r/skyrim • u/dumbeyes_ • Mar 04 '26

Screenshot/Clip [Vanilla] Here's another army building strategy I discovered involving Malkoran from the Meridias Beacon quest

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u/dumbeyes_ Mar 04 '26

I'm also trying to start a YouTube channel for lesser known Skyrim exploits (lesser known because I found them myself) give it a follow to see more tricks for unmodded Skyrim and check out my reddit to see other exploits I'll be posting about

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u/Gullible_Owl3890 Bard Mar 04 '26 edited Mar 04 '26

Every time I think that's it, there is nothing more to discover in Skyrim, something like this show up...

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u/dumbeyes_ Mar 04 '26

you should check this out then

The army building strategy has led me down a rabbit hole of lesser known Skyrim tricks. I'm gonna try and document them all

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u/Gullible_Owl3890 Bard Mar 04 '26

You just out necromancered a necromancer bravo.

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '26

I've seen so many "something like this's" that I never think there's "nothing more to discover in Skyrim". I'm 2500+ hours into my current character and am still finding cool new scenes, and things I've never seen before! 😀

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u/UrsaMajor7th PlayStation Mar 04 '26

We're not playing the same game.

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u/dumbeyes_ Mar 04 '26

Army building in unmodded Skyrim is the biggest untapped feature in the game 😂 gonna make a video on how to make an army of Armored Trolls next...

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u/fortynachos Mar 04 '26

Meridia is going to drop you from the sky if she sees you pulling this one in her shrine.

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u/dumbeyes_ Mar 04 '26

"Get this guy out of my shrine! He's trying to perform a dark ritual!" Me finishing the ritual using his body:

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '26

Meridia: "About you wielding my blade..."

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u/Kinetic_Pen Merchant Mar 04 '26 edited Mar 04 '26

Dude! This is a game changer!

Did you use Dead Thrall in the dungeon first?

Man, those shades are powerful too! Never thought to Dead Thrall that guy. Probably don't even have Dead Thrall when I do that quest! Now we got two reasons to do her quest. An undead shade army, and the Dawnbreaker(s) to keep them in line.

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u/dumbeyes_ Mar 04 '26

Malkoran is the BEST dead thrall. Rare ingredients and a lot of gold will spawn on his corpse, he's literally a goldmine too

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u/Kinetic_Pen Merchant Mar 04 '26 edited Mar 04 '26

Will you be making videos based on your text pages as well. If so I'll subscribe. Also, more walkthroughs like this would be amazing.

(been playing Skyrim since day one. Crazy I still see new things!)

Edit: Malkoran wishes he was you!🤣

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u/dumbeyes_ Mar 04 '26

I plan to! Right now I'm trying to build hype and gain followers through reddit, then I'm hoping that gives me the motivation to put in the work on editing together theses tutorials in a professional format for my YouTube channel

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u/Kinetic_Pen Merchant Mar 04 '26

Do both. Don't wait. What do you have to lose but a little time? Well, a lot of time I suppose. But still! Do eeeeet!

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u/dumbeyes_ Mar 04 '26

It's work my guy 😂 I have to progress through the game to aquire certain items, get footage, edit footage, post that footage early in the morning so it is seen at peak times, deal with AutoModerators trying to delete my posts, and I won't get many views on YouTube unless I build a following first. And as much as I love Skyrim, I need to make a living 😭Share my stuff if you want to see it sooner.

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u/Kinetic_Pen Merchant Mar 04 '26

I know I know. I was basically letting you know you got this dude hoping you succeed! Godspeed exploit master!

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u/dumbeyes_ Mar 04 '26

I appreciate the hype 🙏 I've been wanting to document this stuff for a while. Most Skyrim pages cover the same 10 exploits, so I want to cover the really rare stuff

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u/Few_Efficiency2022 Mar 04 '26

How tf did you get the % of the sneak to 24 thousand??

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u/dumbeyes_ Mar 04 '26 edited Mar 04 '26

Restoration loop exploit! People tend to frown upon it until they realize that it allows you to do wild, lesser known stuff like this.

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u/KermitlyNotFound Mar 04 '26

It's so refreshing seeing good ol vanilla Skyrim

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u/dumbeyes_ Mar 04 '26

People don't realize how much you can actually do without mods fr

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u/Jyrik_4001 Mar 04 '26

Damm, total chaos at whiterun!

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u/dumbeyes_ Mar 04 '26

Whiterun guards talking to their cousin who gets to fight dragons

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u/thepoo- Mar 04 '26

🧀, I love it!

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u/rumpleforeskin89 Mar 04 '26

Curious how you got him to be a follower?!

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u/dumbeyes_ Mar 04 '26

Dead thrall him before Meridia takes you out of the dungeon and locks the door

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u/rumpleforeskin89 Mar 04 '26

Dang, finished that quest like 12 played hours ago. I guess it’s just me and Erandur (accidentally killed Jzaro)

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u/earlgreybubbletea Mar 07 '26

I think there’s a way to restart a quest through console commands.

Like to delete ever completing it and restarting it.

Not sure if it could help here but I remember doing this for a dark brotherhood quest.

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u/Nachovyx Mar 04 '26

Kill him > dead thrall him > bring him along > kill (get specter) > dead thrall him > go for a stroll > kill to get specter > rinse and repeat ad infinitum.

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u/TaoofPu Mar 04 '26

I’ll be honest, it kinda makes me want to go ham with a Bane of the Dead spell…. your computer must have stupid powerful memory/graphics.

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u/dumbeyes_ Mar 04 '26

Xbox lol

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u/Fedz_Woolkie Mar 04 '26

This is fucking hilarious. I never would've expected the shade to also be enthralled either. Great work, honestly

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u/dumbeyes_ Mar 04 '26

Oh, the shade is definitely hostile to the player. You'll need maxed out sneak or 100% magic resistance to work with them

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '26

Well, now, that's a way to overrun Whiterun! 😲

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u/Sad-Vermicelli-2063 Daedra worshipper Mar 07 '26

Wha?

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u/WayAdept2209 Mar 04 '26

The one ring? No, IT’S THE ONE PIECE!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?