Skyrim Player Counts All the Honningbrew Mead Bottles at the Meadery

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The titular kingdom of the Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim is a land of dragons, giants, epic vistas, and of course, mead, the kingdom’s classic beverage. And while the generic Nord Mead goes back to the Bloodmoon expansion for Morrowind, Skyrim introduced players to the rival Honningbrew and Black-Briar Meaderies.

Located just outside the early-game city of Whiterun, the Honningbrew Mead is among the first locations many players will discover in Skyrim. And while most players will probably move on after a quick look around, one decided to find out how many bottles of mead the business has on hand.

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Reddit user Difficult-Lion-5507 recently posted a photo of his inventory menu after gathering up every bottle of Honningbrew Mead in the Meadery. He ended up with an answer of “approximately 368 bottles.” Many of these are in the otherwise inaccessible boilery area players visit during Skyrim’s somewhat villainous Dampened Spirits quest. However, he still counted those bottles toward the final total.

For anyone wondering why he said “approximately,” many of these bottles are randomized loot from the barrels stored around the Meadery. The barrels in the main building may have anywhere from 0 to 4 bottles. Meanwhile, the barrels in the Boilery may contain up to ten. Therefore, the actual number can vary wildly from one player to the next. The Elder Scrolls Wiki records the maximum possible amount as 406 bottles or more, but 368 is a reasonable approximation. However, that did not stop a few Reddit users from joking that Difficult-Lion-5507 should run through the area 100 times and come back with a mathematical average.

Any Skyrim players who want to check his numbers are free to do so.