons, armor, spells, potions, smithing, enchanting, magic, in case you, walk into any spike-filled pits or filthy skeever-dens
@@jpEnterprize that's kind of offscreen stuff. Find the mines, fast travel, transmute ore make jewellery, rinse and repeat. Probably 20 hours to max alchemy smithing and enchanting. Throw illusion and alteration in there as well, as you can level them up anywhere
@@waynedieckmann9840 not sure Liz is going to crank out 45minute videos of casting soul trap on a crab, at least I hope not. Lol. Agreed, housekeeping stuff can be offscreen, but it is fun watching her get there first. Kinda like the carriage, I played for years until I learned thar one.
To continue with the meet Aventus you have to break into his house, this is how to start the dark brotherhood quest line. In solstheim the main quest starts at the temple. You do a lot more damage to enemies when you sneak, keep having fun.
The Dragonborn quest for Solstheim is a bit of a high level quest, you need to be at least between 20-30 for level. I'd suggest sticking to Skyrim and doing quests there until your high enough level.
Yes these areas are a step up in difficulty and will take you about 2 or 3 sessions, but you can turn down your skill level. I started this @ Level 17 on the lowest level and when we returned to the mainland we were in the low 20's and reset the skill to Adept Plus check back to the Bee and Barb Inn in Riften where you can employ a good follower (No spoiler) who is both a good fighter and like Lydia can be auto levelled up high. Tip do gain /practice these spells 1: Clairvoyance? Sp? 2: the 2 lighting spells as you'll be shortly coming up on the Black Books sections where it's an initially difficult puzzle to work out but the reward is 100% on your skill set OK? There are 6 as far as I know on Solstheim they act like the "Stones" in the main world And to fast travel to and from Skyrim look for the fancy pointer on the world map which only shows up when you've visited Solstheim for the first time. Bonus tip if you are getting overloaded on the inventory in Solstheim why not deposit your surplus items in an Urn. Later on in the thread you should be able to get a decent home @Raven Rock... Took me several sessions, no spoiler.
@@texbankuk I've beaten Skyrim so many times nothing is a spoiler for me. I've beaten Miraak like in the low 20s, although now with the new DLC, I can't even get that new home in Solstheim, they removed that particular quest which sucks because I really enjoyed doing it just to end up getting a nice home. I never thought to store things inside the urns because I was afraid I'd lose the things I stored later on but if I stored things in chests in homes I own, I don't lose them. But, yeah, trying Solstheim at a low level is not the best way to go, lol!
@@jameswheeler6079 Once you really get your levels beyond 50 and have a full (4) sized gang of followers then you will be able to fill out the main skill trees fast, though I didn't discover Solshiem, playing with the base game on PS3. This play-through I am using the"Special Edition " but Not using any mods, we are intending to crack I think they said the level 80 barrier on the Early base game it was just L60!
You remind me so much of my older sister. When we were kids we used to play Vice city at my dads and the rule was that when you died the other got to play. I’d do missions and cause destruction and die in five minutes. My sister would drive around and explore and stop at red lights and never break the law and I rarely got a turn. It used to infuriate me as a kid with no patience. But I’ve come to appreciate your more relaxed approach to gaming. It’s nice to chill out to on these cold and ice e Sunday mornings.
I bought this game when it first came out. At the time I was a roadie and sometimes went a while between tours. I played this game for 3 months at ten hours a day and still didn't get bored of it.
Ice monster from nowhere! And you haven't even technically left town. Solstheim is a cool but dangerous place. Whichever storyline you decide to pursue, you're in for some fun.
❄ Some info (no spoilers!): - Once you made the trip to Solstheim, you no longer need to use the ship for travel. On the maps in a corner you can find an arrow, which allowes you to switch between Solstheim and Skyrim and use fast travel for either place that way. - Both Solstheim and the Dawnguard are DLC content and somewhat harder than the base game. You can do them whenever, just saying this, so you can be prepared. - I recommend using some proper saves, thus having more then one save at a time. The save files can get corrupted! It may not happen at all to you, but being on the safe side never hurt anybody. That said, I'm loving the playthrough❣ Also, if you'd like to know, why there was a sudden fiery explosion in the mine, I'd provide the info. If not, I hope nobody will spoil it for you. Have fun with this beast of a game!
Same two little girls that I adopt. :) Wish I could adopt them all. Ouch 500 gold to go to Solthstheim at such low level. I can't believe you didn't run into any of the unique enemies over there. When you went into the abandoned house I was waiting for them... nope. They scared the living daylights out of me.
I know you are hesitant about enchanting, but it's a very useful skill tree to work on, From Solstheim to get back to Skyrim, there is an arrow in the Southwest of the map that you can use to fast travel with. Also, from Skyrim, in the Northwest corner back to Solstheim. If you attack the Netch, (look like imperial walkers, ) they can mess you up. You actually have to break into Avnetus's house. to continue. that side mission. I'm glad you are just playing how you want. Ice
6:00 Heimskr will never stop preaching the word of Talos. Because he is RIGHT! LISTEN TO HIM AND HEED HIS WORDS!!!!!!!!!!!! Talos the mighty! Talos the unerring! Talos the unassailable! To you we give praise! We are but maggots, writhing in the filth of our own corruption! While you have ascended from the dung of mortality, and now walk among the stars! But you were once man! Aye! And as man, you said, “Let me show you the power of Talos Stormcrown, born of the North, where my breath is long winter. I breathe now, in royalty,and reshape this land which is mine. I do this for you, Red Legions, for I love you.” Aye, love. Love! Even as man, great Talos cherished us. For he saw in us, in each of us, the future of Skyrim! The future of Tamriel! And there it is, friends! The ugly truth! We are the children of man! Talos is the true god of man! Ascended from flesh, to rule the realm of spirit! The very idea is inconceivable to our Elven overlords! Sharing the heavens with us? With man? Ha! They can barely tolerate our presence on earth! Today, they take away your faith. But what of tomorrow? What then? Do the elves take your homes? Your businesses? Your children? Your very lives? And what does the Empire do? Nothing! Nay, worse than nothing! The Imperial machine enforces the will of the Thalmor! Against its own people! So rise up! Rise up, children of the Empire! Rise up, Stormcloaks! Embrace the word of mighty Talos, he who is both man and Divine! For we are the children of man! And we shall inherit both the heavens and the earth! And we, not the Elves or their toadies, will rule Skyrim! Forever! Terrible and powerful Talos! We, your unworthy servants, give praise! For only through your grace and benevolence may we truly reach enlightenment! And deserve our praise you do, for we are one! Ere you ascended and the Eight became Nine, you walked among us, great Talos, not as god, but as man! Trust in me, Whiterun! Trust in the words of Heimskr! For I am the chosen of Talos! I alone have been anointed by the Ninth to spread his holy word!
He stopped preaching the word of Talos in my latest playthrough. I'm assuming he's bugged because he doesn't do anything, he just stands in front of the Shrine Of Talos staring at everyone who passes by, but he never says a word lol.
