Who to KILL to upgrade the Ebony Blade in Skyrim

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  • @dawnbridge5100
    @dawnbridge5100 3 місяці тому +206

    I love the idea that you're a daedric follower, killing in her name but you feel morally torn so you go out of your way to befriend and betray other daedric followers

    • @saltpoweredrobot5625
      @saltpoweredrobot5625 17 днів тому +16

      Honestly I think she'd approve it somewhat. I mean you're still betraying SOMEONE.
      Mephala cares not from where the blood (of betrayal) flows, only that it flows!

    • @vormiam9242
      @vormiam9242 9 днів тому +7

      @@saltpoweredrobot5625 It would also let her one-up her fellow Princes. Those guys are always looking for a way to look better than eachother, so Mephala gaining a champion that goes out of their way to befriend and betray the champions of her rivals would make her century.

  • @ChrisVillagomez
    @ChrisVillagomez 8 місяців тому +799

    Lemkil legitimately looked at Tywin's treatment of Tyrion and thought, "Hey, my wife died in childbirth too!"

    • @mcbeaty3971
      @mcbeaty3971 8 місяців тому +30

      At least Tyrion was a disfigured dwarf, Lemkil just has two normal kids.

    • @Mr-Trox
      @Mr-Trox 7 місяців тому +22

      ​@@mcbeaty3971One of which has some form of Sight. Sissel has dreams of Paarthurnax and the Gray Beards.

    • @Boarbatrice
      @Boarbatrice 5 місяців тому +12

      Unironically, Tyrion turned out far better than Cersei or Jaime did. Still needs 12 years of therapy at least, but that’s better than those two. Jaime can be saved, but Cersei at this point in the books cannot.

    • @GrandTemplarVigilant
      @GrandTemplarVigilant 5 місяців тому +9

      @@Boarbatricein the show that is. Tyrion in the books has some major issues.

    • @Bruhsephus
      @Bruhsephus 3 місяці тому

      @@GrandTemplarVigilantyeah he wants to rape his sister and kill his dwarf friend. Bad Tyrion.

  • @austinlee4156
    @austinlee4156 8 місяців тому +781

    Neloth with the ebony blade is a fuckin terrifying concept, why don't we just give it to sheogorath

    • @Flabbergastedsnake
      @Flabbergastedsnake 7 місяців тому +17

      Because I don’t think a Dedric prince would give more power to another Dedric prince

    • @Ghosty_girl1103
      @Ghosty_girl1103 7 місяців тому

      ⁠@@Flabbergastedsnakei like this comment and their is good evidence that fellow dedric princes don’t like them as the the quest for the mace of molac bal has a boethea disgrace molac bal

    • @austinlee4156
      @austinlee4156 7 місяців тому

      @@Flabbergastedsnake he wouldn't want it for power he'd use it to fuck with people

    • @ritorules1442
      @ritorules1442 6 місяців тому +28

      ​@@Flabbergastedsnake especially sheogorath since mephala was involved with the cursing of jyggalag just as every other dadric prince is

    • @bloodassassln
      @bloodassassln 5 місяців тому +2

      @@ritorules1442 tf is jyggalag?

  • @archsage121
    @archsage121 8 місяців тому +1582

    This Ondolemar slander will not stand, hes the only Thalmor in the game to respect the Dragonborn and can be used as a distraction at the Embassy

    • @richiego1n
      @richiego1n 8 місяців тому +128

      But after that.....

    • @KolonelCeanders
      @KolonelCeanders 8 місяців тому

      Polished shite is still shite

    • @ClericDoggo56
      @ClericDoggo56 8 місяців тому +4

      Respect? He doesn't even know your character is a dragonborn. He's still Thalmor scum.

    • @ImYourBias
      @ImYourBias 8 місяців тому +88

      hmm most playthroughs he’s just the name that pops up on my kill feed once I progress past a certain point in the main quest lol

    • @ademaiad9872
      @ademaiad9872 8 місяців тому +362

      Too many thalmor symathizers in the comments. Talos smite you all!

  • @byronsmothers8064
    @byronsmothers8064 8 місяців тому +463

    Given how he acts after Alva and her master are dead, Hroggar was a guy caught up in a bad situation, he doesn't deserve death...

    • @AndroidNoir-L06k
      @AndroidNoir-L06k 7 місяців тому +30

      it's a mercy

    • @Lazymindflayerwithcofffee
      @Lazymindflayerwithcofffee 3 місяці тому +2

      He doesn,t but you could have not known it till end

    • @SonnyFRST
      @SonnyFRST 3 місяці тому +16

      @@Lazymindflayerwithcofffee You could, actually. Plenty of ways the player can figure out he was enthralled before having to comfront him.

    • @Lazymindflayerwithcofffee
      @Lazymindflayerwithcofffee 3 місяці тому +2

      @@SonnyFRST maybe, but can you say that you that 100% of player figured it out? No, cause not all people can see things simulary, so even if to most people thing something obvious, to those others it isn,t

    • @SonnyFRST
      @SonnyFRST 3 місяці тому +10

      @@Lazymindflayerwithcofffee Hence why they left multiple ways to figure it out.

