It's funny how you talk about getting shanked in Riften, even though the thieves guild doesn't kill people, but then talk about how good Markarth is, even though it has the Forsworn, cannibals, and slavery.
Riften is my favourite city, so I'm there a lot, and tbh sometimes a thief will literally just run from the back entrance to the city and try and kill me, so ig he's not wrong about getting shanked. But, yeah, Markarth is probably worse.
@@samthedystopianrat1945 Oddly enough there are thieves on the road who will try to kill you if you don't give them money, but can be told off if you're wearing the guildmaster's armor, so they are supposed to be part of the guild. So some members do kill people. But since it's a joinable faction, and they tend to use shadow marks to tell thieves to stay away from dangerous people or places, I'd still feel safer in Riften than Markarth.
Yeah Markarth have Forsworn, cannibale, and slavery but you forgot that there is an haunted house with a dedra altars, that this is the place where Talmorian chase down Talos worshipers, where there is giant freakin spider and falmer in the wall of the city, corupted guard, assassination in the middle of the street, the place that made Ulfric begin his rebellion if I remember correctly and finally this is a Dwemeur ruin so that make me fuking uncomfortable cause I have PTSD from those place. (And if you lived here you constantly hear pistons and engrenage) Maybe biewtifull but it is cursed as fuck.
@@dodongo7819 One of the saddest things is there's a guy who legit wants to take his daughter and eave, yet his wife basically calls him a coward for it. I would rather live in the wilderness than that city. Blood and silver indeed.
I don't know how Winterhold passes for a city when it's smaller than Riverwood. An inn, a store, a jarl longhouse. Riverwood meanwhile has an inn, a store, a blacksmith, a lumber mill and three more houses for residents. Oh, it also has fucking walls and some sense of dimension, rather than being a single street to the College.
@@southsidecompton9668 Nope, you can’t just “rebuild” cities. Winterhold didn’t just lose buildings, it lost all of it’s resources (and therefore, money) in the collapse as well. What would they rebuild with?
Honestly I would like winterhold a lot more if they had the ability to restore it's supposed 'former glory' through quests and such. Riften holds a special place in my heart because I also live in a run down sketchy neighborhood as well
I agree but imo they made a mistake with how they designed it because, you see, the city isnt destroyed/damaged. Its gone. its fucking *gone* . theres nothing to rebuild. they would have needed to make the area larger and put a couple walls and a lot more destroyed buildings and only then would there be something sensible for rebuilding
@Bernardo Andrade Picorelli there is a mod. It changes winterhold quite a bit and makes it seem like how its described. A torn down city past its glory days.
I totally agree, the home in the riften is just like a summer house by a cool lake to swim, I used to keep my adopted kids there during summer and then take them back to the solitude for college as autumn began, you know to keep them sophisticated, such a cool memories😂😂😊
It would be good if you could re-build certain sections of cities, similar to how you can build houses in the 'Hearthfire' DLC. I like how as you help the Thieves Guild get back into business, their tavern becomes more kitted out with shops and Tonya has more money to buy your goodsd with.
Same. The first time I played Skyrim everything felt gigantic. The story was new and just everything about the game was interesting. Plus: Every Single time I enter Whiterun K have nostalgia. Have a good day my friend
Whiterun shops are so convenient. You got two blacksmith shops at the front door then another if you are part of the companion. It's easy to be encumbered, teleport to whiterun and sell everything.
@@MyHentaiGirl it's really hard to get to that first shop to drop alot of things off when you're over-capacity. Whiterun has the blacksmith woman at the gate.
@@Snowberries17 you can fast travel when overload??? Fucking hell i keep thinking of Fallout in term of weight Still Riften is better in vanilla since the lack of gold later on can be remedy by the vast amount of shop in Riften
I'll never forget my first playthrough. I had one goal: join the Legion. Ulfric seemed like a schmuck, so I was gonna go with my boi Hadvar and take the fight to the rebels. I didn't know about the carriages, so all I had to guide me was a map marker that said "if you wanna join the Legion, get to Solitude." And while I learned the controls of the game and got immersed into the world bit by bit, it was all in service of the overall goal: Solitude. And then I finally arrived. Whiterun and Morthal were the only cities I had seen so far, and they were cool, but nothing held a candle to that first time visiting the capital. It was the perfect reward at the end of a long and difficult quest. Solitude will always be my number 1 location in the game. Man I miss the gaming scene of 2011.
@@bierwolf8360 i use Schmuck last week. It's a good word. Expand your vocabulary. You've been mislead? Start saying bamboozled or duped Don't like someone? Instead of a swear, say Schmuck or Bozo Surprised? Say Egads (it means BY THE GODS) or Leaping Lizards You don't like something? Describe it as Horrid. Tired if saying simply Jesus Christ? Try Jesus of Nazerath! Or one of my own creations. Oh my Holy Spirit.
For someone who does not usually do daedric quests I feel like I need to walk around Markarth covering my eyes and ears and avoiding absolutely everyone.
@@mssn there’s really only two daedric quests and quests one of them is pretty out of the way. The one you’re thinking about is the vigilant in the street. Just go in and kill him and it’s done. Takes 5 seconds and you never have to worry about it again. I’m pretty sure all the other quests are forsworn related could be wrong tho
@@Cloud_Zero04 h-how? like, in what regard? Its pseudo-nomadic anglo-saxon/nordic mix. Can't get more Rohan than that imo. Minas Tirith is such a unique city tho; Skyrim only has a feel-alike with it, that which being Solitude (maybe).
