Skyrim Clip Shows Pacifist Giant That Refuses to Attack the Dragonborn

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The giants in Skyrim are legendary. They walk the land, waiting for an unsuspecting player to stumble upon them, small sword in hand, expecting an easy fight. And just when the Dragonborn thinks they are safe, the giants strike, sending players flying into the air, defying all laws of physics, to their death. One Skyrim player, though, discovers that not all giants are created equal.

Strange glitches and physics-related oddities in Skyrimare common, as the elaborate physics engine and multiple assets existing in the same physical space are phenomena that are not always in perfect harmony. Also, in a game with so many different characters, enemies, NPCs, and other things based on AI, there are bound to be many instances of bugged code, things not loading in correctly, incorrect pathing, or a myriad of other things.

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Redditor Jimmynaz97K discovers one of these instances as they find a giant that does not attack at all. The clip shows the player shooting arrow after arrow at the giant at point-blank range on horseback, but the giant does nothing in retaliation. The giant's health bar decreases more and more until it is depleted, and the giant falls, defeated. There appears to be no bugged Skyrim physics here, just a glitch in the giant's AI that blocked it from attacking the player.

The giant in the clip even keeps walking towards the player as they back up, so it isn't as if the giant hasn't noticed the player or there is a problem with enemy aggro. Something in the game's code is glitching in a way that simply causes the giant to go through its coded behavior of chasing down the attacking player without actually attacking. Skyrim's giants are an iconic part of the game