  • @williamcote4208
    @williamcote4208 8 місяців тому +182

    Here’s another exploit you can use that is more efficient then using necromantic spell: use the ritual stone. People who are raised by the stone power are not reduced to dust after death, so you can raise them as many time as you need to charge up the blade.

    • @XFizzlepop-Berrytwist
      @XFizzlepop-Berrytwist 5 місяців тому +2

      Thank you.

    • @codysully4367
      @codysully4367 3 місяці тому +10

      @@XFizzlepop-Berrytwistritual stone plus random beggar is the best way to upgrade ebony blade

    • @العراقي-ب4ض1خ
      @العراقي-ب4ض1خ 3 місяці тому

      It doesn't work

    • @draw2death421
      @draw2death421 2 місяці тому +6

      ​@@العراقي-ب4ض1خ the beggar has to like you to have it work. Meaning you need to donate like 10 times.

    • @العراقي-ب4ض1خ
      @العراقي-ب4ض1خ 2 місяці тому

      I did not kill the beggar by killing one of the followers​@draw2death421

  • @ShinigamiRyan
    @ShinigamiRyan 8 місяців тому +213

    Severio Pelagia is also someone to kill after giving him food from his farm since he dies in the Whiterun Civil War quest no matter which side you side with.

    • @InterventionIV
      @InterventionIV 7 місяців тому +25

      Aw man I didn't know that. I like him he gave me an iron war axe.

    • @DeadwaveCarrier-oc1wo
      @DeadwaveCarrier-oc1wo 7 місяців тому +34

      That's cool. I'm sick and tired of him always showing up when I fast travel to Whiterun.
      "Cold can't be too good for my crops. Never is."
      Dude, shut up. I don't care.

    • @eetuthereindeer6671
      @eetuthereindeer6671 6 місяців тому +11

      ​@@DeadwaveCarrier-oc1woyou gotta learn to like it :/ thats not nice

    • @CirnoFairy
      @CirnoFairy 5 місяців тому +49

      @@DeadwaveCarrier-oc1wo there's a nip in the air. Cold won't be good for my crops. Never is.

    • @hazeltree7738
      @hazeltree7738 5 місяців тому +24

      ​@@DeadwaveCarrier-oc1woThere's a nip in the air. Cold won't be good for my crops. Never is.

  • @Admiral_Squidward
    @Admiral_Squidward 8 місяців тому +371

    Jaree-ra use the ritual stone to revive him wait 24 hours rinse and repeat

    • @phunghieu2007
      @phunghieu2007 7 місяців тому +19

      WHY DIDN'T I READ THIS SOONER

    • @DeadwaveCarrier-oc1wo
      @DeadwaveCarrier-oc1wo 7 місяців тому +6

      Damn. Gotta try that.

    • @lerarosalene
      @lerarosalene 7 місяців тому +11

      Or use Staff of Worms. Same deal, but no need to wait 24H.

    • @phunghieu2007
      @phunghieu2007 7 місяців тому +8

      @@lerarosalene do people know that exists? I only know it for my triple necromage run

    • @lerarosalene
      @lerarosalene 7 місяців тому +8

      @@phunghieu2007 I know it because Gallows Hall is a great source of charged grand soul gems for early game. Don't know exactly how common this knowledge is, but I've seen it mentioned in r/skyrim comments several times.

  • @robbietox
    @robbietox 8 місяців тому +52

    bro i literally made a new character just last night for a Ebony Blade build, so this came at the PERFECT time haha. thank you Master Neloth for making this!

    • @mirnasimmi4901
      @mirnasimmi4901 6 місяців тому +1

      If you decide to kill Silus, do it only after youve saved him from the daedra that spawn and completed the quest. After that, i forgot how long a time they take to respawn, but the daedra will respawn each time you visit the statue and you can farm daedra hearts for gear or gold. 2 farmabke hearts i think.

  • @dutchislax14
    @dutchislax14 8 місяців тому +58

    You make fresh and original TES content, which isn’t easy to do these days. It’s much appreciated

  • @XSilver_WaterX
    @XSilver_WaterX 7 місяців тому +50

    Fun fact: Ebony Blade is your PRIMARY damage means when doing the Deadric Artifact run, only challenged by Molag's Soul Mace and Dagon's Dagger when doing something akin to a stealth kill on tougher opponents Black Reach's Dwemer Centurions! The life Drain Dai-Katana is mostly for long, drawn out battles like on dragons or high end falmer bosses, but the two-handed skill scale incredibly well due to being obtained early and having enchantments stack its power attacks.

    • @jackpitman15
      @jackpitman15 Місяць тому +4

      Thebfact that mehrunes razor can hit an opponent quickly means abything with high health will be killed kinda quick. Especially if you dual wield with another dagger and do a double attack, as it hits very quick, i killed alduin with it in about 15 seconds

  • @Riften_Guard
    @Riften_Guard 8 місяців тому +181

    I used to take out Cosnach, the Housecarls, Uthgerd the Unbroken, and a few others that I forgot. I typically just toss that weapon in a chest because I never feel like using it. Lol.

