Skyrim, Morokei. Morokei Skyrim. You should meet.

Morokei.

For information on how to defeat Krosis, check out SkyrimElder! 

So you've become a fledging mage and have been sent on a quest from the mages in Skyrim to collect a magic staff from labyrinthian, eh?  You've ventured through the entire dungeon, only to find that the boss at the end hits a little harder than that bone dragon you fought earlier.

Queue, Morokie.

 This Morokei fellah can be a bit tricking to bring down.  He's armed to the core with destruction magic and enjoys using lightning spells.  Because you are probably a mage, doing a mage quest, magicka is probably very important to you.  Morokei knows this and that's why he's zapping you with lightning.


If you happen to kill Morokei in Skyrim, what do you get?

2 things of note when you finally take this pootah down.

1.  You get to collect your precious mage staff.

2.  You get to loot yet another dragon priest mask.  Named Morokei.  The Morokei helm.

Overall, Morokei is worth the time to take down.  The mask makes a good addition to the arsenal of any mage and advancing the story is what cool kids like to do.  for real.

He cannot be disarmed and he likes to move very, very slow.

Make sure to kill those ghost mages first!

bring potions and lightning resist

Skyrim Console Commands

Skyrim Console Commands.

As a PC game, we are always tempted to use the 'console' to cheat.  We can input a couple numbers, a letter or 2 and boom we have a full set of Dragon Armor and infinite health points.  Console commands do just that.

But console commands are not inherently evil. They are neither good, nor evil.  That is on you, the user.  Because Skyrim console commands can do more than just add gold, or add perks, remove perks.  It can restart bugged quests, bypass invisible doors, etc.

Ever got stuck somewhere in a game, ever?  You couldn't move because somehow you were inside the floor?  A console command would have saved you.  So, here is a list of the console commands for Skyrim, courtesy of elderscrolls.wikia.com.

Skyrim Console Commands.

Opening the console can be done through the tilde-key (~), it sits before the "1" key and under the ESC-key------ Codes using Toggle command:

coc qasmoke - This brings you to the testing hall with all items in the game. Be careful as opening enchanted armor and weapons cabinets may cause your game to crash.

fov x - Adjust field of view (insert fov value into )

showracemenu - Bring up character customization menu (NOTE: Your health Magicka, Stamina, and Health levels will be spread evenly on using this depending on your character's level. It will remove any point distributions that were custom)

TGM - Toggle God Mode (invincible, also removing encumbering effect and unlimited magicka and stamina)

TCL - Toggle Collision (no clipping mode; interacting possible, walk pointing up to fly into the air)

TMM (0) - Toggle Map Markers (all locations, tmm 1 turns on, tmm 0 turns off)

TFC - Toggle fly cam (removes the body and set the camera free, you will not be able to interract)

TAI - Toggle Artificial Intelligence (freezes npc, they can't walk, move, or anything.)

TCAI- Toggle Combat Artificial Intelligence (same as TAI; however only makes the NPC not being able to combat)

TDetect- Toggle AI Detection (You can steal all you want and no one will see you, doesn't work with pickpocketing)

Codes using player target command:

player.addperk ID# ( 000581e7 for Augmented Flames level 1 ; "player.addperk 000581e7")

(To find the perk id type 'help "perk name" 4', then add each level in order). Make sure to put double quotes around perks with a space in them.

player.addspell ID# ( 0007e8e1 for Raise Zombie : "player.addspell 0007e8e1")

player.additem ID# (F # for gold, A # for lockpick ; "player.additem F 100" adds 100 gold for example)

player.setcrimegold XXX - Set it high if you want to fight, set it at 0 if you want to be free.

player.setlevel X - Make X equal your desired character level.

player.setav speedmult X - Where X equals your movement speed in a percentage value. (100 = 100%)

player.setav skill X - Sets skill without messing with level gains. The skill name can be found from the skill list, and X equals the value you want that skill to be. This also works for health, stamina, magicka, and carryweight. Example: [player.setav marksman 50] sets your archery to 50.

player.modav skill X - Buffs or debuffs a skill. The skill name can be found from the skill list, and X equals the value you want that skill to be. Example: If your Block skill is 30, you can "player.modav block 10", activating a buff to your Block and setting it to 40 (with the skill level appearing green as if a spell or item is affecting the skill). The same can be done in reversing by using a negative integer. Using "player.modav block -10" would activate a permanent debuff to your Block and set it to 10 (with the skill level appearing in red).

Other helpful codes:

movetoqt- teleports you to quest target (currently not working for me, but is recognised by console) (will only work on quests with target markers, Bethesda quests; will not work on side quests with the new variable target locations.)

AdvSkill- Give the player the desired amount of skill usage points [AdvSkill onehanded 100] (after some testing the number placed at the end of the command would indicate usage points, not skill points, for example: if you used advskill onehanded 100, it would be the equivalent of 100 swings of a one handed sword, not 100 skill points.) - Skill List

IncPCS- Increase the players skill points by one point [IncSkill onehanded] - Skill List

player.modav carryweight ##- Adds amount to weight limit (Can also use health or magicka or stamina instead of carryweight to increase those totals.)

