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It's not about quantity of screentime; it's about the quality. So the following performers discovered when they stepped on for just a few short moments and ran away with the entire film. A well-placed cameo can revive a career, win new generations of fans or even bag you an Oscar – and here are some of our favourites. From directorial head-nods to in-jokes to celebrities playing themselves, the joy of a well-placed cameo is not to be underestimated…
Movie: The Muppets Movie (1979)
Some of the greatest cameos stem from the 'sterner' members of the acting fraternity taking the chance to lighten up, and there's no better example than Orson Welles' brief, stoogie-smoking cameo in The Muppets Movie. There are other terrific walk-ons elsewhere in the film, but even Big Bird would bow to the growly magnificence of Welles's Lew Lord, an affectionate tribute to the man who supported Jim Henson when no-one else would: TV studio head Lord Lew Grade. Better yet was the man Henson recruited to pull it off: Hollywood's enfant terrible, the troubled genius behind Citizen Kane and The Magnificent Ambersons, Harry Lime himself, sharing screen time with the notoriously method Beaker. Altogether now: "Meep!"
Best line: "Prepare the standard 'Rich and Famous' contract for Kermit the Frog and Company."
Movie: Zombieland (2009)
The momma and poppa of all cameos, Bill Murray's parlay through Zombieland is so awesome it overshadows an otherwise terrific zom-com. Hard as they tried to keep it as the ultimate Easter Egg under wraps, the secret leaked out, as all the best secrets tend to do. But even if you knew it was coming, it was still one of the best things to grace cinemas since, well, forever. Murray knew what we wanted and provided it in spades, turning up zombified in the biggest mansion this side of Xanadu, recreating Ghostbusters, sending up the clichéd Hollywood lifestyle and sharing his only regret ("Garfield, maybe"). We didn't think we could love the Murricane any more. We were so wrong.
Best line: "My make-up guy taught me how to do this: corn starch, you know… some berries, liquorice for the ladies. It suits my lifestyle. I like to get out and do stuff."
Movie: Tropic Thunder (2008)
Les Grossman, a movie mogul so splenetically furious his bald head looks poised to explode at any moment, single-handedly rescues the uneven Tropic Thunder from misfiring completely. Somewhere beneath the prosthetics, wig and jungle of chest hair is Tom Cruise, surprising everyone with his defcon-1-demented studio head ("Now I want you to take a step back… and literally fuck your own face!"), forcing audiences to pinch themselves at arguably the most against-the-grain-casting of all time and revel in the sheer madness of it all. Perhaps the prospect of a spin-off for the sweary, Flo Rida-loving, angry-as-Satan Grossman isn't such a bad idea...
Best line: "A nutless monkey could do your job. Now, go get drunk and take credit at all the parties."
Movie: Shakespeare In Love (1998)
Like Sir Sean in Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves, Shakespeare In Love was bookended with a grandstanding royal visit. The role called for an Elizabeth who was believably tough and had little time for all that romantic jiggery-pokery, thank ye very much, with a scarlet wig and Kanye-sized entourage caming fitted as standard. So who better to play her than Judi Dench? No-one, said the Academy, who promptly gave her an Oscar. Yes, it's only six minutes screentime, but it's six minutes she utterly owns.
Best line: "Tell Master Shakespeare, something more cheerful next time. The Twelfth Night?"
Movie: Zack And Miri Make A Porno (2008)
When a man hitherto known for sweetly innocent turns in movies like Galaxy Quest, Herbie and Die Hard 4.0 popped up onscreen as a gravelly-voiced gay porn star, it could only have been the work of Kevin Smith. Watching Justin Long camp it up royally as a Brandon St. Randy (try saying it quickly), was so far the best thing in the Zach And Miri, it was like the rest of the film was the cameo. Sure, it took a moment or two to shake off the memory of Alvin And The Chipmunks before we could even begin to wrap our heads around the star of 'You Better Shut Your Mouth Or I'm Gonna Fuck It", but, boy was it worth the effort.
Best line: "I will be your sherpa up the mountain of gayness."
Movie: A History Of Violence (2005)
David Cronenberg's pulp thriller is chocka with great performances, but William Hurt's kingpin stands out among them. With a thin veneer of bonhomie and brotherly regard barely covering – and gradually not-at-all covering – his psychotic personality, he's a soft-spoken, smiling threat. Dewy-eyed as he orders his brother's death, he turns on a dime a moment later when his minions fail in that simple task, staring for a moment in disbelief before simply reaching for a gun to do the job himself. Hurt's cast against type and it works well, to Oscar-nominated effect in fact: why on Earth doesn't this man play more bad guys?
Best Line: "You always were a problem for me, Joey. When Mom brought you home from the hospital I tried to strangle you in your crib. I guess all kids try to do that."
Movie: Pulp Fiction (1994)
Is there any more terrifying history lesson for a young boy than the one delivered by Christopher Walken's Captain Koons? Nope. And is there any movie speech less likely to have you skipping off to the watchmakers? Uh-uh. Walken delivers Tarantino's speech with his usual staccato gravitas and somehow manages to keep a straight face while telling young Butch about the watch's journey through the business end of several grown men.
Best line: "I hid this uncomfortable hunk of metal up my ass two years. Then, after seven years, I was sent home to my family and now, little man, I give the watch to you..."
Movie: Network (1976)
Long before he scared wee'uns as the voice of cynical plushy Lotso in Toy Story 3, Ned Beatty did likewise to Peter Finch's fraying anchorman, Howard Beale, in Network. When Beale, suicidal and evangelical, tries to scupper the corporate buy-out of his TV station, he's summoned to the boardroom for one of the great movie bollockings. Beatty's exec, looming out of the half-light like a satanic hybrid of Uncle Monty and Rupert Murdoch, spells out the home truths of corporate ecology to his quaking anchor. Result? One Oscar and a justly famous film monologue.
Best line: "You have meddled with the primal forces of nature, Mr. Beale, AND I WON'T HAVE IT!"
Movie: Dodgeball
A lot of people seem to like the Chuck Norris cameo – but if you ask us it's all about this Lance Armstrong appearance. Sure, even playing himself he's not the world's greatest actor, but his appearance is finely judged to provide an irresistible kick up the arse for Vince Vaughn���s Pete Lafleur. After all, if this man gives you advice on staying the course, you'd probably better take it. He knows whereof he speaks. The juxtaposition of Armstrong's real-life battle with cancer / cycling overachievement with the idea that he's a huge fan of ESPN "the Ocho" and its dodgeball tournament is deliciously unlikely – it's a triumph overall.
Best line: "Once I was thinkin' about quitting, when I was diagnosed with brain, lung and testicular cancer – all at the same time. But with the love and support of my friends and family I got back on the bike and won the Tour de France five times in a row. But I'm sure you have a good reason to quit. So what are you dying of?"
Movie: This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
Which Spinal Tap cameo to chose? Bruno Kirby's Sinatra-loving limo driver? Fred Willard's humourless air-force base officer? Anjelica Huston's literal-minded designer Polly Deutsch? The cucumber? All worthy, but we're plumping for Billy Crystal as Morty, the gloomy Marcel Marceau-alike mime. He's a morose presence at Denis Eton-Hogg's Polymer party, handing out canapés and getting quite stressed for a man who's silent for a living. Mimes are a teensy bit scary at the best of times (what's with all the invisible walls?), but this is the lovely Billy Crystal - in the end you just feel a bit sorry for him. In fact, some of Crystal's best scenes ended up on the cutting room floor, but they're well worth hunting down on the extras.
Best line: "Mime is money!"
Movie: Anchorman
Tim Robbins is a name associated with a number of left-wing causes: he's into raising AIDS awareness, he's anti-globalisation and he campaigned against the Iraq War. So it makes sense that, come Anchorman, he'd play an anchorman from the Public News channel. What came as more of a surprise, however, is that his tweed-sporting, pipe-smoking, curly-haired presenter is a vicious bastard and a mean hand with a machete. After all he is the man responsible for chopping Luke Wilson's arm off, and even goes so far as to shove Christina Applegate's Veronica Corningstone into a bear pit, the cad. Just goes to show: never trust a man with patches on his elbows. In a film packed with great cameos (see also: Ben Stiller, Jack Black), he somehow still outshines them all.
Best line: "No commercials, no mercy!"
Movie: Zoolander
This is another comedy that's stuffed with celebrity cameos – big shout to David Bowie, Natalie Portman, David Duchovny and co. – but standing out among them, pate gleaming in the light, is Billy Zane. Zane crams the sense of a long-standing friendship into a couple of lines here: there's the easy banter of his questions about Magnum, followed by the concerned effort to restrain Zoolander from a dangerous walk-off, and finally his resigned acknowledgement that his male model buddy must walk his own path, however perilous that might be. How the Academy overlooked it we'll never know. Also, bonus points for allowing Derek to direct some personal abuse towards him, and taking it like a man.
Best Line: "It's a walk-off."
Movie: Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
It took some acting chops to outshine one of the greatest ensemble casts ever ensembled, but Alec Baldwin pulled it off in seven minutes flat. His alpha salesman Blake sweeps into the offices of Mitch and Murray and starts unleashing home truths to the nervy realtors ("Always be closing!") like a cyclone in a suit and tie. Mamet wrote the character for Baldwin – Blake didn't appear in the original stage version – which is surely a backhanded compliment considering just how much sweary charmlessness he packs. Baldwin, in turn, repaid him by delivering a barnstorming speech with Oscar-winning charisma.
Best line: "Third prize is you're fired."
Movie: Toy Story 3 (2010)
Pixar's cross-movie cameos are legion - Luxo Jr. is a particularly regular walk/bounce-on – but there was special joy to be had from laying our peepers on a furry friend from the Ghibli stable in Toy Story 3. Totoro, star of anime masterpiece My Neighbor Totoro, was prominent in several of the scenes at Bonnie's house, gazing on serenely in that cuddly way of his as Woody flaps about his missing friends. John Lasseter and Hayao Miyazaki are practically best buds (the Disney CEO helped arrange the voicecast for the US version of Ponyo), so Totoro's appearance shouldn't be a huge surprise. Luckily for Bonnie's mum and her vacuum cleaner, the soot spirits didn't make the journey.
Best Line: It's another non-speaking part for the forest spirit.
Movie: Wayne's World
Alice Cooper is known for his leather wear, heavy eyeliner and rock-out hair do. What he is not generally known for is his passion for the history of the American Midwest, but it is that Alice Cooper who gets a chance to shine here, explaining the origins of the city of Milwaukee and its importance as a trade centre. This all done while hanging out backstage following his show, and surrounded by other poodle-haired rockers anxious to contribute to the debate. Does this guy know how to party or what?!
