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In skyrim which of the three skills should I raise first to max? (lemmy.ml)

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Smithing, alchemy and enchanting.

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[–] paultimate14 2 points 1 year ago

Honestly I think you're best off not worrying about it. Skyrim isn't difficult enough that you need to min-max.

Delaying smithing has a lot of benefits. As you level up you'll start getting access to better weapons and armor as loot anyways. Improving them can be cool but isn't necessary. The process of building a house is expensive, but if you smith a lot of the parts that's a lot of good smithing experience. Plus the Hearthfire houses are pretty much the best setups for crafting (without mods).

Alchemy... I almost never use other than to fortify smithing.

Enchanting I'll usually mess with a bit early on, maybe get Soul Trap on some weapons early to start filling up soul gems. But I usually just hoard enchantments until the mid-to-late game.

Basically I hoard everything until around level 30 then spend a few hours having some chill vibes and downtime doing the crafting.