The "ICE Monster" was actually a Golem that the Dragur Scourge Summoned with a spell. You can do that too as you rank up your spells to at least the ""Expert" level of Conjouration. The problem there, is that on Solthsteim, the enemies are at a higher level generally; as the Dragonborn DLC was the last and latest addition to Skyrim... The Dragur Scourge is amongst the top level Dragur that you can Encounter. There also exist much stronger Dragons in select spots; be forewarned. Also, one thing I thought of that you've seen early on; is the Carriage that you found going to Whiterun. You can pay them Gold to go and quickly "Discover" all of the major towns, FYI; such as Riften or Solitude, etc; as opposed to needing to travel to all of them on foot; although you still can if you wish to; know that the option is there! :) Also, the general goods merchant in Windhelm is Nyrane (spelling) in the market near the enchanting table... You pretty much walked past her around 19:40 ... *** SPECIAL ADVICE FROM A MUSIC PRODUCER *** ALSO a Streaming tidbit that I didn''t notice until this Video: Your Reverb "Room Size" is too small. It's not terrible, but it slightly sounds like your speaking in a Bathroom or through a Paper Towel tube... I'm pretty sure that's not your desired recording voice. If I were you, I'd do some test vocal recordings and adjust the "Size" or "Room Size" of your Reverb settings and re-test the settings, maybe the "Pre-Delay" is a little bit high as well, so with that you get that delayed "Reverb Tail" effect. I know your not going for a perfect recording voice per-se; but I can aid in your QA a bit as you go along with it.
Conjure Frost Atronach is an Adept level conjuration spell. But it can actually be cast at any skill level, as long as you can get your hands on a tome and have the magicka pool to cast it.
I think it’s funny she still hasn’t figured out that time passes while she fast travels across the map. Then she just tries to interact with the town at 4am instead of sleeping or waiting a few hours. 😅
Ahhh, that Morrowind sound track takes me back to the grazelands, the sound of the Silt strider’s call and the calm tents of the Ashlanders! 🥰. Cool 🧊❄️🆒
Liz I know you don't like being told what to do, but please do not rely solely on quick saves. Skyrim is know for bugging out and if you only have a quick save, your entire play through might be lost. So remember to use hard saves regularly to avoid that happening. It's been a few years since I last played Skyrim, but I do remember problems with going trough doors (load screen between "cells") where you might go into a different cell (like a house or a tomb) but not being able to get back out. Always make a new hard save before going trough a load screen and a new one after. With a two separate hard saves you can load a previous save and skip going into that cell. With only a quick save you have no fail safe or back up.
I'm glad you adopted Sophie. Poor thing shivering in the alley filled with "ice" all night. And she does the best she can by selling flowers. I don't know why so many doors in Windhelm were locked, though it rarely happens to me too. Might be a glitch. I do know the door to Aventus Arentino's house is always locked. Remember him? The boy the other NPCs said is performing the black sacrament to summon the dark brotherhood? Doing stuff like that, I suppose it's no wonder he locks the door. Good luck to you, Liz, in your next episode.
Talos aka "Tiber Septim" founded the dynasty that became the empire today. The Elves of Tamriel are descendants of the divines, and to name a Nord, a man, as divine, is a direct affront to them. theyve outlawed Talos worship entirely as part of the agreement to end the conflict between the aldmeri dominion and the empire.
You're supposed to pick locks just sneak while you do it, the quest markers aren't misleading you into an empty house, it takes you directly where you need to go usually to the exact person
"You're as cold as ice ❄❄. You're willing to sacrifice. our love." Those lyrics popped into my head when you said ice.❄ ❄ You will enjoy Solstheim. It's almost like a different planet.
You should wait to join empire or stormcloaks til you run out of other things to do, because some of the missions kill people and destroy locations permanently, and it makes the rest of your playthrough really tragic if you can't get to places or talk to the killed people to finish quests. some places are always locked, like aventis, you have to pick the lock to get in. other places that stay locked may be waiting for you to start a certain mission. ❄ I love the caption for the mine, ravenrock mistake, i love watching your videos, before it even starts i'm looking for the thumbs up, cause i know i'm bout to be entertained. thank you for sharing, love your laugh by the way, it's just pure and joyous! hope you have an amazing day!
I'm really enjoying your playthru! It's nice seeing someone else discover Skyrim. I can't wait to watch your first Dwemer exploration, prepare for a long trip with many surprises. The Dwemer have fascinated me since my first playthru long ago.
I've only been to Solstheim once except when I played Morrowind. I stayed quite a while, but I don't remember doing that quest in the mine. Makes me wonder what else I missed. You make me want to go back!
I've been playing ES5 since 2014. It's fun to see someone going thru what I went thru way back when 😁. Don't even remember what vanilla Skyrim looks like thanks to XB1 mods 😁😁
Slowly working my way upto the present video, not done bad but on one comment you said at the start. About finishing the main quest, word of advice don’t rush the game. Take everything in that you see and just enjoy being in the Elder Scrolls lore. It’s so in depth and immersive that rushing it just ruins it. So take your time with it and just enjoy the experience of first time.
Watch out not to slip on any ice! ❄️❄️❄️ Just a little tip, don't be too afraid of picking locks. Sometimes the doors get perpetually locked because of a bug. And some doors are perpetually locked intentionally and you're meant to pick them (aventus arentinos door is supposed to be picked). As long as you are sneaking you won't get in trouble
Im just now watching through these...someone please tell me she eventually does the dark brotherhood quest 😭 its my favorite ❤ ❤ love watching people learn and explore this game for the first time! You get to live vicariously through them and reexperience everything :3
Congrats of making it to Solsteim. Do not go to the Temple of Miraak - your character is not ready to take on that questline yet. If you decide spend more time in Solsteim however talk to the blacksmith, he has a couple of quests for you that will give you some good items that you will want to keep. Also if you head towards the farm to the east of Raven Rock it will start a line of quests with a nice reward at the end...
Actually the black markers are places you've heard of - eg in a quest or random converstion - but haven't been to. The ones you have neither visited or heard of aren't on the map and there's a heck of a lot of them.
Solstheim and Fort Dawnguard are both the locations for Skyrim's DLC content which is content that, for continuity sake is better to leave until after the base game is over. The chronological order for Skyrim is base game > Dawnguard > Solstheim (Dragonborn DLC).
You have entered the Dragonborn DLC, and it can get a little tough in places. I think it was meant primarily for late to endgame content. And it's cold. A lot of ice, ice, baby.
Liz when doing dungeons don't run forward into more enemies. kill them before progressing. fallback instead of running forward. that big blue thing was a frost atroach. you can buy the spell to summmon that then frost atronach, then go to your inventory, then read the spell book, then you have the spell to use at any time .❄ You can also buy or find a staff that summons one.
My favorite part was watching Liz unknowing dig food and offerings out of dead people's urns, not realizing that all the huge vases around Solstheim are burial urns for Dark Elf dead. No wonder the folks at Raven Rock gave her such an ICEY reception.
