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Skyrim Legendary Character Developing Guide

10 February 2014

Verion 1!1 " #dded legendary kill tree e$planation and recommendation

Verion 1!0 " %nitial character developing guide &or creating a

character

building plan

'ob Cameron

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Content

1! %ntroduction *

1!1 Skyrim Legendary Character 'uilding *

1!2 'reton Sample Skill by )ree *

1!* 6on"'reton Legendary Sample Skill by )ree 7

1!4 Skill by Level #pproach 7

1!8 'reton Skill by Level 9

1!7 6on"'reton Skill 'y Level :

1!9 Legendary Skill and 3erk 'eyond Level ;1 11

1!; Leveling )ip 12

2!


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&rame,ork creating a character ,ho encounter everything+ can do all o&

the

Buet+ and ma$imie kill ,orking in the Skyrim univere and

minimie

time grinding kill! @hen the game &irt came out+ there ,a a level

limit

o& ;1+ o the leveling guide ho,n i &or the &irt ;1 level! For the

impatient+ try one the character perk plan belo,!

1!2 'reton Sample Skill by )ree

eavy #rmor 05. 6one

%lluion 75. 6ovice %lluion+ %lluion Dual Cating+ #nimage+

indred /age+ uiet Cating+ /ater o& /ind


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Light #rmor 45. #gile De&ender 15+ Cutom Fit+ -nhindered+

@ind @alker

Lock 3icking 05. 6one

?ne >anded 105. #rmman 1"8+ Fighting Stance+ Dual Flurry 1"2+

Dual Savagery+ Savage Strike

3ick 3ocket 05. 6one


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,ielding one handed ,eapon alo mean attacking ,ith t,o enchanted

,eapon

intead o& one!

3leae alter your kill plan by your pre&erence! Selecting ,hich perk

and

kill to improve i part o& the &un o& the game! @hatever your lit+

break

do,n the kill by level to prevent having to grind kill later in the

game!

1!* 6on"'reton Legendary Sample Skill by )ree

@hen playing a race other than 'reton+ reaching a magic reitance o&

;8E

reBuire either carrying a hield or ,earing magic reitant e,elry!

/agic

reitant e,elry i a good choice &or Dark =l& 80E &ire reitant5 or

6ord

80E &rot reitant5+ a e,elry piece reitant to the other t,o

element

,ill raie enough reitance Buickly in the game! #nother approach i

to

give up on dual ,ielding and carry a magic reitant hield uing *

block

perk intead o& the * one hand dual ,ielding perk! /agic reitance

alteration perk are not really needed ,ith a hield! )he 2 additional

perk

available &rom not uing the /agic reitance ,ill be replaced by

additional

block perk block runner and hield charge!

1!4 Skill by Level #pproach

-ing the recommended perk and organiing them by level reBuirement+

&at

track t,o or three kill tree at a time ,hile lo,ly leveling the other

kill tree to keep up ,ith your current level! )he recommended kill

tree

group to &at track in order are.

15 #lchemy and =nchanting

25 Smithing+ Conuration and


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%ncreaing alchemy in the &irt group improve attack+ de&ene and every

kill! @ith the >earth&ire e$panion+ alchemy i alo the eaiet kill

tree

to improve! Finally+ the Dragonborn e$panion ,ill allo, reetting a

kill

tree to develop your player level beyond ;1! =nchanting eventually lead

to

the =$tra =&&ect perk ,hich allo, t,o enchantment on each item!

@hen training and leveling+ the &irt et o& kill ,ill need to tay at

more

than t,ice the character level to tay on plan! %& the &irt et o&

kill i

alchemy and enchanting+ the &irt et o& kill can tay ahead o& plan

,ithout

any training+ but ,ill reBuire purchaing oul gem &or enchanting!

)he econd group o& kill include mithing+ ,hich a&&ect everything

made

and improved! Smithing i in the econd kill tree group to avoid

grinding

kill! )he other kill in group increae the level o& dead thrall

that

can be raied to 80+ and increae the number o& dead thrall that can

be

raied to 2! Dead thrall have a limit o& level 80 63C+ but there

are

many good 63C to chooe &rom limited to level 80!

)he econd et o& kill i more likely to need training in order to

keep up

,ith the plan!


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@ith the 'reton perk and trategy outlined above thi lead to the

&ollo,ing

perk leveling plan ,ith miion to viit note &or early level.

'reton Leveling 3lan.

3layer Skill

Level )ree Level 3erk 6ote

1 " " " >old ingredient until level 2

2 #lc 1 #lchemit 15 /i$ 3otion! #dd Faendal a a

Follo,er! Viit the @hiterun

Harl!