Best Line: "In fact, it's pronounced "mill-e-wah-que" which is Algonquin for "the good land."
Movie: Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993)
Ah, for the days when Charlie Sheen was known for being funny and a little surreal on purpose. In this amped-up sequel to the Top Gun-spoofing original, there's a great little moment when Charlie's Topper Harley is travelling by riverboat and musing – via voiceover – on the mission that lies ahead. A competing voiceover interrupts, and he looks up to see his pappy, Martin Sheen, dressed in his old Apocalypse Now duds on a boat headed in the other direction. The pair stand, and greet each other with the line below – and pass on on their respective ways. Genius.
Best Line: "I loved you in Wall Street!"
Movie: Maverick (1994)
Given that it was directed by Richard Donner and starred Mel Gibson, we probably shouldn't have been surprised when Danny Glover showed up in Maverick for a quick visit. But there's a twist! Rather than the cop he plays opposite Gibson, this time he's a robber! It's a complete turnaround! There's a nice little moment when the erstwhile partners seem to recognise each other (the Lethal Weapon theme music playing in the background might help) before shaking their heads and going about their business. And just in case you didn't get it (this is a knockabout comedy, after all) Glover even delivers his immortal and character-defining Roger Murtaugh catchphrase as he runs out of the bank he's robbing.
Best Line: "I'm gettin' too old for this shit."
Movie: Out Of Sight (1998)
With Nick Fury using Captain America and Thor as a recruitment drive for The Avengers, and appearances in Iron Man (1 & 2) and Kill Bill (2) behind him, Samuel Jackson is every fanboy's pinch-hitter of choice. That post-credits appearance in Iron Man made us stupidly excited, but it's his less heralded appearance at the end of Out Of Sight that gets the nod here. He's brilliantly inscrutable and stony-faced as serial prison-breaker Hejira Henry, the con-panion Karen Sisco contrives to accompany Jack Foley on his long drive back to prison. As a plot device it doesn't make a lot of sense (surely if Jack breaks out again Karen will just be stuck with the same quandary?), but it's still strangely satisfying. Look out too for another great walk-on in Soderbergh's classy noir, with Michael Keaton reprising his role as Jackie Brown's doofus DEA agent Ray Nicolette.
Best line: "You broke out?", "I prefer to think of it as an exodus from an undesirable place."
Movie: Eurotrip (2004)
In the official year of Matt Damon – yes, it's now official – no list of cameos is complete with one of his many terrific walk-ons. He's cameoed alongside Brad Pitt as a floppy-fringed gameshow contestant in Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind, popped up with Ben Affleck in Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back as a gun-toting version of Will Hunting, made an uncredited appearance in Francis Ford Coppola's Youth Without Youth and turned up as a spook in Soderbergh's Che. Our favourite? Eurotrip's Donny. He's the lead singer of a Blink-182-like college band, who boasts long and loud about sleeping with the lovelorn Scotty's (Scott Mechlowicz) now ex-girlfriend, Fiona. In song. With Fiona on backing vocals. It's a tough moment for Scotty, but if you're going to be owned it may as well be Jason Bourne doing the owning.
Best line: "I can't believe he's so trusting/while I'm right behind you thrusting."
Movie: Mallrats (1995)
It's a fine tradition in Marvel movies to insert a Stan Lee cameo somewhere, whether it's in a riff on the comics (trying to crash the Fantastic Four wedding in the sequel) or in a quick throwaway gag (being mistaken for Hugh Hefner by Tony Stark). But the high mark for Stan Lee remains his turn in Kevin Smith's Mallrats, playing the sage relationship advisor and voice of wisdom to Brodie (Jason Lee - no relation). His debonair appearance and maturity just emphasises the intense childishness of everyone around him - and reminds us that comic-book creators aren't necessarily stunted adolescents.
Best line: "You know, I think you ought to get him some help. He seems to be really hung up on super heroes' sex organs."
Movie: Sunset Boulevard (1950)
One of the greatest stars of the silent era, who could be better to pop up in Sunset Boulevard as one of Norma Desmond's (Gloria Swanson) bridge-playing acquaintances than Buster Keaton? He sits with typically deadpan demeanour alongside fellow silent movie notables, Anna Q. Nilsson and H. B. Warner, a crestfallen presence in the middle of Billy Wilder's great Hollywood tragedy. It delivers a lot more pathos than your average movie cameo, that's for certain, with the advent of talkies leaving Keaton in the Hollywood boneyard. Starring roles were a thing of Keaton's distant past, so the scene laid pretty bare his and his fellow silent stars' demise. It must have been tough to do, even before his character is dismissed as a "waxwork".
Best line: He only gets one word – "Pairs" – although obviously that's one more than The General.
Movie: The Hangover (2009)
Heavyweight champions, Phil Collins and tigers are not necessarily elements you'd put together to create comedy. And yet here we are, and one of the biggest laughs in The Hangover involves our hapless, hungover heroes attempting to negotiate with Mike Tyson after discovering that they have drunkenly stolen his big cat. But that is a mere shadow behind the impact of seeing Tyson, seated at a grand piano, singing along to Phil Collins' In The Air Tonight. Aside from the fact that (as we see in the full version in the trailer) Tyson can barely carry a tune in a bucket, the sheer incongruity makes it one of the most startling appearances in recent movie history.
Best line: "We all do dumb shit when we're fucked up."
The Movie: Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End (2006)
Cap'n Jack Sparrow had one of the greatest introductions in movie history, stepping off his sunken ship onto the quayside without so much as getting his feet wet. But it's a trick he clearly learned from his old man, as Keith Richards' Captain Teague first appears shooting someone from off-screen and then coolly blowing the smoke from the barrel of his pistol. Since Depp based his performance, at least in part, on the indefatigable rocker, it's only fitting to have him pay tribute onscreen as Richards appears in this cameo - and while as an actor Richards makes a great guitarist, it's an enjoyable little scene.
Best line: "It's not just about living forever, Jackie. The trick is still living with yourself forever."
The Movie: Spaceballs (1987)
Spaceballs gets a lot of stick, but it deserves a little bit of love just for this scene, wherein John Hurt replays his none-more-iconic chestburster scene in Alien for laughs. He's wearing almost the same outfit, and he's just enjoying a quiet meal when things go, well, explodey. This little xenomorph doesn't just come out and run off to grow up into a acid-blooded killing machine; he performs a quick tap number on his way out the door. Great high-kicks too.
Best line: "Oooh no! Not again!"
The Movie: The Player (1992)
In a film crammed to the rafters with amazing cameos, it's Julia Roberts and Bruce Willis that get the biggest laughs, appearing in the finally-produced movie-within-a-movie Habeas Corpus. She's the woman sent to death row for a crime she didn't commit; he's the prosecutor who sent her there but who has nevertheless fallen in love with her. The scary thing about this little scene is that you can easily imagine this film being made, and you know that you'd probably go see it if it was.
Best line: "What took you so long?"; "Traffic was a bitch."
The Movie: ALL of them
Alfred Hitchcock's cameos varied from the blindingly obvious (North By Northwest, To Catch A Thief), to the subtle (The Trouble With Harry, Dial M For Murder) to the stupendously cunning (Rope, Lifeboat). Other directors have popped up in their own movies – M. Night Shyamalan, Michael Bay, Lewis Milestone's hand, to name a few – but none as diligently, or consistently, as Hitch. He launched his cameoing career with blink-and-you'll-miss-'em appearances - a shadowy silhouette here, a man in a lift there – but by the time he was done he was practically waving at the camera. The silliness of the cameos reached their highpoint in Topaz when leapt out of a wheelchair like Little Britain's Lou, before wandering merrily off camera.
Best line: No talking, plenty of walking.
Movie: The Hurt Locker (2009)
Much as we loved Ralph Fiennes and his crew of hardnut mercenaries in The Hurt Locker, they were no Expendables. First they're nearly mown down by William James's (Jeremy Renner) US squad, then an insurgent sniper finishes the job. This would never have happened to Randy Couture. Still, Fiennes is a typically robust presence in a nerve-stretching scene that didn't require him to do more than run around shouting "Sniper!" a lot and get shot in the chest. Behind that headscarfed and flak-jacketed exterior was an unshowy turn of the highest calibre. Props to Guy Pearce, too, for his bomb disposal expert, even if it was tricky to pick him out beneath that bomb suit.
Best line: "We're on the same fucking side, you guys."
Movie: The Thin Red Line (1998)
Masterful as his WW2 epic is, had Terrence Malick been in charge of the actual Pacific Campaign it'd still be going on. They'd be rounding up troops who'd wandered off to look at butterflies and scouring the place for Marines who'd been storming hills one minute before vanishing without a trace the next. A fair few of them would have turned up on the floor of Malick's editing suite. George Clooney was the most notable of the A-listers all but culled from the final cut, but he was in good company: Martin Sheen, Gary Oldman, Viggo Mortensen and a host of others didn't make the finished film. Those that did – Jim Caviezel's lovelorn soldier aside – didn't have a whole lot of screentime to show for it, but, as Malick would argue, such is the nature of war. We think some of them may still be out there.
Best line: "It's never necessary to tell me that you think I'm right. We'll just... assume it." (Lt. Col. Tall - Nick Nolte)
Movie: Harold And Kumar Go To White Castle (2004)
If there's one thing odder than seeing an actor play a twisted, sex-obsessed version of themselves, it's when they were once a precociously gifted 14 year-old doctor with a clipboard and a cherubic smile. Take a bow, then, Neil Patrick Harris. He takes against-type to a whole new level in stoner com Harold And Kumar. We're sure in real life he's a mild-mannered man, and we know for sure that he doesn't spend much time in strip clubs, which only makes the cameo sillier. It was so popular that he got another extended turn in the sequel, where he drives the boys across America in a shroom-fuelled, unicorn-plagued stupor. This gave him the chance to ask the immortal question: "What does the 'PH' stand for in NPH?" If you're wondering: it's "poon handler".
Best line: "The Doogie line always works on strippers."
Movie: Annie Hall (1977)
In an ideal world you'd be able to call expert witnesses for every trivial squabble you get into, thus squashing our adversaries with a giant helping of shut-the-hell-up. Alas, life doesn't work this way, even with ready access to Wikipedia. That is, unless you're in a Woody Allen movie. Witness this scene where Allen's neurotic New Yorker Alvy Singer argues with a fellow queuer, whose theories about media theorist Marshall McLuhan he disproves by producing... yup, Marshall McLuhan. No, we didn't know who he was either, but we still love that he just happened to be lurking behind a poster in that cinema lobby. Derr, winning.
