'Impossible' Skyrim achievement finally completed 13 years after first attempt

You'd think, by now, that we've seen everything that Skyrim has to offer.

The 13-year-old Elder Scrolls title has transcended what the devs could have ever imagined, thanks to endless mods and a devoted fan base who continue to try new builds to tackle its endless quests.

Skyrim also caters to the speedrunning and challenge community, with expert players pushing their skills to the limit to complete the game in the most spectacular fashion.

One of these challenges is the famous Soulslike no-damage runs, notoriously difficult in older titles due to the quirky glitches that can end it all for you in an instant.

But while no-damage runs have been completed in Skyrim, completing the main quest is as much muscle memory and patience as it is skill.

After 13 years, though, someone has taken the challenge one step further and completed the first no-damage 100% completion run, finishing all achievements in the game.

Skyrim user completes 'world's first' no-damage all-achievements run

A content creator known as GinoMachino has recently streamed a no-damage run on Skyrim where he pledged to leave the wagon in Helgen and complete all 75 game achievements that take you through the majority of side quests too.

This included taking on the guards in each of the nine major cities to complete the Master Criminal achievement (holding a 1,000 gold bounty in all nine holds at the same time), completing the lessons in all five Black Books to earn Hidden Knowledge, and defeating a legendary dragon for Legend.

It even covers the extremely time-consuming tasks like returning the Thieves Guild to its former glory, reaching level 50, and collecting all 15 Deadric artefacts.

Taking to social media, he revealed it was one of the hardest challenges to date, taking 19 hours and 42 minutes to complete, ending with the Wabbajack Blue Palace mission.

"Almost a decade of challenge runs and this is probably the hardest run ive done," he said on X.

Read Next: 17 games like Skyrim to play while we wait for The Elder Scrolls 6

Typically, the game even threw some huge curveballs at the player, as one of the tamed dragons, Durnehviir, threw a huge curveball his way, just seven minutes from his endpoint.

With 69 achievements completed, the dragon yeeted him in the air following a word of power lesson, which would have certainly ended the run right at the bitter end if not for some quick thinking.

Using a Corkbulb Root in mid-air, the paralysing effect prevented any fall damage from being taken, which took effect just before his character hit the floor.

"Probably one of my greatest run saves ever," he added.

The achievement earns him a cool spot in Skyrim folklore, with very few challenges left in the incredible RPG.

Now it's time to dust off and prepare for the same effort in Elder Scrolls 6, when Xbox pushes the new game through in the next few years.