AsSkyrimis well over half a decade old, one would think that all there is to be found in the game would have been discovered by most of its fans. However, Bethesda is a game developer that prides itself on how creating immersive worlds, filled with vibran💙t environs, dynamic denizens, dangerous monsters, and content oozing out of every orifice.

Skyrimreally shines when it comes to easter eggs, hidden story eಞlements, and random encounters. These elements create not only depth but add replayability and motive for explorati🧔on. In addition, the developers insert call outs to many of the other titles in theElder Scrollsfranchise. This attention to detail provides a🔯nother layer of immersion as the world feels less static. Connecting current games to the past provide a historical c♐ontext that adds levity to your actions.

It seems thatSkyrimhas a lot to offer even still. And why not? You don’t create a vibrant and living world by phoning it in! I hope the community keeps on digging to unravel all the mysteries that likely still await discovery. Until then, let’s see what hidden details you may have missed on your first, second, or even third playthrough. Hel🐓l, I missed some of these on my fifth!

20 Cool… But What About Elder Scrolls 6?

Alduin’s wall cꦍan be found in Sky Haven Temple. This prophetic wall outlines the return of Alduin and the consuming of the world. However, it does contain subtle allusions to events from previousElder Scrolls’games.

For 🐼instance, there is a reference to the Staff of Chaos, whichꦉ is central to the story of the firstElder Scrollsgame,Arena.Th♔e giant Dwemer golem, Numidium can be seen, which was a part ofDaggerfall. The explosion of the Red Mountain fromMorrowindis also included. And lastly, there ൩is an Oblivion gate opening above Cyrodiil fromElder Scrolls IV.

I like this one because the 🐻game doesn’t go out of its way to inform you of all these events.🐈 It is just left for the player to discover.

19 Wow, Even Skyrim Has Its Creeps

Deep w🌃ithin the Nord ruin of Yngvild, dwells a particularly disturbed necromancer. His name is Arondil, and he is one twisted High Elf. True, he is a necromancer, and by definition defiles the dead, but Arondil steps up the creep-factor.

Around the crypts, you can find the elf’s journals, in which he admits to his twisted endeavors. Arondil violates the female draugr of Yngvild. In addition, he lur๊es nearby women—of the living variety—to the ruin🐷, where he has his way with them and eventually ends them.

Seriously, this is one gnarly character. I mean, if your character is🐭 a female, Arondil says: “Ah, another plaything for my collection.” Not today Arondil… not today.

18 Don’t Trust Kids… For Real

Babette is a member of the Dark Brotherhood. She at the same time the oldest, and youngest member… for a certain point of view. Babette is 🧜a vampire who was turned as a child hundreds oꦆf years prior toSkyrim’sevents.

What is interesting about her is that you can encounter her around Skyrim on the rare occasion. She is often found standing idly around the province's roads. When you ask her what she is doing🌸, she says that the Sanctuary’s food is decent, but she has more specific tastes. In other words, she is hunting.

This is another cool instance of adding depth where they didn’t have to🔯. This event is so rare, that I missed in on multiple playthroughs.

Just think of t💝he poor sap who wants to help out a stranded little girl, and BAM! You’re just another piece of meat.

17 It Pays Being A Goon

Have you ever just felt bored while wander♑ing around Skyrim, and just decided to start wailing on the nearest poor bastard? Yeah me too. But instead of busting out your sword and laying waste🦩 to all who oppose you. Why not just use your fists and rough up a couple people.

If you pummel some people in public, you will receive a letter in the near future. It will inform you that they saw said pummeling and would like to commission your fists for some future endeꦍavors. This letter could be sꦚent from any NPC who witnesses the beating, whether its shopkeep in Whiterun or the bartender in Windhelm.

Once you ꦫreceive this letter, you will initiate the quest “Scare My Enemy,”💫 which has you rough up a specific target for some cash. But make sure you only assault the target and not end them as your commissioner will run away from you in terror instead of paying you.

16 Trollolololo-lolo-lolo

Beneath the Dark Brotherhood’s Dawnstar Sanctuary, there is anot🍃her connection to previousElder Scrollstitles. This connection comes in the form of a unique troll named Uderfrykte. It is a powerful cave tr⛄oll with green eyes, and a pretty aggressive temperament, even ༺for trolls.

