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Skyrim made simple
Skyrim
Just swing your sword
build
by jaydan
Published

There's 100 ways to break Skyrim, so we focus on QoL

  • Grind your crafting for max damage
  • Armor for fashion, since armor cap is easy to hit
  • Unenchanted weapon, damage is absurdly high, so we just use Elemental Fury for fun
  • Restoration for quick heals and stamina refill, saves you space on potions and menu navigation
  • Defenses and damage easily viable for Legendary difficulty

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lvl 51
Based on spent perk points
You get 24775 XP from skills
You need 35625 XP to level up
Race
Nord
+10
Two Handed
+5
Smithing, Block, One Handed, Light Armor, and Speech
Unlocks: Resist Frost, Battle Cry, Fortify Warmth
Standing Stones
The Lord Stone

Those under the sign of The Lord are more resistant to both Magicka and physical damage.

Attributes
health
400
stamina
300
magica
100
Set skill levels with the arrows; open a constellation to pick perks.
Smithing
4840 xp
1
0
0
15
Steel Smithing
30
Elven Smithing
50
Advanced Armors
60
Arcane Blacksmith
70
Glass Smithing
100
Dragon Smithing
Heavy Armor
2365 xp
0
7
0
15
Juggernaut (1/5)
30
Fists of Steel
50
Cushioned
70
Conditioning
Block
255 xp
0
3
0
15
Shield Wall (1/5)
30
Quick Reflexes ,
Power Bash
Two-handed
4725 xp
1
0
0
15
Barbarian (1/5)
20
Champion's Stance
50
Devastating Blow ,
Great Critical Charge
70
Sweep
One-handed
0 xp
0
2
0
Archery
0 xp
0
1
5
Light Armor
0 xp
0
2
0
Sneak
0 xp
0
1
5
Lockpicking
0 xp
0
1
5
Pickpocket
0 xp
0
1
5
Speech
0 xp
0
2
0
Alchemy
0 xp
0
1
5
15
Alchemist (1/5)
20
Physician ,
Alchemist (2/5)
30
Benefactor
40
Alchemist (3/5)
60
Alchemist (4/5)
80
Alchemist (5/5)
Illusion
0 xp
0
1
5
Conjuration
0 xp
0
1
5
Destruction
0 xp
0
1
5
Restoration
2730 xp
0
7
5
15
Novice Restoration
20
Regeneration
25
Apprentice Restoration
40
Respite
50
Adept Restoration
75
Expert Restoration
Alteration
4930 xp
1
0
0
15
Novice Alteration
25
Apprentice Alteration
30
Magic Resistance (1/3)
50
Adept Alteration ,
Magic Resistance (2/3)
70
Magic Resistance (3/3)
75
Expert Alteration
100
Atronach
Enchanting
4930 xp
1
0
0
15
Enchanter (1/5)
20
Enchanter (2/5)
30
Fire Enchanter
40
Enchanter (3/5) ,
Frost Enchanter
50
Insightful Enchanter ,
Storm Enchanter
60
Enchanter (4/5)
70
Corpus Enchanter
80
Enchanter (5/5)
100
Extra Effect

Condition

Werewolf
↔
Human
↔
Vampire 1
↔
Vampire 2
↔
Vampire 3
↔
Vampire 4
Mortal: no vampire blood, no beast blood. Pick a condition above to plan lycanthropy or the four stages of vampirism. Switching is safe: every tree keeps its perks, and only the active condition feeds the character sheet.

Loadout

right hand
Dragonbone Greatsword
Greatsword
309
25
Speed
0.75
Reach
1.3
Stagger
1.1
add enchantment
Legendary · +28 damage
Dragon Smithing
2725
27
dg
Close Wounds
adept restoration

Heals the caster 100 points.

