Isn’t it obvious who the Ebony Warrior is? He’s the dude who visits every dungeon before you and makes sure all the torches are lit

The real number one boss battle: The Dragonborn vs. Lydia in a doorframe

The real boss battle: the first frost troll on the way to high hrotghar.

The Ebony Warrior is basically just a former player character.

The Ebony Warrior is a reflection of the Dragonborn since by level 80 you’ll likely be wanting to restart the game (death) after having completed virtually everything there is to complete.

The hardest boss is trying to not eventually just become a stealth bow build

I remember when dawnguard came out. I was 12 and my older brother and I stayed up all night playing Skyrim waiting for the dlc to become available in his room so we could buy it. It didn’t end up becoming available till about 8:30 in the morning. My brother fell asleep in his chair and I sat in his room playing it for a few hours and then went in my room and passed out. That was a good day

Imagine being one of the strongest warriors in Tamriel, having a full set of Ebony armour, get nicknamed "The Ebony Warrior" for your strength and appearance, *only to be beaten by a damn mudcrab*

The hardest boss is self control when it comes to the damn carry weight. Like I have to fight gravity and Alduin?!

Number One Boss Fight: The Loading Screen

The real hardest boss fight is when you fail a 90% chance at pickpocket

Me: I have faced Alduin and sent him back to Akatosh, I have slain countless vampires and their Lord Harkon, I have defeated Miraak and did not flinch, and I have faced against an incredibly large amount of villains, daedra, dragons, and more. There is only one enemy that I have left to face. OLD SALTY, PREPARE FOR THE BATTLE TO END ALL BATTLES!!!!

I think the moment the Forgemaster emerges from the lava is one of the most memorable moments in Dawnguard for those who did that quest.

Just imagine the unsettling sound of a large mudcrab wearing shoes charging at you full-force.

No one: Sheogorath: "Wouldnt It be fun to create some bloodthirsty horkers to greet these pirates? Blood horkers indeed HA!"

I think he is the friend that has been sending us letters throughout the storyline.

Innocent mage carrying out his arcane experiments in a secluded cave, away from the population while causing no harm. Dragonborn: So, you have chosen death.

1. Vs hauling your Dragon Scales/Bones to wherever you store them after becoming overencumbered. 2. Vs Todd's Bugs. 3. Vs remembering that you need to go to High Hrothgar instead of wandering anywhere and everywhere. 4. Vs the urge to end Heimskr's wailing. 5. Vs Nazeem's snobbery.

The hardest boss fight: Fighting the urge to say *Murdered to death*

The ebony warrior is the one who gets to the cloud district very often

I honest to God never realized Lost To The Ages was Dawnguard exclusive! I guess owning all the DLCs from the start changes that.

I soul trap the ebony warrior and now he’s stuck in soul cairn forever and he became my trusted boots

My theory about the ebony warrior is that he's kinda like your characters. One day, either by his own choice or by circumstances outside of his control, he went into adventure, getting progressively stronger, but also progressively bored. Just like us, after reestarting the game for like the billionth time. He's just there to show that we are not the only murder hobos in this world. There's other people like us. Well,he's not the dragonborn,but still.

Imagine if the ebony warrior wanted to get to sovngarde purely to fight all of the Nordic spirits. I think that would be pretty dope.

20 years from now Nate will still be making these top 5’s. “TOP 5 DOORS IN SKYRIM YOU MAY HAVE MISSED” Keep up the great work nate! Love all your content.

"And proceeds to run away in terror" Warrior: *calmly walks away*

Even if it wasn’t too hard that skeletal dragon boss fight in labrynthian is one of my favorite in the game

My first thought on Old Salty was that he could’ve just been some poor dude that was cursed by a wizard and turned into a mudcrab lol

Nate: speaks of mudcrabs Also Nate: says mirelurk Me: *confusion 100*

Ebony warrior: You won't strike me down that easy! Dragonborn: Krii Lun Aus!

Personally I think that Lord Tusk was a worshipper of Hircine with a particular fascination for horkers. Eventually Hircine decided to turn him into a mighty horker warrior as a gift for his servitude.

4:20 After level 5 you'll probably run into the Old Orc looking for a "noble death" because he didn't want to die old and a burden to his clan, so this is a theme you'll see elsewhere in the game. I think the Redguard Ebony Warrior was basically inspired by their own heritage as well as Nord and Orc mythology, and by integrating all of the philosophies together ended up becoming the greatest warrior. The game tries to push you to be neutral but full-spectrum so you don't just wedge yourself into one character class, which gives the game all the replay value it's renowned for.

Ebony warrior: “your the only challenge I have left” Me: *taps him with an enchanted spoon* Ebony warrior: *ded*

I always love how you say “elder scrolls 5 skyrim.” “The elder scrolls fayhve skahyrim”

The most epic boss.. The chicken... I wanted to make a grilled chicken brest. Attacked by entire village.

