Players can get various buffs by activating shrines or Standing Stones as they journey across the world of Skyrim. Standing Stones grant larger buffs that remain active until the user decides to switch them, while shrine blessings last for eight hours. Each shrine is dedicated to a specific god, and the benefits range from having extra health and stamina to lower prices when buying items. One Skyrim player recently received the Blessing of Talos, although it appears to be completely useless.
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A Reddit user named thaiborg has shared an image showing the active effect of the Blessing of Talos. This blessing is supposed to reduce the time between shouts by 20% for 8 hours, but thaiborg’s blessing doesn’t appear to have any effect as the given change is 0%. The player sarcastically thanks Talos in the post’s title, but it seems like the blessing will work as intended after all. According to one Skyrim fan, this is a visual bug and thaiborg is still getting the desired 20% reduction in time between shouts.
It appears that many gamers have encountered this bug in their playthrough as users mention seeing similar posts before. It looks like this display error has been an issue with Skyrim for a while, and one user is surprised that Bethesda has yet to fix it despite re-releasing the game several times.
A Skyrim fan also shares a neat trick that allows players to exploit a bug related to shrine blessings in the game. Users reportedly need to play an unpatched version of Skyrim and drink a restoration potion before activating the shrine. The player claims that this will result in a bigger buff with a longer duration, but it will still show as 0% like the given image.
Skyrim is perhaps infamous for its bugs and glitches, as players have witnessed many absurd instances in their playthroughs. As an example, one Skyrim player encountered a bug that turned the game into Silent Hill due to the entire area suddenly getting covered by a thick fog.
The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim - Anniversary Edition is out now for PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
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