List of trophies | The Elder Scrolls Skyrim TES V: Skyrim Guide

Last update: 29 November 2019

On this page, you will find a trophy guide for the Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. We have provided a detailed description of all the achievements available in the main campaign of the game. Each trophy description has information about the conditions to unlock it and our comment on the easiest way to do it.

• The most important information about Skyrim's trophies
• Platinum Trophy
• Unbound
• Bleak Falls Barrow
• The Way of the Voice
• Diplomatic immunity
• Alduin's Wall
• Elder Knowledge
• The Fallen
• Dragonslayer
• Take Up Arms
• Blood Oath
• Glory of the Dead
• Gatekeeper
• Revealing the Unseen
• The Eye of Magnus
• Taking Care of Business
• Darkness Returns
• One with the Shadows
• With Friends Like These...
• Bound Until Death
• Hail Sithis! Sithis!
• Taking Sides
• War Hero
• Hero of Skyrim
• Sideways
• Hero of the People
• Hard Worker
• Thief
• Snake Tongue
• Blessed
• Standing Stones
• Citizen
• Wanted
• Married
• Artisan
• Master Criminal
• Golden Touch
• Delver
• Skill Master
• Explorer
• Reader
• Daedric Influence
• Oblivion Walker
• Dragon Soul
• Dragon Hunter
• Words of Power
• Thu'um Master
• Apprentice
• Adept
• Expert
• Master

The most important information about Skyrim's trophies

1. The main set of achievements of the game consists of 51 trophies - 1 platinum trophy (it can be unlocked only on the PS3 and PS4), 1 gold, 14 silver, and 35 bronze.
2. All versions of the game have the same achievements. This also includes the Special Edition, which launched on PS4 and XONE, as well as Skyrim VR, developed for PlayStation VR goggles.
3. Getting all the trophies will probably take you 100 hours or more. To unlock the platinum trophy, you must first complete most of the quests available in the game. Other time-consuming achievements require us to collect 100,000 gold coins and reach character level 50.
4. The game needs to be completed once, but some trophies can difficult to find and we may miss them. In particular, be careful when completing Daedric quests. In each of these quests, you must obtain a new Daedric artifact. If you've made a wrong decision and lost or missed one of them, we recommended you load an earlier saved game.
5. You can play at any difficulty level. The easiest way will be to play on easy. This will greatly facilitate, in particular, the large-scale battle sequences or fights with dragons.
6. Trophies from Hearthfire, Dawnguard, and Dragonborn are not required for platinum. You can ignore them and focus solely on unlocking trophies from the main set (51 trophies).

Platinum Trophy

Trophy type: platinum

How to unlock: Collect all 50 trophies.

Comment: The trophy is only available in the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 versions of the game.

Unbound

Trophy type: bronze

How to unlock: Complete Unbound quest.

Comment: you can not miss this trophy, because it is related to the progress in the main plot. Unbound is the name of the first main quest. A walkthrough for this mission is featured on a separate page of our guide.

Bleak Falls Barrow

Trophy type: bronze

How to unlock: complete Bleak Falls Barrow quest.

Comment: you can not miss this trophy, because it is related to the progress in the main plot. Bleak Falls Barrow is the name one of the main quests of the story campaign. A complete step-by-step guide to this mission can be found in a separate chapter.

The Way of the Voice

Trophy type: bronze

How to unlock: Complete the quest "Way of the Voice".

Comment: you can not miss this trophy, because it is related to the progress in the main plot. The Way of the Voice is one of the main quests completed early in the campaign. A walkthrough for this mandatory quest can be found in a separate chapter of the guide.

Diplomatic immunity

Trophy type: bronze

How to unlock: Complete Diplomatic immunity.

Comment: you can not miss this trophy, because it is related to the progress in the main plot. Diplomatic immunity is the name of one of the main quests. A full walkthrough of this main quest can be found in our guide.

Alduin's Wall

Trophy type: bronze

How to unlock: Complete Alduin's Wall.

Comment: you can not miss this trophy, because it is related to the progress in the main plot. Alduin's Wall is one of the main quests completed during the main storyline. A complete step-by-step guide for the task can be found in a separate chapter of the guide.

Elder Knowledge

Trophy type: bronze

How to unlock: Complete Elder Knowledge.

Comment: you can not miss this trophy, because it is related to the progress in the main plot. Elder Knowledge is the name of one of the subsequent main quests of the game. A complete step-by-step guide for the quest can be found in a separate chapter of our guide.