* Smi 1 Steel Smithing Hoin #ll Guild

4 =nc 1 =nchanter 15

8 Sne 1 Stealth 15

7 #lc 20 #lchemit 25 'leak Fall 'arro,

9 #rc 1 ?verdra, 15 Dragon


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2: ?ne 20 Fighting Stance

*0 #lc 70 Concentrated 3oion

*1 #lt 20 #lteration Dual Cating

*2 =nc 70 =nchanter 45

** %ll 20 %lluion Dual Cating

*4 #lc ;0 #lchemit 85

*8 %ll 20 #nimage

*7 =nc ;0 =nchanter 85

*9 #lt 28 #pprentice #lteration

*; =nc 100 =$tra =&&ect Dual =nchant He,elry

*: Lig *0 Cutom Fit

40 Smi *0 =lven Smithing Dual =nchant =lven %tem

41 #lt *0 /agic


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7; #lt 80 #dept #lteration

7: De 70 #ugmented Shock 25

90 De 70 #ugmented Frot 25

91 #rc 70 ?verdra, 45

92 ?ne 70 #rmman 45

9* Lig 70 @ind @alker

94 Sne 90 Silence

98 #rc 90 uick Shot

97 #lt 90 Stability

99 ?ne 90 Dual Savagery

9; #rc ;0 ?verdra, 85

9: ?ne ;0 #rmman 85

;0 %ll :0 /ater o& /ind

;1 Sne 100 Shado, @arrior

-ing the plan above+ keep an eye on mithing+ retoration and conure

kill! )he econd et o& kill need to keep mithing kill about

t,ice the

character level tarting at level ;! =orlund Grey"/ane in @hiterun i a

mater trainer ,ho can help train to level :0!


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6on"'reton Leveling 3lan.

3layer Skill

Level )ree Level 3erk 6ote

1 " " " >old ingredient until level 2

2 #lc 1 #lchemit 15 /i$ 3otion! #dd Faendal a a

Follo,er! Viit the @hiterun

Harl!

* Smi 1 Steel Smithing Hoin #ll Guild

4 =nc 1 =nchanter 15

8 Sne 1 Stealth 15

7 #lc 20 #lchemit 25 'leak Fall 'arro,

9 #rc 1 ?verdra, 15 Dragon


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*2 =nc 70 =nchanter 45

** #lt 20 #lteration Dual Cating

*4 #lc ;0 #lchemit 85

*8 %ll 20 %lluion Dual Cating

*7 =nc ;0 =nchanter 85

*9 %ll 20 #nimage

*; =nc 100 =$tra =&&ect Dual =nchant He,elry

*: #lt 28 #pprentice #lteration

40 Smi *0 =lven Smithing Dual =nchant =lven %tem

41 Lig *0 Cutom Fit

42 Con 40 6ecromancy

4* De *0 #ugmented Shock 15

44 Smi 80 #dvanced #rmor

48 #rc *0 #ugmented Frot 15

47 Smi 80 #rcane 'lackmith

49 #rc *0 =agle =ye

4; Smi 90 Gla Smithing

4: Sne *0 /u&&led /ovement

80


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91 ?ne 70 #rmman 45

92 Lig 70 @ind @alker

9* Sne 90 Silence

94 #rc 90 uick Shot

98 #lt 90 Stability

97 'lo 90 'lock earth&ire &arming ingredient Buickly! %nvet in


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#lchemy perk!

" =nchanting. #ctivate the /age tone be&ore enchanting! =nchant a

ring+

necklace+ glove+ circlet and Falmer helmet ,ith #lchemy kill be&ore

reetting the enchanting kill!

" Smithing. #ctivate the @arrior tone be&ore mithing! )he &irt

pa

through the mithing kill tree recommended the light armor path! #&ter

the &irt pa+ try alternating ,hich perk tree branch to &ollo, o that

all ingot are ued! 'o, are generally the mot valuable &or the

amount

o& material ued! Stockpile D,arven ingot &or a econd pa through

the

mithing tree!

Legendary kill ,ill make perk available be&ore a perk i available

&or a

particular kill tree! @hen thi happen+ have a &e, kill tree in

mind!

%& either kill tree plan above i ued+ try.

" #dditional archery andAor melee ,eapon perk. %mprove primary

,eapon

" Conuration. /ytic 'inding and Soul Stealer. Summon a oul trap

,eapon

intead o& carrying one

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,earing the right et o& enchanted armor+ helmet+ ring and necklace!

@ith good enchanting each item can reduce magicka cot by 2: percent!

Carrying only e$tra et o& ring and necklace+ a character can reduce

the

cot o& &our magic chool by ;7 percent intead o& t,o chool reduced

to 0!