Awesome!! I've never played or seen the Solstheim island. Was very cool to watch you explore this strange place. Can't wait to see more of your skyrim adventuring! I think its also awesome that you adopted another child. Thanks for the amazing video. All the best to you and Xena. Hope you're having a wonderful weekend. (Ice)
very refreshing to see someone trying a classic blind. it was most adorable to the the dragonborn waving her tiny sword against superior enemies. you do you, it´s great
You’re never going to see Aventus’ face if you don’t pick that lock😂 He’s performing the black sacrament, so his door will not be ajar😂😂 you’ve got nothing to lose by being a bit of a menace in this game. Explore and see what happens😂 In my first play through, I always saved before doing something risky
Great! Love the long episodes on the weekend! This was quite the adventure! From Whiterun to Windhelm to the Ice filled crags of Solsteim! I'm curious to where you'll go next!
yay new ep! lol they were high level spells being fired at you :> you are using Flames - novice destruction the next fire one up btw is Firebolt, which you can buy. I love getting a Flame Atronach (conjuration) as a friend early game, they are so cool
Sometimes when you're underground you'll see a faint rippling in the air that indicates a buildup of flammable gas that will explode if you enter it with a lit torch or an active fire spell. That's what happened in the mine. You might need to put "ice" on the burns.
Ooh, Soltstheim.. I remember the first time I visited it back in the DLS for TES 3 Morrowind, it was 15 years ago, if not more. Then it captured me with its amazing flora and fauna (however, there was practically no ashes then, and on the site of Raven Rock there stood a lone official who was waiting for workers to start digging mines). And yes, after many years, returning there in Skyrim was wonderful🥶❄❄
Ice: Mike Canada, yes stick to the main game for now. You are playing against enemies and foes that are levelled up more than you and will quickly kill you. Also, you are wearing no armour. You travel on the ship the first time you go to the Island. Check you map to the left of Ravenrock and from there you will be able to fast travel back to Windhelm. Similarly, look on your map of Skyrim west of Windhelm and you fast travel back to the Island. Crouch when you pick locks to houses or steal, if you are hidden and successful you will not get caught by the guards the perk points will increase, save the game first just in case. Good luck.
❄️❄️❄️ That island is very dangerous having many tough enemies. If you stay I recommend sneaking everywhere until you level up some more. It will give you the edge you’ll need. *TIP* Some caves, mines or dungeons have built up gases in them that are flammable. If you see ahead of you a moving blur, that’s it. It can be ignited from a distance to dissipate it. It can also be lit accidentally by walking in to it with your flame spell ready. Also, what killed you at the end was a soul gem trap casting lightning at you. Love the video.. keep having fun!❤
I always adopt the girl in windhelm or the boy in dawnstar because its freezing and snowing in those locations. Most of the kids you are able to adopt stay at the local inn but the girl in whindhelm sleeps on the cold ground outside.
I got the Anniversary Edition Upgrade and started over again. :P I am amazed that I still love playing this game even after all this time. It should do until other games come out soon.
Ohh boy, without giving any spoilers, you may want to let your character get stronger and better equipped before you do Solstheim, it is a very challenging area! But it is an excellent storyline once you do get to it. The ICE elemental creature gets conjured by the Draugr Wights, which are a pretty strong Draugr who can use magic. They are no joke for someone of your level. Remember that cold-based attacks also drain your stamina, leaving you unable to do power attacks or run fast. So glad you adopted Sofie, her story is quite the tear-jerker. Still enjoying every playthrough, you are doing a great job!🤩
Bloodmoon was an expansion to Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind and introduced us to Raven Rock for the first time. Dragonborn, the expansion that gave us Solstheim, is filled with easter eggs from Morrowind, but the mine specifically references Bloodmoon. Gratian Caerellius was an explorer in Bloodmoon and Crescius Caerellius is his descendant.
i had a big "uh oh" moment when you decidedvto head to Solstheim lol. it is a great questline there though. Also I've been playing skyrim for over a decade and i had never seen that guy in Windhelm actually going about yelling at the dark elves! Great to see you getting so into the game, and I hope you don't put it on ICE
With all the ice I think you've missed a hidden bonus. If you take the horn you got from delphine back to the tomb it should have been in, you get a bonus reward.
I keep watching you stumble around and miss things and find it highly amusing. I've been "playing" Skyrim off and of for 8 years. Currently doing it again, level 23 so far in highly-modded version. Had to delete some mods due to many CTDs--my older graphicss card not up to task, plus some mods conflicted. With mods Skyrim never gets too old.Playing a male Redguard Rogue with a bevy of white chicks who do most my fighting! I enjoy your playthrough, but keep yelling at my PC!!!
Don't listen to nay-sayers telling you Solstheim is too hard. I may be, but, if so, you'll figure it out. Have fun and explore wherever you want. Come fire or ICE, carry on! As others have mentioned, when you encounter enemies, it's better to retreat while handling them one at a time, if possible, rather than charging further into the dungeon where more enemies undoubtedly await! Although, I have just run through dungeons without engaging most of the enemies. Usually, only some of them will follow you. If you go far enough fast enough, you may get away with it. Of course, you forfeit a lot of loot that way.
Regions in Skyrim have a min. level and then scale up with the player (up to a certain point) but they won't scale down. Solstheim is starting at level 30 but one is WELL advised to have a bit more than that, good equipment and the main damage-dealing and -avoidance skills "perked". If not ... ouch. If you're a member of the thieve's guild, you get a special dialogue with the blacksmith and a quest that will ultimately lead to a different kind of thief armor (on steroids) and an item worth 5k so I usually do this at low level - you really have to know how to move there without a fight because once they engage you ... RIP. Solsteim can be a tough place, even for higher level characters.
Petty items like causes undead level 3 and under to flee are the perfect type to break over an enchanting table. The skill is learned, not its effectiveness. From there you can turn your ordinary weapons into enchanted weapons. I'd recommend you do so. Making a few unique bows or swords can be fun. You can also make some excellent rings or such, such as rings of regenerative or offensive abilities. Don't forget to poison a weapon occasionally. It's one use, but it helps manage inventory and makes you more dangerous for a moment. Frostbite venom is poison. Ravage health is an alchemy effect that creates poison. You should stop by an alchemy table and mix a few items with unknowns with each other. Some will disappear, but learning new effects is worth it. ❄
Ice Ice Baby: You should not be going to solsteim until level 20 because it is tough. Noted by the creators. The compass at the top of your screen tells you the direction of your quest providing you have highlighted it. Solsteim quests will not appear on your Skyrim map. You can fast travel to Skyrim by the Solsteim map instead of using the ship and its free and vice verse. On the Skyrim map Solsteim will appear east of Windhelm docks. Both have a big arrow. Solsteim is full of new things from armour, encounters and so on but no horses for fast travel or to buy.
For your next playthrough you should create a player named Way Distracted. Wear it with honor and pride 😀 Sorry it took so long to watch this, but it was worth the wait. I don't visit the Isle much so it was nice joining you for the journey. When you were slowly checking the abandoned building my phone buzzed and scared the cheezits out of me! 😂I would also like to mention how much I actually enjoy reading your time stamps - I have never seen another creator with clever and entertaining stamps like yours. Kudos to you!! It is always so nICE to see your vid notifications pop up. Now I will enjoy a little ICE cream before I return to the Rim of the Sky for my own journey. Stay amazing Liz!
