Skyrim Maps : V - Skyrim

» Sat Oct 01, 2011 11:46 am

Wow, all you people are really good with the lay of the land. I'm a terrible map reader with a terrible sense of direction so the compass in OB was quite helpful for me. That being said, for Skyrim, I'm turning off quest markers and will decrease compass opacity and see if I can find my way around using my "feels like burlap-cloth" map that comes with my pre-order.

OP, nice idea and with the help of others I'm sure you'll be able to create something more accurate.

» Sat Oct 01, 2011 1:07 pm

Very nice, with Borat voice.

» Sat Oct 01, 2011 9:28 am

its wrong for us to do this ...
we are setting ourselves up for let downs, just like was felt @ Oblivions release, we had preset ideas of what to expect ... mainly from news articles (gameinformer and such) then @ time of release it was NOTHING like what we had immagined ... even things we were SURE of and had confirmation on simply were different then the actual reality of what we took home.

Yea except we watched a video of skyrim, so we know where these things are. Plus I don't think the locations of the cities on the map is any different than in the game, so I don't get how we're "setting ourselves up for let downs." :confused:

» Sat Oct 01, 2011 11:41 am

where you have Greenwood it is a town called http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8613775/Skyrim/Maps/ShorsShrineorStone.jpg. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8613775/Skyrim/Maps/ShorsSomething.jpg

Also missing Morthal, the capital of the Hold called Hjaalmarch (in the mountain south of where you placed Dunstad Grove). Ft Snowhawk is a bit to the west of Morthal.

A few more maps:

Map 1(from BGS behind the scenes video): http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8613775/Skyrim/Maps/GameInformerVideoSkyrimMap.jpg
Map 2 (CE map): http://cdnstatic.gamesas.com/bethblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/skyrim_ce_items_x360.jpg
Map 3: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8613775/Skyrim/Maps/Skyrim-map.png
Map 4: http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/1717/skyrimmapls.png
Map 5: http://skyrimguild.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/skyrim_text.jpg
Map 6 (transposed UI map info from E3 footage to Map 5): http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/3417/skyrime3map.jpg
Map 7 (shows Hjaalmarch and Shor's Stone): http://i.imgur.com/rYmI4.jpg

Morthal: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8613775/Skyrim/MorthalSnowhawk/Morthal.jpg
Ft Snowhawk: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8613775/Skyrim/MorthalSnowhawk/Fort%20Snowhawk.jpg

» Sun Oct 02, 2011 12:36 am

But Todd crosses the river to get to it, so shouldn't it be north of Riverwood across the river? Riverwood being on the south bank with the Throat of the World and Bleak Falls Barrow being opposite that to the North. rf: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imH4Ncoe9Gs at 4:50

Mate, I think you're very right!! I will fix it right away, thanks alot pal!

» Sat Oct 01, 2011 8:45 pm

its wrong for us to do this ...
we are setting ourselves up for let downs, just like was felt @ Oblivions release, we had preset ideas of what to expect ... mainly from news articles (gameinformer and such) then @ time of release it was NOTHING like what we had immagined ... even things we were SURE of and had confirmation on simply were different then the actual reality of what we took home.

I wasn't disappointed. I was pleasantly surprised.

» Sat Oct 01, 2011 11:34 am

Updated to V3!

» Sat Oct 01, 2011 7:44 pm

Isn't Throat of the World in the wrong spot?

» Sat Oct 01, 2011 1:49 pm

Isn't Throat of the World in the wrong spot?

I think you're getting mixed up. The 'THROAT OF THE WORLD' wording is on the Throat of The World (Base of the highest peak in Skyrim). Bleak falls barrow is marked by a dot just like 'Demo Start' and 'Todd Dragon Fight'.

» Sat Oct 01, 2011 12:50 pm

Very nice indeed.

» Sat Oct 01, 2011 4:11 pm

nice.

» Sat Oct 01, 2011 2:51 pm

Markarth is a major city!!!! :flamethrower: :flamethrower:

Seriously, look at the official map, it has a BIG symbol.

» Sat Oct 01, 2011 11:40 pm

Markarth is a major city!!!! :flamethrower: :flamethrower:

Seriously, look at the official map, it has a BIG symbol.

Nine cities get the coat of arms treatment. These are the capitals of each of the nine Holds. According to the devs, however, there are only 5 large cities.

Morthal is almost certainly on the smaller end of the spectrum and it also gets the icon on the CE map because it is the capital of Hjaalmarch Hold.

» Sat Oct 01, 2011 3:29 pm

Hope I fixed the Markarth thing now.

» Sat Oct 01, 2011 11:03 pm

So guys I need your help to create the ultimate skyrim speculation map. What I've done so far :

http://i27.lulzimg.com/cb17b34c9e.jpg

Nice job

» Sat Oct 01, 2011 10:54 pm

The 9 holds.

Haafinheim - Solitude
Haalmarch - Morthal
The Pale - Dawnstar
Winterhold - Winterhold
Whiterun Hold - Whiterun
Falkreath Hold - Falkreath
The Rift - Riften
The Reach - Markarth
Eastmarch - Windhelm

» Sat Oct 01, 2011 3:52 pm

Very nice, how can I help?

» Sat Oct 01, 2011 6:05 pm

Nice job OP....well done

» Sat Oct 01, 2011 9:42 pm

Markarth is one of the "seven wonders" of Skyrim.

» Sat Oct 01, 2011 2:02 pm

V4 added

» Sun Oct 02, 2011 1:30 am

I thought he traveled further than that, damn the map is big, we didn't even see all the traveling he did.

» Sat Oct 01, 2011 11:05 pm

I thought he traveled further than that, damn the map is big, we didn't even see all the traveling he did.

Yes it is

It's about the size of Oblivion BUT look at all those climbable mountains! Would take alot of time climbing them, not to mention the 7000 steps to The Throat of The World

And that's just the surface, there are about 150 dungeons, half of which are 1-2 hours long !!

» Sat Oct 01, 2011 1:22 pm

Damn I'm more hyped now

» Sat Oct 01, 2011 11:04 pm

V4 added

The demo pathway is better, but still not right. Remember that Todd first walks down to the river, and then starts walking alongside it before he reaches Riverwood.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xwboyafbwc#t=04m48s Todd actually makes his way slightly northeast until he gets to the river, then he follows it (going northeast) to Riverwood, before he crosses the river using the Riverwood bridge and rides up the mountain and heads west to Bleak Falls Barrow.
(The Guardian Stones are the downward-facing "pointer" next to the river, south of Bleak Falls Barrow.)

Otherwise, I really like the map and the enviromental notes and screenshots.

» Sat Oct 01, 2011 7:30 pm

Good job!