Vampire Hunter

Redguard - Waraxe - Light - Spellsword - Warrior

Background

As a hunter of creatures who slink in the dark you look for new ways to take down your hated enemies. The recent reformation of the Dawnguard has opened up opportunities for you, amongst like minded individuals, due to common goals.

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Weapons

Any war axe as soon as you can and then a Dawnguard War Axe. The final weapon is a Dawnguard Rune Axe. The Rune Axe does 1 point of sun damage for each undead killed with the axe up to a maximum of 100. The number of undead killed is shown on the enchantment description.

Once you have started the Prophet Dawnguard quest and found the wagon you can go back to Fort Dawnguard and talk to Sorine and Gunmer to recruit Florentius to the team. You have to complete 1 quest for Sorine and then I kept alternating between Gunmer and Florentius for what I think it took about 12 or so quests before I got the Rune Axe. I'm not sure if the relic items are in a set order or randomised but it was the last one of the three for me.

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Armor

Get the Torturer’s Hood on your way out from Helgen and then craft a set of Leather Scout Armor. The final gear is Torturer’s Hood, Thieves Guild Armor, Dawnguard Light Boots and Gauntlets.

You can pickup the boots and gauntlets as soon as you can get to Fort Dawnguard and don't have to get to level 10 when the chance of getting the quest to go there normally starts. I was wearing them at level 5.

I wore some scaled armor and had all my gear enchanted before going for the thieves guild armor, but I do play on legendary difficulty. You can get the armour by basically doing the second quest for the theives guild which is to convince three people in Riften to pay the money they owe the guild.

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Spells

Destruction for the fire spells and Restoration for heals and some undead damaging spells.

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Standing Stones

Any stone while levelling and the Atronach Stone once the Atronach perk has been acquired.

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Shrines

Use a shrine of Mara for 10% Restoration spell cost.

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Shouts

Unrelenting Force (Force - Balance - Push)

Location: Just follow the main story quests

Staggers enemies.

Whirlwind Sprint (Whirlwind - Fury - Tempest)

Location: Dead Men’s Respite, Volskygge, High Hrothgar (The Way of the Voice)

Use to reach otherwise inaccessible places and to quickly evade attacks or catch up with fleeing enemies.

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Character Creation

Female Redguard

Dunmer, Imperial and Redguard come out top with 25/35 points boosted by all races. I took Redguard for the better combat stats and 50% poison resistance.

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 are considered male.

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Attribute Distribution

Place attribute points at 0 / 3 / 1. At level 61 which is required for all the perks the attributes are:

Magicka	Health	Stamina
100 (265)	560	240 (355)

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Perk Point Distribution

The skill boosts for Redguards are marked in bold.

Mage		Warrior		Rogue
Alteration +5	8	Archery +5	0	Alchemy	7
Conjuration	0	Block +5	0	Light Armor	8
Destruction +5	7	Heavy Armor	0	Lockpicking	0
Enchanting	9	One-handed +10	7	Pickpocket	0
Illusion	0	Smithing +5	4	Sneak	0
Restoration	10	Two-handed	0	Speech	0
Total	34	Total	11	Total	15

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Skills and Perks

Mage Skills

Warrior Skills

Rogue Skills

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Spells

Alteration

Spell	Level	Description
Candlelight	Novice	Creates a hovering light that lasts for 60 seconds
Detect Life	Adept	Nearby living creatures, but not undead, machines or Daedra, can be seen through walls
Telekinesis	Adept	Can pull an object to you from distance. Add it to your inventory or throw it
Waterbreathing	Adept	Can breathe under water for 60 seconds
Detect Dead	Expert	Nearby dead can be seen through walls

The Detect Life spellbook can be obtained in Whiterun by taking to the Steward in Dragonsreach and following the quest to the Stables. Cast this spell in the market to level Alteration.

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Conjuration

Spell	Level	Description
Soul Trap	Apprentice	If a target dies within 60 seconds, fills a soul gem

Soul Trap is used to level Conjuration and also fill soul gems.

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Destruction

Spell	Level	Description
Flames	Novice	A gout of fire inflicting a base damage of 8 points of fire damage per second
Firebolt	Apprentice	A blast of fire that does 25 points of fire damage
Fireball	Adept	A fireball which explodes on impact for 40 points of damage in a 15-foot radius
Flame Cloak	Adept	For 60 seconds, opponents in melee range take 8 points of damage per second
Incinerate	Expert	A blast of fire that does 60 points of damage. Targets on fire take extra damage
Mara's Wrath	Expert	For 30 seconds, opponents in melee range take 16 points fire damage per second, Undead up to level 26 flee for 30 seconds
Wall of Flames	Expert	Sprayed on the ground, it creates a wall of fire that does 50 points of fire damage per second
Unbounded Storms	Expert	Targets in melee range take 40 shock damage per second to Health, and half that to Magicka. Random lightning strikes deal an additional 30 damage

Unbounded Storms is purely used as a means to level Destruction very quickly.

