In previous games in the series, when creating a character, the player had to choose a class, basic skills, and zodiac signs. Right now the only choice that affects the game is race. Not to say that this is an important matter; you can also make a magician out of an orc, and dress up a high elf in heavy armor. But knowing what each race is predisposed to is still useful.

Local cats even look like thieves. The eyes are moving.

Argonian

Skills: +10 Lockpicking, +5 Light Armor, Stealth, Pickpocket, Restoration, and Alteration

Peculiarities: underwater breathing, disease resistance 50%

spells: flame, treatment

Special Skill: 10x health regeneration for one minute

Argonians are lizard people who live in the Black Marsh in southeastern Tamriel. Of all the races, they have the most unusual appearance. Skills involve a slight bias towards theft, but a special skill (they can be used once a day with a few exceptions - see Khajiit) will save the Argonian in the most severe battle and is more suitable for warriors.

Disease resistance is a useless thing, since even vampirism in the initial stages is easily treated with a first-aid kit or going to the altar. Underwater breathing in the game rarely comes in handy. Therefore, we summarize: it is better to make a warrior or a thief out of an Argonian, but they do not shine with anything special.

FOR YOUR INFORMATION: afloat or underwater, the hero cannot fight. But enemies can, and this is a great reason not to go into the water without special need.

Breton

Skills: +10 Spellcraft, +5 Speech, Alteration, Restoration, Alchemy, and Illusion

Peculiarities: magic resistance 25%

spells: flame, heal, call pet

Special Skill: Enemy spells are 50% absorbed (converted to mana) for one minute

The Bretons are the inhabitants of the northwestern province of High Rock (the one where the kingdom of Daggerfall is located). Skills and features open a direct path to magic for Bretons, but I do not recommend making pure magicians in the game, because according to the current state of affairs (version 1.1), they live much worse than warriors and thieves.

But you can make a warrior out of a Breton - moreover, an excellent warrior and very resistant to magic. There is not a lot of magical damage in Skyrim, but a lot, and it is very important for a warrior to take a hit - especially if it is inflicted from afar and you still have to run to the enemy. The special skill goes there too.

high elf

Skills: +10 Illusion, +5 Affliction, Destruction, Enchantment, Alteration, and Restoration

Peculiarities: +50 mana

spells: flame, heal, rage

Special Skill: Mana regenerates at 25% of maximum mana every second for one minute

Pure mages. It doesn't get any cleaner. And it's a pity that the developers have shown such dislike for pure magicians. Increased mana will not save at high levels, where enemies will have a lot of health. Racial mana regeneration, of course, is still a battery, but you can use it only once a day - you won’t be particularly disenchanted here.

However, don't let that bother you. If you do not disdain holes in the balance (an enchantment for zero mana costs, for example), then mages can also be played.

imperial

Skills: +10 Recovery, +5 Enchantment, Destruction, 1H, Block, Heavy Armor

Peculiarities: a small addition to the portions of gold that the hero finds in chests

spells:flame, healing

Special Skill: nearby enemies stop attacking for one minute

Imperial - standard warrior, one piece. Developers offer guests from Cyrodiil to use one-handed weapons with a shield, heal as needed and wear heavy armor. Almost everything sounds good, but heavy armor can be replaced with light armor. The difference in defense is not that great (especially for blacksmiths), and light armor weighs much less and is more comfortable to wear.

The ability to take a timeout in close combat is also very useful. But remember that a happy brief moment of peace and friendship can be spoiled by your companions if they decide to continue the fight at that moment (and they do).

Khajiit

Skills: +10 Stealth, +5 One-Handed Weapons, Shooting, Lockpicking, Pickpocketing, and Alchemy

Peculiarities: 4x damage in fights (unarmed)

spells:flame, healing

Special Skill: night vision mode for one minute (can be used as long as you like)

Cat-like Khajiit are cute guys. They come from the south, from Elsweyr, and we are supposed to make typical thieves out of them. But I would say that they are worth taking solely because of the appearance. Why? And because:

• Quadruple damage in fights is almost useless - except in fisticuffs to win, and there are not many of them in the game.
• Night vision is realistic, but useless at all, since the dungeons are already very light. Yes, and in the fresh air there is little use for it, especially since you can always wait for the morning on the street.

