Welcome, Tippers and Trickers, to the Tips & Tricks Field Test! In this all-new section developed by Teccam and I, you will be given a small challenge with a few restrictions. Then it’s up to you to decide how best to complete it, and post your methods here!
First up – the Armored Stealth challenge.
Objective: Reach the treasure room in the Pinewatch dungeon without being spotted on at least Adept difficulty.
Restrictions:
- You wear any heavy armor of your choice.
- You cannot use the Muffle or Invisibiity spells.
- You must not be using the Steed Stone or Conditioning perk.
When you’re done, post up
- The time it took you, from when you entered the underground ruin
- Any methods you used
- Any particular parts you had difficulty with.
Remember to keep it informative – the purpose of the Field Test is for people to discover new and creative ways of doing things and sharing them with the community!
Testers:
Nelaf: 11 minutes, 43 seconds
Wore a full suit of Daedric Armor and used Silent Roll with his Sneak skill of 90 to move through the dungeon without being detected. The Light Foot perk was used to avoid setting off traps. Difficulty was encountered around the high concentration of bandits and bone alarm traps near the leader's room.
Vazgen: 27 minutes, 48 seconds
While Vazgen did have a significantly longer time than Nelaf, he did it wearing a full set of Banded Iron Armor with just 20 Sneak and 1 rank in Stealth. Using a combination of quick thinking, careful sneaking, and using arrows to move enemies out of position, he managed to clear the entire dungeon without and kills or being spotted. He wrote a detailed writeup of his run - read it here!
Ponty: 13 minutes, 57 seconds
For my run, I was level 7 with 15 Sneak wearing a full set of unenchanted Iron armor. I used a Calm staff I had found in my travels, as well as the unique Gandor's Staff of Charming from Crystaldrift Cave. I mostly made a bit of noise from movement to draw enemies out of position, and then sneak past when their backs were turned. Difficult to sneak by situations I'd either use my Calm staff if it was a lone enemy, or the Frenzy staff on groups. Something I did notice is that Gandor's Staff of Charming makes very little noise - I'll look into that later!
Welcome, Tippers and Trickers, to the Tips & Tricks Field Test! In this all-new section developed by Teccam and I, you will be given a small challenge with a few restrictions. Then it’s up to you to decide how best to complete it, and post your methods here!
First up – the Armored Stealth challenge.
Objective: Reach the treasure room in the Pinewatch dungeon without being spotted on at least Adept difficulty.
Restrictions:
- You wear any heavy armor of your choice.
- You cannot use the Muffle or Invisibiity spells.
- You must not be using the Steed Stone or Conditioning perk.
When you’re done, post up
- The time it took you, from when you entered the underground ruin
- Any methods you used
- Any particular parts you had difficulty with.
Remember to keep it informative – the purpose of the Field Test is for people to discover new and creative ways of doing things and sharing them with the community!
Testers:
Nelaf: 11 minutes, 43 seconds
Wore a full suit of Daedric Armor and used Silent Roll with his Sneak skill of 90 to move through the dungeon without being detected. The Light Foot perk was used to avoid setting off traps. Difficulty was encountered around the high concentration of bandits and bone alarm traps near the leader's room.
Vazgen: 27 minutes, 48 seconds
While Vazgen did have a significantly longer time than Nelaf, he did it wearing a full set of Banded Iron Armor with just 20 Sneak and 1 rank in Stealth. Using a combination of quick thinking, careful sneaking, and using arrows to move enemies out of position, he managed to clear the entire dungeon without and kills or being spotted. He wrote a detailed writeup of his run - read it here!
Ponty: 13 minutes, 57 seconds
For my run, I was level 7 with 15 Sneak wearing a full set of unenchanted Iron armor. I used a Calm staff I had found in my travels, as well as the unique Gandor's Staff of Charming from Crystaldrift Cave. I mostly made a bit of noise from movement to draw enemies out of position, and then sneak past when their backs were turned. Difficult to sneak by situations I'd either use my Calm staff if it was a lone enemy, or the Frenzy staff on groups. Something I did notice is that Gandor's Staff of Charming makes very little noise - I'll look into that later!
