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Dawnguard

Legend achievement in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Legend

Defeat a Legendary Dragon

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  • KJT CD ACDKJT CD ACD
    05 Jul 2012 06 Jul 2012 27 Jul 2012
    Included in the Dawnguard DLC are two new types of Dragons. Revered Dragons start spawning around levels 65-70 and can knock you about a bit. Legendary Dragons, after extensive research by many gaming communities, are confirmed to start spawning at level 78. The most common location for a Legendary Dragon to be encountered is Lost Tongue Overlook, which south-east of Riften and south-west of Fort Dawnguard. Alterantively, you can try your luck fast-travelling to different Dragon Lairs.

    Now, there is an obvious problem that presents itself; you have to level to 78. You could always use the Oghma Infinium, but where's the fun in that? For those of you who don't want to use the Oghma Infinium glitch, I've spent several hours trolling various forums and guides to bring you a few nifty skill boosting tricks.

    GENERAL TIPS

    Armour and weapon skills; armour levels based on damage taken and weapons on number of successful hits. If you're levelling armour, find something that will destroy you quickly - Giants, trolls and dragons are always good. The Longhammer is good for Two-Handed as it has a faster swing rate, iron daggers will do for one handed and, if you're an archer, the 'draw bows 30% quicker' perk will be extremely useful.

    Magicka boosting; make sure you're wearing items that give you mana buffs (Archmage's Robes, enchanted jewellery, Mage Stone, etc). This will stop your mana from draining almost indefinitely so you can just tape down the button and go make some coffee. An easy way to achieve this is grind out Enchanting, then make your own apparel. Shout out to BlazenBuckwheat for reminding me to post that last.

    Also, if you've got the quest 'Lost To The Ages', you should complete it. It is obtained by reading the book 'The Aetherium Wars' found most commonly and earliest in Fort Dawnguard. You can also trigger it by discovering the Dwemer ruin Arkngthamz. At the end of the quest, you are able to use the Aetherium Forge to make one item. Make the Aetherium Crown. The Crown will mimic the abilities of the last Stone you had activated. For boosting, activate the Lover Stone (15% faster levelling for all abilities), then fast-travel to the Guardian Stones and activate whichever class you're boosting (25% faster levelling for that class). In total, you're levelling 40% faster than normal. Well worth the effort, in the long run.

    A note on Shadowmere, seeing as how he's involved in a few of these tips; if you kill him, don't worry. Just wait a few weeks on the spot where he died, and he'll respawn. To make waiting easier, press the Guide Button after you press 'A' to start waiting, and the hours tick off a fair bit quicker. Shout out to MysticWeirdo for confirming Shadowmere's respawn.

    SKILL BOOSTING TRICKS

    - Heavy/Light Armour and Restoration:
    Go to any dungeon that has a fire trap (stand on a plate, fire comes at you for as long as you stand on it). Apply Healing spell while you're in the flames. Depending on level, your Armour skill may take a while to level up.

    - Conjuration:
    Acquire Soul Trap spell. Find a corpse, or make one. Cast Soul Trap on corpse. Repeat. This also works on Shadowmere, shout out to MysticWeirdo on that one.

    - Sneak and Two-Handed/One-Handed/Archery/Destruction:
    Go to High Hrothgar. Set difficulty to Master (I have no idea why, but, it works. I've done it myself). Find a Greybeard. Crouch behind him and make sure you're hidden. Go to town with weapon of choice. Early levels of Sneak (1-50ish) will increase 1 level per hit. Keep in mind that you need to be careful of your Hidden meter. In some cases, attacking has caused the Greybeard to spot you. Just hit once or twice, then stop until your Hidden meter is fully hidden again.

    - Two-Handed/One-Handed/Archery and Illusion:
    Do the Dark Brotherhood quest line. Acquire Shadowmere. Acquire Courage spell. Cast courage repeatedly on Shadowmere. Go to town on him with your weapon of choice while Mana recharges.