In addition, it is not clear why this night vision turns off every minute with a click? After all, you can immediately turn it on again. Wouldn't it be better to make it last until the player decides to knock him out? Something here the developers obviously did not think of.

Forest Elf

Skills: +10 Shooting, +5 Alchemy, Pickpocketing, Lockpicking, Stealth and Light Armor

Peculiarities: disease and poison resistance 50%

spells: flame, treatment

Special Skill: tame any animal for one minute

Wood elves are archers and also thieves. This is evidenced by the bonus increase in their skills. But with everything else they have complete seams. Resistance to poisons comes in handy very rarely, I already spoke about diseases - they are harmless. And in order to tame an animal (and even once a day), you must first find it. This is not easy to do in the open air, and even more so in the dungeons.

The look of the wood elves is also not very pleasant. In general, an unsuccessful race - neither here nor there.

North

Skills: +10 Two-Handed Weapons, +5 Blacksmithing, Blocking, One-Handed Weapons, Speech and Light Armor

Peculiarities: cold resistance 50%

spells: flame, treatment

Special Skill: All nearby enemies flee in panic for 30 seconds

Nords are classic warriors. They can swing a huge ax over their heads, they can carry a shield and a sword. In a difficult situation, like the Imperials, they can take a breather for half a minute - however, only if the enemies are nearby.

But the coolest thing about the Nords is their natural resistance to cold. I can safely say that this is the best game feature in Skyrim. Why? Because it's cold here, and the enemies here very often hit with cold magic. Many dragons breathe cold. Cold icicles are thrown by witches and sorcerers in the open air and in dungeons. And finally, the cold blows from the Nordic tombs - the Vikings who have risen from the dead love to freeze those who disturbed them. And you will often go to the tombs. So, if in doubt, take the Nord, you will not regret it. This race is both useful and quite nice (certainly more beautiful than orcs and elves).

Orc

Skills: +10 to heavy armor, +5 to blacksmithing, blocking, two-handed and one-handed weapons and enchantments

Peculiarities: No

spells: flame, treatment

Special Skill: For a minute while in melee combat, incoming damage is halved and damage dealt is doubled

Against the backdrop of the mighty Nords, the orcs are somehow lost, although they seem to be warriors too. In addition, in the place of the orcs, I would be offended by the developers for not giving them a single resistance. Even a small increase in health would be welcome. But, alas, the orcs turned out to be unworthy even of such smallness.

However, the ability to take a whole minute and almost with impunity to chop everyone around is useful in boss fights. But once a day ... Somehow not enough if the player is not ready to force the orc into bed after each dungeon.

redguard

Skills: +10 to One-Handed Weapons, +5 to Blacksmithing, Shooting, Alteration, Destruction, and Blocking

Peculiarities: resistance to poisons 50%

spells: flame, treatment

Special Skill: within a minute, energy is restored at a tenfold rate

The Redguards, neighbors of the orcs in the province of Hammerfell, are also warriors. Alas, in their area they lose to both Nords and Orcs. Their racial trait is somewhat goofy, poisons in Skyrim are not such a big deal.

There are few spiders in the game, they cannot seriously poison, and besides them, poisonous creatures can only be found in Dwemer ruins. But once per day, an infinite supply of energy allows the Redguards to sprint for a whole minute, bludgeon enemies with powerful blows and sniper from afar. Not God knows what, but also useful.

Dark Elf

Skills: +10 Destruction, +5 Stealth, Light Armor, Illusion, Alchemy, and Alteration

Peculiarities: fire resistance 50%

spells: flame, healing, sparks

Special Skill: Fiery cocoon deals 10 damage over time to all nearby enemies for one minute

Dark elves, the inhabitants of Morrowind, are specific magicians. Judging by their features and skills, the developers wanted to make them "fighting wizards" wearing light armor, brandishing some cold weapons and throwing spells. Such a class in the game is quite viable, and although fire resistance is not as useful as cold resistance, it will help in the battle with flamethrowing dragons.