Best line: "How you ever got to teach a course in anything is totally amazing."
Movie: Young Frankenstein (1974)
As Popeye Doyle, Gene Hackman was used to the odd undercover op but his appearance in Young Frankenstein - a blind man with eyebrows like rhododendron bushes - was taking things a step sillier in the costume department. His vignette parodied a scene in James Whale's Bride Of Frankenstein, but in Whales' version, there's much less comic play made of the lonely old man's clumsy attempts at hospitality when Frankenstein - sorry, Fronkensteen - comes knocking. Mel Brooks's interpretation has Hackman obliviously scolding him with soup before setting fire to him, and Hackman is clearly having a ball doing it.
Best line: "Wait. Where are you going? I was going to make espresso."
Movie: Desperado (1995)
Quentin Tarantino is a bit of a motormouth. He talks fast, he talks a lot, and he's a pretty engaging speaker to boot. Here, he launches into a lengthy anecdote about piss, which, judging by the look on Cheech Marin's face, is rapidly shaping up to be his last. It's got to be a good 'un then - with stakes that high, a cracker gag about plaice would probably have seen him drilled between the eyes - but he delivers in spades with a belligerently expressive gag-stroke-tirade. QT's finest moment in front of the camera.
Best line: "See those guys over there? I just bet them $500 a piece that I could piss on your bar, piss on your floor, piss on your phone, and piss on you, and not only would you not be mad about it, you'd be happy."
Movie: The Wedding Singer (1998)
Awkward wedding moments are two-a-penny in movies, but most of them pale into red-tinged insignificance alongside Steve Buscemi's cameo in The Wedding Singer. He's Dave Veltri, the angriest best man in cinema history, whose rage is fuelled by booze and daddy issues that would defeat Sigmund Freud himself. The result? A gleefully bitter speech that couldn't be more hysterically inappropriate if it had been delivered by Mr. Pink. Buscemi is a regular walk-in in Adam Sandler movies, mind, so look out for him in a full body cast in Grown-Ups. Actually, don't. That would mean watching it.
Best line*: "When my brother asked me to best man, I said, 'Of course, man, because you've always been there for me. Like when I was in rehab, or the time I couldn't find my car.'"


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ORLANDO, Fla. - A member of the Orlando Magic Stunt Team fell off a teammate's shoulders during Tuesday night's game at the Amway Center and came crashing to the hardwood floor, landing on her neck and head.
Jamie Woode was injured so severely that paramedics put a brace on her neck before taking her to the hospital in an ambulance.
"She just fell right on her neck. It was horrible seeing that," said Marina Elliot, a spectator at the game. "I hope she's OK."
The accident occurred between the first and second quarters of the Magic game against the New York Knicks, causing a delay. Woode appeared motionless for several minutes while sprawled out on the court, surrounded by paramedics.
"It was scary. She didn't get up a long time," said Megan Brown. "I was in dance. My friends were in cheer. I know how that is."
As the former University of Central Florida cheerleader was lifted onto a stretcher, fans cheered. Then, while Woode was being wheeled away, she waved her hands to the sold-out crowd at Amway center.
Woode is no stranger to injuries. In 2003, Woode broke a bone in her calf and yet went on to help UCF's cheerleading squad win its first-ever national championship.
After the Magic's 89-99 loss to the Knicks, Magic head coach Jacques Vaughn spoke about Woode before discussing basketball.
"I think our thoughts and prayers should be acknowledged for the young lady who fell," said Vaughn.
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The Labor and Employment Law Focus Area provides a range of courses dealing with the rights and obligations of employers and employees. The focus builds on the first-year Contracts and Torts classes, which lay the foundation for students' understanding of contractual agreements and civil (as contrasted with criminal) wrongs.
The focus has several purposes. One is to give students a substantial body of knowledge and skills in the broad area of labor and employment law so that they will excel as responsible and highly competent attorneys if they chose to practice in this area. Another purpose is to provide an integrated educational experience in which students can learn topically-related substantive law in addition to a specific group of related lawyering skills. Finally, the focus enables students to schedule and plan their upper-division curriculum in a coherent manner.
The Labor and Employment Law Focus Area is particularly well-suited for students planning to represent employees, unions, or corporations in the wide array of legal problems that arise in the workplace. For example, students may wish to represent corporate clients in private practice or as in-house corporate counsel, labor relations director, or employee-benefits specialists. Students may choose to represent employees who have suffered injuries resulting from such unlawful actions as discrimination, health and safety violations, privacy invasions, or wrongful discharge. Finally, students may wish to represent labor unions or other advocacy groups that, in turn, work on behalf of employees. As an illustration of the importance of this area of practice, each year a scholarship in the form of a cash grant is awarded by the Seattle-King County Bar Association to a Seattle University School of Law student who has shown distinction or promise in the field of labor and employment law.
Although the focus is designed to give the students a substantial body of knowledge and skills involving labor and employment law, it does not cover all the knowledge students may need to practice every sub-specialty. Depending on the particular type of labor and employment law a student chooses, she or he may need to take additional business courses or specialized tax courses; for example, students desiring to work in the area of pensions and employee benefits may want to take additional, specific courses on these topics.
To complete the focus, students are required to take two of the Tier-3 specialized courses, which involve specific common law and statutory regulations governing the workplace and the working relationship. The Tier-3 courses are as follows:
While students are not required to take all of the Tier-3 courses, the rest of the labor and employment courses build on these three subject areas. Students also choose several from among a number of elective courses in the focus. In at least one course, students have the opportunity to learn practical skills in courses in which they use their knowledge in live clinics, externships, simulated drafting courses, or mock exercises. In addition, students may take a number of related elective courses dealing with business transactions and dispute resolution systems.
There are a number of capstone courses in this focus, including Pensions and Employee Benefits, Disability Law, Education Law, Labor Law Public Sector, Workplace Health and Safety, and Advanced Topics in Labor and Employment Law. Not every capstone course is offered every year. Almost all have at least one prerequisite course, the purpose of which is to encourage a logical, organized progression of effective, comprehensive learning.
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|Employment Law
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|Bob Zech
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Plan the completion of your focus area with a focus area tracking form.
[Any tier-3 or skills courses that a student takes beyond those required may count toward meeting the focus area elective requirements.]
These courses are not part of the focus area, but are sufficiently related that students may wish to take one or more of these in conjunction with the focus:
The Labor and Employment Law Association provides opportunities for students interested in the area to learn more about the labor and employment law field, including current practice issues. It is also a way for students to meet judges and practitioners in the field. Each semester LELA sponsors several events open to the student body. For example, in recent years LELA has hosted Bill Gould (appointed by President Clinton to Chair the NLRB), Representative Steve Conway (co-chair, Commerce and Labor Committee, state legislature), and attorneys Kelby Fletcher, Juliet Jones, and Kimberly Meyers- to name a few. LELA organizes a panel of labor and employment practitioners or judges every year for the "Choices" career conference. LELA recently arranged a brown bag lunch at which two SU graduates who practice in the field discussed career opportunities and described "a day in the life." LELA helps publicize the Mary Ellen Krug Scholarship, a cash grant (usually $3,000) awarded to a student who's shown "promise or distinction in Labor and Employment law." LELA also sponsors the Labor and Employment Summer Clerkship Competition, which places the winner in a summer job and pays a stipend (usually $5,000). LELA sends student volunteers to help the local Bar Association with the Pacific Coast Labor and Employment Conference each spring, at which the students have the opportunity to meet and mingle with some 400 practitioners from the west coast states.
Externships are law-related placements outside the law school, where students receive academic credit for performing legal work for an agency or court under the supervision of an on-site supervising attorney or judge. A number of outstanding part-time externships are available in the labor and employment law field, including externships with the Labor & Industries Division of the Attorney General's Office, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the Employment Law Department of the Seattle City Attorney's Office, the Seattle Office of Civil Rights, the US Department of Labor (Seattle Solicitor's Office), the Unemployment Law Project, and the International Labor Organization (ILO) in Geneva, Switzerland, among others. Students interested in pursuing a labor and employment law related externship should visit the Externship Program TWEN site and meet with Professor Gillian Dutton, Externship Program Director.


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Six Appeal comes to SMWC
January 2nd, 2013 | SMWC
Swearing off instruments, Six Appeal uses a cappella singing to span decades of classic oldies, current chart toppers, and catchy original tunes. Six Appeal will share their distinctive style at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College on January 10, 2012, at 8 p.m., in the Cecilian Auditorium.
Featuring vocal dexterity and adventurous song selection, the group explores all genres with a far-reaching repertoire. Six Appeal utilizes a diverse variety of styles as they move effortlessly between pop, rock, jazz, hip hop and timeless classics. Its members boast over 70 combined years of musical training and experience. This vocal band will leave you questioning how they did it with only voices. In addition, Six Appeal has a passion for empowering young singers in their educational outreach program. What makes these Six stand out from the crowd? Their Appeal.
The Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College Student Activities Committee, a student organization that provides the campus with exciting and amazing entertainment, sponsored the performance. It is free and open to the public.
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Boy Scout Camp R.S Lyle
(by Graeme Gross)
You'll never quite feel the same after being at Boy Scout Camp R.S. Lyle. Impressive ceremonies, open program, patrol cooking, Scotch the Dog… The list goes on and on. Let me tell you about the time that I spent an entire week up at Lyle.
It started off with a five hour drive arriving at 11:00 at camp in Elcho, Wi. My tent had already been set up for me by one of the adults because I had arrived late. Up goes the cot, my sleeping bag and pillow, and my friend Jack and I crashed for the night.
7:00 wake-up and breakfast duties came along after everyone was up. After cleanup came morning program and a mad dash to the different stations. Where to go first? Because Camp Lyle features an open program, I could work on whatever I wanted!
I decided to buddy up with Brian, Will, and Jack who were already headed to the Eco-Con Area to work on the environmental science merit badge. After partially completing the badge, I decided to work on Swimming Merit Badge at the Lakefront with my friend Patrick. Liam (the counselor) started right away and I almost finished the badge.
Lunch came around and more duties were yet to come. Picking up food was not hard. Cleaning was. Throughout the week, reveille, charge, and Taps were commonly heard around camp, thanks to the bugler. (ME!) More badges were earned, more scouts moved up in rank, and I was usually around the waterfront teaching kids how to swim.
