(Xbox 360) Okay, so I just got skyrim for the first time about 2 weeks ago. I advanced fairly quickly, I kind of ignored side quests, and mostly did the main one. I'm at the part where I have to go to sovengarde, but I'm only level 17, and not powerful enough to beat the 2 dragons, army of draugrs, and dragon priest guarding the entrance. If I fast travel back to skyrim and get to a high level, will I be able to go back and finish the main quest? Or am I screwed. i joined the forum because i have no idea how to solve this problem and it means alot to me. PLEASE give me anything you might know about this. Oh yeah and I have already entered Skulfadn, but not the portal.


Any info might help! Thanks!

You cannot leave then come back. Skuldafn is a one time location.

Best advice? Lower the difficulty to Novice.

Not sure if FT back to Skyrim is possible in that quest and IF you can, there is no way to go back to Skuldafn. Best suggestion is to change the difficulty to novice and just run your way through the place as fast as you can (although I do know will have 1, possibly 2, enemy(ies) that stand in your way; at that point attack/dodge to your best of abilities to eliminate the "roadblock(s)").

Or go back to a save from before trapping Odahviing and toughen your character up before going there. Your choice, lower the difficulty or hold off on it for a while.

This is my advice too. I have done this before in similar situations.

Load back to a save before you went there. If a save no longer exists lower the difficulty to novice and you might be able to squeeze by and kill that dragon priest. Best of luck to you.

Give it all you've got. Hide, and take all the cheap shots you can. Use every potion in your inventory. And emerge victorious.

And if you die in glorious battle, you will not go to Sovngarde.

Revert to an old save. It may seem like TONS of work to get back to where you're at but believeme( I've done this countless times) it really isn't. Possibly an hot of back tracking if you don't save often.

EDIT: you can reload a save to when you trap the dragon in Dragonsreach. Before you take off he asks you if you're ready to go, simply say no and go do what you want.
That exactly where I am in my play through.
That dragon has been sitting there for atleast 30 game hours.

Surrender yourself to Nahkriin, and he will put you on the path towards Alduin's forgiveness and redemption.

Do what I did when I got to Skuldafn unprepared: run like hell through the exterior and enter the temple without confronting any of them. The enemies inside the temple will likely not be too hard because they're levelled. Then when you get on to the roof, again run past everything (or fus ro dah them off the side) - if you're fast enough, you can get to the portal before Nahkriin has time to grab the staff and close it, forcing you to battle him.

You do not have to fight the two dragons up the top unless you attack them first, they should just sit there happily watching you, so long as you leave them alone. But still I would go back to a previous save and level up a bit more, it might not be too much fun trying to get through the portal without dying a lot. You want to face the challenge, do a lot of sneaking and use a bow if your character is any good at archery, especially outside it will give you more room to RUN!