The dangers of Skyrim are plentiful and therefore the most invaluable tip would be to save often. Plenty of times one makes it to the final boss of the dungeon to only get killed and have to start over from the moment the player entered that specific part of the dungeon. Most importantly, save before major encounters. For example if the player knows a dragon priest fight approaches then they are able to save before the fight. If the player does indeed die then they are then able to use their knowledge of what is ahead to plan and strategize, and something good can come out of it! And there is always that added bonus of not having to retrace your steps. Another great time to save is right before a master or expert lock, that way if you lose all lock picks or most of them you can reload and try again. Also don’t forget to save over old saves that are now useless.
Use Your Resources
While adventuring throughout the world collect as many items as you can. Most of the items in Skyrim are used for something. For example; the pelt which is used for leather or the Dwemer scrap metal which can be transformed into ingots. All of the items you pick up could help you level up skills you are interested in. An example of this is using the leather from a bear pelt to craft items to increase smithing. Another reason to pick as many items as possible is quests, as often times they task you with getting items you might not have. This is optional as maybe you would like to go outside and retrieve it the adventurous way.Be aware, though, that carrying too much could slow you down.
Obtain More Followers
It can get tiresome travelling the vast world of Skyrim by yourself or with just one other follower, but now there's a way to get multiple helpful NPCs that will not only travel with you to the ends of the earth but also swat down dragons, giants, and those pesky mammoths. Please watch this Video explaining how to get 3 "Base Followers". click HERE to watch video.
Fast Travel Is Your Friend
While you can feasibly journey across Skyrim from one end to the other entirely on foot, such a trek is generally discouraged if you don't have a ton of real life time to kill. That's why fast travel is so great. Once you've discovered a town, you can fast travel to it (provided you are not overencumbered). In-game time will lapse as it would assuming you had traveled on foot. It's important to discover new locations to fast travel to and use them as springboards for stumbling upon other unexplored territories.The easiest way to start fast travelling is by using carriages. These are usually located at the stables outside of each Hold, and you can pay the driver a nominal fee (20-50 gold) to get to any other Hold (a nice throwback to the Silt Striders of Morrowind). The best part is you only have to pay to visit each hold once. After that, you can just fast travel back for free!On the flip side, exploring the land in an organic manner has its benefits. You will often find new and interesting quests, gather valuable loot and level up. Finding that balance between exploration and fast traveling is ideal.
Storage
Inventory management can be a drag at times, unless you come up with clever little ways to hide and store your items properly. For one, using your Followers as a mule is totally viable (and necessary at times), but they, too, have a storage limit. Alternatively, barrels are also a great place for storage purposes, but just remember which barrel you hid your stuff in!Also, once you own property, it is completely okay for you to just dump things in Containers that are in your home. Be careful, though. Skyrim is buggy, so while your items shouldn't disappear when placed in a random barrel or chest, there's no guarantee unless you purchase a house and store your items there.(From time to time, it appears a thief may visit. Kill him to retrieve your items and keep anything you really don't want to lose on your person such as the Dragon Priest masks.)
How To Climb Mountains(easy)
One of my friends taught me this trick oddly enough he is the one who lent me the game for 49 hours aswel anyways. It seems every time you travel you get to a point when you're climbing a mountain off set paths where you can't progress forward any longer because the slope is too steep. If you hit that point, simply face backwards and start jumping. Just point your butt toward the peak and continually hit the jump button. It also helps to move slightly from side-to-side as you try this. You can often snag a rock along the way and shimmy up a mountain without having to use a set path. Sometimes facing forward at a 45-degree angle helps, as well.You can do a forward crotch shimmy as well. It's easier to see where you are going. Button smash on the jump button and jump side to side. If you're good you don't have to guess as much just look at the architecture and determine what slopes you can climb.
Easy Money
Before you reach Riverwood, be on the look out for a [[Woodcutter's Axe]]. In Riverwood, there's an axe near the lumber mill itself on a table. Once you're in Riverwood head across the bridge beside Alvor andSigrid's House (leads across the river). Use the [[Wood Chopping Block]] to cure as much firewood as you can handle. Sell at a vendor and wait 24-48 hours once they're out of gold. Repeat until you have that vast wealth you've always wanted...without all the danger. Weight 5, Price to sell 5. Sell price does depend on Speech level.The fastest way to chop and sell wood in Riverwood is if you use the wood cutting area right next to Gerdur and Hod's house (i.e. Ralof's sister and brother-in-law; the Wood Chopping Block is left of the house plot, if you're facing it), then return to the house to sell the wood to Hod.
LvL Up Easy
Many mage, thief and fighter skills can be trained for free by simply stealing the fee back after each training. Simply pick an area with easy access to trainers who are sleeping in their beds. The Companionsbuilding in Whiterun works for fighter skills, the College of Winterholdworks for mage skills, and Riften would probably work for thief skills.Talk to the trainer at night while they are sleeping and train your skill, then wait till they go back to bed and steal the money spent back. Be sure to steal the money back after each single skill up because the success rate will decrease as the trainer gains more gold. Using this trick you will not only gain free levels in your chosen skill, but your pickpocket skill will increase very quickly.
To do this without Pickpocketing you can find a companion (follower, not necessarily from the guild) that can train you. Because you have unrestricted access to what they are holding you can train, ask them to carry something for you and take your money back. Rinse, repeat.You can gain multiple levels if you continue to train the maximum (5/5) skill ups even after you level. Once you level up you are free to retrain the maximum 5/5. If you want to truly see your level skyrocket then mix in the above "Illusion skill" tip mentioned above.When looking through dungeons for items and enemies, stay on the lookout for traps. Don't trip them unless it is necessary for progressing through the dungeon as you can also use these against enemies. Some groups of enemies can already be found in the immediate effects of the trap, so activate them as soon as you seem them underneath/next to it!