The Fallen

Trophy type: bronze

How to unlock: Complete The Fallen.

Comment: you can not miss this trophy, because it is related to the progress in the main plot. The Fallen is the name of one of the subsequent main quests of the game. The walkthrough for this quest can be found in a separate section of our guide.

Dragonslayer

Trophy type: gold

How to unlock: Complete Dragonslayer.

Comment: you can not miss this trophy, because it is related to the progress in the main plot. Dragonslayer is the final main quest that involves defeating the dragon Alduin. The walkthrough of the final boss fight can be found in our guide.

Take Up Arms

Trophy type: bronze

How to unlock: join the Companions.

Comment: The Companions, are more or less the Guild of Warriors equivalent in Skyrim. Their residence is the Jorrvaskr sanctuary, located in Whiterun. Refer to the chapter Companions quest in our guide, where we have described in detail how to join this faction.

Blood Oath

Trophy type: bronze

How to unlock: Join the Companions.

Comment: This is the second trophy associated with the Companions. In order to get it, you must complete several initial quests for the group to unlock The Silver Hand quest. In this task, we join the Companions through participation in a blood ritual. The walkthrough for the quest can be found in our guide.

Glory of the Dead

Trophy type: silver

How to unlock: Complete Glory of the Dead.

Comment: this is another trophy associated with the Companions. Glory of the Dead is the name of one of the long quest completed for this faction. The walkthrough can be found in a separate section of our guide.

Gatekeeper

Trophy type: bronze

How to unlock: Join the College of Winterhold.

Comment: the College is the local equivalent of the Mages Guild in Skyrim. Their headquarters is Winterhold in the northeast of the world map, which you can visit on your own initiative or as part of the main quest Elder knowledge. Take a look at College of Winterhold quests chapter in our guide, where we specifically described how to join the faction.

Revealing the Unseen

Trophy type: bronze

How to unlock: Complete Revealing the Unseen.

Comment: This is the second trophy that is associated with the College. Revealing the Unseen is the name of one of the long missions completed for this faction. The walkthrough can be found in a separate section of our guide.

The Eye of Magnus

Trophy type: silver

How to unlock: Complete Eyes of Magnus.

Comment: this is another trophy that is associated with the College. The Eye of Magnus is the name of a quest commissioned by the group. The walkthrough can be found in our guide.

Taking Care of Business

Trophy type: bronze

How to unlock: Join the Thieves Guild.

Comment: the Thieves Guild is one of the most important factions in Skyrim. The headquarters of the faction is located in The Ragged Flagon in Riften, a town located in the South-East of the world map. Take a look at the Thieves Guild quests section in our guide and the walkthrough for Taking Care of Business quest, which needs to be completed to join the Guild.

Darkness Returns

Trophy type: bronze

How to unlock: Complete Darkness Returns.

Comment: This is the second trophy associated with the Thieves Guild. Darkness Returns is the name of one of the most important quests commissioned by the group. The walkthrough can be found in a separate section of our guide.

One with the Shadows

Trophy type: silver

How to unlock: Restore the former glory of the Thieves Guild.

Comment: this is another trophy associated with the Thieves Guild. To get the quest you must first finish the main part of the Guild's storyline. Your goal is to unlock the last quest for the faction - Under New Management. Doing this quest will enable you to get the trophy. The quest is accurately described in our guide.

With Friends Like These...

Trophy type: bronze

How to unlock: Join The Dark Brotherhood.

Comment: the Dark Brotherhood is the equivalent of the Assassins Guild in Skyrim. The headquarters of this secret group is the Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary, although initially, you can't get inside. To turn the brotherhood's eyes on yourself, you need to complete the Innocence Lost quest, detailed walkthrough of which can be found in our guide. Completing the quest will give you the opportunity to join the brotherhood.

Bound Until Death

Trophy type: bronze

How to unlock: complete Bound Until Death.

Comment: This is the second trophy associated with the Dark Brotherhood. Bound Until Death is the name of one of the most important assassination orders received from the Dark Brotherhood, which is completed during a wedding ceremony. A full description of this contract can be found in our walkthrough.

Hail Sithis! Sithis!

Trophy type: silver

How to unlock: complete Hail Sithis!

Comment: this is another trophy associated with the Dark Brotherhood. Hail Sithis! is one of the contracts received from the Dark Brotherhood members. A full walkthrough of this rather long and complex quest can be found in a separate section of the guide.