126
left hand
add left hand item
head
Ancient Nord Helmet
Heavy Armor
68
15

Restoration spells cost 35% less to cast.

at your skill×4.38

Increases your Magicka by 87 points.

at your skill×4.38
Legendary · +28 armor
Steel Smithing
60
4
18
hands
Steel Plate Gauntlets
Heavy Armor
65
14

Two-handed attacks do 56% more damage.

at your skill×4.38

Block 56% more damage with your shield.

at your skill×4.38
Legendary · +28 armor
Advanced Armors
125
6
13
body
Steel Plate Armor
Heavy Armor
148
40

Increases your Stamina by 87 points.

at your skill×4.38

Increases your Health by 87 points.

at your skill×4.38
Legendary · +56 armor
Advanced Armors
625
38
27
feet
Steel Plate Boots
Heavy Armor
65
14

Two-handed attacks do 56% more damage.

at your skill×4.38

Increases Shock Resistance by 65%.

at your skill×4.38
Legendary · +28 armor
Advanced Armors
125
9
13
backpack
add backpack
shoulder
add shoulder
ring
Gold Ring
Jewelry

Two-handed attacks do 56% more damage.

at your skill×4.38

Increases Fire Resistance by 65%.

at your skill×4.38
75
0.25
amulet
Gold Necklace
Jewelry

Two-handed attacks do 56% more damage.

at your skill×4.38

Increases Magic Resistance by 28%.

at your skill×3.5
120
0.5
Stats reflect your skills and perks. Press the anvil to improve an item at your Smithing level. The first item in a slot is worn, extras are swap-ins.

Powers

Nord
Resist Frost
constant

Your Nord blood gives you 50% resistance to Frost.

Battle Cry
power · 1/day

Targets flee for 30 seconds.

Fortify Warmth
constant

Your Nord blood improves your resistance to cold environments by 25 points.

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The Lord Stone
The Lord Stone
constant

Increases Armor Rating by 50 points and increases Magic Resistance by 25%.

Selected
Agent of Mara
constant

Increases Magic Resistance by 15%.

The Book of Love
Dragon Infusion
constant

Dragons do 25% less melee damage.

Esbern's Potion
Force Without Effort
constant

You stagger 25% less and foes stagger 25% more.

Meditation on a Word of Power
Ancient Knowledge
constant

Knowledge gained from the Lexicon gives you a 25% bonus when wearing Dwarven Armor and Blacksmithing increases 15% faster.

Unfathomable Depths
Dragonborn Force
constant

Your Unrelenting Force shout does more damage and using all three words may disintegrate enemies.

Black Book: Epistolary Acumen
db
Lover's Insight
constant

Do 10% more damage to and get 10% better prices from people of the opposite sex.

Black Book: The Winds of Change
db
Add Power

Shouts

Dragon Aspect

Once a day, take on the mighty aspect of a dragon, delivering colossal blows, with an armored hide, and more powerful shouts.

Recovery: 5s
Elemental Fury

The Thu'um imbues your arms with the speed of wind, allowing for faster weapon strikes.

Recovery: 50s
Dragonrend

Your Voice lashes out at a dragon's very soul, forcing the beast to land.

Recovery: 15s
Become Ethereal

The Thu'um reaches out to the Void, changing your form to one that cannot harm, or be harmed.

Recovery: 40s
Add Shout

Consumables

Potions, Food & Drink
Craft Potion Effect

Potions, food and drink you find or buy. Their buffs are counted into your stats.

For potions you plan to brew yourself, just pick the effects you want. Their strength follows this build's Alchemy skill, perks and gear. For the actual ingredients and bottles, use the Alchemy calculator below.

Alchemy Calculator Skyrim
Plan ingredients, multi-effect bottles and profits. Your crafted effects, skills, perks and gear carry over.
Survival Mode
Survival Mode halves your base carry weight, makes warmth matter, and adds hunger, cold and fatigue. Set the state you plan to fight in — the character sheet calculates with it.
Survival Mode
Hunger
Satisfied
You are not hungry.
Cold
Comfortable
You are comfortably warm.
Fatigue
Refreshed
You feel refreshed.
Crafting bonuses
Your skills, perks, equipped Fortify enchantments and the potions picked in Consumables already feed crafting power. Adjust the bonuses here only when your in-game numbers differ.
Alchemy bonus %
0
4
0
already +0%
Smithing gear bonus %
2
0
0
already +0%
Smithing potion bonus %
0
0
0
already +0%
Enchanting bonus %
0
4
0
already +0%
Character stats
Health
487
Stamina
387
Magicka
187
Carry
400
Armor
394
−59.3%
Magic
85%
Fire
65%
Frost
50%
Shock
65%
Warmth
96
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