Be careful when using staff of worms.

[Slingshot357]

So I got the staff of Worms and was looking for something tough to use it on. I decided to use it on Jyrik Gauldurson , a boss drauger you kill during the Mage College questline. It was going great. He's tough, summons a frost atronach, shouts and is generally tough to kill.

Well, he was eventually killed I guess because he stopped following me. I had my fun with the staff and got annoyed at all the people saying Get That Magic Away From Me! So I packed away the staff and went about my business.

One day while exiting Lakeview Manor, there he was, standing right outside my house. I'd wondered what ever happen to him and now he's back. But, wait, why is he attacking me? No problem. I killed him before Ill just kill him again.

A few arrows to the head and he's down, kneeling on the ground, with no health bar?!? WTF!

A few seconds later and he gets right back up again and continues attacking me and my steward. After a few times and trying many different things, he just wont die.

So I now have an unkillable Jyrik outside me home.

I tried many different things and nothing worked. I tried using the staff on him again when he was down. I tried running away and fast traveling. I tried reloading. I tried summoning other things. I tried using the staff to reanimate another dead NPC. Nothing worked.

Eventually I just lead him to the river and Force shouted him out into the water and ran to loose agro.

I would use console commands but this was on Xbox.

Just be careful when using this wonky staff, you might get more than you bargained for.

[Scheneighnay]

Not sure if it's entirely related to the staff.
Xbox Series has some really weird teleport-related glitches going on with it.

So far I've had:

-the guy from riften who gives you the horse-thief quest just chilling at the whiterun stables fast travel point

-whiterun guards falling from the sky above the shrine of Talos after leaving dragonsreach

-several buildings temporarily having sounds coming from out of bounds through the walls, like a constant magic sound effect in dragonsreach, or multiple houses having the skeever idle sound

[Ubik Valis]

Originally posted by Scheneighnay:

-whiterun guards falling from the sky above the shrine of Talos after leaving dragonsreach

Saw that as well not long ago. But I was already familiar with this glitch variant from Fallout 4. In F4 I'd often see cars falling into place when I'd look off into the distance.

Can't wait for Zeta Reticulans to fall from the sky randomly in Starfield.

[HazakTheMad]

The falling thing is very common, many a Mammoth lost its life to gravity, possibly revenge for
every adventurer who went from sell sword to astronaut in a single swing.

[Scheneighnay]

Originally posted by HazakTheMad:

The falling thing is very common, many a Mammoth lost its life to gravity, possibly revenge for
every adventurer who went from sell sword to astronaut in a single swing.

I think the whiterun guards falling over the shrine of Talos has lore significance for Whiterun refusing to side with the Stormcloaks.

[HazakTheMad]

Did you know the giant launching you very high was once a bug that Beth kept in because they liked it?
Same with the baskets.
Also according to ESO, Giants launching you is a canon ability as shown during a quest or two
where a giant gave you a "boost"

[Scheneighnay]

Each and every "glitch" is actually a deliberate immersion-enhancement event with lore explanation because Godd Howard is a genius.

[HazakTheMad]

Since ESO was made by Zenimax Online Studios, Howard only gave them tips and approved the lore, so a shout out to those at ZOS is deserved.

[Dracon]

Yeah that sounds like a Xbox version issue lol wow

The staff is rather OP though
Imagine going to Gallows Hall at level 1 and getting THAT
A DeadThrall Staff basically that also enhances healing of the reanimated.
Wowzers

[Slingshot357]

Originally posted by Dracon:

Yeah that sounds like a Xbox version issue lol wow

The staff is rather OP though
Imagine going to Gallows Hall at level 1 and getting THAT
A DeadThrall Staff basically that also enhances healing of the reanimated.
Wowzers

What is REALLY OP is the Soul Stealer Arrows. That's just crazy. An arrow that only costs 11gp and not only soul traps what you kill but creates an appropriately sized and filled soul gem in it's inventory. I have 100's of black soul gems now. Never need a weapon with soul trap anymore. or even gems for that matter. Or money for that matter, since a filled black soul gem sells for a decent amount.

[Dracon]

Originally posted by Slingshot357:

Originally posted by Dracon:

Yeah that sounds like a Xbox version issue lol wow

The staff is rather OP though
Imagine going to Gallows Hall at level 1 and getting THAT
A DeadThrall Staff basically that also enhances healing of the reanimated.
Wowzers

What is REALLY OP is the Soul Stealer Arrows. That's just crazy. An arrow that only costs 11gp and not only soul traps what you kill but creates an appropriately sized and filled soul gem in it's inventory. I have 100's of black soul gems now. Never need a weapon with soul trap anymore. or even gems for that matter. Or money for that matter, since a filled black soul gem sells for a decent amount.

Woah woah woah, Ive procrastinated on those.
They CREATE a soulgem on their own? THE HECK lol

[HazakTheMad]

Originally posted by Dracon:

Originally posted by Slingshot357:

What is REALLY OP is the Soul Stealer Arrows. That's just crazy. An arrow that only costs 11gp and not only soul traps what you kill but creates an appropriately sized and filled soul gem in it's inventory. I have 100's of black soul gems now. Never need a weapon with soul trap anymore. or even gems for that matter. Or money for that matter, since a filled black soul gem sells for a decent amount.

Woah woah woah, Ive procrastinated on those.
They CREATE a soulgem on their own? THE HECK lol

Also they insta kill every time on eligible NPC, specifically any non-essential, non-invulnerable NPC that can be soul trapped.

[Slingshot357]

Originally posted by Dracon:

Originally posted by Slingshot357:

What is REALLY OP is the Soul Stealer Arrows. That's just crazy. An arrow that only costs 11gp and not only soul traps what you kill but creates an appropriately sized and filled soul gem in it's inventory. I have 100's of black soul gems now. Never need a weapon with soul trap anymore. or even gems for that matter. Or money for that matter, since a filled black soul gem sells for a decent amount.

Woah woah woah, Ive procrastinated on those.
They CREATE a soulgem on their own? THE HECK lol

And the cherry on top? They act like normal arrows so you sometimes get them back on corpses, Oh, and they do the same damage as dwarven arrow, so pretty decent damage too. Or you can use the new bone arrow. Most damage arrow (26) in the game for dirt cheap. Both arrows widely available at any general goods merchant.

[HazakTheMad]

Originally posted by Slingshot357:

Originally posted by Dracon:

Woah woah woah, Ive procrastinated on those.
They CREATE a soulgem on their own? THE HECK lol

And the cherry on top? They act like normal arrows so you sometimes get them back on corpses, Oh, and they do the same damage as dwarven arrow, so pretty decent damage too. Or you can use the new bone arrow. Most damage arrow (26) in the game for dirt cheap. Both arrows widely available at any general goods merchant.

Also they insta kill most NPCs.

[Ruenis]

I can hear the "Git Guds" wailing. Lol.

[Penguin Liberation Front]

Originally posted by HazakTheMad:

Originally posted by Dracon:

Woah woah woah, Ive procrastinated on those.
They CREATE a soulgem on their own? THE HECK lol

Also they insta kill every time on eligible NPC, specifically any non-essential, non-invulnerable NPC that can be soul trapped.

Nazeem? Where are you Nazeem?