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Illusion

Spell	Level	Description
Courage	Novice	Target won't flee for 60 seconds, and gets some extra health and stamina.

Courage can be used to level illusion.

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Restoration

Spell	Level	Description
Healing	Novice	Heals the caster 10 points per second
Healing Hands	Apprentice	Heals the target 10 points per second, but not undead, atronachs, or machines
Fast Healing	Apprentice	Heals caster by 50 points
Close Wounds	Adept	Heals caster by 100 points
Grand Healing	Expert	Heals everyone close to the caster 200 points. Does not affect atronachs, machines or undead
Bane of Undead	Master	Sets undead up to level 30 on fire and makes them flee for 30 seconds

Grand healing is used to fully replenish your stamina even if your health is full.

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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.

Summary of combined effects

One-handed weapons do 225% more damage
Destruction spells cost 92% magicka
Restoration spells costs 46% less magicka
Magicka and Stamina are increased by 115 points
Resist 37% of all magic
Resist 86% of fire damage
Carrying capacity is increased by 20

Item	Enchantment	Effect
Head	Fortify Destruction	Destruction spells and enchantments cost 46% less
	Fortify Restoration	Restoration spells and enchantments cost 46% less
Thieves Guild Armor	Fortify Carry Weight	Carrying capacity increased by 20 points
Feet	Resist Fire	Grants 86% resistance to fire
	Fortify Stamina	Stamina is increased by 115 points
Hands	Fortify One-handed	One-handed attacks do 75% more damage
	Fortify Magicka	Magicka is increased by 115 points.
Amulet	Fortify One-handed	One-handed attacks do 75% more damage
	Resist Magic	Grants 37% resistance to all magic
Ring	Fortify Destruction	Destruction spells and enchantments cost 46% less
	Fortify One-handed	One-handed attacks do 75% more damage
Dawnguard Rune Axe	Sun Damage	Does 0 – 100 additional damage to undead.

With the Sallow 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.

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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.

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Potion of Fortify Health

Ingredients	Blue Mountain Flower & Wheat
Effects	Fortify Health	170 points for 60 seconds
	Restore Health	266 points restored

All of the ingredients can be found in or around Whiterun.

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Potion of Fortify Destruction

Ingredients	Glowing Mushroom, Snowberries, Steel-Blue Entoloma
Effects	Fortify Destruction	213% stronger for 60 seconds
	Resist Frost	128% for 60 seconds
	Resist Shock	128% for 60 seconds

Go to Shimmermist Cave to the North East of Whiterun and gather 2 Glowing Mushroom inside the entrance. The remaining 7 are in the secret lab at the farm. Snowberries are around Windhelm Stables and the local farms. Steel-Blue Entoloma are available from Khajiit caravans. Remember to buy, quicksave, attack and quickload to reset the vendor until you have all 13 Steel-Blue Entoloma.

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Potion of Fortify Enchanting

Ingredients	Dreugh Wax/Stoneflower Petals & Snowberries
Effects	Fortify Enchanting	85% stronger for 30 seconds

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

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Potion of Fortify Smithing

Ingredients	Dreugh Wax/Gold Kanet & Glowing Mushrooms
Effects	Fortify Smithing	213% stronger for 30 seconds

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

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Farming

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

Ingredients Needed

6 x Blue Mountain Flower
9 x Glowing Mushroom
11 x Snowberries
13 x Steel-Blue Entoloma
5 x Wheat

Potions and Poisons Produced

24 x Potions of Forify Health
52 x Potions of Fortify Destruction

Main Area (27)

Ingredient	Qty	Harvest	Green Thumbs
Steel-Blue Entoloma (3)	13	39 + 13 = 52	78 + 13 = 91
Wheat (4)	5	20 + 5 = 25	40 + 5 = 45
Glowing Mushrooms (5)	9	45 + 9 = 54	90 + 9 = 99

Side Area (11)

Ingredient	Qty	Harvest	Green Thumbs
Snowberries (4)	11	44 + 11 = 55	88 + 11 = 99

Planters (6)

Ingredient	Qty	Harvest	Green Thumbs
Blue Mountain Flowers (3)	6	18 + 6 = 24	36 + 6 = 44

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