How To Use Powers In Skyrim

This folio lists all of the Powers in Skyrim and the Dragonborn expansion, both Greater and Lesser, as well every bit all of the abilities bachelor to the histrion. Powers and abilities are special magical capabilities that are innate to your character. Some are granted past your race; others are received by activating Continuing Stones, reading Black Books^DB, becoming a vampire or werewolf, equipping certain items or completing certain quests. Greater Powers take no Magicka cost, just tin only be used once per day. Lesser Powers may or may non use Magicka, but they can be used as frequently every bit you like. Abilities are magical effects that are permanently active.

Dragon Shouts are listed on a separate page.

Contents

• one Greater Powers
  • i.1 Single-use Greater Powers^DB
• 2 Lesser Powers
• 3 Abilities
• 4 Abilities When Transformed
• 5 Bugs
• six Encounter Likewise

Greater Powers [edit]

Your bachelor Greater and Lesser Powers are listed in the magic bill of fare under "Powers". To use a power you must commencement equip information technology, which it assigns information technology to the Dragon Shout/Power push button. Each Greater Power can only be used once per game day.

Proper noun	Spell ID	Description	Notes
Adrenaline Rush	000e40ce	Stamina regenerates 10x faster for 60 seconds.	Redguard racial power.
Ancestor's Wrath	000e40d4	For 60 seconds, opponents that go too close take viii points per 2d of fire damage.	Dunmer racial power.
Battle Cry	000e40c3	Targets flee for thirty seconds.	Nord racial power.
Beast Form	00092c48	Take on the form of a werewolf.	Transforms Werewolves into their beast form. Normally, it could be used once per twenty-four hour period. Merely with the cleansed Band of Hircine equipped, ane can utilize it repeatedly.
Berserker Rage	000aa026	You take half damage and exercise double harm for 60 seconds.	Orc racial ability.
Command Animal	000e40cf	Make an animal an ally for sixty seconds.	Bosmer racial ability.
Dragonskin	000aa022	Absorb fifty% of the magicka from hostile spells for 60 seconds.	Breton racial ability.
Dread Cloak	000ed0a9	For 60 seconds, opponents in melee range have 8 points frost damage and Stamina damage per second.	Not available in-game.
Embrace of Shadows	00088821	You can become invisible. Improved dark vision for 180 seconds.	Vampire power.
Highborn	000e40c8	Regenerate magicka faster for lx seconds.	Altmer racial power.
Histskin	000e40d5	Invoke the power of the Hist to recover health ten times faster for sixty seconds.	Argonian racial power.
Mora's AgonyDB	xx 031842	Summons a field of writhing tentacles that lasts xxx seconds and poisons foes who enter information technology.	Caused from the Black Volume The Subconscious Twilight.
Mora's BoonDB	xx 01e7f7	Fully restores your Health, Magicka and Stamina.	Acquired from the Black Book The Hidden Twilight. The description is non authentic, though. This ability restores g points to each of your attributes, which may non "fully restore" them for high-level characters.
Mora's GraspDB	xx 031844	Targets are frozen betwixt Oblivion and Tamriel for 30 seconds, and immune to all harm.	Acquired from the Black Volume The Hidden Twilight.
Nightingale Strife	000f1987	Instantly absorb 100 points of Health from the target.	Reward from Darkness Returns.
Nightingale Subterfuge	000f1986	People and creatures in the spell's area of effect will assail anyone nearby for thirty seconds.	Reward from Darkness Returns.
Omen of WardingDB	twenty 01e803	You have no falling impairment for 15 seconds.	Only available via Console.
Polymorph Skeever	0006e205	Accept on the form of a skeever.	Not available in-game.
Surreptitious of ArcanaDB	xx 01e7fd	Spells cost no magicka for xxx seconds.	Acquired from the Black Book Filament and Grid. While under the upshot of this power, if you begin casting a spell that consumes magicka over time (such equally Telekinesis), that spell volition remain free of magicka cost for as long as information technology is active.
Underground of ProtectionDB	xx 01e800	You take half damage for 30 seconds.	Acquired from the Blackness Book Filament and Filigree.
Secret of StrengthDB	xx 01e7fa	Ability attacks toll no stamina for 30 seconds.	Acquired from the Black Book Filament and Filigree.
Shadowcloak of Nocturnal	00017122	For 120 seconds yous automatically become invisible while sneaking.	Reward from Darkness Returns. Inside the duration, whatsoever actions done while sneaking will turn you visible simply let yous to toggle back into sneak to turn invisible once more. After this elapsing, the player may enter invisibility/visibility at will merely the event volition stop when sneaking and interacting with something. This bug is fixed by version 4.i.5 of the Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition Patch. (details)
Finish RuneDB	xx 01ed9a	Cast on a nearby surface, it explodes for [sic] and freezes the target in place for 10 seconds.	But available via Panel.
Summon KarstaagDB	xx 024812 xx 029709 20 02970a	Summons Karstaag to fight for you for 120 seconds. You may but use this ability 3 times, and only while outdoors.	Reward from the quest Summoning Karstaag. Dissimilar most Greater Powers, you lot may utilise this ability thrice a day while outdoors.
Summon Spectral Assassin	000618c6	Summons the ghost of the legendary assassin Lucien Lachance to fight by your side, until he's defeated.	Advantage from Leap Until Decease.
The Ritual Stone	000e7329	Temporarily reanimates corpses in the immediate area.	Activate the Ritual Standing Stone.
The Serpent Stone	000e5f61	Target is paralyzed for 5 seconds and takes 25 points of damage over v seconds.	Actuate the Snake Standing Rock.
The Shadow Rock	000e732a	Invisibility for 60 seconds. Activating an object or attacking will pause the spell.	Activate the Shadow Standing Rock.
The Belfry Stone	000e7328	Unlock whatsoever skilful or lower lock once per day.	Actuate the Tower Standing Stone.
Vampire's Seduction	000c4de2	Creatures and people upward to level 8 won't fight for 30 seconds.	Vampire ability.
Vampire's Servant	000ed0a4	Reanimate a weak dead trunk to fight for you for threescore seconds.	Reanimate, 6 pts for 60 seconds. Reanimate Secondary Effects for 60 seconds.
	000ed0a5	Reanimate a more powerful expressionless body to fight for y'all for sixty seconds.	Reanimate, thirteen pts for sixty seconds, Will not turn the raised trunk to ashes when it'south killed.
	000ed0a6	Reanimate a powerful dead torso to fight for you for 60 seconds.	Reanimate, 21 pts for 60 seconds. Will not turn the raised body to ashes when it'southward killed.
	000ed0a7	Reanimate a very powerful expressionless trunk to fight for you for sixty seconds.	Reanimate, thirty pts for 60 seconds. Fortified Healing, one pt for threescore seconds. Will non turn the raised torso to ashes when it'south killed.
Vox of the Emperor	000e40ca	Calms nearby people for 60 seconds.	Imperial racial power.

