Skyrim:Blessings

This page documents the blessings that you can receive, typically by activating altars in temples. These are short-term blessings which act separately from long-term Standing Stone effects, and do not overwrite or interact with them. Typically, you will want any blessings you come across, unless you are specifically trying to bolster one effect.

Shrine Blessings

Blessings are bestowed by praying at (activating) a shrine to the specified deity.

• Locations of the shrines of the Eight (or Nine) Divines, including those for Auriel added by Dawnguard, are listed at Shrines.
• The Shrine of Nocturnal is located inside the Ragged Flagon Cistern, once you are midway through the Thieves Guild quest line.

You can only have one shrine blessing at a time. If you choose to pray at a second shrine, it will overwrite the previous blessing. Shrine blessings are active for a period of time measured in real time, not in-game time. So a blessing lasting 12 hours will be active during 12 playing hours.

Name	ID	Description	Detailed Effects
Blessing of Akatosh	000fb988	Magicka regenerates 10% faster.	Regenerate Magicka, 10 pts for 8 hours Cure Disease, 25 pts
Blessing of Arkay	000fb994	Increases your health by 25 points.	Fortify Health, 25 pts for 8 hours Cure Disease, 25 pts
Blessing of AurielDG	xx011360	You are 10% more effective with missile weapons.	Fortify Marksman, 10 pts for 12 hours Cure Disease, 25 pts
Blessing of Dibella	000fb995	+10 Speechcraft.	Fortify Persuasion, 10 pts for 8 hours Cure Disease, 25 pts
Blessing of Julianos	000fb996	Increases your Magicka by 25 points.	Fortify Magicka, 25 pts for 8 hours Cure Disease, 25 pts
Blessing of Kynareth	000fb997	Increases your stamina by 25 points.	Fortify Stamina, 25 pts for 8 hours Cure Disease, 25 pts
Blessing of Mara	000fb998	Healing spells restore 10% more.	Fortify Restoration, 10 pts for 8 hours Cure Disease, 25 pts
Blessing of Nocturnal	0010e8ae	You are 10% harder to detect.	Fortify Sneak, 10 pts for 8 hours Cure Disease, 25 pts
Blessing of Stendarr	000fb999	Block 10% more damage with your shield.	Fortify Blocking, 10 pts for 8 hours Cure Disease, 25 pts
Blessing of Talos	000fb99a	Time between shouts is reduced 20%.	Fortify Shouts, 0.2 pts for 8 hours Cure Disease, 1 pt
Blessing of Zenithar	000fb99b	Prices are 10% better.	Fortify Barter, 10 pts for 8 hours Cure Disease, 25 pts

In addition, the Dragonborn expansion adds three new blessings, all available from the temple in Raven Rock.

Name	ID	Description	Detailed Effects
Blessing of Azura	xx03bcfb	Resist 10% of magic.	Resist Magic, 10 pts for 8 hours Cure Disease, 25 pts
Blessing of Boethiah	xx03bcfc	One-handed weapons do 10% more damage.	Fortify One-handed, 10 pts for 8 hours Cure Disease, 25 pts
Blessing of Mephala	xx03bcfd	Prices are 10% better.	Fortify Barter, 10 pts for 8 hours Cure Disease, 25 pts

^1	The description of this blessing is misleading; the actual effect is that Restoration spells cost 10% less magicka to cast.

^2	The details of the Blessing of Talos are bugged when viewed in-game. The magnitude is displayed as "0%" (truncated from 0.2). Nevertheless, the blessing does still have an effect. This bug is fixed by version 1.0 of the Unofficial Skyrim Patch.

Other Blessings

These blessings will stack with each other and shrine blessings.

Name	ID	Description	Detailed Effects	Source
Blessing of the Stag Prince DB	xx01bfec	Receive an additional x Health and Stamina while Bow of the Stag Prince is equipped.	Fortify Health, x pts Fortify Stamina, x pts The value of x depends on the number of animals you've killed: <20 kills = 5 20 kills = 10 40 kills = 15 60 kills = 20 80+ kills = 25	Obtained by equipping the Glass Bow of the Stag Prince.
Blood of the AncientsDG	xx01419b	Your Vampiric Drain spell absorbs Magicka and Stamina from your victims for 1 days; Your Vampiric Drain spell absorbs Magicka and Stamina from your victims for 3 days; Your Vampiric Drain spell absorbs Magicka and Stamina from your victims for 5 days; Your Vampiric Drain spell absorbs Magicka and Stamina from your victims for 7 days; Your Vampiric Drain spell absorbs Magicka and Stamina from your victims for 9 days.	Blood of the Ancients, 1 pt Blood of the Ancients, 3 pts Blood of the Ancients, 5 pts Blood of the Ancients, 7 pts Blood of the Ancients, 9 pts	Drink from the Bloodstone Chalice.
Dragonslayer's Blessing	000e76e0	10% increased Critical Hit Chance vs. Dragons for 5 days.	Dragonslayer's Blessing, for 5 days	Esbern
Tainted Blood of the AncientsDG	xx0149a7	Your Vampiric Drain spell absorbs Magicka and Stamina from your victims for 1 day, but at the cost of 30 less health.	Tainted Blood of the Ancients, 30 pts	Drink from the Bloodspring.
The Gift of Charity	000eef58	+10 Speechcraft for 3600 seconds.	Fortify Persuasion, 10 pts for 1 hour	Giving a coin to a beggar. Giving a gift to your child.HF
Voice of the Sky	0010a2da	Animals will neither attack nor flee from you.	Voice of the Sky, for 24 hours	Reading all ten etched tablets on the way leading to High Hrothgar.

Bugs

• For the player, all shrine blessings and the Blessing of the Stag Prince are scaled by any active Fortify Restoration alchemy effect at the moment the blessing is applied. Scaled magnitudes stick until the blessing is removed or refreshed.
  Mod Notes: This is caused by the fact that the associated magic effects have their 'Magic Skill' field set to 'Restoration', which allows perk AlchemySkillBoosts to scale the spell magnitudes by (1 + RestorationPowerMod/100).
  • This bug is fixed by version 2.1.3 of the Unofficial Skyrim Patch. (details)