TOP 5 first things to do?

[Inquisitor Saken]

1: clean up quests in Riverwood, recruiting Sven
2: complete Dragon Rising
3: walk to Solitude or Riften for a free horse
4: wander around aimlessly since i have no clue where to go next
5: remember misc quests are a thing, and complete them until I decide what direction I want my character to go

 

[higgi07]

1: Run down hill and off to a slight left from Helgen cave to kill 3 bandits and grab one handed skill book

2: Head to standing stones

3: Embershard mine

4: Take "whatever I need within reason of course" from Alvor

5: Head north to the Frozen parts of Skyrim to serve in the Nights Watch

 

[Storm_Silver_Wolf]

1.Stand outside The Cave Entrance.

Ummmm. What's next?

 

[Harc]

0. Left Vvardenfell (Tel Andryn)

1. Was proven guilty by association within 2 minutes of walking up pale pass, almost got killed by both a headsman and a dragon, left the plops town.

2. Ignored Hadvar's request and went straight to the college of winterhold

3. Was greeted by an arrogant Altmer in which now annoys me daily.

4. Stuck teaching petty wizards simple arcane knowledge. While being bothered by both my Telvanni superiors and the arrogant Altmer.

5. Had a drink at the tavern with a more respectable Altmer

 

[shadowkitty]

Make a bee line for Whiterun and join companions.
Become werewolf.
Make 5k to buy plot of land, start building house to store my stuff
Start main quest
Join dawnguard

 

[Straumgald]

With my most recent character, a kind of Shadowknight:
1. Obtain Ring of Namira
2. Kill Salma outside Ironbind Barrow for her Steel Plate armor
3. Complete forbidden legend for The Gauldur Amulet
4. Obtain Volendrung (can be done at level 9)
Around level 10:
5. Start Dawnguard, get conjure Boneman Archer/Mistman so I can conjure undead without a corpse.

I like making my character really powerful as early as possible, so I have the most levels to enjoy it. Usually requires not using any tradeskills, because they level you too fast. I also avoid selling, lockpicking, being rested or standing stones that increase skill gains.

It is actually more fun than skyrocketing to level 25-30 using tradeskills.

 

[Bunnie]

Character: Aether.
Race: Wood Elf.


1. Join the Dark Brotherhood.
2. Buy Lakeveiw Manor.
3. Get the Ebony Bow from Lost Valkyyg (I don't know if this is the correct spelling)
4. Do the main quest.
5. Try to kill every NPC that can be killed.

...
I don't know.

 

[Willow]

I made a new character recently and this is what I started doing...

Raven, female Nord

1. Pick up all ingredients I find and eat one of each, start making potions to use and sell
2. Sneak everywhere and steal everything I can
3. Join the Thieves Guild
4. Become a vampire
5. Join the Dark Brotherhood

 

[BG5150]

1. Grab a beer; start drinking.
2. Fire up Skyrim.
3. Get more beers; keep drinking.
4. Play Skyrim.
5. Keep drinking...

 

[BG5150]

^ That will be this Friday night for me....

 

[Tarjas Templar]

sometimes the order changes..but on my latest character..

I joined the dark brotherhood..
then I joined the companions and became leader
married aela
gathered most of the hidden chests
complete the dark brotherhood questline

thats the latest character shes an assassin atm :O

 

[Snake Tortoise]

1. Activate one of the three stones
2. Drop by and empty the bandit mine just off the road on the way to Riverwood
3. After doing some town stuff in Riverwood (selling, smithing, sleeping etc) do the quest to retrieve the golden claw for the guy in the general store, and clear out the draugr dungeon after finding the claw
4. Go to Whiterun and do some selling/smithing etc.
5. Head off to a city I've decided to base myself in and do a load of missions from there

I don't do the main quest until much later in the game when I'm ready to tackle dragons, and I usually leave the various factions alone for a while too. The early game is all about minor quests and random fortress/dungeon cleansing. Also chasing specific perks and items

 

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