Stamina i ued ,hen running or uing ,eapon+ o tamina need to

increae+

but not too &at! >ealth i ued to tay alive! Staying alive i

highly

recommended! @ith thi in mind+ try leveling up at a ratio o& * health+

1

tamina+ and 1 magicka!

)he third et o& kill are generally looking to tay about the ame

level a

the player level until player level reache 99 or 9;!

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po,er+ in reality+ contant e&&ect are ued about once a day+ but

ometime

&or more than 70 econd at a time!

2!2 70 Second 3o,er

#lo in my opinion+ the bet 70 econd po,er i the ?rc po,er. take 80

percent damage and give an e$tra 100 percent damage! )hi i a po,er

that

tack ,ith other po,er or potion and come in handy in the middle

game

,hen opponent are a little more po,er&ul than your character! @hen

playing

Skyrim+ the Dragon rarely kill+ and almot never kill a&ter enchanting

a

&ireA&rot reitance ring and necklace! )he tough enemie to handle

tend to

be the bo character not eaily attacked &rom a ditance ,ith an

arro,+

magic or voice attack!

2!* 3re&erred


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character i not leveled like the enemie!

Detailed in&ormation about &ollo,er can be &ound at

http.AA,,,!uep!netA,ikiASkyrim.Follo,er! )here are ome thing to

kno,

about &ollo,er! Firt+ &ollo,er level match ,ith your character level

up

to a character peci&ic ma$imum! Skyrim ,ith e$panion ha 4 &ollo,er

,ho

do not have a ma$imum level. Hargo /age Guild5+ Caleann Da,nguard5+

Durak Da,nguard5 and %ngard Da,nguard5! )he Da,nguard &ollo,er can

alo

be 'lade ,ho ,ill oin Buet attacking dragon! )he Da,nguard

&ollo,er can

alo be te,ard ,ho in addition to helping run a houe built+ ,ill help,hen

attacked at your built houe! ?ther important &ollo,er are dark

brotherhood

initiate! )he initiate have a ma$imum level o& 100! -ing a dark

brotherhood initiate ,hen recruiting Serana &rom Da,nguard allo, having

t,o

&ollo,er!

Creature are alo &ollo,er! )he highet level creature &ollo,er i

Vigilance+ ,hich i a dog that can be purchaed at the /arkarth Stable!

Vigilance ha a ma$imum level o& 80!

#nother et o& &ollo,er to conider are &ollo,er ,ho are alo

trainer!

Follo,er ,ho are trainer are paid &or training+ but then your

character can

trade ome thing ,ith the &ollo,er to take the gold back! %n

general+

trainer &ollo,er are companion! ?ne e$ception i Faendal in


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level! Free archery training can raie your character archery to level

80

and player to level ;! # high archery and player level enable almot

all

enemie to one or t,o hit kill your character until your other kill+

eBuipment+ etc! catch up! #rchery ,ill level &at enough ,ithout the

&ree

training!

#nother &ollo,er bene&it come ,hen aking your &ollo,er to pick up a

kill

book identi&ied a book valued over 80 gold5! # &ollo,er can pick up

the

book and trade the book to your character ,ithout your character reading

the

book! Delaying reading a book until reaching a higher kill level i

help&ul

latter in the game! Some &ollo,er can be married!

4! /arriage

/arriage in Skyrim ha many practical advantage! Iour poue ,ill open

a

tore allo,ing your character to buy and ell item at home to your

poue!

Iour poue tore ,ill alo provide 100 gold per day ,hen your

character

ak i& the tore ha made any money! Some poue have houe!

#nother

advantage i that leeping ,here your poue i receive the lover

com&ort

bonu! )he bonu increae all kill tree e$perience gained by 18

percent

&or ; hour o& game time! %& your poue i your &ollo,er+ uing bed

roll

located at many Buet location enable gaining e$perience &ater!

/arrying

omeone ,ho i not a &ollo,er and &at traveling to another location

&reBuently imulate more than ; hour o& game time! )he &ater

e$perience

lead me to recommend marrying a &ollo,er! 'e&ore your character can

marry

omeone+ your character ha to ,ear an amulet o& /ara+ and do omething

to

gain the potential poue &avor!


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)he ma$imum level o& &ollo,er that can be married i 80! )here are

everal

houecarl and circle companion member &ollo,er ,ho can advance to level

80!

)he circle companion &ollo,er are alo trainer. #ela the >untre

e$pert

archery5+ Farka mater heavy armor5 and Vilka mater t,o handed5!

Since

#ela i the only &ollo,er ,ho train in a kill tree that the plan i

not

ignoring+ #ela eem the mot practical o& the companion &ollo,er to

marry!