7 merit badges (highlights were orienteering, swimming, and Rifle Shooting.) , 2 awesome ceremonies, and 4 partially completed badges later, camp was over.
Other highlights were the date with "Suzy", skits at the firebowl, and friendly staff.
Wow! What an amazing campout!


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Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim Quick
From Mac Guides
- 3/25- Added comments on Marriage Skyrim style under the General Info section.
- 2/15- Added note about recharging magical items under the Enchanting section.
- 2/3- Reorganized and added some mods (2/3/12 label).
- 1/29- Added Wars in Skyrim Mod link in mod section, a mod that adds random fighting encounters in the game.
- 1/19- Added notes about platform (PC< Xbox, Playstation) and the use of Mods and Console Cheats. Mods and Console Commands are not available in game console versions of Skyrim.
- 1/17- Some revelations in this update: How to check Follower stats and upgrade them under Follower section. How to remove the "stolen" tag from items using the console.
- 1/16- Updated note about Followers dying in combat.
- 1/15- Better organized section regarding Class Leveling, Attributes, and Skill Perks under Class Leveling section.
- 1/14- Added several Mod links, enhanced environmental mods such as Enhanced Sky, Lush Grass & Tress that don't have an adverse impact on performance, a UI Mod, even a nude mod for those who need it (I don't) ;) Moved General Points/Politics section forward in the article.
- 1/8- Rewrote the Political/Religious Section, now called a primer. Added Merchant Location Link@ESWiki, firstname.lastname@example.com.
- 1/7- Added Plant link under Alchemy section. Added Handy Trainer Section under Class Development.
- 1/4/2012- Added link to My Skyrim Alchemy Documents available online for download and printing.- Hunt'n.
Elder Scrolls 5:Skyrim Quick & Dirty Guide- if you like Role Playing Games, this is too good of a game not to check out. This guide is quick, but there is a heck of a lot of material and it is a work in progress. Feel free to add to or send me a PM and I'll get your tip/link added. -Dave Peck (Huntn). See my Adventures in Skyrim Blog.
Note: The Title on this page should say Skyrim Quick & Dirty Guide. I've asked the moderator to fix...
Skyrim System Requirements
- Minimum requirements:
- Windows 7/Vista/XP PC (32 or 64 bit) *Processor: Dual Core 2.0GHz or equivalent processor *2GB System RAM *6GB free HDD Space *Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 512 MB of RAM *DirectX compatible sound card *Internet access for Steam activation
- Recommended requirements:
- Windows 7/Vista/XP PC (32 or 64 bit) *Processor: Quad-core Intel or AMD CPU *4GB System RAM *6GB free HDD space *DirectX 9.0c compatible NVIDIA or AMD ATI video card with 1GB of RAM (Nvidia *GeForce GTX 260 or higher; ATI Radeon 4890 or higher). *DirectX compatible sound card *Internet access for Steam activation
Play It On Your Mac!
To play this game on your Intel Mac, you'll need to purchase a copy of Windows (Windows, preferabley Windows 7) and then use Apple's Boot Camp to install windows on a separate partition on your Mac. Read about Boot Camp. For general info about gaming with Windows on your Mac see the MacRumors Guide: Windows Gaming on a Mac.
PC, Xbox, PlayStation?
Due to Mods and Console cheats, by far the preferred platform to play this game is on the PC version. As far as I know, Mods and Console Cheats are not available on the console editions of this game.
Important Terms
- Abilities- See Powers and Abilities.
- Books- See Class/Character Development.
- Buy a Home- See General Info.
- Dragon Mounds- See General Info & POI.
- Dragon Shouts- See Powers and Abilities.
- Favorites- See Combat.
- Followers- See Class/Character Development.
- Friendly Fire- See Followers under Class/Character Development.
- Guardian Stones- See Class/Character Development.
- Hot Key Spells- See Favorites Section.
- Rest Up!- See Class/Character Development.
- Rune Traps- See Magic Combat.
- Shadow Marks- Thief Section.
- Shrines- See General Info & POI.
- Skill Perks- See Class/Character Development.
- Soul Gems- See Enchanting
- Become a Thane- See Class/Character Development
- Wall Spells- See Magic Combat under Combat.
- Word Walls- See Dragon Shouts under Powers & Abilities.
Skyrim Misc Links
- My Skyrim Alchemy Documents A database of Skyrim Alchemy ingredients organized according to the Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, and Quaternary effects they produce. Available online for download and printing.- Hunt'n.
- Skyrim & Steam- Skyrim unfortunately installs and validates on Steam even if you buy a DVD version of the game. Some people love Steam. I am not a big fan because not only must you negotiate with Steam to run your games, once the game is registered to you, there is no opportunity to sell it if you don't like it.
- Prima Official Game Guide- This sucker weighs 3 pounds... Long on general game info including necessary class skills, class combat suggestions, Word Wall locations, extensive Atlas of Skyrim (showing primary, secondary, quest, shrines, etc locations), Dragon Language reference, in-depth dungeon and quest info. Short on specific how-tos and character sequential development/build suggestions. It includes a large map of Skyrim. If you like a book you can hold in your hands this is very good, but much of this info can be found online if you know where to look. Hopefully this MacRumors Guide will assist in that quest.
- Skyrim Guide on iTunes.
- The Elder Scrolls Wiki- lots of valuable info.
- Leveling Up @ESWiki.
- The Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages.
- Skyrim Walkthrough Net- Good info here.
- Skyrim Characters @ESWiki.
- Skyrim Graphics and Tweaks Guide- Info on how to hotkey favorites and make graphic tweaks to the game.
- Skyrim Tweaks @reddit.com/skyrim. (from JackAxe 11/14/11)
- How to Hotkey Items and Spells @reddit.com/skyrim.
- Skyrim Graphic Tweaks @ PC Gamer. (from Dagless 11/14/11)
- PC Gamer Best Mods So Far- 11/25/11. See Game Addons section in this article.
- Shrines Locations @UESP.
- Taking Screenshots in Skyrim.
- Skyrim Walkthrough Guides @gamersheroes.
- Followers guide @gameradar.
General Info, Politics & Points of Interest
- Skyrim Holds- regions of Skyrim.
- Skyrim Inns.
- What's the Rush?- You'll find that the Main Quest tries to push you along and take care of vital issues quickly as in "why are you still here? Get GOING!" Don't worry about it. Do what you want, when you want to. The main quest and everything in this game waits for you. :)
- Imperial Legion- If you want to fight for the Empire, join the Imperial Legion.
- Stormcloaks- If you are sick of the Empire, join the Stormcloaks.
- Thalmor- If you want more info about this group.
- Whiterun City The Battle-born Grey-Mane Feud- Quest: Missing in Action.
- The Civil War and Bounties If you've been a bad boy or girl, as the civil war continues, Holds will fall to one side or the other which may wipe out any bounty on your character.
- Worship a Shrine- Shrines Reference @UESP.
- Dragon Mounds @ ESWiki]- Alduin, The World Eater has returned and over the course of the Main Quest resurrects Dragons found in 22 Dragon Burial Mounds scattered around Skyrim.. You will find them in different stages Dormant, Deserted, Awakened, Resurrected.
Getting Married
- Marriage @ESWiki. Marriage @UESP.
- Yes, you can get married, just don't get too excited about the prospect. There is no such thing as courtship. Finding an available partner consists of wearing an "I'm Available", Amulet of Mara by completing a marriage related quest or by possibly finding this Amulet. Some perspective partners will require you to do them a favor. Others if you talk to them, notice the Amulet and are ready to get hitches on a moments notice. Afterwards, what you get is possibly a free house to live in (depending on the individual), a free meal, possibly some additional income (they give you money), and the benefit of of extra beneficial rest by sleeping in close proximity to them, although being able to sleep with them (lay in the same bed, no marital activities allowed) is a question to me. I tried marriage to one of the prettiest female characters in the game, was disappointed, and reverted to a previous save. Check out this blog entry if you want to read about it. I may eventually get married after the main quest is complete- Huntn.
- Fast Travel- Click anyplace on the map that you have visited and is marked white
Politics/Religion Primer
Don't Be An Ignoramus! ;) This section has become quite lengthy. The abbreviated version is this- In present day Skyrim, the Empire is allowing the Thalmor Elves to stamp out Talos worship in Skyrim although The Empire itself is ambivalent about the question: is Talos a God or just a man, and hypocritically they used to include Talos as the Ninth of the Nine Divines. The StormCloak rebellion is a group of Nords who control most of Eastern Skyrim and are fighting for Talos worship and are sick of Imperial policies. In the past, the Thalmor had a big war with the Imperials, but achieved a truce based on an agreement to stamp out Talos worship. They may also have designs on taking Skyrim and maybe more. If you don't want to read the rest of this jump to the "Decisions, Decisions" section. To make an informed decision, there is no need to commit to a side early in the game.
Understand Skyrim Religions
The 3 major religions in Skyrim are:
- Nine Divines- If you played Elderscrolls 4: Oblivion, remember the Nine Divines are the most important religious order in Cyrodiil. There are 6 gods and 3 goddesses. When you think Empire, think Nine Divines.
- Talos- Tiber Septim, a human hero who became a God, the ninth of the Nine Divines. So if you hear a Stormcloak talking about Talos, they are talking Nine Divines.
- Nordic Pantheon-Think Nordic Gods like ancient Greek Gods. See Pantheons link.
- Daedra- From Oblivion, you'll remember the Daedra as mostly nasty things that popped out of Oblivion Gates in Cryodiil. There are Daedra Priests and Priestesses who control the nastiness that enters the world from the Oblivion plane.
The Players
- The Thalmor and the Empire waged war during a time before modern day Skyrim known as the Great War. Both sides called for an end to the fighting under the condition the Empire ban all Talos worship, among other things, as conceded in the treaty known as the White-Gold Concordat. Consequently, No, It's Eight Divines is what you'll hear visiting an Imperial Church in Skyrim. To make the Thalmor happy, the official imperial line is that Tiber Septim was a hero and a good guy, but not a God. I don't know why the Thalmor have an issue with Talos Whorship other than they are Elf supremacists who probably resent the idea of a man being elevated to God status.
- The Markarth Incident During the Great War (described above) the Empire forgot about Skyrim. Breton bandits rose up and took over the city of Markarth, from those aligned with the Empire. Nords led by the Stormcloaks, agreed to take back Markarth, if they would be allowed to worship Talos in peace. After being kicked out of Markarth, the Breton's retired to the hills of The Reach, becoming the Foresworn However when the truce with the Thalmor was signed, the Empire went back on it's word to the Stormcloaks, banning Talos.
