The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition

75 Achievements

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8-10h

Standing Stones

Find 13 Standing Stones

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How to unlock the Standing Stones achievement in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition - Definitive Guide

VidGamiac

TrueAchievements

12 Mar 2021 11:40

Press ~ to open Console.

Use the following to warp to Standing Stone locations. Go up to each one and activate like normal.

coc GuardianStones [There are 3 stones at this location.]
coc DoomstoneVolcanicTundra
coc DoomstonePineForest01
coc DoomstoneNorthernPineForest01
coc DoomstoneTundraMarsh01
coc DoomstoneSnowy02
coc DoomstoneReach01
coc DoomstoneFallForest01
coc DoomstoneTundra01
coc DoomstoneNorthernCoast01
coc DoomstoneSnowy01

12 Mar 2021 11:40

15 Comments

For anyone struggling I believe this solution should help you too... I discovered a few while flying around for the locations achievement but it seems they don't count unless you get close enough for the stone's name to come up in the top right, so just go down this list and walk close enough to each of them so the location comes up in the top right, and it'll count it for the achievement

By paramoreRyan on 30 May 2021 14:10

Confirmed. Thank you!

By THEpaynexkiller on 12 Mar 2021 19:09

Two issues with this solution:
- most of these teleport arrival points are not close enough to the stones to pop the “name STONE DISCOVERED” message, which is what counts. You need to note that people should run closer until they do get it
- the list should be ordered to minimise retyping, such as Snowy01 being next to Snowy02, and TundraMarsh01 being next to Tundra01

By Permanganate on 12 Mar 2021 19:52

Didn't pop for me using this, though it may be because I had previously used tmm 1 to reveal all locations. I used tmm 0 to hide them again before attempting this, and did get the "Stone Discovered" message, but no luck. Gonna start a new character later and run this again, see if it helps.

By Toronai on 13 Mar 2021 08:56

when I had tcl enabled (noclip) my stat for "standing stones discovered" never increased. So I would avoid using tcl for this.

Also, you don't have to activate them, just do one for the other achievement

By ToastBubbles on 14 Mar 2021 06:18

I simply walked up and activated each of them and it worked perfectly. Each spawned me about 10 feet away. Thank you

By Mr DopeGaming on 15 Mar 2021 13:33

Permangangate just be grateful they took the time to compile the list.

By SilverLining 87 on 15 Mar 2021 22:39

Permangangate just be grateful they took the time to compile the list.

By SilverLining 87 on 15 Mar 2021 22:39

nope this didnt work for me either. Will have to start another character later .... this game

By on 16 Mar 2021 00:37

Spawns you basically in front of all of them only 1 you have to turn around for great guide!

By FaustianGreed on 16 Mar 2021 03:54

for anyone having trouble with using ~tcl to discover these stones but no achievement. i used ~tcl to but then fast traveled to the stones normally afterwards with ~tcl off and unlocked the achievement.

By Creid Desmodus on 25 Jul 2021 21:29

Worked fine for me may 9/22

By Spardagus on 10 May 2022 04:35

pooped for me after doing everything and then forcing autosave by waiting for an hour

By S GT on 25 Jul 2023 15:18

Worked great but I had to fast travel to some afterwards

By Sensei Neo on 14 Jan 2024 00:16

Just a heads up for people, you can press the Up key to retype your last command and use the left and right arrows to scroll through so you can depete the part of the command you need to retype

By Whiteythereaper on 22 Apr 2021 03:15

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Byranitar

TrueAchievements

30 Oct 2016 22:43

My guide to find the 13 Standing Stones:

30 Oct 2016 22:43

19 Comments

achievement unlocked after finding only 6 ,mabe try switching blessings 13 time let me know , cant nail it down why its not proper.

By WisdomMan87 on 14 Nov 2016 01:58

I have only found 4... 3 of them being the original 3 standing stones at the start of the game. However, I have changed between the 3 stones a small number of times and it popped for me. I have a feeling it's glitched lol

By JxnnyV on 30 Nov 2016 23:23

Can 100% confirm this achievement is glitched as I have only found 4/13 and got it to pop. I have found Warrior / Thief / Mage / Lover. I equipped them in this order Mage > Warrior > Lover > Thief

By melbufrauma on 01 Dec 2016 00:44

So I've got 11/13, I fast travelled to the Guardian stones to try the order that the above comment suggested and it just unlocked as I fast travelled there.

By samsaBEAR on 18 Dec 2016 01:47

Haha, I had seven and after reading these comments I fast travelled to the guardian stones and it popped instantly without even selecting a stone.

By pezboyben on 07 Feb 2017 18:36

Yeah this unlocked for me after fast travelling to an already found stone. Weird!

By Yazite on 05 Mar 2017 17:21

Fuck dude! Less talk, more map. 2 minute video turned into 8 minutes.

By Tom McCa6e on 15 Jul 2017 07:11

It's as though fast travelling back to the stones sometimes results in rediscovering them perhaps...

By Dragonborn Gear on 15 Jul 2017 11:29

for whatever reason this one glitched for me after arriving at the Lady Stone.. not even activating it and the achievement popped for me 0_o oh well thank you anyway, looks like a great guide.

By Netechma on 14 Sep 2017 03:23

@Dragonborn Gear Yeah, same as in the xbox 360 edition (they never fixed this) travelling to already discovered stones also counts as discovering it. It'll almost always unlock early as most people travel to or come past stones they have discovered before.

By Kennyannydenny on 15 Oct 2017 21:25

You don't have to activate the stones, just discover the location

By MCFC Blue Nose on 07 Jan 2021 02:37

Travelling to same ones doesnt work now

By NuttySandman123 on 02 Apr 2021 08:04

Literally the worst guide ever just show us the map locations man...

