Nidoru, a now level 22 sneaky archer, for some reason loves to hunt animals in the wild to obtain their hides.
What is the ideal location for Nidoru to do her hunting?
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Alrighty, might as well give a full answer. First, the game is just filled with wild life all over (I know this because I am an assassin and wild life is some of the hardest targets to sneak up on, but its fun to try anyways). I have never seen more than 2-3 deer/elk next to each other so nothing like a large herd. But I can say I have seen more wild life in the green areas of the game. The plains outside of whiterun and then from there to the west have always been filled with elk/deer, packs of wolves, small dens of bears and those sneaky saber cats that I only ever seem to find when they are biting me. I have not seen as much wild life in the snowy areas. This may be because they shift to 'snow' or 'ice' versions for things like foxes and wolves while the deer/elk do not have an equalivelent snowy version of themselves. To that end E and NE of Whiterun seem a bit more baren when it comes to this. Also, to the NW over the mountains to where the swamps are, there is not as much wild life (I run into spiders, bugs and crabs up there more than anything else). Remember that once you clear out any area you will have to wait for it to respawn (which happens faster if you are not in that area). Hope this helps. |
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I prefer hunting bears, which can often be found in caves, like Honeystrand and PinePeak. |
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The plains outside of Whiterun have a lot of animals, including mammoths if you think you can handle them. |
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To the west of Whiterun is a place with a large campfire with some giants and some mammoths around it, if you're up for the challenge. I'm not sure if they will respawn after you kill them, though. |
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The mountains around Swindler's Den and along the river in the same area have a ton of deer/elk plus saber cats wandering around. |
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If you go east of Windhelm you will run into Scacellum of Boethiah. There is a weird quest where you fight the cult members. Once you win they want you to sacrifice your follower. Anyway, keep going up the stairs, past where they want you to do the sacrifice and do some climbing/hopping up the slope to the left which does resemble a path. You will get to another path like slope. At the top of that slope you will find a cave with 3 bears. They will res-spawn after you kill them so you can keep coming back! |
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I'd also add that there's a TON of bears and wolves on the roads southeast of the hot springs area, north of Shor's stone. |
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Outside Whiterun is a great area, but also I would sneak everywhere you go and never fast travel. Always walk or ride a horse. It is more realistic and you can find game along the way. |
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if you want to hunt deer, go to Falkreath's jungle, there's a good place for hunters. |
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If you are searching for just elk/deer and or wolves just go to riverwood and hunt in their forest. If you are looking for bears I would try caves. Trolls and wolves are also usually near waterfalls I think and are tiny cave that you dont even need to enter. Also if you have the dragonborn DLC and can ride a dragon just go to a Dragon mountain place get on and go to a Winterhold like area and Just kill everything becuase believe or not your dragon will find alot of wolves elks and snowbears |
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