Taking Sides

Trophy type: bronze

How to unlock: Join the Stormcloaks or Legion.

Comment: the trophy is related to Civil War storyline in Skyrim. We have described these section in detail in a separate chapter of the guide. To unlock the trophy you can choose any of the hostile factions.

If you want to join the Stormcloaks, you must go to Windhelm, located in the Eastern part of the world map. Enter the Palace of the Kings and talk to Ulfric Stormcloak.

If you want to join the Legion, you need to go Solitude, located in the Northern part of the country. Enter Castle Dour and meet General Tullius in the war room.

War Hero

Trophy type: bronze

How to unlock: Capture Fort Sungard or Fort Greenwall.

Comment: This is the second trophy related to the civil war storyline. It also gives you complete flexibility in choosing a side to the conflict.

If you cooperate with the Stormcloaks, then by completing their tasks, you will eventually be given the quest The Battle for Fort Sungard.

If you cooperate with the Legion, then by completing their missions, you will eventually be given quest The Battle for Fort Greenwall.

Both of the above quests are discussed in detail in our walkthrough. You only have to complete one of them.

Hero of Skyrim

Trophy type: silver

How to unlock: capture Solitude or Windhelm.

Comment: This is another trophy related to the civil war storyline. Again, you have complete freedom to choose with whom you want to team up.

If you cooperate with the Stormcloaks, you must move on to their final quest - Battle for Windhelm.

If you cooperate with the Legion, you must proceed to their final quest - Battle for Solitude.

Both quests are described in detail in our guide. You only have to finish one of them.

Sideways

Trophy type: bronze

How to unlock: Complete 10 side quests.

Comment: side quests are all quests except:

1. main storyline quests
2. guild quests
3. daedric quests
4. civil war quests

Take a look at the Side Quests section of our guide. To unlock the trophy you can choose any 10 side quests.

Hero of the People

Trophy type: bronze

How to unlock: Complete 50 miscellaneous tasks.

Comment: this trophy concerns small quests, that have the word Miscellaneous in the title. You can unlock them in the same way as many full-fledged quests, that is, by communicating with independent characters (random NPCs, important story characters, Guild members, etc.).). They have simple assumptions (for example, delivering a package, killing a specified monster), thanks to which dealing with them should not cause any trouble. Take care of 50 small tasks.

Hard Worker

Trophy type: bronze

How to unlock: chopping wood, mine ore and cook food.

Comment: all the actions from the description of the achievement related to the theme of crafting. Each type of these activities has been described in detail in our World Atlas on the other types of crafting page.

1. You can chop wood by visiting one of the sawmills.
2. You can mine ores by visiting any mine and using a pickaxe.
3. Food can be prepared in any kitchen.

Complete one action from each group. You don't need to craft any unique items.

Thief

Trophy type: silver

How to unlock: open 50 locks and pickpocket 50 people.

Comment: lockpicking and pickpocketing are some of the skills that the main character can develop. We have described them in more detail in the Skills chapter of our World Atlas. There you can learn how to open locks, pick pockets, how to improve skills and what do we get from it. For each skill, invest in attributes that make it easier to open locks and steal.

To unlock the trophy look for easy locks and easy to rob NPCs (eg, sleeping characters).

Snake Tongue

Trophy type: bronze

How to unlock: successfully use persuasion, bribery, and intimidation.

Comment: the Trophy is for the unique dialogue options that may appear during the encounters with NPCs. They are all related to Speech skill, which you can gradually develop. The skill is described in detail in the Skills section in our guide. You will learn how to improve persuasion, bribery, and intimidation, and what the consequences are.

Only one successful attempt from each of these three groups is enough to get the trophy. It is not necessary to develop Speech very much to convince difficult interlocutors.

Blessed

Trophy type: bronze

How to unlock: Choose a power from 1 of 13 Standing Stones.

Comment: The Standing Stones are secret locations in Skyrim. When you interact with The Standing Stones, you can get an appropriate bonus to stats, such as speeding up your health and stamina regeneration.

This trophy requires you to find only one of the Stones and activate its power. The list of stones can be found in our World Atlas in the Locations list section.

Standing Stones

Trophy type: silver

How to unlock: Find all 13 Standing Stones.

Comment: this is the development of the trophy described above. In this case, you need to find all thirteen Standing Stones. To get the trophy you only need to discover the location of each of the stones.

Citizen

Trophy type: bronze

How to unlock: Buy a house.

