Strange Skyrim Clip Shows Ice Wraith Using Staircases to Reach Player

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Ice Wraiths are cold serpent-like creatures that reward helpful Alchemy materials and float around the open Skyrim environment as one of the less common enemies. These ethereal entities are often found in frigid areas, dungeons, or are summoned by stronger foes, and one Skyrim fan recently encountered an Ice Wraith behaving strangely as it slowly chased them for several yards.

Reddit user Brebarr posted a Skyrim clip a few days ago in which they are left waiting in a Dwarven Ruin for an aggressive Ice Wraith to path its way to the Skyrim player from above. Though the Ice Wraith is capable of floating around the open world, it's unable to fly like Skyrim's dragons, which may be the cause of this creature taking the slow way to the Skyrim player rather than the path of the least resistance.

Skyrim Clip Shows Fugitive Interrupting Dragon Fight

Brebarr's Skyrim video begins with the Dragonborn reaching the large metal door to the Dwarven Ruin while they realize that an enemy is pursuing them which causes the Skyrim player to turn around to observe what challenger approaches. For a moment, the setting is peaceful and then the Ice Wraith appears in the distance at the top of three flights of stairs. Instead of floating down the short drops to reach Brebarr sooner, the Ice Wraith opts to follow the path and take each set of stairs, with two of the staircases exceeding a dozen steps.

Brebarr is left waiting for 14-seconds as the frosty entity float across each of the three sets of stairs to reach the nearby location that often rewards Dwarven gear. Although it doesn't show who wins the battle between Dragonborn and Ice Wraith, Brebarr's clip ends with the Ice Wraith finally facing the Skyrim player that is equipped with a Nordic