Fight Dragons and Bandits While Leveling Your Skyrim Skills

Minecraft combat in SkyCraft deals real damage, takes real damage, and counts toward Skyrim skill progression.

Choose a weapon for the skill you want

Block combat translates into progress in One-Handed, Two-Handed, Archery, Block, Smithing, and Sneak. Pick your weapons around the skills you want to raise:

• Bows. Your main tool for Archery. Ranged attacks are also the safest way to hit dragons in the air.
• Swords. Use them for close-range fights with bandits.
• Maces and tridents. Heavier options for melee. A trident is also handy when a fight drifts near water.
• Sneaking. Crouch while approaching camps to work on Sneak and open the fight on your terms.
• Defending. Use defensive play in melee to build up Block.

Tactics that work

1. Use the terrain. Mine a trench or build a block wall to hide behind while you fire arrows. Full physics means enemies have to come around or over your cover.

2. Use TNT on camps. TNT works on Skyrim enemies. Turn off the destruction toggle in the pause menu only if you want to blast terrain far from roads and towns. Leave it on near settlements.

3. Carry light. Bring torches, glowstone, or lava for barrows and ruins so you can see what's coming.

4. Keep an eye on your health. You take real damage, and running out triggers a ragdoll using your own player skin.

Regular Skyrim interactions still work between fights. You can talk to NPCs, ride horses, and pull levers. Quest scenes play out as normal, so you can turn in bounties the usual way.