Dwemer ruins are not only puzzles and poisonous creatures, but also valuable sources of soul stones.

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And now the squeeze:

• Best Warriors: Nord, Breton, Orc.
• The best magicians: Breton, high elf, dark elf.
• The best thieves and shooters: here no one has a fundamental advantage, choose according to your taste.

Skyrim is one of the most iconic and large-scale RPGs, which was released in 2011. She immediately broke all records, gained a million fan base, and now continues to "live" with a large number of players, modifications, official add-ons and re-releases.

Like any full-fledged role-playing game, Skyrim begins with the creation of the main character. Given the huge and elaborate lore of the game, you can choose one of a number of races, based not only on appearance and field, but also on factions that are more suitable for you, on your attitude to the outside world and position. Next, we will figure out which race to choose in Skyrim, and how this decision can affect the gameplay.

general description

Before we dive into the advantages and disadvantages of each character type, let's talk about a general description. All races in the game have their own history, relationships with other factions, homelands, and so on. Perhaps some of these factors will affect your choice, and not purely "technical" features of the race.

Before deciding which race to choose in Skyrim, you can study all the character settings, change its appearance and read the description. The player is not forced to make a blind choice, so you will have time to decide.

However, the answer to the question of which race is better to choose in Skyrim cannot be given a monosyllabic and the only correct one. All races presented in the game are fully suitable for completing the main and story quests. Some characters will have unique dialogues depending on the chosen race, but there will be no cardinal impact on the gameplay.

There are no class differences either - from any character you can make an archer, swordsman, magician or a combined hero. Only unique race bonuses slightly improve certain classes, but more on that below.

Creating a Hero

Before you figure out which race to choose in Skyrim, you must start the game and read the introduction. For the first five minutes of the game, you will be a nameless hero with no signs, but when you are asked to introduce yourself, a character creation window will appear on the screen.

You can completely change the appearance of the character, choose his name and race. Here you can see the features and bonuses. After you confirm the creation of the current hero, it will no longer be possible to change its initial settings - only using codes in the console or through a new game. Almost all combinations of races, abilities, skills in Skyrim are workable, so you can interfere with any skill branches and so on. Below we will consider a brief description of each type of heroes with features and decide which race to choose in Skyrim for a particular class.

Argonian

Let's start with a very unusual race. Appearance most of all resembles a mixture of a man and a large lizard with all the ensuing consequences. As you might guess, male and female individuals practically do not differ in appearance. Due to its characteristics, the Argonian can be under water for a long time without air. It has increased resistance to all diseases, boasts 10 points of lockpicking, and 5 points each of light armor, stealth, theft, restoration, and alteration. This race is perfect for the combined class. For example, an assassin and a thief who attacks from stealth are perfectly combined.

Breton

The Bretons hail from High Rock in the northwest. Judging by the abilities and features, the race is suitable for creating full-fledged magicians, since the Bretons have +10 to the initial level of sorcery, +5 to change, alchemy and illusion. The character is able to summon pets.

The race is quite versatile due to increased magic resistance and 50 percent block damage from enemy spells. You can upgrade a mage who will be practically invulnerable to magic damage. However, no one bothers to play for a warrior, having pumped up melee skills, and leaving resistance at a basic level.

high elf

They are the main answer to the question of which race to choose in Skyrim for the magician. The initial parameters largely determine the specialization of the character - the elf gets +5 points each to witchcraft, enchantment, destruction, restoration, change. Also at the first level, the hero has an increased supply of mana and spells of treatment, flame and rage. High Elves have the fastest mana regeneration. These are the purest magicians, which, however, are quite difficult to play in Skyrim due to poor balance. If you are not embarrassed by the difficulties in pumping and killing mobs, then feel free to choose a race to create a wizard.

imperial

Imperials are one of the most standard classes in the game. From this hero, you can pump a classic warrior who wields swords, a shield, has a large supply of strength and health. By default, the hero of this race has +10 points to recovery and 5 points to destruction, one-handed weapons, block, heavy armor. Playing as an Imperial will bring one nice bonus to those who like to search all the nooks and crannies of locations and boxes - in each chest the character finds a little more gold.