#ela i an archer ,ith one handed ,eapon+ light armor and neak kill!

)he

iue ,ith marrying companion i that your character cannot marry them

until

a&ter completing all o& the companion Buet!

For the houecarl+ your character mut become thane o& a hold+ and then

,in

their &avor! =arly in the game+ the gold &rom your poue tore help

the

&inance iue until building the Falkreath houe! )he &irt available

houecarl to marry i Lydia &rom @hiterun! )o ,in her &avor+ yourcharacter

mut do the main Buet Dragon ouecarl have

heavy

armor+ archery+ one handed and block kill!

# third &ollo,er candidate ,orth mentioning i -thgerd the -nbroken! )o,in

her &avor+ your character mut bet her in a bar &ight in @hiterun! ?n

lo,er

di&&iculty level+ &ighting i reaonable to attempt ,hen &irt entering

@hiterun! ?n the legendary level+ your character ,ill need potion and

,ill

need to have de&eated Gian the Fit in the


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/arrying -thgerd i recommended to get married &ollo,er bene&it the

earliet! %& looking to marry a &ollo,er ,ho can reach level 80+ Lydia

i

recommended! /arrying Lydia or -thgerd be&ore building your houe ,ill

alo

help gain mithing e$perience &ater ,hile building and &urnihing your

houe!

8! )raining

)here are ome leon about training that are not obviou the &irt

time

playing Skyrim! )he &irt leon i to ue an upper limit training

kill

tree that are not &at tracking up to your current level on the mater

and

legendary di&&iculty level! Iour character may need to train the kill

that

are &at tracking beyond your current level to meet your planned

reBuirement! %n general+ accelerating alchemy and enchanting doe not

reBuire trainer! Smithing+ alteration+ conuration and retoration may

need

trainer ,hen &at tracked! )here are t,o reaon to limit trainingkill

up to your player level! )he &irt reaon i that early in the game+

gold i

needed to purchae eBuipment+ &illed oul gem+ pell book+ a houe+

etc!

#ll kill tart at level 18 or above! )he econd reaon to not train

bae

kill beyond your player level i the reaon &or not uing the &ree

training

&rom Faendal! Skill higher than your player level tend to increaeyour

player level too &at making your character more vulnerable to leveled

enemie!

)he econd leon i to conider your player level the lo,er limit &or

kill

in kill tree that ue perk in your plan! ?n the odd player level+

the

kill level reBuired &or the perk i belo, your player level &ollo,ing

the


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propoed plan! eeping kill up at character level in the ued kill

tree

,ill keep the kill relevant!


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by combining ingredient that have common e&&ect! =ach ingredient ha

&our

e&&ect! )he &irt e&&ect o& each ingredient can be dicovered by

eating the

ingredient! Further e&&ect can be dicovered by purchaing recipe+

uing

perk+ or uing trial and error! 3otion are alo a ource o& income

that

improve a alchemy perk are gained!

)he mot e$penive potion to make &rom ingredient early in the game i.

'lue 'utter&ly

'lue /ountain Flo,er

Giant )oe

)he potion value ,ill increae a alchemy kill and perk are acBuired!

Giant )oe ,ill create a great return on invetment ,hen purchaed &rom

an

alchemy hop! =ventually+ giant can be taken do,n uing paralyi

potion

and your bet ,eapon!

)he >earth&ire e$panion enable &arming+ or planting ingredient and

harveting the plant! #round level 10+ your character ,ill get an

invitation &rom the Harl o& Falkreath &or a Buet to take care o& ome

bandit! )o become )hane alo involve ome Buet helping three people

&rom

Falkreath! )he implet Buet in Falkreath to become a )hane are.

'arit

#he delivering ahe &rom )hadgeir to oue plant produce * to 8 o& each ingredient ,hen

harveted!

3urchae needed &arming ingredient not &ound!


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)he &ollo,ing &arming recipe are recommended.

%ngredient

3lant 3er 3lant 3otion

Creep Cluter 8 Forti&y Carry @eight A ealth A

@heat 4 ealth

Sno,berrie 4 =nchanting ,A'lue 'utter&lie5 A

Dragon )ongue 4


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the ingredient e&&ect take omething a,ay &rom playing the game!

7!01!2 #lchemy 3erk


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7!0* #rchery

3oioned enchanted bo, are the mot po,er&ul ranged ,eapon in the

game!