- The Stormcloak Rebellion, is the civil war between the Imperials and the Stormcloaks, who are Nords, followers of Talos, led by Ulfric Stormcloak, the Jarl of Windhelm, (who you meet at the very beginning of the game). They want to worship Talos and because of Imperial policies believe that Skyrim should no longer belong to the crumbling Empire. However Ulfric can appear to be an egotistical zealot and appears prejudiced against the elves and anyone not a Nord (see the Gray Quarter in Windhelm). Any distain of Ulfric must be tempered with the knowledge that "prejudice" in Human history was the norm, and has only been viewed recently as a negative. In earlier days of humanity, tribe mentality tends to be prejudicial.
Decisions, Decisions
- No Clean Choice'- I've read some historical links online and there does not appear to be a "good" or "bad" choice, just compromises. Overall the Imperials seem to have a stronger infrastructure. Although in Skyrim, the Stormcloaks appear to control more territory, but many of their towns are small villages.
- On one hand Imperials try to execute your character at the beginning of the game, have outlawed the worship of Talos, and begrudgingly welcomed the Thalmor, Elf supremacists who btw, will cheerfully carry out the death sentence for those caught worshipping Talos. It can be argued the Thalmor have designs on taking over the entire realm.
- On the other hand, The Stormcloaks are wreaking the Empire which could easily lead to a successful Thalmor invasion, although this is speculation. Although the Empire agreed to ban the worship of Talos, unofficially it is ambivalent about Eight or Nine Divines, and is not actively involved in stamping it out. That honor goes to the Thalmor.
- There is no need to commit to a side early- I'm not going to tell you what to do, but before you join anyone you should run some quests in Stormcloak territory and see how the Jarls strike you and then make a trip way over to Solitude and talk to the Imperial leadership. If you approach the game as an individual would, after coming close to being executed, you might say screw the Empire! However, the big picture conventional wisdom say that the Imperials are humanities best hope against the fascist Thalmori dominion, and if you ally yourself with the Stormcloaks you will only create a weaker Skyrim and a weaker Empire. So do you pick the underdogs, who by undermining the Empire maybe making things easy for the zealot, domineering Thalmor Elves or go with the Empire who are hypocrites for letting Talos worshippers hang out to dry? Lol! :)
- 3 Classes- Warrior, Mage, Thief.
- In Skyrim you don't have to be a pure anything but it makes sense to specialize in a primary area, warrior, magic, or thief.
- Character Class Starting Stats @ESWiki.
- Skyrim Races @ESWiki.
- Change Your Appearance/Race (added 11Dec11)- This YouTube video shows you how. In essence pull up the console (tilde key- left of No.1 key), type showracemenu, hit (tilde key) make selections, rename your character, confirm save. Important Note- As of now, it is possible to change your race, but if you do, your stats will be screwed up for the new race...
Class/Character Development
- Special Armor Location Guide
- Merchant Vendor Guide@ ESWiki; firstname.lastname@example.com.
- Need a Daedra Heart? Enthir sells Daedra Hearts at the College of Winterhold. Restocks shop every 48 hrs. (added by WhoGotTheChunk 12/22/11)
- Motto: Improve what you use. You can develop any skills you want, but it's best if you focus on primary and secondary class skills.
- Skill Improvement- Skills are improved as your character uses them. Not just wielding, but using them in combat. The more powerful weapons or spells used, the more quickly skills improve. I'm not sure about "Sneaking", it may improve only in combat areas or it may improve all the time you sneak around.
- Character Builds- @hubpages.com.
- Destruction Cloaks- are beneficial to any class involved in melee combat.
- Sneaking: Your character should be sneaking through every dungeon. See Skill Improvement list under Character Advancement.
- Become a Thane!
Character Leveling
- Character Leveling @UESP.
- Leveling Up @ESWiki.
- Leveling is a two part process When you level, you'll get a message that you leveled. Each time you level you can add 10 points to a single Attribute (Magicka, Health, Stamina) and a Skill Perk which usually is class related, but not necessarily. There is no advantage to not increasing your Attributes right away, however you are not required to add the Perk Point immediately. The ability to pick a Perk is based on based on skill points all ready required in that speciality. So in other words, as a Mage if you want to pick Destruction Dual Casting, you'd need to have 40 skill points all ready accrued in Destruction Magic. If you really want Destruction Dual Casting and you don't yet have 40 Skill point, you can hold off applying that Perk Point until you reach the threshold that allows you to get it. Skill points are accrued by using the Skill, Being Trained by a Trainer, and Reading a Book. Note that Combat based skills only go up when used in Combat, not practise.
Character Attributes
Each time you level up you can add 10 points to a single attribute: Magicka, Health, or Stamina.
- Health- The total damage the player can take before dying. Represented by a red bar at the bottom center of the screen. Regenerates 0.70% of your maximum Health each second both inside and outside combat.
- Magicka- The magical energy used to cast spells. Represented by a blue bar at the bottom left of the screen. Regenerates 3.00% of your maximum Magicka each second outside of combat and 0.99% inside combat.
- Stamina- The player's physical energy, used for sprinting and making power attacks (among other things). Represented by a green bar at the bottom right of the screen. Regenerates 5.00% of your maximum Stamina each second outside of combat and 1.75% inside combat.
Class Skill Perks
- Skill Constellations: In Elder Scrolls games, the stars effect characters' power and abilities. Skills are grouped and called "constellations". See: Skill Constellations-Combat Skills @Skyrim Walkthrough Net.
- Skyrim Skills Builder @IGN.com.
- SkyRim Perks- There are 251 perks in Skyrim. Players can choose one perk per level.
- Each time you level, a single Skill Perk can be chosen. Perks are skills (Skill Improvement, Magic, Tiered) that are grouped according to class, but you are not
The Warrior Constellation Skills
- Archery
- Block
- Heavy Armor
- One Handed
- Two Handed
- Black Smithing- See Crafting Section.
The Mage Constellation Skills
- Alchemy- Although many would consider it a Mage skill, it's located under Thief Skills.
- Alteration- manipulate the physical world, defensive & utility spells such as water breathing, paralysis, and telekinesis.
- Conjuration- Raise the dead, summon creatures, create powerful weapons.
- Destruction- Use fire, frost, and shock to destroy.
- Illusion- Affects the minds of the victims.
- Restoration- Heal and protect.
- Enchanting- Add special qualities to your gear. See Crafting Section.
- College of Winterhold Magic Trainers- Faralda (Destruction), Phinis Gestor (Conjurgation), Tolfidir (Alteration), Colette Marence (Restoration).
Mage Class Links and Guides
- Focus the Oculory part of Revealing The Unseen.
- Atronach Forge- located at The College of Winterhold.
- Illusion Spells/Purchase
- Destruction Spells/Purchase
- The College of Winterhold @ESWiki- join up here!
- Mage Guide @gamingreality.
- How to Learn Spells and Play Mage @segment.next.
- Creating an Unlimited Mana Pool @ Skyrim Mage Guide.
-Find an item that 'reduces the mana cost of destruction spells.' -Disenchant to learn the "Fortify destruction" spell. -Get your enchanting skill up into the 40+ range. -Get enchanting perks that make it 20/40/60/80/100 more effective. -Get the 'insightful' 'corpus' and 'extra effect' perks as you can. -Get your hands on 3 Grand soul gems with Grand souls. -Get your hands on a ring, necklace, and circlet you like. -Apply the 'fortify destruction' enchant to all three, and equip them.
The Thief Constellation Skills
- Light Armor
- Lockpicking
- Pickpocket
- Sneak
- Speech
- Alchemy- potions and poisons. Forage for ingredients, learn effects, and combine for new effects. See Crafting Section.
Thief Info
- Selling to a Fence- Locations where stolen items can be sold.
- Shadowmarks@ UESP- Marks/glyphs that provide info about targets that Thiefs may want to rob.
- Shadow Marks Glossary- @Freefrag.com.
Reading Books
- Read Books, Gain Skills- There are 90 Skill Book Titles, 5 Books for each skill allowing you to raise each skill by 5 points just by reading. There are duplicate titles scattered around the realm. Credit is only given the first time a book is read.
- Book Reading Strategy- It is suggested that you hold off reading books until higher skill levels when skills are much more expensive. However, the dilemma is that before you pick up a book, you don't know it's name and you get credit for reading it as soon as it is picked up. The only way to employ this strategy is to look for a guide telling you where books are and get them at the higher levels.
- Book Locations- @ESWiki.
- Skill book Location Guide- @gaming reality.
- Skill book Locations @gamefront.
Guardian Stones
- Guardian Stones- @ESWiki. Also known as Standing Stones improve the stats of your character until another stone is chosen. Guardian Stones @ UESP. Guardian Stones @gamefront. There are stones that improve your class skills like the Mage Stone, 20% faster vs the Lovers Stone that improve all skills 15% faster.
Rest Up!
- Being rested has it's benefits in real life as in this game.
- Rested: Sleep in any bed skills Improve 5% faster for 8 hours.
- Well Rested: Sleep in Bed you own or rent, skills Improve 10% faster for 8 hours.
- Lovers Comfort: Sleep in same location as your Spouse, skills Improve 15% faster for 8 hours.
- Character Skills and Trainer Names @ESWiki.
- Trainer Names/Locations
- Journeyman Trainer- trains up to skill level 50.
- Expert Trainer- trains up to skill level 75
- Master Trainer- trains up to skill level 90
- Earn your way to skill level 100.
Handy Trainers
- Alchemy- Whiterun, Arcadia at Arcadia's Culdron.
- Archery- Whiterun, Companions, Aela Huntress
- Block- Whiterun, Companions, Njada Stoneam
- Conjuration- Winterhold, Phinis Gestor.
- Destruction- Winterhold College, Faralda.
- Destruction- Solitude, Blue Place Mage, Sybille Stentor.
- Enchant- Winterhold, College Sergius, Turrianus
- Speech- Dawnstar outskirts South, Dro'marash.
- TwoHanded Combat- Whiterun, Companions Vilkas.
- Character Skills and Trainer Names @ESWiki.
- This may be readily apparent to some players but before starting any crafting experimentation, save the game. It what you try has negative results start over by reloading your last save. Yeah, technically it's cheating. :)
- Where The Heck is Spellcrafting? It's not included in Skyrim. (It was in Oblivion.)