Hey Liz XP I'm up to watching this and I'm not watching them in any certain order I just watch the ones I come across and haven't seen yet but thanks I really enjoy them and you you are very beautiful person and you make me smile Thank You ❤🍀🍀🍀🍀❤😊
Aventus's door is always locked, you're meant to pick the lock. No trouble will come of it, Aventus is just a lonely boy waiting for a friendly killer to break the ice.
You misspelled "Grelod's neck"
Technically you can obtain a key to his house ... from Argenor Once-Honored.
@@Stratelier The key only spawns in his inventory after Aventus's quest is completed if I recall correctly
@Stratelier so now she'd need to venture into the hall of the dead and find which coffin is his, since he's dead...
She needs to stop being scared of everything and auto save more lol
I love that you adopted Sofie. She’s the one I always adopt in the game. She’s the one who needs it the most to me.
I adopted Lucia and Sophie, they're funny when they argue, "hag raven face", "draughr breath".
I love that she's just going to walk home from Windhelm.
I killed Lemkil and adopted both of his daughters, since my character is an evil khajit, banned from Whiterun where they're living, i ruined their lives even more
@@davem3105 i always adopt those two,
I always adopt Sophie, and usually Runa from the riften orphanage. She hates being the only girl there, always picked on by the boys and forced to do most of the chores.
Hello!! This is the longest episode in a while but I hope you still enjoy it! Thank you so much for your continued support! I am having so much fun with Skyrim! Episode 20 is HERE: th-cam.com/video/-sovBNZ26oI/w-d-xo.html
Everyone loves skyrim
It’s great that you are having fun! It’s why I watch, to see you enjoy playing it! 🥶
A lot of what you are looking for is in Riften. Quests are in order you receive them. If you advance one to its next step it moves to the top
Please please take the carriage at any stable to all the major holds. You will make it a lot easier on yourself if you’ve discovered all those places without running across the map
You adopted the same 2 kids I always adopt lol.
If you arrive when it’s dark, just skip time or sleep until 8am when shops open
Just don't forget the old saying. "While in Solstheim you must be aware. Although, to be fair, even though they're rare, you might want to prepare for the Werebears there".
Yesssssssss 👏👏👏
Slow Time shout comes in handy to kill them before they transform😂😭
Werebears? Where? Bears? Men that are bears?
@@Stratelier nice, quete from maiq the truth sayer
Yes. Senile Scribbles reference!
That large "ice monster" was a Frost Atronach and was actually summoned by one of the Draugr chasing you. Meaning that if you could defeat the summoner, the Atronach will vanish (same as taking out a necromancer). There also exist certain spells tailored to deal with summoned Atronachs specifically.
When exploring dark places, here are some spell ideas that can make things easier:
- "Candlelight": Produces a visible hovering light around you, to see and be seen.
- "Detect Life": Highlights nearby living things; anything shown in red is probably hostile.
And as a general strategy, if you panic the best direction to escape is _not forwards_ because you might alert even more enemies to your presence. But it's okay -- we all do that sometimes! (One of my characters lost Lydia in this very dungeon, and in fact not far from where you died)
I wouldn't worry about Sofie making it to Whiterun safely -- Aventus himself came to Windhelm from Riften which is about the same distance away.
16:40 - Sounded like Angrenor Once-Honored just kicked the bucket.
(Rumor has it he was old friends with the Aretino family....)
23:30 - _The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind_ also included the island of Solstheim (and also as DLC!) where it showed you a bit of Skyrim's atmosphere. Here, things are reversed: the eruption of Morrowind's Red Mountain buried about half the island in layers of volcanic ash, showing you a bit of Morrowind's atmosphere instead!
23:50 - If an NPC dies that you were on good terms with, sometimes you will receive a "Letter of Inheritance" with 90G (100G minus tax) attached to it. What you did to deserve this varies by NPC: maybe you completed a sidequest or favor for them, or maybe you were the only person to give them a kindness of 1G....
24:10 - There are ten "Treasure Maps" throughout Skyrim (plus one on Solstheim), and you found that one in the ruined Riverside Shack on your route to Kynesgrove. If you can recognize what's drawn on the map (hint: that one's near a major city somewhere), you can find hidden treasure exactly where the map says to look!
27:30 - Any time you get to choose between "(Persuade)" and "(Intimidate)", whether or not this succeeds actually varies based on your Speech level. But in most cases yes you can just pay gold (aka. "Bribe") to get the person's help. Captain Gjalund normally charges 250G for passage to Solstheim (hence the option saying "double your usual rate").
56:20 - When inspecting a container (chest, barrel, etc), anything that might be considered stealing will be highlighted _red._ Any item shown in white is safe to take -- but usually, all items in a container will be one or the other.
Oh wow, I never expected you to investigate Solstheim so soon! You must be starting to get a better idea of how vast this game truly is. Rest assured that it will never entirely run out of surprises for you. I've been playing since 2012, and I'd never seen that Shrine of Kynareth that you discovered (at around 49:08). ❄
I haven't discovered it either. In fact last week I saw a short video about a certain dungeon in east Skyrim that I never (in three characters and 1000 hours) discovered myself. Because you don't go forgetting taking a plunge like that one.
16:31 (as XENA exited the inn) The death scream of Angrenor Once-Honored. No idea why he died. Might be that he spawned at the same coordinates as another person. Then the game solves that by moving one of them 1000 ft up in the air...
And a note from the courier :)
it seems he can die randomly cause he also died in one of my playthroughs and still dont know how he died. Other people has reported this as well. Could be a bug or could be vampire attacks or something
He dies in my playthrus
And then gravity happens. The most entertaining is when it’s an essential and they just walk it off.
Windhelm is bugged and sometimes kills off characters. He is not the only one who can die. Torbjorn Shatter-Shield and Torsten Cruel-Sea have died for me but I was able to save them by reloading a save. What I found out was their bodies were stuck under the city where the graveyard is and there is an exploit to get under there. The game must've spawned them and they died by falling there.
I found their bodies by using detect dead spell. My save before that had them alive so I went back and every time I am in the city I use detect dead to make sure nobody has died.
It's just a bug. These characters have no scripted deaths so you can keep them alive most of the time.
Solatheim is an island that is part of Morrowind but also near Skyrim. It first appeared as the site of a DLC in Elder Scrolls 3. For those of us old guys who have been playing ES games that long, seeing Solstheim again and hearing the ES3 music again was quite awesome.
Solatheim WAS apart of Skyrim, in the past. Nords still live there, even though the land now belongs to Morrowwind.
I never played tes3 but I did know that, what was the plot line in that game? Is it that guy Neloth mentions when calling you young?
@@Controlled_Insanity_003 I don't think so. It seems Red Mountain started erupting since long before TES3. I do recall a DLC for TES3 that added Solatheim, but I never got that deep into TES3.