Smithing and enchanting ,ill make your bo, very po,er&ul ,ithout the

archery

peci&ic perk! )he archery perk recommended include overdra, 1"8+

,hich

ampli&ie bo, damage by 20 percent &or each perk! =agle =ye ,ill help

ee

and hit target that are &urther a,ay! /agic attack do not have an

eBuivalent perk to eagle eye+ contributing to bo, uperiority over

detruction pell! Staggering opponent ,ith 3o,er hot i nice and on

the

,ay to the uick Shot perk ,hich increae your bo, &iring rate and

damage

per econd by *0 percent!

)he other archery perk are help&ul+ but do not improve the bo, attack

by a

much a the perk elected! Critical hit increae damage by

appro$imately 8

percent per perk taken!


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include hield ,all 1+ and de&lect arro, and elemental protection! %&

uing

&ive block perk+ block runner enable moving &ater ,ith your hield up

and

hield charge knock do,n le threatening enemie on the ,ay to the

bo!

#dditional hield ,all perk only add 8 percent better protection than

hield

,all 1! 3rotection i already ma$imied ,hen your armor rating i 879+

,hich

can be reached ,ithout uing a hield! )hat leave hield bah and

diarming

bah! )he block kill are not bad+ but there are better alternative!

7!08 Conuration

)he econd pair o& kill tree to &at track include Conuration!

Conuration i very po,er&ul early in the game ,hen ummoning a &lame

atronach+ and again at Conure level :0 ,hen cating the dead thrall

pell!

Conure at level 100 give acce to the t,in oul perk ,hich allo,

t,o

dead thrall!

Conuring ability i e&&ected by ,hat happen in the beginning o& the

game!

%n the tarter dungeon i a dead mage in the torture chamber ,ho ha a

novice

hood! eep thi hood a&ter leaving the dungeon! @hen in @hiterun+

Farengar

ell a conure &lame atronach pell that can be cat ,hile ,earing the

novice hood!

=arly in the game+ the &lame atronach i very po,er&ul+ ha both melee

and

ranged attack+ and can olve Buet iue on legendary di&&iculty that

are

other,ie not addreable until later in the game! For e$ample+ ,hen

oining

the thieve guild early in the game be&ore level 10+ level * to 8 are

recommended5+ your character ,ill encounter a lo,li&e 63C that i very

di&&icult to kill at lo, level! Cat the &lame atronach up to the

ledge by

the dra,bridge+ and the atronach ,ill take care o& the lo,li&e!


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)he et o& perk recommended &or conure are along the necromancy branch

leading to the t,in oul perk! )hee perk are 6ovice Conuration+

6ecromancy+ Dark Soul and ),in Soul! 6ecromancy ha limited ue by

e$tending ho, long reanimated dead are active! Dark Soul add 100 more

health to your reanimation and thrall! ),in oul allo, t,o

reanimated+

thralled or ummoned helper! )hee &our perk combined ,ith the

retoration

perk 6ecromage allo, cating the Death )hrall pell and thrall t,o

corpe

that are up to level 80!

# poiler that hould not urprie even ne, player i that your

character

eventually become the leader o& each guild a&ter the original guild

leader

die! /ot guild leader level up ,ith your character up to a ma$imum

o&

level 80+ ,hich i conveniently the ma$imum level to thrall character!

@ant

a mage &ollo,erJ )ry Savo #ren andAor #ncano! @ant a &ighterJ )ry

odlak

@hitemane or Skor! Complete the civil ,ar to thrall -l&ric ,ho come

,ith

dragon hout or General )uliu!

)here are a &e, thing to kno, about the dead thrall pell! Firt+ the

di&&erence bet,een reanimate and thrall i that ,hen your thrall die+

the

thrall doe not turn to ah! %ntead+ the thrall can be looted+ given

mithed

and enchanted ,eapon and cat dead thrall again! )hrall &ollo, until

killed+ banihed or turned! Cating cloak pell eem to kill all o&

your

thrall! ?ne techniBue i to mith and enchant the armor that thrall

are

,earing!


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be&ore caue the thrall to pa,n a ne, et o& the armor and ignore the

given

armor!

)he other conure branche are good+ but not a good a the necromage

branch!

)he atronach branch provide ummoning ,ithout having to rely on &inding

a

dead body or creating one during a battle be&ore gaining an aitant!

#tronach cannot ue mithed and enchanted ,eapon!

)he bound ,eapon branch allo, your ummoned ,eapon to be more

e&&ective+

and to attach a oul trap and banih pell to ummoned ,eapon! Created

,eapon are more e&&ective becaue the ,eapon can be mithed and

enchanted!

Dual cating i ue&ul &or cating the bound ,eapon and increaing the

bound

,eapon duration+ but there are more ue&ul perk! Finally+ the

pro&iciency

e&&ect apprentice+ adept+ e$pert and mater5 can be taken care o&

uing

enchantment! 3ro&iciency perk &or any magic chool are only

recommended

,hen the pro&iciency perk are pre"reBuiite &or other perk! %n thi

cae

the novice conuration perk i recommended!

