Smithing let you be self sufficient. I spent my first like 50 hours of Skyrim ♓actually doing that🌳 sort of stuff in the game.

I would go out and hunt for pelts and s💮tuff for money and mine and buy more to smelt into my own gear.๊ The only thing I tried to buy was raw material and arrows since back then you couldn't craft arrows.

Also hot take. Dungeons have always♉ been the worst part of these games. The best parts have always been the over world and cities