    - Smithing, Enchanting and Speech:
    Find Soul Trap spell or enchant a weapon with it. Collect many souls. Stockpile animal skins (except goat hide, that's useless) and iron bars. Smith a bunch of cheap daggers (1 iron ingot, 1 leather strip). Enchant with whatever. Sell daggers. Rinse and repeat.

    - Alchemy and Speech:
    Go to a decent Ingredient vendor. Buy them out. Make tons of potions. Sell them back to the vendor. If they run out of cash or supplies, wait 48 hours. Rinse and repeat.

    - Speech:
    Find Ungrien in the Black-Briar Meadery. Talk to him and choose 'Tell me about Maven Black Briar'. Then choose the persuade option (must have Speech 25 to succeed. If you don't just bribe him the 20-40 gold until it gets there). Spam 'A' until Speech hits 100.

    - Speech and Pickpocket:
    Acquire 'Bribe Guards' perk in Speech skill tree. Acquire first perk in Pickpocket skill tree. Walk around towns pickpocketing useless items you're guaranteed to steal (sweet rolls, arrows, etc). When caught, bribe guards to look the other way. Rinse and repeat. Keep in mind, the more people you have around you, the more likely you are to be caught. Go for smaller towns like Whiterun, Morthal and Dawnstar. Shout out to SashaQ for the Pickpocket part of this trick.

    - Alchemy and Speech:
    This is one of those things that can't be boosted. As such, keep it in the back of your mind as you grind everything else. Gather ingredients from ANYWHERE (buy out the vendors, but also remember that the worldi s full of free ingredients). MAKE ALL THE POTIONS! *allthethings.jpg* Sell the potions back to the ingredient vendors. Wait 48 hours. Repeat process.

    - Destruction:
    Acquire Summon Atronach spell. Acquire opposite damage spell (Frost Atronach/Flames Spell, Flame Atronach/Frost Spell). Dual cast. Summon Atronach, destroy with spell. Repeat forever.

    - Conjuration:
    Acquire Summon Bound Sword spell. Dual cast. Go north of Dawnstar and attract a Slaughterfish to the shore. Keep it trying to attack you. Summon both Bound Swords repeatedly. Shout out to Faedakyn for refining this one to double its efficiency.

    - Alteration:
    Acquire Telekinesis and Detect Life spells. Go to populated area. Find a bucket or some such item. Dual Cast. Tape Telekinesis trigger and repeatedly cast Detect Life.

    - Illusion:
    Acquire Apprentice level Muffle spell. CAST EVERYWHERE.

    - Illusion:
    Acquire Clairvoyance spell. CAST EVERYWHERE. Be warned, though, this spell can be slow to level. Shout out to Steadholder for this tip.

    - Alteration
    Acquire Waterbreathing spell. Stand in water as deep as you can go while still being able to cast spells. Cast Waterbreathing until mana runs out. Repeat forever. Shout out to xXIzaHovaIXx for this tip.

    - Block/Heavy Armour/Light Armour/Restoration
    Acquire and equip a good healing spell. Find a decently levelled dragon. Ground it with the Dragon Rend shout. Let it attack you or block it as necessary. Heal when health is low. Shout out to TTDog666 for this tip.

    If anybody has any quick boosting methods they'd like to add, give me a shout in the comments! smile

    EDIT: Added a few new tricks. Shout out to The Arossalypse for letting me know that Equilibrium no longer levels Alteration.

    EDIT: General Tips and Skill Tricks sections added for posterity, new general tips added, new skill trick added.

    EDIT: Added a couple of Skill Tricks and edited information on some.

    EDIT: Small update to a couple of Skill Tricks.