The heavy armor bonus does not limit class variability. You can easily replace heavy armor with a light jacket and make an assassin or a thief out of an imperial. The Imperials are the best decision on which race to choose in Skyrim for a warrior.

Khajiit

Khajiit are humanoid cats, versatile fighters. "Cats" come from the southern regions. Based on skills and bonuses, you can create almost any class, but the disadvantage of the character is that any other race will have advantages in each of the classes, so it is best to take the Khajiit if you like their appearance. They have an increased value of stealth, one-handed weapons, shooting, hacking, theft and alchemy.

Forest Elf

Another race that is suitable for the combined class. If Khajiit and Argonians are more suitable for stealthy assassins with melee weapons, then Wood Elves will be ideal for creating an archer. Base stats add 10 points to shooting, 5 points each to theft, alchemy, lockpicking, stealth, and light armor. In addition, you will gain resistance to diseases and poisons by 50%.

However, in appearance, the race is frankly an amateur. The combination of characteristics and features may not suit everyone. Choose this character if you do not know which race to choose in Skyrim for the archer.

North

Natives of Skyrim. In terms of parameters, they are most similar to the Imperials, since they have characteristics that help create a warrior. In this case, you have an advantage in leveling two-handed weapons, not one-handed ones. Since the Nords have lived in the northern region for centuries, they have a cold resistance of 50%. Because of this skill, you get a huge advantage in battles with dragons, ice mages, etc.

Dark Elf

Pretty specific magicians who can combine magic spells and melee with one-handed weapons. It has increased parameters of destruction, stealth, light armor, alchemy, change, illusion. Fire resistance can also be useful in some dungeons and when fighting fire dragons, but these situations are much less common than encounters with the element of cold.

redguard

Redguards can also be classified as a class of warriors. However, they lose somewhat to the Nords and Orcs due to a strange feature - resistance to poisons. The main spells are flame and resistance. As a bonus to skills, the player will receive 10 points in one-handed weapons, and 5 points each in blacksmithing, shooting, destruction, blocking, changing. But the Redguards have one plus - an almost infinite supply of energy, which allows them to run for a long time and participate in protracted fights.

Orc

Orcs can be put on a par with the Nords. They also fit the warrior class, however, there is one drawback - the lack of a unique feature. Orcs can carry heavy armor, one-handed or two-handed weapons. Once per day, an orc can engage in long battles without expending energy. The race seems to be losing, but the situation is saved by a skill that increases damage dealt, and reduces incoming damage by half.

What race to choose in Skyrim 5?

It is impossible to give an unambiguous answer to this question. We suggest that you rely on the characteristics presented. For classic warriors, Nords, Bretons and Orcs are most suitable. Bretons, high and dark elves are suitable for creating magicians, and any race can fall under the class of thieves, shooters and assassins.

Medium fighting unit. It has the following bonuses: +10 recovery, +5 enchantment, heavy armor, block, destruction and one-handed weapons. But the most important thing in the arsenal of this race is the ability to make enemies give up attacks for 1 minute.

A typical warrior in the most pure form.

Forest Elf.

A classic long range fighter. It has +10 to shooting and +5 to light armor, as well as "spy" skills: picking locks, pickpocketing, stealth and alchemy. In addition, he can halve the effects of poisons and diseases, and also has a special skill: taming any animal for exactly 1 minute.

It is quite obvious that from the Forest Elf you can pump both an archer warrior and a magician with equal success.

North.

Another typical representative of the warrior class. He also has quite characteristic features: +10 to two-handed weapons, +5 to one-handed weapons, blocking, light armor, blacksmithing and eloquence. In addition, Nord has one feature that is simply necessary in the icy world of Skyrim: 50% cold resistance. In addition, in the arsenal of this race there is such a special skill as to turn all surrounding enemies into a stampede for 30 seconds.

