Skyrim:Turn Undead (spells)

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SR-icon-spell-Turn Undead.png Turn Lesser Undead
SR-icon-book-SpellTomeRestoration.png
School Restoration Difficulty Apprentice
Type Offensive Casting Fire and Forget
Delivery Aimed Equip Either Hand
Spell ID 0004b146 Editor ID TurnLesserUndead
Base Cost 84 Charge Time 1.0
Duration 30 Range 469 ft
Speed 122 ft/s Max Life ~3.8 sec
Magnitude 6 Area 0
Tome ID 000a271f Tome Value 89
Appears in random loot at level 10+
Purchase from
Undead up to level <mag> flee for 30 seconds.

The Turn Undead spells are Restoration spells, which will cause an affected Undead enemy to flee from the caster for 30 seconds.

Effects[edit]

Perks[edit]

The effective levels of undead that can be turned with these spells are:

Spell Default Necromage
Turn Lesser Undead 6 7
Turn Undead 13 16
Turn Greater Undead 21 26

The durations are the same for all spell levels, varying only with perks applying (remember, for dual casting, you need both the perk and to be dual casting it):

Perks Duration (seconds)
None 30
Necromage 45
Dual Casting 66
Dual Casting, Necromage 99


SR-icon-spell-Turn Undead.png Turn Undead
SR-icon-book-SpellTomeRestoration.png
School Restoration Difficulty Adept
Type Offensive Casting Fire and Forget
Delivery Aimed Equip Either Hand
Spell ID 0005dd5d Editor ID TurnUndead
Base Cost 168 Charge Time 1.0
Duration 30 Range 469 ft
Speed 122 ft/s Max Life ~3.8 sec
Magnitude 13 Area 0
Tome ID 000a2721 Tome Value 323
Appears in random loot at level 23+
Purchase from (Restoration lvl 40+)


SR-icon-spell-Turn Undead.png Turn Greater Undead
SR-icon-book-SpellTomeRestoration.png
School Restoration Difficulty Expert
Type Offensive Casting Fire and Forget
Delivery Aimed Equip Either Hand
Spell ID 0005dd5e Editor ID TurnGreaterUndead
Base Cost 267 Charge Time 1.0
Duration 30 Range 469 ft
Speed 122 ft/s Max Life ~3.8 sec
Magnitude 21 Area 0
Tome ID 000a2729 Tome Value 664
Appears in random loot at level 35+
Purchase from (Restoration lvl 65+)


Bugs[edit]

  • The "Turn Undead Push" effect varies between these three spells. Notably in the "Turn Undead" spell, it has a magnitude of 0. This means it may stagger an opponent, but won't push them back.
    • PC Only The Unofficial Skyrim Patch, version 1.3.0, addresses this issue. The stagger effect for Turn Undead has been set to 75 pts.

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