- Technically these are considered skills, but I decided to pluck them out and place in their own section.
- Any character/class can delve into any crafting they want to. However it makes sense to focus on what helps your class abilities the most.
- Starter Crafting Guide @gamersheroes.
- [1]Skyrim Crafting Guide] @ segmentnext.
- Show Me The Plants!- Good plant reference @ ESWiki.
*See My Skyrim Alchemy Documents organized where the primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary items for a desired potion are all lumped together. This comes in most handy when you want to create a health potion and are wondering what needs to be gathered. Take a look and see it if fits your needs. - Hunt'n. (1/4/12)
- Alchemy @ESWiki.
- Items have up to 4 properties which will be unknown as a Alchemy novice.
- [http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Ingredients Alchemy Ingredients- Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, Quaternary Effects.
- Alchemy Lab Locations @ESWiki.
- Alchemy Potions @ESWiki.
- Alchemy Trainers
- Collect everything you can, virtually everything, even if you would not think it has a value, may alchemy value, things like rat tails or a giant's toe.
- Discover Ingredient Properties Option 1: Taste them (no s***) by opening your inventory page and clicking on the item to be tasted. This will reveal it's first property, something like magic or health restoration, or poison such as "damage health". However eating destroys on of the items in your inventory and I guess you need not worry about poisoning yourself. ;) Option 2: Experimentally mix at a Alchemy Lab and see what you get. Option 3: Refer to a list of Alchemy Potions.
Black Smithing
- Smelting Locations @UESP -turn ore into ingots.
- See the note on this Wiki Perks page regarding Dragon Armor vs Daedric Smithing. I don't understand it at this point until I see it in the game.- Hunt'n.
- Clarification from Erasmus (12/11/11) about Daedric vs Dragon Armor: The Daedric vs Dragon Armor note is wrong. Smithing splits in two strands, one for light armor, the other for heavy. They then meet at Dragon armor to make a circle. The note should say that it is impossible to follow one side of the circle up to Dragon armor, and then continue down the circle from the top on the other side. ie, it is impossible to choose all the light armor smithing perks, then Dragon, and then choose Daedric heavy armor. If you want to smith heavy Daedric armor, you have to choose dwarven, orcish and ebony heavy armor smithing first.
Blacksmith Related Locations
- Special Armor Location Guide
- Merchant Vendor Guide.
- Skyrim Mine Locations @UESP.
- Embershard Mine- Iron. Between Helgen and Riverwood.
- Halted Stream Camp- Iron. Located NW of Whiterun.
- Recharging Magical Items- Enchanted items don't stay enchanted forever. It took a soul energy (a filled soul gem) to charge them but with use, they eventually loose their charge. To recharge them, open in your inventory and select T- Recharge. You need to have a filled Soul Gem to do this.
- Enchanting- Adding magical properties to weapons and armor which can make attacks stronger, enemies weaker, or enhance magical abilities.
- Enchanting @ESWiki.
- Enchanting @UESP.
- Soul Gems @ESWiki.
- Types of Soul Gems @UESP.
Merchants- Where to Sell Your Loot
- Merchants of Skyrim.
- In Skyrim, merchants won't buy everything you carry. A potions vendor will not buy your weapons or armor. You'll have to remember who buys what. Also some vendors have very limited funds. This can making selling your items a big pain in the ass.
- Potions- Whiterun @ Arcadias Cauldron will buy your potions.
- Jems/Weapons- Solitude @ Bits and Pieces. Whiterun @ Belethor's General Goods.
- Armor & Weapons- Solitude @ Blacksmith (by entrance to Fort, inside the town). Whiterun @ Warmaidens, and from Eorlund Gray-Mane @ the Skyforge forge (East side of town).
Followers- Want Company Questing?
- 'Types of Followers- Hireling, Housecarls, Guildmates, Quest or Dungeon Follower, Favor Follower, Dog.
- Follower Info @ UESP.net.
- Follower Stats @UESP.net.
- Follower Console Commands are located in the Cheat/Console Action section.
- Turn your Follower into a Pack Mule- in Cheat Section.
Follower Got Whimpy On You?
- Part 1- Check Follower Stats- (Source) Pull up the Console (~). Click on the Follower. The Follower's ID should appear on the screen. In the Console type "getavinfo <actor value>" (without quotes). This will give you a readout of the Follower's stats. Examples of what values to check would be "getavinfo health" or "getavinfo stamina". To check other values, here is a UESP.net Actor Values Chart.
- Part 2- Update Follower Stats When a Follower is picked up early in the game, the idea is that as you gain xp, so do they. Not quite. I'm not an expert on the mechanics within the game, but they will lag in stats as compared to you. If you have become attached to a follower and wish to continue to use him or her after he or she has become obsolete, you can upgrade them! Using this method, my current Follower, Lydia started with a Stamina of 74 and Health of 181. After completion of the procedure, her Stamina jumped to 114, and her Health to 321. See this UESP.net Follower Stats article. A warning! This method strips the Follower of any items you have given them! Strip them of all upgraded items, then follow the procedure, unless you don't care about losing them. The Procedure: Update his or her stats by dismissing the companion, then opening the console, clicking the Follower in question (the Follower's ID will appear on the screen), typing "disable" and then typing "enable" without the quotation marks, closing the console, then ask them to rejoin. His or her stats will all be updated to match the player's current level.- Hunt'n 1/17/12.
- Follower Max Stats- a Google Docs document.
*Followers guide @gameradar.
- Followers are individuals and animals who are willing to adventure with you. As a rule you can only have one human and one dog at a time although for some quests you can gain additional quest related followers. During a fight, once their health runs out they will collapse, but should not die.
- Friendly Fire- YES you can kill followers permanently by accidentally hitting them with your sword or with a spell. And if you piss them off they will attack you! I received some practice flame cloaks from an apprentice at the Mage College. When set off they surround you with flame and catch all those around you on fire. I did this, caught my Follower on fire and he attacked me! ( I am not aware of a way to turn off Friendly fire in Skyrim- Huntn)
Another example: Have you noticed that when your follower is overwhelmed in combat, they fall to the ground, "yield", and survive? I've confirmed that if you accidentally hit your follower with a harmful spell or shout, they may/will die. Maybe not at your hand, but after you hit them and then they are overwhelmed by a mob. I've got the lowest level of Marked For Death, a Dragon Shout. My shout hit both the target and my follower, Lydia who was closely engaged. After the fight, I found her dead. This (accidentally hitting my follower) has happened several times so it is no coincidence. There are two options, revert to a save or use the console to revive the follower. My guess that if they console revival is used, they will lose any of the gear you have given them to hold/use (unconfirmed). I usually revert to an earlier save.
- Giving Orders- Through interaction with followers, you can tell what to do. Orders such as Wait/Follow. You can move your cursor onto an item you want your Follower to use, take, attack, or steal, then activate command. (Not sure of exact mechanics).
- Follower Give and Take- In Skyrim you open a dialog with your follower. One of the choices will be something along the lines of "give me". However when the exchange window opens, you have the option of taking items from your companion's inventory or you can scroll down to your character, highlight an item and click the "give" button. I've not yet found out how you can make your companion equip an item you have given them...
- Lost Lydia, Tips For How To Get Her Back.
- Game Difficulty- Can be changed at any time even during combat, Systems>Settings>Gameplay.
- Traps That Kill You.
- Setting Up Favorites- Are assigned so that favorite spells, weapons, configurations can be called up quickly during combat. When looking at items in the Inventory (I key) screen or magic/powers/shouts in the powers (P key) screen, you can click the F key to favorite/unfavorite them. Back in the game, the Q key will bring up a list of your favorites.
- Hotkey Favorites- To assign number keys to favorites hover the cursor over the items/spells in the favorites list and assign press a number key to assign the number to that particular favorite. (contributed by deadwulfe Dec2011).
- Using Favorite in Specifc Hand? By default favorites are hotkeyed to the left hand. In order to assign an object to your right hand, you must press Shift + number key. Skyrim Graphics and Tweaks Guide
Magic Combat
- AOE Spells- Area Effect Spells don't hurt you, but will hurt any ally's helping you. The exception is if you use a spell that matches a conjured Atronach such as using a frost area spell when a Frost Atronach is helping you.
- Atronach Combat Wisdom Need a ranged capable buddy? Call a Flame Atronach. Need a melee friend? Call a Frost Atronach.
- Rune Traps- When destruction spells are cast upon the ground they act like triggered traps.
- Wall Spells'- Expert level spells that create a wall of flames, frost, or storms.
- Defensive Spells- Be ready with Ward Spells against casters (Mages) and Flesh Spells against melee enemies.
Melee Combat
- Power Attacks- Hold Attack Key until it builds and releases to execute an extra powerful attack. Use to break an enemy's block. Side step Power Attack coming from enemy.
- Shield Skills- Blocks- Learn to time Blocks to counter mob attacks. Bash- If you see a power attack coming, use Bash to disrupt. If enemy is staggered, quick attacks are most effective. Note: Bash is a learned Skill Perk.
Ranged Combat
- Archery- If shooting a bow, and enemy approaches, he/she/it can be bashed with it before switching out to another weapon. Archery Perks add to Archery effectiveness.
- Fighting a Dragon? Even though you are specializing in melee combat, it is useful to have a bow and arrows.
- 1000+ Damage Bow @inentertainment.co.uk.
Powers & Abilities
Misc Powers
- More info on these to be posted.
- Racial Powers- See Race builds.
- Vampire Powers- See Disease Section.
- Werewolf Powers- See Disease Section.
- Nightingale Powers.
- Dark Brotherhood Power.
- Standing Stone Powers- See Guardian Stones above.
- Abilities- Rewards offered for completing specific quests. Different than Skill Perks.
