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Reasons to level smithing in Skyrim
Note: I will strictly not mention power-levelling in this article, as it irritates me no end how people can make a gazillion Iron Daggers, get to level 100 smithing and then complain that the game was too easy.
Hello again, guys. In contrast to my last article, I will be focusing on a specific aspect of Skyrim. Today I will be covering smithing, and why it’s vital for you to progress on this skill early in the game.
Smithing is one of the most important aspects of Skyrim whether you are a Mage, Warrior, Thief or any other class of character. The most prominent reason to level smithing is so that you can make your own weapons and armour, rather than depending on the less reliable merchants and blacksmiths dotted around Skyrim’s many hamlets, towns and cities. Once you are able to craft your own arms, you save lots of money from buying the pieces straight off, as you can find all of the items needed to make it dotted around Skyrim, from ores to hides, pelts and leather. Anyway, doesn’t it feel better when you’ve made your own armour?
Obviously, the ability to make your own kit also allows you to sell it on, which brings me to my next reason to level smithing: you can always make a profit, and this, coupled with the fact that you can enchant your armour, means that an endless supply of money awaits you, if you can prioritise this above other skills. Merchants will often buy your items from you for a reasonable amount and if you level speech, these prices can be further improved. This means that if you can ramble around Skyrim in search of resources, you are bound to become rich early in the game.
As I mentioned briefly before, enchanting can help a great deal in securing good prices for your wares, allowing even more money to be spent on smithing. For example, a Daedric Helmet may sell for around 1600 septims, but if you add an enchantment such as fortify magicka to it, it can rise to much higher, possibly over 2000 septims, depending on the soul gem you used. This presents you with much more money to spend very simply and relatively easily.
One of the greatest privileges of having a high smithing level is the ability to quickly change your play-style. For example, if you focus on heavy armour early on in the game and you want to vary a little, and use light armour, you can use your smithing level to make the change as fluid as possible, already having full light armour made from various things from your travels.
A major disadvantage that focusing on smithing can put you at, however, is that as your smithing level gains, so too does your player level, causing enemies to level ahead of you. This means that you have not paid as much attention to more combat oriented skills, you are at a major disadvantage against the powerful foes that you may find yourself up against.
Finally, because your smithing level directly impacts your ability to improve the essentials of your journey through Nirn, obviously you should be levelling it. Improving weapons on a grindstone and armour on a workbench leads to even better kit, meaning your items are better than they were when you made them. All this improvement needs is a piece of scrap material, yes, just a piece, and this can really affect the statistics of your arms.
So I hope I’ve convinced you (if you weren’t already) to focus on smithing as it yields greater bonuses than any other skill. Please rate and comment on my article, as this helps me to improve the quality of what I write, and inspires me to continue.
Note: I will strictly not mention power-levelling in this article, as it irritates me no end how people can make a gazillion Iron Daggers, get to level 100 smithing and then complain that the game was too easy.
Hello again, guys. In contrast to my last article, I will be focusing on a specific aspect of Skyrim. Today I will be covering smithing, and why it’s vital for you to progress on this skill early in the game.
Smithing is one of the most important aspects of Skyrim whether you are a Mage, Warrior, Thief or any other class of character. The most prominent reason to level smithing is so that you can make your own weapons and armour, rather than depending on the less reliable merchants and blacksmiths dotted around Skyrim’s many hamlets, towns and cities. Once you are able to craft your own arms, you save lots of money from buying the pieces straight off, as you can find all of the items needed to make it dotted around Skyrim, from ores to hides, pelts and leather. Anyway, doesn’t it feel better when you’ve made your own armour?
Obviously, the ability to make your own kit also allows you to sell it on, which brings me to my next reason to level smithing: you can always make a profit, and this, coupled with the fact that you can enchant your armour, means that an endless supply of money awaits you, if you can prioritise this above other skills. Merchants will often buy your items from you for a reasonable amount and if you level speech, these prices can be further improved. This means that if you can ramble around Skyrim in search of resources, you are bound to become rich early in the game.
As I mentioned briefly before, enchanting can help a great deal in securing good prices for your wares, allowing even more money to be spent on smithing. For example, a Daedric Helmet may sell for around 1600 septims, but if you add an enchantment such as fortify magicka to it, it can rise to much higher, possibly over 2000 septims, depending on the soul gem you used. This presents you with much more money to spend very simply and relatively easily.
One of the greatest privileges of having a high smithing level is the ability to quickly change your play-style. For example, if you focus on heavy armour early on in the game and you want to vary a little, and use light armour, you can use your smithing level to make the change as fluid as possible, already having full light armour made from various things from your travels.
A major disadvantage that focusing on smithing can put you at, however, is that as your smithing level gains, so too does your player level, causing enemies to level ahead of you. This means that you have not paid as much attention to more combat oriented skills, you are at a major disadvantage against the powerful foes that you may find yourself up against.
Finally, because your smithing level directly impacts your ability to improve the essentials of your journey through Nirn, obviously you should be levelling it. Improving weapons on a grindstone and armour on a workbench leads to even better kit, meaning your items are better than they were when you made them. All this improvement needs is a piece of scrap material, yes, just a piece, and this can really affect the statistics of your arms.
So I hope I’ve convinced you (if you weren’t already) to focus on smithing as it yields greater bonuses than any other skill. Please rate and comment on my article, as this helps me to improve the quality of what I write, and inspires me to continue.