    • @Rorschachqp
      @Rorschachqp 7 місяців тому +25

      Me too. I like to pretend all the daedra are arguing and bickering with each other because they’re all in the downstairs safe.

    • @agzane268
      @agzane268 6 місяців тому +4

      I seem to recall using an exploit to kill Narfi over and over.. felt kinda bad about it

    • @Riften_Guard
      @Riften_Guard 6 місяців тому +2

      @@agzane268 Lol, you're evil. 😂

    • @jackpitman15
      @jackpitman15 Місяць тому

      Not uthgerd!!!

  • @generalkuros56
    @generalkuros56 6 місяців тому +31

    I love the idea of a daygrit lord making a blade for betrayl and tasking the owner to empower it by killing your friends only for somone to grab it then make friends with awful people in skyrim then killing them making the world better i just imagine the lord that made the sword going dude what the fuck you were supposed to be evil

    • @whatsallthebrouhaha
      @whatsallthebrouhaha 2 місяці тому +16

      In a way, betraying the prince with malicious compliance. It comes full circle

    • @generalkuros56
      @generalkuros56 2 місяці тому +3

      @whatsallthebrouhaha this feels like a dnd warlock

  • @mentalshatter
    @mentalshatter 8 місяців тому +72

    2:25 Do you think it *ISN'T* hard!? Do you have any idea how *friendly* those little guys are? How *DARE* you look down upon our suffering!!!!

  • @imnotthatcapable4851
    @imnotthatcapable4851 8 місяців тому +95

    the still images with your character, like 4:47 makes me laugh so hard

    • @KolonelCeanders
      @KolonelCeanders 8 місяців тому +5

      And then him in the background talking about something like child abuse

    • @sigmazeta2044
      @sigmazeta2044 23 дні тому

      trying to maximize sneak attack critical in Morrowind be like
      (that game has no specialized sneak critical multiplier for different weapon classes, it's simply x4 for melee and x1.5 for marksman weapons)

  • @DennisNieves-j7r
    @DennisNieves-j7r 4 місяці тому +5

    These are some of my favorite Skyrim videos. I like seeing who people choose for their ten victims.
    Big decisions shouldn't be rushed

  • @ninakilled3453
    @ninakilled3453 8 місяців тому +33

    Wow, I didn’t think this guy had a UA-cam channel. I thought he was too busy yelling at his apprentices about tea 🗿

    • @masterneloth
      @masterneloth  8 місяців тому +9

      I’m flexible with my time 😎

    • @ninakilled3453
      @ninakilled3453 8 місяців тому +3

      @@masterneloth I can tell sir

  • @Rawkit_Surgeon
    @Rawkit_Surgeon 6 місяців тому +48

    Hrogar was enthralled. He was as much a victim as his family.

    • @olivercharles2930
      @olivercharles2930 26 днів тому

      Nah, end him up.

    • @craigunshallach4951
      @craigunshallach4951 12 днів тому +1

      True.
      That is a mercy kill.
      I would be grateful, i someone released from that pain.
      And eventually reunite me, with my family.
      Those quest always drops tears to my eyes.

    • @Rawkit_Surgeon
      @Rawkit_Surgeon 12 днів тому +1

      @craigunshallach4951 mercy is for the walking dead and dying. Yes, it's a painful burden but he still deserves the chance however small or improbable to find happiness.

    • @olivercharles2930
      @olivercharles2930 12 днів тому

      Nah, to hell with him. Bro was a simp

    • @Rawkit_Surgeon
      @Rawkit_Surgeon 12 днів тому

      @@olivercharles2930 I have not considered that angle. To be hypnotized, you have to make eye contact. I change my mind, Hrogar is canceled!

  • @Soybo1
    @Soybo1 8 місяців тому +74

    I wouldn’t kill Hroggar but instead use a calming spell, after you finish this quest he will express his gratitude and live in a tragic yet peaceful life.

  • @TheAhshia
    @TheAhshia 8 місяців тому +8

    this is the funniest thing I've watched in a while, well done

  • @jackpitman15
    @jackpitman15 Місяць тому +3

    I feel like resurrecting a friend to kill them again is very in line with a daedric prince's kind of playbook

  • @lesser8531
    @lesser8531 8 місяців тому +29

    I always thought that the Ebony Blade should have gotten additional effects when reaching the thresholds. Increased Health Drain alone is kind of underwhelming.

    • @masterneloth
      @masterneloth  8 місяців тому +12

      Personally I think the enchantment is really good, especially since it has infinite charge, but the fact you can’t temper the blade kills it for me.

    • @_vez
      @_vez 8 місяців тому +2

      ​@@masterneloth With the unofficial patch you can temper it

    • @RivenBelmont
      @RivenBelmont 18 днів тому

      I use zimms immersive artifacts to make it better

    • @joshuakim5240
      @joshuakim5240 15 днів тому

      It should be noted that hp drain is arguably one of, if not the most, powerful enchantment effects in the game because the drain effect itself also does damage (so weapon attack damage + drain attack damage).

