Skyrim is now 13 years old. Nevertheless, players are still discovering new secrets or achieving new milestones. Like a YouTuber who reached the incredible level 1337 – thanks to hours of spamming a single spell.
Which player are we talking about? The Elder Scrolls 6 is still awaited, many play the MMORPG ESO (and complain about it), but some still play Skyrim. Although it is definitely not a new game anymore, it is players like the YouTuber Pawelos who keep Bethesda’s RPG alive even 13 years after its release.
Pawelos has previously shown that he has a great passion for Skyrim. Among other things, he shared a 100% game save that took him 527 hours (via reddit).
According to his own statement, the player has spent about 1800 hours in Skyrim. However, his character, who had all skills at the highest level 100 and the legendary version of it, was not enough for Pawelos. He wanted to reach even higher and developed a simple but time-consuming strategy for it.
The goal was level 1337
What was the player’s plan? Pawelos’ character in Skyrim was already far along, with all skills having achieved the legendary status. He had also completed all quests and collected all items, including spells and equipment.
After that, the player aimed for a new record. He wanted to level his character absurdly high. In his search online, he found out that there were already other players who had reached levels 1000 or 1111. To surpass these Skyrim veterans, Pawelos decided to achieve level 1337. The number was probably not chosen randomly, as it represents Leetspeak (via Wikipedia).
How did the player achieve his goal? To reach level 1337, Pawelos used a simple but effective trick.
He used a necklace (Power Amulet), a ring (Power Ring), and a mage robe (Power Robe), which reduced the mana costs for illusion spells by 35% each. In other words, the player did not consume any mana.
One illusion spell was the key to success. Namely, the spell “Harmony,” which causes monsters and people up to level 25 not to fight for 60 seconds.
The effect of the spell is secondary here. As is common in The Elder Scrolls, you gain experience not by killing enemies but by using skills. Thus, Pawelos simply stood in the city of Whiterun surrounded by many NPCs and spammed the spell.
As simple as it sounds, it was quite time-consuming. The player had to spam the spell for a total of 43 hours. To prove that he did not use glitches or bugs, Pawelos documented his achievement in a nearly 11-hour video on YouTube. It should be noted that the video mostly runs at four times speed.
To this day, a grandma posts Skyrim videos on YouTube.
What does the community think? In the end, the player actually reaches the astronomical level 1337. But was all the effort worth it? This is also a question some commenters under the video are asking.
- “Imagine someone reaches level 1338,” writes @kixxed1337.
- “Crazy,” summarizes @TheSalemSagas his impression.
- “It hurts my eyes and ears,” says @marvsul8085.
- “Absolutely ridiculous,” also says @theincrediblefella7984.
Ultimately, it is an interesting experiment that, however, requires a lot of endurance. According to Pawelos, the goal was reached in about 80 sessions, during which Netflix and similar programs were still running in the background.
“It was definitely not the most exciting activity,” summarizes the YouTuber. His endeavor certainly shows that even 13 years after the release of Skyrim, not all aspects of the game have been exhausted. Some tricks from Skyrim unfortunately no longer work in Bethesda’s Starfield – much to the chagrin of all criminals.