Unmarried-utilise Greater Powers^DB [edit]

Each ability is acquired by activating a cleansed stone which grants a single utilise. Actuate the stone over again to reacquire the ability.

Name	Spell ID	Clarification	Notes
Basic of the World	xx 01df9f	Caster ignores fourscore% of all concrete harm for xxx seconds. Single apply, then must exist reacquired at the Earth Rock.	Acquired at the Globe Stone.
Conjure Werebear	xx 01dfa4 twenty 0322b2	Summons a Werebear for 60 seconds wherever the caster is pointing. Unmarried utilize, and so must be reacquired at the Animate being Rock.	Acquired at the Beast Stone. The werebear will be active for 120 seconds with the advisable Agreeableness perk.
N Wind	xx 01dfa5	Targets take xx points of frost damage for ten seconds, plus Stamina harm. Single use, then must be reacquired at the Wind Stone.	Acquired at the Current of air Stone.
Root of Power	twenty 01dfab	All spells cost 75% less to cast for sixty seconds. Single use, then must be reacquired at the Tree Stone.	Caused at the Tree Stone.
Lord's day Flare	xx 01df9c	A 100 signal fiery explosion centered on the caster. Does more harm to closer targets. Single use, then must be reacquired at the Sunday Stone.	Acquired at the Sun Stone.
Waters of Life	xx 01dfa7	Heals everyone close to the caster 200 points. Unmarried use, so must be reacquired at the Water Rock.	Caused at the H2o Stone.

Lesser Powers [edit]

Your bachelor Lesser and Greater Powers are listed in the magic menu nether "Powers". To employ a ability you must first equip it, which it assigns it to the Dragon Shout/Power button. Unlike Greater Powers, each Lesser Power can exist used an unlimited number of times per day.

