Skyrimoffers players a long list of enemies and creatures to get to know and fight as they play the game. Some of these are notorious for being a challenge to take down while others are much more of a nuisance. Either way, there usually isn’t a quick solution to tackling the different creatures inSkyrim.Forsworn Briarhearts, however, have one quick, but somewhat cruel, method.
Skyrimis thefifth major installment in theElder Scrollsseriesand takes players to the world of the same name. Forsworn Briarhearts are high ranking partially undead male members of the group known as the Forsworn.
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As shown in a clip from, u/lollobis, pickpocketing a Briarheart is a common method for dispatching the elite Forsworn, with the tip appearing in one of the game’s loading screens. The video starts with this player approaching one of these enemies from behind. Upon taking the enemy’s Briar Heart, the Forsworn instantly drops onto his anvil dead. U/lollobis literally pickpocketed the heart out of this Forsworn’s chest and killed him. The player then drags the body along the ground, further proving the lethality of this pickpocket move and showing theinteresting piece of information about the Forsworn inSkyrim. The trick is just a tad brutal
As odd as this technique seems, many players may have already found this out through catching the method on one of the game’s loading screens. Forsworn Briarhearts are created through the cutting out of a warrior’s heart and replacing it with a Briar Heart. Players can see that very Briar Heart in their chest, so removing it through pickpocketing isn’t farfetched. to replicate this act, though, players need to approach relatively quietly, as Forsworn Briarhearts have are one of thedifficult enemies inSkyrim.
DespiteSkyrim’sage, it continues to surprise its players because of the large volume of content in the game. Aside from the long list of quests to complete, there are numerous features in the game like this one that keep it interesting.
Then again, titles that grow too large can become too much for some players. Open world games that don’t find the right balance can suffer because of this. Either way,Skyrimcontinues to see successa decade since its release and successfully surprised this player.
The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrimis available for PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
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