So I'm playing on the 360, laptop is good enough for Morrowind but of course not for this monster. I was wondering, I've been told the level cap is 50, but you CAN go beyond that and get all your skills to 100.

Does that mean that at level 50, you stop being able to pick a perk? I need to know because I'm now at level 41 and I don't know whether or not I just be choosing my perks A LOT more carefully coming close to the 'theoretical level cap'.

Any answer any of you could provide would be much appreciated as it is a pretty simple yet vital question.

Level 81 is the hard cap. 81 perks. After level 50, your skills level up slower.

I think the soft cap is 50, then a dramatic curve makes leveling slow. The hard cap is 75, I believe, and you can continue to get perks up until that point.

So i'll still be able to pick a perk after level 50 no problem?

Then why the hell do they say level 50 is the cap when it's actually level 81?

I've been worried [censored]less about what perks to choose all week because I was reaching 50 so quickly.

I heard early on that there were quests that gave out perks... is that the case or bunk?

Nope, they're real Shag. You get around 5 to 8 even perks that don't require level up. But most of those perks will be pretty hard to find.

Not true as far as I know.

Oh, nevermind.

Monster scaling stops at 50 and you slow down leveling skills at 50 so its more of a soft cap.

well the quest "perks" reside under your active effects.

Actually, it's 80 perks, since level 1 doesn't count.

There are 240 perks, if I remember correctly. Once you have all those, you'll be right around level 80/81.

Dang... This means the Skyrim Perk Calculator I found is meaningless.

You can only get 80 perks total, so no, you'll be at level 81 with 80 perks.

Because 50 is about as high as you'll get from leveling your primary skills (i.e. those you use the most).

Due to the dramatic increase in number of skill advances per level-up, there's a 'hard' cap of 81, so you'll have a total of at most 80 perks to work with. Note, however, that odds are good you won't actually need all of them for any given build.

Yeah, I kind of wrote my previous post wrong. And you're correct.

The game guide I purchased says: "You can level all your skills to 100, which eventually takes you to around level 80. As you're only able to choose one perk each time you level up, and there are well over 200 skill-base perks, don't fixate on obtaining every single one as that's impossible. Instead, focus improving the skills you're most interested in, and ignore perks you won't take advantage of, even if they're in a skill you use constantly." (quoted from the Official Game Guide, page 12, General Advice on Improving Skills.

This is from the Elder Scrolls Wiki: "There are 251 perks in Skyrim. Players can choose one perk per level."

But I think the Elder Scrolls may not have that correct, I still remember 240 from somewhere - memory not too good lately lol.