7!07 Detruction

Detruction magic and the detruction kill tree are help&ul+ but not a

critical a the other recommended kill tree! # a ranged attack+ the

magic

pell are not a po,er&ul a a bo, &or attacking ingle target and

detruction doe not have an eagle eye perk to ee target that are &ar

a,ay!

)he detruction cro,d control attack are ue&ul in the earlier to

middle

part o& the game+ but not a e&&ective a the alteration pell

paralye and

ma paralyi available later in the game! )he rune mater perk caing

rune &urther a,ay i ok+ but not having the perk ill allo, placing

rune

trap ,ith the retriction to be cloer to ,here the trap i placed!


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)he dual cating A impact perk are ue&ul ,hen uing detruction magic

a

your ranged attack! )he pro&iciency perk are not recommended other

than

novice detruction! 6ovice detruction i a prereBuiite to get the

other

perk! )hi leave the &ire+ &rot and lightning branche! 3ick t,o

branche! /ot creature are not immune to lightning+ o lightning i a

good

choice! Fire doe e$tra damage to enemie on &ire+ and &rot lo, do,n

enemie and drain tamina! Detruction i ue&ul &or cro,d control and

&or

booting enchanted ,eapon! )he &rot branch i recommended+ but &ire i

alo

ue&ul &or e$tra damage!

),o detruction element are recommended becaue the augmented &lame A

&rot

A hock perk increae the elemental damage o& ,eapon that have the

correponding enchantment! %& your ,eapon ha t,o enchantment+ uch a

&rot and hock damage+ then augmented hock ,ill increae the e&&ect o&

'?)>

the &rot and hock damage &rom the ,eapon! )he e&&ect ,ork on your

one

handed ,eapon+ t,o handed ,eapon and bo,+ making the augmented

detruction

perk more valuable than perk uch a the archery critical hit perk+

the one

handed blademan perk+ etc! that only e&&ect one particular ,eapon each!

)he highet level element perk uch a intene &lame+ deep &reee and

diintegrate are not recommended becaue ,hen thee perk are available+

the

higher level alteration perk are alo available &or cro,d control!

Since

the necromancy conure branch ,a recommended+ do not elect

diintegrate to

avoid turning your potential thrall into ah!

7!09 =nchanting

=nchanting i in the pair o& kill tree to &at track &irt! #lchemy


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provide an intant boot to almot everything! =nchanting i done at

an

arcane enchanter+ uch a the arcane enchanter in Dragon and+


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Grelka+ etc!5! General merchant can then ue the gold &rom elling

oul

gem to purchae e$penive potion+ armor+ etc! &rom your character!

#lo be

on the lookout &or enchanted item &rom merchant that enable learning

ne,

enchantment!

)he highet value enchantment are banih &or ,eapon+ block &or

hield+

detruction &or armor and clothing+ ,ater breathing &or headgear and

e,elry+

and neak &or boot! Some o& the mot help&ul enchantment include

&orti&y

alchemy and &orti&y mithing!

?nce the =$tra =&&ect perk i acBuired+ check that your alchemy

eBuipment

ring+ necklace+ glove and helmet5 and mithing eBuipment ring+

necklace+

glove and armor5 are ma$imied and that your character i ,earing the

eBuipment! 6e$t make the bet e,elry+ armor+ and ,eapon to enchant!

Since

the plan develop enchanting be&ore mithing+ the actual armor and

,eapon

material ,ill change a better material become available! )he bigger

the

&illed oul gem the better the enchantment e&&ect and the more e$penive

the

oul gem cot!

# pecial note &or enchanting i that &almer helmet heavy armor5+

penitu

oculu helmet light armor available in Dragon 'ridge related to the

civil

,ar and dark brotherhood Buet5 can be enchanted and ,orn ,ith a

circlet or

dragon priet mak! Circlet can alo be enchanted! =nchanting create

many

choice! -e&ul enchantment combination depending on availability are.

@eapon 1. Shock A Frot Damage

@eapon 2. Shock Damage A Soul )rap

>elmet. Forti&y Conure A %lluion .


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3enitu ?culu >elmet.

#rchery A Conure

Circlet. #rchery A %lluion

#rmor. Detruction A #lteration

Glove. 'o, A ?ne handed ,eapon

'oot. Sneak A ?ne handed ,eapon

eavy #rmor

>eavy armor i one o& the kill tree to kip! )he light armor kill

tree i

recommended intead! Light armor i lighter+ can alo reach the ma$imum

armor rating and ha the perk ,ind ,alker ,hich regenerate tamina 80

percent &ater!