The lore about Solatheim is it used to be apart of Skyrim, and they gave it to Morrowind to help the Elves recover after Red Mountain blew up. IDK how long ago that event was, and I don't think it was a plot in any of the TES games since it seems Red Mountain was always perpetually erupting in all the TES games.
IDK if it is erupting in ESO, considering that MMO time period is about thousand+ years in the past from Skyrim. I'm sure the TES wiki can explain it better. I keep remembering exploring Red Mountain but I cant remember if it was in ESO or TES3, likely TES3.
@@Controlled_Insanity_003 So i did a little Wiki Reading. ESO takes place in the 2nd Era, though i also saw it took place in the 3rd era... but i don't buy that. Either way it's long before Red Mountain blew up, which occurred 5 years into the 4th Era. TES3 and 4 takes place during the 3rd Era, which would be before the eruption as well.
@fragalot ok, like I said I don't know much concrete about anything pre-skyrim unless it's directly mentioned in the game through loading screens or most books in the game
Aventus Aretino's house in Windhelm is always locked, you need to break in.
A handy tip that is easy to miss: If you hit X while looking at a quest in the quest list it will show you where it is located on the map. It will occasionally give you trouble if it's related to Solstheim.
Yes, some quest use random locations, and traveling to solstheim will add solsthiem locations to the random locations possible. This makes it hard to find your location marker since you have two maps now. So as said above, if you can’t find a quest marker, try traveling to solsthiem to see if shows up.
I normally don't comment much on videos but would like to express how refreshing it is to see someone experience Skyrim for the first time. I binged your series over the past few days and its amazing how you experience the game. Throws me back to my first playthrough almost 12 years ago! Keep up the good work.
I would recommend leaving Solthstheim until you’ve leveled up a bit and gained more experience, it’s meant to happen after you’ve done the main quests
Agreed. Solstheim is pretty difficult at lower levels
Yep agreed Dragonborn and Dawnguard best left till after main story.
i'll always remember that time when i was using a mod who changes the game's start, and being dropped into Solstheim, lv1, i ended up just taking cover behind a boulder to not get one-shot by *not saying the actual name because spoiler* but people who have already played will know x)
@@dovah2167 M****
And definitely stockpiled some dragon souls
(1:20) You don't actually HAVE to pick a side in the civil war, but there's a good bit more stuff to do if you do.
(1:40) Quests in your log are there pretty much in the order you receive them. Dragonborn is meant to be late-game DLC, but there's nothing stopping you from doing it immediately.
(6:00) Touching a shrine will reset the duration of your blessing as well as remove any diseases you may have picked up.
Smithing and enchanting are the keys to getting really good armor and weapons in this game, sometimes the best.
Agreed, time to invest, weapons, armor, spells, potions, smithing, enchanting, magic, in case you, walk into any spike-filled pits or filthy skeever-dens
Not to mention alchemy in order to make smithing and enchanting potions that give you a bit more of an edge.
Combined with alchemy you can make God level items
@@jpEnterprize that's kind of offscreen stuff. Find the mines, fast travel, transmute ore make jewellery, rinse and repeat. Probably 20 hours to max alchemy smithing and enchanting. Throw illusion and alteration in there as well, as you can level them up anywhere
@@waynedieckmann9840 not sure Liz is going to crank out 45minute videos of casting soul trap on a crab, at least I hope not. Lol. Agreed, housekeeping stuff can be offscreen, but it is fun watching her get there first. Kinda like the carriage, I played for years until I learned thar one.
To continue with the meet Aventus you have to break into his house, this is how to start the dark brotherhood quest line. In solstheim the main quest starts at the temple. You do a lot more damage to enemies when you sneak, keep having fun.
like doing dark brotherhood just for Cicero's voice acting
OMG, I've been waiting forever for you to meet Sophie. If anyone deserves to get adopted, it's her. I'd almost given up hope. 🤗
Ice Monster Frosty ☃️
I always adopt Sophie too. ☺️
The Dragonborn quest for Solstheim is a bit of a high level quest, you need to be at least between 20-30 for level. I'd suggest sticking to Skyrim and doing quests there until your high enough level.
Yes these areas are a step up in difficulty and will take you about 2 or 3 sessions, but you can turn down your skill level. I started this @ Level 17 on the lowest level and when we returned to the mainland we were in the low 20's and reset the skill to Adept Plus check back to the Bee and Barb Inn in Riften where you can employ a good follower (No spoiler) who is both a good fighter and like Lydia can be auto levelled up high.
Tip do gain /practice these spells 1: Clairvoyance? Sp? 2: the 2 lighting spells as you'll be shortly coming up on the Black Books sections where it's an initially difficult puzzle to work out but the reward is 100% on your skill set OK? There are 6 as far as I know on Solstheim they act like the "Stones" in the main world
And to fast travel to and from Skyrim look for the fancy pointer on the world map which only shows up when you've visited Solstheim for the first time.
Bonus tip if you are getting overloaded on the inventory in Solstheim why not deposit your surplus items in an Urn. Later on in the thread you should be able to get a decent home @Raven Rock... Took me several sessions, no spoiler.
@@texbankuk I've beaten Skyrim so many times nothing is a spoiler for me. I've beaten Miraak like in the low 20s, although now with the new DLC, I can't even get that new home in Solstheim, they removed that particular quest which sucks because I really enjoyed doing it just to end up getting a nice home. I never thought to store things inside the urns because I was afraid I'd lose the things I stored later on but if I stored things in chests in homes I own, I don't lose them. But, yeah, trying Solstheim at a low level is not the best way to go, lol!
High level? Running is the solution to all problems.
I have no idea what you mean. The highest level I've reached was 30, I haven't reached any more higher levels.
@@jameswheeler6079 Once you really get your levels beyond 50 and have a full (4) sized gang of followers then you will be able to fill out the main skill trees fast, though I didn't discover Solshiem, playing with the base game on PS3. This play-through I am using the"Special Edition " but Not using any mods, we are intending to crack I think they said the level 80 barrier on the Early base game it was just L60!
You remind me so much of my older sister. When we were kids we used to play Vice city at my dads and the rule was that when you died the other got to play. I’d do missions and cause destruction and die in five minutes. My sister would drive around and explore and stop at red lights and never break the law and I rarely got a turn. It used to infuriate me as a kid with no patience. But I’ve come to appreciate your more relaxed approach to gaming. It’s nice to chill out to on these cold and ice e Sunday mornings.
I bought this game when it first came out. At the time I was a roadie and sometimes went a while between tours. I played this game for 3 months at ten hours a day and still didn't get bored of it.
Ice monster from nowhere! And you haven't even technically left town. Solstheim is a cool but dangerous place. Whichever storyline you decide to pursue, you're in for some fun.
❄ Some info (no spoilers!):
- Once you made the trip to Solstheim, you no longer need to use the ship for travel. On the maps in a corner you can find an arrow, which allowes you to switch between Solstheim and Skyrim and use fast travel for either place that way.
- Both Solstheim and the Dawnguard are DLC content and somewhat harder than the base game. You can do them whenever, just saying this, so you can be prepared.
