Fresh out of Helgin, found Ebony sword? : V

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 8:33 am

Im just dungeon crawling on one of my many alts, go into generic cave #7344271 and found an ebony sword... well i know clearly somethings wrong. My first play through i wasnt getting ebony drops until high 30s... is this just random chance or what?

Might i say im lvl 3 when finding said sword.

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 11:40 am

Found an ebony helm at level 6. Might be some pre-placed incredirare-percentage spazzing out.

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 6:41 am

yes. so don't complain or they will take it away from us....

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 3:38 am

This was known to happen. There is always a chance to find awesome loot at lower levels. It's a small chance though. It keeps people from crying about leveled loot.

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 6:25 pm

Found orc mace at lvl 4

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 3:23 pm

Yes, there are hand placed high level loot to be found early on, if you know where to look. It has always been this way.

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 8:45 am

I mean this isnt the first time something has happned like this. My first character went to lvl 52 without so much as getting more than 5 or so enchanted items 1-40. However one night i rerolled a mage type and the first cave i went in i literally found 8 enchanted items that netted me well over 3k gold, being lvl 1 still. I was fascinated and confused, i still have the character in case something went wrong with the game and its able to find super rare loot all the time.

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 5:02 am

I found an ebony shield as handplaced loot, if only I remembered which draugr dungeon it was..
Somewhere near the starting area anyway.

It wasnt in a chest, it was displayed on a dead body.

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 10:51 am

Yes, there are hand placed high level loot to be found early on, if you know where to look. It has always been this way.

I'm not so sure about that. If anyone can give some specific locations I'd be glad to double check. But my understanding is that the specific where has a random element. There's handpicked locations that high level stuff can end up at, but what goes where is designed to vary between different players so that it's always a mystery.

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 9:25 am

I think they know what class you are when you make your character. I didn't get anything good early on with my warrior, but when I rolled my mage I was finding a random orcish weapon here and there by level 7.

BS!

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 2:47 pm

I'm not so sure about that. If anyone can give some specific locations I'd be glad to double check. But my understanding is that the specific where has a random element. There's handpicked locations that high level stuff can end up at, but what goes where is designed to vary between different players so that it's always a mystery.

I am not sure about skyrim, but in morrowind there were pieces of high level gear specifically placed all over the world. Things like a complete glass armor set, the daedric masks and many other items, you just had to learn where they were.

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 10:37 am

I found an ebony shield as handplaced loot, if only I remembered which draugr dungeon it was..
Somewhere near the starting area anyway.

It wasnt in a chest, it was displayed on a dead body.

Yeah, Same here. I've found an abony shield. Level 9.

But... I do not use shields so I fus ro dah-ed the shield to hell and tought: "Could be an Ebony Dagger".

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 1:42 pm

2 x Ebony war axes at lvl 12. Currently decorating Breezehome until I enchant them

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 5:43 pm

Im just dungeon crawling on one of my many alts, go into generic cave #7344271 and found an ebony sword... well i know clearly somethings wrong. My first play through i wasnt getting ebony drops until high 30s... is this just random chance or what?

Might i say im lvl 3 when finding said sword.

Wow! Lucky you!

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 4:47 pm

There is an Orcish sword outside of Whiterun being clutched by a skeleton. It's in a small pond.
That's the only hand placed weapon I know of that's there every time.

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 5:56 am

There is an Orcish sword outside of Whiterun being clutched by a skeleton. It's in a small pond.
That's the only hand placed weapon I know of that's there every time.

It was steel for me.

I think Skyrim's loot system is trolling.

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 3:53 am

Im just dungeon crawling on one of my many alts, go into generic cave #7344271 and found an ebony sword... well i know clearly somethings wrong. My first play through i wasnt getting ebony drops until high 30s... is this just random chance or what?

Might i say im lvl 3 when finding said sword.

Yes, I'm currently having the opposite problem. I'm level 10 and haven't found a single piece of elven gear.

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 3:01 pm

Yes, I'm currently having the opposite problem. I'm level 10 and haven't found a single piece of elven gear.

I was running around northeast of Whiterun because I decided to ride the rapids past Riverwood. All of a sudden I see four high elves turn to red dots on my compass, so I turned tail and sprinted away. As I was running away I heard a falling sound behind me, I looked back to see one of the elves go splat right in the middle of the road. I figure he must have hit a physics glitch and went flying. Anyways, the body had a full set of elven and I was still level one.

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 4:16 am

There is an Orcish sword outside of Whiterun being clutched by a skeleton. It's in a small pond.
That's the only hand placed weapon I know of that's there every time.

It was Dwarven for me.

I'm 99% sure the game level generates all the potions and gems and soul gems and weapons and armors in the dungeons that aren't in chests too. The fact I practically never saw anything as good as dwarven in the early game and no better pot than minor healing while now I'm swimming in randomly "placed" glass and ebony and superultra healing pots is too suspicious to attribute it to hand placed stuff.