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From Arena to Skyrim, Elden Ring streamer beats Bethesda's entire RPG series "first try" with 0 damage – and "if Elder Scrolls 6 comes out in my lifetime," he'll do it all again

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As the (seemingly) eternal wait for Bethesda Game Studios' hotly anticipated RPG The Elder Scrolls 6 continues, fans are finding creative new ways to challenge themselves in the series' previous entries – including completing all of them while taking no damage whatsoever.

GinoMachino, a content creator and streamer known best for his impressive Dark Souls and Elden Ring challenge runs, has gone and boggled all of our minds again by *checks notes* tackling every single mainline Elder Scrolls game – all the way from Arena to Skyrim – in one go… while taking 0 damage to boot.

It took over 11 hours to ace his run, judging by his recent live streams on YouTube, but he's truly done it.

"After months of preparation and practice," GinoMachino writes in a post on the amazing feat, "I've managed to beat all Elder Scrolls games 1 through 5 in a row without taking a single point of damage. A run many thought would be impossible."

And, as he amusingly adds, "If Elder Scrolls 6 comes out in my lifetime (surely), I look forward to doing this again with it included." Aha, yeah… fingers crossed it does.

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After months of preparation and practice, I've managed to beat all Elder Scrolls games 1 through 5 in a row without taking a single point of damage. A run many thought would be impossible.If Elder Scrolls 6 comes out in my lifetime (surely) I look forward to doing this again… pic.twitter.com/YZhaQjUnPdApril 1, 2026

I'd recommend giving the full stream combo a watch – the moment that GinoMachino takes Alduin down and exclaims he's done it "first try as well" is one to not miss, at least, and as fans point out, the whole not taking any damage thing is seriously awesome.

"There are always bones or items stepped on that fling themselves at your leg for physics reasons that don't make sense," after all, proving that GinoMachino is better than all of us.

And, you know, a lot luckier, too – compared to me anyway, as I sit here with thousands upon thousands of hours in Skyrim alone across various platforms and not even one single run with 0 damage. Above all, though, his breeze through Arena has me perplexed.

I think it took me ages to survive the Imperial Dungeons and actually, uh, get into the meat of the game… but then again, I'm no GinoMachino, that's for certain.

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After spending years with her head in various fantastical realms' clouds, Anna studied English Literature and then Medieval History at the University of Edinburgh, going on to specialize in narrative design and video game journalism as a writer. She has written for various publications since her postgraduate studies, including Dexerto, Fanbyte, GameSpot, IGN, PCGamesN, and more. When she's not frantically trying to form words into coherent sentences, she's probably daydreaming about becoming a fairy druid and befriending every animal or she's spending a thousand (more) hours traversing the Underdark in Baldur's Gate 3. If you spot her away from her PC, you'll always find Anna with a fantasy book, a handheld video game console of some sort, and a Tamagotchi or two on hand.

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