Reddit user This-Strawberry recently shared a clip of their adventures in Skyrim as they enter a room of The Companions’ headquarters, Whiterun Hold. The Companions are one of the many guilds in The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim, and there are some NPCs at Whiterun Hold that send players on quests in order for them to rank up with the guild and progress in its storyline. One such NPC called Kodlak Whitemane is sitting at a table as This-Strawberry approaches from his left in the video to take a seat on the chair across the table from him.
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Before taking a seat next to Kodlak Whitemane, the Dragonborn places their hand on the table near a pie which initiates a brief third-person animation in Skyrim showing the player character sitting on the chair. Instead of the game recognizing that This-Strawberry intended to sit rather than interact with the pie, the action causes a weird Skyrim accident in which the pie and chair are somehow linked. As the third-person sequence begins, the pie on the table flips in a trajectory that allows it to slide carefully onto the chair before This-Strawberry’s character finishes the sitting animation.
Because Kodlak Whitemane has a quest marker in This-Strawberry’s clip, the player may be turning in the Take Up Arms, Blood’s Honor, or Glory of the Dead quests, as these are the NPC’s available quests. Beyond completing quests and earning experience, the primary reason Skyrim players will join The Companions is unlocking the ability to turn into Werewolves with an ability earned by completing tasks for the guild.
Although This-Strawberry’s character ended up sitting on the pie, the character didn’t damage the food, and after returning to their feet, it’s likely the Dragonborn could’ve eaten the same pie that flipped onto the chair. It’s currently unclear what caused the pie to act so erratically in This-Strawberry’s video, but the game may have gotten confused by what object in the room the player was trying to interact with, so their character connected with both possibilities. Skyrim continues to receive occasional updates, which means that although few players have encountered this issue, Bethesda may fix it before others see it for themselves.
The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim is available now for Nintendo Switch, PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
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