Players can level different skills in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, such as Enchantment and Archery. With speechcraft, it is possible to persuade other characters more easily. However, something has gone terribly wrong for one player, making it impossible for him to complete certain quests.
What happened to the player? On Reddit, user NoAdministration1070 shares his misery. He managed to level his speechcraft to a value of 999.975 – but it’s in the negative. The number is highlighted in bright red in the skills overview menu:
This high negative value affects how well the protagonist can intimidate, blackmail, persuade, and bribe. With such a low speechcraft, it is impossible for the player to complete a quest. Because persuading requires an amount of 20 million gold (via Reddit).
However, speechcraft would not affect merchants. Thus, the player can still sell his items for a lot of money. But at the moment, it is probably very difficult for him to bribe anyone easily.
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Big mystery about what caused the negative value in Skyrim
How did this happen? According to GamesRadar+, there are several possibilities for how the player could have ended up with such a high negative value:
- A mod could have been responsible. However, the player insists that he did not use any special mod.
- Another possibility is that another skill was trained through exploits to such a degree that, in compensation, speechcraft dropped drastically.
- Alternatively, an exploit with enchantments could be to blame. It is possible to obtain equipment with absurdly high values through glitches, which could cause such a negative value when removed.
However, the player can no longer pinpoint the exact cause. He only noticed the problem after 46 hours of gameplay. His last save with normal values is so far back that he would rather try to get out of the negative area in a normal way.
But his endeavor might take some time. He could take inspiration from the following story: Another player managed to reach the highest level. However, he needed 43 hours and always cast the same spell: Player reaches the highest level in Skyrim 13 years after release by casting the same spell for 43 hours
