The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim perk tree and racial abilities detailed

News by Debabrata Nath Contributor

Published on Sept. 26, 2011

Fans who had a chance to play Bethesda's latest epic at Eurogamer Expo this year have compiled a vast list of racial abilities and perk tree skills which will be at your disposal in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

The entire list, as published on a Skyrim fansite called TheElderScrollsSkyrim among other detailed information, is reproduced below. It's not clear if this is the full list to be available in the final game.

Racial Abilities

ORCS: Beserker
REDGUARDS: Adrenaline Rush
WOOD ELF: Resist poison, resisit disease, command animals
NORD: Battlecry
KHAJIIT: Night-eye, claw attacks
IMPERIAL: Voice of the Emperor, find more coins when looting
HIGH ELF: Regenerate Magicka more quickly
DARK ELF: Ancestor's Wrath (surround self in fire), resist fire
BRETON: Dragonskin (absorb spells), resist shock
ARGONIANS: Histskin (regenerate health quickly), resist disease, breathe underwater
Each race starts off with different stats. Argonians start with 25 in Lockpicking, 20 in Pickpocketing, Sneak, etc. Orcs start with 25 in Heavy Armour, 20 in Enchanting, Smithing etc.

Perk Trees:
Speech

Buying and selling price ten percent better (five ranks)
Ten percent price buying from opposite sex
Invest in shops and increase available gold permanently in invested stores
Master Trader - every merchant in world gains 1000 gold for bartering
Buy and sell from any merchant regardless of what they normally buy and sell
Intimidation attempts twice as successful
Persuasion attempts more likely successful

Alchemy

Potions 20 percent stronger (five ranks)
Potions for restore health, magicka or stamina are 25 percent more powerful (may be ranked)
Poisons 25 percent more effective (may be ranked)
Poisons last for twice as many hits
Two ingredients are gathered from plants
50 percent resistance to all poisons
All negative effects removed from potions and all positive removed from poisons
Two effects of an ingredient are revealed when testing it for the first time (instead of just one)

Illusion

Dual casting overcharges effect for more powerful spell
Cast Novice spells for 50 percent less magicka
Cast Apprentice spells for 50 percent less magicka
Cast Adept, Expert, Master etc spells for 50 percent less magicka (more levels this time around)
Spells work on higher level animals
Spells work on higher level people
All spellcasting (from ANY school) is done silently
Spells work on undead, daedra and automatons
Fear spells work on higher level enemies

Conjuration

Novice for 50 percent less magicka
Cast Apprentice spells for 50 percent less magicka
Cast Adept, Expert, Master etc spells for 50 percent less magicka (more levels this time around)
Dual casting overcharges; greater spell effect
Bound weapons do more damage
Bound weapons cast Soul Trap on target
Bound weapons banish certain creatures
Reanimate undead with 100 more health
Summon two Atronachs or reanimated zombies
Summon Atronachs at twice the distance
Summoned Atronachs twice as strong

Destruction

More damage for each school (fire, frost and shock) - ranked
Novice rank spells for 50 percent less magicka.
Cast Apprentice spells for 50 percent less magicka
Cast Adept, Expert, Master etc spells for 50 percent less magicka (more levels this time around)
Shock damage chance to disintegrate targets if their health is under ten percent
Frost damage chance to paralyse targets if health low
Fire damage chance to make low health enemies flee
Place runes five times farther away

Restoration

Healing spells also restore stamina
Novice rank spells for 50 percent less magicka
Cast Apprentice spells for 50 percent less magicka
Cast Adept, Expert, Master etc spells for 50 percent less magicka (more levels this time around)
Healing spells do 50 percent more healing
Recharging healing spells
More is recharged with each hit with healing spells (unclear)
Spells more effective against undead
Once a day chance to autocast 250 HP restoration when health drops low
Magicka regenerates 25 percent faster

Alteration

Novice rank spells for 50 percent less magicka
Cast Apprentice spells for 50 percent less magicka
Cast Adept, Expert, Master etc spells for 50 percent less magicka (more levels this time around)
Alteration spells have greater duration (ranked)
Absorb 30 percent of magicka that hits you

Enchanting

Enchants are 20 percent stronger (ranked)
Enchanted armour 25 percent stronger
Soul gems provide extra magicka for recharging
Death blows to creatures but not people trap souls for weapon recharge
Health, magicka and stamina enchants stronger
Extra effect on already-enchanted weapon can be applied
Shock, Frost and Fire enchants 25 percent stronger (individual perks for each element)

Heavy Armour

Increase armour rating 20 percent (five ranks)
Unarmed attacks with heavy armour gauntlets - damage increased by gauntlets' armour rating
Half fall damage if all in heavy armour
Heavy armour weighs nothing and doesn't slow you at all
Additional 25 percent armour if in matching set
25 percent armour bonus if all in heavy armour (not necessarily matching)
50 percent less stagger if all in heavy armour
Ten percent damage reflected back to enemy if all in heavy armour

Two-handed weapons