High-quality digital sculpts bring Dragons to life Insight into the tech behind Dragons in Skyrim and what kinds ofĪnimations they needed to make them work.” “So we reached out to Bethesda Game Studios and received some great When it came to Dragons,” says Sean Wicks, the Design Lead in charge of the “ The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim set a really high bar Such a massive part in the Elder Scrolls series. Build-a-Beast!įor the team charged with building these giant new monsters,ĭragons represented an unusual challenge, not least because they already played However, unlike the Nords of Skyrimĭuring Tamriel’s Fourth Era, the people of Elsweyr in ESO don’t have aĭovahkiin to protect them. That kind of magical agency is really, really cool.”ĭragons are a threat unlike any other in The Elder Scrolls,Īnd this is especially true in ESO. For Dragons, language and powerĪre intimately linked. Probably their association with words and time. Stretches back to the dawn of time,” explains Tuttle. Highly intelligent creatures with a language and a culture that many believe “Dragons in The Elder Scrolls aren’t just winged lizards-they’re Just like the beasts you can experience in Skyrim, ESO’sĭragon share basic traits and characteristics, making them one of the series’