- I recommend using some proper saves, thus having more then one save at a time. The save files can get corrupted! It may not happen at all to you, but being on the safe side never hurt anybody.
That said, I'm loving the playthrough❣ Also, if you'd like to know, why there was a sudden fiery explosion in the mine, I'd provide the info. If not, I hope nobody will spoil it for you. Have fun with this beast of a game!
and if you use the fast travel you dont have to pay for the ship
Same two little girls that I adopt. :) Wish I could adopt them all.
Ouch 500 gold to go to Solthstheim at such low level. I can't believe you didn't run into any of the unique enemies over there. When you went into the abandoned house I was waiting for them... nope. They scared the living daylights out of me.
I know you are hesitant about enchanting, but it's a very useful skill tree to work on, From Solstheim to get back to Skyrim, there is an arrow in the Southwest of the map that you can use to fast travel with. Also, from Skyrim, in the Northwest corner back to Solstheim. If you attack the Netch, (look like imperial walkers, ) they can mess you up. You actually have to break into Avnetus's house. to continue. that side mission. I'm glad you are just playing how you want. Ice
If you clear out the mine you can get a perk called "companion's insight" which makes spells and attacks not harm followers. Also Ice!
If you want to save a little time, use the carriage at the stables to visit the main cities to unlock fast travel
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6:00 Heimskr will never stop preaching the word of Talos. Because he is RIGHT! LISTEN TO HIM AND HEED HIS WORDS!!!!!!!!!!!!
Talos the mighty! Talos the unerring! Talos the unassailable! To you we give praise! We are but maggots, writhing in the filth of our own corruption! While you have ascended from the dung of mortality, and now walk among the stars! But you were once man! Aye! And as man, you said, “Let me show you the power of Talos Stormcrown, born of the North, where my breath is long winter. I breathe now, in royalty,and reshape this land which is mine. I do this for you, Red Legions, for I love you.”
Aye, love. Love! Even as man, great Talos cherished us. For he saw in us, in each of us, the future of Skyrim! The future of Tamriel! And there it is, friends! The ugly truth!
We are the children of man! Talos is the true god of man! Ascended from flesh, to rule the realm of spirit! The very idea is inconceivable to our Elven overlords! Sharing the heavens with us? With man? Ha! They can barely tolerate our presence on earth! Today, they take away your faith. But what of tomorrow? What then? Do the elves take your homes? Your businesses? Your children? Your very lives?
And what does the Empire do? Nothing! Nay, worse than nothing! The Imperial machine enforces the will of the Thalmor! Against its own people! So rise up! Rise up, children of the Empire! Rise up, Stormcloaks! Embrace the word of mighty Talos, he who is both man and Divine! For we are the children of man! And we shall inherit both the heavens and the earth! And we, not the Elves or their toadies, will rule Skyrim! Forever! Terrible and powerful Talos! We, your unworthy servants, give praise! For only through your grace and benevolence may we truly reach enlightenment! And deserve our praise you do, for we are one! Ere you ascended and the Eight became Nine, you walked among us, great Talos, not as god, but as man! Trust in me, Whiterun! Trust in the words of Heimskr! For I am the chosen of Talos!
I alone have been anointed by the Ninth to spread his holy word!
He stopped preaching the word of Talos in my latest playthrough. I'm assuming he's bugged because he doesn't do anything, he just stands in front of the Shrine Of Talos staring at everyone who passes by, but he never says a word lol.
The "ICE Monster" was actually a Golem that the Dragur Scourge Summoned with a spell. You can do that too as you rank up your spells to at least the ""Expert" level of Conjouration. The problem there, is that on Solthsteim, the enemies are at a higher level generally; as the Dragonborn DLC was the last and latest addition to Skyrim... The Dragur Scourge is amongst the top level Dragur that you can Encounter. There also exist much stronger Dragons in select spots; be forewarned.
Also, one thing I thought of that you've seen early on; is the Carriage that you found going to Whiterun. You can pay them Gold to go and quickly "Discover" all of the major towns, FYI; such as Riften or Solitude, etc; as opposed to needing to travel to all of them on foot; although you still can if you wish to; know that the option is there! :)
Also, the general goods merchant in Windhelm is Nyrane (spelling) in the market near the enchanting table... You pretty much walked past her around 19:40 ...
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ALSO a Streaming tidbit that I didn''t notice until this Video: Your Reverb "Room Size" is too small. It's not terrible, but it slightly sounds like your speaking in a Bathroom or through a Paper Towel tube... I'm pretty sure that's not your desired recording voice. If I were you, I'd do some test vocal recordings and adjust the "Size" or "Room Size" of your Reverb settings and re-test the settings, maybe the "Pre-Delay" is a little bit high as well, so with that you get that delayed "Reverb Tail" effect. I know your not going for a perfect recording voice per-se; but I can aid in your QA a bit as you go along with it.
Conjure Frost Atronach is an Adept level conjuration spell. But it can actually be cast at any skill level, as long as you can get your hands on a tome and have the magicka pool to cast it.
I think it’s funny she still hasn’t figured out that time passes while she fast travels across the map. Then she just tries to interact with the town at 4am instead of sleeping or waiting a few hours. 😅
Ahhh, that Morrowind sound track takes me back to the grazelands, the sound of the Silt strider’s call and the calm tents of the Ashlanders! 🥰. Cool 🧊❄️🆒
Ahh, so nostalgic. ❤
You received the letter of inheritance by giving a gold coin to the man in question, the war veteran. It's a Skyrim glitch as far as I know lol
Liz I know you don't like being told what to do, but please do not rely solely on quick saves. Skyrim is know for bugging out and if you only have a quick save,
your entire play through might be lost. So remember to use hard saves regularly to avoid that happening. It's been a few years since I last played Skyrim, but I do
remember problems with going trough doors (load screen between "cells") where you might go into a different cell (like a house or a tomb) but not being
able to get back out. Always make a new hard save before going trough a load screen and a new one after. With a two separate hard saves you can load a previous save
and skip going into that cell. With only a quick save you have no fail safe or back up.
I'm glad you adopted Sophie. Poor thing shivering in the alley filled with "ice" all night. And she does the best she can by selling flowers.
I don't know why so many doors in Windhelm were locked, though it rarely happens to me too. Might be a glitch. I do know the door to Aventus Arentino's house is always locked. Remember him? The boy the other NPCs said is performing the black sacrament to summon the dark brotherhood? Doing stuff like that, I suppose it's no wonder he locks the door.
Good luck to you, Liz, in your next episode.
Seeing someone who never played Morrowind go to Solstheim and see that works for the first time is incredible 😅
Talos aka "Tiber Septim" founded the dynasty that became the empire today. The Elves of Tamriel are descendants of the divines, and to name a Nord, a man, as divine, is a direct affront to them. theyve outlawed Talos worship entirely as part of the agreement to end the conflict between the aldmeri dominion and the empire.
