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Dragonrider achievement in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Dragonrider

Tame and ride 5 dragons

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How to unlock the Dragonrider achievement

  • alanp9alanp9
    04 Dec 2012 05 Dec 2012 05 Dec 2012
    You'll need all three words of the Bend Will shout to be able to tame dragons, but the good news is that you'll obtain them all as part of Dragonborn's main questline. Once you have them, you can fast travel around Skyrim to the various dragon locations on your map and simply use it 5 times.

    To tame a dragon, use the full shout on it when it gets close. It will land nearby, and if you approach it you'll be prompted to press A to mount it. Do this and enjoy the view a bit, then press A again to have the dragon land so you can move on to the next one.

    Note: This must be done on 5 different dragons! It doesn't count towards the achievement if you wait for the same dragon to become hostile again and then tame it again. (Thanks ponypo2001 for reminding me.)

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    FrogDog001You do have to do the dragonborn dlc main quest to get all three words of the bend will shout. And the guide does describe this in the first paragraph.
    Posted by FrogDog001 On 24 Oct 20 at 23:34
    colabungaDoes Odahviing count towards this achievement?
    Posted by colabunga On 20 Jan 21 at 12:16
    My RingtonesI've now have had 7 different dragons resist the shout. Yet another achievement made to simply waste the players time, no person would do this organically.
    Posted by My Ringtones On 17 Sep at 17:02
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  • Purple DinDonoPurple DinDono
    28 Apr 2014 28 Apr 2014 27 Dec 2014
    In addition to alanp9 guide, I'd like to add some precisions for getting this achievement, especially where to find dragons the quickest and easiest way.

    - The dragon you will capture while you are going through the main story of Dragonborn DLC does count toward the achievement.

    - You will be able to find a dragon at the Throat of the World,
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    - You can also fast travel to some places where there will always be a dragon neaby, when you look at your map, these places are represented by a dragon head.
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    The video below shows you where to tame dragons, the quality is a bit poor however.
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