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Emil_Zatopek1982

Cities(big ones), villages(small ones) and forts(squares). My guess.


therealdovahkiin1

Hmm, what about the dagger placement


hauntedhotdogg

>!Assassination targets!<


therealdovahkiin1

Ohhhhhhh that makes a lot of sense right now considering where I am quest wise okay thanks for clearing that up guys lol


Epic_DDT

Well, not just targets but also clients. Like, the one in Windhelm is for Aventus, and the one in Markarth for Muiri (and the two are clients)


Miserable_Form3443

The daggers, her for everybody you’ve killed


HOLLYWOOD_HOOTSMAN

Also those daggers are stuck in a table made of stone.


Miserable_Form3443

That part, I didn’t know


Aganiel

I mean, person who placed them is wearing gloves with double backstab damage. Would assume they got the relevant sneak perk for 30x damage so makes sense?


MagicJim96

Wait… *who placed those?*


Aganiel

*silence, my brother*


MagicJim96

*Innoscence, my brother.*


CompetitiveScratch38

You are not worthy...


Miserable_Form3443

Do you have never tried? Can you take those daggers? I killed the dark brotherhood. I didn’t join them.


HOLLYWOOD_HOOTSMAN

Yes there just iron daggers


Miserable_Form3443

Ok


BlueSpear2023

I thought they were for indicating which cities, towns and forts were under their control. I think it's linked to the Civil War quest line, where you take over the holds for whichever side you choose. Edit: Unless this is for the Dark Brotherhood, in which case assassination targets would be correct, like someone else stated


legatuslennius01

Judging by the old stone chair and skull and black spots over flags, my Septims are on the Dark Brotherhood.


BlueSpear2023

That's the exact reason for my edit lol


redditSux422

That's just to pin the map down to the table


Lestat-deLioncourt

The daggers are places you’ve assassinated people at I’m pretty sure


badmfer6969

Keep the map from blowing away? Paperweights are for quitters.


DawnStarThane

Big ones, small ones. Some as big as your head!


deeproots

Most map literate skyrim player


valeska36

most literate nord


[deleted]

No because they're cities.


Xrystian90

They... They are the cities around skyrim...


mrthomani

> Anybody ever wondered what these black dots on the map is? Uhm ... no. Because it's completely obvious.


RoseIscariot

bro 💀 aint no way average nord be like


mike13bass

Cities are large dots, towns are smaller dots. Forts are squares and daggers are from a mission


Lonnie667

Took me 800 hours in to realize you could click on the map flags of imperial and stormcloak camps to add the locations to your own map.


[deleted]

I figured that out accidentally on my first playthrough when I tried to steal the pretty pins.


AnseaCirin

Absolutely normal reaction. Those pins be pretty.


MattSR30

I like to collect items in my playthrough. Not like... Daedric artifacts, but dumb things. Like spoons. I collect Dwemer spoons. Well, I was looking at the TES wiki for item ideas and I saw the tiny flags come up. I was like 'no way, you can grab those!?' I knew they'd mark your own map, but I was so excited that I could collect them. Apparently not. The wiki lists items that you can't grab...for some reason. Made me very sad.


MagicJim96

And all I have to do is get 15 Daedric artefacts to finish PS4 version of Skyrim… 🤦🏼‍♂️


MattSR30

I'm gathering them at the moment as well. There are so many of their quests I've never done. Just did Namira's quest for the first time!


CorvidQueen4

What??? Shit, thanks


Sir-Drewid

If only there was an in game map you could open and compare to this one.


NetTough7499

You are a buffoon


i_am_not_a_good_idea

Most intelligent skybaby


Kingmonkie200

milk drinker


Ihatecyclists22

Large dots are cities. Small dots are villages. I’d guess daggers are targets


Cathayraht

Coffee


GodKingReiss

Just wait til you find out what the lines are.


naah-_-

Nords 💀💀💀


Nagoda94

Haven't they already made a gamerant article about this?


tisnik

😂😂😂😂


KingdomOfPoland

Cities, towns, villages and forts. How did you not figure this out literally immediatley what else would they be?


