One of the greatest selling points of The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim is the sheer amount of variety in terms of how players can approach the game. As a result, most Skyrim players tend to optimize individual stats that benefit a certain playstyle, leaving most stats under-leveled due to infrequent use. However, one player has recently maxed out every stat that Skyrim has to offer.
Given the open-ended nature of the mission structure, most quests in Skyrim can be completed through various different means. For instance, the Dark Brotherhood contracts simply require the player to kill another NPC. The exact method for doing so is never specified, which in turn, grants the player a substantial amount of freedom. Though, considering just how much agency there is in Skyrim, and by extension, how many stats there are to choose from, maxing every one of them out would certainly be a difficult undertaking.
A Reddit user named i-am-not-fish posted a brief video showing that they had maxed out every single stat in Skyrim all the way to 100. According to the user, the process took 600 hours of active gameplay. The tenacity and patience it must have taken to achieve such a feat is absolutely impressive, to say the least.
Despite the 600 hours it took to accomplish this, it's likely that the user took advantage of a number of exploits, considering that some stats are easier to max out than others. The sneak skill in Skyrim can be leveled up to 100 well before the player leaves Helgen and can be leveled up by just moving around in the crouched position everywhere they go.
In any case, it's amazing how this individual player took the time to approach every different skill in Skyrim. For several players, some methods are preferable to others in terms of game progression. Some players might prefer to clear Skyrim using one-handed melee weapons only or use a variety of spells depending on the situation.
The fact that so many players have continued to accomplish new and exciting things within Skyrim serves as a testament to how much the game has to offer its player base. For many longtime Skyrim fans, The Elder Scrolls 6 certainly has big shoes to fill, especially considering that it's been over ten years since the last mainline installment in The Elder Scrolls series was released.
The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim is available on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.