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do the followers in skyrim die? or is it like new vegas where they just pass otu? i have found people online saying both, and one was on the elder scrolls wiki, but i don't know which one to believe, i like having followers, but (and i admit that this is going to sound really nerdy) i get attached to them sometimes, unless they are completely annoying idiots like the adoring fan, and with him as the exception i dont like my followers dying, so can someone please help me figure this out? if they die i most likely will not get them to follow me, but the way i play i need all the help i can get at low levels, so i really need to know if they die or not.

please help me!

I believe Faendal is immortal, but Lydia is mortal. So it looks like some are immortal but not all.

thanks for the help, does anyone know which ones are immortal?

The guy from the companions is immortal (forgot his name). I took him with me to fight a giant. I had to run away the whole fight. But he charged in. But the giant hit him once and sent him flying off screen. I was sure he was dead. But next time I fast traveled he caught up with me.

Farkas? The proving your honour by recovering a shard of some broken weapon mission?

The strategy guide says that followers are not immortal, and doesn't list any exceptions. So I would venture to guess that they can all die, but they might just have a decent amount of health.

well, there goes any hope for hired help

Actually, in my experience, followers are immortal. I find that when one loses all of his health, he falls to his knees and stays there for a few seconds before getting back up. Nothing can kill them, but the player. Trust me, I would have a few dead followers if they weren't immortal.

Arch-Mage Matt wrote:Actually, in my experience, followers are immortal. I find that when one loses all of his health, he falls to his knees and stays there for a few seconds before getting back up. Nothing can kill them, but the player. Trust me, I would have a few dead followers if they weren't immortal.

The guide actually says it in a coloured box and I didn't even see it and I have killed my followers a few time by accident. I just make sure to stay away from them if they have collapsed while I'm swinging a weapon around.

This is how it has been in my experience. However, if you damage them a little by accident, and an enemy finishes them off, they die.

Ah, you guys are right. I misread the guide:

When a Follower's Health is exhausted, they will collapse. Heal them, or finish the combat and wait for their health to regenerate, and they will recover, none the worse for the wear. CAUTION: Be careful, though--if you inflict lethal damage on a Follower, either directly (say, by hitting them with an errant attack) or indirectly (from the blast of a fireball), they will die. Permanently.