I've always loved the setup and fight for Karstaag. He's completely optional, has you start the fight by walking through an almost eerily pristine skylit arena, and is absolutely a beast to take on

The forge master made me legit shit myself when he started spraying fire walking out of the lava.

What about Karstaag? I found him to be even more troublesome than the ebony warrior.

Lost to the ages is easily one of my favorite quests, mainly because the rewards are very unique, it has a couple interesting puzzles, and Katria is the only NPC i truly wanted to help, because she is helpful, not a jerk, and has a pretty obvious and relatable goal

My favorite boss has to be Ulfric honestly. Marching into Windhelm with the Legion at your back, pushing through a city that is actually designed to take on a siege, finally killing the Stormcloaks and approaching the throne with a classic "It's over, lay down your arms" speech, a duel with another master of the Thu'um...just awesome.

The Forgemaster being bigger than a normal centurion actually makes sense, since when you heat metal it expands and get bigger, and once it cools off it shrinks again.

8:49 "Just another powerful mirelurk" You feeling okay there Nate?

I've alway thought of Salty as a pirate that got entangled with a sea witch who cursed him by changing him into a mudcrab. Shoes require feet, pirates love treasure which is why he has gold and sometimes a leveled gemstone, and what good is a pirate without a tankard of mead? 🤔

I’ve actually managed to fight all of the bosses on this list, but I believe there is a boss fight that was certainly missed, and that would be the twin dragons of the Forgotten Vale. Their ability to dive under the ice is uniquely terrifying as well as being one of, if not the only time you have to fight two dragons at the same time. Very, very cool fight, though I do appreciate seeing the Forgemaster make an appearance.

Nate: We all know about the main story bosses Me: Main Story? I forgot about that!!!!

I feel like the centurion was huge because metal expands with heat

There’s a boss in Dragonborn DLC with an ice throne. If you defeat him, you can summon him 3 times total. Pretty unique and he’s very strong.

Just imagine the ebony warrior is the mysterious stranger from fallout

Anyone who kills old Salty is a villain of their own. He was so nice in Morrowind

Damn this game is almost a decade years old amd its still going

I just finished the Lost to the Ages quest yesterday. It was one of the most enjoyable quests I've had in Skyrim. Lots of epic combats. The forge master was not much of a threat, probably because i had sthalrim weapons enchanted with frost, I didn't even knew that he was weak to frost althrough it does make sense.

I don’t know if he already brought up karstaag yet but he should.

The biggest boss battle is not beating up Nazeem every time you walk by. I just want to throw him down the well in the market so bad.

I seriously thought old salty was a Mr Crabs Spongebob reference

I can just imagine the forge master rising from the magma and being a burnt scrap of metal

Hardest boss fight in the elder scrolls series: figuring out when tes 6 will come out

What’s particularly interesting about Kornalus, especially at higher levels, is that he’s one of the few high-level mages that can be resurrected with the Dead Thrall spell. His expert level destruction and conjuration spells make him a VERY useful ally, and since Dead Thralls are permanent and don’t disintegrate after death, he can follow and assist the player indefinitely. Plus, if he (or any other thrall) is brought to the basement of a player’s Hearthfire home and killed, he won’t normally despawn and so can be retrieved whenever the player desires. This frees the player up to wander around alone and still have their undead buddy at their disposal if they choose.

Dragonborn: "What about me? I'm a formidable boss battle for any npc that dares cross my path."

Ebony warrior is by far the hardest fight in the entire game.the snow elf boss from dawn guard was like a 10 second fight. Ebony warrior takes 20 trys and all legendary gear.

I found your videos about 2 months ago?.......I love them so much. Thank you. Don't ever stop.

I actually love the Lost to the Ages questline, and Katria is one of my favorite NPCs in the game

The diving dragons battle in dawnguard. Such an awesome battle with the dragons diving through the ice and surprise jump up. It's probably the first time battling two dragons at the same time for a lot of people.

I first came across Lord Tusk in my current play through. I was taking a break from the vanilla main questline and playing the Dawnguard DLC main questline. I was at the “A New Order” quest and Gunmar was randomly placed on Horker Island. I was level 15. I believe I was taking Freya and Vigilance the dog with me when I arrived and found the journal and the horkers. It was pure chaos. Gunmar’s spawning had of course triggered a bear attack on top of the horkers and I ended up trying to snipe everything not human from a rock while gunmar, Vigilance, and freya went berserk against everything. I lost track of Vigilance and ended up falling off a short cliff. A horker came around the corner at me and being a mage-thief with shit health I was quickly running off to find a snipe point. When the smoke cleared, Vigilance was dead next to Lord Tusk (Press F to pay respects), Gunmar was doing that NPC “I’m bearly alive” limp thing and Freya was having a hilarious duel with a random mudcrab (“Whaaat?! All Maker Protect us!”) All in all, one of the most hilarious fights ever lmao 😂

Working on my first playthrough and these videos are so informative and helpful. But also make me nervous to get to some things.

