Ancient Dragon (Skyrim)

Ancient Dragon (Skyrim)

The Ancient Dragons in Skyrim are some of the oldest and most resilient dragons the Dragonborn can encounter. They are typically encountered after reaching level 35, and become much more common around level 50. They can, however, be encountered as early as level 29. Furthermore, they are similar in appearance to elder dragons.

Battle behavior

Ancient dragons can use both Fire Breath and Frost Breath and deal significantly more damage compared to other dragons.

Gallery

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Soaring ancient dragon

Nord slaying an ancient dragon

Bugs

This section contains bugs related to Ancient Dragon (Skyrim). Before adding a bug to this list, consider the following: Please reload an old save to confirm if the bug is still happening. If the bug is still occurring, please post the bug report with the appropriate system template  360  /  XB1  ,  PS3  /  PS4  ,  PC  /  MAC  ,  NX  /  PS5  ,  XS  , depending on which platform(s) the bug has been encountered on. Be descriptive when listing the bug and fixes, but avoid having conversations in the description and/or using first-person anecdotes: such discussions belong on the appropriate forum board.

• Sometimes a dragon may be encountered that is labeled an Ancient Dragon, but in reality is a frost dragon because it has massive spikes on its back and uses Frost Breath. This may be due to the Dragonborn being at a low level.
•  PC   360   PS3   There are texture loading problems where the ancient dragon (as any dragon) is not textured properly while fighting. Textures are loaded correctly after it has been killed. Another reported, possible solution is to quick-save and quick-load as soon as the problem is visible.
• Sometimes when an Ancient Dragon (or any dragon) is killed its soul will not be absorbed by the Dragonborn. A possible fix is to change the difficulty and then change it back again.

Appearances

• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim