Skyrim:Magical Effects

This page provides an overview of all the magical effects available in Skyrim. In most cases, these effects are used in a number of different ways - for example they may appear in spells, potions, or enchanted items. Certain magical effects may have limitations to their use; others may not be available to the player at all. More information concerning this and other details of magical effects can be found on the individual effect pages.

The following pages have information on specific ways of using magical effects:

• Alchemy Effects: Magical effects available for making potions, and the ingredients that can be used.
• Enchanting Effects: Magical effects available for making custom enchanted items.

Availability of Effects

This section lists all of the known magical effects, sorted by magical school.

Alteration

Effect Name	Type	Spell	Built-In Potion	Custom Potion	Custom Enchantment	Built-In Enchantment
Armor	Defensive	Yes
Ash Shell DB	Offensive	Yes
Detect Life	Other	Yes
Detect Undead	Other	Yes
Light	Other	Yes				Yes
Paralyze	Offensive	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Rune	Offensive	YesDB
Telekinesis Effect	Other	Yes
Transmute Mineral Ore	Other	Yes
Waterbreathing	Defensive	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Waterwalking DB	Defensive		Yes			Yes

Conjuration

Effect Name	Type	Spell	Built-In Potion	Custom Potion	Custom Enchantment	Built-In Enchantment
Banish	Defensive	Yes			Yes	Yes
Bound Weapon	Offensive	Yes
Command	Offensive	Yes				Yes
Conjure	Defensive	Yes				Yes
Fiery Soul Trap	Offensive				Yes	Yes
Reanimate	Offensive	Yes				Yes
Soul Trap	Offensive	Yes			Yes	Yes

Destruction

Effect Name	Type	Spell	Built-In Potion	Custom Potion	Custom Enchantment	Built-In Enchantment
Absorb Health	Offensive				Yes	Yes
Absorb Magicka	Offensive				Yes	Yes
Absorb Stamina	Offensive				Yes	Yes
Briarheart Geis	Offensive				Yes	Yes
Chaos Damage DB	Offensive				Yes	Yes
Damage Health	Offensive		Yes	Yes
Damage Health Regeneration	Offensive					Yes
Damage Magicka	Offensive		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Damage Magicka Regeneration	Offensive		Yes	Yes
Damage Stamina	Offensive		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Damage Stamina Regeneration	Offensive		Yes	Yes		Yes
Fire Damage	Offensive	Yes			Yes	Yes
Fiery Soul Trap	Offensive				Yes	Yes
Frost Damage	Offensive	Yes			Yes	Yes
Huntsman's Prowess	Offensive				Yes	Yes
Light Damage	Offensive					Yes
Poison Damage	Offensive					Yes
Rune	Offensive	Yes
Shock Damage	Offensive	Yes			Yes	Yes
Slow	Offensive		Yes	Yes
Smithing Expertise	Offensive				Yes	Yes
Spell Absorption	Defensive
Sun DamageDG	Offensive	Yes
Weakness to Fire	Offensive		Yes	Yes
Weakness to Frost	Offensive		Yes	Yes
Weakness to Magic	Offensive		Yes	Yes
Weakness to Poison	Offensive			Yes
Weakness to Shock	Offensive		Yes	Yes
Whirlwind Cloak DB	Offensive	Yes

Illusion

Effect Name	Type	Spell	Built-In Potion	Custom Potion	Custom Enchantment	Built-In Enchantment
Chaos Damage DB	Offensive				Yes	Yes
Clairvoyance	Other	Yes
Fear	Other	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Frenzy	Offensive	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes
Invisibility	Defensive	Yes	Yes	Yes
Muffle	Defensive	Yes			Yes	Yes
Pacify	Offensive	Yes				Yes
Rally	Offensive	Yes				Yes
Rune	Offensive	YesDB

Restoration

Effect Name	Type	Spell	Built-In Potion	Custom Potion	Custom Enchantment	Built-In Enchantment
Cure Disease	Restorative		Yes	Yes
Cure Poison	Restorative		Yes
Regenerate Health	Restorative	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Regenerate Magicka	Restorative		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Regenerate Stamina	Restorative		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Resist Disease	Defensive				Yes	Yes
Resist Fire	Defensive		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Resist Frost	Defensive		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Resist Magic	Defensive		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Resist Poison	Defensive		Yes		Yes	Yes
Resist Shock	Defensive		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Restore Health	Restorative	Yes	Yes	Yes
Restore Health to UndeadDG	Restorative	Yes
Restore Magicka	Restorative		Yes	Yes
Restore Stamina	Restorative	Yes	Yes	Yes
Rune	Offensive	YesDB
Turn Undead	Offensive	Yes			Yes	Yes
Ward	Defensive	Yes				Yes
Fortify Skill
Fortify Alchemy	Defensive				Yes	Yes
Fortify Alteration	Defensive		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Fortify Archery	Defensive	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Fortify Barter	Defensive		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Fortify Block	Defensive		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Fortify Conjuration	Defensive		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Fortify Destruction	Defensive		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Fortify Enchanting	Defensive		Yes	Yes
Fortify Heavy Armor	Defensive		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Fortify Illusion	Defensive		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Fortify Light Armor	Defensive		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Fortify Lockpicking	Defensive		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Fortify One-handed	Defensive	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Fortify Persuasion	Defensive		Yes			Yes
Fortify Pickpocket	Defensive		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Fortify Restoration	Defensive		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Fortify Smithing	Defensive		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Fortify Sneak	Defensive		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Fortify Spells	Defensive					Yes
Fortify Two-handed	Defensive	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Fortify Attributes
Fortify Carry Weight	Other		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Fortify Health	Defensive	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Fortify Magicka	Defensive		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Fortify Stamina	Defensive	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Fortify Other
Fortify Shouts	Defensive					Yes
Fortify Unarmed Damage	Defensive				Yes	Yes