For those who have decided they don't want to bother grinding in Skyrim just to become a powerful hero, there's a way to sidestep all that, thanks to a mod that pretty much gives the Dragonborn all the best things instantly. Given that The Elder Scrolls 5 is quite lengthy, players can find themselves sucked into the world for hundreds of hours, completing side quest after side quest or living a peaceful life in a city before they've tackled the main story.
However, things get even lengthier when mods are added to the equation. Modding has been an important part of Skyrim since day one, with a near endless amount of custom content to choose from, especially on PC. While the vanilla experience alone is quite substantial, having a dedicated community of players who have been helping to expand things even further is just one of the reasons why the epic Bethesda RPG is still going strong today.
However, if the thought of starting a new playthrough, beginning life at level 1, is too much to bear, Nexus Mods user OmegasAlpha has the solution. They recently uploaded "All In One," a modification for Skyrim that is the ultimate way to skip all of the grind. According to the description, this custom add-on gives the player all the good items in the game immediately. Among many other things, the Dragonborn is gifted all skills and spells, full Daedric items, all keys, and a "ton of gold." It also removes the cooldown for Shouts and starts the player at level 42,069.
While there are ways to become very powerful by exploiting Skyrim, OmegasAlpha's mod takes things to the extreme. While "All In One" is basically a downloadable version of a cheat, some will be intrigued to know what it feels like to be the most overpowered protagonist TES5 has ever seen. It might strip away all the questing and levelling up that goes hand-in-hand with the experience, but the idea of having all the best stats and items the game has to offer may be too tempting to pass up for some.
After more than 11 years and hundreds of hours, fans are still discovering new things in Skyrim. It seems that no matter how much time passes, this aging RPG still has something to offer, whether it's the game itself or through the use of modding. In any case, The Elder Scrolls 6 is going to have to work pretty hard if it hopes to achieve a similar legacy.
The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim - Anniversary Edition is out now for PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
Source: Nexus Mods