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The Dawnguard DLC brings a new perk tree to the fore, this one focusing on developing a Vampire Lord's abilities.
Unlike other traditional Perks, where points are allotted to attain a Perk, this and the Werewolf Perks trees are scaled by feeding on enemies. Vampires must feed directly on the flesh of their enemies or use a Drain Life spell to rank up.
Note that using the Drain Life spell ranks up abilities faster than traditional bites.
Perk | Prerequisite | Description |
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Power of the Grave | 50 point bonus to Health, Magicka and Stamina as a Vampire Lord. | |
Detect All Creatures | Power of the Grave | Night Power: Detect all creatures, even dwarven automatons. |
Mist Form | Detect All Creatures | Turninto an invulnerable cloud of mist while regenerating Health, Magicka and Stamina. |
Supernatural Reflexes | Mist Form | Move quicker while enemies move slower |
Blood Healing | Power of the Grave | Killing a person with a power attack bite restores all your health. |
Unearthly Will | Power of the Grave | Night powers and Blood Magic cost 33% less |
Poison Talons | Unearthly Will, Blood Healing | Melee attacks deal 20 points of poison damage |
Night Cloak | Poison Talons | A shroud of bats feed on enemies within melee range |
Vampiric Grip | Power of the Grave | Blood Magic: can pull a creature to you from a distance, and do choking damage once it's close |
Summon Gargoyle | Vampiric Grip | Blood Magic: Can conjure a gargoyle to fight for you. |
Corpse Curse | Summon Gargoyle | Paralyze your foes with this magical blast |
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Bethesda has re-released Skyrim for every electronic device in living history, including the trusty microwave. As for the Special Edition on PC, many wondered why the company even bothered since graphics are only marginally better, but what makes this latest version so good is the addition of 64-bit support. This unlocks the full potential of Skyrim and its modding community, enabling for a more stable experience. We'll show you how to install mods and completely change Skyrim.
Products used in this guide
- Buy Elder Scrolls for Steam: Skyrim Special Edition ($40 at GMG)
- Managing your favorite mods: Vortex (Free at Nexus Mods)
How to install mods for Skyrim Special Edition
In this guide, we'll be using Vortex (previously called Nexus Mod Manager), which is universally recommended to keep things organized and to make installing larger packages an absolute breeze. Nexus is a dedicated platform for modders to release and update their mods for various titles, including Skyrim Special Edition. As well as publishing their content, Nexus also enables for discussion, feedback, support, and more. The website is fairly easy to navigate with most mods correctly categorized for convenient filtering.
Installing Vortex
- Register an account on the Nexus website.
- Download Vortex (Nexus Mod Manager).
- Install and then run Vortex.
- Confirm the location of Skyrim Special Edition.
- Select Skyrim Special Edition.
- Hit OK.
- Choose where you wish to store downloaded mods (default drive is the one with Skyrim SE installed).
- Hit OK if an alert window shows.
We need to run Skyrim SE to the main menu before activating mods, so give the game a boot to initial menu and then quit. This will create the much-needed .ini file for editing and will ensure we don't run into issues with mods not working correctly at a later date.
Installing Mods
Now it's time to select and install some mods. We rounded up some of our favorite Skyrim mods to get you started.
- Search for mods on the Nexus website.
- Carefully read through the description of each mod.
- Choose the Files tab.
- Select 'Download with Manager' on the correct file(s) you need for the mod.
- Wait for the mods to download in Vortex.
- Select a mod you wish to install and choose 'Install'.
Once you have a few mods downloaded you may notice the load order start to populate. This list is important because some mods and files need to be loaded by the game in a specific order. Mod authors generally offer information in mod descriptions on the Nexus should their files require to be configured in a set order, and there are even tools available like LOOT that can check to see if there are any problems with your setup.
Modders create and release extra content for fun and for the love of scripting, but leaving an endorsement or even a donation can provide much-needed feedback, especially if you've enjoyed hours of entertainment because of said mod(s). Leaving a few dollars can really make their day, but do consider at least leaving a comment and endorsing their work. Skyrim wouldn't be the same without its excellent modding community.
What you'll need to mod Skyrim
You're going to need a copy of Skyrim Special Edition.