Whiterun - most memorable city in the game Windhelm - racist city Riften - city of thieves. Most houses are made of logs. Morthal - basically a town in the swamp Markarth - a city built in the mountains Falkreath - city in the woods Winterhold - the college Solitude - living in the high life society Dawnstar - a dragon shows up everytime I visit
Markarth is pretty racist, too. Nord and Breton are distinct races in the game. Markarth is baldly driven by slavery, where in Windhelm, Dunmer and Argonians are guest workers. Income inequality is starkest in Markarth.
Markarth will always be my favorite, glad you appreciate it as well. I feel like Morthal is underrated though, I love the swampy aesthetic, especially at night.
It's cool and has one of the chillest Jarls. But it's also the only city to lack both a general goods store and a smithy. You can't sell or buy *anything* there. That's kind of unforgivable for a hold capital. Even the utter shithole that is Winterhold has a general goods store.
the editing of the dragon landing outside falkreath and the immediate cut to you walking away absorbing it's soul got me good ahaha great video! many chuckles had
Whiterun will always be my main town base, I always find myself returning there, treating it as my home base. And also, the OST named after the town itself, it’s beautiful, welcoming me back.
It would be nice. Winterhold used to be huge, even bigger than Solitude. It could've also been an opportunity for the College of Winterhold to restore its reputation with the locals by using magic to help rebuild the city.
For me Riften will always have a special place in my heart. I love it too much. The vibes, the thieves guild and also how beautiful is this town modded makes it perfect. After joining and finishing the thieves guild this town really feels like your home, you feel in your element. Also i fin Riften really full of content anjd you can even marry yourself
The fact whiterun is home to 2 of the most annoying npcs in the game prevents it from being number 1 (Nazeem and that talos worshipper) most cities only have 1 outspoken annoying guy and they are usually confined to the one building they occupy
Falkreath is my favorite, I spent a LOT of time there early game , got my first house became a thane , aww precious memories, after that comes white run with it’s perfect layout and then it’s all about the same after that for me
The Falkreath and Riverwood areas are probably my favorite, especially up closer to Riverwood. It's a very comfy area with few dangerous enemies even at high levels, only wolves and low-level bandits instead of the spriggans that can be found near Falkreath.
Let me share you my experiences of each city: -Falkreath: i pass by it, dont do much here, but, every time i come back, its always a dragon attack. -Morthal: Vampire attack every single time, slaughtering everybody. -Dawnstar: Pretty chill for now, dont make much trips there. -Winterhold: Bandit attack every time, slaughtering every civilian and guard. -Windhelm: Racism, nothing more to it. -Riften: shithole, tievery, corruption, draugr invasions. -Solitude: gosh, stormcloaks, dragons, thieves, always at the gate. -Markarth, cannibalistic mountain goat farmer forsword attacks are quite common, P.S a secret locations at the little stream coming down. -Whiterun: holy grounds, your true home, the place where you learn how to play and behave, 10/10. HONORABLE MENTIONS: -Ravenrock: i spend a lot of time on solstheim, i like the island. -Riverwood, never forget you riverwood.
Morthal and Riften are probably my two favorites. I like the layout and I had always loved Channelwood from Myst. Markarth has the subterranean living going for it. If I had any idea how to mod, I’d make a city like that.
I've probably talked to the Jarl of Winterhold once.........out of like 30 playthroughs. It's just a "city" I barely notice in passing on my way to the college
@Bernardo Andrade Picorelli Yea lol. He's in the longhouse just across from the inn. I think his only purpose is to give you a quest to get a helm in a burrow if I remember correctly.
I have a soft spot for Morthol. It has my favorite Jarl, one of the best magic suppliers in Skyrim, and easily the best homestead in the game with the fishery. I generally don't spend much time in Dawnstar, and I tend to find the place kind of depressing, perhaps even more than Winterhold. The wilderness outside of it can be really nice though with the dense snow covered forests.
It is also the only city I get a sense of community from. Everywhere else there are so many petty squabbles but in Morthal the town comes together to help in its main quest.
Your videos always make me so happy! I watch a lot of content that goes into big-picture Skyrim lore topics so it's really nice to just come here and have fun! I was wondering if you've ever heard of Enderal? It's technically a mod for Skyrim but it completely changes the game to be a new world with a new story. I just think you might enjoy it! All of it is fan-made, and the va is a bit eh at times but that cause they all agreed to do it for free! And you can still play the regular game with it installed, cause it has its own launcher. Just a recommendation!
My personal list goes like this. Keep in mind this is pure aesthetic and roleplay wise for me had I factored in glitches and exploits this entire list would be different. 9. Morthal 8. winterhold 7. Falkreath 6. Markarth 5. Dawnstar 4. Windhelm 3. Solitude 2. Riften 1. Whiterun
Riften is my favorite aesthetically, I like the vibes, and I wish it had better textures. I really wish the Riften home was one of the tall wealthy homes, like they could have tied becoming thane to the thieves guild and given you Mercer Frey's house.
Riften has one of the best Town designs! You need to include stuff happening under the surface level. Riften is the only really dense/jam packet Town and just rich in detail and design. Atleast make it better than windhelm the ugliest Town in the game.
