Despite Skyrim being populated with a number of technical hiccups, that doesn’t necessarily mean the glitches are a hindrance to the experience. In fact, there are actually a fair amount of glitches in Skyrim that are actually helpful to player progression, such as free housing, Shout abilities with no cooldown timer, and many others. Though, this most recent glitch is much more humorous in terms of its application.
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Over on Reddit, a user named Tap-Fair posted a brief gameplay clip of the large ship that players ride in order to get to Solstheim glitching out to the point where it can actually be controlled by the player. The user then proceeds to ride the ship over land and clips right through the ground into various different parts of Solstheim’s map that the ship was never meant to reach.
It turns out that, for whatever reason, this glitch only occurs when the Skyrim player is over-encumbered while traveling on the boat. It’s likely that the developers did not account for players being over-encumbered while on the boat, and thus, it causes the player to gain complete control of the ship and move it to whichever part of the map they choose.
It’s amazing how many glitches there still are in Skyrim. Even after the release of Skyrim: Anniversary Edition, the game still houses various bugs, which in a way, does make sense, considering how expansive and open-ended the world of Skyrim is. In that situation, it’s easier for glitches to slip through the cracks, as opposed to some linear-based games.
In any case, it will be interesting to see what the future holds for The Elder Scrolls series going forward. It has now been over four years since The Elder Scrolls 6 was first announced during E3 2018, and there still hasn’t been any sort of update regarding the game’s development. However, once Starfield has officially released, it’s likely that Bethesda will focus more attention on developing The Elder Scrolls 6 and will hopefully have more to share with players in the months to come.
The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim is available now for PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
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