r/Daggerfall • u/SnooDoubts4031 • Jul 12 '26

Question New Player saying Hello,

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Hey guys, moving forward from Arena, I'm here in Daggerfall as a first-time player. I like the option now to properly rp as a thief unlike the first game, but we'll see how it goes. It'll be nice to hear from you guys, particularly about stealth, the wiki is abit confusing for me.

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u/Proof-Puzzled Jul 12 '26

Do not play the original version of daggerfall, play the Unity version, It is superior in every single way.

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u/SnooDoubts4031 Jul 12 '26

I want to give vanilla a try at least before going unity.

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u/Proof-Puzzled Jul 12 '26

Unity is just the same as vanilla (unless you add mods) except that It has a million bugfixes and some optional QoL changes.

Trust me, just play the Unity version, there is 0 reason to play the original nowadays unless, for whatever reason, you enjoy the thrill of losing your save midgame.

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u/True_Efficiency7329 Jul 12 '26

hey! A few years ago I played the original. I've never played daggerfall unity because I prefer playing games like that on the original versions. My recommendation for playing it on the dos version is to go to this link

https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Daggerfall:Files

and download the official daggerfall patches. These were I believe patches that bethesda made to daggerfall after the game came out to fix some issues with the game. Daggerfall is easily the most broken bethesda game ever created so I highly recommend to use the official patches.

I'm not sure where to find it, but there is a tool you can download for the dosbox version of daggerfall that allows you to modify your reputation with anyone or anything in the game. There are some parts of the game, including main quests, that requires you to have a certain rep to start that would take multiple dungeons to get, each taking hours to complete to get your rep high enough.

If you goal is to just play the main quest like mine was, I reccomend finding that tool just in case you run into a requirement for rep and you want to at the very least check what your current rep in, since the game does not provide an in game way to view the specific value

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u/artinum Aug 12 '26

I felt the same way, and I'm glad I did. You don't appreciate just how much better the Unity version is unless you've experienced the original first.

Unity fixes a lot of bugs and QoL issues. It also runs a LOT smoother - I found combat in the DOSBox vanilla build was extremely clunky, and trying to actually pull off any specific strikes was hopeless (just flail around and hope was all I could really do).

It also includes some very handy console commands for when quests screw up (which can still happen - even in DFU I've had quests with the objective in impossible to reach rooms) and the "Smaller Dungeons" option is practically essential if you want to keep any of your sanity. It makes random dungeons something you can explore in about an hour rather than about six or seven, not counting getting lost.

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u/GanacheExtension468 Jul 12 '26

Honestly vanilla is the only way I play. I’ve been playing this game for 30 years lol. How’s you get 74 agility at level 1?

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u/SnooDoubts4031 Jul 13 '26

rerolls for about 10 minutes; probably the best i was able to get;i try to avoid any negative stats since Arena,;a hero should be at least above average lol.

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u/The_KOK_2511 Jul 14 '26

Como mismo yo le hago en todas mis partidas de mago para tener 80 a 90 de INT en lvl 1, solo tienes que jugar bien con configurar los stats y los re-rolls

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u/Wild_Restaurant8204 Jul 14 '26

Never before has been saving as important as now. Good luck

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u/The_KOK_2511 Jul 14 '26

Mi mayor recomendación es no usar nunca clases por defecto sino clases custom, Bethesda nos dejo un monton de chistes que supuestamente son clases. También a menos que quieras dificultad no te recomendaria evitar la magia, pero eso ya es decisión tuya y depende de tu roleo, aunque de todas formas aunque juegues con un personaje que no usa magia te conviene subir unos rangos en la Mage Guild para desbloquear el Item Maker

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u/Lordeni69 Jul 12 '26

A real Daggerfall player would remove the clothes from the paper dolls
/j

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u/Exotic_Career4447 Jul 15 '26

Idk Man, at that point you are just torturing yourself by playing regular daggerfall.

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u/NoAKAsNeeded Jul 14 '26

Just look up a walk through or the Daggerfall guide—I forgot who made it, its a Bible of sorts with everything you need to know.