Just an idea, but what about homes if you could? I personally think the home in Windhelm (forgot the name) looks amazing and makes you feel like a billionaire. It’s also huge
I never thought about it, but The Great Collapse happened 299 years ago from the beginning of Skyrim, and they really haven't rebuilt anything?! What the hell?!
I think people like Whiterun mostly because of familiarity. But think about it, like, if you were there. The houses are kind of... shacks. You can see the sky through the roof, and a lot of them are pretty small. The space is use very inefficiently, and being on top of a tall hill in what's otherwise a plain means it'd be really windy. I think it wouldn't be very good to be in if you actually went there. Also the whole area around the city is empty fields. Good if you're a horse breeder or you have cattle I guess.
@@Altrantis being around fields is a plus. That means you have access to farms and food. Most medieval cities irl were surrounded by fields and farms. Transporting mass amounts of food would be so much more difficult in this era than for us. A city like solitude would starve out way before it had a chance to get as big as it did.
Gonna just be dropping them as I think of them Junk, worst to best (value relative to weight, maybe) Best/Worst spell (damage relative to cost) Ingredients, best/worst (overall function relative to rarity/etc) Factions, best/worst Locations/Biomes, best/worst Animal mobs, lamest/coolest You could do “most functional footwear” and I’d watch it, to be honest.
Markarth is my favorite. It’s very pretty and cool that it’s part of a dwarven ruin built into a mountain. The Reach is my favorite hold in general as well, which obviously gives the city an advantage. Very pretty environment with a lot of messed up shit in it.
Besides the main, popular cities my favorites recently are dawnstar and falkreath. I just like the atmosphere there, by the ocean, in the woods. My last few playthroughs my main houses have been there, I usually head right to falkreath to get the Lakeview manor.
Actually, Morthal, Dawnstar, Falkreath, and Winterhold are towns. While they are the capital of the hold, they aren't constered Cities due to not being walled in. (Also, Dawnstar is way worse than Morthal; don't @ me)
What makes Dawnstar the worst for me, despite having like... a museum, is how empty it looks. No flowers or gardens or trees or anything, just... frozen stones. Also how there's nothing nearby, the whole The Pale is just... lame.
I like solitude the best. Loads of guards, beautiful city, good houses and nice people. Although I wouldn’t like to live there IRL because the fact it’s on a slim rock tower thing would scare me lol.
you should do a quests ranked video where you put a group category of the common repeat quests as one and the bigger "main" and actual main quest as well into it, it would most likely become a 10+ minute video with the amount of quests there are and how much you can talk about them
oh! and you can do a leaders ranked video talking about the jarls or leaders of groups such as unique bandit leaders to the dark brotherhood leader astrid and the dawnguard leaders as well
Whiterun is just special but I have a warm place for riften the area around it is so pretty and I love the quests in the city it’s small and it’s got a calm feeling to it for me
Not many oblivion city and housing rankings, would love to see some detailed videos on this. The houses and cities are very different from eachother so a ranking would be interesting
Maybe you could make ranking on antagonists and villians of the game, factions/guilds, pets, world enemies (ex drauger, trolls, wolves) , jails, kids, races, spells, leaders, standing stones and locations
Honestly I like Morthal because of its depressing, marsh atmosphere + vampire quest. Or maybe it's just nostalgia, cause it was my first encounter with vampires during my first playthrough
@@Popcorn-ch7uy while building your house ofc (outside). In Falkreth district you can build an apiary, idk about Dawnstar district and in Morthal district you can build a fishfarm
Recently got back into Skyrim after a year and I really love the game there's a lot more things I've known about this game over time but my most favorite place is definitely WhiteRun
You can buy a home in Winterhold...with the right mod installed. Great video, I'm binging on your videos to get re-acquainted with the wonder world of Skyrim. Now where did I put that CBBE mod?
Falkreath is my favorite because with the Hearthfire DLC lets you buy a cool house there that you can build yourself if you just complete a simple objective (just like in 2 other towns with Hearthfire DLC) and it is my favorite house, because it isn't cold there and it's in a forest. But of course, Solitude is my favorite, especially when I'm bored so I just play tag with the kids at daytime, and the house costing a lot of Septims? It's worth it.
i love morthal - its small, it has a great jarl, it has water everywhere, the swamp is the most diverse habitat and the hjalmarsch house is located so nicely. Easily number one of my list!
I would have to have Solitude as no.1 with Whiterun as a close second, or proud Southern rival. I like the way that Solitude has much of the city built on that bridge of rock over the sea. I also like the 'Rohan' feel of Whiterun with the city rising to the Palace on the hill. Winterhold is basically a wreck with only one street and basically no services. The College is pretty cool, but kinda seperate to the "city".
Maybe I haven't used Solitude enough to figure it out, but I don't think there are enough merchants for me to sell off my haul before venturing out again. I put Whiterun at the top because I think it has the most merchants. No matter what time i get there the Drunken Huntsman is open and he buys what I sell most (weapons and armor). If I land at the right time of day, I have 5 places where I can unload that stuff. I always get Breezehome so if I get there during off hours, I can temp store my loot for a better time. AND most of it is close together because Whiterun is kind of small... If I have a really large load of loot, I have to make the long trip up to the sky forge, but usually it isn't necessary. If you do the Thieves Guild thing all the way through, then Riftin is probably the best place for selling stuff, but it's Riftin the only good thing about that place is Mjoll.
