The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is one of the most far reaching, influential games of the past decade. When it came out, it revolutionized open world concepts and how beautiful a game could be.
Even as technology grows, the love for the game has led to remastering and mods that only make its visuals stronger. Not to mention, the game has come out on nearly every platform possible.
Though the Elder Scrolls series was always popular, Skyrim took that to a new level.
One of the things that helped enrich the games were its enemies. Around any corner a player could meet a random encounter foe, or stumble into a legendary tomb, or fight off a revered dragon.
The world around the Dragonborn wasn't just filled with things, it was teeming with life.
Because of its richness, though, some of Skyrim's bosses became more mythic than real. Some fans have never found these fun, harder to find foes.
A player can spend hours upon hours in the game and only find a few of these, let alone all of them. If they have, they're truly dedicated to searching all the nooks and crannies that Skyrim has to offer.
However, not everyone has the time for all of that.
Here are the 25 Hidden Skyrim Bosses (And How to Find Them).
25 Vulthuryol
Vulthuryol is one of the most sought after hidden bosses in Skyrim. While many on this list are obscure or random foes, developers made Vulthuryol "hidden."
Despite that, his home is underground, which is in Blackreach.
To summon him, a player must access the center area and go to where a yellow orb exists above the Hall of Rumination.
The Dragonborn only has to reach this orb, use Unrelenting Force on it, and Vulthuryol will appear.
Despite the fact that he's coolest dragon underground, Vulthuryol fights like any other scaly beast. A player should just use whatever tactics have worked best for them fighting other dragons.
24 Karstaag The Frost Giant
In Skyrim's Dragonborn DLC, the player fights a bunch of new, powerful foes. One of the strongest, and hardest to find, is Karstaag the frost giant.
While he was initially slain in Blood Moon, Morrowind's DLC, the Nevarine didn't destroy the giant's soul. His soul is still ready for battle.
To summon Karstaag, the Dragonborn must first collect his skull from the Glacial Cave. Then, the skull must be transported to the Castle Karstaag Ruins and placed upon the old throne.
Once all enemies nearby are eliminated, Karstaag will appear in spectral form for a grand battle.
The only thing Karstaag has any weakness to is fire, so use lots to defeat him.
23 The Old Orc
The Old Orc is tirelessly trekking Skyrim to achieve a heroic end in battle. Unlike most of the foes on this list, he won't be found somewhere specific. Players can encounter him anywhere on the road, at any point in the game.
This Orsimer isn't a malevolent enemy, only an exhausted soul. The Dragonborn will find him solemnly over two slain sabre cats, dejected.
If the player agrees to help him, he will attack. If not, The Old Orc will remain in the same spot until his challenge is answered.
The best way to fight him is just to be smart and at least level five.
22 The Pale Lady
The Pale Lady is a powerful spectre in Frostmere Crypt. To find her, a player must find the crypt and encounter Elisa Blackthorn during battle.
If she lives, she will encourage the player to find a stolen sword below. If she perishes, though, looting her body and reading her journal also spawns a quest.
Inside lives The Pale Lady, a ghost who haunts those who disturb her weapon, The Pale Blade. Giving her blade back from a bandit will appease her.
Fight her, and the Dragonborn can claim The Pale Blade for themselves.
As a frost enemy, The Pale Lady is weak to fire. Light her up and the blade will be an easy prize.
21 Kvenel The Tongue
Kvenel once led a fierce band of warriors called the Tongues, all of whom had the ability to use dragon shouts.
Though long lost, his spirit can still be found haunting Volunruud. Finding the dungeon and reading the notes on the ground are all a player needs to prompt a quest to destroy him.
While he does come with a quest, finding and fighting Kvenel entirely rely on finding Volunruud.
Kvenel dual wields a war axe and a sword, named Okin and Eduj, respectively. It's best for a player, when in battle, to be wary of getting too close.
Getting hit by two weapons at once is never very safe.
20 Udefrykte
Udefrykte is a unique troll found in only one place in Skyrim: Dawnstar Sanctuary. If the Dragonborn doesn't join the Dark Brotherhood, or doesn't take a break from sneaking to acknowledge the troll, it's easy to miss this easter egg brute.
This troll is first seen in Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind's expansion, Blood Moon. Then his mother appears in Oblivion, and now a new one appears in Skyrim.
The largest distinction they have from normal trolls are their bright yellow eyes.
Like all trolls, Udefrykte is very weak to fire. Any savvy Dragonborn can use that to their advantage.
19 Guardians of The Headless Horseman's Tomb
Skyrim's creators love their easter eggs. When the Dragonborn meets the Headless Horseman, the spectral figure rides away.
If the player follows him, the horseman will lead him to his burial grounds to fight some grave guardians.
While meeting the Headless Horseman is a random encounter, his tomb can be found on the map. Its name is Hamvir's Rest.
Unfortunately for the skeleton and draugr guarding the tomb, they aren't very strong. They're easily defeated, no tricks or tips needed. The area does have a master chest, though, that can give some great rewards.
18 Red Eagle
Skyrim has many legendary heroes. However, one of the most famous was Red Eagle, hero of The Reach. The Dragonborn can find several novels regaling his triumphs.
