Wanted to know if anyone has figured out time zones for fast travel. If in riverwood and you fast travelled to riften. I believe its 9-12 hour difference but i only have started checking this. I started expirementing to see if i could avoid vamp attacks as they dont attack after a certain time of arrival. I know some would say just fast travel to locations outside city and wait but thats more loading screens

I wish the map would tell what time it would be if you decide to fast travel there.

Eventually, you can just guess the times. Whiterun to Morthal is 7 hours. Markarth to Riften is 24, Markarth or Riften to Whiterun is 12 hours.

I haven't seen a comprehensive listing though traveling from markarth to Riften takes somewhere in the range of 20 hours. It might be worth me jumping into the game just to make a list though. Hmmm.

I could care less.

The attack after 8PM and up until 6 or 8AM. What I do if I don't know the time of travel, is make a save, then FT to the city. If I arrive after 8PM, I note the time, then reload the save, wait the amount of time needed to get me there during daylight, and travel again.

In Oblivion, it was whether you had a horse or not that affected times, now it appears that your armor choice has an affect on the times, see this

http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Fast_Travel_%28Skyrim%29

Just fast travel to the stables, if its dark when you get there wait till daybreak then enter the city.

I liked Daggerfall's options of cautious speed, reckless speed, travel by foot/horse/ship, and staying in inns or camping out.

Showed you the amount of time it would take and let you arrive at daylight only or just whenever you happen to get there.

Pretty sure the entirety of skyrim is in a single time zone

Read the thread and you will see that the OP is actually asking about the duration.

Personally, I'm against the use of FT on all but my first playthrough.

There aren't any time zones between holds. All city holds are basically on the same time zone. The "time difference" is just the amount of time it takes your char to get there (either by foot/horse or fast travel). Fast traveling is obviously the most direct route. So if you fast travel from Riften at 6am and arrive at Markath by noon, then the shortest distance (assuming your char could travel unimpeded in a straight line through the terrain between holds) would be 6 hrs. Horseback, open carriage (by mods) and foot travel would naturally take longer to varying degrees.

On Vamp attacks: these typically begin a twilight regardless of what hold your char happens to be in. The probability of an attack, as you've very well discovered by now, is due to the fast traveling. This also applies to dragon attacks as well.

So instead of fast traveling directly into a city hold in the late evening, try traveling to a location a distance away from the city gates (preferably to a spot in the wilderness just outside the city).

Unfortunately, this is the only way to reduce the likelyhood of an immediate attack. If you can't stand the attacks, then consider installing a mod like "When Vamps attack". Assuming you use the PC that is. However, if not--and you experience a loading screen (after fast traveling just outside the city)--then there's a good chance the probability of a vamp assault will be reduced. I really haven't encountered that many, because my char goes on foot or horseback everywhere.

Patience young Padawan. Why must everything be achievement oriented, instantaneous gratification, rush, rush, RUSH with you younger Jedi?

Remember: it's not about the destination--but the journey! Just something you'll have to learn to accept with TES games for the future.

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