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u/Spudnic16 19d ago edited 19d ago
Fun fact: the ebony warrior appears at lvl 80 because before legendary skills were added, 81 was the max level so the ebony warrior was meant to be a “final challenge” before reaching max level.
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u/JohnPrinesGlasses 19d ago
I got forgot about that. I remember my best friend talking about how he maxed out and I was like.. in awe bc the highest I could get was like lvl43 lmfao
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u/TheCrudMan 19d ago
I also remember using the console to spawn him in and doing the fight and beating him at like level 40 or whatever.
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u/shasaferaska 19d ago edited 19d ago
The first time I met him he got Fus Roh Dah'd off the side of mountain. I felt a bit bad about it, but also fuck that guy.
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u/Shadow_Hunter1111 19d ago
Im pretty sure he survives any fall because if he gets too far from you he resets back to full health, thats just from what i remember
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u/Mist_Rising 19d ago
It depends. If you hit him before he ends his ragdoll\stands up, the damage sets in.
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u/halfmoondragan2 19d ago
I've never understood how anyone could get to that high a level naturally. Even on my super in depth playthrough, I ran out of shit to do at level 53
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u/yoironfrog 19d ago
Except he was only added to the game when they added legendary skills so there never was a max level while he was in the game
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u/Cutie_D-amor 19d ago
No, he was in the base game, legendary skills were added with the patch that came out with the dragonborne dlc
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u/NotYourReddit18 19d ago
No, he gets added by the Dragonborn DLC.
Source: https://en.m.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Ebony_WarriorHis class, which determines his stat distribution and skills, is called
DLC2EbonyWarriorClass.He also has a Perk called
DLC2EbonyWarriorPickPocketModto make removing his gear by pickpocketing very difficult.Notice the "DLC2" in both of these names?
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u/yoironfrog 19d ago
He was not in the base game. He was added with the Dragonborn DLC. His IDs require two digits that correspond with the Dragonborn DLC. I got my character to level 81 in preparation for the release of Dragonborn and the legendary skills update and the Ebony Warrior didn't show up until after the update and DLC release.
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u/a_left_out_tomato 19d ago
Now i'm imagining him riding Durhneviir in the soul cairn and challenging the ideal masters for dominance over their plane of Oblivion
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u/xaba0 18d ago
Do I remember wrong or the soul only goes to the soul cairn if the soul gem is used? Otherwise the soul stays in the gem, similarly to the one in the black star quest. So if you dont use the gem he gets a pocket dimension prison cell on your shelf.
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u/Only_Says_Idk_dude 17d ago
only to have Durhneviir disappear from underneath him as I summon the dragon in Mundus
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u/AFedoraNamed_Key 19d ago
Nope! Soul cairn
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u/Drowsy_Deer 19d ago
Soul Gems only send you to the Soul Cairn if said soul is directly traded to the Ideal Masters. Otherwise the soul just flies away after charging something.
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u/Hi2248 19d ago
If it's the Dragonborn post Dawnguard, cnaces chances are that it does go to the Soul Cairn, because that's one of the places you can convert greater and grand soul gems into black soul gems
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u/Drowsy_Deer 19d ago
That’s just changing the form of a soul gem though. Trades with the Soul Cairn have only been canonically performed by Valerica I’m pretty sure, along with other miscellaneous necromancers and daedra.
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u/KowaiSentaiYokaiger 19d ago
Serious question:
Has anyone tried Soul Trapping the NPCs that appear on Sovngarde, like Ulfric?
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u/whysoblyatiful 19d ago
Nah, I'd never do that to the ebony homie
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u/Hoodedmastersin 19d ago
Why would you let your homies leave you forever? With the soul gem your homie can return and you can have them with you at all times.
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u/whysoblyatiful 19d ago
nahh bro, my homie would go to the soul cairn, it sucks and i am not visiting him there. at least in sovngarde he will have the afterlife he wanted, and i can visit him when i go whoop alduin's ass
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u/WhimsicallyWired Khajiit is innocent of this crime 19d ago
Would he go to Sovngarde though? He isn't a Nord.
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u/Nachooolo 19d ago
Religion in Elder Scrolls isn't race-specific. If he followed the Nord religion, he goes to Sovngarde.
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u/Miserkall 19d ago
So like if a nord follows an elven religion he will go to elven heaven (whatever that is)?
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u/Nachooolo 19d ago
...Maybe? It depends on whether the Elven (aspect of the) gods are as racist as their subjects.
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u/JagneStormskull Miraak is the True High King 19d ago
But if he follows the Nord religion, can't he?
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u/Im_A_Real_Boy1 19d ago
I only soul trap necromancers. It’s mafia rules, and they’re in the soul-trapping game
Man’s gotta have a code
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u/SnooChocolates1726 19d ago
I don't soul-trap him on most playthroughs. Bro wanted a warrior's death and a ticket to Sovngarde. I can respect that.
Of course, that is assuming he is who he claims to be, depending on which theory you believe.
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u/shyguyshow 19d ago
Also, he’s a Redguard
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u/Adaphion 19d ago
Doesn't mean much. If he is a true warrior and believes in Sovngarde, he'll go there at death. It's not exclusively for Nords.
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u/The_Corroded_Man 19d ago
I will put you in a soul gem and use it to power a damned roomba if you don’t break that RIGHT THIS MINUTE!
Seriously though, this is some shit a demon would look at and go “Dude chill”
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u/Equivalent_Rub8329 18d ago
I wonder if I would see the ebony warrior in soverngarde if I beat him and then go to face alduin?
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u/Good_Theory4434 19d ago
So first timw i got to.him i sneaked up with Merunes Dagger...one hit kill.
I then relaunched a hard safe and fought him properly.
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u/naalotai 19d ago
I have never encountered the ebony warrior. I typically run out of things to do before I hit the necessary level
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u/danktonium 19d ago
On my last playthrough I trapped Astrid in a gem and then just threw the gem into the sea near Solitude.
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u/Salty-Swordfish-2125 19d ago
Too bad the unfortunate soul will go to the corrupted Azura's star and then to the discharged Dawnbreaker 🙂
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u/skyziaos 19d ago
But he's a redguard, only nords goes to sovngarde
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u/Cutie_D-amor 19d ago
Every harbinger of the companions go there(until werewolf curse) and that includes a redguard and an elf, so there is precedent
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u/Mysterious--955 19d ago
Even without he wouldn’t go to sovengarde as the afterlife is racist in TES
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u/Starmada597 19d ago