    • @Nurk0m0rath
      @Nurk0m0rath 14 днів тому

      @@joshuakim5240 Yes, but you can find that enchantment on random items, break them down, and make something just as strong as the ebony blade's max level enchantment, if not stronger...on a dagger. I don't recall if you need an enchanting potion or not but either way, hardly an insurmountable obstacle. Literally the only plus of the ebony blade is the lack of charge, but the Star and a 2 second soul trap on the same crafted blade completely make up for that. Honestly most daedric artifacts in Skyrim are a hoax. I think the only truly unique and actually useful artifacts are Spellbreaker and Azura's Star. And Spellbreaker is only useful until you create a near-immunity to all magic with super-high resistance or a spell absorption build. There's also the lunar forge enchantment, which is stronger than regular absorb health but only works at night.
      Then again, apparently nobody in the history of Skyrim could ever make weapons and armor more powerful than the MC of Skyrim. Not in ten thousand plus years of history. Not gods, not daedra, not dragons. And I'm not even talking about the enchanting/alchemy loop.

  • @84cch
    @84cch 8 місяців тому +32

    There's a little bit of an exploit that you can use without feeling too bad I think. During the Lights Out quest, Deeja sees you as a "friend," Even though she will still be hostile upon your encounter. Kill her with the blade, then cast Dead Thrall on her, kill her then cast the spell again, rinse and repeat until the sword is fully upgraded. The only thing is you have to be able to cast Master level conjuration spells, because it does have to be the Dead Thrall that you cast specifically (although, the the ability from the ritual stone might also work, I'm not quite sure though). As far as I know, other raise dead spells won't create a permanent corpse for you to use again, and she'll turn to dust after the first time you kill her.

    • @Mr-Trox
      @Mr-Trox 7 місяців тому +7

      The Ritual Stone does work. If you want to not have to wait 24 hours, you can always have the Ritual Stone saved on your Aetherial Crown, so you just have to remove it and put it back on.

    • @exultiphy
      @exultiphy 4 місяці тому

      This worked perfectly for me thank you for sharing this

    • @Granlusofc
      @Granlusofc Місяць тому

      ​@@Mr-Trox bro coming out here with the big brain stuff

  • @scoutdnr
    @scoutdnr 7 місяців тому +16

    You should do a video on who to induct into the Blades! You want to induct someone who is worthy but you also don't want to remove someone valuable from their life. Erik the Slayer is a good example of a good choice but what about the other two?

    • @poetryismyting8854
      @poetryismyting8854 6 місяців тому +2

      The mage Illia from the tower near riften.
      Like you said Erik the Slayer.
      Literally any paid follower , all they do is sit .

    • @drewgoin8849
      @drewgoin8849 2 місяці тому +3

      But...that means you killed Party Snacks!

    • @whatsallthebrouhaha
      @whatsallthebrouhaha 2 місяці тому

      ​@@drewgoin8849There's a very popular mod that allows you to bypass that

    • @SMon42
      @SMon42 12 днів тому

      ​@@drewgoin8849not if you use mods, like The Partysnacks* Dilemma.
      *Mod uses his actual name.

  • @blindbeholder9713
    @blindbeholder9713 6 місяців тому +15

    The Ebony Blade is not Katana like, it is a Katana. They have always existed in Elder Scrolls.

    • @boldone66
      @boldone66 3 місяці тому +5

      It's a shame they didn't make an actual return in Skyrim. We only have the Blade's ones and the ebony blade.
      Bethesda really doesn't understand just how many otakus play games.

    • @H.a.m.B.u.r.g.e.r
      @H.a.m.B.u.r.g.e.r 3 місяці тому +3

      its not its a different type of sword

    • @craigunshallach4951
      @craigunshallach4951 12 днів тому

      Okay, than call it a nodachi 😂
      Because, katana is already the japanese word for sword.

    • @craigunshallach4951
      @craigunshallach4951 12 днів тому

      So nodachi is more preciselly.

    • @blindbeholder9713
      @blindbeholder9713 12 днів тому

      @@craigunshallach4951 The Japanese word for sword is Tsurugi. Katana is a specific type of sword. The Ebony Blade is exactly that type, though Skyrim made it larger than it should be.

  • @rawrjay420
    @rawrjay420 6 місяців тому +14

    19:05 interesting that murdering the dark brotherhood pleases mephala when it has been speculated that she is the night mother 😂

    • @jeffreymodesitt3345
      @jeffreymodesitt3345 3 місяці тому

      Let’s be real, splitting her main worshipper base into two that absolutely hate each other and murder each other at any occasion is a total Mephala move to make

    • @Nurk0m0rath
      @Nurk0m0rath 14 днів тому

      She isn't. The night mother was a mortal. Mephala is a daedra. Totally different class of being.

    • @rockythesnailracechampion7144
      @rockythesnailracechampion7144 9 днів тому

      Plus, if anything, the Night Mother would be an aspect of Sithis.

  • @masterneloth
    @masterneloth  8 місяців тому +45

    This video was supposed to come out Saturday but UA-cam sucks, oh well 🤷

    • @belikovdimitri2251
      @belikovdimitri2251 8 місяців тому +5

      Its fine
      Prehaps its a blessing from the Divines!

