Getting to level 80... seesh

[Ambugaton]

So I've returned to skyrim after years, enjoying thoroughly again. The first time I just sort of stumbled onto Kaarstag and wasn't ready at all. That and Ebony Knight were my two favorite fights in the game.

One of my main goals this time is to summon Kaarstag to fight the ebony knight, think it will be fun to see. I beat Karstaag a while ago, now I just have to get to level 80 for EK.

Wondering how the hell I did it last time. I'm level 55 now and I've already made smithing legendary a couple times, enchanting, archery, etc... this is looking like a serious grind. I'm even getting tempted to just use the console. ANy advice?

[ZarahNeander]

It is a serious grind. The (unmodded) game lacks any content past lvl40 or so, not only takes it more and more XP to level up, everything dies by looking in its general direction -> even less skill increases.

Possible solutions:
a) use the console
b) use 'matter of time' and make ebony warrior spawn earlier.
c) use mods to add some high level content: immersive creatures/skyrim revamped etc etc

[Sinsling]

Grind grind grind until daddy took the skyrim away.

...

Okay you can shoot me now.

[Ambugaton]

İlk olarak ZarahNeander tarafından gönderildi:

It is a serious grind. The (unmodded) game lacks any content past lvl40 or so, not only takes it more and more XP to level up, everything dies by looking in its general direction -> even less skill increases.

Possible solutions:
a) use the console
b) use 'matter of time' and make ebony warrior spawn earlier.
c) use mods to add some high level content: immersive creatures/skyrim revamped etc etc

Yeah, even on legendary difficulty things drop with a breath. C might be the best option I'm thinking. Any suggestions?

[rust..]

You could try wildcat or ultimate combat.

[ralphtobybob]

Try playing by taking a shot every time you hear "I used to be an adventurer like you...." or "I'd do it myself but..."

I usually get bored around level 89. The only time I've tried fighting the black knight was in broken Legendary. Couldn't get near him even with the summoned Sovengarde buddies and summoned dragon boy. I should probably stop using vanilla weapons and armor.

[wicked lester]

The level rate rebalancer lets you slow down or speed up leveling.

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/3835

[Ambugaton]

Thanks for the suggestions, all. Trying skyrim revamped and buffed level enemies currently, will play with them for a bit and try the others, will at least make leveling less painfully boring.

[Ambugaton]

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You could try wildcat or ultimate combat.

Both look interesting because it changes the AI, I'm going to be checking them out. Doing skyrim revamped at the moment and even that is better. Conjurors for example aren't so stupid, they don't conjure a single atronach and then run up to attack you, they summon at least a couple then hide behind them, fire mages throw spells that cause explosions that make them hard to keep track of, etc, etc.

Things still die quickly but at least it's more than just spamming attack now.

[ZarahNeander]

İlk olarak Ambugaton tarafından gönderildi:

Doing skyrim revamped at the moment and even that is better.

Revamped is great, you might have a look at its brother in arms 'revamped - loot and encounter zones'. It delevels everything, just dont use it with a lvl1 char, unless you feel confident at killing a draugr deathlord in Bleak Falls Barrow :)

Things still die quickly but at least it's more than just spamming attack now.

Sadly I dont know any mod that makes high level gameplay less of a slaugther. LE's 'High level enemies' did a good job at it, the SE version however is unstable and seems pretty much abandoned.

[Ambugaton]

İlk olarak ZarahNeander tarafından gönderildi:

İlk olarak Ambugaton tarafından gönderildi:

Doing skyrim revamped at the moment and even that is better.

Revamped is great, you might have a look at its brother in arms 'revamped - loot and encounter zones'. It delevels everything, just dont use it with a lvl1 char, unless you feel confident at killing a draugr deathlord in Bleak Falls Barrow :)

I saw that looking through options and I'm thinking of doing a new playthrough with that one installed. That's one thing I miss about ES games starting to auto level every freaking thing way too much... stumbling into things way over your head, figuring out how to deal with them and being rewarded accordingly. Even Morrowind it was possible to some extent, I remember stumbling into Umbra really damn early, dying and reloading a save a bunch of times and finally getting the sword. TBH I'd SO much prefer an encounter-zone version of the game.

Now I wish I'd looked at mods more when I returned :P

[Ambugaton]

İlk olarak ZarahNeander tarafından gönderildi:

İlk olarak Ambugaton tarafından gönderildi:

Doing skyrim revamped at the moment and even that is better.

Revamped is great, you might have a look at its brother in arms 'revamped - loot and encounter zones'. It delevels everything, just dont use it with a lvl1 char, unless you feel confident at killing a draugr deathlord in Bleak Falls Barrow :)

Things still die quickly but at least it's more than just spamming attack now.

Sadly I dont know any mod that makes high level gameplay less of a slaugther. LE's 'High level enemies' did a good job at it, the SE version however is unstable and seems pretty much abandoned.

Forgot to add: that was the first mod that came up in my search, was excited until I saw the comments on it, decided not to risk it :P

[Ambugaton]

So with Skyrim Revamped installed and playing on legendary I just got one-shot by something before I even saw what the hell it was (maybe a custom spell? something that looked like it wrapped me in smoky grey tendrils). NICE. It had been a while since I even had to panic-heal with a potion.

[ZarahNeander]

İlk olarak Ambugaton tarafından gönderildi:

So with Skyrim Revamped installed and playing on legendary I just got one-shot by something before I even saw what the hell it was (maybe a custom spell? something that looked like it wrapped me in smoky grey tendrils). NICE. It had been a while since I even had to panic-heal with a potion.

My guess is a hagraven. They are lvl 50, have that tendril thing and if they get bored with it, they start summon sh*t that summons sh*t

[Perplex]

You can powerlevel with Alchemy if you plant stuff in the hearthfire houses.

[Ardon]

Not sure if that old glich with the Telekinesis Spell still works, but in the old days i used that to powerlevel Alteration quite a few times to reach 80.

There is a simple mod called Faster Leveling, with a perk that makes you level 10x faster.
Or console player.setlevel 80.
If you want a challenge, use Smilodon with the Realistic Damage addon. Maybe Genesis Leveled for more enemies and rewards.