It is clear that this race is suitable only for "stamping" warriors. Neither a magician, nor, moreover, a thief will come out of the Nord.

Orc.

Orc - he, as they say in Africa Orc. That is, in any game. This character has +10 to heavy armor and +5 to both weapons (two-handed and one-handed), as well as blocking, smithing and enchanting. He also has a special skill: for a whole minute, the damage inflicted on him is halved, and, on the contrary, inflicted by him is doubled.

Another clean "tank", however, devoid of special features. Slightly superior in quality to the Imperial, but inferior to the Nord.

Redguard.

Orc neighbors also belong to the warrior class. They have +10 to one-handed weapons, +5 to shooting, destruction, blocking and blacksmithing. Special skill - 10-fold energy recovery within a minute.

These warriors look much weaker than Nords, Orcs or Imperials.

Race Dark Elf.

Flamboyant mages with +10 to destruction, +5 to light armor, alteration, alchemy, stealth and illusion. One of the main "chips" is the special skill "fiery cocoon", which inflicts losses of 10% to randomly selected enemies within a minute.

A typical magician who can be pumped in a wide variety of directions.

We hope that after reading this guide, the question who to play in skyrim will fall off by itself.

Despite the fact that, according to many players in the new part of the game The Elder Scrolls the choice of a character's race has lost its high, almost decisive importance, the possibilities, advantages and disadvantages of each of them, nevertheless, it is necessary to know.

Races in TES V

So, what is the difference between the races in the game Skyrim?

Argonian. The most unusual in appearance, lizardmen have underwater breathing, a 50% bonus to disease resistance, and "Stealth" skills: stealth, pickpocketing, recovery, +10 to lockpicking. In addition, Argonians have +5 armor and have a special ability: 10x health regeneration per minute.

Best suited for the role of a warrior or a thief, but does not shine with special talents.

Breton. Northwesterners have +10 Spellcraft, 25% better Magic Resistance, +5 Speech, Illusion, Alchemy, Alteration, and Restoration. In addition, the Bretons have a special ability to convert enemy spells into their own mana (50%) for a whole minute.

Perfect for the role of a magician, but it may well "work" as a warrior.

High elf. The most important feature is, of course, +50 mana. And if you add to this +10 to illusion and +5 to sorcery, enchantment, change, restoration and destruction, then the High Elf profession looms quite obviously. Among other things, this character has a special ability to regenerate mana at a rate of 25% per second for a minute.

It is best suited for the role of a pure magician and is quite weak in other game forms.

> Which hero class to choose in Skyrim?

Which hero class to choose in Skyrim?

The choice of hero class in Skyrim is not unambiguous and even more starter, as is often the case in role-playing computer games. Formally, it is completely absent; no such questions will be asked when creating a character. Theoretically, it is possible to develop the hero in all directions, without putting any restrictions, this will not have a negative impact on the growth of the character's skills. A separate article is devoted to skills and their characteristics on the site. That is, skills will grow evenly, of course, depending on what the character is doing. If you prefer cold one-handed weapons - we fix the skill of owning them, the bow is your favorite means of fighting evil - the archery skill develops. If you periodically change the methods of passing and the style of the game, then you can achieve a relatively uniform development of all skills. Ultimately, it may seem that there is no choice of hero class in Skyrim, but this is only an appearance.

The general idyll is destroyed by the perk system in Skyrim, so there is no trace left of the opportunity to create a versatile and talented character. But comes the harsh the need to choose perks, which are sorely lacking, already level after the fifth. A whole series of articles is devoted to perks on the site, I’ll immediately remind you that when you increase the level of a hero, we get one free perk point, which we can spend at any convenient time, even now, even after ten levels. These free perk points can be spent to learn special abilities that are attached to each skill in the form of constellations. For example, Skyrim has 17 skills and over 230 perks, although not all of them are useful. However, the actual level of development of the character is unlikely to exceed forty, so the selection system is really tough. But is it so important, is it necessary, are perks needed at all?