Love the video. Fun fact, despite popular consensus, and despite that they are hold capitals, Dawnstar, Morthal, Falkreath, and Winterhold are considered towns in game, not cities.
"It may be hard for new players to traverse"
Dude I've been playing this game for ten years and I still don't know the layout of Markarth.
I literally live in Markarth and still get confused lol
@@vitruvius814 how's the weather this time of year?
@@Alva2k Haven't launched Skyrim for hours wait let me check.
Still Forsworn-y
SAME
I fucking hate markarth with a fiery passion
Whiterun will always have a special place in my heart. 😂😂😂
Yeah besides Nazeem
Edit : ( idk how to spell his name correctly )
W’bout Helgen?
@@andy19il helgen was ok I guess.
@@joshuajefferson3504 I like Helgen
@@joshuajefferson3504 the quest part, not the actual place
It's funny how you talk about getting shanked in Riften, even though the thieves guild doesn't kill people, but then talk about how good Markarth is, even though it has the Forsworn, cannibals, and slavery.
Riften is my favourite city, so I'm there a lot, and tbh sometimes a thief will literally just run from the back entrance to the city and try and kill me, so ig he's not wrong about getting shanked. But, yeah, Markarth is probably worse.
@@samthedystopianrat1945 Oddly enough there are thieves on the road who will try to kill you if you don't give them money, but can be told off if you're wearing the guildmaster's armor, so they are supposed to be part of the guild. So some members do kill people. But since it's a joinable faction, and they tend to use shadow marks to tell thieves to stay away from dangerous people or places, I'd still feel safer in Riften than Markarth.
@@samthedystopianrat1945 Rifton is the Detroit of Skyrim nation. Lol 😂
Yeah Markarth have Forsworn, cannibale, and slavery but you forgot that there is an haunted house with a dedra altars, that this is the place where Talmorian chase down Talos worshipers, where there is giant freakin spider and falmer in the wall of the city, corupted guard, assassination in the middle of the street, the place that made Ulfric begin his rebellion if I remember correctly and finally this is a Dwemeur ruin so that make me fuking uncomfortable cause I have PTSD from those place. (And if you lived here you constantly hear pistons and engrenage)
Maybe biewtifull but it is cursed as fuck.
@@dodongo7819 One of the saddest things is there's a guy who legit wants to take his daughter and eave, yet his wife basically calls him a coward for it. I would rather live in the wilderness than that city. Blood and silver indeed.
I don't know how Winterhold passes for a city when it's smaller than Riverwood. An inn, a store, a jarl longhouse. Riverwood meanwhile has an inn, a store, a blacksmith, a lumber mill and three more houses for residents. Oh, it also has fucking walls and some sense of dimension, rather than being a single street to the College.
Winterhold sanked in the Sea of Ghost
@@southsidecompton9668 Decades before the events of Skyrim take place. And it's still three buildings in total. That's a fucking embarassment.
@@borislavarnaudov475 yeah your very right about that. Bethesda laziness!!!
@@southsidecompton9668 Nope, you can’t just “rebuild” cities. Winterhold didn’t just lose buildings, it lost all of it’s resources (and therefore, money) in the collapse as well. What would they rebuild with?
@@RaKaNiShU117 Magic haha
Honestly I would like winterhold a lot more if they had the ability to restore it's supposed 'former glory' through quests and such. Riften holds a special place in my heart because I also live in a run down sketchy neighborhood as well
I agree but imo they made a mistake with how they designed it because, you see, the city isnt destroyed/damaged. Its gone. its fucking *gone* . theres nothing to rebuild. they would have needed to make the area larger and put a couple walls and a lot more destroyed buildings and only then would there be something sensible for rebuilding
JK's Cities Mod on Nexus > all
rip framerate tho lol
@Bernardo Andrade Picorelli there is a mod. It changes winterhold quite a bit and makes it seem like how its described. A torn down city past its glory days.
I totally agree, the home in the riften is just like a summer house by a cool lake to swim, I used to keep my adopted kids there during summer and then take them back to the solitude for college as autumn began, you know to keep them sophisticated, such a cool memories😂😂😊
It would be good if you could re-build certain sections of cities, similar to how you can build houses in the 'Hearthfire' DLC. I like how as you help the Thieves Guild get back into business, their tavern becomes more kitted out with shops and Tonya has more money to buy your goodsd with.
When he said he wishes he could play for the first time again, I felt that in my soul
Same. The first time I played Skyrim everything felt gigantic. The story was new and just everything about the game was interesting. Plus: Every Single time I enter Whiterun K have nostalgia. Have a good day my friend
If I did that then I'd lose all my skills and knowledge.
@@ocean7849 fr
I started playing a week ago and it all seems sooo gigantic lol
@@ninab8402 enjoy it while you can, the first play-through is truly special
Whiterun shops are so convenient. You got two blacksmith shops at the front door then another if you are part of the companion. It's easy to be encumbered, teleport to whiterun and sell everything.
You can have even more shop in Riften if you are a Thief
@@MyHentaiGirl it's really hard to get to that first shop to drop alot of things off when you're over-capacity. Whiterun has the blacksmith woman at the gate.
