We can all agree that the crimson nirnroot quest is by far the best. The only thing that comes close to it is finding all of the unmarked unusual gems hidden all across skyrim.
I liked that one too , for the connection to Oblivion with Sinderian , I liked him in that game would have been cool to find him alive in Skyrim but wth everybody's gotta die...
I would enjoy blood on the ice... If only it wasn't the buggiest quest in the game. I could never get the quest to work. The guard never spawned, and i could never complete it.
Yeah whenever I finish that it gives me double alerts for it apparently there was supposed to be another quest by the same name. Not a huge problem but those quest names just sit there on screen for a good 10 seconds
I absolutely loved the quest where man asks you to save his wife from bandits only to find out that his wife ran away and became the leader of those bandits which ends up with her giving you a ring that you return to her husband.
Khajiit Be on guard Khajiit you should make for your homeland with haste never know when a dragon will want roasted cat for lunch if you choose to stay may the moons watch over you
@@TheRibbedDamascus yeah, in the final room if you run all the way through, you can find one on the ground. It happened on sse for ps4, so it might still work
"And you'll get to listen to Melka's hilarious hagraven commentary" When I first did this quest all I heard was her terrible, long, excruciating, irritating breathing
@@GrimReaper-kk8py Exactly. They're not officially recognised as side quests in the games script. Hence why there's none included in this video. They're more considered a quest category just like the dark brotherhood and companions just not in a quest chain. The guy with a strange obsession of gay porn doesn't seem to realise this though. Oh well 🤷♂️.
I have to say my favorite quest in the Elder Scrolls series is the one where you basically play the villain in a slasher flick. it's a Dark Brotherhood quest in Oblivion, where you're sent to a house with like 4-5 strangers to murder them to death(Dark Brotherhood, what do you expect?), with an added bonus for doing so without being detected. I remember when I played it, I managed to convince one of the two remaining characters that the other remaining character was the killer, and they took them out. It's rather appropriately called "Whodunit?"
God I love that quest. I would have loved a "sequel" to it in Skyrim. Or little moments like where you can pick up that dead mothers head and one of the dark brotherhood mentions it before its revealed he's the bad guy. For some reason I just love little details like that with games.
Yea this one is absolutely one of the bests. Like someone said, too bad there is no sequel to it in Skyrim but if some people don't know, you can kill the cousin's emperor at her weeding in solitude (dark brotherood quest) by pushing some kind of statue / stone ornament on her head. Gives a nice Oblivion vibe, always reminds me of that other dark brotherhood quest where you gotta kill a guy in Bruma and make it look like an accident by dropping a stag head trophy on him. :)
I accidentally stumbled across the hagravens quest once in werewolf form. I was just leveling up werewolf and I find a hagraven in a cage. It let me speak to it and do the whole quest as a werewolf. 10/10 would do again
@@ianharrison5758 it was a coven of hagraven witches that gave the companions the werewolf curse in the first place so it might be the other way around lol
@vineousvondrake2456 Hagravens and the Forsworn in general seem to have a connection with Hircine. The werewolves are because of Hircine. They are within his domain, and he is their creator. Hagravens have some animalistic qualities and were probably born from normal witches. Hagravens and werewolves may as well be cousins of a sort
Btw The clear skies is one of my most FAVOURITE shout since it’s first letter has 5sec cool down and staggers your enemy’s so you can constantly stagger them while getting jabs
Also it makes dwemer armor much better when worn. Edit: I remember that my dragon armor was just a few points better than the dwemer armor with the forbidden knowledge perk.
@@babygurleatsshickennuggits4201 A powerful artifact but the downside is you won't increase your conjugation, if you only use the sanguine rose. But it is really powerful for sure.
@@justinchristy9047 it doesn't bother me since I only use it currently for a flame thing when I see that a frost troll is near. I prefer to either sneak away or run because they don't drop anything I like. If the cheat tgm didn't exist there's absolutely no way I would've been able to get that artifact. Since I can actually cast the artifact from far away it alerts me of where everything I need to fight with is, as well as if it uses any shouts. I prefer to get enemies over with from afar, but so far away they don't even know where I am.
The reason why Blood on the Ice gets bugged is that Tova Shatter-Shield is tied to the quest. So if you kill her (or Nilsine, since she'll kill herself if you do that), it becomes impossible to complete. Also, the "right" way to complete the quest is to go straight to Wunferth the Unliving. Then he won't get arrested incorrectly.