Name	Spell ID	Clarification	Notes
amiibo	xx 00081C	Utilize an amiibo to summon something useful. You never know what's going to come through when you employ it.	This power is only bachelor in the Nintendo Switch version of the game. The lowercase name is intentionally stylized. A glowing circle volition appear when you bandage information technology at the ground, enabling in-game compatibility with Nintendo's "amiibo" figures. Meet the department on amiibo compatibility for more than information.
Bardic KnowledgeDB	xx 029f12	Summons a spectral drum that plays for 300 seconds, improving Stamina Regen for you lot and nearby allies.	Acquired from the Black Book Untold Legends.
Blackness MarketDB	xx 01eec6	Summons a Dremora merchant for 15 seconds.	Acquired from the Black Volume Untold Legends. Has 2000 gold, unaffected by Speech perks.
Leap QuiverCC	20 00080C	Creates a magic quiver for 120 seconds.	Acquired from the Arcane Archer Pack's Spell Tome: Bound Quiver. Has a base cost of 206 magicka to cast, with Adept Conjuration halving the cost. Grants no experience. With the Mystic Binding perk, quiver changes to Mystic Quiver, for 120 secs.
Breath of NchuakDB	xx 03b00d	Draws upon stamina to release a scorching blast of steam that deals 15 points of impairment per 2d.	Acquired by wearing the Visage of Mzund.
Frostmoon InstinctDB	20 035b1b	Slows time for twenty seconds.	Activated when entering beast form while wearing the Ring of Instinct.
Howl of the Pack	000cf79d	Summons two spectral pack members to aid in combat.	Acquired by praying to the Totem of Brotherhood during the Totems of Hircine Quest.
Night Centre	000aa01d	Improved night vision for 60 seconds.	Khajiit racial power.
Dark Eye	0006b10e	Improved night vision for 60 seconds.	Not available in-game: power is added in werewolf form, but unusable since yous can't admission your powers card. Power is equipped on a hand like a spell.
Secret RetainerDB	xx 01ff21	Summons a Dremora butler for 15 seconds to carry your backlog items.	Acquired from the Black Book Untold Legends. Can carry up to 148 units in weight.
Vampire's Sight	000c4de1	Improved night vision for sixty seconds.	Vampire power.
Vampire LordDG	twenty 00283b	Transform into a Vampire Lord. Utilise the Revert Form ability to alter back.	Vampire Lord power.

Abilities [edit]

Abilities are constant-result characteristics, which are listed in the magic bill of fare under "Agile Effects" (along with enchantments, diseases, and other active effects). The abilities are listed in the Active Effects menu co-ordinate to the name of the underlying magical effect. This means that abilities are listed nether their proper name only in cases where the ability has a unique outcome that shares the aforementioned name as the ability. Cases where the ability is known to be listed nether a unlike name (e.g. Amanuensis of Mara is listed under "Resist Magic") are mentioned in the following table.

