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Over a decade later,Skyrimplayers are still pushing Bethesda’s iconic RPG to its limits.

And they uploaded a stonking11 hours of sped up footageto prove it.

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(Their level 1,337 character is also available to download viaNexusmodsif you’re interested.)

All of their skills are not only maxed out at 100, but also upgraded to Legendary status.

All completable quests, barring those with mutually exclusive rewards and outcomes, have been cleared, they claim.

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And all of this, they say, was done without any mods.

The true eyebrow-raiser is the headlining claim of reaching level 1,337.

Pawelos wasn’t satisfied with level 1,000 or even 1,111 because they’d been done before, you see.

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The method involved is actually pretty simple.

And so the cycle began, with the citizens of Whiterun getting Harmonized to all get out.

43 hours later, Pawelos had hit their target.

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The obvious question here is, of course, why?

The next question would be: is this legitimate?

What does Pawelos get for all this?

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Here’s the interview in full:

GamesRadar+: What motivated you to make a character like this?

Pawelos4:I don’t play many games but the ones I do, I like to complete fully.

Apart from leveling, what was the hardest part about this completionist grind?

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Leveling was actually very easy but time consuming.

The hardest part was definitely not missing anything and not corrupting or bugging my save.

I know most of the game quite well at this point but still I had to be sure.

Nightmare Mode character faces the RuneScape wilderness

How many hours has this one character taken you?

Depends how you count.

What is your favorite build jot down in Skyrim, and where do you stand on stealth archers?

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My favorite build is definitely the master of all.

They are all very fun to me.

What’s your advice to players who are looking to maximize Skyrim in a similar way?

Todd Howard

Do a test run where you learn and then go for the real one.

Also, the wikis and their bugs section are going to be your good friend.

They claim they went from level 78 to 1,400 in just a few hours.

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Yes, this is definitely a super fast method that I am aware of.

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