So you are new to skyrim and have no idea what you are doing? I will now tell you about what Skyrim is and what is happening in Tamriel (Tamriel is where Skyrim is placed) I will talk about the civil war, what it means to be a dragonborn and many more things so lets go! (Keep in mind this guide is still a work in progress and will get longer and better after feedback from you guys)

Dragonborn
So you played trough the tutorial of the game and you've beaten your first dragon and the guards calls you Dragonborn, what is he talking about? Is it possible that your mom and dad was dragons? Is it because you were raised by dragons? No Dragonborn is a human which soul and blood is the dragon kind. You are the one that will save Tamriel you are the one who will save the world. The Prophecy of the Dragonborn, generally attributed to the Elder Scrolls, and sometimes to the ancient Akaviri, tells that, at the end of time, in the wake of the World-Eater, the wheel will turn upon the "Last Dragonborn.

Does being a Dragonborn make you invinsible? Does he ever get old and sick? Dragonborn is a morthal just like almost everyone else, the Dragonborn does get old and finally dies. He does get sick just like everyone else.

This is just the basic of Skyrim but i will not go deeper into the lore because then this guide would be a 25 page essay. But know you know the early basics of Skyrim.

So you are wondering what race is the best and what race you should pick for your new character? Well it's simple it depends on that ''class'' and what playstyle you are looking to play as. You may not choose the same race if you play as an warrior then what you would as a mage. So i will try to guide you trough this part of the game.

Altmer (High Elves)
Altmer is the native people of Summerset Isle and are High Elves. So if you are going to play as a Altmer a good idea is to play as an mage, because one of the Altmers abilities is that they start with 50 more magica than other races and that can help a ton in the early stages of the game. They do also have an ability that makes them regenerate magica 25 times as fast but it can only be used once per day, Altmer also starts with the Fury spell.

Starting Skill Bonuses: +10 Illusion, +5 Alteration, Conjuration, Enchanting, Destruction, and Restoration

Racial Perk: +50 Maximum Magicka

Special Ability - Highborn: Magicka regenerates 25x faster for 60 seconds. Only usable once per day

Argonian
Argonians are the native people of Black Marsh and are a kind of reptile people. So if you want to play as an Argonian you can choose many classes and playstyles because they do not have any specific abilities that is the best one for a specific class. But if you want to have some fun and play as a character only using your fists you may choose Argonians because they do extra attack damage unarmed. Argonians is also good if you want to play as an Warrior because they do have an ability they can use once per day that makes them regenerate health 10 times as fast. So if you are looking to have some fun and use your fists only or want to play as an Warrior this class may be good for you. They do get a little bit of a headstart as a stealth/thief character so that may be a choose you can take.

Starting Skill Bonuses: +5 Alteration, +10 Lockpicking, Restoration, Pickpocket, Light Armor, and Sneak

Perk: +50% Resist Disease, Better Unarmed Damage, Waterbreathing.

Special Ability - Health regenerates 10x faster for 60 seconds. Usable once per day.

Bosmer (Wood Elves)
Bosmers is the native people of Valenwood and are Wood Elves. If you want to play as a hunter then Bosmers may be good for you, They are resistant against both diseases and poisons. But the main thing that makes them good as an hunter is that they can make an animal an ally for 60 seconds once per day and that makes the game a little bit more immersive when you are playing as a hunter.

Starting Skill Bonuses: +10 Archery, +5 Alchemy, Lockpicking, Light Armor, Pickpocket, and Sneak

Racial Perks: +50% Disease and Poison Resistance

Special Abilities - Command Animal: Forces an Animal to fight for you for 60 seconds. Usable once per day.

Breton
Bretons is the native people of High Rock and are regular humans. Bretons is good if you want to play as an mage because they have an resistans against magica and they have an ability that makes them absorb 50% of the hostile spells for 60 seconds and that is helpfull in the early stages of the game, Bretons also starts with the Conjure Familiar spell.

Starting Skill Bonuses: +10 Conjuration, +5 Alteration, Restoration, Illusion , Alchemy, and Speech

Perk: +25% Resist Magic

Special Ability - Dragonskin: 50% chance to absorb all damage

Dunmer (Dark Elves)
Dunmer is the native people of Morrowind and are Dark Elves. Dunmer doesn't have any specific class best for them but they can be good as Warriors and Hunters. If you are playing as an stealth hunter the Dunmers ability can help you alot. Their ability turns people on fire if they are to close and does 8 damage per second. So that can help you if you get detected and need to fight close combat fights. But you can also play them as an Warrior and use the same ability when you are fighting your close combat fights, Dunmers also starts with the Sparks spell.