Nah, going to the steward makes the quest so much better, because you are led to believe that the quest is over, only to later discover that it is not and that you arrested the wrong guy. Sadly, I missed this part on my first playthrough, because by the time I did this quest I was a level 80 mage with all the top spells and enchanted gear, and I was already arch mage and had killed Harkon, Alduin and Miraak, so I figured I didn't have to be afraid of some court wizard, necromancer or not. So the quest was rather underwhelming for me without the plot twist.
I always pick up a Staff of Paralysis. And equip it after talking to Wuunferth. Also when I enter Markarth. On an unrelated note, Thalmor agents like Gissur and those two Khajit in Riften and outside Windhelm tend to die to an invisible arrow.
"Blood On The Ice" was great. I just wish you could report the killer to the guards or the stewart and get him arrested, since his home is full of so many clues and even a letter in which he admits everything.
In my most recent play through I joined the forsworn, got the god armour then killed the leader. Turns out you get both rewards and the silver bloods that greet you get murdered too.
That quest frequently pisses me off because for some reason when I escape the blacksmith (both of them) join the fight, get killed and I can no longer trade there anymore. Happened the last 3 playthroughs
I messed something up on the hagraven one. I talked to the first one but didn’t free her initially, and proceeded to clear the cave and killed Petra. When I went back and freed her, she sort of rushed through the caves, saying some lines and sort of pausing to observe the dead enemies, only to arrive in the area with the dead Petra and be left standing there. Each time I return, Petra is lying dead with an arrow on her saying to kill her so I guess this mission ended up being a scrap 😂😢
Yea blood and ice is buggy you have to complete it before the civil war quest and the dark brotherhood quest otherwise key characters for this quest die and can't be interviewed
I personally enjoy the quest where you go up a really tall mountain and kill a big black dragon.... Alduin was his name I think? Best side quest for sure. But it doesn't hold a candle to the main quest... the thieves guild of course!
Top 5 sidequests... *looks at main story line, unfinished* "Yeah, I should do these side quests. That sounds more interesting. Screw the main story line. No one really finishes it"
I don't know if the Civil war is considered to be a main quest, but during the invasion of windhelm it bugged.. which meant that for the rest of the game it burned.
I have nearly 1000 hours in the game and haven’t gotten past talking to Paarthy the first time. The side stuff is so much more fun. Plus the VA is atrocious.
Blood On the Ice, the best example of an actual RPG quest with real decisions and consequences in the game...of course it had to be plagued by some of the most gamebreaking bugs in the game as well. It just works.
One of my favorite moments is at the end of forgotten legends when Gauldur reforges his amulet and banishes his bastards in the most badass way possible
Is that the one with the Charus? I just stumbled across that one the other day on my way to something else. Said “just a lighthouse and I’ll do a quick run through” only to find this hyper involved story with an even larger area I was like “what rabbit hole have I dragged myself into?” I got so many eggs from that one….like, in the 200s I think.
@@JohnnyFromVirginialove that, you're like, this is just a little tower, can't be too hard. Then the interior loads and there's five branching pathways. I've realized this sounds sarcastic, but it's genuinely one of my favorite bits in Skyrim (and equally fallout) just the most unassuming buildings having the most interesting quests/stories involved, and if not that, just some sick ass architecture to look at.
The Lexicon quest, the “haunted house” in Markarth, the little girl who died and was a ghost and the vampires that were involved, blood on the ice, are some of my favorites
Hey Nate! Huuuuuuge fan, just wondering have you ever played Skyrim? It's such a great game! Hope you notice me in all these crazy comments! Keep up the great work! #murderedtodeath
Ali watches skyrim video uploaded by a youtuber who has obviously played it alot as he knows lots of information proceeds to ask “have you played skyrim” what is the point in that question
I knew about Illia for years. I memorized her location on the map and get her as a companion every time I make a warrior type character as a mage backup. she's mad OP
Did you know if you go to the old dark brotherhood sanctuary, you can bring Astrid back to life using dead thrall! Plus, every time you kill her she says thank you!
I think The Man Who Cried Wolf and The Wolf Queen Awakened are probably the some of the best quests in the game. The events of the quests have world-shaking possibilities and it centers around one of the most legendary villains in the history of Tamriel. It's bizarre that it's just a sidequest.
