10 Incredibly Useful Secrets Video Games NEVER Told You About
9. Attacking The Ore - The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
In Skyrim, you play as a demigod destined to save the world from an all-consuming dragon. Which is probably why you don't want to spend most of your time in the game watching as your character awkwardly mines ore, stuck in a boring and unskippable animation...
Now, you obviously need ore for crafting new armor for yourself, but that doesn't mean the traditional method of pressing the action button and then waiting for half a minute, stuck in a scripted animation, is your only option. Lucky for you, there's another secret way of mining ore, and it's way faster and more fun. Attacking!
Yes, if you equip your pickaxe as a weapon, you can directly attack the ore source to gather materials, just as if you pressed it and triggered the regular mining animation. The process takes a fraction of the usual time, and you're not forced to just sit there waiting for your character to finish their scripted action.
Best of all, with things like dual wielding and the Elemental Fury shout that makes your attacks faster, you can optimize the process even more and become the ultimate bane of all rocks!