@@Snowberries17 you can fast travel when overload??? Fucking hell i keep thinking of Fallout in term of weight
Still Riften is better in vanilla since the lack of gold later on can be remedy by the vast amount of shop in Riften
@@MyHentaiGirl You can't, but if you ride a horse, you can fast travel.
@@Snowberries17 too bad then, i hate horses
riften "everything is easy to find"
me not knowing there was an alchemist until my second playthrough
Oh my goodness I’ve made multiple characters and only once literally like a month ago I found it.
Where's the alchemist?
@@burlacueduard7841 it's on the docks where you can find the rataways just search around down there you'll find it
I found it first time
@@burlacueduard7841 lower level near the edge of the river
You should rank the small towns next! Riverwood, Rorikstead, Kynesgrove, etc.
Also the ones in Solsteim.
Aside from the quests, they are all indistinguishable to me.
Riverwood will win we all remember killing our first chicken then running for the hills
Riftin wins
Op I forgot that Kynesgrove existed
I'll never forget my first playthrough. I had one goal: join the Legion. Ulfric seemed like a schmuck, so I was gonna go with my boi Hadvar and take the fight to the rebels. I didn't know about the carriages, so all I had to guide me was a map marker that said "if you wanna join the Legion, get to Solitude." And while I learned the controls of the game and got immersed into the world bit by bit, it was all in service of the overall goal: Solitude. And then I finally arrived. Whiterun and Morthal were the only cities I had seen so far, and they were cool, but nothing held a candle to that first time visiting the capital. It was the perfect reward at the end of a long and difficult quest. Solitude will always be my number 1 location in the game.
Man I miss the gaming scene of 2011.
@Bernardo Andrade Picorelli cry harder
Beautiful story
who the hell uses "schmuck"
@@bierwolf8360 I do. Ya schmuck.
@@bierwolf8360 i use Schmuck last week. It's a good word. Expand your vocabulary.
You've been mislead? Start saying bamboozled or duped
Don't like someone? Instead of a swear, say Schmuck or Bozo
Surprised? Say Egads (it means BY THE GODS) or Leaping Lizards
You don't like something? Describe it as Horrid.
Tired if saying simply Jesus Christ? Try Jesus of Nazerath! Or one of my own creations. Oh my Holy Spirit.
Markarth is a beautiful city but messed up place :D If you consider the quests
I know right, the city is amazing, but after doing the side quests I hated the people there so much I just want to burn down the entire reach
Yeah like the cities cool but the people are *nightmares*
For someone who does not usually do daedric quests I feel like I need to walk around Markarth covering my eyes and ears and avoiding absolutely everyone.
@@mssn there’s really only two daedric quests and quests one of them is pretty out of the way. The one you’re thinking about is the vigilant in the street. Just go in and kill him and it’s done. Takes 5 seconds and you never have to worry about it again. I’m pretty sure all the other quests are forsworn related could be wrong tho
@@brandonbeuermann7571 They may also think about the other daedric quest, where you learn that some seemingly normal vendors do pretty dark things...
Whiterun always reminds me of Rohan and Edoras. It has that little charm
Interesting, i find Whiterun more similar to Minas Tirith
Didn't Whiterun was semi based on Rohan? It's like a full copy, just with higher jarl 's hall
@@Cloud_Zero04 h-how? like, in what regard? Its pseudo-nomadic anglo-saxon/nordic mix. Can't get more Rohan than that imo. Minas Tirith is such a unique city tho; Skyrim only has a feel-alike with it, that which being Solitude (maybe).
@@Cloud_Zero04
Minas tirith is more markath in my opinion
I find it similar to minas tirith because of the tree lmao
**walks into Falkreath sucking a dragon soul**
you five seconds in: *lets pretend im a regular gUy*
Falkreath: the literal dragon magnet
@@ThunderBlastvideo seriously my first time in falkreath i get attacked by two dragons at the same time, 15 minutes later another dragon lmao
"Every night I walk the Grey quarter and tell them dark elves what I Think of dem"
Screw those elves
"you are a disgrace to your own kind"
Him being essential is a crime against tamierl
@@skittles3612 damn grey-skin! Go back to Morrowind!
@@skittles3612 imperial spy hands wrote this
Whiterun - most memorable city in the game
Windhelm - racist city
Riften - city of thieves. Most houses are made of logs.
Morthal - basically a town in the swamp
Markarth - a city built in the mountains
Falkreath - city in the woods
Winterhold - the college
Solitude - living in the high life society
Dawnstar - a dragon shows up everytime I visit
Markarth is pretty racist, too. Nord and Breton are distinct races in the game. Markarth is baldly driven by slavery, where in Windhelm, Dunmer and Argonians are guest workers. Income inequality is starkest in Markarth.
When you played with mods for almost a decade that your eyes start to hurt when you see skyrim in vanilla
I SMELL WEAKNESS
White run with no greenery mods is a couple houses on a pile of dirt lol
It's not even special edition either lol.
Do you superior now, Mr. Krabs?
I barely know what vanilla is like anymore
Markarth looks like a Heroes Of Might And Magic city lol
It really does
Are we thinking tower?
I don't see it
Next: “Ranking every hold in Skyrim”
That’s a great idea
@@xaedeo6549 what's with the sad emoji?
@@orb9760 that’s not a sad emoji
Falkreath, The Rift and Haafingar are my favourites
@@Undivided_X i like the reach
Markarth will always be my favorite, glad you appreciate it as well. I feel like Morthal is underrated though, I love the swampy aesthetic, especially at night.