    • @idkhahahaha
      @idkhahahaha 8 місяців тому +2

      But we are ever so grateful

  • @artisticbang9111
    @artisticbang9111 7 місяців тому +10

    8:59 There needs to be a mod to free Ogmund when Stormcloaks occupied Markarth. Even not as a Stormcloak we can arrange it temporarily by giving Ulfric Markarth during the Greybeard meeting

  • @wolfstarr6506
    @wolfstarr6506 3 місяці тому +2

    I love that whenever you say the title of the video you don’t day “in Skyrim” at the end. Now everyone at work probably thinks I’m planning a murder spree 😂

  • @artisticbang9111
    @artisticbang9111 7 місяців тому +2

    Thanks for this video Master, I've always wanted a list like this instead of cheating myself with a glitch ❤

  • @mindtrait0r879
    @mindtrait0r879 8 місяців тому +28

    "Worse parent than a Sload" lmaooooo

  • @CeeDoubleU
    @CeeDoubleU 8 місяців тому +196

    I'm not killing Sinding. We're fellow werewolves.

    • @Akira_Emperor
      @Akira_Emperor 8 місяців тому +12

      So your a companion? FOR THE SNOW ELVES

    • @arifhossain9751
      @arifhossain9751 8 місяців тому +23

      And they were cave-mates...

    • @marcosdanielgarciaguillerm8373
      @marcosdanielgarciaguillerm8373 8 місяців тому +4

      Hahaha my coat

    • @ChrisVillagomez
      @ChrisVillagomez 8 місяців тому +29

      Unpopular opinion: I always help Sinding kill all the Hunters, finish all the dialogue in the cave, and then kill Sinding. You get the Ring of Hircine and the armor set. It's definitely legitimate and not a glitch in the game shhhhh

    • @lyn-jhonosia8981
      @lyn-jhonosia8981 7 місяців тому

      Tomorrow, next playthrough, I won't kill Sinding,....... I'll try not to ,

  • @jeanpierreswanson2715
    @jeanpierreswanson2715 19 днів тому +1

    10:38 Bro knew EXACTLY what he was doing with this shot

  • @jacksonhaug8015
    @jacksonhaug8015 2 місяці тому +19

    I find it ironic that an ancient telvanni wizard is criticizing a nord for slave labor considering your peoples gruesome treatment of beastfolk back in the third era. Turn your gaze to your own land ooh.. too soon? Jealousy is all i hear.

    • @nilsd2112
      @nilsd2112 Місяць тому +8

      What has slavery to do with how you store your farming tools?

  • @ls190v2
    @ls190v2 Місяць тому +1

    Trickery and deceit are nothing new in Skyrim. But you, sir, have not lied to us. How honourable!

  • @vijairamdeensingh3008
    @vijairamdeensingh3008 Місяць тому

    Great work my friend, this turns leveling the Ebony Blade in a full on world spanning kill spree. I always use the Ritual Stone but on my next play through I'll definitely use this guide, keep up the good work fellow Dunmer

  • @ashwolf2006
    @ashwolf2006 4 місяці тому +13

    There's also another way to power up the bony blade in a goodway but. It's a bit tedious but worth it if you can pull it off. First thing you need to do is find a powerful necromancy spell preferably that one standing stone near valtheim towers. Second head to solitude and do the lighthouse quest once done head to where ship crashed and talk to the argonian who will betray you put her down with the ebony blade, then resurrect her and put her down again. Repeat this until the blade is fully powered up no need to sacrifice the people that you like.

  • @Noobzlikeu
    @Noobzlikeu 2 місяці тому +2

    2:13 Last time I checked, using necromancy to resurrect them, when you kill them the second time, their bodies will just turn to ash and you can't resurrect them again. However, if you get the blessing of the Ritual Stone and use that, that does work, as their bodies won't turn to ashes afterwards.

    • @Nurk0m0rath
      @Nurk0m0rath 14 днів тому

      Excepting dead thrall. And some perk overhaul mods give conjuration a perk to bypass this restriction.

  • @905Dex
    @905Dex 3 місяці тому +4

    Karthwasten… Help clear the silver bloods, do the orc sword and Debella quests… Then pull the ebony backscratcher and clear house…
    Then at the greybeard peace summit you can have Ulfric pay for the ‘massacre’ and be cleared

    • @drewgoin8849
      @drewgoin8849 2 місяці тому +2

      What's the Orc sword quest?

    • @905Dex
      @905Dex 2 місяці тому +3

      @ the heavy armor trainer orc wants you to give a sword to her daughter in karthwasten

  • @chrisdiokno5600
    @chrisdiokno5600 8 місяців тому +46

    I always take out the Brotherhood when doing good-ish characters

    • @krystianszewczyk1522
      @krystianszewczyk1522 8 місяців тому +13

      Shame that you can't do the same to thiefs guild

    • @AncientGuardianOfTheGate
      @AncientGuardianOfTheGate 8 місяців тому

      Absolutely. ​@@krystianszewczyk1522

    • @ClericDoggo56
      @ClericDoggo56 8 місяців тому +14

      ​@@krystianszewczyk1522There's a great mod for that, Destroying the Thieves guild.
      Best part is that it's not just wiping them out, you can team up with the jarl, Mjoll and other good citizens to take out Maven black briar's criminal empire in a series of quests.

