Bethesda Game Studios The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim User Manual
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Important Health Warning About Playing Video Games
Photosensitive Seizures
A very small percentage of people may experience a seizure when exposed to certain
visual images, including ashing lights or patterns that may appear in video games.
Even people who have no history of seizures or epilepsy may have an undiagnosed
condition that can cause these “photosensitive epileptic seizures” while watching video
games.
These seizures may have a variety of symptoms, including lightheadedness, altered
vision, eye or face twitching, jerking or shaking of arms or legs, disorientation,
confusion, or momentary loss of awareness. Seizures may also cause loss of
consciousness or convulsions that can lead to injury from falling down or striking
nearby objects.
Immediately stop playing and consult a doctor if you experience any of these
symptoms. Parents should watch for or ask their children about the above symptoms—
children and teenagers are more likely than adults to experience these seizures. The
risk of photosensitive epileptic seizures may be reduced by taking the following
precautions: Sit farther from the screen; use a smaller screen; play in a well-lit room;
and do not play when you are drowsy or fatigued.
If you or any of your relatives have a history of seizures or epilepsy, consult a doctor
before playing.
ESRB Game Ratings
The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) ratings are designed to provide
consumers, especially parents, with concise, impartial guidance about the ageappropriateness and content of computer and video games. This information can
help consumers make informed purchase decisions about which games they deem
suitable for their children and families.
ESRB ratings have two equal parts:
• Rating Symbols suggest age appropriateness for the game. These symbols
appear on the front of virtually every game box available for retail sale or
rental in the United States and Canada.
• Content Descriptors indicate elements in a game that may have triggered a
particular rating and/or may be of interest or concern. The descriptors appear
on the back of the box next to the rating symbol.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Family Settings, Installing and Playing the Game . . . . . . . . 1
Gameplay Controls, Main Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
The Game Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Compass, Character Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Skills, Increasing Your Skills And Leveling Up . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Perks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Items Menu, Favorites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Magic Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Maps And Fast Travel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Journal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Dialogue, Bartering And Hirelings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Combat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Sneaking, Pickpocketing And Lockpicking . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Crime And Punishment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Alchemy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Enchanting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Smithing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Smelting, Tanning And Cooking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Horses, Houses, Books And Containers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Warranty Information, Technical And Customer Support . . . . . . 21
FAmiLy SETTiNgS
Windows Parental Controls (Vista and Windows 7) enable parents and guardians to restrict access to
mature-rated games and set time limits on how long they can play. For more information, go to
www.gamesforwindows.com/isyourfamilyset.
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For more information, visit www.ESRB.org.
VIDEO
VIDEO
GAME
GAME
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ON BACK
iNSTALLiNg ANd PLAyiNg ThE gAmE
To install Skyrim, insert your Skyrim disk and run the setup.exe, if it doesn’t automatically. Follow the
on-screen instructions to install. After you are nished installing Skyrim, launch it from your Start Menu or
double click the icon on your desktop.
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gAmEPLAy CONTROLS
ThE gAmE SCREEN
Pause Menu
ESC
Skills, Magic,
Inventory, Map
TAB
Walk/Run
Toggle
CAPSLOCK
Walk
SHIFT
CTRL
Crouch Sprint
Hot Key Items
thru
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Favorites
Q
Forward
A
Left
Shout
ALT
Activate
W
Back
S D F J
MOVEMENT
Run Straight Map Menu
Z
C M
Jump
SPACE
mAiN mENU
CONTINUE
Continue playing from your most recent saved game.
NEW
Begin a new game of Skyrim.
LOAD
Allows you to select from a list of previously saved games.
Ready/Sheath
Weapon
Wait Inventory Spells
T I PE R
1st/3rd Person
Camera
Right
Skills Menu
Quest
Journal
MOUSE
Right Hand
/
Move Camera
DOWNLOADABLE CONTENT
View any Downloadable Content you have obtained
for Skyrim.