%& your plan chooe heavy armor over light armor+ try the Huggernaut 1+

&it o& teel+ cuhioned and conditioning perk! Huggernaut increae

heavy

armor by 20 percent and i a prereBuiite perk! Fit o& teel help in

bra,l increaing hand to hand damage baed on your armor! Cuhioned

halve

damage &rom &alling+ and conditioning make the eBuipped heavy armor

,eigh

nothing! Conditioning i key ,ith heavy armor!


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Smithing ,ill help reach the ma$imum armor rating ,ithout the additional

uggernaut perk+ ,ell &itted or matching et! )o,er o& trength 80

percent

le tagger5 and re&lect blo, 10 percent re&lect damage5 have too

many

prereBuiite &or the bene&it received!

7!0: %lluion

)he illuion kill tree i a recommended kill tree! )he illuion kill

can

be acBuired lo,ly and till be e&&ective! )here are everal ue&ul

illuion

pell including clairvoyance ho, a path to your Buet target5+ mu&&le

80

percent le noie &rom armor5+ inviibility+ and call to arm area

a&&ect

boot to archery+ one handed+ t,o handed+ health and tamina5! ?ne

iue

,ith illuion pell i that the pell only ,ork on enemie up to a

level

limit+ and the pell do not ,ork on all enemy type! )he other

illuion

&ear+ &reny or paci&y pell need peci&ic perk to boot their level

e&&ectivene! # ,ith all magic+ the novice illuion i recommended

becaue

the novice illuion perk i a prereBuiite &or illuion perk! )he

recommended illuion branch i animage e&&ect higher level animal5+

kindred

mage e&&ect higher level people5+ Buiet cating no noie caing any

pell5

and mater o& mind illuion pell e&&ect undead+ daedra and

automation5!

%lluion dual cating e$tend the duration &or the inviibility and call

to

arm pell! )he calm+ &ear and &reny perk and are not recommended!

7!10 Light #rmor

Light armor i the recommended armor due to being the lightet armor

early in

the game+ and the ,ind ,alker perk retoring tamina 80 percent &ater!

Smithing ,ill help your light armor reach the ma$imum armor level ,hen

combined ,ith the light armor perk agile de&ender 15 and cutomer &it!


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-nhindered i the light armor perk that make eBuipped armor ,eigh

nothing!

)he e$tra agile de&ender and matching et perk are not needed to reach

the

ma$imum armor rating! )he de&t movement perk avoiding 10 percent o&

melee

damage may be recommended beyond level ;1!

7!11 Lock 3icking

)he lock picking kill tree i a&e to kip! @ith ome practice any

lock at

any di&&iculty can be picked! =$tra lock pick are available &or

purchae at

many tore ,ithin the game! For a novice lock try to move the lock,hile

the pick i in the center! %& the lock doe not turn+ try hal& ,ay

bet,een

the center and the right! %& till not opening+ try hal& ,ay bet,een

the

center and the le&t! For apprentice lock+ check hal& ,ay bet,een the

point

&or novice lock! #dept check hal& ,ay bet,een the apprentice check+

etc!

-e your perk on another kill tree!

7!12 ?ne >anded

=nchanting and one handed ,eapon are the kill tree ,ith the mot+ 10+

recommended perk! =nchanting kill need to be enhanced Buickly to

a&&ect

all kill+ ,eapon and armor! ?ne handed ,eapon pecialie in melee

,eapon+ ,hich can do the mot damage! )he recommended perk are

#rmman 1"8

20 percent more damage per level5+ Fighting Stance 28 percent le

tamina

&or po,er attack5+ Dual Flurry 1"2 &ater dual ,ielding attack at 20

and

*8 percent &ater5+ Dual Savagery 80 percent more damage on dual

,ielding

po,er attack5+ and Savage Strike 28 percent bonu damage on tanding

po,er

attack5! )hi hould be plenty o& perk &or the one handed kill tree!


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@hat ,a le&t behindJ 'one 'reaker+ >ack and Slah+ and 'lademan perk

level 1 to * that increae particular type o& one handed ,eapon are

le&t

behind! #ll are help&ul+ but not a help&ul a the one handed perk

elected! Critical charge allo, po,er attack ,hile printing!

Critical

charge i help&ul+ but not ,hen &ighting enemie paralyed &rom potion!

3aralying trike ha a 28 percent chance o& paralying on a back,ard

po,er

attack+ but potion are more reliable and do not reBuire a back,ard

po,er

attack!

7!1* 3ick 3ocket

3ickpocket i among the kill tree to kip and pend perk ele,here!

