A fan of The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim encountered a humorous glitch that caused Sofia to levitate and spin through the air. And while Bethesda can’t be blamed for every problem with mod-added NPCs, it’s not as if the Skyrim physics engine has a flawless track record.
Sofia is one of Skyrim’s most popular follower mods. Well-written and fully voiced, her humorous personality and lewd jokes make her stand out among Skyrim’s often dreary landscape. However, her powers don’t normally include impersonating a pinwheel.
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Reddit user DrunkStoleATank shared the clip on Reddit with the title “I think Sofia has been on the Skooma again.” It shows the player leaving Skyrim’s town of Whiterun via the main gate. After loading into the open world, the player runs a few feet ahead and then turns around to reveal Sofia, clad in a set of Heavy Imperial armor, hovering face down a few inches above the ground. She then attempts to walk “forward” clipping into the terrain.
Sofia then flies forward spiraling through the air. She quickly builds up speed until she begins rapidly spinning like a pinwheel. The spinning eventually stops and Sofia’s left floating several feet in the air. Sofia doesn’t make a sound while any of this is happening, with the only noise coming from the rain and the player’s footsteps. The other NPC silently going about their business only adds to the scene’s comedic value.
It’s unclear specifically what went wrong to cause Sofia’s horizontal hovering. Floating NPCs are a relatively common glitch in Skyrim and may result from having too many NPC actors loaded into a single cell. However, this may not be the same situation, since it looks more like Sofia is oriented incorrectly rather than
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