    • @Kepora1
      @Kepora1 6 місяців тому +1

      Oh I need to look that up

    • @poetryismyting8854
      @poetryismyting8854 3 місяці тому

      @@krystianszewczyk1522I could you getting them all arrested but killing the thieves guild is insane for a guild who doesn’t kill. DBhood deserves it

  • @highwaysstar
    @highwaysstar 7 місяців тому +7

    So the first time I installed mods, I had a conflict where all the vampires had blackface. I found all of them so quick lol

  • @cXtotheXj
    @cXtotheXj 8 місяців тому +18

    I use Eola to sacrafice to Boethia. heheheh

  • @bstybyz3
    @bstybyz3 7 місяців тому +4

    Tie The Aetherial Crown to The Ritual Stone and use Narfi after doing his little quest to find his sister.

  • @grungepen
    @grungepen 4 місяці тому +1

    Your distain for Lemkil fuels me more than breakfast

  • @UncleBo-y4f
    @UncleBo-y4f 8 місяців тому +19

    Hroggar is innocent he’s being forced against his will pls don’t kill him

  • @aitordominguezcomin9147
    @aitordominguezcomin9147 6 місяців тому +8

    Sinding is a legend. He managed to bypass the inmortality command on childs.

  • @thebyzantineempire779
    @thebyzantineempire779 2 місяці тому

    I love the thesis statement before your paper

  • @Casual_Goof
    @Casual_Goof 8 місяців тому +7

    I usually use either Faendal or Sven, and utilize the Ritual Stone exploit

    • @colin3336
      @colin3336 5 місяців тому +2

      Worked for me, thank you. Didn't work out so well for Faendal

  • @trueomenides
    @trueomenides 5 місяців тому +1

    You can do it with Narfi from Ivarstead after you accomplished his quest (pretty easy to do). Once you killed him, use Dead Thrall (or Staff of Worms if you don't want to xp your conjuration) to resurect him, and kill him again until the blade is fully stacked.

  • @josiahgraham1765
    @josiahgraham1765 8 місяців тому +10

    "It's AlwAYs a GoOD dAY wHen MaSTer NeLOtH UploADs!!!"

  • @xoghost8105
    @xoghost8105 8 місяців тому +3

    “She ate both of them likely killing them beforehand”
    You would both think and hope so right?

  • @joshrodrigues8281
    @joshrodrigues8281 7 місяців тому +1

    Didn’t see it in the comments but there is a way to get the Saviors Hide and the ring of Hircine. Complete the quest siding with Sinding. Once he gives you the armour , betray him (with the ebony blade ofc) leave and talk to the aspect of Hircine to collect the ring

  • @kaito0022
    @kaito0022 5 місяців тому +1

    That one vagabond in the sewers of riften is a must

  • @walnzell9328
    @walnzell9328 2 місяці тому +4

    If you kill Hroggar to reunite him with his wife and daughter, you MUST do it as an assassination. If he goes down fighting, he will enter Sovngarde. His wife and daughter are not in Sovngarde. They did not die in a fight.

  • @Cordeliatheagent
    @Cordeliatheagent 3 місяці тому

    lemkil always got the modded yeet into the air to only kick the bucket from ankle breakage

  • @scipi_o
    @scipi_o 8 місяців тому +14

    can you make who is to recruit for rebuilding The Blades quest?

    • @masterneloth
      @masterneloth  8 місяців тому +7

      That could make a good video someday ;)

    • @stevendorries
      @stevendorries 8 місяців тому +1

      Why would you ever do that?

    • @AncientGuardianOfTheGate
      @AncientGuardianOfTheGate 8 місяців тому +1

      That's a great idea! Id love to watch that!

    • @arorath9170
      @arorath9170 Місяць тому +1

      Blades should be permanently disbanded.
      Hail paarthunax.

  • @daniel-rl3gw
    @daniel-rl3gw 7 місяців тому +2

    The innocent old beggar from riften, then do it again with ritual stone until mephala feels satisfied. It's immoral but it just works

  • @sethharris813
    @sethharris813 8 місяців тому +2

    Faendal. Repeatedly with Dead Thrall. At the altar of Boethiah. Just as soon as I hit 50 archery. Two daedra, one elf.

  • @beeawesome2869
    @beeawesome2869 Місяць тому

    Your scary voice of absorb their tears scared the hell out of my cat. Lol

  • @GentTX
    @GentTX 2 місяці тому +1

    I never heard of Lemkil, chances are I walked past him never thinking the man has a backstory.

  • @YouWinAFREEiPOD
    @YouWinAFREEiPOD 5 місяців тому +1

    It is demonstrated that Sinding absolutely does NOT keep his word, because he can be found as a random encounter having slain more victims.

