Secret in Skyrim? : V - Skyrim

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 1:04 am

Maybe this is a stupid question, but where is

Spoiler

the Alchemist's shack

?

Bottom on the south side of the mountain High Hrothgar is on, between Helgen and Riften

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 9:40 am

Bottom on the south side of the mountain High Hrothgar is on, between Helgen and Riften

South of Ivaarstead I think also.

There's a butterfly, moth, dragonfly, torchbug, and bee.

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 4:16 am

Thanks!

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 8:39 am

Interesting I noticed this on my Bee Jar to. Another secret I have noticed is the strange symbols carved into the door frame of some buildings.

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 8:30 pm

Interesting I noticed this on my Bee Jar to. Another secret I have noticed is the strange symbols carved into the door frame of some buildings.

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Shadowmarks

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 4:51 am

[censored] bugs why is this game so [censored] broken, jesus how hard is it to put the right animals in the right damn jars Bethesda!

:blink:

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 10:16 am

Boost

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 2:29 am

Hmm. Maybe if we find all the words and mix them around it will spell some sort of message. You know, like an antagram I think it's called?

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 11:28 pm

My jar is empty now... the butterfly disapeared one day. Bug I assume...

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 10:12 pm

Hmm. Maybe if we find all the words and mix them around it will spell some sort of message. You know, like an antagram I think it's called?

Possibly. It would be awesome if this were to lead to some type of real world loot, as in a cache full of microsoft points or something haha

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 8:12 am

Yeah, I guess you're right. Sorry I didn't think of that, I was too excited to share the find.

Saying that though, I'm glad you did post it else would have probably never known about it. :lol:

Just meant before someone gives away the final code if it is one.

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 9:46 pm

There's five bugs in jars; bee, moth, butterfly, dragonfly and torchbug. I already got three of them, so I'll go get the last two and post some screenies of the runes

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 4:13 am

There's five bugs in jars; bee, moth, butterfly, dragonfly and torchbug. I already got three of them, so I'll go get the last two and post some screenies of the runes

5, eh? Thanks for the heads-up!

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 7:40 am

For anyone wanting visual proof before they try to head out to find these jars, here's a video of someone using a jar to replace a skull on a a weighted pedestal. In the video around the 26 second mark you can plainly see the text "pig" in question: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0I27fHbX770

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 12:34 pm

Here be the runes:

http://img805.imageshack.us/img805/7726/bugrunes.jpg

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 10:29 am

Here be the runes:

Can you spoiler tag that,please? Awesome! Thanks!

Now... what in the heck do they mean?!?!

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 12:00 pm

I am just more and more amazed at the detail in this game. I have a fire bug in a jar but never thought to look really closely.

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 12:12 am

Can you spoiler tag that,please? Awesome! Thanks!

Don't click the link if you don't want to be spoiled?

The runes appear to be elder futhark, but I can't really make any sense of them.

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 12:49 pm

Don't click the link if you don't want to be spoiled?

The runes appear to be elder futhark, but I can't really make any sense of them.

omg, my bad. I was dealing with my kids and didn't realize I had clicked the link, looked at it and then closed it back off. Sorry about that. Thanks again for posting it

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 10:32 pm

Looked through my encyclopedia (yes, those were actually made of paper once!) to brush up on the runes.

Spoiler

Bee: Th h n
Butterfly: Th i ?
Dragonfly: N e l
Moth: E n
Torchbug: N h e ?

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 10:31 am

Good eye, Fleapants. You seem to be correct about it being elder futhark. There seem to be some letters missing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elder_Futhark
Well, now that we know this maybe someone can help decode the message.

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 10:16 am

That's

oo: secrets..... awesome

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 12:30 pm

Anyone able to decode the message? I'm wondering if it's even worth decoding. It's intriguing, nonetheless.

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 2:22 am

What? No savants?

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 9:21 pm

Here be the runes:

http://img805.imageshack.us/img805/7726/bugrunes.jpg

Fascinating.
They look more like runes than letters from our alphabet though.

Maybe it doesnt really say 'pig', but just looks like it does.
Someone translated word walls not too long ago. Could we use that as a rosetta stone to see what the runes mean?