Skyrim Map in English and Manual Basics

A recent Internet leak has given us a look at the world map for the long awaited fifth Elder Scrolls game; Skyrim.

Below is a full sized English version of the map itself for you all to behold. Loyal fans of the series have translated the whole thing into English for us as the previous one shown wasn’t exactly easy to follow.

Skyrim has been one of the biggest stories of 2011 and is sure to be one of the big sellers going into Christmas too. Its 11^th November release is fast approaching and more news seems to be hitting the web every day. From the new radiant story to the new world we will get to explore, this November is looking to be a great time for fans of the series.

The most significant change over Oblivion will be the range of mountains that Skyrim holds. The developers have said on several occasions that the world map will be around the same size as Oblivion but that the heights involved will mean there are generally more areas to explore.

Each town has been given its own insignia Game of Thrones style and will have individual design style, characters and trades. The smaller details like rivers and mountains are also interesting. A specific area of notable interest is called ‘The Reach’; although nothing is known about this at the current time. You can also see the large Lake of Henrich which has been mentioned in just about every Skyrim trailer.

On top of the recently leaked map are the manual pages. These can be found on Goggle if you search for them but I will not be posting them here. I will however outline some of the specifics located within the pages.

The main point of interest will be the fact that Skyrim will allow the player to hire people from taverns to fight alongside them called Hirelings. According to the pictures each of these will have specific combat bonuses and natures. You can ask them to wait, follow, attack, open or pick something so the choices follow a similar pattern to Fallout 3.

Much like Oblivion friends may also join you on your journey, where you can give them gifts in return for their help.

The manual also offered a brief description of the skill cooking. It read, "Cooking pots allow you to prepare food items that provide various temporary effects. Each recipe requires specific culinary ingredients that can be found throughout Skyrim."

Cooking joins skills like farming, mining, woodcutting and blacksmithing in Skyrim.

The manual also aired the dialogue option of brawling, should persuasion, intimidation or bribing not work.

Crimes are also covered in these pages and specifically state that the bounties will be localised to specific cities or towns. Witnesses can be killed to avoid a bounty.

All in all Skyrim is shaping up to fill all the requests I had after I finished Morrowind and Oblivion all those years ago.

Check out the English Map below….