Starting skill bonuses: +5 Alteration, +10 Destruction, Light Armor, Alchemy, Sneak, and Illusion

Perk: +50% Resist Fire

Imperial
Imperials are the native people of Cyrodiil and are regular humans. Imperals is not good for playing every class but they are not bad either they are somewhere down the middle. If you play as an Imperial you do always find more gold because that is one of their abilities. But they do also have an ability that can calm nearby people for 60 seconds.

Starting Skill Bonuses: +5 Block, +10 Restoration, Heavy Armor, One-handed Weapons, Enchanting, and Destruction

Perk: The Imperial Luck, which gives extra gold any time you find some

Special Abilities - Voice of the Emperor: Calms all nearby humans for 60 seconds, once per day

Khajiit
Khajiits is the native people of Elsweyr and they are a kind of cat people. Khajiits is good for people that want to again have some fun and play as an fist only character because they have claws that does 12 damage, Khajiits can also be good for playing as an stealth charater because they have a ability that gives them night vision and that makes it easier spotting people in the night.

Starting Skill Bonuses: +5 Archery, +10 Sneak, One-handed Weapons, Pickpocket, Lockpicking, and Alchemy

Perks: Claws, which do extra damage (+12) in unarmed combat.

Special Ability - Night Eye: Improves night vision for 60 seconds, The only ability usable several times per day.

Nord
Nords is the native people of Skyrim and is regular humans. Nords are great for playing as an warrior because they frost resistance that can help them from mages. But they also have an ability that makes people flee for 30 seconds and that helps you a ton if you need to heal or take a quick break.

Starting Skill Bonuses: +10 Two-handed Weapons, +5 Block, One-handed Weapons, Smithing, Light Armor, and Speech

Perk: +50% Frost Resistance

Special Ability - Battle Cry: Makes all targets nearby flee for 30 seconds. Usable once per day.

Orc (Orsimer)
Orcs is the native people of Orsinium and are well Orcs. Orcs does only have one ability that they can only use once per day but it's a great one for warriors. The ability makes you take half the damage and you give double the damage 60 second per day.

Starting Skill Bonuses: +5 Block, +10 Heavy Armor, Enchanting, Smithing, Two-handed Weapons, and One-handed Weapons

Perk: Blood Kin - Accepted in all Orc stronghold

Special Ability - Berserker Rage: Deal double damage while taking half for 60 seconds. Usable once per day.

Redguard
Redguards is the native people of Hammerfell and are regular humans. Redguards can be good for playing as an warrior or hunter. They do have resistance against poison but they do also get a headstart in some skills good for hunters or warriors. They do also have an ability that is great for strong attacks. The ability makes you regenerate stamina 10 times as fast.

Starting Skill Bonuses: +10 One-handed Weapons, +5 Archery, Alteration, Smithing, Block, and Destruction

Perk: +50% Poison Resistance

Special Abilities - Adrenaline Rush: Regenerate your Stamina 10x faster for 60 seconds. Usable once per day.

Smithing
So you have played Skyrim for a bit you know the basics and you want to get some better items well then crafting is the way for you! So smithing is basically the only real crafting thing in Skyrim except houses. When you start smithing you will only know how to craft the very basic stuff, how to make leather and iron armor and weapons. But you will get better with time and you will learn how to make steel, dwarwen, elven, glass and even deadric armors and weapons. To start smithing you will need some ores or ingots, ores and ingots can be purchased at your local blacksmith but ores can also be mined. When you have your ingots smithing will be as easy like counting to 1, 2, 3.

Housing
So you just bought the Hearthfire DLC and you just bought your own piece of land in either Hjaalmarch, Falkreath or The Pale. Now you are probably wondering how you should start building your house. Well first of you should head to the closest lumber mill and buy some timber for your house. I have only used the home at Falkreath but at the Lakeview manor you can mine Clay and stone just outside of the manor so you should not need to buy that from your local vendor. After you got all the materials building a house is pretty straight forward, click that, click that, choose that and click that.

THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS BECAUSE I AM STILL AT THE BASICS OF ENCHANTING BECAUSE I AM TO LAZY TO ENCHANT ITEMS EVEN WITH 200 HOURS OF SKYRIM!

Alchemy
So you want to become an potion brewer? Well it is not as complicated as you think. To start of with you will need some resources to make and discover different potions. Resources can be bought from nearly all the vendors. After you have your resources it is just as bulding a house very straight forward and easy to do. You may have to waste alot of resources to get just the perfect potion for you but in the end it is worth it.

