With well over 300 hours in Skyrim, I have never owned a horse. I've stolen horses and ridden unowned ones, then watched as they ambled back home as soon as I dismounted. What was the point of that then? I had a vague idea that any horse purchased from a stable would just do the same thing, wandering back when left alone. Thus fast travel and sprinting everywhere were how I got around.

Well, that changed with the Anniversary Edition DLC. Among the many different types of content added were wild horses that could be tamed and owned. Out of curiosity, I caught one and registered it at the nearest stable in order to trick it out with Elven armor. Pretty cool, I thought. But that was just the tip of the iceberg.

Because it turns out that an owned horse fast travels with you. They follow you around! Go into a city and your faithful steed waits at the stable outside. Gone delving beneath a Nordic ruin? Your equine companion will be waiting at the entrance. If you emerge from another exit, it's actually faster to jump somewhere else just to be reunited. I had no idea that owning a horse was so convenient. I could have been riding like the wind long ago.

Anyway, what stories do you have about only finding out about something deep into a game that would have made your experience that much better, if you'd only known it from the beginning?