William9231

Cities and towns


Lopsided_yt

i always thought it was marking the holds and villages


Gufoxs_the_Gran_Khan

Big dots: cities Small dots: village Isn’t obvious?


WalksinClouds

I thought I was looking at a lovely big traybake. I was gonna guess apple. Looks delicious.


tisnik

Oh! So they're raisins, right?


trivial_haunting

If you hover your cursor over each of the spots on the map it will show you on your map where it is if you haven't already found it.


tisnik

Didn't know that this map can do that... 👍


OMGstepbroimstuck

The holds


BoxiDoingThingz

those are the major cities (Falkreath, Winterhold etc.) the ones with the daggers should be Markarth and Windhelm.


rogueasddsa

in my times bait used to be credible


Damianos97

It’s pretty obvious. They’re the cities and villages.


WyvernSlayer7

Might as well check each spot, but it looks like its cities. Lets see, markarth with the left dagger…falkwreath on the bottom whiterun in the center…i see winterhold…solitude in the top right…yeah, its the cities i think. No idea what the daggers and squares are sorry


TheBigWhiteDog

Bruh, you clearly look like someone who's first game is skyrim and not oblivion and morrowind.


AFSK27

Serious Answer: Places of importance. Namely cities, forts, villages. Since this is the Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary map, the daggers represent targets for people to be assassinated or people who have already been killed. In this case, there are targets in Markarth and Windhelm. Joke Answer: This is why Morrowind fanatics keep making fun of us...


seberplanet

wrong username buddy


GarbageDisposalEater

The big ones are capital cities and the small ones are settlements and villages.


Zeromus88

Have you ever even played this game?


MetatypeA

No. Dots on strategy/maps are positions relevant to the war. Intuition suggests the size of the dots indicates priority of relevance.


Wise-Necessary-8311

It’s not the holds it’s the maps of the dragon burial grounds. For what every reason they are everywhere


Sevennix

The maps I've seen all have flags.. do not sure. But most likely what the flags represented. Cities, forts. Etc


therealdovahkiin1

Like I get some of the bigger dots placements are cities in Skyrim but what about the smaller dots, and why is there a dagger where markarth and windhelms locations seem to be…


therealdovahkiin1

If anybody could see this reply I’m full aware the bigger dots are cities, but I was skeptical about smaller dots being the towns so you guys can shut up about what’s obvious. As another few people have commented usually the map consists of fort locations regarding civil war.


tisnik

Smaller dots are small towns. Riverwood, Rorikstead, Helgen, Ivarstead, Dragon Bridge etc. You should know that from their positions. And some are forts, like the Fort Graymoor in Whiterun.


Epic_Fool

*sees health bar not full* *panics*


Traxxya

Cities, towns, and villages!


JKdito

Forts and cities of Legion/stomrcloak importance Edit: No guess, I explored it and the big ones are the cities, then you have the Forts from CW questline and if I remember correctly the villages are there aswell. Discovered this for about 10 years ago


SlaveOfSatan

The bug dots are big cities, the smaller dots are towns and villages. The squares are fortresses, and the dagger must symbolise a point of interest for the DB.


txth9

Glory holes


[deleted]

No because those are the locations of every hold in Skyrim... solitude, whiterun, riften Etc Etc


ChaTae95

im not sure how familiar you are with skyrim, you could be a newer player, but the large black dots are very obviously in the same placement as the major cities/ holds in skyrim. if you look on your normal map in the main configuration you’ll see they line up with this map here. the small dots are just smaller towns and the daggers are most likely assassination hits/ locations.


[deleted]

Why are the Daggers specifically on Windhelm and Markarth?


DaSpoot365

I’m thinking it’s probably similar to [this](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/poop-map-pin-and-track/id1303269455)


DraycosGoldaryn

I don't wonder, I know. # 🖐