  • @Borthollamue
    @Borthollamue 7 місяців тому

    I always use dead thrall to upgrade the sword. In a mining town near Markarth there are 2 men that complain how their mine was overrun by forsworn, if you clear out the forsworn they will become your friends (and be eligible for sacrifice). But the thing is the forsworn eventually respawn in their mine ,usually with them in it, ending them instantly. After that happens you just use dead thrall on one of them, use the blade, and repeat until fully charged.
    For anyone who doesn't know dead thrall is a master level conjuration spell, which means you need level 90 in conjuration and to complete the quest "conjuration ritual spell"

  • @andrewmestieri979
    @andrewmestieri979 5 місяців тому

    I quite literally (no more than 3 minutes ago) just finished this power-up journey so I’m excited to see where I went wrong with who I killed lol

  • @ECODKyleskymast
    @ECODKyleskymast 5 місяців тому +1

    pro tip, help Sindig against the hunters and get the uncursed ring, then go back and slaughter him with the Blade for the Savior's Hide. Win/win, your Ebony Blade got a bit stronger and you scammed another Daedric Prince out of 2 artifacts. It doesn't get more decietful than that.

  • @planetxian
    @planetxian 2 дні тому

    Melka and Petra aren't the only example of hagraven rivalry in the game. In "A Night to Remember," if you seek the wedding ring Ysolda sold you, the hagraven Moira will attack you in a jealous rage, thinking you want it back to court another hagraven named Esmeralda.

  • @snakeman-metalman157
    @snakeman-metalman157 7 місяців тому

    I like how Skyrim is over 7 years old yet still has a big enough fan base to make a video as simple as this 😂

    • @BananaGalaxy
      @BananaGalaxy 6 місяців тому +1

      It's more than a decade at this point lol! 12 whole years of skyrim

  • @Eeropro203
    @Eeropro203 7 місяців тому +3

    If you kill sinding i recomend first teaming up with him to get ring of hircine and then killing him and takes his pelt and then you get both of the artifacts

  • @shadowandsin3593
    @shadowandsin3593 Місяць тому

    Alternatively you keep all this targets alive and live in a darker world of skyrim. Amazing and inspiring video as well.

  • @fletcherg8601
    @fletcherg8601 Місяць тому

    thanks for the hit-list! :D

  • @pariskulicore_341
    @pariskulicore_341 Місяць тому

    4:30 Ah, thanks for the suggestion. I'll keep this in mind.

  • @justdominik9812
    @justdominik9812 8 місяців тому

    You are such an underrated channel ngl

  • @Artrysa
    @Artrysa 8 днів тому

    Not watching the video, so I'm sorry if this was mentioned. But if you raise a killed ally from the dead they still count towards the blade's progression.
    So what you do is pick someone, kill them, use the Ritual Stone's daily power to raise them, kill them again, and wait a day to repeat the process. This works because the Ritual Stone's raise dead power doesn't turn the body to ash like other effects do. So this way you can turn one kill into 10.

  • @slimbomb
    @slimbomb 5 місяців тому

    If you sell crops to farmers they will have a positive disposition of you. Go to the Salvious farm (I think that’s the name) outside of markarth near stables. You can use the ritual stone to revive and get an easy 4 kills out of the 10. Uthgerd, marcurio and the dude in the silver blood inn can provide the rest of the kills. (Provided you use the stone)

  • @Sanguivore
    @Sanguivore 7 місяців тому

    Great and well thought out video! :D

  • @MoonlightBgWolfs
    @MoonlightBgWolfs 3 місяці тому

    Didn't know there was a quest where you could befriend a Hagraven, lol
    Thought i had explored every bit of land in this game

  • @quiteindeed6809
    @quiteindeed6809 Місяць тому

    There exists a bug, where if you resurrect certain characters with the dead thrall spell, and kill them, it counts towards the ebony blade sacrifices so you can repeat this all on the same corpse. Just don't decapitate the target, otherwise the spell wont work. Worked with Cicero.

    • @Callie_With_a_Bible
      @Callie_With_a_Bible 19 днів тому +1

      Honestly, I feel like this shouldn't be patched out since it makes since in lore.
      I can imagine a Daedric Prince watching you revive someone only to kill them again AND AGAIN and again and just letting it slide since...that's just evil.

  • @AndrewTraver
    @AndrewTraver 19 днів тому

    This is my first time watching your channel specifically.. I used to use ESO and Camel A LOT for guides, and i think a 3rd channel(?)...but i have never seen a Content Creator use the name of an NPC from a DLC XD....you better be as Pedantic as Neloth was in my...5th or 6th time going through Solstheim XD

    • @AndrewTraver
      @AndrewTraver 19 днів тому

      Not pedantic enough XD a good chunk of these people are already gone for me XD

  • @inakiballesterospolloni3436
    @inakiballesterospolloni3436 6 місяців тому

    Haven't finished the intro of the video but I'll say I got the blade before I did the quests for the cannibal ring and so I upgraded the blade with the lives of the cannibals once I had become the champion of the prince and won their trust

  • @ajflink
    @ajflink 2 місяці тому

    The Ebony Blade is ridiculously OP weapon. It heals you 10 to 30 HP with each hit on an enemy, seems to have a slightly faster swing apeed than other two-handed swords, is lightweight compared to various "stronger" two-handed weapons, and can be obtained as early as level 20.
    Also, if you want an easy way to earn the achievement of being wanted in all holds, Ebony Blade pretty much makes you invincible against hold guards at a certain point.
    Although, I also love the Bloodskal Blade as you can perform ranged attacks with it that tends to stagger enemies.