You're supposed to pick locks just sneak while you do it, the quest markers aren't misleading you into an empty house, it takes you directly where you need to go usually to the exact person
"You're as cold as ice ❄❄. You're willing to sacrifice. our love." Those lyrics popped into my head when you said ice.❄ ❄
You will enjoy Solstheim. It's almost like a different planet.
Or as I call it: The Island of Death. Because I went there early in a play through ;)
You should wait to join empire or stormcloaks til you run out of other things to do, because some of the missions kill people and destroy locations permanently, and it makes the rest of your playthrough really tragic if you can't get to places or talk to the killed people to finish quests. some places are always locked, like aventis, you have to pick the lock to get in. other places that stay locked may be waiting for you to start a certain mission. ❄ I love the caption for the mine, ravenrock mistake, i love watching your videos, before it even starts i'm looking for the thumbs up, cause i know i'm bout to be entertained. thank you for sharing, love your laugh by the way, it's just pure and joyous! hope you have an amazing day!
I’m finally all caught up with the Skyrim series! I think it’s always icy ❄️ in Windhelm.
I'm really enjoying your playthru! It's nice seeing someone else discover Skyrim. I can't wait to watch your first Dwemer exploration, prepare for a long trip with many surprises. The Dwemer have fascinated me since my first playthru long ago.
I've only been to Solstheim once except when I played Morrowind. I stayed quite a while, but I don't remember doing that quest in the mine. Makes me wonder what else I missed. You make me want to go back!
Yay! That mine was tough!
Liz, you can rent a cart to get any major city
and dont forget to upgrade your armor and weapon at blacksmith
I've been playing ES5 since 2014. It's fun to see someone going thru what I went thru way back when 😁. Don't even remember what vanilla Skyrim looks like thanks to XB1 mods 😁😁
you always have to unlock the boy's house...
Slowly working my way upto the present video, not done bad but on one comment you said at the start. About finishing the main quest, word of advice don’t rush the game. Take everything in that you see and just enjoy being in the Elder Scrolls lore. It’s so in depth and immersive that rushing it just ruins it. So take your time with it and just enjoy the experience of first time.
Watch out not to slip on any ice! ❄️❄️❄️ Just a little tip, don't be too afraid of picking locks. Sometimes the doors get perpetually locked because of a bug. And some doors are perpetually locked intentionally and you're meant to pick them (aventus arentinos door is supposed to be picked). As long as you are sneaking you won't get in trouble
Im just now watching through these...someone please tell me she eventually does the dark brotherhood quest 😭 its my favorite ❤ ❤ love watching people learn and explore this game for the first time! You get to live vicariously through them and reexperience everything :3
Yessss I do the Dark Brotherhood quest in the last view episodes of the series! I hope you enjoy my journey! Thank you so much!
Congrats of making it to Solsteim. Do not go to the Temple of Miraak - your character is not ready to take on that questline yet. If you decide spend more time in Solsteim however talk to the blacksmith, he has a couple of quests for you that will give you some good items that you will want to keep. Also if you head towards the farm to the east of Raven Rock it will start a line of quests with a nice reward at the end...
Actually the black markers are places you've heard of - eg in a quest or random converstion - but haven't been to. The ones you have neither visited or heard of aren't on the map and there's a heck of a lot of them.
Solstheim and Fort Dawnguard are both the locations for Skyrim's DLC content which is content that, for continuity sake is better to leave until after the base game is over. The chronological order for Skyrim is base game > Dawnguard > Solstheim (Dragonborn DLC).
I keep hearing you say, “Oh, it’s night here”. When you fast travel, time moves on as if you had walked it.
You have entered the Dragonborn DLC, and it can get a little tough in places. I think it was meant primarily for late to endgame content. And it's cold. A lot of ice, ice, baby.
Liz when doing dungeons don't run forward into more enemies. kill them before progressing. fallback instead of running forward. that big blue thing was a frost atroach. you can buy the spell to summmon that then frost atronach, then go to your inventory, then read the spell book, then you have the spell to use at any time .❄
You can also buy or find a staff that summons one.
My favorite part was watching Liz unknowing dig food and offerings out of dead people's urns, not realizing that all the huge vases around Solstheim are burial urns for Dark Elf dead. No wonder the folks at Raven Rock gave her such an ICEY reception.
Awesome!! I've never played or seen the Solstheim island. Was very cool to watch you explore this strange place. Can't wait to see more of your skyrim adventuring! I think its also awesome that you adopted another child. Thanks for the amazing video. All the best to you and Xena. Hope you're having a wonderful weekend. (Ice)
Before you leave Solsteim, stop in the Retching Netch tavern and pick up the follower Teldrin Sero. Hes cool as ice⛄️
I'm here to second this recommendation!
He and Serana carry the entire list of followers in the game.
NO! SERANA IS THE BEST, THEN AELA THE HUNTRESS, THEN LYDIA, THEN FARKAS, THEN VILKAS!
The teldrin sero add on mods are a must for me
very refreshing to see someone trying a classic blind. it was most adorable to the the dragonborn waving her tiny sword against superior enemies. you do you, it´s great
Ice Ice baby. Hey Liz you dropped your treasure map in Windhelm.
You can spend DOZENS of hours on Solstheim. The "Dragonborn" quest that brought you there is part of a DLC that's meant for higher level characters.
You’re never going to see Aventus’ face if you don’t pick that lock😂 He’s performing the black sacrament, so his door will not be ajar😂😂 you’ve got nothing to lose by being a bit of a menace in this game. Explore and see what happens😂
In my first play through, I always saved before doing something risky
I really hope you pick the lock and meet the Aretino boy. I think you will REALLY LOVE his quest arc! He's no ❄
Great! Love the long episodes on the weekend!
This was quite the adventure! From Whiterun to Windhelm to the Ice filled crags of Solsteim! I'm curious to where you'll go next!
I love all the traveling and exploring it’s very fun! That last section was intense and kinda scary, enjoying the Ep! 🤗
What a fun episode. Wonderfully chaotic. The ice creature (frost atronach) is an intimidating foe. Looking forward to the next vid.
That ice creature was crazy but so fun! Thank youuu!!
Oooooooooooooh raven rock, I specifically remember werebears there hahahhh!
yay new ep!
lol they were high level spells being fired at you :>
you are using Flames - novice destruction
the next fire one up btw is Firebolt, which you can buy.
I love getting a Flame Atronach (conjuration) as a friend early game, they are so cool
Sometimes when you're underground you'll see a faint rippling in the air that indicates a buildup of flammable gas that will explode if you enter it with a lit torch or an active fire spell. That's what happened in the mine. You might need to put "ice" on the burns.
Miraak is gonna make her regret stepping foot on that island.
Ooh, Soltstheim.. I remember the first time I visited it back in the DLS for TES 3 Morrowind, it was 15 years ago, if not more. Then it captured me with its amazing flora and fauna (however, there was practically no ashes then, and on the site of Raven Rock there stood a lone official who was waiting for workers to start digging mines). And yes, after many years, returning there in Skyrim was wonderful🥶❄❄
❄️ solstime Scary place 😬
From the quest list, you can go to a quest and push the button it tells you and it will take you to that spot on the map.