I didn't know about Rise in the East until seeing this video and after looking in Windhelm for 30 minutes I finally found the EITC at the docks and WOW THAT QUEST WAS AWESOME!
i'm guessing she disappears if you don't use her as a follower before leaving. i've used her as a follower, then sent her on her way, and months later went back to the tower and got her to follow me again.
Delayed burial is definitely a fun one. Technically, it isn't directly affiliated with any faction quests, but it is fun to see Cicero's reactions to it once you meet with him in the Dark Brotherhood.
I had never actually joined the Dark Brotherhood before seeing people talk about having Cicero as a companion. I only knew him as the guy that a farmer seemed to hate for no apparent reason
8:25 The perfect Steward for your house! :v I love the Fort Frostmoth quest, just for the implication that Neloth and his rogue apprentice put a Heart (of Lorkhan) Stone into an Imperial commander, driving the man xenophobically berserk. _They made another Pelinal Whitestrake. In a mushroom. With a pile of scraps!_ Red gem in the chest, half-mad revenant, living in a dreamworld of war. All that's missing is the robotic arm with the man's titular white laser beam.
@@OnionKnightRises well , seeing how the new elder scroll will be using the same engine as Fallout 6 , its safe to say that Skyrim will probably stay the best elder scroll.
I haven’t done loads of side-quests as I’m new to the game, but I really love getting the ring of Hircine with that werewolf dude. It’s especially fun if you are already a werewolf as you can go on a killing spree together, and then get unlimited transformations!
OH MY GOD NATE!!!!!! I have played this game over 4000 hours this game... and still playing!!!! Thought I done it all every way every quest of every way every character o every thing!!!! I heard all of your 10 tiny details and almost none has baffled me..... BUT B U T I have just realized I never played Rise in The East!!!!!!!!!! I am shaking to go back home and do so. What else have I missed? How this is possible? I am going truly mad.
So about the first one involving the Hagraven. I didn't know she was friendly. I was being a stealth archer (as you do) and gave her the ol ebony arrow to the chest when she was still in the cage. Oops.
The entire dark brotherhood quest line has to be my favorite ^v^
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i really love those equipment items you get that boost your Thief skills. it makes Pickpocket MUCH easier to level. -to be honest, i only level Pickpocket to get the "extra pockets" perk. +100 max carry weight! VERY helpful.
I actually don't think the stones of barenziah was a bad quest. For one you can get the stones really quickly by interacting with one several times quickly, thus getting 2 or 3 stones from one location. And the part where you get the crown is actually fun imo because you go through the ruin finding out what happened to caravan and seeing the ghost. Its a fun little mystery in its own right
And even if glitching isn't the thing of the player, then all the locations are listed online, so it's just about writing it down and then go on a hunt for them.
He says "Hey guys it's Nate..." sounding all happy and then says "Today we're going over 5 ways to kill Nazeem" and sighs while some people are celebrating
I like alot of the quests but I think my favorite has to be Lost to the Ages, Blackreach and the crimson nirnroot, and after the DLC I enjoyed the Snow Elves area to get Auriel's Bow, I just like to go there and explore honestly.
I discovered the East Empire Company one on my first playthrough and then couldn't find it for literally years. I had begun to think I'd dreamed about it (not entirely unlikely for me) but nope, it's really there. Something to note about Blood on the Ice - you can tell Wuunferth about the amulet and journals after speaking to Calixto and spare one more life, you won't have to wait for a second person to die - he'll figure it out without you having to go to jail.
One of my favorite missions in Skyrim was "A Night To Remember." Just the traipsing around Skyrim trying to figure what in Oblivion you got up to one drunken night. It's also one of the few Daedric Item quests I actually enjoy.
I loved Blood on the Ice, but on my current playthrough on the Switch version, of course, it bugged. Can't get the second bit of it after getting the wrong person. T_T
Another great video Nate! I love this series! As a fun side note, when entering Japhet's Folly Towers for the East Empire Company quest, if you go to the very bottom of the tower, through a locked door you will find a very deceased Japhet, along with his journal telling you how Japhet's Folly came to be, and a treasure chest with some nifty loot in it :)
Audio: "Thankfully, Windhelms butcher will soon be caught at the end of the quest, as he attempts to kill someone in broad daylight." Video: Actually the f'kin darkest of moonless nighttime