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Male Vampire Lord
Vampire Lord is a new type of vampire introduced in The Elder Scrolls V: Dawnguard. Like the werewolf form, the Dragonborn can choose to take on the form of a Vampire Lord, however, the duration of the transformation is controlled by the Dragonborn, unlike the werewolf form. Vampire Lords also have several natural abilities:
- Bats - the ability to transform into a swarm of bats and fly a short distance, used mainly as a means of escape
- Vampire Sight - enhanced night vision
- Raise Dead - an ability similar to Reanimate
- Drain Life - a spell which drains the health of an enemy, manifested as a glowing red ball
Perks[edit | edit source]
New spells and powers become available as you progress the vampire lord perk tree
Perks | Requirements | Description |
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Power of the Grave | None | 50 point bonus to health, magicka and stamina as Vampire Lord |
Blood Healing | Power of the Grave | Killing a person with a power attack bite restores all your health |
Unearthly Will | Power of the Grave | Night Powers and Blood Magic cost 33% less |
Vampiric Grip | Power of the Grave | Blood Magic: Can pull a creature to you from a distance, and do choking damage once it's close. A spell that can be used to grab NPCs/Creatures and deal small choking damage and upon releasing the spell button will fling the NPC/Creature away. This does not affect dragons. |
Detect All Creatures | Power of the Grave | Night Power: Detect all creatures, even Dwarven Automatons. A Power that is the illusions Detect Dead and Detect Life combined. |
Summon Gargoyle | Vampiric Grip | Blood Magic: Can conjure a gargoyle to fight for you. A spell that can be used to summon a allied gargoyle. These are not affected by the conjuration tree's Twin Souls. |
Mist Form | Detect All Creatures | Night Power: Transform into an invulnerable mist, while health, magicka, and stamina regenerate. Transforms you into swarm of mist similar to Become Ethereal |
Corpse Curse | Summon Gargoyle | Blood Magic: Target is paralyzed. A spell that is basically the Alteration Spell Paralyze |
Supernatural Reflexes | Mist Form | Night Power: Everything slows down while you move faster. A power which is the Vampire Lord equivalent of Slow Time |
Poison Talons | Blood Healing or Unearthly Will | Melee attacks do 20 points of poison damage |
Night Cloak | Poison Talons | In combat you are surrounded by a cloud of bats that feed on enemies within melee range |
Retrieved from 'https://skyrim.gamepedia.com/index.php?title=Vampire_Lord&oldid=140956'
- For the item set, see Vampire Lord Set.
- 'Vampires were something we didn't really do much with in the regular game. Now we can have this whole new mode, and new perk tree ideas started coming up, and then we got into the story.'
- ―Matt Carofano, Bethesda Softworks[1]
Vampire Lord is a power available in The Elder Scrolls V: Dawnguard, that serves as an extension of traditional vampirism. During the questBloodline, the decision between whether continuing to assist the Dawnguard or join Harkon and the Volkihar Clan arises. Choosing the path of Harkon grants the ability to become a Vampire Lord, although it's still possible to obtain this form if the path of the Dawnguard is chosen.
Vampire Lords have an altered and sinister appearance, one that is more drastically and artfully constructed than that of a regular vampire. The Vampire Lord features 11 unique perks and two combat modes — Melee Mode and Blood Magic mode. Of the newly added spells is the ability to use consumed blood to vitalize the Vampire Lord and the ability to summonGargoyles the way atronachs are summoned via the use of Conjuration magic. The power bite attack adds a unique cinematic where the Vampire Lord wraps its wings around the victim and bites them on the neck.
Background
Vampire Lords are considered to be the paragon of the species. They are typically pure-blooded vampires who have either received their vampirism through another pure-blooded vampire or Molag Bal himself.[2]
Acquisition
Harkon or Serana can grant this power during the main questline for Dawnguard. Harkon offers this power during Bloodline, Serana offering it twice, once during Chasing Echoes, and once more upon completing Kindred Judgment. The latter time she can be asked to do it indefinetly should the player be cured again.
Transformation
When transforming into a Vampire Lord, the body undergoes drastic changes. In addition to wings sprouting from the back and height vastly increasing, the skin will pale, the eyes will change to an orange-gold hue, and the cheeks will narrow prominently.
The wings grant the ability for much faster movement speed while sprinting, and the ability to hover allows the Vampire Lord to pass effortlessly over bodies of water. In addition, carry weight is ignored, so an over-encumbered Vampire may utilize this form for faster movement.
As a Vampire Lord, the four stages of vampirism still apply, and as time passes without feeding, the more severe these changes become. In direct sunlight, Vampire Lords suffer the same limitations, such as stunted and decreased Health, Magicka, and Stamina. However, weaknesses and resistances to fire and frost are significantly altered with the addition of Dawnguard:
Stage one
- Resist Frost – Your vampiric blood gives you 20% resistance to frost.
- Weakness to Fire – Your vampiric blood causes you to be 20% weaker to fire.
Stage two
- Resist Frost – Your vampiric blood gives you 30% resistance to frost.
- Weakness to Fire – Your vampiric blood causes you to be 30% weaker to fire.
Stage three
- Resist Frost – Your vampiric blood gives you 40% resistance to frost.
- Weakness to Fire – Your vampiric blood causes you to be 40% weaker to fire.
Stage four
- Resist Frost – Your vampiric blood gives you 50% resistance to frost.
