Once the effect of the Wabbajack wears off, they should be equipped with their default weapon and gear and match your level. If they try to engage you in combat, for the love of god, do not retaliate. Use the Wabbajack on them until they change shape. Remove all of your follower's equipment, then dismiss them.

Head to a secluded location to avoid kicking up a fuss - there's some violence involved and you don't want a bounty or a free-for-all on your hands. You'll need to have obtained the Wabbajack from The Mind of Madness quest. The next tip only works on non-essential followers. Raise your follower's level to match your own Create a new save file as soon as you gain control and can access the menu, and you'll never have to replay the cart scene in the opening again, but instead start immediately before character customisation. You can also utilise saves to pull off a few neat tricks, but before we get to that, do not save over your initial 'prisoner' file. There's no shame in reloading if you fail and you'll appreciate all of those save files if something goes horribly wrong or bugs out. If you come across a spooky cave, are heading towards a difficult battle, or about to try to pickpocket something important, save beforehand. Hit up our if you have other queries.įirst off, save manually and often. Skyrim probably doesn't intend you to make use of these, but their long-cherished traditions of the RPG's enormous playerbase, so we hope they haven't been axed for Skyrim Switch and VR.Īlright, here come the tips. This one's all about saving and loading, and the sneaky things you can do with them. This page is part of our Skyrim guide hub, republished to celebrate Skyrim hitting Switch and VR this week. Skyrim is out now on Switch and VR, and that means two whole new platforms on which to abuse the save function.

Skyrim save game editor