I just wish there were a bit more to do and more fleshed out.
It's cool and has one of the chillest Jarls. But it's also the only city to lack both a general goods store and a smithy. You can't sell or buy *anything* there. That's kind of unforgivable for a hold capital. Even the utter shithole that is Winterhold has a general goods store.
Markarth is 🤮
Falkreath and Markarth would have to be my favorites
is it because it's not frezing cold?
@@Matt-td8xw My character always being an Argonian plays a part in that
Markarth is a shitty place filled with psychos
@@Centrioless exactly!
Riften, Solitude, and Markarth are my favorite
Whiterun is basically my “hometown”, but I will say Markarth is probably my favorite in terms of architecture and all that.
the editing of the dragon landing outside falkreath and the immediate cut to you walking away absorbing it's soul got me good ahaha great video! many chuckles had
Whiterun will always be my main town base, I always find myself returning there, treating it as my home base. And also, the OST named after the town itself, it’s beautiful, welcoming me back.
I think Winterhold should have had a quest line from the Jarl to repair the whole town, it would be nice to build your own home inside the town.
It would be nice. Winterhold used to be huge, even bigger than Solitude. It could've also been an opportunity for the College of Winterhold to restore its reputation with the locals by using magic to help rebuild the city.
Morthal is probably my favorite...mostly because of Jarl Idgrod. She's hilarious
I have a soft spot for Morthal despite it being so mediocre.
"Don't kill me, we are ranking cities in a video game" lmaoooo this video is SO funny
Next video “All of my rank videos ranked from worst to best”
I love the killing Nazeem part in Whiterun. Had a good laugh.
“God I wish I could play this game for the first time again” same man same
For me Riften will always have a special place in my heart. I love it too much. The vibes, the thieves guild and also how beautiful is this town modded makes it perfect. After joining and finishing the thieves guild this town really feels like your home, you feel in your element. Also i fin Riften really full of content anjd you can even marry yourself
I love Riften ❤️ it has a really nice aesthetic, and unlike he said it’s actually pretty safe u never get pickpocketed or anything!
And its not in a swamp, its a lake.
Tbf, he said "in a normal dude's perspective", so he is not considering the fact that the dragonborn is magically immune to pickpockets :p
"Buildings look like they're well taken care of" Yeah I'll just forget about the moss growing on that one wing of the Blue Palace
That's the palageus wing (or however you spell his name) no one goes over there or cleans that side because everyone thinks it's cursed
@@collincaperton6718 its pelagius
Solitude is beautiful. It is easily my favourite city in the game just because of how lovely the colours are.
Breezehome was my first home in my first playthrough. Even though it's small it gives off that cozy cabin feeling.
Whiterun not number 1?
Better watch out for any arrows at knee level
The fact whiterun is home to 2 of the most annoying npcs in the game prevents it from being number 1 (Nazeem and that talos worshipper) most cities only have 1 outspoken annoying guy and they are usually confined to the one building they occupy
3:17 dragon appears
2 seconds later. absorbs dragon soul
“Wow, look it just disappeared.”
Falkreath is my favorite, I spent a LOT of time there early game , got my first house became a thane , aww precious memories, after that comes white run with it’s perfect layout and then it’s all about the same after that for me
The Falkreath and Riverwood areas are probably my favorite, especially up closer to Riverwood. It's a very comfy area with few dangerous enemies even at high levels, only wolves and low-level bandits instead of the spriggans that can be found near Falkreath.
I would love some Oblivion ranking stuff too
Skingrad > Anvil > Cheydenhall > Leyawiin > Chorrol > Bruma > random bandit camps > skeever nests > Bravil.
in terms of pure aesthetic id say riften and falkreath win. solitudes docks are awesome too. medieval docks are so cool tbh
Let me share you my experiences of each city:
-Falkreath: i pass by it, dont do much here, but, every time i come back, its always a dragon attack.
-Morthal: Vampire attack every single time, slaughtering everybody.
-Dawnstar: Pretty chill for now, dont make much trips there.
-Winterhold: Bandit attack every time, slaughtering every civilian and guard.
-Windhelm: Racism, nothing more to it.
-Riften: shithole, tievery, corruption, draugr invasions.
-Solitude: gosh, stormcloaks, dragons, thieves, always at the gate.
-Markarth, cannibalistic mountain goat farmer forsword attacks are quite common, P.S a secret locations at the little stream coming down.
-Whiterun: holy grounds, your true home, the place where you learn how to play and behave, 10/10.
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
-Ravenrock: i spend a lot of time on solstheim, i like the island.
-Riverwood, never forget you riverwood.
I actually think your intros are the best man! It's been a long time since there's been a skyrim youtuber with your spirit
Fr some Skyrim UA-camrs are honestly boring to watch but he’s different IMO
3:19 I love that cut XD
Morthal and Riften are probably my two favorites. I like the layout and I had always loved Channelwood from Myst. Markarth has the subterranean living going for it. If I had any idea how to mod, I’d make a city like that.
I've probably talked to the Jarl of Winterhold once.........out of like 30 playthroughs. It's just a "city" I barely notice in passing on my way to the college
Wait there is a jarl? Im serious btw ive never talked to him and ive played so many fkn times
@Bernardo Andrade Picorelli Yea lol. He's in the longhouse just across from the inn. I think his only purpose is to give you a quest to get a helm in a burrow if I remember correctly.