PSB - Adds every spell

qqq- quits the game without exiting to the main menu.

unlock - Target the desired chest or door by clicking on it and then type "unlock"

lock XXX - You can lock chests and door, or people by targeting them and typing "lock" followed by the level of difficulty you wish to set it at.

kill - Target your enemy by clicking on them once in the console menu and type "kill" and it does just that.

killall - Kills all hostiles in your immediate vicinity

resurrect - Killed someone you didn't mean to? Target them once in the console menu and type "resurrect" and it will bring them back from the grave.

removeallitems - Target the desired character from the console menu and then type "removeallitems" and they will be stripped of everything in their inventory, including their clothes.

player.forceav dragonsouls # - Adds the specified # of Dragon Souls.

psb - Unlocks all spells in-game and unlocks all shouts.

caqs - Complete all Quest Stages

(Click on a door, or chest, then type) Unlock - Unlocks locked things.

advlevel - Force a Level Up

Hope these help you out, I know a lot of them will help me out.  And when I finish the storyline, I will make my enemies tremble in fear with my ungodly power!!  Muahahaha

Skyrim for life.
Skyrim PC Console Commands for life-er.

Most Important Skyrim Tip Ever, 1.

Most Important Skyrim Tip Ever, 1.

Ok, a lot of us have player Elder Scrolls games like Oblivion or Morrowind.  But some of us haven't.  Some of us have played PC rpgs before, and some of us haven't.  Skyrim is both an Elder Scrolls game and a PC rpg.  What does this mean?  Well, it means 1 thing.  And this thing is our first, Most Important Skyrim Tip Ever.

Save.  For the love of god save your game.

This is normally a no brainer for most people.  At least they think it is.  But this game will kick your butt, violently and without warning. 

You may not have a torch and open a chest booby trapped.  Dead.
You could be out in the wild and see a giant.  Dead.
Doing a bar brawl and accidentally punch the wrong person.  Dead.
Playing the game as a non-combat smith / bar and a dragon comes and...  Dead.

The point is, you could die at any time.  Easily, and without warning.  And you probably will.  Don't take it personally, but save the investment of your time with saves. 

A good rule of thumb is to have multiple saves before embarking on major quests, or entering dangerous dungeons. 

For PC, Skyrim has a nifty little quicksave feature.  Hit F5 and you've saved your game.  On most systems you won't even notice it saved, no lag, no menu screens.  While you're walking, F5.  Done.

How do I load?  Well you could go through the menus, but Skyrim for the PC has a better thing in mind.  quick load, F9.  Hit this sucker and it will load your last quick save.  Easy.

Get in the habit of using quick save as much as you can remember, it can make all the difference in the dangerous realm of Skyrim.  But also remember to have a hard save because if you quick save yourself in a bad situation, say mid combat with a dragon about to breathe on your 4 hp body... then you're kind of boned. 

Good luck.

Hope you're having fun playing Skyrim on the PC, and I'll bring you more Skyrim tips soon!

Skyrim Keybinds. Yes, Skyrim does infact have keybinds.

Skyrim Keybinds.

The interface for PC Skyrim is terrible.  It is barely more than a direct port from the console controller based systems to the superior keyboard and mouse.  With so many options available to us through magic, shouts, powers, weapons etc. you would think they would give us the ability to bind keys to them.

The moment I was in game I checked the options, then I looked in controls.  Scrolled down... saw nothing.  No Skyrim keybinds.  I shed a tear, then quickly learned that there actually are keybinds.  They just don't tell you anywhere that they exist.

Keybinds.

1.  You can hotkey any equippable item/spell/weapon to 1-8.
2.  The item must be a favorite.  So within the inventory menus, highlight the item and make it a favorite.
3.  In game, enter your favorite menu.  Highlight the item and hit 1-8.

Congratulations, you are now keybound!

Hotkeying is pretty simple, it would have just been really nice if they told us we could do it. 

Anyways, we'll just wait for a mod to give us a clearer ui and more hotkeys.  I mean, Skyrim come on.  8?!  That's just silly.

Skyrim Krosis, Krosis Skyrim. We better get acquainted.

Krosis.

For information on how to defeat Krosis, check out SkyrimElder!

So you're exploring the beautiful chilly environments through Skyrim, when all of a sudden you come across a bad ass Motha F!#%*(@, by the name of Krosis.  He puts a damper on your mood right quick... for the time being.

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Krosis is a frail looking skeleton wizard sent straight out of hell.  He is ridiculously powerful, has summon spells and powerful destruction magics.  He seems to prefer summoning a Frost Atronach, using a Powerful AoE Fireball, and Wards.  This guy is definitely a challenge!  With some people saying it took them almost 15 minutes to take the bugger out.  To make matters worse, this guy is hidden in a tomb which he emerges from when you get close to it.. which is pretty easy to do if you're running from a dragon which just so happens to have a fixed spawn.

Shearpoint.  Oh man.  A dragon and an undead Krosis death mage... what could make this better.  Well, they guard a new Shout or Word of Power.  Throw Voice.

Why is killing Krosis in Skyrim important?

So after you've dispatched both the dragon and Krosis AND picked up your new shout.  Now what?

You forgot to loot the bastard!

Krosis drops 2 items of worth;
-A staff that shoots exploding fireballs
-He drops a mask.  Named Krosis.  The Krosis mask.  This is a big deal.  Why?  Well the mask gives a 20% bonus to Lockpicking, Archery and Alchemy.  Pretty nice if you ask me.

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Overall Krosis is worth the time.  He is very difficult, and gets harder as you level up, so try to get to him early.  He is at Shearpoint.

Skyrim is such an amazing game.  Encounters like this really make this game great.  Krosis Skryim, oh baby!

Tips:

There are rocks all around.  Play ring around the rosie with him to avoid fireballs and regain magika if that's what you're into.  You can also go into sneak mode while circling the rocks and eventually you will go hidden.

He cannot be disarmed.

His Frost Astronach will time out and he will forget to summon a new one for a while.

Bring potions, resist fire if you have it.