Necromancer

Breton - Dagger - Clothing - Heavy - Conjurer - Mage

Background

A practitioner of vile and forbidden arts, the necromancer roots about in graveyards, searching out moldering components for her obscene spells. They call upon restless, tormented spirits of the dead, seeking their arcane secrets.

Weapons

I played as a spellsword while levelling but that's because mages are not so easy to play in legendary difficulty. I used an Imperial Steel Sword for the majority of my damage. At the end of the build use a Daedric Dagger.

Armor

I kept getting progressively better heavy armour as I advanced Smithing and acquired the materials. For the final look Blue Robes, Vokun, Daedric Gauntlets and because the Daedric Boots didn't show for some reason with the robe I used Ebony Boots.

Spells

Conjuration to raise the dead or conjure minions from the Necromantic Grimoire CC pre-combat. Destruction magic for frost spells. Restoration for heals. Illusion for Frenzy and Fear. It's useful to upgrade the Familiar to a Fire Atronach in the early levels.

Standing Stones

The Lord Stone for 50 armour and 25% magic resistance and then the Atronach Stone once you are a vampire with both the Necromage and Atronach perks.

Shrines

Use a shrine of Akatosh for 10% faster magicka regeneration.

Shouts

Character Creation

Female Breton

Bretons are a good choice as all 6 skill boosts are used in this build. The magic resistance is also useful prior to having spell absorption.

Pick female as the sex for your character as there are more male humanoids than females to fight in Skyrim so the 10% damage bonus against the opposite sex from Agent of Dibella gets more use. All Dwemer Automatons count as Male.

As with all mages your focus on training should be Enchanting so you can get the magicka regeneration and spell cost reductions needed for the build to function. This means using Alchemy to make potions to sell to fund this. After Enchanting focus on Smithing and when all 3 crafting skills are at 100 make your final gear.

Attribute Distribution

Distribute attributes at a ratio of 1/1/0. At level 62 which is required for all the perks the attributes are:

Perk Point Distribution

The skill boosts for Bretons are marked in bold.

Skills and Perks

Mage Skills

Warrior Skills

Rogue Skills

Spells

Alteration

Get training from Dravynea at Kynesgrove to get Alteration to 50 and with Adept Alteration you can cast Waterbreathing when in water to level Alteration.

Conjuration

Used Soul Trap to fill soul gems for enchanting. Use a Flame Atronach in the early game.

Destruction

Flames is there purely because you start with it.

Illusion

Courage can be used to level illusion by casting it at an NPC. The fear spells help when overwhelmed.

Restoration

Just the healing spells from restoration and with spell absorption use Circle of Protection for unlimited magicka when levelling mage skills.

Enchantments

The effects listed below are based upon 100 Enchanting skill, all the enchanting perks in the build and with a set of enchanted crafting gear. Read my guide on making crafting gear if you are not familiar with it.

With the Sallowed Regent Black Book the magnitude of all enchantments can be increased. Please note that Black Books can only be used on Solstheim.

The magnitude of the enchantments can be further increased by equipping 4 pieces of Azhidal's gear.

Alchemy

All the details for the potions and poisons are based on having all the listed alchemy perks, Alchemy at 100 and a set of crafting gear.

Potion of Fortify Health

You can get all the Blue Mountain Flowers and Lavender you need in Whiterun. The two farms to the east of Whiterun also get you all the Wheat you need.

Potion of Fortify Destruction

All the Glowing Mushrooms you need are at the farm. Snowberries are around Windhelm in numbers. Steel-Blue Entoloma are from Khajiit caravan merchants.

Potion of Stamina Regeneration

Mora Tapinella are on the route from Helgen to Whiterun. There’s a lot of Scaly Pholiota to the south of Ivarstead and around Riften.

Potion of Fortify Enchanting

Dreugh Wax and Stoneflower Petals are only available from Khajiit caravans. Some travel between Whiterun and Markarth. Snowberries are abundant near Windhelm.

Potion of Fortify Smithing

Dreugh Wax and Gold Kanet are only available from Khajiit caravans. Some travel between Whiterun and Markarth. Glowing Mushrooms are in Falmer caves.

Farming

For more information on getting to and setting up your farm read my guide.

Main Area (27)

Side Area (11)

Planters (6)

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