Red Eagle's final resting place can be found in Rebel's Cairn. A player will only be given a quest to go there if they have found and read The Legend of Red Eagle.
Red Eagle can sometimes be a very difficult draugr to fight. The best methods to destroying him are disarming shouts, destruction weapons, and clever positioning.
Many people choose to either circle his coffin or use the stairs to their advantage.
After battle, his sword, Red Eagle's Fury, will be on his body. It is a powerful sword laced with fire magic.
17 Rude Warrior
Not all fascinating combatants are wise. While traveling Skyrim, a player may be accosted by an angry, aggressive warrior.
This man will undoubtedly call the Dragonborn a "Milk Drinker." Then he'll lunge in for a fight.
However, there is no way to dispose of the rude warrior before he says such hurtful things. He only exists as a random encounter.
The best way to deal with his kind of disrespect in a quick stab to the gut. Or fireball. Or arrow. It all depends on a player's weapon of choice. Either way, he's hardly strong. Only memorable.
16 Warden Frost Atronachs
One of the coolest (no pun intended) places in Skyrim is the Winterhold prison, The Chill. If a player causes enough trouble, guards will take them there for punishment.
Unlike most other city prisons, The Chill is out in the middle of nowhere and guarded by not one, but warden four atronachs.
While The Chill can be found by walking around, the easiest route is to get arrested.
Logically, the easiest way to attack these abominable icicles is with fire. No matter how intimidating they are, they melt to its touch.
Even better, they drop highly valuable frost salts.
15 Haldyn
The Dragonborn can quite literally never find Haldyn and Japhet's Folly without getting the quest "Rise in the East."
It is one of those few places in Skyrim that can only be found by boat mission, and once Haldyn is defeated, the player can never go back.
The mission is given my East Empire Trading Company leaders in Solitude or Windhelm.
Once in Japhet's Folly, the Dragonborn will climb the main tower and defeat pirates until they reach the battlemage leader, Haldyn.
The best way to fight Haldyn is to carefully sidestep his lightning attacks and use weapons like the Staff of Magnus to drain him of magicka.
14 Troll Champion
"Kyne's Sacred Trials" are a set of successive missions that send the Dragonborn all across Skyrim to fight champion creatures.
This culminates, though, in fighting the gradest champion: the champion troll.
Froki Whetted-Sword, a questionably all-together grandfather who lives in a shack in the southwest mountains of The Rift, gives the sacred missions.
When the trials are at their end, the player will be sent to the Graywinter Watch cavern, east of Whiterun. Froki's Bow and two extra trolls will also be found here.
Like all trolls, fire is the best way to go.
For their trouble, Froki will give the Dragonborn Kyne's Token, an enchanted amulet, and tell him to keep his old bow.
13 Arondil
Arondil is a monstrous necromancer who uses reanimated corspes and skeletons for his own pleasure. Literally.
His collection of entirely female draugr are modeled after his fondness for milkmaids. This twisted, perverted spellcaster hides in Yngvild. The player may find him while wandering or through a very random quest.
The Thieves Guild bartender, Vekel, may say he has a client interested in the books of a madman.
To fight Arondil directly, it's best to use magicka draining attacks to destroy his offensive abilities.
A more satisfying approach is to sneak by him and his draugr, take the soul gem on his pedestal, and watch his angered and vengeful slaves turn on him.
12 Taron Dreth
Taron Dreth, author of The Aetherium Wars, has a lot of random factors that go into his encounter. His friendliness changes drastically depending on what a player says and what's in their pockets.
He only has the chance to appear after the mission, "Lost To The Ages," where his old partner, Katria, insists he stole her research.
If Katria is mentioned or the Dragonborn carries an Aeutherium item, he'll attack them. Otherwise, he's just a nice, random stranger on the road.
As a mage, the best ways to defeat him are to use long ranged weapons, have magic resistant armor, or use lightning magic, as it will drain his magicka reserves.
11 Dragon Priests
Many of the bosses on this list are infamously secret, have a wildly obscure mission attached to them, or encounter a player at will.
The Dragon Priests are different, commonly encountered in several main missions. However, not all of them.
Because of this, not all Dragonborn will think to go looking for all of them. This makes the Dragon Priests as a whole sneakier than expected.
The Dragon Priests are found in: Valthume, Shearpoint, Labyrinthian, Skuldafn, Ragvald, Forelhost, High Gate Ruins, and Volskygge.
The best way to slay them is either to keep a safe distance away or destroy them quickly with strong melee attacks.
10 Gauldurson Brothers
Jyrik, Sidgis, and Mikrul are the power-hungry sons of Lord Gauldur.
They coveted their father's amulet enough to go on bloody rampages before losing their lives. Meeting each brother the first time isn't hard to do, however the final battle with all three comes from a much more obscure quest.
The Dragonborn must go on an investigative trek around Skyrim before battling them.
While the three brothers hold a different piece of the amulet puzzle, the final battle is at Reachwater Rock.
The key to fighting the brothers is always keeping track of all three at the same time. Getting surprised will only make the battle so much harder.