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    VauIt Boy 111Please Read
    for anyone wanting this achievement on the 360 there is the same achievement on the Xbox one edition game. Look at the guide for that one as that works on here too and is FAR quicker
    No legendary dragon at arcwind point for me or dragon tooth crater but I found one at sky born alter
    10 years later game completed 👍🏻
    Posted by VauIt Boy 111 on 18 Mar 21 at 15:35
    Nevermind0x1Shearpoint for me right away.
    Travel to every dragon lair until you find one. No need to revist as one should pop up.
    Posted by Nevermind0x1 on 02 Aug 22 at 03:05
    TemppuliFast traveled to every place like 20 times, finding only frost dragons and dragons, but when I went to Arcwind Point it had legendary dragon there waiting for me. Suggest trying that place too!
    Posted by Temppuli on 10 Dec 23 at 16:30
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  • HigheR x ForcEHigheR x ForcE
    05 Sep 2012 28 Jul 2012 05 Sep 2012
    100% GUARANTEED way to find a Legendary Dragon in one shot. I have tested this over 5 different characters all level 81 and gameplay set on Novice. This IS the best method period.

    It was literally as simple as this for me anyhow. Simply go to ARCWIND POINT in the Rift and you will find your legendary dragon. I found one there 3 consecutive times on over five characters.....all lvl 81 game play: novice.

    Hope this helps, and i hope this works for other people as it did me

    rate and comment please =)
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    Corymonster1First try, thank you so much
    Posted by Corymonster1 on 17 Jan 19 at 06:44
    ALI G 008May 2020 this is still correct, first try and a dragon was there. Fighting a group of other though so make sure to kill them first before they kill snatch you! Thanks for the tip
    Posted by ALI G 008 on 14 May 20 at 21:08
    RubensXThanks for the location!!
    Posted by RubensX on 10 Oct 23 at 13:39
  • aTonton933aTonton933
    12 Sep 2013 24 Sep 2013 03 Jan 2016
    Who wants to be level 78 when you can get to level 200!

    This is a guide that can get you to any level that you want.

    *** Spoiler - click to reveal ***


    This method has been confirmed after the 1.9 update, and using it, I went from level 40 to 132 in roughly 30 minutes of casual play.

    This method will require 100 enchanting, the alteration spell: Telekinesis, and a full 4 item set of "fortify alteration."

    Edit: you will need to enchant headgear, an amulet, a ring, and armour for your torso with "25% reduced casting cost" on each item. You may use a fortify enchanting potion to boost to the required percentage.

    The fortify alteration enchantment is a bit tricky to find if you haven't come across it already. I personally found mine in my wife's store, and a commenter has claimed to find it in Belathor's shop in Whiterun. If you remember where you found yours, drop a comment below and i'll add it to the solution as a likely place to find it.

    Process:

    1) Enchant 4 items with Fortify Alteration (25% reduced casting cost) so that all alteration spells are free.

    2) Find the telekinesis spell book and read it.

    3) Go to Whiterun, and drop an item. Pick it up with telekinesis and while holding the trigger, fast travel to Markarth.

    That should get you 100 alteration, so go into your skill menu and level up. Be sure to make alteration legendary by pressing Y and confirming. Then drop an item in Markarth, use telekinesis and fast travel back to Whiterun.

    Note: You will only need 2 items for this method.

    Doing this will let you get as high as you want, but you will not be able to max your skill points in anything that you do not meet requirements for. If you want to level other skills to 100, there are plenty of guides here, and I'll put my thoughts below in a spoiler.

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    VauIt Boy 11110 years later and I’ve finally finsihed the game
    Great guide still works as of
    18/03/21
    Posted by VauIt Boy 111 on 18 Mar 21 at 15:32
    HS NeofistThanks to this method is finally finished Skyrim after 10 years and 3 console generations smile
    Posted by HS Neofist on 06 May 21 at 19:26
    ROAMYou don't need alteration on 100. It is enough to have the "Secret of Arcana" Skill from the Black Book "Filament and Filigree". You get this book from the quest "Unearthed".

    Just cast the skill, start your telekinesis and fast travel. Wait 24 h so that you can use the skill again and repeat.
    Posted by ROAM on 23 Feb 22 at 14:22
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