Character Creation

Questions about is your build viable?

Any build is viable in the early game. It genuinely does not matter, you can run pretty much anything you want.

Build viability only becomes a problem once you reach things with lots of perks, armor or regen in the mid-game.

If you just want to Play around killing bandits or whatever, you can pretty much play anything you want. But if you wanna complete all the content, defeat Alduin, kill Miraak, etc. you’re gonna run into trouble, unless you pick a ‘Meta’ build.

Going a Spellsword/Battlemage build is not recommended for beginners - as there are a lot of mechanics relating to heavy armor & spell casting that make this one of the hardest builds to master.

General rules for successful build - One ranged ability, One Defense ability, One melee ability and 3 support skills.

For more guidance on builds and examples - you can see the class guides section of the Wiki.

The maximum level is 82, with 6 extra perk points at the start and an optional 7 from mora. You should plan your builds based on this.

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Character Creation

Skills and Attributes

• Some Foods require a strong stomach to be able to get the benefits from consumption.

For all races the Base health regen is 0% of 0.2 per second. Using items which increase the health regen percentages will use 0.2 as the multiplier.

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Background

• Acrobat: Lockpicking, Marksman, One-Handed, Pickpocket, Sneak, Speechcraft
• Agent: Illusion, Lockpicking, Marksman, One-Handed, Sneak, Speechcraft
• Assassin: Alchemy, Evasion, Lockpicking, Marksman, One-Handed, Sneak
• Barbarian: Block, Evasion, Marksman, One-Handed, Smithing, Two-Handed
• Bard: Block, Enchanting, Illusion, Evasion, One-Handed, Speechcraft
• Battlemage: Alteration, Conjuration, Destruction, Enchanting, Heavy Armor, Two-Handed
• Crusader: Alchemy, Block, Destruction, Heavy Armor, One-Handed, Restoration
• Healer: Alchemy, Alteration, Destruction, Illusion, Restoration, Speechcraft
• Knight: Block, Enchanting, Heavy Armor, One-Handed, Restoration, Speechcraft
• Monk: Alteration, Illusion, Lockpicking, Marksman, One-Handed, Sneak
• Nightblade: Alteration, Destruction, Evasion, Lockpicking, One-Handed, Restoration
• Pilgrim: Block, Illusion, Evasion, One-Handed, Smithing, Speechcraft
• Scout: Alchemy, Evasion, Marksman, One-Handed, Smithing, Sneak
• Sorcerer: Alteration, Conjuration, Destruction, Enchanting, Heavy Armor, Restoration
• Spellsword: Alteration, Destruction, Heavy Armor, Illusion, One-Handed, Restoration
• Thief: Alchemy, Evasion, Lockpicking, Pickpocket, Sneak, Speechcraft
• Warrior: Block, Heavy Armor, Marksman, One-Handed, Smithing, Two-Handed
• Witchhunter: Alchemy, Destruction, Lockpicking, Marksman, One-Handed, Sneak

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STANDING STONES

Once you take a stone from given group, you will become locked to that group. For example, after taking Warrior you will be able to change your stone only to Lady/Lord/Steed and not others.

< The Warrior Group >

• Lady: Those under the sign of the Lady regenerate Stamina faster. 50% faster Stamina regen

• Lord: The Stone of the Lord grants those who possess its blessing increased damage resistance and weakened hostile spells. 120% damage resistance, 15% magic resistance

• Steed: The Steed grants those who bear its blessing increased Stamina. Fortify Stamina 100 points

• Warrior: The Warrior strengthens those who bear his blessing, allowing a more efficient use with all kinds of weaponry. +10 Fortify Marksman, +10 Fortify One-Handed, +10 Fortify Two-Handed, +10 Fortify Armor Penetration

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< The Mage Group >

• Apprentice: The Apprentice greatly enhances magicka regeneration. 200% faster Magicka regen, 25% decrease to magic resistance

• Atronach: The Sign of the Atronach grants additional Magicka and a chance for Spell Absorption, but makes it almost impossible to passively regenerate magicka, reduces the efficacy of magicka potions by one third, and negates the long-term benefits offered by cooked meals. 0% chance of magicka regen, 50% spell absorption, fortify Magicka by 350 points

• Mage: Those under the Sign of the Mage are granted additional Magicka and find it easier to focus their thoughts while running. Fortify Magicka 100 points

• Ritual: Those under the Sign of the Ritual are capable of animating hordes of undead for a limited duration once each day. Daily power to raise the dead

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< The Thief Group >

• Lover: Those under the sign of the lover find it easier to be attractive, intriguing and also use speech to get what they want… Fortify Speech 25 points

• Shadow: Those under the Sign of the Shadow are able of becoming invisible and inaudible once a day. Daily power of muffle and invisibility for 300 seconds

• Thief: The Thief grants wide-spread abilities to those who bear her blessing. It improves sneaking, pickpocketing and lockpicking skills and grants lockpicking expertise. Furthermore it increases armor penetration with one-handed and ranged weapons. +5 Armor Penetration, +15 Fortify Sneak, +15 Fortify Pickpocket, +5 Fortify Lockpicking, +20 Fortify Lockpicking Expertise

• Tower: The Tower grants a blessing of 20 extra carry weight and supernatural lockpicking skills. Expertise is increased by 40 and any effortless lock can be picked in plain sight with nobody noticing, creating a wax-molded copy of the key, if one exists. +20 Carry Weight, +40 Lockpicking

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< The Serpent Group >

• Serpent: The Bite of the Serpent will paralyze and poison a target for a moderate duration. ‘Venomous Splatter’ poison and paralyze spell

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