Comment: the Main character can buy a house in several places in the game world, the cheapest one is located in Whiterun. The opportunity to buy a house appears after you complete the main quest Dragon Rising, i.e. you deal with the dragon that threatened the city. A walkthrough for the task can be found in our guide.

After completing the quest and receiving thanks from Jarl Balgruuf, you can talk with the Chamberlain to buy a house. It will cost you several thousand coins, but you can save the game before purchase and load the previous state after unlocking the trophy.

Wanted

Trophy type: bronze

How to unlock: Escape from prison.

Comment: you can go to prison if you are caught committing a crime (theft, murder, etc.) and you voluntarily submit to the punishment after being detained by a guard. Prison break, unfortunately, is not an easy thing to do. The necessary actions are to open the lock in the cell door, find a chest with confiscated items, and add them to your inventory and get to one of the exits (preferably by sneaking). Attention, the game does not allow you to escape from the prison in Markarth (mine).

This achievement is best unlocked later in the game, that is, when you have sufficiently developed the skills of lockpicking and stealth. It'll make things much easier for you. More information on how to go to prison can be found on the Committing crimes page in the Hints section of our guide.

Married

Trophy type: bronze

How to unlock: Marry someone.

Comment: it is not a very difficult trophy, although marrying someone requires quite a lot of preparation:

1. Visit Temple of Mara in the Riften and meet Maramal. If you can not find the priest in the temple, then walk around the city.
2. Talk to Maramal about marriage.
3. You must get an Amulet of Mara, you can purchase it from Maramal or get it by joining The Book of Love quest side.
4. Put on amulet of Mara.
5. Now during the conversations with NPCs, the options window for submitting marriage proposals will appear. There will be many such occasions (for example, at the end of a quest from someone), and to unlock the trophy it is enough that only one person agrees.
6. After someone agrees, return to Maramal and take part in the wedding ceremony.

Artisan

Trophy type: bronze

How to unlock: forge any item, conjure any item and create any potion.

Comment: the Trophy is associated with crafting and alchemy :

1. Item forging is described on the Smithing page on World Atlas. You must use a blacksmith's forge.
2. Item enchanting is described on the Enchanting page in World Atlas. You must use an arcane enchanter.
3. Making potions is described on the Alchemy page in World Atlas. You must use the alchemical table.

In each of these cases, it is necessary to brew/enchant only one item. It can be the simplest thing, so you do not have to develop the skills of the main character too much.

Master Criminal

Trophy type: bronze

How to unlock: Have a bounty of 1,000 gold on your head in all 9 of Skyrim's holds.

Comment: the holds from the description of the trophy are:

1. Whiterun
2. The Pale
3. Falkreath Hold
4. Haafingar
5. Hjaalmarch
6. Rift
7. The Reach
8. Eastmarch
9. Winterhold

Every time you commit some crime and are noticed, in the upper left corner of the screen you will see information about the increase in the amount of bounty on the head of your character. The fastest way to do this is by killing a hold guard - one kill should be enough in this case. After reaching the required bounty level, at least 1000 gold, moves to another of the nine regions to break the law there. Do it until you're wanted in all holds. Read more about the problems with the law on a separate chapter - Committing crimes.

Golden Touch

Trophy type: silver

How to unlock: Get 100,000 gold coins.

Comment: unfortunately, this is one of the most difficult achievements of the game. This is due to its duration because you must have all 100,000 gold in your inventory to get the trophy. Skyrim does not give you a lot of gold, and as a result, it is necessary to remember about the requirements of this trophy almost from the beginning of the adventure. Here are some additional tips:

1. Try not to buy anything from traders or spend gold for any other purpose. If possible, rely on items found in the game world and obtained by completing quests.
2. Accept as many quest as possible. Many of them are rewarded with gold.
3. Thoroughly search all discovered locations and look for gold in containers and on plain sight.
4. Take with you as much loot as possible to sell it to traders.
5. Develop the skills of lockpicking, stealth, and pickpocketing. This will enable you to rob the inhabitants of the realm more effectively. Many valuable items are located in places that the hero can not "lawfully" plunder.

Delver

Trophy type: silver

How to unlock: Clear 50 dungeons.

Comment: the dungeons are considered cleared once you:

1. Kill all enemies / monsters.
2. Collect all the loot. Unfortunately, the game does not tell you that you have collected 100% of the loot, so carefully search each place and look at all interactive containers.