@@mikoajh2747 Yea. He's in the building just across the road from the inn. I was honestly surprised to find him too lol
I have a soft spot for Morthol. It has my favorite Jarl, one of the best magic suppliers in Skyrim, and easily the best homestead in the game with the fishery.
I generally don't spend much time in Dawnstar, and I tend to find the place kind of depressing, perhaps even more than Winterhold. The wilderness outside of it can be really nice though with the dense snow covered forests.
It is also the only city I get a sense of community from. Everywhere else there are so many petty squabbles but in Morthal the town comes together to help in its main quest.
Your videos always make me so happy! I watch a lot of content that goes into big-picture Skyrim lore topics so it's really nice to just come here and have fun! I was wondering if you've ever heard of Enderal? It's technically a mod for Skyrim but it completely changes the game to be a new world with a new story. I just think you might enjoy it! All of it is fan-made, and the va is a bit eh at times but that cause they all agreed to do it for free! And you can still play the regular game with it installed, cause it has its own launcher. Just a recommendation!
I absolutely love your videos man, keep doing what you do best because i believe success is coming your way :D
My personal list goes like this. Keep in mind this is pure aesthetic and roleplay wise for me had I factored in glitches and exploits this entire list would be different.
9. Morthal
8. winterhold
7. Falkreath
6. Markarth
5. Dawnstar
4. Windhelm
3. Solitude
2. Riften
1. Whiterun
Mine is similar
9. Morthal
8. Winterhold
7. Falkreath
6. Windhelm
5. Markarth
4. Dawnstar
3. Solitude
2. Whiterun
1. Riften
Holy shit I’m early af! Rate factions!
Concur! You may be interested btw. There is a giant guild war video on UA-cam. Pretty fun to watch!
I had my suspicions until we see Ulfric with that gag over his mouth
Loved the video man! You should add daedric princes and artifacts ranking to your to do list
Riften is my favorite aesthetically, I like the vibes, and I wish it had better textures.
I really wish the Riften home was one of the tall wealthy homes, like they could have tied becoming thane to the thieves guild and given you Mercer Frey's house.
Riften has one of the best Town designs!
You need to include stuff happening under the surface level. Riften is the only really dense/jam packet Town and just rich in detail and design. Atleast make it better than windhelm the ugliest Town in the game.
Just an idea, but what about homes if you could? I personally think the home in Windhelm (forgot the name) looks amazing and makes you feel like a billionaire. It’s also huge
It's the best house for sure
Love that he’s trying to get footage and the dragon is like “nah”
After playing with Inigo you just can't see Windhelm the same way
Running the open cities mod and opening whiteruns gate slowly for the first time is magical
Yeah!!
I just found your channel and my man, you are hilarious. Easy sub 👌. Keep it up man.
Much appreciated man!
In all the time since winterhold was destroyed, not one building has been torn down and replaced:)
I never thought about it, but The Great Collapse happened 299 years ago from the beginning of Skyrim, and they really haven't rebuilt anything?! What the hell?!
@@vasilyd8578 They were busy blaming the college for everything that is wrong with their lives.
This is my opinion
9: Morthal
8: Winterhold
7: Riften
6: Falkreath
5: Dawnstar
4: Windhelm
3: Soildute
2: Markarth
1: Whiterun
Riften is way too low there my friend
I think people like Whiterun mostly because of familiarity. But think about it, like, if you were there. The houses are kind of... shacks. You can see the sky through the roof, and a lot of them are pretty small. The space is use very inefficiently, and being on top of a tall hill in what's otherwise a plain means it'd be really windy. I think it wouldn't be very good to be in if you actually went there. Also the whole area around the city is empty fields. Good if you're a horse breeder or you have cattle I guess.
@@Altrantis being around fields is a plus. That means you have access to farms and food. Most medieval cities irl were surrounded by fields and farms. Transporting mass amounts of food would be so much more difficult in this era than for us. A city like solitude would starve out way before it had a chance to get as big as it did.
Next: prison in each city ranked
Yes.
The Windhelm Capital Expansion mod really, really gives that city new life.
For some reason I really enjoy Dawnstar, mostly because I've taken some neat photos during the night time especially with auroras
Gonna just be dropping them as I think of them
Junk, worst to best (value relative to weight, maybe)
Best/Worst spell (damage relative to cost)
Ingredients, best/worst (overall function relative to rarity/etc)
Factions, best/worst
Locations/Biomes, best/worst
Animal mobs, lamest/coolest
You could do “most functional footwear” and I’d watch it, to be honest.
Riften is my all time favorite
It's the cozier looking one, with a lake, mead and fresh fish. Seems the best to live in if you can avoid thieves.
I was playing skyrim at my friends house and he said.
Friend: oh let me run into breezehome real quick.
