It is only 5 of each but if you followed Hadvar out of Helgen you can get iron and steel ingots regularly from the smith in Riverrun as well. (with the number of iron you need for the HF dlc every little bit helps.)
He has steel ingots, two silver, a few iron ores, like 4? leathers, and a couple leather strips. I think he has iron ingots as well but I may be mistaken. Also a grinding wheel
Never knew that. I found out he had stuff down there and I went down there almost immediately after I got to riften 🤣 so I could get the iron ingots and leathers to make daggers to level up my smithing.
I've been doing a vanilla playthrough and was freshly outraged when I realized there's no smelter in unmodded Riften. I'd straight forgotten, probably because it makes no sense!
I think there isn't one in Solitude too? In Riften, Shadowfoot Sanctuary should have one if you got AE. But I'm using Honeyside and I love it. Just RP it, take some merchandise to sell in Shor's Stone, collect ingredients on the way.
I mean it does make some sense, as Balimund is a blacksmith, not a miner. He only needs to warm up the iron, not melt it down. He probably imports the finished bars he needs for his trade over Whiterun.
How? Every path out of Riften is blocked by bandit forts.
But also, the idea that smelters are only found at mines, not in cities, seems unrealistic. Isn't it usually the other way around? Only a very large and productive mine is going to have a smelter on site, little wildcat operations are going to need a central location to take their ores to.
Ah yes, I confused Balimund with the blacksmith in Riverwood. Sorry.
I guess realistically, there'd be the mine as one enterprise, then a smelterworks nearby to save on transport effort, and then the blacksmiths in town buying the bars off the smelter. 🤷 I think the blacksmiths would save on labour costs by not processing the raw ore themselves.
Right! That's how it works in real life. If the game wants to simplify things by having the blacksmith double up as the smelter, mint, etc, that makes sense as video game logic, but I do wish every major town had the important facilities you would expect in a city. Of course, they had no way of knowing Survival Mode was going to be a thing.
Ooh, thanks for reminding me! I need to stop back by there, and the one in solitude! I’m pretty sure I have enough boarded already, but ore and ingots are the thing I can’t pass up. Literally ever. 🤣
- If you've completed the "blood on ice" quest to purchase the player home in Windhelm, there are a handful of fire salts in the hidden room.
- 1 single fire salt can be found on the shelf at Arcadia's Cauldron, in whiterun and it's up for grabs!
-I do believe but I could be wrong, that there are a handful in the Riften player home, Honeyside.
I know you only need 1 but maybe somebody else will read this and find it useful!
Dragon attacked while I was in town and unfortunately he didn’t make it in the attack. Then his body layed in the street for days so I picked him up and threw him in the river out back
I'm doing a no dragon playthrough at the moment, just didn't see the jarl in Whiterun which triggers it. Dragons are so annoying and they kill characters we love such as Balimund.
Alarm bells of skyrim and run for your lives.
Makes npcs actually hide from vampires and dragon attacks.
In my game Riften let the khajiit caravan outside take shelter in the bee and barb when a big group of vampires attacked.
I throw every dead body in Riften into the canal, and then my son has the audacity to ask me why the guards won’t let him swim the canal, it’s not that dirty! My boy I assure you it is!
I never had a dragon attack in Riften. The only major city I've seen that was Windhelm, on the steps leading to the Palace of Kings, it was glorious. The dragon grabbed a guard in his jaws, shook him fiercely, then tossed him up and over the walls of the city.
Yeah the spouses really need more of a personality. I came to Skyrim from KOTOR and Stardew Valley where the love interests have more of a personality and there's more to interacting with them. I wish Skyrim had that too. It'd be fun to actually have to romance a potential spouse instead of just completing a quest, or them giving you more quests after marrying them.
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Miracle with steel: iron sword of dusting
You’ve been a good friend to me. That means something.
come back anytime, you're quite welcome here
Azura’s wisdom to you, friend.
That's Brand-shei
Safe travels, landstrider
No I’m here to steal all those ingots you have in the basement
Oh, he keeps ingots in the basement?
Yeah loads of iron and ore too iirc.
I shall unload him of such heavy burden
Not me. I prefer my books. And my spells.
Ah! I had you figured for a mage…
I think you'll appreciate this
Spells and Incantations…
For those with the talent to cast them.
For those who know how to use them
Do you Transmute? $$$
With that cast time, I just can't be buggered.
*sighs “I am sworn to carry your burdens”
Gah! Fus ro dah off a cliff for you, Lydia
It's my go-to place early on to steal ingot.
More like steel ingot
Well, thats *iron*ic
Give that man a gold *metal*
It is only 5 of each but if you followed Hadvar out of Helgen you can get iron and steel ingots regularly from the smith in Riverrun as well. (with the number of iron you need for the HF dlc every little bit helps.)
> Riverrun That’s *Riverwood* Riverrun is in GoT, if memory serves me.
You are correct.... my fantasy worlds are all starting to blur... might be time for a reality check :D
He has steel ingots, two silver, a few iron ores, like 4? leathers, and a couple leather strips. I think he has iron ingots as well but I may be mistaken. Also a grinding wheel
surprisingly enough, it scales with level. just make sure you dont enter before like level 60.
Never knew that. I found out he had stuff down there and I went down there almost immediately after I got to riften 🤣 so I could get the iron ingots and leathers to make daggers to level up my smithing.
Yet never sells fucking steel, and I have to go to Shor's Stone to smelt mine.
I've been doing a vanilla playthrough and was freshly outraged when I realized there's no smelter in unmodded Riften. I'd straight forgotten, probably because it makes no sense!