“Altmer and Cyrodilic Needs” sounds like it could be a fan-fic about the origin of the Bretons.

The hardest boss: leveling up smithing

I absolutely love the 'Lost to the Ages' storyline. It's awesome gets you an awesome bow, and just a really cool nod to the lore

8:30 old salty is a were-mudcrab. he’s a general merchant on the side, selling jewels and sorts.

Lost to the Ages is one of my favorites to do and I can't understand how someone could not ever complete it. But then again I do also actually like going into Dwemer ruins and poking around. Such a great mystery surrounding the Dwemer.

Old Salty killed me once. Of course I had a damage modifier on, and I just wasn't expecting a mudcrab "boss." I got my revenge

What I love about skyrim is the absolute choice you have in dealing with harder enemies. Its in a way that seems natural, considering how many tiny choices you make can have a huge difference later down the road.

Anybody else notice he said mirelurk when talking about old salty

I had a run in with the Ebony Warrior at level 40 and couldn't defeat him, so I ran and avoided that area at all cost. No sight of him since. lol

“How’s it going Nate it’s guys here” is my favourite intro

Kornalus was actually one of my first bosses, when i was at least level 10 and still trying to find my favorite approach to combat, I stumbled upon him looking for loot and gear for me to try out

9:04 Could Old Salty be a part of some kind of mystical merchant crab tradition??! No he just ate a drunk guy.

5:42 "Around 30%-40% larger." It looks barely 5% larger.

When i faced the ebony warrior in my pyromancer build useing ahzidal`s ignite spell The fight took me all of ten seconds

A million for the best channel. You deserve it!!!!!

Love your wideos Nate keep them comming ;]

I actually constantly run into Frey...like, I can't avoid him, I usually accidentally walk into that dungeon so many times it's ridiculous

“Blood thirsty blubber” is the only correct way to describe me and I wholeheartedly take that with pride-

I love your channel i thought i knew so.much about skyrim obviously now

Lost to the ages is one of my favorite quest lines. I love looking through the Dwemer ruins so found it pretty easily.

Two tiny details you have not covered: 1. The drauger will say sovenguard when fighting the dragonborn (easier to find with subtitles one) 2. In the Soul Carin, if you murder the Keepers to death before meeting Valerica, her dialogue will mention about how you have already killed them. Subtle but cool none the less.

Old Salty and his mudcrab army + mod that replaces all Mudcrab dialogue with "Reeeeeeeee" = a truly terrifying battle

Lost to the ages is one of the most underrated quests in the entire game. It’s so far my favourite quest I’ve ever done and I happened upon it by accident

might sound weird but i fall asleep with your videos, don; t get me wrong! your voice and story telling is so comforting!! i love your videos and ofcourse i also watch all the skyrim videos of yours when im not planning to sleep but i just really find your videos suithing! can't sleep? i don't mind, i have distractions of my real life problems and learn about the best game ever!! thank you so much for making this kind of videos! you have no idea what your videos do for us!

The ULTIMATE boss: loading screen and time for that, now the best dude and imortal companion channel goes to you nate, because you are my companion for those moments while i watch your vídeos

Biggest mistake I’ve ever made was fighting Karstaag on legendary difficulty. 😂

The lost of the ages quest was one of the first side quests I played through and it has to be one of my fav ones too. It was so fun- even tho I hate dwarven ruins

Have you considered filling the pacify perks of the illusion tree, getting the master spell Harmony or expert spell pacify, and duel wielding it to calm Kornalus down? He has some pretty interesting dialogue ngl

I've probably put like 3000 hours into Skyrim since I started playing it in 2012, and there were like 4 things I have never seen before in this video And that's why it's my favorite game of all time to this day

Oh, man. The Forge Master is a great fight. That specific quest line is so much fun!

I also love the fact I found Cornalus Frey by complete accident as I was running from dungeon to dungeon clearing out everything in sight.

For the Ebony Warrior, the giant mud crab and giant Horker- Increasing size increases damage. If you set your player size up, you can kill a dragon with one or two hits at lower levels. It works the same way in reverse. If you set yourself down to .5 percent size, you do less damage (and walk a lot slower, stamina drains faster, etc)

"Skyrim bosses" Me: the creation club that d*mn thing drained me not of health but my money....

Those three dislikes are the people who can't beat these boss fights.

Top 5 boss battles: mudcrab with 20 more hp - love this channel so much

The Frey connection could also be some sort of adoption, or that Mercer and Kornelius are half-borthers