Achievements (specifically Xbox 360 Achievements, Steam Achievements, and PlayStation 3 Trophies) are awards given to the player for accomplishing various milestones in the game. Fifty achievements and fifty-one trophies are available in the basic game. Hearthfire adds five achievements and Dawnguard and Dragonborn add ten achievements each.
On the Xbox 360, a total of one thousand Gamer Points are available in the base game, or 1,550 points with all add-ons installed; the "Points" column in the following table provides the Gamer Points associated with each specific achievement. On the PC, Steam achievements stand on their own and don't include points. In addition, use of console commands and mods on the PC version does not prevent the awarding of achievements. On the PS3, the Trophies are sorted into types: Bronze, Silver and Gold. Earning every trophy from the base game will unlock a Platinum trophy.
The Special Edition has a separate achievement list for Steam, Xbox One, and PS4, meaning they can be earned twice by playing both versions of the game. Note that the use of mods (including Verified Creations) disables Special Edition achievement progress for both PC and console. Since the Special Edition comes with all three major add-ons, the achievement list contains all of the below add-on-related achievements by default (i.e. 75 achievements or 76 trophies). The use of Creation Club Creations does not disable achievements as they are official content.
Similar to the Special Edition, Skyrim VR also has a separate achievement list for Steam and PS4. The use of mods disables achievement progress on PC.
More detailed information on how to unlock each achievement can be obtained by clicking on the achievement's name.
Points | Trophy | Group | Name of Achievement | Description | |
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10 | Bronze | Main Quest | Unbound | Complete Unbound | |
10 | Bronze | Main Quest | Bleak Falls Barrow | Complete Bleak Falls Barrow | |
20 | Bronze | Main Quest | The Way of the Voice | Complete The Way of the Voice | |
20 | Bronze | Main Quest | Diplomatic Immunity | Complete Diplomatic Immunity | |
20 | Bronze | Main Quest | Alduin's Wall | Complete Alduin's Wall | |
20 | Bronze | Main Quest | Elder Knowledge | Complete Elder Knowledge | |
20 | Bronze | Main Quest | The Fallen | Complete The Fallen | |
50 | Gold | Main Quest | Dragonslayer | Complete Dragonslayer | |
10 | Bronze | Companions | Take Up Arms | Join the Companions | |
10 | Bronze | Companions | Blood Oath | Become a member of the Circle | |
30 | Silver | Companions | Glory of the Dead | Complete Glory of the Dead | |
10 | Bronze | College of Winterhold | Gatekeeper | Join the College of Winterhold | |
10 | Bronze | College of Winterhold | Revealing the Unseen | Complete Revealing the Unseen | |
30 | Silver | College of Winterhold | The Eye of Magnus | Complete The Eye of Magnus | |
10 | Bronze | Thieves Guild | Taking Care of Business | Join the Thieves Guild | |
10 | Bronze | Thieves Guild | Darkness Returns | Complete Darkness Returns | |
30 | Silver | Thieves Guild | One with the Shadows | Returned the Thieves Guild to its former glory | |
10 | Bronze | Dark Brotherhood | With Friends Like These... | Join the Dark Brotherhood | |
10 | Bronze | Dark Brotherhood | Bound Until Death | Complete Bound Until Death | |
30 | Silver | Dark Brotherhood | Hail Sithis! | Complete Hail Sithis! | |
10 | Bronze | Civil War | Taking Sides | Join the Stormcloaks or the Imperial Army | |
10 | Bronze | Civil War | War Hero | Capture Fort Sungard or Fort Greenwall | |
30 | Silver | Civil War | Hero of Skyrim | Capture Solitude or Windhelm | |
20 | Bronze | General | Sideways | Complete 10 side quests | |
30 | Bronze | General | Hero of the People | Complete 50 Misc Objectives | |
10 | Bronze | General | Hard Worker | Chop wood, mine ore, and cook food | |
30 | Silver | General | Thief | Pick 50 locks and 50 pockets | |
10 | Bronze | General | Snake Tongue | Successfully persuade, bribe, and intimidate | |
10 | Bronze | General | Blessed | Select a Standing Stone blessing | |
30 | Silver | General | Standing Stones | Find 13 Standing Stones | |
10 | Bronze | General | Citizen | Buy a house | |
10 | Bronze | General | Wanted | Escape from jail | |
10 | Bronze | General | Married | Get married | |