@hen

pickpocket i elected+ try the light &inger+ night thie&+ e$tra

pocket et

o& perk! =$tra pocket increae carrying capacity by 100! 6e$t mot

valuable i to pick up cutpure and midirection! /idirection allo,

pickpocketing uneBuipped ,eapon be&ore having to &ight! 3er&ect touch

allo, pickpocketing eBuipped item! 3ickpocketing ha an ;8 percent

ucce

cap! # neak attack ,ith a poioned ,eapon and then looting a&ter the

battle

i pre&erred!

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)he recommended perk are 6ovice


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light armor &or yourel&+ but no ,eapon! Gla create both light

,eapon

and armor! Dragon cale armor i the bet light armor! #rcane

'lackmith

allo, mithing armor that ha already been enchanted! ?ne note &or

people

,ho are ued to the heavy armor track i that mithing ,a eaier to

develop

,ith the d,arven mithing perk and converting metal &rom d,arven ruin

into

d,arven armor and bo,! @ith the light armor track+ developing mithing

kill involve making more e,elry+ armor upgrade and relying on houe

building!

'uilding e,elry i aided by viiting the >alted Stream Camp! )o &ind>alted

Stream Camp i& not given a Buet early in the game i to leave @hiterun+

,alk

pat the table+ and turn ,et to ,alk 6orth around @hiterun on the

,et

ide! Follo, your compa directly north to,ard the tent compa

ymbol!

#pproach care&ully+ a >alted Stream Camp i a 'andit camp! 3aralye

poion

,ork ,ell on bandit i& the Falkreath &arm i up and running! %nideyou

,ill &ind a pell book on a table by the bandit chie& bed that can

tranmute iron to ilver and ilver to gold! Silver and gold are the

main

e,elry component!

7!17 Sneak

Sneak i alphabetically the lat recommended kill tree! # cro,d o&helper

dra,ing &ire &rom enemie ,hile neaking up to attach ,ith arro, or one

handed ,eapon then diappearing into the cro,d again i enoyable! )he

horter lit i the lit o& neak perk not recommended! )he &irt

perk not

recommended are neak 2 through 8! Sneak 1 i a prereBuiite &or the

kill

tree adding 20 percent to neak! Sneak 2 through 8 add 8 percent each!

Sneak 2 through 8 combined are hal& a e&&ective a enchanting boot

,ith


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neak ,hen enchanting i at 100! )he other neak perk not recommended

i

aain blade! #ain blade i nice+ but backtab ,ith longer

,eapon

i eventually deadly enough to one hit kill mot enemie! @hen

advancing

beyond level ;1+ conider aain blade again and ue Buiet dagger

&or

neak attack!

)he elected neak perk are. Stealth 1 20 percent neak kill5+

'acktab

one handed neak attack do 7 time the damage5+ /u&&led /ovement

armor

noie reduced 80 percent5+ Deadly #im bo, neak attack do * time the

damage5+ Light Foot dont trigger preure plate5+ Silent anded @eapon

),o handed ,eapon are not recommended in &avor o& one handed ,eapon!

?ne

handed ,eapon are &ater+ lighter and i& dual ,ielding have t,ice a

many

enchantment! ),o handed ,eapon are not bad! Chooing to emphaie

t,o

handed ,eapon intead o& one handed ,eapon &ree 10 perk &rom the one

handed recommendation! )he one handed perk are replaced ,ith the

recommended

; perk belo, plu t,o more perk in anything deired! )he t,o handed


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recommended perk are imilar to one handed perk. 'arbarian 1"8 20

percent

more damage per perk5! Champion tance 28E le tamina &or po,er

attack5+ devatating blo, 28 percent more damage &or tanding po,er

attack5 and ,eep ide,ay po,er attack hit everyone in &ront o& your

character5! S,eep doe not have an eBuivalent ,ith one handed ,eapon

perk!

3erk not recommended include deep ,ound+ limbplitter and kullcruher

a

thee perk are peci&ic to type o& t,o handed ,eapon! Great critical

charge i printing po,er attack+ ,hich ,ill drain tamina even more

,ith

t,o handed ,eapon! @armater i the back,ard po,er attack ,ith a 28

percent chance o& paralyi ,hich i le e&&ective than a paralyi

potion

&rom the &arm!

9 Concluion

)hat i the guide &or legendary character creation and planning!

>ope&ully

thi guide ha preented enough in&ormation &or ne, player to enoy a

much

a the game a poible ,ithout a go here then there ,alkthrough and

help

develop an even better character building plan! % hope that all enoy

Skyrim

a much a % have!

'ob Cameron

the elder scrolls v - skyrim legendary character developing guide

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