Use our World Atlas to search for subsequent dungeons. The important information is that you shouldn't search for exceptionally large dungeons. It can also be small locations with few opponents and one or more chests to loot.

Skill Master

Trophy type: silver

How to unlock: Train any skill to level 100.

Comment: You should be able to unlock this trophy when trying to unlock the platinum. If this did not happen, then after the completion of the game, take an interest in the skills that are closest to level 100. You can develop skills faster by repeating actions associated with it, such as casting subsequent spells (even if it's pointless).

Skill books and skill trainers can also help you level up skills to 100. We have revealed the places where you should search for books and trainers in our World Atlas in the Listings section.

Explorer

Trophy type: silver

How to unlock: Discover 100 locations.

Comment: it may seem like finding a hundred locations is a big challenge, but it's not really that hard to achieve. Traveling around the world map, you will find many new places. These are not only large cities and villages, but also small sites, such as ruins, stone circles, camps, or dungeons. In our World Atlas, we show all the possible places to discover. In the game there are much more than 100.

Reader

Trophy type: bronze

How to unlock: Read 50 skill books.

Comment: For this trophy, you need to collect and read 50 unique books - each of them you can read only once and thus increase the associated skill. A list of skill books can be found in the Skill books chapter in our World Atlas. Visit the places indicated there and look for suitable books.

Daedric Influence

Trophy type: bronze

How to unlock: get a Daedric artifact.

Comment: Daedric artifacts can be acquired after completing Daedric quests - a separate category of side quests. We have described all daedric missions in detail in a separate chapter of our guide. For this trophy you can choose any daedric quest.

Oblivion Walker

Trophy type: silver

How to unlock: get 15 Daedric artifacts.

Comment: this is a development of the achievement described above. You must complete all available Daedric quests and acquire all Daedric artifacts. If you lost an artifact when completing the quest, load the game and choose another way to complete the quest.

Dragon Soul

Trophy type: bronze

How to unlock: absorb a Dragon Soul.

Comment: To absorb a dragon soul, you just have to kill a dragon, and if you do not leave the area where it was defeated prematurely, it will be done automatically. This trophy should be obtained when completing the main quest Dragon Rising, which requires you to take down the flying beast that nearly attacked Whiterun. A full walkthrough of the quest can be found in our guide.

Dragon Hunter

Trophy type: bronze

How to unlock: absorb 20 dragon souls.

Comment: this is a development of the achievement described above. It is best to first focus on doing all the main and major side quests of the game. In some quests, dragons appear that have to/can be killed. The remaining number of dragons can be found, for example, during the free exploration of the game world. After finding a dragon, let it notice the hero and engage the beast.

Words of Power

Trophy type: bronze

How to unlock: Learn all three Words of any Dragon shout.

Comment: Every new Dragon shout will be unlocked already studying the first Word of Power associated with it, but to make the shout more powerful we need to unlock all three Word of Power. New Words can be learned by finding large tablets (for example in the image above). We have described the topic in detail on the Dragon shouts page in the Listings chapter of World Atlas. To unlock the trophy, you just need to pick any Dragon shout and unlock the three Words of Power associated with it.

Thu'um Master

Trophy type: silver

How to unlock: Learn 20 Dragon shouts.

Comment: this is the development of the above trophy. In the Dragon shouts chapter of our guide, we've collected all the available options and places to learn them. Important information, you only need to learn the Dragon shouts. You do not have to learn all three Words of Power associated with them.

Apprentice

Trophy type: bronze

How to unlock: Reach level 5.

Comment: Go to the description of the Master trophy.

Adept

Trophy type: bronze

How to unlock: Reach level 10.

Comment: Go to the description of the Master trophy.

Expert

Trophy type: bronze

How to unlock: Reach level 25.

Comment: Go to the description of the Master trophy.

Master

Trophy type: silver

How to unlock: Reach level 50.

Comment: the Main character can gain higher levels of experience by developing their skills. Reaching level 50 will, unfortunately, take a very long time, but there are several ways to make this process less burdensome:

1. Don't focus solely on a few favorite skills, try to develop all of them. Developing skills at lower levels is faster than those at higher levels.
2. As often as possible, repeat the actions that develop skills, even if at the moment it is not required. You can, for example, jump a lot, swing the sword a lot, or cast a lot of spells.
3. Help yourself by discovering skill books as well as skill trainers that will help you level them up faster.

More hints and information about the development of the main character can be found in the Character development chapter of our guide.