THIS IS ALSO A WORK IN PROGRESS AND WILL GET LONGER AS TIME GOES.

tgm

Good ol' God Mode means you're completely invulnerable to everything, and pretty damn god-like. And no one needs to write a book about you or anything.

tcl

No clipping lets you go literally anywhere in the game world, from the top of the sky to the bottom of the, er, sky. Fascinating if you want to witness the game world.

unlock

Can't find that vital key? Lockpicking skill too low? Simply highlight the door or chest you want to unlock, and type "unlock" into the console. If only this worked in real life.

psb

Every single spell in Skyrim is now yours!

player.advlevel

Automatically level up - perfect if you hate playing games.

caqs

Automatically complete all the stages of your primary quest - perfect if you hate playing games.

showracemenu

Unhappy with your blind, inbred-looking Bosmer chap? You can adjust the way your character looks just like you did at the start of Skyrim - but this will reset your level and skills.

player.modav skill X

Where "skill" is the skill you want to modify, and X is the amount you want to modify it by. Skills are inputted via their in-game names without spaces, apart from Archery which is "Marksman", and Speech, which is known as "Speechcraft".

player.additem ITEM ###

Every single item in Skyrim has a code, a bit like an Argos catalogue of fantasy objects. You'll find them in our list of Skyrim item codes (link pending) - replace "ITEM" with the item's code, and "###" with the number of items you want. Now your dreams of owning 47 cabbage potato soups can come true. You can find the codes in our Skyrim item codes post.

player.additem 0000000f ###

A simple way to get some free gold - any number between 001 and 999 will do.

player.additem 0000000a “###”

Running low on lockpicks? Enter the number you require here and they'll magically appear.

addshout

Combine with the codes on this Wikia page to add your selected shout.

tm

Toggles all in-game menus - perfect if you want to take some screenshots to convince elderly relatives that Skyrim is where you went on your holidays. Note that this also turns off the Console commands menu, meaning you'll have to type it again invisibly to be able to see what you're doing.

tmm

Followed by 0 or 1 turns map markers on or off.

tfc

Not Team Fortress Classic, unfortunately. However, you will be able to access the flycam and pretend to be a dragon. This is how everyone gets all those amazing Skyrim shots you've seen.

tai

Toggles AI, which means people won't interact with you, or do anything at all.

tcai

Turns combat AI on or off, turning dragons into placid beasts who act like you aren't there. A bit like cats.

tdetect

This one lets you behave like a little rapscallion, as it turns naughty business detection (stealing, murdering, doing a poo in the woods etc) on or off. You'll still get caught if you try pickpocketing, though.

player.setcrimegold ###

Adjust your wanted level with this handy command - setting it to zero resets your current amount of wantedness.

player.setlevel ##

Up or down your player level as you see fit. Perfect if you hate playing games.

player.setav speedmult ###

Want to run like Uwe Boll after a night on the vindaloo? Set this number to anything more than 100 to speed up movement.

movetoqt

Go straight to your quest target.

kill

Target the thing you want to kill, type this command and they'll fall over in a very dead manner. We wish the command was "Laputan Machine", though.

killall

Kills everything in the vicinity. Literally everything.

help

Lists every single console command. We've put this further down the list because we want you to actually read this article.

resurrect

Target the thing you want to bring back to life, and they'll get up in a very alive manner. You can also use this on live people to respawn them, which can fix awkward problems like Lydia taking off all her clothes for no reason.

player.modav carryweight #

Tired of getting tired? Up your carryweight and you'll be able to transport more goodies.

setpcfame #

When will I, will I be famous? When you up your fame number.

setpcinfamy #

He's not just famous, he's in-famous! Up it here.

player.setav fatigue #

Up this to stop feeling so tired all the time.

player.setav health #

Up your health here.

coc qasmoke

Bethesda's handily included a room with every single in-game item in it - type this command to go straight there. It might take a while to load - there are thousands of items here. Type " coc Riverwood " to return to the game.

qqq

Quit the game without having to go through any of those pesky menus.

removeallitems

Target a character and type this and you'll get all their items - including their clothes. Note: does not work in real life.

sexchange

Change your character's gender. Note: does not work in real life.

set timescale to #

This defaults at 16 - 1 is realtime. Up it to experience crazy timelapse-style Skyrim.

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I copied all the console commands from pcgamer.com so check them out if you want to.
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