10 | Bronze | General | Artificer | Make a smithed item, an enchanted item, and a potion | |
20 | Bronze | General | Master Criminal | Bounty of 1000 gold in all nine holds | |
30 | Silver | General | Golden Touch | Have 100,000 gold | |
40 | Silver | General | Delver | Clear 50 dungeons | |
40 | Silver | General | Skill Master | Get a skill to 100 | |
40 | Silver | General | Explorer | Discover 100 locations | |
20 | Bronze | General | Reader | Read 50 Skill Books | |
10 | Bronze | General | Daedric Influence | Acquire a Daedric Artifact | |
30 | Silver | General | Oblivion Walker | Collect 15 Daedric Artifacts | |
10 | Bronze | General | Dragon Soul | Absorb a dragon soul | |
20 | Bronze | General | Dragon Hunter | Absorb 20 dragon souls | |
10 | Bronze | General | Words of Power | Learn all three words of a shout | |
40 | Silver | General | Thu'um Master | Learn 20 shouts | |
5 | Bronze | General | Apprentice | Reach Level 5 | |
10 | Bronze | General | Adept | Reach Level 10 | |
25 | Bronze | General | Expert | Reach Level 25 | |
50 | Silver | General | Master | Reach Level 50 | |
N/A | Platinum | General | Platinum Trophy | Collect all other 50 Trophies for this Trophy |
DawnguardEdit
Points | Trophy | Name of Achievement | Description | |
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20 | Bronze | Awakening | Complete Awakening | |
20 | Bronze | Beyond Death | Complete Beyond Death | |
40 | Silver | Kindred Judgement | Complete Kindred Judgment | |
30 | Silver | Lost to the Ages | Complete Lost to the Ages | |
20 | Bronze | Soul Tear | Learn all three words of Soul Tear | |
20 | Bronze | Auriel's Bow | Use the special power of Auriel's Bow | |
20 | Bronze | Werewolf Mastered | Acquire 11 werewolf perks | |
20 | Bronze | Vampire Mastered | Acquire 11 vampire perks | |
20 | Bronze | A New You | Change your face | |
40 | Silver | Legend | Defeat a Legendary Dragon |
HearthfireEdit
Points | Trophy | Name of Achievement | Description | |
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10 | Bronze | Proud Parent | Adopt a child | |
10 | Bronze | Landowner | Buy a plot of land | |
10 | Bronze | Architect | Build three wings on a house | |
10 | Bronze | Land Baron | Buy three plots of land | |
10 | Bronze | Master Architect | Build three houses |
DragonbornEdit
Points | Trophy | Name of Achievement | Description | |
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20 | Bronze | Outlander | Arrive on Solstheim | |
20 | Bronze | The Temple of Miraak | Complete The Temple of Miraak | |
20 | Bronze | The Path of Knowledge | Complete The Path of Knowledge | |
40 | Silver | At the Summit of Apocrypha | Complete At the Summit of Apocrypha | |
20 | Silver | Dragon Aspect | Learn all 3 words of Dragon Aspect | |
40 | Bronze | Hidden Knowledge | Learn the secrets of 5 Black Books | |
20 | Silver | Stalhrim Crafter | Craft an item out of Stalhrim | |
20 | Bronze | Dragonrider | Tame and ride 5 dragons | |
20 | Bronze | Raven Rock Owner | Own a house in Raven Rock | |
30 | Bronze | Solstheim Explorer | Discover 30 locations on the island of Solstheim |
Missable AchievementsEdit
Most of the achievements can be obtained regardless of your previous game choices. However, a handful of achievements can be missed:
- Oblivion Walker (30 pts/Silver) — Collect 15 Daedric Artifacts
- There are a total of sixteen available Daedric Artifacts that qualify for this achievement, five of which can be missed depending upon your choices during each associated Daedric Quest. See Oblivion Walker for more details.
- With Friends Like These... (10 pts/Bronze) — Join the Dark Brotherhood
- Bound Until Death (10 pts/Bronze) — Complete Bound Until Death
- Hail Sithis! (30 pts/Silver) — Complete Hail Sithis!
- All three Dark Brotherhood achievements become unavailable if you choose to Destroy the Dark Brotherhood!
- War Hero (10 pts/Bronze) - Capture Fort Sungard or Fort Greenwall
- The associated quest (The Battle for Fort Sungard or The Battle for Fort Greenwall) can be skipped depending upon the outcome of Season Unending.
BugsEdit
- Achievements can occasionally be missed by Steam and PS4, even though they have been completed in-game.
- To fix this, reload an earlier save and re-complete the achievement.
- Making sure that the "Enable the Steam Overlay while in-game" is enabled (from the Steam client's properties) before starting the game prevents this issue.