The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Anniversary Edition - Skills
The twenty perk trees of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Anniversary Edition: the eighteen skill trees of the Warrior, Mage and Thief constellations, plus the Vampire Lord and Werewolf trees added by Dawnguard. Every tree is fed by use rather than by points spent at creation, and each level grants a sin...
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| Name | Type | Description | Tree | Cost | Prerequisite |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archery | Skill Tree | Governs bows and crossbows. The tree's core perks are Overdraw for raw damage, Eagle Eye and Steady Hand for zoomed aiming, Critical Shot, Power Shot and Quick Shot for firing speed, and Ranger for faster movement while aiming. | The Warrior | 1 perk point per rank | None |
| Block | Skill Tree | Covers shield and weapon blocking. Shield Wall raises block effectiveness with shields, Deflect Arrows blocks missiles, Elemental Protection halves fire, frost and shock damage taken while blocking, and Shield Charge turns a sprinting bash into a knock-down. | The Warrior | 1 perk point per rank | None |
| Heavy Armor | Skill Tree | Improves the protection of iron, steel, Orcish, Dwarven, Ebony and Daedric plate. | The Warrior | 1 perk point per rank | None |
| One-Handed | Skill Tree | Covers swords, war axes, maces and daggers. | The Warrior | 1 perk point per rank | None |
| Smithing | Skill Tree | Unlocks the crafting and tempering of every metal tier, in order: Steel, Dwarven, Elven, Orcish, Advanced Armors (Scaled and Steel Plate), Glass, Ebony and Daedric, with Dragon Armor added by Dawnguard. | The Warrior | 1 perk point per rank | None |
| Two-Handed | Skill Tree | Covers greatswords, battleaxes and warhammers. | The Warrior | 1 perk point per rank | None |
| Alteration | Skill Tree | The school of flesh, stone and time. It supplies Mage Armor for unarmoured builds, Magic Resistance and Atronach absorption, Stability for longer effects, and utility spells such as Waterbreathing, Transmute and Paralyze. | The Mage | 1 perk point per rank | None |
| Conjuration | Skill Tree | Covers summoning and necromancy. Novice to Master Conjuration gate the atronach and thrall spells, Mystic Binding upgrades bound weapons to Daedric equivalence, Soul Stealer adds soul trapping, and Necromancy plus Dark Souls reinforce raised undead. | The Mage | 1 perk point per rank | None |
| Destruction | Skill Tree | The direct damage school, split into fire, frost and shock. | The Mage | 1 perk point per rank | None |
| Enchanting | Skill Tree | Governs applying enchantments at an arcane enchanter and disenchanting items to learn their effects. | The Mage | 1 perk point per rank | None |
| Illusion | Skill Tree | The school of the mind. Calm, Fear and Fury line up against any level of enemy through the Rage, Fear and Calm perk tiers, Quiet Casting silences all spells, and Kindred Mage extends the effects to people as well as creatures. | The Mage | 1 perk point per rank | None |
| Restoration | Skill Tree | Covers healing, wards and turn undead spells. | The Mage | 1 perk point per rank | None |
| Alchemy | Skill Tree | Governs potion and poison brewing at an alchemy lab from ingredients gathered in the world. | The Thief | 1 perk point per rank | None |
| Light Armor | Skill Tree | Improves hide, leather, elven, scaled and glass gear. | The Thief | 1 perk point per rank | None |
| Lockpicking | Skill Tree | The mini-game skill for reaching locked chests, doors and strongboxes. | The Thief | 1 perk point per rank | None |
| Pickpocket | Skill Tree | Lets the player lift items, keys and even equipped weapons straight off an NPC. | The Thief | 1 perk point per rank | None |
| Sneak | Skill Tree | Governs detection while crouched. Stealth, Muffled Movement, Light Foot, Silent Roll and Silence reduce being seen and heard, Deadly Aim and Assassin's Blade multiply archery and dagger sneak attacks, and Shadow Warrior forces enemies to lose track of the player mid-combat. | The Thief | 1 perk point per rank | None |
| Speech | Skill Tree | Improves persuasion, intimidation, bartering and bribery. | The Thief | 1 perk point per rank | None |
| Vampire Lord | Transformation Tree | A complete perk tree that exists only while in Vampire Lord form. | Dawnguard | 1 perk point per rank, earned by feeding on sleeping victims as a Vampire Lord | Accept Lord Harkon's gift during Bloodline, or be infected and transform once |
| Werewolf | Transformation Tree | A perk tree available only while in beast form. | Dawnguard | 1 perk point per rank, earned by feeding on corpses as a beast | Become a werewolf by completing the Companions questline, then read the Totems of Hircine |
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