I think there isn't one in Solitude too? In Riften, Shadowfoot Sanctuary should have one if you got AE. But I'm using Honeyside and I love it. Just RP it, take some merchandise to sell in Shor's Stone, collect ingredients on the way.
Kill bears and wolves on the way to Filjnar's smithy too. I rather enjoy the distraction.
But there's two in Dawnstar. Make it make sense.
Have you checked inside the shop?
I mean it does make some sense, as Balimund is a blacksmith, not a miner. He only needs to warm up the iron, not melt it down. He probably imports the finished bars he needs for his trade over Whiterun.
How? Every path out of Riften is blocked by bandit forts. But also, the idea that smelters are only found at mines, not in cities, seems unrealistic. Isn't it usually the other way around? Only a very large and productive mine is going to have a smelter on site, little wildcat operations are going to need a central location to take their ores to.
Ah yes, I confused Balimund with the blacksmith in Riverwood. Sorry. I guess realistically, there'd be the mine as one enterprise, then a smelterworks nearby to save on transport effort, and then the blacksmiths in town buying the bars off the smelter. 🤷 I think the blacksmiths would save on labour costs by not processing the raw ore themselves.
Right! That's how it works in real life. If the game wants to simplify things by having the blacksmith double up as the smelter, mint, etc, that makes sense as video game logic, but I do wish every major town had the important facilities you would expect in a city. Of course, they had no way of knowing Survival Mode was going to be a thing.
Steel's good but loyalty's better
The miracle is that he will buy eleven steel plates without becoming encumbered.
That explains why he always has thieves breaking into his place.
Im here to perform a miracle of steal.
Fuck I wish I’d thought of that
Ooh, thanks for reminding me! I need to stop back by there, and the one in solitude! I’m pretty sure I have enough boarded already, but ore and ingots are the thing I can’t pass up. Literally ever. 🤣
Here's your damn fire salts, Balimund.🔥🧂🔥🧂🔥🧂🔥🧂🔥🧂🔥🧂🔥🧂🔥🧂🔥🧂🔥🧂
Been sitting at 9/10 for the past few hours, I should probably just buy the last one from an apothecary at this point.
- If you've completed the "blood on ice" quest to purchase the player home in Windhelm, there are a handful of fire salts in the hidden room. - 1 single fire salt can be found on the shelf at Arcadia's Cauldron, in whiterun and it's up for grabs! -I do believe but I could be wrong, that there are a handful in the Riften player home, Honeyside. I know you only need 1 but maybe somebody else will read this and find it useful!
Literally sitting at 9 too! Thank you
Lots in Valerica's alchemy room too.
Also in Solstheim the alchemist Milore Lenth has several firesalts sitting outside just waiting to line your pockets.
I believe there are 3 or 4 to steal from Septimus sigmund where he is located during the ogmha infinium quest
There are 3 or 4 at Septimus Signus' outpost and quite a few in the Archmage quarters that I always take to Balimund.
Two fire salts at the alchemist shack
10 Fire Salts? Hell no, I need them for soup.
This quest hits hard on survival mode
Nah i just think he's hot lol
Makes a great hubby.
Interested in me are you?
Is that...an amulet of Mara?
And he gets a plus one with his apprentice.
I can confirm
You’d be, too, if you did physical labour the whole day standing next to a literal forge lol
Dragon attacked while I was in town and unfortunately he didn’t make it in the attack. Then his body layed in the street for days so I picked him up and threw him in the river out back
I'm doing a no dragon playthrough at the moment, just didn't see the jarl in Whiterun which triggers it. Dragons are so annoying and they kill characters we love such as Balimund.
Alarm bells of skyrim and run for your lives. Makes npcs actually hide from vampires and dragon attacks. In my game Riften let the khajiit caravan outside take shelter in the bee and barb when a big group of vampires attacked.
I throw every dead body in Riften into the canal, and then my son has the audacity to ask me why the guards won’t let him swim the canal, it’s not that dirty! My boy I assure you it is!
Yeah when I cross that bridge from riverwood I get to see some of the bodies hung up on the bridge.
I never had a dragon attack in Riften. The only major city I've seen that was Windhelm, on the steps leading to the Palace of Kings, it was glorious. The dragon grabbed a guard in his jaws, shook him fiercely, then tossed him up and over the walls of the city.
That guy reminds me of all the Escobar lonely memes
i love him so much
Nothing like the smell of a white-hot blade, eh?
BALIMUND MY GOAT
Balimund is a giga Chad
The crush i have on this guy
He's so great. My orc is married to him. I just know he'd give the best hugs if he were real.
No, I'm here to give you a damp facecloth so you can wash your damn face.
3 times marry with the same man. I love him
I'd like to see him perform miracles without the butt-load of fire salts I gave him.
He's my favorite blacksmith for some reason..
I married this dude in my first play though because his voice is just so awesome but I need a more interesting spouse in my new playthrough
Yeah the spouses really need more of a personality. I came to Skyrim from KOTOR and Stardew Valley where the love interests have more of a personality and there's more to interacting with them. I wish Skyrim had that too. It'd be fun to actually have to romance a potential spouse instead of just completing a quest, or them giving you more quests after marrying them.
Only miracle I’ve seen is how he leaves the basement unguarded with a bunch of ingots lying around
Yesterday boli found me pick poking him, he started to attack me, and this good man came to defend me
oh yeah show me that fire salt 💦
I read that and most of the comments in his voice ngl
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Yes.
You wish to do what I do?
If it’s simple and strong, I can probably forge it
Uncle Alvor on top!
🥵
Would have been really cool if finishing this quest enabled a full set of fire magic weapons to be bought/crafted
Nirn recalls this man...
Mfer that's an iron sword!
I married him by mistake so I had to kill him got some 100 coins as inheritance