Skyrim Survival Guide: Ultimate List of Cheats, How-to’s & Secrets

Welcome to the Skyrim Survival Guide, where every single scrap of content for The Elder Scrolls 5 is listed and linked for your browsing convenience. We’re no strangers to secrets or cheats here, and we went all out looking for hidden gems when Bethesda released this magnum opus of open-world RPGs. There are so many extras and guides, we wanted to collect them all in one place.

Whether you’re new to Skyrim or rediscovering it through DLC, we’ve got you covered when it comes to cheats. Check below for our full list of achievement guides, glitches, codes, how-to’s, hidden secrets, collectibles, quest walkthroughs, and more.

Ultimate List of Cheats, How-To’s & Secrets

The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim

• PC Console Commands

• PC Item Codes

• How To Improve Skyrim with .ini File Tweaks

Glitches & Exploits

• Easy Gold Glitch

• Max Out Your Archery Skill Exploit

• Infinite Free Arrows Exploit

• Add Every Perk on PC

• Bucket + Head Trick

• How to Duplicate Books Glitch

• Ruin Your Marriage With A Corpse [Glitch]

• Easy 100 Speech Skill

• Easy Free Horse

• Level Up Glitch

Best Item & Locations Guides

• Best Armor

• Best Weapons

• Dragon Shout Locations

• Best Possible Equipment Guide

• Mushroom and Fungi Ingredients Guide

• Spell Vendor Locations

• Dragon Mask Locations

• Skill Book Locations

• Stones of Barenziah Locations

• Minecraft Easter Egg

• Bleak Falls Barrow Puzzle Solutions

Marriage, Factions & Followers

• Marriage Guide

• Followers Guide

• House Buying Guide

• How To Join The Thieves Guild

• How To Join The Companions

• How To Join The College of Winterhold

• How To Join The Dark Brotherhood

• Races

Vampires & Werewolves

• How To Cure Vampirism

• How To Become A Vampire

• How To Cure Being A Werewolf

• How To Become A Werewolf

Dawnguard

• PC Console Item Codes

• PC Console Spell Codes

• Unlock Arvak the Skeleton Horse with the PC Console [Cheat]

Factions & Perks

• How to Join the Volkihar Vampire Faction

• How to Join the Dawnguard Faction

• Vampire Lord Perks Tree

• Werewolf Perks Tree

Glitches & Exploits

• How to Get Infinite Crossbow Bolts [Exploit]

• How to Become Arvak the Skeleton Horse [Glitch]

How-to Guides

• How to Find the Best Weapons

• How to Find All 3 New Dragon Shouts

• How to Find Arvak the Skeleton Horse

• How to Change Your Face

• How to Turn Your Spouse Into a Vampire

Easter Eggs & Quests

• Impatience of a Saint Quest Guide

• Morrowind Easter Egg

Hearthfire

• How to Build a House

• Where to Buy Plots of Land

Domestic Comfort Guides

• How to Adopt & Raise Children

• How to Find the All New Marriage Option

• Stewards List

• Pets List

Glitches & Exploits

• How to Duplicate Armor [Glitch]

Achievement Guide

• Full Achievement Guide

Dragonborn

• How to Access the New DLC Content

• How to Ride a Dragon

• How to Summon a Werebear

• Ebony Warrior Quest Guide

• Stalhrim Crafter Achievement Guide

Cheats & Exploits

• PC Console Item Codes

• Secret of Arcana Easy Leveling Glitch

Followers & Marriage

• New Followers

• New Marriage Options Guide

Easter Eggs & References

• Silt Strider Easter Egg (Morrowind Reference)

• Karstaag Quest Guide (Bloodmoon Easter Egg)

Dragonborn Item Guides

• Best Weapons

• Best Armor

• Werewolf Rings (Bloodlust, Instinct, Hunt, Moon)

• Black Book Locations Guide [Video]

• Deathbrand Armor Locations Guide

• Weapon Crafting Guide (New Recipes)

• Armor Blacksmithing Guide (New Recipes)

New DLC Features

• House Buying Guide (Raven Rock, Tel Mithryn)

• Dragon Aspect Shout Guide

• Respec Guide (Reset Perk Points)