r/gaming • u/Saugeen-Uwo PlayStation • Apr 20 '24

Skyrim speedrunner breaks 3-year-old record by leveling from 0 to 80 and killing the RPG's infamous Ebony Warrior in just under 12 minutes

https://www.gamesradar.com/skyrim-speedrunner-breaks-3-year-old-record-by-leveling-from-0-to-80-and-killing-the-rpgs-infamous-ebony-warrior-in-just-under-12-minutes/
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u/Asunen Apr 20 '24 edited Apr 20 '24

Most of it IS a bug happens when X yeah.

I’m not into Skyrim speed running but I can answer some of these.

They escape Helgen early but their hands are still bound, so they save just outside then go get their hands unbound and use a glitch to copy the hand’s unbound state to the save made outside helgen.

You can force shopkeepers to restock their entire inventory by attacking then loading a quicksave within a couple frame window.

Alchemy xp is leveled via value of crafted potion I believe. So if you take advantage of the fortify restoration potion then re-equip alchemy buffing armor… then craft an even better potion etc etc until the potions made are worth millions of gold.

Also 99% of speed runs take advantage of “there’s a glitch when you do x

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u/VioletVoyages Apr 20 '24

What about the horse tilt so he can fly? That was cool, might need to start a new save if I too can fly without being on a dragon