Is Lydia the best follower in Skyrim?

Despite her many, many flaws, Lydia is undeniably an excellent follower. At her highest level, Lydia has an impressive 671 points of health, along with expertise in heavy armor, one-handed, and block.
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Who is the most powerful follower in Skyrim?

Easily the strongest out of Skyrim's humanoid followers, Serana possesses high levels in the Destruction, Conjuration, One-Handed, and Light Armor skills, making her very offensively versatile.
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Should I keep Lydia in Skyrim?

Lydia Actually Isn't a Terrible Companion

For that reason, a lot of players choose to keep her around longer than they technically need to. She levels up alongside the Dragonborn until hitting level 50, and makes a great companion for players who prefer ranged attacks and need someone to lead the charge.
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Is Jenassa better than Lydia?

Lydia if you want a melee tank, Jenassa if you like stealth or want higher DPS(she is one of the few that dual-wields). Lydia has 50% resistance to Frost while Jenassa has 50% resistance to Fire. Lydia is free to use, while Jenassa costs 500 gold initially(but will 'sometimes' let you hire her for free after that).
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Who is the easiest follower to get in Skyrim?

One of the easiest followers to acquire, perfect for those who are starting a new play-through. Golldir seeks to avenge the acts of defamation against his family's remains and will act as a wall of iron as your follower.
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What happens if Lydia dies?

If Lydia is dead, however, the problem becomes more difficult for players to resolve. There are no spells in Skyrim that can effectively bring an NPC back from the dead. The Raise Zombie spell will only temporarily bring Lydia back, and she'll turn into a pile of ashes afterward.
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Is Lydia good follower?

Despite her many, many flaws, Lydia is undeniably an excellent follower. At her highest level, Lydia has an impressive 671 points of health, along with expertise in heavy armor, one-handed, and block.
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Can I have two followers in Skyrim?

You can only have one follower at a time: if you want a different one, you need to dismiss the first one before you recruit them. There is one exception to this: there are situations when you already have a follower when a person needs to join you for something quest-related.
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Which Skyrim followers are essential?

Some followers are marked essential, specifically: Aela, Barbas, Frea, Erandur, Mjoll the Lioness, Derkeethus, Serana, Cicero, Farkas, and Dark Brotherhood Initiates.
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What is Lydia's max level?

On paper, Lydia is a good follower who has a level cap of 50, maxing out Heavy Armor, One-Handed, and Block.
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Can Lydia become a vampire?

In order to turn Lydia into a vampire, players will need to side with Serana and Harkon in the Dawnguard DLC's main quest and become a Volkihar vampire, starting one of Skyrim's best bad guy quests.
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Can Lydia be kidnapped in Skyrim?

After spending 30 Skyrim days in Solstheim, i returned to my home on the lake. A bandit was attacking my cow, and after i killed her, she had a ransom note. Lydia was kidnaped for 5,000 gold. after i killed the bandits that took her, she said "I knew you would come" -- How cool is that!
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Who is the best housecarl in Skyrim?

1 Valdimar, Nord Battlemage Of Hjaalmarch

This makes Valdimar an incredibly versatile follower. Unlike many housecarls, he can adapt his offensive style to different enemies; for example, using Turn Undead against draugr. Thus, his unique skillset places him a cut above the rest, as the best housecarl in Skyrim.
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Can you marry Lydia in Skyrim?

She can only be married once Breezehome has been purchased.
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How do I bring Lydia back to life?

Open the console and click on her body. A code will appear. Simply type "resurrect" into the console, press enter, and close the console. She will be resurrected.
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What is the strongest dog in Skyrim?

The strongest dog is Vigilance, he is as twice as strong as a regular dog.
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Can followers ride horses in Skyrim?

Horses for Followers will make new horses available to buy at all the main stables Better Follower Improvements will enable your companion to ride them and follow you. To make followers mount their steeds, all you need to do is mount your own and they will follow suit.
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Can you get Astrid as a follower?

Astrid leader of the Dark Brotherhood is finally safe in solitude and you can marry her and have her as a follower.
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How do you stop Lydia from dying?

The most common solution is giving her great armor and a shield but if you play on PC, you can set her as essential with console commands. "setessential 000A2C8E 1" for Lydia. For no friendly fire, I use: "sifh 1" on my followers... With your Console open, click on a follower then enter "sifh 1".
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What should I give Lydia?

3 Answers
  • 76 One-Handed.
  • 72 Heavy Armor.
  • 58 Block.
  • 53 Archery.
  • 44 Two-Handed.
  • 20 Smithing, Light Armor, Speech.
  • 15 Lockpicking, Sneak, Alchemy, Alteration, Conjuration, Destruction, Illusion, Restoration, Enchanting.
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Who should I sacrifice to Boethiah?

Ralis Sedarys, The Most Justifiable Choice

Of all the followers in Skyrim none is more deserving of a grisly, sacrificial death than Ralis Sedarys. Ralis is the Dunmer at the head of the Kolbjorn Barrow excavation in Solstheim.
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What followers can train you in Skyrim?

There are only seven trainers who are followers:
  • Aela the Huntress – Archery, up to level 75.
  • Athis – One-Handed, up to level 75.
  • Farkas – Heavy Armor, up to level 90.
  • Faendal – Archery, up to level 50.
  • Njada Stonearm – Block, up to level 75.
  • Vilkas – Two-Handed, up to level 90.
  • Talvas FathryonDR – Conjuration, up to level 90.
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Can Companions fill soul gems?

Taken from the follower article: Followers can fill soul gems on the Dragonborn's behalf - provided they have soul gems in their inventory and a weapon with the Soul Trap enchantment.
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