Ok, so I saw a footage from skyrim, where a guy killed a wolf, the wolfpelt was worth lousy 7 golds. I mean in a world like skyrim, pelts should be worth much more in my opinion. The people of skyrim must use clothes made out of animal hide and fur to keep warm in the cold climate. This was one of the things I really wanted to be different from oblivion too skyrim. I would love to be able to sell animal hide for a good price, so it would become more rewarding playing as a hunter. Any opinions on this matter?

You can craft it into armour and then sell it at a higher price. I wouldn't want some wolf's bloody, ripped-off skin very much anyways.

If this is you're only complaint you're in for the time of your life.

7 gold pieces is a lot of money. But it makes sense that it won't sell as much as weapons/armor, that's just silly.

It is used in smithing now

And how do you know that 7 coins is low? Have you compared the price to other item? For all you know, inflation has been vastly reduced or something...

Also, wolves are common. I am sure things like a mammoth/elk pelt may yeild more coins than a measly wolf pelt.

on the talk of animal pelts. I'd like to see the animal look skinned like they did in Red Dead Redemption.

That animation got old real quick.

yeah it did but not so much the animation- but the mounds of flesh that you left behind afterwards to show that you took the skin/fur from the animal.

hehe, well I used to have many things I didn't fancy about the info we got on Skyrim. But with time, I have learned to look att things different. I am a real Morrowind fan, yes I hated that spears where not included in the game, used to hate that we no longer pick a class and so on in the beginning of the game. But now I look att Skyrim like a new chapter, I think it will be great, and all the things I used to miss seems to be replaced with great new content and gameplay. So yeah, just give me more value playing a hunter and I could not care less about spears :tongue:

the natives of skyrim (nords) are resistant to frost. meaning pelts arent really needed.

well I highly doubt they wanders around naked because of that fact, only those who has been stripped naked by evil witches :tongue:

if only for common decency.

I'm kind've hoping it'll take a while to become moderately wealthy in Skyrim. Assuming animals like wolves will be fairly numerous and easy to kill, it's probably a good thing their pelts aren't worth much.

Yeah I'm deffinitly all for a visual of "yes, I just took this animals skin" I honestly can see why the pelts sell low, in tes it's CLICK. CLICK take all. Theres not a lota work involved. in RL it's completely oppisite, my brother sells pelts to a company in canada (as rednecky as that is :shakehead: ) and it takes a lot of time and patience and he sells deer pelts for $200 a pop and others go for a lot more depending. lets face it though, this is skyrim not "Caebelas Big TES Hunting" plus it has to port onto the 360 soooo Maybe in TES6 it'll involve more

Well judging from the armor so far, I'd say they barely do walk around covered. Seriously, it looks like something from a Conan movie instead of cold weather gear (something that that armors of Bloodmoon did much better).

Anyway, if you have the PC version it is very easy to adjust values of things with the construction set. An absolute rookie at it can make such a mod to raise wolf pelt value.

ahhh, man do I miss the snow bear armor from solstheim

sadly I will not play skyrim on pc but on PS3. But, anyway, I guess I will find a new way to earn more money hunting. I do not know the value of bear pelts and so on, I guess they will be worth more than the wolf pelts, atleast I hope.

Just remember that the pelts themselves add up quickly. That's the trick I learned, anyways.

And wolves aren't all that big! So bear that in mind too. Heh-heh. BEAR. In mind. Heh-heh-heh... ahh... I kill me, sometimes.

I agree, I got tired of the animation but the left behind carcass was cool.

OT - Compared to Obliv where Bear was worth more than wolf, it makes sense wolf, the most common I would expect, would be cheap.

are you saying naked wolves if so they better not war a diaper

I think pelts should be cheap how many rich hunters do you know? Most people I know that hunt only do it for the thrill of the kill or for food. I kinda wish we could take their heads and make wall mounted trophies or we could actually use the skins this time in our houses. I also like the idea of them looking skinned and not being like they carry their pelts around. I love that they made them useable in making armor though.

I'm glad though that the OP has dropped the amount of complaints though cause complaining now wont change much, now after its out then use those complaints as suggestions for TES VI.
I only have one complaint about the game myself and that is enchanting or poisoning the bow instead of arrows I hope they change that in TES VI

Did anyone else notice that the pelt in his inventory was the same color as the wolf he killed? There isn't just one stock pelt for all the wolves.

By your math ... I think 7 gold is probably about right.

Wolf pelts aren't worth as much as deer pelts, so let's assume deer pets are worth 10 gold. Now, if it's about like Oblivion, a small house is worth about 1000 gold.

At $200 a pop, your brother would need to sell 100 of them to get the $200,000 needed for a small new house.

Math looks about right to me. If an average quality iron longsword costs 35 gold, that's about the same as a $500 shotgun. Again, the math works out.

7 gold for a pelt that's not as good as other animal pelts is probably about right.

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The only reason trappers and hunters ever even collected wolf pelts in the frontier days of the United States was because ranchers would pay a bounty on them (or the local government would in support of ranchers). Wolf fur and skins don't really make anything too useful. Their skin doesn't make good leather, and their fur is generally not as thick as other animals, nor as even and soft as others.

The thing is, items in Elder scrolls games are generally based off their worth to the player, not their worth in general.

Per piece, it adds up