Bounty (Skyrim)

Bounty is a part of the game that is not unique to Skyrim in the Elder Scrolls series, but it does have some modifications to the bounty system of the previous game. This keeps the player in check and helps to keep your from slaughtering entire towns at lower levels.

Overview
The bounty system in Skyrim varies from the Oblivion system in several ways. Among these is the fact that instead of having a bounty across all the country, each town keeps a bounty for you separately. Another is that instead of having only three options when caught by a guard there is a fourth; it allows you to flash your rank in that town at the guard keep them from arresting you. This will not happen every time you get called on a crime. Also if you have a high enough bounty, guards will attack you on sight.

Bugs
As you progress through the game you may notice that committing crimes in certain ways, keeps you from getting a bounty. One such method is when committing murder, if you use the Dragon Shout shout to launch an opponent off a cliff, they will die from the impact and, you will receive no bounty.