A skill with learned perks and a skill without them are two completely different things.. Without the investment of perks, the effectiveness of any skill will be only a pale shadow of itself, especially for the most effective perks, including the older ones. Needless to say, let's take as an example the magical arts that in the game Skyrim are divided into skill schools. A whole line of perks from each school reduces the mana cost of creating spells by exactly half. And for each level of spells of each magic school there is a perk, this simple example shows both the strength of perks and their large deficit in the game. High-level perks, those that are available only with a significant development of the skill, can completely expand the hero's arsenal with useful abilities. So you can sell stolen items to any merchants, impose two properties on items for enchantment, steal those items that are in the hands of the inhabitants of Skyrim. As a result, it is with perks that we determine the class of the hero, it is on this that the specialization of the character depends.

The division into three character classes: mage, warrior, thief in The Elder Scrolls 5 is somewhat arbitrary, since you may well get an unusual combination of abilities, for this you just need to develop the necessary skills with perks. But let's look at the base classes in more detail, as a general advice, we can give a recommendation on ignoring related skills, not directly related to the activities of your character. That is, if communication with residents, low prices for goods and other abilities of the speech skill are fundamentally unimportant to you, do not invest perks there. Similarly, if you do not plan to create new items for yourself, you can ignore the blacksmith skill. Otherwise, the perks may not be enough for the deep development of the necessary skills.

Mages in Skyrim should decide on the schools of magic, choose those that will be actively developed and used. Within the framework of each such school, it will also be necessary to highlight the necessary areas, for example, within the framework of the school of destruction, you must immediately decide on the choice of elements. It is also worth preparing for the fact that there will not be enough perks for the development of all schools of magic in principle. No one forbids the use of edged weapons, as well as a bow (the last weapon will always be effective, which I have repeatedly written on the site). However, you should not invest in perks in non-core skills (more precisely, with caution). Even this set of tips will not help overcome mage's health weakness, and you should not expect much interest from passing the game with such a character, although it will not be boring either. In order for the enemies to burn in a bright flame, and even in groups, the hero will have to be developed well. At first, it will be quite difficult to play, and in the future, weakness in close combat will remain, and a lack of health will be a hallmark of the hero.

It's easy to play as a warrior in Skyrim, even perks are not needed at first. Here you just need to decide on the choice of weapons, and armor. Both of these decisions cannot be called too difficult, since, unlike the schools of magic, the choice comes down to one of two. Only two types of armor: light and heavy are present in The Elder Scrolls 5, weapons are also divided into one-handed and two-handed. So not only is it easier to play the game as a warrior, but it is also easier to choose a development plan for the hero. As a result, this approach can lead to fairly quick boredom of the gameplay, although it depends on your preferences and style of play.

The path of a thief and a hired killer looks the most interesting and exciting. In some ways, the development of skills can coincide with a warrior, since even a thief will not be hindered by the development of possession of one-handed weapons, it will be possible to choose any school of magic. It is worth paying attention to the magic of change or illusions, these are the schools that will be most useful to the thief. Hidden attack, sneaking and archery skills will be useful for such a character, but even in this case, you will have to choose the most necessary and useful perks.

Such a division of classes in TES 5 is rough, but quite justified. Let there is no clear definition or choice of class in Skyrim, but each new level puts us in front of a choice: which perks to learn. So in the end, the hero acquires characteristic skills and abilities, albeit without an unambiguous definition of the class. Retraining in Skyrim will not work without the use of codes, so it makes sense to evaluate and choose the prospects for the development of the hero right away. Some of the skills will be useful to all heroes, so stealing will be effective for all characters, although you can get away with only two perks in this useful skill. Anyway, planning the development of your character in the role-playing game Skyrim will allow you to use the most powerful additional abilities, which gives senior perks. However, there is no urgent need for such an approach, since it is difficult to completely spoil the hero in Skyrim, and a large selection of difficulty levels will help correct the situation.