- Weakness to Fire – Your vampiric blood causes you to be 50% weaker to fire.
- Previously, at this stage of Vampirism, all characters would become hostile towards the Dragonborn and attack on sight. This no longer occurs when the Dragonborn is in default humanoid form, but does if in Vampire Lord form. The message stating 'You are hated and feared by all' will still appear, however.
Controls
Action | Control key |
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Swipe (melee) attack in melee mode | Left mouse button |
Switch between melee and blood magic modes | Ctrl |
Vampire abilities menu | Q |
Fly regular | Alt |
Bats mode/vampire special | Z |
Open perks tree | Tabs |
Combat modes
A female Vampire Lord in melee mode (left)
and Blood Magic mode (right).
and Blood Magic mode (right).
There are two modes of combat for a Vampire Lord:
Blood Magic mode
This mode allows the Vampire Lord to hover above the ground and cast Blood Magic spells. This mode can be augmented with Ring of the Erudite, which grants 100 extra Magicka, as well as faster Magicka regeneration.
Melee Mode
This mode allows the Vampire Lord to fight on the ground, but in doing so, all Blood Magic spells cannot be used. Instead, the primary means of combat are claw attacks. Melee mode is the only mode where the Power attack bite can be performed.
This mode can be augmented with the Poison Talons perk, which grants claw attacks 20 points of poison damage and the Ring of the Beast, which grants claw attacks an additional 20 points of damage.
Perks
- 'As a Vampire Lord, the inventory button will bring up the Vampire Lord perk tree. Perks are earned by killing enemies with the Drain Life spell, or with the bite attack in melee mode.'
- ―Loading Screens (Skyrim)[src]
The Vampire Lord skill tree includes eleven perks. The left side of the tree deals with Night Powers, the right side deals with Blood Magic and the central column consists of passive perks that function like abilities.
Consuming life blood through a power attack bite or a Drain Life spell allows new perks to be gained.
Perk | Description | Requirements |
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Power of the Grave | 50 point bonus to health, magicka and stamina as a Vampire Lord. | None |
Detect All Creatures | Night Power: Detect all creatures, even dwarven automatons. | Power of the Grave |
Mist Form | Night Power: Turn into an invulnerable mist, while health, magicka, and stamina regenerate. | Detect All Creatures |
Supernatural Reflexes | Night Power: Everything slows down while you move faster. | Mist Form |
Blood Healing | Killing a person with a power attack bite restores all your health. | Power of the Grave |
Unearthly Will | Night Powers and Blood Magic cost 33% less. | Power of the Grave |
Poison Talons | Melee attacks do 20 points of poison damage. | Unearthly Will/Blood Healing |
Night Cloak | In combat, you are surrounded by a cloud of bats that feed on enemies within melee range. | Poison Talons |
Vampiric Grip | Blood Magic: Can pull a creature to you from a distance, and do choking damage once it's close. | Power of the Grave |
Summon Gargoyle | Blood Magic: Can conjure a gargoyle to fight for you. | Vampiric Grip |
Corpse Curse | Blood Magic: Target is paralyzed. | Summon Gargoyle |
Perk points allocated to the tree cannot be undone, although the vampirism can be cured through Falion's ritual. Requiring a filled Black Soul Gem, the affliction is reversed, but all perks remain. Aela the Huntress offers lycanthropy as a poultice for the vampirism. Unlocking perks in the werewolf skill tree also remain if the Dragonborn becomes a vampire again.
Feedings
Each new perk requires a few more feedings than the last. A total of 156 people need to be fed upon to complete the entire tree.
Perks | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Total |
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Feedings | 5 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 156 |
Night Powers
Night Powers are activated like powers or shouts and have an associated cooldown period. They all cost magicka to activate.
Bats
This power is unlocked by default. It allows the Dragonborn to turn into a cloud of bats then flies forward several feet before reforming as a Vampire Lord. It can be activated twice in quick succession, but then requires a 20-second cooldown.
This power can be augmented with the Amulet of Bats, which adds a knockback stun when flying in the direction of enemies, but only if the Night Cloak perk has been unlocked.
Vampire Sight
This power is unlocked by default. It works exactly like Vampire's Sight when reaching stage one of vampirism. The effect grants Night Vision for 60 seconds.
Detect All Creatures
This works similar to the Aura Whisper shout and a combination of Detect Life and Detect Dead spells. It sends out a sonar-like pulse that reveals all forms of life, living or undead, in a white aura for a few seconds. It also reveals the location of corpses. Cooldown takes 3 seconds.
Mist Form
This power simply transforms the Dragonborn into an invulnerable cloud of mist for 23 seconds. During this time, health, magicka, and stamina regenerate. The invulnerability effect is similar to the Become Ethereal shout in that even fall damage is negated. Cooldown takes 33 seconds.