Name	Spell ID	Description	Notes
Additional Werewolf Transformations	000f8306	Additional Werewolf Transformations	Caused from equipping the cleansed Band of Hircine. Lifts the one-fourth dimension daily limit of the "Fauna Form" power, assuasive werewolves to perform boosted transformations.
Agent of Dibella	0010a766	You lot do more combat damage to the reverse sex activity. 10% more melee damage	Advantage from The Middle of Dibella.
Agent of Mara	000cc79a	15% Resist Magic.	Advantage from The Book of Love. Listed in Active Effects menu under "Resist Magic".
Aboriginal Knowledge	0010eb60	Knowledge gained from the Lexicon gives you a 25% bonus when wearing Dwarven Armor and Blacksmithing increases 15% faster.	Reward from Unfathomable Depths. (See Bugs.)
Ahzidal'south GeniusDB	twenty 027332	Increases your Enchanting skill by 10 points.	Acquired from wearing any four relics of Ahzidal.
Boethiah's Blessing	00081183	Y'all are able to motion more than quietly, and opponents that become besides close take 5 points poison impairment per 2nd.	Added by wearing the Ebony Mail.
Claws	000aa01e	Khajiit claws do 15 [sic] points of damage.	Khajiit racial bonus Although the in-game text says that claws do xv points of harm, the actual effect magnitude is only 12 points; see Claws for further information. Added by wearing the Ring of The CreatureDG.
Champion of the Night	000f5b54	Illusion spells cast by a Vampire are 25% more than powerful.	Vampire bonus.
Companion's InsightDB	xx 01e7f5	Your attacks, shouts, and destruction spells exercise no damage to your followers when in combat.	Acquired from the Black Book The Winds of Change.
Detect Ash SourceDB	20 01961a	When close plenty, identifies the source of the ash spawn attacks on Tel Mithryn.	Acquired from wearing Neloth's Ring of Tracking during the quest Erstwhile Friends.
Dragon Infusion	000f5ffa	Dragons do 25% less melee damage.	Effect from Esbern'south Potion.
Dragonborn FlameDB	xx 02647d	When your Fire Jiff Shout kills an enemy, a burn wyrm emerges from their corpse to fight for you for 60 seconds.	Acquired from the Blackness Volume Epistolary Apprehending.
Dragonborn ForcefulnessDB	xx 02647b	Your Unrelenting Forcefulness shout does more than damage and using all iii words may atomize enemies.	Acquired from the Black Book Epistolary Acumen.
Dragonborn FrostDB	twenty 02647e	Your Frost Breath Shout encases foes in water ice for fifteen seconds.	Caused from the Black Book Epistolary Acumen.
Eternal Spirit	00e827d	While Ethereal, you recover health 25% faster.	Meditation on the Words of Power - choose Feim. Eternal Spirit is only visible on the Active Furnishings bill of fare when the character is Ethereal. Cannot simultaneously take this and the Force Without Attempt or The Fire Within abilities.
Father'due south LoveHF	xx 002f54	Healing spells and potions restore 25% more health for 8 hours.	Acquired when sleeping in the same location as your adopted child/children if you are male and non a Werewolf.
The Fire Inside	00e8282	Fire Breath shout deals 25% more damage.	Meditation on the Words of Power - choose Yol. Cannot simultaneously have this and the Eternal Spirit or Force Without Try abilities.
Forcefulness Without Effort	00e8281	Yous stagger 25% less and foes stagger 25% more.	Meditation on the Words of Ability - cull Fus. Cannot simultaneously take this and the Eternal Spirit or The Fire Inside abilities.
Highborn	00105f16	High Elves are born with 50 extra magicka.	Altmer racial bonus Listed in Active Effects menu nether "Fortify Magicka".
Imperial Luck	000eb7eb	Anywhere gilt coins might be establish, Imperials always seem to discover a few more.	Imperial racial bonus.
Lover'south Condolement	000cda1d	All skills meliorate 15% faster for viii hours.	Acquired when sleeping in a identify where your spouse is as well present. Non obtained if yous have the Lover's Stone active or are a Werewolf.
Lover's InsightDB	xx 01e7f3	Do ten% more damage and get x% better prices from people of the reverse sex activity.	Caused from the Black Book The Winds of Change.
Magic Resistance	000aa01f	Your Breton claret grants a 25% resistance to magic.	Breton racial resistance Listed in Active Effects menu under "Resist Magic".
Female parent's LoveHF	twenty 004292	Healing spells and potions restore 25% more health for 8 hours.	Acquired when sleeping in the same location as your adopted child/children if you are female and not a Werewolf.
Neloth's Wellness BoostDB	xx 01bd0a	Neloth'due south 25 signal health boost. Remains until submerged in water after which you lose 25 points of health until you return to Neloth.	Acquired during the quest Experimental Subject.
Neloth'south Memory SpellDB	xx 01c066 xx 01c067	Records memories of your experiences for Neloth.	Caused during the quest Briarheart Necropsy.
Nightingale Armor Full Prepare	0001711f	Increases Armor Rating by 25 points.	Advantage from Trinity Restored; only effective if wearing all Nightingale Armor. Listed in Active Effects bill of fare under "Fortify Armor Rating".
Prowler's Profit	00f20be	Anywhere gems might exist constitute, members of the Thieves Social club ever seem to observe a few more.	Reward from No Rock Unturned. Grants a greater chance of finding additional gems in chests. For details, see Gems.
Resist Disease	00104acf	Your Argonian blood is 50% resistant to disease.	Argonian racial resistance.