Me: DONT YOU DARE STEP FOOT IN THAT TOOLSHED
After playing with skytoxins for so long, see you fight those frostbite spiders in the beginning gave me a sinking feeling in my stomach lol
Markarth is my favorite. It’s very pretty and cool that it’s part of a dwarven ruin built into a mountain. The Reach is my favorite hold in general as well, which obviously gives the city an advantage. Very pretty environment with a lot of messed up shit in it.
you should review every town in Dagerfall
Besides the main, popular cities my favorites recently are dawnstar and falkreath. I just like the atmosphere there, by the ocean, in the woods. My last few playthroughs my main houses have been there, I usually head right to falkreath to get the Lakeview manor.
i always liked winterhold, the weather, the history, the college, the aura
Bro there’s literally nothing there lmao
Solitude is my number 1 😍
Actually, Morthal, Dawnstar, Falkreath, and Winterhold are towns. While they are the capital of the hold, they aren't constered Cities due to not being walled in.
(Also, Dawnstar is way worse than Morthal; don't @ me)
What makes Dawnstar the worst for me, despite having like... a museum, is how empty it looks. No flowers or gardens or trees or anything, just... frozen stones. Also how there's nothing nearby, the whole The Pale is just... lame.
@@Altrantis EXACTLY! At least Morthal has a personality (Disgusting swamps and vampires)
I like solitude the best. Loads of guards, beautiful city, good houses and nice people. Although I wouldn’t like to live there IRL because the fact it’s on a slim rock tower thing would scare me lol.
you should do a quests ranked video where you put a group category of the common repeat quests as one and the bigger "main" and actual main quest as well into it, it would most likely become a 10+ minute video with the amount of quests there are and how much you can talk about them
oh! and you can do a leaders ranked video talking about the jarls or leaders of groups such as unique bandit leaders to the dark brotherhood leader astrid and the dawnguard leaders as well
Great video man
The part where the dragon lands and then it cuts to his character collecting the soul as he walks away is pure gold, it just struck me
Cries in Riverwood
Whiterun is just special but I have a warm place for riften the area around it is so pretty and I love the quests in the city it’s small and it’s got a calm feeling to it for me
Not many oblivion city and housing rankings, would love to see some detailed videos on this. The houses and cities are very different from eachother so a ranking would be interesting
How was I able to say "Morthal" simultaneously with the video
Maybe you could make ranking on antagonists and villians of the game, factions/guilds, pets, world enemies (ex drauger, trolls, wolves) , jails, kids, races, spells, leaders, standing stones and locations
I loved that Brian David Gilbert Cutaway
Honestly I like Morthal because of its depressing, marsh atmosphere + vampire quest. Or maybe it's just nostalgia, cause it was my first encounter with vampires during my first playthrough
Shit I thought I was the only one who liked morthal lol, also it’s my favorite location for the hearth fire dlc home
@@lvmichael34 O yeah I forgot about dlc home, it's also my favourite because you can build little fish farm there
@@DonCappuccino1 how and when can you build a fidh farm? Genuinely curious
@@Popcorn-ch7uy while building your house ofc (outside). In Falkreth district you can build an apiary, idk about Dawnstar district and in Morthal district you can build a fishfarm
Recently got back into Skyrim after a year and I really love the game there's a lot more things I've known about this game over time but my most favorite place is definitely WhiteRun
I agree with this list completely. I’m level 42 and still haven’t been to morthal
You can buy a home in Winterhold...with the right mod installed. Great video, I'm binging on your videos to get re-acquainted with the wonder world of Skyrim.
Now where did I put that CBBE mod?
Falkreath is my favorite because with the Hearthfire DLC lets you buy a cool house there that you can build yourself if you just complete a simple objective (just like in 2 other towns with Hearthfire DLC) and it is my favorite house, because it isn't cold there and it's in a forest. But of course, Solitude is my favorite, especially when I'm bored so I just play tag with the kids at daytime, and the house costing a lot of Septims? It's worth it.
i love morthal - its small, it has a great jarl, it has water everywhere, the swamp is the most diverse habitat and the hjalmarsch house is located so nicely. Easily number one of my list!
Your accent coming out from time to time is so wholesome 😂😂
I traveled to most places and when I wasn’t feeling it I just payed the guy to bring me there
I would have to have Solitude as no.1 with Whiterun as a close second, or proud Southern rival. I like the way that Solitude has much of the city built on that bridge of rock over the sea. I also like the 'Rohan' feel of Whiterun with the city rising to the Palace on the hill.
Winterhold is basically a wreck with only one street and basically no services. The College is pretty cool, but kinda seperate to the "city".
Video is well made, keeps your attention, some jokes here and there, good info. 👍🏼
Nice vid mate
Maybe I haven't used Solitude enough to figure it out, but I don't think there are enough merchants for me to sell off my haul before venturing out again. I put Whiterun at the top because I think it has the most merchants. No matter what time i get there the Drunken Huntsman is open and he buys what I sell most (weapons and armor). If I land at the right time of day, I have 5 places where I can unload that stuff. I always get Breezehome so if I get there during off hours, I can temp store my loot for a better time. AND most of it is close together because Whiterun is kind of small... If I have a really large load of loot, I have to make the long trip up to the sky forge, but usually it isn't necessary. If you do the Thieves Guild thing all the way through, then Riftin is probably the best place for selling stuff, but it's Riftin the only good thing about that place is Mjoll.
That you for the real estate video. I think me and family will be getting a home in solitude thank you
Love the video. Fun fact, despite popular consensus, and despite that they are hold capitals, Dawnstar, Morthal, Falkreath, and Winterhold are considered towns in game, not cities.
The bdg clip fits so well
Winterholds lore would rank it higher but for the look and feel it's annoying walking in a snowstorm constantly