How Far Does a Dead Dragon Fly?

[Alliecienti]

How far have you had to chase down a dragon corpse after the fatal shot that killed it?

I just killed one over the rooftops of Morthal today and it flew off in what looked like a southerly direction. I gave chase because I wanted that soul, those bones and scales and the meat and other ingredients that you gain using Hunterborn. Well it was night time and there was a blizzard blowing thru that area so my visibility was very poor as I searched for where the dragon might have landed. I went up to Eldersblood Peak and killed the dragon there looking for the one I already killed. Then searched the southern side of those mountains finding no sign of my dead dragon. Expanded my search west to Ravinig's Fast and then turned eastward searching north and south sides of the mountains Another random dragon swooped in on me but it was just a young frost dragon and my follower and I dispatched it quite easily. I get to Labyrinthian and lo and behold there the ancient one I shot over Morthal laid just inside the north entranceway.

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All told the search for that ONE dragon yeilded me 3 dead dragons, 2 bears, 1 cow, 2 foxes, 1 sabre cat, 1 skeever, 5 frost trolls and one wolf. WHEW! What a load of meat to haul back to town!

[jancawa55]

It happens, I lost one at Autumnwatch this morning. I'll eventually find his corpse when I don't expect it.

[Eternie]

Dam dragons so many different ways that they react. That is a loooong way to go though!

I had a dragon attacking whiterun ... hit it fully with dragonrend it raised up and instead of landing flew away over riverwood and disappeared. I thought "Oh well .. I need to sell stuff in whiterun before it gets dark anyway." Went in and started selling gear as the dragon turns up inside whiterun and attacks me near Arcadia's stand.
So at least I still got it's soul and managed to sell stuff.

[Shedding my mortal skin]

There was this time I killed a dragon at Northwind Summit (or whatever the name of that dragon den is) and it slid down the mountain. I died of fall damage a few times and had to refight it.

[Alliecienti]

I did catch a dragon and a giant fighting just off the road behind Honningbrew Meadery (south towards Riverwood) and I killed the giant first then turned on the dragon. When the fatal shot hit it it flew off toward Riverwood and I found it on the island next tot he mill.

But that wasn't near as far to search for it as this last one that went from Morthal to Labyrinthian. And that one I tracked to Riverwood was in daylight with sunshine too not night time during a blowing snowstorm.

[alexander_dougherty]

We have all had dragons disappear on us, and we've all had unexpected dragon corpses turn up too. It's just one of those things you have to put up with.

[mellow]

like 5 feet lol :p it never flew far from me :p

[SeriousCCIE]

of all the things I have to put up with, dragon corpses randomly appearing is admittedly not high on the list of inconvenient irritances that must be put up with.

I wonder what it'd be like if some poor level 1 farmer NPC was just casually weeding his cabbages one day when then, suddenly... a dragon corpse that is already bones comes flying out of no where and knocks him and his sheep like a bunch of bowling pins out into the next field over.

We'd have to explain to him that it's just something he has to learn to put up with these days; an occupational hazard in times like these... then loot the dragon and any sheep meat and vegetables before he realizes we're engaging in theft on his property.

[Alliecienti]

Originally posted by SeriousCCIE:

of all the things I have to put up with, dragon corpses randomly appearing is admittedly not high on the list of inconvenient irritances that must be put up with.

I wonder what it'd be like if some poor level 1 farmer NPC was just casually weeding his cabbages one day when then, suddenly... a dragon corpse that is already bones comes flying out of no where and knocks him and his sheep like a bunch of bowling pins out into the next field over.

We'd have to explain to him that it's just something he has to learn to put up with these days; an occupational hazard in times like these... then loot the dragon and any sheep meat and vegetables before he realizes we're engaging in theft on his property.

Kinda amazing that you can loot all the crops growing in the farm and then SELL them to the farmer who was growing them or just walk away with them. I think I saw a mod that changes that behaviour tho and turns raiding a farm into theft with a bounty being placed on the thief.

It would be funny tho if the farmer who stood there watching you butcher the dragon corpse stopped you as you were leaving and asks if you are just going to leave the rest of your mess there or clean that crap up. Hunterborn adds a "Dispose" option for when you finish butchering a carcass to get rid of the remains but it doesn't apply to dragons for whatever reason.