As with many of Bethesda's huge adventures, Skyrim was treated to a series of hefty expansions that introduced new questlines, weapons, factions, locations and even the ability to build your own house.
If you're playing the original versions of the game and have bought the DLC, it'll show up on the game's main menu to signify it's available. If you have bought the PS4, Xbox One or PC version of the Special Edition, it'll automatically be included too.
How to start Dawnguard DLC in Skyrim
To get the ball rolling on Dawnguard, talk to common guards that roam inside or surrounding major cities, and they should tell you about the Dawnguard faction. From there, you'll get the 'Dawnguard' quest unlocked, with a mission marker that guides you to a cave (Dayspring Canyon) before heading to Fort Dawnguard, where you speak someone inside to start 'Awakening' and the DLC proper.
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If you can't find one of the above guards to trigger the location, it's said you can just go straight to the Keep and start chatting to those inside to start anyway. To make your way to Fort Dawnguard, following the directions in the following video by OfficialBackend:
How to start Hearthfire DLC in Skyrim
Hearthfire isn't a traditional story-driven expansion, instead adding the ability to own plots of land, alongside other smaller additions across the game (including adoption).
In order to access the meat of the DLC - building your own homes - then you must visit specific Jarls and complete quests to unlock them. Our Skyrim House page will break down how to unlock each plot of land.
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Want more help with Skyrim? Find out how to join every guild and faction, how to earn Gold fast, learning about XP and levelling to 100, max Crafting skills, max Warrior skills, max Thief skills and max Mage skills, how to get married, where to buy a house, how to start Dawnguard, Hearthfire and Dragonborn DLC expansions. If you're on PC, we have a list of console commands and cheats, and you can learn about the remastered version and how to install mods with our Skyrim guide. Finally, with Switch owners, we have Skyrim amiibo support explained to help unlock special Zelda-themed items.
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How to start Dragonborn DLC in Skyrim
Play the main story past 'The Way of the Voice' (where you climb up the Throat of the World) and then visit a major city. You should see cultists walking around, who will ask you if you're the Dragonborn.
After the conversation, they should fight you. Check their bodies for orders that direct you to Windhelm docks. Once there, find Gjalund Salt-Sage on boat 'The Northern Maiden' and ask him to take you to Solstheim.
He'll refuse initially, so try the various options available until he agrees to take you the island to begin the DLC. Here is OutsideXbox with some finer details of the journey:
Of course, this page simply has what you need to start each expansion, with each quest spinning out to a number of main and side-quests and encounters, the details of which we'd rather not spoil. As with anything else in the game, you're free to put them off or pursue them whenever you like - the choice is yours!
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Sunday during Bethesda's E3 press conference one of the many pre-show rumors floating around was confirmed: a remastered edition of Skyrim is headed our way. It's called the Skyrim Special Edition, and it'll be out for PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 in October. During a post-show interview, Todd Howard also said that the Special Edition would be free for those who own 'all the Skyrim' stuff on PC, and by 'stuff' we assume he means the three official DLC expansions: Hearthfire, Dawnguard, and Dragonborn.
For console gamers, the Special Edition is good news, because it will provide remastered art, improved lighting, new shaders, and other graphical upgrades. For PC gamers, there's also good news—though not exactly breaking news—because modders have been hard at work improving Skyrim's looks from the moment it launched in 2011.
So, if you don't want to wait for your copy of Skyrim Special Edition to arrive, I've put together a list of existing mods based on the improved features showcased in the Special Edition trailer.
Remastered art and effects
There's a heck of a lot to choose from if you want Skyrim to be a prettier place. The Special Edition trailer focuses on trees, so I'd recommend the Skyrim Flora Overhaul, which provides new textures, lusher colors, better trees and bark, lovelier plants, and taller grass.
Volumetric God Rays
If you want to bring some God rays into Skyrim, there are a number of ENB presets you can use, but RealLike ENB is one of the best, and though it first appeared in 2012 it's been updated as recently as June of this year.
Dynamic depth of field
Dynavision's got you covered here. It works like a camera's auto-focus. If you look at something in the foreground, objects in background will lose focus. It's highly customizable as well, and you can even activate and deactivate is while you're playing.
Screen-space reflections
In the video above you can see real-time reflections similar to those shown in the Special Edition trailer. Skyrim Enhanced Shaders NLA is an adaptation of the Natural Lighting and Atmospherics for ENB preset, and adjusts reflection parameters, enables reflections for interiors, and makes lots of other tweaks.
New snow shaders
If you're looking for better snow, Real Skyrim Snowflakes, also called Vivid Snow, adds a particle system so the snowflakes are hit by light sources. No more flat, fake flakes—you really feel like you're standing in a snowfall.
New water shaders
There's just something about nice-looking water that can completely change a game's world. I'd recommend the latest version of the Purity mod, which in addition to overhauling Skyrim's exteriors, gives you some sparkling and lovely looking water.
And, if you're looking for more mods to improve Skyrim's looks, we've got a whole page dedicated to visual overhauls on our list of the best Skyrim mods.
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