- Agent Of Dibella 10% more Melee Damage to the opposite sex. Temple Quest: The Heart of Dibella
- Agent Of Mara- 15% Resist Magic. Temple Quest: The Book of Love
- Ancient Knowledge- Adds 25% armor if wearing all Dwarven armor. Your Smithing skill increases 15% faster. Side Quest: Unfathomable Depths
- Archmage's Authority- Better prices from members of the College: 50% Enthir, 10% others. College Of Winterhold Quest: The Eye of Magnus
- Assassin's Aegis- Adds 25% armor if wearing all Dark Brotherhood armor. Dark Brotherhood Quest: Sanctuary
- Dragon Infusion- You take 25% less Melee Damage from Dragons. Blades Quest: Dragon Research
- Eternal Spirit- While Ethereal, you recover health 25% faster. Greybeard Quest: Meditations On The Words Of Power
- Force Without Effort- You stagger 25% less and foes stagger 25% more. Greybeard Quest: Meditations On The Words Of Power
- Gift Of The Gab Your Speech skill increases 15% faster. Bards College Quest: Tending The Flames
- Nightingale's Aegis- Adds 25% armor if wearing all Nightingale Armor. Thieves Guild Quest: Trinity Restored
- Prowler's Profit- Chance of finding additional gems in chests. Thieves Guild Quest: No Stone Unturned
- Sailor's Repose- Healing spells restore 10% more health. Dungeon Quest: What Lies Beneath
- Sinderion's Serendipity- When you make a potion, you have a 25% chance of creating a second, duplicate potion. Side Quest: A Return To Your Roots
- The Fire Within- Your Fire Breath Shout deals 25% more damage. Greybeard Quest: Meditations On The Words Of Power
Dragon Shouts
- Dragon Shouts- @ ESWiki. Used by all Classes. Uses words of power, words from the ancient dragon language that are found and learned from Word Walls located throughout the realm. There are 20 shouts which give the shouter the ability to project three levels of power depending on how many of the 3 associated words are learned. A few shouts are taught during the main quest. The kicker is that after each word is learned, it can't be used as a shout until it is unlocked by slaying a dragon and capturing it's soul. Dragon Shouts @UESP. This 18 min YouTube Video shows were all of the Word Walls are located.
- Worldz Walls, Shouts and Power Overview- @gametechguide.
- 3 Levels of Shouts- depends on how many of the 3 words for a shout are learned. Tap button for 1st level. Briefly hold button for 2nd level. Hold button for 3rd level.
Factions & Quests!
- Popular Factions- Companions, Stormcloaks, Legion, Blades, and more (I think).
- Skyrim Quests.
- Companions and Their Quests.
- The Life and Death of Lydia (11/21/11) @rockpapershotgun.com.
- Dragon Mounds @ ESWiki]- Alduin, The World Eater has returned and over the course of the Main Quest resurrects Dragons found in 22 Dragon Burial Mounds scattered around Skyrim.. You will find them in different stages Dormant, Deserted, Awakened, Resurrected.
- [2]Companion Quests]- On your way to Whiterun during the Before the Storm quest, you'll see a giant and some people fighting. Help out and you'll get some information about joining the Companions.
Buy a Home
- Speak to local Jarl, complete quests or favors until you gain their trust. Then you'll be able to buy a house.
- Benefits: Base of operations, storage, crafting stations. If married, you can sleep with your wife on a regular basis and receive Lover's Comfort, the highest form of rest benefit (See Rest Up! under Character Advancement). And if you are the Thane of a Hold your Hosecarl will be at your house eager to help you.
- Whiterun (Whiterun Hold): Breezehome $5000.
- Riften (The Rift): Honeyside $8000.
- Markarth (The Reach): Vlindrel Hall $8000.
- Windhelm (Eastmarch): Hjerim $12000. Complete first part of side quest: Blood on the Ice.
- Solitude (Haafingar Hold): Proudspire Manor $25000.
Loot Locations
- This section underdeveloped. I'll be putting some links here in the near future.- Hunt'n.
- Eleven Armor of Alteration- Ironbind Barrow.
- Moonstone Ore- located across road up hill from NightGate Inn.
- Snowberries- almost anywhere there is snow.
- Two Handed Combat Book- Ironblind Barrow.
Geographic Location
- This section underdeveloped. I'll be putting some links here in the near future.- Hunt'n.
- Tumblearch Pass- North of Whiterun for heading North.
- Wayward Pass- Good way over Mountains by Nightgate Inn up to vicinity of Winterhold.
Crimes & Punishment
- Bounties & Crimes- The Bounty for any Crime committed by one of your Followers is automatically assigned to your character.
- Punishment- Pay fine, or agree to jail time, resist arrest (by backing out of a guard conversation), persuade/bribe guard, try to escape or invoke Thane's Privilege if you have Thane's Task (and are the Thane of a City/Hold)!
Loot Storage
- Bethesda has made a point of telling players that leaving loot in places other than your own house is risky. This is unverified. In the previous game, Oblivion, you could leave items on the street corner and they would always remain.
- For purchase, the house in Whiterun is the cheapest. As reported online, a player had good luck storing loot in 3 wardrobes in the "room" that they give you at the College of Winterhold, and also in the small chest next to "your" bed in the Companion's Hall. If you belong to either of those factions you may want to experiment with the storage containers by placing some things in them that you don't care about (like some cheap armor or books or whatever), and see if they stay long enough for you to trust the containers.
Own a Horse
- Horses@ESWiki- can only run as fast/sprint as you can, but, they are not encumbered by weight and have more stamina than the player.
- They take you places but are liabilities in that they are frequently attacked and can die. At 10% health they drop you and try to flee. All horses except for two special horses listed below can be repurchased at the appropriate stable. When special horses die, they are gone unless you revert to an earlier save.
- Shadowmere is a special horse obrtained as a result of the The Purification Quest. . See how to get it in this YouTube Video.
- Frost is a special horse obtained as a result of the completing the Promises to Keep Quest.
Diseases, Vampirism, & Lycanthropy
- When fighting deceased/undead enemies, through contact there is always a chance you'll contract some nasty bug. Tip No.2: When everyone tells you how sick you look, check your Magic>Active effects.
- Detecting Disease- Click on your Magic Tab>Active Effects after each fight you have to see if you have acquired one.
- Cure Disease- Drink a Cure Disease Potion, found, purchased, or created, or visit a shrine for a blessing.
- Vampirism is a special class of disease contracted through contact with Vampires. Several dungeons in Skyrim are inhabited by vamps.
- Vampirism @ESWiki.
- Vampirism @UESP
- Vampirism Initial Infection: After you fight any diseased creature, in fact after every fight, check your Active Effects List. There could be a variety of diseases evident. Sanguinare Vampiris is the Vampire infection. If you see this drop everything and drink a Cure Poison potion or visit a Shrine for healing. Approaching twilight, you'll get a message: "You feel a strange thirst as the sun sets". The next morning you'll get the message: "You feel weaker as the Sun rises.
- After 3 DAYS: You become a vampire and have two choices to cure yourself:
1.Visit a mage named Falion in Morthal the Hold Capital of Hjaalmarch and complete the sidequest: Rising at Dawn. 2. Become a werewolf.
If you allow yourself to contract Vampirism a second time, the quest must be repeated.
Werewolf? THERE WOLF!
- Selecting Beast Form as favorite This seems unnecessarily confusing. Look under Magic Tab, Powers and select Beast Form as a favorite (highlight and click, puts a favorite mark by it). Then back in the game, in the Quick Select List (Q), highlight it and click it with your left mouse. Now when you hit the same button as you do for Dragon Shouts (Z), you'll turn into a Beast. Assigning a number to quick select this power does not work for me.
- Become a Werewolf- There are two ways to contract Lycanthropy, either by being attacked by a werewolf or as part of the blood ritual included in The Companions Quest:The Silver Hand.
- Werewolf Advantage- You can be a bad-ass once per day, at your choosing and kick butt for 2.5 minutes., unless you have the Ring of Hircine, then it's unlimited.
- Werewolf Disadvantages- You can't loot corpses you've slayed. This could be an annoyance if the person was carrying a needed key, however wait an hour or two and it'll wear off. You can't equip any weapons or spells, shouts or powers, nor look at your inventory. You can't speak to companions and if anyone sees you turn into a werewolf it is a major crime resulting in a 1000 gold fine. You can't get the well rested perk from sleeping in a bed.
- Lycanthropy Cure: At the end of the Companions Quest line, a Radiant Quest: Purity becomes available to cleanse yourself.
Game Mods/Addons
Only apply to the PC version of Skyrim!
Appearance/Environmental Mods
- Cover Women- Skyrims Beautiful People mod but only for women. Endorsed by Huntn! ;)
- Enhanced Night Sky- All I can say is wow! Endorsed by Huntn! 1/14/12.
- Lush Grass- Grass looks better. See link for example. Endorsed by Huntn! 1/14/12.
- Lush Trees- Makes trees look better. Endorsed by Huntn! 1/14/12.
- Realistic Water- Makes water prettier. Endorsed by Huntn! 1/14/12.
- Glowing Ore. 12/4/11.
- A Quality World Map with Roads- This has been one of my big complaints. I'll be sure to get this mod.- Hunt'n. 2/3/12.
- Skyrim HD-2K Textures. 2/3/12.
- Skyrim After Dark- Adults only nude mod. Watch out when mixing this with the CBBE mods below. There could be conflicts.
- Calientes Female Body Mod-CBBE- Adult nude mod which can be used by itself or with Bikini Mod below. 2/3/12.
- CBBE Dovahkiin Edition- Bikini Underwear- Should be used with Calientes Female Body Mod-CBBE. 2/3/12.
Gameplay/Inventory Enhancements
- Arrowsmith- create arrows in batches of 50.
- Skyrim Enhanced Weapons- My question is how powerful are they and where are they found? 1/14/12.
- Lockpick Pro.
- Vals Crafting Meltdown Alpha allows you to melt down items found into their basic ingredients. (from jneb802 11/27/11).
- QD Inventory- This modification alters the inventory interface to be displayed as a table instead of the usual left-side bar design, which depending on your opinion improves the usability. Extract this folder into your Skyrim/Data/Interface/Inventory components to install. Make sure to create a backup folder containing the interface folder you'll be replacing...
- SkyUI- Skyrim Interface Enhancer. SkyUI is mod that aims to improve Skyrim's User Interface by making it easier to use with mouse and keyboard, less wasteful of available screen space and nicer to look at. (Not endorsed cause have not used).
- Wars in Skyrim IV- Sets up increased more intense random encounters in Skyrim!
- " Categorized Favorites Menu- Combined with SkyUI the interface is so much better. 2/3/12.
Installing Mods
- The typical way to install a mod is to first go to a site like Curse.com and download the desired mod. Find your Steam folder which is normally installed on the C drive (unless you put it someplace else). Try Program>Files>Steam>steamapps>common>skyrim>Data.
- Download the mod and unzip it (if necessary). They can consist of texture files, .esp files, .swf files, or other I've-not-yet-seen files. These files are placed into your Skyrim Data Folder. Most mods include Readme files which will tell you where mod components should be placed. The following are general rules which could have exceptions.
