In a spectacular speedrun of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, one player travels across the freezing area in just 72 minutes to fight Alduin.
A relentless speedrunner has set a world record by completing The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim in under 75 minutes, climbing from the lowest dungeon to the highest peak. The legendary fantasy role-playing game from Bethesda Game Studios was a huge hit when it first came out in 2011, and it has maintained its appeal to this day. On November 11, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Anniversary Edition was released, allowing both new and returning players to relive the epic journey with current-gen enhancements.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim has gotten its fair share of upgraded re-releases since its huge popularity in 2011. The game and its three downloadable add-ons were bundled together and released as the Skyrim – Legendary Edition in 2013, allowing players to fully immerse themselves in the role-playing experience. Skyrim – Special Edition was then published on PS4 and Xbox One, with improved graphics. The game has now been re-released as Skyrim – Anniversary Edition, including official mods to commemorate the game’s tenth anniversary. Despite its age, gamers worldwide appreciate Bethesda Game Studios’ fantasy title, and Skyrim also has a speedrunning community that competes to complete the game as soon as possible.
PC Gamer, YouTuber, and famed speedrunner nucular completed The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim in under an hour and a half. The world-record-breaking run-through is completed without the use of any flaws or exploits, requiring nucular to rely solely on their reflexes and game expertise. The faultless speedrunner dashes hop and climb through Skyrim’s freezing plains, oblivious to character speech and dodging nearly every fight. Some pro-Dragonborn hints are also useful, such as the fact that a High Elf character moves faster than other races and that shoving characters helps speed up dialogues. Although shout-based parkour is useful, the climactic final confrontation between Alduin and the low-level protagonist is largely completed with the help of allies. This time of 1:12:15 is a world record, eclipsing nucular’s previous best of 1:14:07.
Speedrunning is a fascinating aspect of the gaming business that allows players to compete higher by beating their favorite games in record time. These incredible feats of speed are frequently performed rapidly, as evidenced by one player’s completion of Pokémon Shining Pearl in under an hour. Speedrunner Werster blew through the monster gathering mission in only 50 minutes, thanks to the freshly released remaster of 2006’s Pokémon Pearl. Unlike nucular’s Skyrim speedrun, this achievement relies on flaws, with a menu glitch allowing the speedster to skip substantial sections of the game’s content.
One of the most popular and well-known video games is The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Because of the game’s wide-open environment, world-play mechanisms, and various quest lines, each player will have a unique experience. Few people, though, are competent and dedicated enough to enjoy Skyrim as much as nucular does. To set a new world record, the relentless speedrunner breezed through Bleak Falls Barrow, the Thalmor Embassy, and Sovngarde without breaking a sweat. Nucular illustrates the continued popularity of Skyrim by conquering Alduin while other gamers are still designing their character’s eyebrows.
Skyrim is available for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, and PC.
Sources: PC Gamer, nucular/YouTube