Supernatural Reflexes
This power works somewhat similar to the Slow Time shout. When activated, time grinds to a near halt for 23 seconds, but the Dragonborn won't be affected as much by the disparity. Cooldown takes 45 seconds.
Blood Magic
Blood Magic deals with spells that are typically wielded in the left hand and can only be used in Blood Magic mode.
Drain Life
This spell is unlocked by default. It is the core offensive spell in the Vampire Lord's arsenal and is permanently equipped in the right hand when in Blood Magic mode. It works similar to the original Vampiric Drain in that it absorbs health, but rather than a stream of energy, it is an area-of-effect projectile similar to the fireball spell. Killing creatures or people with this spell allows new perks to be gained.
This spell can be augmented with the Blood of the Ancients ability, which temporarily upgrades the spell to drain magicka and stamina in addition to health. The ability can be accessed upon completion of The Bloodstone Chalice.
Raise Dead
This spell is unlocked by default. It's essentially a very powerful version of the Raise Zombie spell because it can raise almost any creature or person for 120 seconds. Anything reanimated with this spell collapses into ash piles after being killed again, or when the spell duration ends. It is not affected by the Twin Souls perk in the Conjuration skill tree.
Vampiric Grip
Vampiric Grip allows the Dragonborn to essentially lift almost any creature or person off the ground and hold them in the air at the cost of Magicka upkeep. The target can then be flung into the air by releasing the spell. The only creatures that are not affected are Dragons, mammoths, Dragon Priests, Mistmen, Bonemen, Wrathmen, and Skeletons.
Summon Gargoyle
This spell works much like any other conjuration spell. Casting the spell at the ground will summon a Gargoyle for 120 seconds. This spell can be augmented with the Amulet of the Gargoyle, which summons an additional Gargoyle for 30 seconds.
Corpse Curse
This spell works exactly like the Paralyze spell. Targets who fail to resist remain paralyzed for 10 seconds.
Other abilities
Night Cloak
This passive perk works in both modes of combat and is similar to elemental cloak spells, such as Flame Cloak. The Vampire Lord becomes surrounded by a cloud of bats during combat which Absorb Health from enemies within melee range. This passive ability can be augmented with the Amulet of Bats, which increases the amount of life drained from enemies.
Power attack bite
This attack can be used while in melee mode. It is performed when power attacking a humanoid with low health and happens only a percentage of the time. It activates an animation in which the enemy is bitten on the neck and killed. This attack also counts as consuming life blood, and thus will count towards gaining new perks.
It can be augmented with the Blood Healing perk, which restores all health when a person is killed.
Revert Form
Unlike werewolves, Vampire Lords can transform in and out of the Vampire Lord form multiple times per day.
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Trivia
- The Vampire Lord transformation looks similar to Marcus Corvinus bat-like form from the Underworld franchise, along with similarities with Count Dracula's bat-form in the movie Van Helsing.
- The only time the Dragonborn will ever face another Vampire Lord in combat is during the quest 'Kindred Judgment.'
- At one point during development, it was planned for the Vampire Lord form to last only for a limited time span, akin to werewolves. Audio with Lord Harkon advising the Dragonborn about this was recorded but was not implemented in the final release.
Bugs
This section contains bugs related to Vampire Lord. Before adding a bug to this list, consider the following:
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- PC 360 If Serana is a follower, the Blood Magic Drain Life spell reduces drastically in power.
- 360 When reverting forms, the Drain Life spell may remain equipped in the right hand. The audio for the spell breaks while this is happening, and perk points can still be gained while killing foes with it.
- PC 360 The Blood Magic mode causes the Vampire Lord to simply float, unable to use the Drain or Raise Dead spells. In addition, feeding on targets does not accumulate to allow perk upgrades. This can occur immediately after being turned into a Vampire Lord by Harkon.
- PC(Fix) 360(Fix) Solution: Reinstall Dawnguard.
- PS3 It is possible for the Dragonborn to transform into the Vampire Lord form, even after curing vampirism, if Vampire Lord has been 'Favorited' before curing it. However, the Dragonborn will be stuck in the first stage of vampirism and will not progress into other stages. The only solution is to reload a previous save and never transform into Vampire Lord, unless the Dragonborn is a vampire.
- Negative effects such as 'Weakness to Fire' will not be shown under Active Effects menu.
- Other effects include being unable to gain resting bonus from sleeping, Galathil can't change the Dragonborn's appearance, entry into Soul Cairn is blocked, and Falion will not offer an option to cure vampirism.
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Achievements
- Main article: Achievements (Dawnguard)
Vampire Mastered Acquire 11 Vampire Perks | |
Points | 20 |
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Trophy |
Appearances
References
- ↑Skyrim Podcast #5: Dawnguard. The Elder Scrolls Official Site.
- ↑Dialogue with Harkon
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