Uderfrykte has been referenced in every singleElder ScrollssinceMorrowind’s Bloodmoonexpansion. InMorrowind, th💧e troll was inspired by the Grendel and Beowu꧂lf epic. InOblivionit was an Uderfrykte matron. InSkyrim, the crea🥀ture doesn’t 💛seem to have a backstory, nor does it have a quest attached to it.

I guess this version of the famous 𝕴troll is just there for the hell of it. Speculators, start your engines.

15 Stop Chasing That Bad Wacky Thing

Sinderion was an Altmer bota🤡nist with quite the obsession with Nirnroot.꧃ His corpse can be found in a house in the Dwemer ruin of Blackreach. Sinderion’s house is not out of the ordinary, as it is a lab converted from a Dwemer home.

He was in 𒆙Blackreach looking for an item known as Crimson Nirnroot. If you look in his journal, you will begin a quest called “A Return to Your Roots,” in which you will be tasked to collect the plants.

What is interesting about Sinderionღ, is that hꦛe could be found inThe Elder Scrolls: Oblivion. Only that time he was looking for regular old Nirnroot. He even gave ๊the player a quest called “Uncovering Your Roots.” It seems chasing his passionsᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ all the way to Skyrim meant the end for Sinderion.

I really apprecia♍te these little connections to past games. Gives a real sense of continuity and develops the idea that Nirn has a r🌄ealistic historical presence.

14 The Little Bandit That Could

This little༺ gem is well hidden. So well hidden in fact, that you can only reach it through console command.

Head over to the troll pit within Bleak Falls Barrow. In this room, if you look up, you will see a rope hanging from the ceiling, but nothing else. If you us💯e the free cam or no clipping, you can observe or physically reach a corpse high above the entrance. This body belongs to a man named Thomas.

On Thomas’ body, you will find a letter. It tells the story of how Thomas wanted to become second in command of the bandit group he was in. S♔o he was tasked with rappelling down into a troll cave and slaying the beast to prove his worth. Unfortunately, the rope snapped, along💙 with poor Thomas’ neck.

13 Bethesda’s Pumpkin Patch

To the southeast of Helgin, you will come across a cave known as South Ridge Sanctum. This is your run of the mill bandit cave. Full of baddies a🀅nd a boss baddie, all who become fodder for your destructive implement of choice. What is unique about the cave, is the multi-franchise easter egg that lays w🏅ithin.

A little bit into the cave, you will run into a unique fox named ꦐPumpkin. It is usu🔯ally found in its cage, though it can sometimes spawn outside of it. Within the vanilla base game, this is the only named fox inSkyrim. However, this Pumpkin is paꦅrt of a long line of squash-named animals in Bethesda games.

InFallout 3,there was a mole rat named Pumpkin. Also inOblivion, there wa🍨s a dog of thღe same name in Rockmill Haven.

This is a neat little feature that places some conne🐟ction between some of my favourite games.

12 Pa🃏id The Cost To Be The Boss ⛦

Random encounters are one my favourite things about Skyrim. It never gets old seeing what kind of bizarre scenarios that be thrown at you, especially the rare ones. Now this one is n꧂ot too rare, though the circumstances can be quite particular.

In your travels, a thief may approach you and demand that you surrender some of your gold. You have the choice to comply, resist, or pass a speech check to convince him to leave you be. However, if you are rocking the💖 Nightingale armour, things play out differently.

As only high ranking members of the Thieves Guild are known as Nightingale🦩s, the would-be robber recognizes your 🌺prestige and instead pays you for the privilege of your presence.

This is refreshing in a game that has difficulty overtly aꦕcknowledging the playerౠ's achievements. Bought time we got some respect!

11 No One Likes A Rat

Living under the Honningbrew Meadery🍬 near Whiterun is a Breton named Hamelyn. He is a rogue mage who has been disgraced by the College of Winterhold and exiled. You are tasked to end him by the Thieves Guild.

While fulfilling the quest, you may notice that he has a legion of 🦹skeevers under his command. If you look around you will find his journal outlining his ultimate goal of returning to the 🌃College with an army of skeevers to enact revenge on those who wronged him.

♋It seems the developers at Bethesda ar🧜e fans of fairy tales as this character seems to be inspired by the story ofThe Pied Piper of Hamelin. Though the piper from the story only leads mice out of 🔯town, 🧜you get the clear influence.

I think I prefer the vengeful version more.