By Mort 7 on 02 Apr 2021 18:29

^Traveling to the same ones definitely still works. Just unlocked this traveling to the same one over and over

By BushidoBrown305 on 04 Apr 2021 04:56

I can confirm that you don't need to find all of the stones for the achievement to pop. I fast travelled back to a few that I had already discovered.

By Trych Master on 08 Jun 2021 03:03

As of 8/26/22 going to the same stones over and over will pop the achievement.

By Norpothos on 26 Aug 2022 16:33

Ah, so that explains how I randomly got the achievement while swapping through the guardian stones..

By Nave Sutlef on 17 Oct 2022 14:24

Going to the same stone over and over still works as of 8/12/23

By Tomahawk 5K on 12 Aug 2023 04:20

Going to the same stone over and over still works as of 8/12/23

By Tomahawk 5K on 12 Aug 2023 04:28

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Saw3d 0ff

TrueAchievements

13 Feb 2022 00:49

Not a difficult achievement to get, slightly time consuming to obtain, easy and theoretically done at any level if you put the game difficulty on Novice

I found it easiest to use a map from the internet and then cross reference in game.

1. Go to this online map- HIDE ALL items- then re-enable Standing Stone

https://mapgenie.io/skyrim/maps/skyrim

2. From the main menu - Map in-game locate the approximate location of a Standing stone based on the online map. You can make a mark that will be visible on your HUD with the A button (Set Destination)

3. Now one by one go to each Standing Stone location from the online map until you find it in-game. When you find it text will appear, and an icon that you can fast travel to will appear on your map. This is required for each of the 13 stones

-You can use the compass on the HUD while in game to help find the Standing Stone in the game world

4. Achievement should pop shortly after finding the last Standing Stone or after fast traveling/restarting the game

13 Feb 2022 00:49

Saw3d 0ff

TrueAchievements

13 Feb 2022 00:49

For those who don't want to use console commands-

Not a difficult achievement to get, slightly time consuming to obtain, easy and theoretically done at any level if you put the game difficulty on Novice

I found it easiest to use a map from the internet and then cross reference in game.

1. Go to this online map- HIDE ALL items- then re-enable Standing Stone

https://mapgenie.io/skyrim/maps/skyrim

2. From the main menu - Map in-game locate the approximate location of a Standing stone based on the online map. You can make a mark that will be visible on your HUD with the A button (Set Destination)

3. Now one by one go to each Standing Stone location from the online map until you find it in-game. When you find it text will appear, and an icon that you can fast travel to will appear on your map. This is required for each of the 13 stones

-You can use the compass on the HUD while in game to help find the Standing Stone in the game world

4. Achievement should pop shortly after finding the last Standing Stone or after fast traveling/restarting the game

13 Feb 2022 00:49

The, Pants, Party

XboxAchievements

Use the command console to warp to all of the locations below to unlock this achievement.

coc DoomstoneVolcanicTundra
coc DoomstonePineForest01
coc DoomstoneNorthernPineForest01
coc DoomstoneTundraMarsh01
coc DoomstoneSnowy02
coc DoomstoneReach01
coc DoomstoneFallForest01
coc DoomstoneTundra01
coc DoomstoneNorthernCoast01
coc DoomstoneSnowy01
coc GuardianStones (three stones here)

Ergont

stratege.ru

29 Oct 2016 20:19

This guide was translated automatically.

You need to find all the green locations.

29 Oct 2016 20:19

4 Comments

I encountered a very strange bug with this trophy. I found about 8 stones. Periodically, I teleported to them and got a trophy. Like this.

By AndrMandr on 02 Dec 2016 12:14

+1 to prev. post
3-4 stones are open. While the farmer periodically moved to the first stones, one of these movements yielded a trophy.

By dima_spider on 08 Dec 2016 23:45

By the end of the story, I only had the first 3 stones open (thief, mage and warrior) and returned to them only about 3 times. in the statistics it was indicated 9. then I found 2 more. And then I moved to 2 of them. trophy dropped

By Fear2105 on 17 Nov 2018 02:56

There is no need to walk on all the stones; you can return to those already found.
The meaning of the trophy is “visit 13 stones”, not “find 13 unique stones”.

By FDurst on 04 Jun 2020 09:22

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Asp767

stratege.ru

22 Apr 2017 13:53

This guide was translated automatically.

LOCATION AND PURPOSE OF GUARDIAN STONES

Warrior Stone Warrior skills are upgraded 20% faster.
Mage Stone Mage skills are upgraded 20% faster.
Thief Stone Thief skills are upgraded 20% faster.
Lover's Stone All skills grow 15% faster.
Apprentice Stone Magic is restored twice as fast, but vulnerability to magic is doubled
Atronach Stone +50 magicka, 50% spell absorption, magicka recovery slowed by 50%.
Lady's Stone Health and stamina are restored 25% faster.
Lord's Stone 50 damage resistance, 25% magic resistance.
Horse Stone +100 to carried weight, wearing armor weighs nothing.
Stone of Ritual Using the ability, all dead people near you will become your zombies for 200s. Can be used once a day.
Snake Stone Paralyzes the enemy for 5 seconds and deals 25 damage. Apply once a day.
Shadow Stone When you use this ability, you become invisible for 60 seconds. Apply once a day.
The Tower Stone allows you to open one expert-level lock once a day.

22 Apr 2017 13:53

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A glitchy achievement that unlocks differently for everyone. For some it is unlocked based on five found stones, for others it is unlocked at all by default. I got it on the 7th keeper.

By MIKA77GAMERrus on 21 Oct 2017 15:12