- If it is an .esp file, this is placed in the top level of the Data folder.
- If the mod consists of only texture modifications, it should have a texture folder you place in the Data folder. Before you start adding mods there will be a large skyrim-textures.bsa file in the Data folder, but there will not be a Texture folder, nor a Meshes folder, and maybe other folders that won't be there until you install a Mod that uses them. All Mods that include Texture files will go into the same Texture folder, but beware that using different texture Mods that do the same thing, alter say faces, could mess up the mod previously installed. Again read the readme file.
- If the mod is a .swf file, it might also include a .txt file, of which both go into the Data>Interface folder. The Interface folder will be there before you start adding Mod content to it.
- Activate .ESP Mod- The normal way to activate an Addon is to launch Skyrim and select "Data" off the top menu. If you have installed your addon correctly, its name should appear and is activated by putting a checkmark by the name and clicking "ok". Texture Mods do not have to be activated. Mods that include .esp files must be activated. I'm not sure about Mods that use .swf files. Check it out!
- Alternate Mod Activation- The alternate way to activate a mod is to navigate to C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData\Local\Skyrim\Plugins.txt. Open this file (Plugins.txt) with a text editor. In Windows just right click and selecting "open" should work. If the addon consists of an .esp file, add a new line with the name of the plugin. If you have no addons currently added it would just say "Skyrim.esm" (no quotes). If you installed something like the Arrowsmith.esp addon (ESP file), you'd create a new line and add "Arrowsmith.esp" (no quotes), then save and close the file. I'm not sure if this step is required when activating a mod that uses .swf files in the Interface folder. Maybe, maybe not. As always if you are worried about modifying any file, make a back up copy of it before you start editing. For people using Cider on a Mac this route is not available.
Cheats/Console Action
- Only apply to the PC version of Skyrim!
- The Console is the in-game way to change variables while playing Skyrim. It is pulled up by typing the tilde key (~). A dark screen space will open up at the bottom of the screen. Commands are typed in to change a multitude of character attributes- possessions, skills, etc, quest progress, relocating missing companions, and more. When finished with your CHEATING, exit The Console by typing the tilde key again.
- Console Command @ESWiki.
- PCGamer Console Commands.
- Console Commands@UESP.
- Console Item Codes @ ESWiki.
- Console NPC Codes.
- I'm still looking for a list of Important NPC Codes.- Huntn 12/24/11. Lydia is 00A2C94.
- Lockpick Pro- a game mod shows you where a lock's sweet spot is.
- Power Leveling? @justforgamer.
- Remove Stolen Tag from Items [http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Console
Source: UESP.Net Console Article] This has been added to the cheat section because, no doubt it is a cheat. However there is an in-game glitch where items that I have purchased and given to my follower to hold, or items I have removed from others after defeating them in combat sometimes are labeled as stolen. I'm not sure exactly what the mechanism is, but I know I am not steeling items. So if you are a cheater or a victim, here is how you remove the "Stolen" tag from gear. Simply drop the item on the ground, open the console (~), click on the item (its ID should appear onscreen), and type the command "setownership" (no quotes). It can be difficult to select certain items. You might have to toggle off the console (~), and change the camera angle. If the displayed ID code does not begin with "ff", you have not selected an item, but rather an object in the world (ground texture, light, container, etc.).- Hunt'n 1/17/12.
Follower Cheats
- Make Your Follower a Pack Mule- Normally if you trade items with your companion npc through the dialog tree, they will appear grayed-out in your inventory when the item's weight is beyond their carrying capacity. However, if you drop the item(s) on the ground, open a dialog with your companion (E), and from the list select, pick- "I need you to...". Your companion will ask you what? Put your cursor on the item you dropped and it should show (E-Take Item). When you hit (E) and it works, your companion will say "got it." You can do this multiple times. In this manner they can carry over their capacity and won't be slowed down. (by solMac 12/16/11) Update 12/28/11- You should retrieve any item/loot you have given a follower to carry, before you dismiss them. Word has it that they may even lose valuable armor you have given them to wear!
- Revive a Companion Thread- @reddit.com.
- How I Lost Lydia And Got Her Back- I was headed up to High Hrothgar, jumped down from a ledge, crossed a river and Lydia was gone. I expected she would catch up to me but she never did. After I reached High Hrothgar, I assumed she was not dead so I opened The Console by typing tilde (~), then typed in "player.moveto 000A2C94" (no quotes, 000A2C94 is Lydia's game code) to move me to her location. (Exit The Console by typing in tilde a second time). I found her overlooking a scenic view on the way up to High Hrothgar. With her by my side, I opened the Map and Fast Traveled back to my original location. Look in the Cheat Section (above) for instructions on how to pull up the game console and several handy Console command links. My understanding is that if she or any companion dies, it is possible to resurrect them via the Console, but I have not tried this.- Hunt'n (12/12)
- Bring Follower to You- For a separated companion here is how to bring Lydia to you: Bring Follower to You- Open the Console by typing tilde (~). Type "Prid Companion ID" <Return> (don't type quotes) then type in "moveto player" <Return>- So for Lydia, the command is "Prid 000A2C94" <Return>, "moveto player". <Return> (NO QUOTES!). Close the Console with ~. -Hunt'n (12/12).
- Move Player to Companion- Open The Console by typing tilde (~), then type in "player.moveto 000A2C94" (no quotes, 000A2C94 is Lydia's game code) to move me to her location. Exit The Console by typing in tilde a second time. Other companions require a different ID code which I am still looking for.- Huntn (12/27/11).
- Find Follower Ref IDs- To use Console commands to fetch your favorite Follower, you have to know their ID, an 8 digit code used in the game to identify them. Go to this UESP Follower Link- On this page there are a compilation of Followers. Click on an individual Follower to go to their individual page which should list their Ref ID code.
Game, Graphic Tweaks/Control Adjustments
- Can't Sleep but want to Wait?- Hit the T button.
All About Game Saves
- Backup Your Saves- After you've spent a hundred hours or so how would you like to see it all go up in smoke? Backup your Skyrim saves. Find them here: Documents > My Games > Skyrim > Saves. Do it!
- Custom Save File Names- By default when you save your game it will give you a time and location, but no details. If you want to have a more descriptive Game Save Name, use the Console! Open the Console by typing tilde (~), type in save <game name> without <>, then close the Console with tilde.
- A New Character and Saves- There is only one Game Save folder for Skyrim. If you create a new character, you'll be able to differentiate Game saves because they are differentiated with your Character Name, Location, and Time Stamp.
Screenshots in Skyrim
- Taking Screenshot How To @juice.hubpages.com- excellent advice.
- Fraps- Fraps is the best 3rd party screenshot solution IMO because it also provides a frames-per-second readout. Its screenshots end up in the Fraps directory. There is an upgrade option, but for these basics all you need is the free version.
- With a PC Keyboard use the PrtScr button (top right) to store screenshots in the games directory, Steam\steamapps\common\skyrim\ folder.
- Take Screenshot with Steam hit F12, a noise and message will appear saying screenshot taken. When you close the game, Steam will offer to manage your screenshot. One of the options is to show the location on your hard drive.
- Find Your Screenshots in Steam- For the screenshots I took with Steam, when Steam is open, navigate to the Library game list, right click on Elder Scrolls V:Skyrim, and select "view screenshots". In the new window that pops up you should see your screenshots. At that point I choose, "Show on Disk" and a new window opens up with the screens in it. You may find that manually navigatint to this folder can be a chore. I found them in this driectory: Programs>Steam>Userdata>10631344 folder (8 digit no.)>760 folder (3 digit no.)> remote folder>72850 folder (5 digit no.)>screenshots.
- Remove Hud Before Taking Screenshot- If you time it right, you can freeze the action where you want by hitting the tilde (~) key. This opens the in-game console and freezes the game. Type tm (toggle menu) to remove the game's HUD. If you feel the need, type tfc to free the camera. Adjust the camera, then take your screen shot, in Steam (F12) or if using Fraps, whatever key you have designated. If necessary restore the HUD and lock the camera, then press tilde key second time to exit The Console. Note: when the HUD is turned off, the consol screen is hidden. You just have remember to type tm again to restore the HUD, then tilde (~) a second time to get out of The Console. If for some reason you have exited The Console with the HUD turned off, you are not going to see The Console screen when it is pulled up. The only indication is that the action will stop until you restore the HUD.
- Taking Action Screenshots- (from juice.hubpages link above). Freeze the action at the appropriate time by hitting the tilde (~) key which opens the consol. Remove the Hud if desired (before or after the following?), then type tfc1 (toggle free camera) and hit tilde (~) again. While the free camera is enable, action is frozen allowing you to swing the camera around for the best shot. When finished, open the console, type tfc0 to return to a normal camera, restore the Hud, and close the consol returning to the action.
Edit: I found that using tfc toggled the free camera on and off.- Huntn (12/27/11).
- Screenshot not appearing- If screenshots not appearing checking Users/(username)/My Documents/My Games/Skyrim skyrim.ini file to make sure the bAllowscreenshot function is set to 1 instead of 0. (The ini.file might be in your skyrim game directory).
Online Graphic Tweaks
- Skyrim Graphic Tweaks @ PC Gamer. (from Dagless 11/14/11)
- Change Field of View (FOV)- To see more of character's hands and weapons, you'll want to follow these instructions. While in-game, press the Tilde '~' key, then type FOV=XX (with XX = 80 to 85 is a good range) denoting the FOV number. Experiment with different settings. MyCheats Skyrim Graphics and Tweaks Guide
- Fast Approximate Anti Aliasing (FXAA) On or Off? Turn off AA off to increase performance at the risk of running into a whole bunch of jagged texture images. FXAA is kind of the same thing, except its performance hit to your machine tends to be minimal with comparable quality to playing with anti-aliasing turned on. See MyCheats Skyrim Graphics and Tweaks Guide for specific performance examples.
- Improving Shadows- Open the SkyrimPrefs.ini located in Skyrim directory. Backup before modifying. These instructions will allow you to improve the look and shadows of trees and some land objects by allowing them to receive shadows. MyCheats Skyrim Graphics and Tweaks Guide
- Under "[Display]" change following to 1:
bTreesReceiveShadows=1 bDrawLandShadows=1
- Other variables:
- bDoDepthOfField=1
- bShowFloatingQuestMarkers=1
- bShowQuestMarkers=1
- bShowCompass=1
- bMouseAcceleration=1 (recommended setting is 0 for better mouse movement)
- fAutosaveEveryXMins=15.0000