Thank you for another video. Windhelm is always cold as ice 🧊
Ice: Mike Canada, yes stick to the main game for now. You are playing against enemies and foes that are levelled up more than you and will quickly kill you. Also, you are wearing no armour. You travel on the ship the first time you go to the Island. Check you map to the left of Ravenrock and from there you will be able to fast travel back to Windhelm. Similarly, look on your map of Skyrim west of Windhelm and you fast travel back to the Island. Crouch when you pick locks to houses or steal, if you are hidden and successful you will not get caught by the guards the perk points will increase, save the game first just in case. Good luck.
❄️ definitely been enjoying this playthrough (good enough)
Before you enter a dungeon you have to say to yourself.
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I'm feeling dangerous 💪🏹
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chitin is the exoskeleton of a bug, its shell.
Definitely going to want to upgrade gear before Raven Rock mine, and clean out your inventory.
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That island is very dangerous having many tough enemies. If you stay I recommend sneaking everywhere until you level up some more. It will give you the edge you’ll need.
*TIP*
Some caves, mines or dungeons have built up gases in them that are flammable. If you see ahead of you a moving blur, that’s it. It can be ignited from a distance to dissipate it. It can also be lit accidentally by walking in to it with your flame spell ready.
Also, what killed you at the end was a soul gem trap casting lightning at you.
Love the video.. keep having fun!❤
I always adopt the girl in windhelm or the boy in dawnstar because its freezing and snowing in those locations. Most of the kids you are able to adopt stay at the local inn but the girl in whindhelm sleeps on the cold ground outside.
I got the Anniversary Edition Upgrade and started over again. :P
I am amazed that I still love playing this game even after all this time. It should do until other games come out soon.
Ohh boy, without giving any spoilers, you may want to let your character get stronger and better equipped before you do Solstheim, it is a very challenging area! But it is an excellent storyline once you do get to it. The ICE elemental creature gets conjured by the Draugr Wights, which are a pretty strong Draugr who can use magic. They are no joke for someone of your level. Remember that cold-based attacks also drain your stamina, leaving you unable to do power attacks or run fast. So glad you adopted Sofie, her story is quite the tear-jerker. Still enjoying every playthrough, you are doing a great job!🤩
That first skeever literally made me jump. I always found the frost atronach pretty... cool. Big icy boi go brrrr *shivering*
The day you put away the fire magic and start using a weapon that does real damage, I will cry tears of joy.
those floating jellyfish are called Netch. mostly passive but they can be provoked & their hides can be used for armor.
do them in any order you want
Bloodmoon was an expansion to Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind and introduced us to Raven Rock for the first time.
Dragonborn, the expansion that gave us Solstheim, is filled with easter eggs from Morrowind, but the mine specifically references Bloodmoon.
Gratian Caerellius was an explorer in Bloodmoon and Crescius Caerellius is his descendant.
i had a big "uh oh" moment when you decidedvto head to Solstheim lol. it is a great questline there though. Also I've been playing skyrim for over a decade and i had never seen that guy in Windhelm actually going about yelling at the dark elves! Great to see you getting so into the game, and I hope you don't put it on ICE
Haha yeahhh I definitely learned that Solstheim might be a little tough!
With all the ice I think you've missed a hidden bonus. If you take the horn you got from delphine back to the tomb it should have been in, you get a bonus reward.
❄☃ another awesome long video!!!. Solstein (sp) has a ton of cool quests
Nice one! I like the dialogue stuff too! ❄️❄️
Teldrin is worth the trip he’s really great.
I keep watching you stumble around and miss things and find it highly amusing. I've been "playing" Skyrim off and of for 8 years. Currently doing it again, level 23 so far in highly-modded version. Had to delete some mods due to many CTDs--my older graphicss card not up to task, plus some mods conflicted. With mods Skyrim never gets too old.Playing a male Redguard Rogue with a bevy of white chicks who do most my fighting! I enjoy your playthrough, but keep yelling at my PC!!!
Don't listen to nay-sayers telling you Solstheim is too hard. I may be, but, if so, you'll figure it out. Have fun and explore wherever you want. Come fire or ICE, carry on! As others have mentioned, when you encounter enemies, it's better to retreat while handling them one at a time, if possible, rather than charging further into the dungeon where more enemies undoubtedly await! Although, I have just run through dungeons without engaging most of the enemies. Usually, only some of them will follow you. If you go far enough fast enough, you may get away with it. Of course, you forfeit a lot of loot that way.
Regions in Skyrim have a min. level and then scale up with the player (up to a certain point) but they won't scale down. Solstheim is starting at level 30 but one is WELL advised to have a bit more than that, good equipment and the main damage-dealing and -avoidance skills "perked". If not ... ouch. If you're a member of the thieve's guild, you get a special dialogue with the blacksmith and a quest that will ultimately lead to a different kind of thief armor (on steroids) and an item worth 5k so I usually do this at low level - you really have to know how to move there without a fight because once they engage you ... RIP. Solsteim can be a tough place, even for higher level characters.
Petty items like causes undead level 3 and under to flee are the perfect type to break over an enchanting table. The skill is learned, not its effectiveness. From there you can turn your ordinary weapons into enchanted weapons. I'd recommend you do so. Making a few unique bows or swords can be fun. You can also make some excellent rings or such, such as rings of regenerative or offensive abilities.
Don't forget to poison a weapon occasionally. It's one use, but it helps manage inventory and makes you more dangerous for a moment. Frostbite venom is poison. Ravage health is an alchemy effect that creates poison. You should stop by an alchemy table and mix a few items with unknowns with each other. Some will disappear, but learning new effects is worth it. ❄
Ice Ice Baby: You should not be going to solsteim until level 20 because it is tough. Noted by the creators. The compass at the top of your screen tells you the direction of your quest providing you have highlighted it. Solsteim quests will not appear on your Skyrim map. You can fast travel to Skyrim by the Solsteim map instead of using the ship and its free and vice verse. On the Skyrim map Solsteim will appear east of Windhelm docks. Both have a big arrow. Solsteim is full of new things from armour, encounters and so on but no horses for fast travel or to buy.
Glad to see you still rolling along and enjoying Skyrim, it can be a bit cold and Icy up North.
For your next playthrough you should create a player named Way Distracted. Wear it with honor and pride 😀
Sorry it took so long to watch this, but it was worth the wait. I don't visit the Isle much so it was nice joining you for the journey. When you were slowly checking the abandoned building my phone buzzed and scared the cheezits out of me! 😂I would also like to mention how much I actually enjoy reading your time stamps - I have never seen another creator with clever and entertaining stamps like yours. Kudos to you!! It is always so nICE to see your vid notifications pop up. Now I will enjoy a little ICE cream before I return to the Rim of the Sky for my own journey. Stay amazing Liz!
Hey Liz XP I'm up to watching this and I'm not watching them in any certain order
I just watch the ones I come across and haven't seen yet but thanks I really enjoy
them and you you are very beautiful person and you make me smile Thank You
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have a bit to catch up, great you found the iceland