Skyrim 10 Details Everyone Completely Missed About Dragons

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Skyrim 10 Details Everyone Completely Missed About Dragons

Dragons are a big part of any medieval based game. It's a wonder why Skyrim fans missed so many details about them. Dragons were one of the most anticipated features of . Fans of series couldn't wait to explore a new landscape while fighting winged beasts that could end the world. They play such a large part of the narrative that the player character inherits their blood and spirit, hence the name Dragonborn. While plenty of memes surround these sometimes buggy enemies, the detail that went into making them is astounding. Dragons have unique attacks, pathfinding, and entire language dedicated to them. Whether you are a hardcore Elder Scrolls fan or never played Skyrim, there are dragon facts you likely missed. Here are 10 dragon details everyone missed in Skyrim. THEGAMER VIDEO OF THE DAY

Special Shouts

When most players think of dragon shouts, fire or frost are what most people think. In the various DLCs added to Skyrim, dragons have a few more shouts up their sleeve. Undead dragons have the ability to siphon your health and stamina, which is related to the Drain Vitality shout players can learn. Certain, more unique dragons can even use the iconic Unrelenting Force shout on you, rag dolling you across the map. It seems to become more common at higher levels, making dragon fights late-game more interesting.

Dragons Use A Unique Language

Dragons aren't speaking gibberish when you talk to them. Dragons in Skyrim actually have their own unique language that created. It actually started with Skyrim's main theme. The game's composer, Jeremy Soule, created a unique language to help create an impactful score for the game. Bethesda then took that language and incorporated it to the actual dragons themselves, giving all shouts in the game a short phrase the player or dragon says. It even has an alphabet you can find either online or from snippets of dragon walls in-game, which also have messages tied to them.

Scaling

Not every dragon in Skyrim is the same. Players will start the game fighting bronze dragons that have low health pools, but the game quickly ramps up the difficulty. Dragons scale off of your level, meaning that they are always a threat in your playthrough. What you may not realize, however, is the look of said dragons changes based on their level. White and blue colored dragons appear around level 30 until red and orange ones attack you at level 50. Once you hit a high enough level, black , draining your vitality while taking obscene amounts of punishment.

Dragon Attack Frequency

If you ever thought that dragon attacks seemed more frequent , you would be correct. It is not tied to your overall level, but rather how far you are in the campaign. That makes sense, as the story revolves around Aludin reviving his kind to take over Nirn and wipe out its inhabitants. The level does dictate the difficulty of the dragons themselves, but the number of encounters with them scales with story progression. Once the campaign is over, dragon attacks become a rare occurrence without mods.

Amphibious Dragons

Most know dragons as soaring beasts that breathe fire down upon you. Some dragons in Skyrim can actually swim and fly, however. Two notable dragons that swim can be found in the "Dawnguard" DLC. In the Forgotten Vale, you can find a frozen lake that seems awfully barren. Walking near it will erupt two dragons that can drain your vitality and dive-bomb into the water. The dragons can then reemerge from the water and continue the fight in the air.

Unique Handwriting

Since dragons have a unique language, it would make sense for them to have a writing style as well. They certainly do, but it doesn't look like any normal language. The dragons write using their large talons, meaning most of their letters have sharp edges and harsh curves. When you stumble upon a dragon wall to learn a shout, there is actually a short saying or story written by a dragon engraved into the wall. Their sharp talons are why the shout phrases in your menu look so bizarre.

Fights Are Debates

Language is not just used for discussion for dragons. Heated debates between dragons appear as fights for other species. Dragons that breathe fire on each other are using words of power, debating about something they feel strongly about. The phrases they say influence the shout they use. Once a chain of phrases in an argument might create a frost wave while another can drain their vitality altogether. It gives a nice layer of detail to shouts that both you and dragons use.

They re Actually Wyverns

European mythology depicts dragons as four-legged beasts that resemble lizards with wings. By that definition, Skyrim's dragons aren't really dragons since they only have two legs. Two-legged dragons are called wyverns in European mythology, which means that dragons in Skyrim should actually be called wyverns. It still doesn't change the fact that dragons can wreak havoc on towns and be tough adversaries, but it's interesting to know that these dragons are either all missing limbs or should be called something else entirely.

Dragon Corpses Weigh Nothing

Stepping away from mythology, did you know that dragon corpses weight nothing? No, their bones are considerably heavy, but the corpse itself weighs nothing. This is why you sometimes see dragon corpses spazz out in the air due to physics bugs. If you blow up the corpse with a high-power explosion or shout, the skeleton will fly into the sky as if it was only a plate. Combat against dragons doesn't change at all with this fact, as living dragons still weigh something. Still, it is strange that their bones can weigh hundreds of pounds yet their skeleton can be ragdolled like it was a household item.

Soul Absorptions Appear On Your Map

When you slay a dragon in Skyrim, you absorb its very soul to prevent it from ever being resurrected. It is also used to unlock new, more powerful shouts and to respec your character if the "Dragonborn" DLC is installed. What you may not know, though, is that absorbing a dragon soul appears on your map. If you open your map in the middle of absorbing their soul, you can see a bright flame near your character's cursor on the map, indicating the dragon who's body is aflame and disintegrating.