  • @ravensroost9776
    @ravensroost9776 8 місяців тому +5

    Tonvar Silver-Blood

  • @MoonlightBgWolfs
    @MoonlightBgWolfs 3 місяці тому

    You can also join the rieklings at the mead hall quest and then massacre some of those little blue creatures. They'll fill the blade and you won't lose any NPC's
    Might take a while to finish the quest but, once finished, it'll be pretty easy to get the blade maxxed

  • @christophermonceux6578
    @christophermonceux6578 2 місяці тому

    NGL Chat, Alva Vamp rizzed me tf up with those milkers, deadass.

  • @Pancaketurtle123
    @Pancaketurtle123 18 днів тому

    I walked into Dragonsreach and started swinging at everyone and continued out into the rest of Whiterun hahahaha.

  • @anttitheinternetguy3213
    @anttitheinternetguy3213 2 місяці тому

    I recreated the ginger mage woman Who is one of the loading screen characters (the one with a staff and blue mage robes). I play her as a witch and she will ABSOLUTELY side with daedra and the markareth cannibal trio

  • @josemarcelobotamedi175
    @josemarcelobotamedi175 Місяць тому

    Sobre a evolução da Ebony Blade, depois de obter a benção da Ritual Stone, vá para a casa dos mortos em Whiterun, converse com o sacerdote que vive lá, pegue a quest do amuleto, dentro das catacumbas, no mesmo lugar, devolva o amuleto pra ele (Arandur eu acho) que vai ficar seu amigo. Depois é só "passar ele" com a Ebony Blade, chamar o poder da Ritual Stone, esperar 24hs etc. Até às 10 repetições pra obter o poder supremo da Ebony Blade. Valeu? Abraços.

  • @xure-e3x
    @xure-e3x 5 місяців тому

    Thank god I’ll no longer regret accidentally choosing sven in my first play through, so I can kill him with this method

  • @lewis6138
    @lewis6138 Місяць тому

    Ysolda is probably also a good one to use because she happens to be a Skooma dealer, and as Redwater Den is a massive Skooma den ran by Vampires, who knows if she is doing their work secretly

  • @Ted_Sd
    @Ted_Sd 19 днів тому

    wait a minute 14 years of skyrim and i never knew of Melka's existence how the hell did i never encounter her in my hundreds of playthroughs

  • @i-d0uble_time-i209
    @i-d0uble_time-i209 3 місяці тому +1

    Tbh, I got the bard from riverwood with the resurrection stone and just killed him and revived him 9 times

  • @loganglass5501
    @loganglass5501 Місяць тому

    12:25 Neloth is so strong! He bounced his victim after slamming him on the ground!

  • @JustStuffThatIPostSometimes
    @JustStuffThatIPostSometimes 3 місяці тому +11

    I'm surprised Nazeem isn't on this list (I know he isn't really going to improve the ebony blade, he is just a condescending to the dragon born, plus It's fun to kill him lol)

  • @catfoodbob1
    @catfoodbob1 19 днів тому

    Ya know, ending a cycle of treachery with the ebony blade does seem kinda ironic

  • @athanarms3425
    @athanarms3425 8 місяців тому +1

    Do the most logical options for Boethiah’s Proving and explain how Erik the Slayer could be the canon choice.

    • @masterneloth
      @masterneloth  8 місяців тому +2

      Erik the Slayer is based off of a real life Bethesda fan named Erik West who died of cancer before Skyrim released

  • @walnzell9328
    @walnzell9328 2 місяці тому

    I always thought Hert and Hern were siblings.
    I only recently found out that their relationship may have been intended to be unknown, as cut guard dialogue has them asking about it.

  • @nigelshadowruth
    @nigelshadowruth 8 місяців тому +8

    i sided w/ sinding and know for a fact he does NOT keep his word. he is a rare encounter out in skyrim after you side w/ him in the quest.

  • @thedukeofcats6616
    @thedukeofcats6616 5 місяців тому +1

    My answer Kill some bandits get the ritual stone res then kill them (bc you summoned them they are an ally) then get the upgrades

  • @nellylenaj3601
    @nellylenaj3601 5 місяців тому

    I adopted Sissel this time around along with Lucia.... I just wish it was more simulation like where I could bring Sissel for tutoring sessions in magic, or idk, teach the kid myself. And also teach them hunting and all that that. That would be great. Make actual trips andake a parental relationship and family bond vs what it is now.

  • @Flabbergastedsnake
    @Flabbergastedsnake 7 місяців тому

    If you kill Waylon before he kills Margret she will give you a necklace but it doesn’t give you another speech option when Eltrys gives you the note

  • @James-ro7rx
    @James-ro7rx 6 місяців тому

    Just gonna put this out there, dead thrall allows you to do this to anyone you like for as many times (but I could be wrong it’s been a while since I played)

  • @BobThorton-rn2zn
    @BobThorton-rn2zn 3 місяці тому

    I always use Lydia (the worst follower) and the necromancer standing stone to level the blade up