Elder Scrolls 2: Daggerfall | 2024 New Player Guide

Hi elder scrolls reviewbrah

Can you make videos like these with every subject in life?

Glad this got a new update since I had a hard drive failure on the disc I store all my games.

Please, make a guide like this for Arena

Daggerfall seems to be making a comeback, I keep seeing and watching new videos on the game

Is there a way to see more clearly underwater? With some objects or something? Because I can't use the torches and I also have a darker environment with the mods.

What you said about talking to everyone in the main quest reminded me of my recent playthrough: I was already level17, so way higher level than I needed, and I thought I did everything, but the second to last quest didn't unlock. What happened was that I forgot to talk to the maid in Castle Daggerfall and do her quest chain. That chain unlocks at level 5. Whoops.

What would be better is if you showed us all the mods that make this game have full lively cities with voiced NPCs like the videos that have been popping up recently

Im good il hold out till wayward realms

Best ES game for me 😊

#1 tip, focus on 2 spell schools, and get access to item Enchanting asap. If you have Spell Absorb an AoE damage fatigue effect attached to any other spell/school or two and you've got a good training spell.

I never watch your streams, but I love your videos lol Thanks man!

Love the in depth video

Thanks Zaric this is great! Appreciate it!

I am subscribed to this channel since about 5 years now... and I still think, the absolute best thing about it is the fact you wear a tie just like you wear glasses.

Great video! Thanks for the effort, man. I wasn’t expecting to find such an amazingly detailed guide. I have recently started a Unity Daggerfall play through and this is invaluable video to have prepared. ❤

I have no idea how the algorithm knew I was thinking about this game; but dang, now I'll finally be able to complete more than 2 quests and my dude won't be hitting people with a wet noodle

Any chance of an up to date how to on morrowind, too?

An updated guide... by Shor's bones..

If you can use restoration, get the critical weakness to paralysis, then get the free action spell. It’s the cheapest spell to cast and it completely neglects paralysis.

I can't wait to start a playthrough of this. Thanks for the tips!

"The assuuuumption"

That was gold and so smooth Zaric.

sick video dude yet again you prove yourself to be the definitive source for getting into these games as a new player. i still remember finally breaking through on daggerfall because of the old video you made before DFU existed.

I'm so bad at this game 😅
I'll give it another shot tho

well guess its time to beat Daggerfall now, thank you for the guide.

I'd never fault someone for going back and playing old games (especially enhanced versions) to experience the context, but I feel like Daggerfall has to be the MOST influential game that has become completely irrelevant in the modern day. Everything good that Daggerfall did has been done much better (more of it in games like Minecraft and DayZ than in other RPGs) and the stuff that is still unique to the game, like language proficiencies, abilities like climbing, or the fracturing of stuff like stealth and charisma into different TYPES of stealth or charisma, are all completely shallow, one dimensional, specific use cases.

People tend to mod this game to put new mechanics and methods of interacting with the world, but what Daggerfall really needs to be a fulfilling and unique experience is a world that appreciates the breadth of it's skill and simulation systems. A reason to climb over town walls or onto balconies, dragons or orcs to talk to that aren't just ways to avoid combat encounters, separate side-quest lines for people invested in Streetwise vs. Etiquette, etc.

All this is to say if you try Daggerfall and you don't like it, it's not because you're not "hardcore" enough or you need games "dumbed down" for you, Daggerfall just kind of sucks. This coming from a guy who has MAXIMUM nostalgia, my dad used to bring me into his office on Fridays and let me play Daggerfall on his computer while he was in meetings, because his home PC had no hope of running it.

I see Zaric, I give like. As simple as that!

Would be cool if you could make a video for a vampire or a werewolf themed character

Looking forward to the modding vid

love the advantage/disadvantage system, since I never bother with magic, I disable generation of it in light and dark, and get immunity to paralysis and disease, two of the most annoying afflictions

Just finished my first quest in gaersmith orchard looking for werewolf blood, was lost for hours but eventually figured things out, only for the quest giver to say that i could have brought a fresher sample and that the quality of initiates was lower still got paid though but for the trouble that whole adventure was not worth just 200 gold, atleast the loot made up for it.

Thank you for this!!!! I've started playing Morrowind because of you, and always love catching a stream of yours! You're a great person and I love your vids! Thanks for your commitment to helping people get into these great games; you're 1 of 1!!

New Daggerfall play through soon TM????? :D

Oh heck yeah!!!

Hi Zaric

Hey Zaric have you ever played any of the Gothic games on stream or planning to do so in future?

I've played Daggerfall enough to know much of this but it's cool to see someone go through it and I definitely picked up a few new tips. What a game.

For people allergic to pixels there is also DREAM mod that replaces the textures but its not for everyone's taste, some enemies look blurred with the upscaled textures but the environments are beautiful.

I wish there were more Daggerfall guides on the platform, like a werewolf and vampire guides, for example, it’s a great game, but without much video content out there

When Wayward Realms comes out, there would be no reason to play Daggerfall. Wayward Realms map size is 50 percent bigger, and with top notch modern graphics. Alpha version is late 2025, last time the developers talked about it.

im so swollen right now for this

starfield so boring he came back to tes freaking 2

Do i have to wear a tie to play it too?

"It is an open source engine that just happens to be able to run Daggerfall"
Aww man. I thought Daggerfall Unity was for Morrowind 😔😂

Heck yes brother

Thank you for this guide. I've seen some growing interest in Daggerfall lately and I love it. DF is one of my fav games of all time since 1996. The atmosphere, music and the mechanics in the game are soothing. I've been watching your DF content since the beginning (original Dosbox version with the lovely sound FX bugs and 12+ hours videos) . Planning to rewatch your Whispers in Shadow, Sas-i runs. Continue whatever you are doing and never change (love the occasional salt mining).