9 Vighar
Dengeir of Stuhn is one of the most beloved, yet quirky, Skyrim characters. As the grumpy, crazy grandpa of Falkreath, he gives the Dragonborn many missions to satisfy his creeping paranoia.
However, once a player is close enough to Dengeir, he shares a terrible family secret: their ancestor is Vighar, a master vampire - and someone has recently released him.
Without talking to Dengeir periodically, and before he possibly becomes Jarl, he will not make this request.
Vighar hides out at Bloodlet Throne, located in Falkreath's mountains.
To fight this ancestral monster, it's best to use fire, the dungeon traps nearby, and be watchful of the health bar.
8 Unbound Dremora
In Skyrim, there is no big mission to fight unbound dremora. However, to make friends with a dremora, you have to defeat it. Therefore many people pick a fight with unbound dremora.
To summon these daedric creatures, the Dragonborn needs to start with levle 90 Conjuration.
After that, they need to go to the roof of the Hall of Attainment, use the spell, and defeat the dremora. Then do it again. After two defeats, the Dragonborn's dremora will have submitted.
The best way to slay the dremora is by using shock damage and keeping a safe distance. Followers help a lot with this, acting as decoys.
7 Naaslaarum and Volslaarum
These two dragons are residents of the frozen lake in the Forgotten Vale. In Skyrim's Dawnguard DLC, this is where some of the last snow elf bastions exist.
However, if the Dragonborn skirts quickly past their lake, they may never see or battle them.
Both dragons are fierce revered dragons, formidable foes for even high rank players.
They tend to fight together and are unafraid to dive underwater to make combat more complex.
Unfortunately, the best way to deal with these two is to use many resist fire potions. It helps make handling two dragons at once much easier.
6 Silvia the (Aspiring) Hagraven
Miss Darklight Tower, and the Dragonborn completely misses the odd, terrible Silvia. Silvia is a member of the Darklight Tower Coven and wishes to turn into a Hagraven.
Ilia, her daughter, has some trouble with this. However, a player won't encounter either if he doesn't meet Ilia outside of the tower and get the mission to stop Silvia.
Darklight Tower is southwest of Riften.
As a conjurer and witch, the easiest way to defeat Silvia is by draining her magicka. Using shock magic is the simplest way to do this.
Moreover, if Silvia is defeated, Ilia can become a companion.
5 Yngol's Shade
Skyrim holds a lot of interesting characters, including that of Yngol's Shade. The shade is a unique ghost, left to protect his helmet.
He is found in the dangerous Yngol Burrow. Unlike most tombs, where the monster levels are comparable to the player, Yngol's Shade is designed to be much more powerful.
Depending on the level, Yngol's Shade can be a powerful draugr, a draugr death lord, or even a spectral dragon priest.
The best way to deal with this impressive foe is with spells, archery, or fire. After all, with such an intense skill difference, getting too close could easily turn fatal.
4 The Giant Cheiftan
Some people just don't like giants. One of those people is Cheif Yamarz. This orc can take the Dragonborn on a wild quest to Giant's Grove, a beautiful landmark, if the player just happens to down a giant in front of him.
On the quest, he'll take the player through Fallowstone Cave. Then he'll ask that the giant chieftain be slain. The player can do it, or they can egg him on to do it himself.
To finish off the giant, the best approach is adept weaving in and out of his club hits or adept archery. Not getting hit by those clubs is pretty key.
3 The Reaper
Don't fear the Reaper in Skyrim. Instead, go through meticulous steps to fight him one on one.
The Reaper is a hidden boss that comes with Dawnguard.
He can be summoned by going to the Soul Cairn, entering The Reaper's Lair, and placing at least three reaper shards on its alter.
Then, the creature will be summoned along with several supernatural minions.
As a ghostly, masked figured ready for a fight, the Reaper will have his battleaxe ready to destroy any trespassers.
However, just play it smart and this spectral baddie will easily fall at the Dragonborn's feet.
2 Strange Orb
While not a boss, the strange orb of Kagrenzel is a hidden place. The Dragonborn must traverse to a far corner of the map, climb a steep, snowy path, and enter the abandoned Dwemer ruins without a quest to encourage them.
Once inside, the player is led into a chamber where there's a strange, bright, glowing orb. It's impossible not to touch.
Then, once disturbed, the orb shows its sneaky agenda and traps the Dragonborn in a cage. They are then sent down a long shaft and ejected from the ruins into a watery pool.
The pool has some goodies, but any player would be embarrassed when bested by an inanimate, non-sentient orb. Or is it?
1 The Ebony Warrior
This tough guy isn't hidden because he's hard to find. It's because he'll find you first.
The Ebony Warrior is a powerful, aggressive Redguard foe that finds any Dragonborn after level 80 and insist they battle. Since he's level 81, with thick ebony armor and weaponry, his gear alone in intimidating.
He comes with the Dragonborn DLC only, though, so some Dragonborn may never meet this legendary enemy.
Fighting the Ebony Warrior will be terribly hard. He's resistant to poison, fire, frost, shock, and many dragon shouts.
He can reflect some attacks and do his own dragon shouts, too. Best way to fight the Ebony Warrior with intelligence, preparedness, and precaution.
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