Skyrim player creates literal cursed ring that grants 'infinite' health but instantly kills them if they take it off

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Skyrim has a plentiful supply of rings to make you a more formidable Dragonborn, but one fan eager to cheat death entirely opted to craft their own and found themselves in a rather tricky pickle as a result.

Over on the Skyrim subreddit, user AnkokunoMasaki explained that they'd managed to create a ring that provides infinite health. The downside? Well, it turns out that having that tiny piece of metal on their finger is, in fact, now the only thing keeping them alive, as once they remove it, their character immediately kicks the bucket.

Faced with the prospect of wearing their Silver Amethyst Ring for all eternity AnkokunoMasaki asked fellow players for advice on how to safely take it off. "Removing infinite health removes health infinitely," user EldrinJak replied, which is certainly poetic but not all that helpful.

Another suggested that they become Ethereal and then try unequipping it. Having put this to the test, the unfortunate Skyrim player replied, "Nope, still died." Of course, there were more than a few references to another cursed ring. "You have to drop it into the lava," commented one fan while another said, "Keep it secret. Keep it safe."

The real reason for this cursed ring seems to stem from the player overcooking things when it comes to the game's Enchantment skill. One user reminds them that heading into minus numbers to glitch out the game's maths is dangerous enough that they're lucky their game hasn't crashed. Another suggests that Skyrim was never built to deal with numbers that big at all, while another still said that the only real way to fix this situation was to load a save from before the character ever put on the ring.

Though it can often lead to ridiculous situations like this one, all the