CREDITS
View the Skyrim credits.
Left Hand
1.
3.
4.
5.
8.
COMPASS
1. 7.
Shows direction, locations, and quest markers.
TARGET NAME
2.
Name of the targeted character and its
associated health bar.
CROSSHAIR
3.
Helps you target objects and characters.
LEFT OR RIGHT HAND
4.
Shows your active weapons or spells. Shields
can only be equipped in your left hand.
FAVORITES
5.
A list of the inventory items tagged as
your favorites.
ARROW COUNT
6.
When you have a bow equipped, the total
number of arrows equipped.
2.
4.
6.
10.9.
ENCHANTMENT CHARGE
Shows the remaining charge on an
enchanted weapon.
MAGICKA
8.
Casting spells uses Magicka. Magicka
regenerates slowly over time; the regeneration
rate can be increased by racial powers or
enchanted items. Sleeping, waiting, or potions
can also restore your Magicka.
HEALTH
9.
The amount of damage you can take. Sleeping,
waiting, potions, food or spells can restore
your health.
STAMINA
10.
Sprinting, power attacks, and bashes use
Stamina. Stamina regenerates over time; racial
powers and enchanted items can increase the
rate it recovers. Sleeping, waiting, potions, food
or spells can also help restore it.
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COmPA SS
QUEST
UNDISCOVERED
LOCATION
Icons on the compass indicate nearby places of interests like dungeons, cities or farms. Quest Target markers indicate
the direction of your active quest objective(s). The Custom Target marker indicates the direction of a custom target you
have placed on the world map.
ENEMY
DISCOVERED
LOCATION
DIRECTION
CUSTOM
TARGET
ACTIVE
QUEST
TARGET
TARGET
THROUGH
DOOR
ChARACTER mENU
SKiLLS
The Skills menu displays the constellations of your character’s skills and Perks. Your character’s name, level and race also appear.
SKILLS
You have 18 skills. Under each skill is a bar indicating how close you are to increasing that skill. The more you use
that skill, the faster it will increase.
POSITIVE/NEGATIVE ATTRIBUTE MODIFIERS
Your Health, Magicka, and Stamina are displayed at the bottom of the screen. Values appearing in red are being
negatively modied by spells, abilities, powers or other effects. Values in green are being positively modied.
LEVEL PROGRESS BAR
How close you are to raising your character’s level.
There are four main sections to your Character Menu: Magic, Skills, Items and Map.
Bring up the Character Menu by pressing
corresponding menu, then tap again in the same direction to enter the menu; alternatively, hold down
ARROW KEYS
in any direction to quickly snap into a menu.
TAB
. Tap
WASD
or
ARROW KEYS
“Those who become Emperor and light the Dragonres are surely
Dragonborn - the proof is in the wearing of the Amulet and the lighting of
the Fires. But were they Dragonborn and thus able to do these things - or
was the doing the sign of the blessing of Akatosh descending upon them?
All that we can say is that it is both, and neither - a divine mystery.”
- Emelene Madrine, The Book of the Dragonborn
in any direction to select the
WASD
iNCREASiNg yOUR SKiLLS
ANd LEVELiNg UP
or
INCREASING SKILLS
There are three ways to increase a skill:
• Use a skill repeatedly. The lower the skill, the faster it increases from use. The higher the skill, the longer it takes to
increase. You can see how far you are from increasing a skill by checking the bar in your Skills Menu.
• Train with another character. You can pay some characters to increase your skills.
• Find a Skill Book. Skill Books increase a particular skill when read.
RAISING YOUR LEVEL
To raise your level, increase any combination of your skills multiple times. Increasing higher value skills levels you up
faster. You can check how far you are from raising your level by looking at the bar on your Skills Menu.
LEVELING UP
When you level up, you must choose whether to increase your Health, Magicka, or Stamina. You also gain one Perk
selection. You can select a Perk immediately or save it for later.
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