Resist Disease	000f5ba0	Your beast blood gives y'all 100% resistance to disease.	Werewolf bonus.
Resist Affliction	000ed0a8	Your Vampiric claret gives you 100% resistance to disease.	Vampire bonus.
Resist Disease and Toxicant	000aa025	Your Bosmer blood gives you 50% resistance to toxicant and disease.	Bosmer racial resistance. Listed in Agile Furnishings menu under both "Resist Affliction" and "Resist Poison".
Resist Fire	000aa021	Your Dunmer blood gives you 50% resistance to fire.	Dunmer racial resistance.
Resist Frost	000aa020	Your Nord blood gives you 50% resistance to Frost.	Nord racial resistance.
Resist Poison	000aa023	Your Redguard blood gives you 50% resistance to poison.	Redguard racial resistance.
Resist Poison	0010fb30	Your Vampiric blood gives you 100% resistance to toxicant.	Vampire bonus.
Rested	000fb981	All skills improve five% faster for viii hours.	Acquired when sleeping in a normal bed, i.e neither in a role player home nor a rented bed in an inn nor with the role player's spouse. Not obtained by players who have the Lover's Stone active or are a Werewolf.
Sailor'south Repose	000d397f	Healing spells cure 10% more.	Reward from Frostflow Abyss.
Scholar's InsightDB	xx 01e7ef	Reading Skill Books gives you an extra Skill Betoken.	Caused from the Black Volume The Winds of Change. Note that while books you have not read grant you two skill points, books yous have already read will not grant you an actress skill point if you read them again, so you'll go the most benefit from this if you become information technology fairly early in the game (or yous've only been ignoring skill books until now).
Seeker of MightDB	twenty 034834	Combat skills are all ten% more than effective.	Acquired from the Blackness Book The Sallow Regent.
Seeker of ShadowsDB	20 034838	Stealth skills are all 10% more effective.	Acquired from the Black Book The Sallow Regent.
Seeker of SorceryDB	xx 034837	All spells price ten% less magicka. Enchantments are x% more than powerful.	Acquired from the Black Book The Sallow Regent. Note that the 10% enchanting bonus does non appear in the dialog box presented for 'Activate Seeker of Sorcery'. It only shows upwardly in the Active Effects section of the Magic card.
Shrouded Armor Total Prepare	0001711d	Increases Armor Rating by 25 points.	This bonus applies for any combination of Nighttime Brotherhood armor, namely whatever combination of iv pieces of Ancient Shrouded, Shrouded, or Worn Shrouded armor; Tumblerbane Gloves also qualify.
Sinderion'due south Serendipity	0010bf09	There is a 25% chance of creating a duplicate potion when using your alchemy skill.	Reward from A Return To Your Roots. The ability is independent of the book The Nirnroot Missive, and therefore remains agile fifty-fifty if you remove the book from your inventory.
Surefoot	0009379c	Yous motion more quietly.	Non available in game, effects are: Muffle, one point.
Turn of the SeasonsCC	twenty 0df80f xx 0df815	Barter prices are 10% better when raining. With a full set of Light Armor equipped, stamina regenerates 5% faster in clear or clement atmospheric condition. 10% chance of a disquisitional hit that does 10% more critical harm with bows when overcast. With a full ready of Heavy Armor equipped, armor rating increased by 10% when snowing.	Reward from Forgotten Seasons, acquired by reading Plow of the Seasons.
Vampiric Blood RestedDG	xx 008e3d	Increases magic resistance by 10%.	Acquired if you are a vampire and sleep in a coffin. The ability is active for 12 hours.
Waterbreathing	000aa01b	Your Argonian lungs tin can breath [sic] underwater.	Argonian racial bonus.
Weakened SoulDG	twenty 00eab5	Health, Magicka, and Stamina recover slowly while in Soul Cairn and are reduced by 45 points.	Consequence of being partially soul trapped during Chasing Echoes Health regeneration is slowed past 80%. Magicka and Stamina regeneration are slowed by l%. Furnishings are removed when you retrieve the Soul Essence Precious stone.
Well Rested	000fb984	All skills ameliorate 10% faster for 8 hours.	Acquired when sleeping in a player home (if you take no spouse or your spouse is not in the same home) or in a rented bed in an inn. Not obtained if you have the Lover'south Rock active or are a Werewolf.

Abilities When Transformed [edit]

Some Abilities are activated or constructive only when you're in either Werewolf Form or Vampire Lord course. The ability descriptions tin can not be directly seen anywhere in the game as the conventional menus including the Active Effects menu are not accessible when transformed. Such abilities are listed in the following table.

Proper name	Spell/Perk ID	Description	Notes
Frostmoon BloodlustDB	20 035B17	While in Animate being Form, your attacks do 50% more damage, but you also take 50% more impairment.	Caused from Ring of Bloodlust while transformed equally a Werewolf.
Frostmoon HowlDB	xx 035B16	Increases the duration of your Howls by 25%.	Caused from Band of the Moon while transformed every bit a Werewolf.
Frostmoon ChaseDB	xx 035B1E	While in Beast Form, your health regenerates. Health regenerates 100% faster. Regenerate an actress 1% of maximum health per second.	Acquired from Ring of the Hunt while transformed as a Werewolf.

Bugs [edit]

Run across Also [edit]

• Blessings
• Dragon Shouts
• Spells

Source: https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Powers

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