Cure Vampirism in Skyrim
You can contract vampirism in Skyrim when fighting vampires or by siding with the Volkihar Clan in the Dawnguard add-on. Vampirism grants bonuses to magic and resistances, but also lowers your stats in the daylight and increases the damage you take from fire. There are ways to cure the disease before it fully progresses, such as cure disease potions or praying at altars. In order to cure full-fledged vampirism, you will need to perform the “Rising At Dawn” quest for Falion in Morthal.
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Curing Vampirism Before it Manifests
- Understand how vampirism infection works. You can contract sanguinare vampiris when fighting vampires. There is a three in-game day window to cure it before its symptoms manifest into full-fledged vampirism. Once fully infected with vampirism, these cures will no longer be viable and you will need to Cure-Vampirism-in-Skyrim.
- You will see a message in the lower corner that you have contracted sanguinare vampiris if it occurs. You can always use one of the basic cures after fighting vampires to be safe.
- If you begin to see messages that you hunger for blood or your skin burns in the light, then these cures will no longer be sufficient.
- Use a potion of cure disease. These can be found commonly throughout the world and purchased in alchemy/potion shops or crafted. Silver hand and Vigilants of Stendarr also frequently drop these potions when killed.
- Shop supplies are semi-random and will not always have cure disease potions in stock.
- For crafting, Charred Skeever Hide, Felsaad Tern Feathers DR, Hawk Feathers, Mudcrab Chitin, Vampire Dust all have the cure disease property.
- Pray at a shrine. Any shrine will cure all diseases. These can be found throughout the world - most commonly in the temples of major cities.
- Ask a Vigilant of Stendarr to cure you. They can be found roaming around the world, but can always be found at the Hall of the Vigilant. This is an isolated building south of Dawnstar.
Curing Full Vampirism
- Speak to any innkeeper about rumors until you acquire the quest, “Rising at Dawn.” Any Innkeeper across Skyrim can potentially give you the quest, but the answers they give when asked for rumors is semi-random. The quest will direct you to speak with Falion in Morthal, who studies vampirism.
- If you can’t get an innkeeper to give you the quest, try another town or rest for a night. Their answers will sometimes reset with time.
- This dialogue is only available once you are a vampire.
- If you have reached stage 4 vampirism (by going too many days without feeding), townsfolk will attack you on sight (including innkeepers). You will need to feed or use a blood potion to lower your vampirism level before you are able to speak to an innkeeper for the quest.
- Speak with Falion in Morthal. He will tell you about the ritual that cures vampirism, and ask you to bring him a filled black soul gem as the next part of the quest.
- Morthal is located north of Whiterun. Falion typically resides in his house, which will be labeled as such on your map.
- Acquire a black soul gem. Black soul gems are used to trap human souls for the purposes of powerful enchantments, or in this case, a ritual. Empty black soul gems can be purchased from Falion for a price. They can also be found in dungeons and dropped by Necromancers.
- Fill a black soul gem. Unlike other soul gems, black soul gems are filled with human souls. You will need to kill a human with a weapon enchanted with Soul Trap or by casting the Soul Trap spell on them.
- Soul trap tomes can be purchased from a few different vendors, including the court mages at Whiterun and Windhelm or from one of the mages at the College of Winterhold.
- Scrolls of Soul Trap can usually be purchased from the same vendors who sell the tomes. This is a single cash item and does not require any mastery of magic.
- You can enchant a weapon with Soul Trap if you have ever disenchanted one with the same property. Some can also be found or purchased throughout the world.
- If you cannot enchant or do not want to purchase a weapon you can obtain the Mace of Molag Bal as a reward for completing the quest, “House of Horrors.” Speak with Tyranus in Markarth to begin that quest line.
- Bring the filled black soul gem to Falion. He will tell you to meet him at a summoning circle outside of town.
- Meet Falion outside of town. The summoning stones are location just north of the town. You must meet him between 5 and 6 AM in-game time at which point he will begin the ritual.
- Falion will not perform the ritual without your presence. This means you do not need to proceed to the summoning stones immediately if you do not want to.
- Wait for the ritual to finish. Falion will perform the ritual, and after a short dialog you will no longer be a vampire.
Tips
- Falion’s quest can be repeated any number of times if you manage to contract vampirism again in the future.
- Playing as an Argonian or Bosmer are naturally disease resistant and are 50% less likely to contract sanguinare vampiris.
- You can use potions of resist disease, the Resist Disease Restoration spell, or equipment with disease resistance enchantments to help prevent becoming infected while fighting vampires.
- Becoming a werewolf also removes vampirism, but brings its own perks and disadvantages. To begin this quest, speak with the Companions in Whiterun.
- If Falion attacks you for being too deep into vampirism, you can cast a calm spell to reset his hostility. This will also work with innkeepers.
Warnings
- Being cured of vampirism will not absolve you of the crimes you committed as a vampire.
- You will not be able to speak with Falion if you are a stage four vampire. You can lower the stage of your vampirism by feeding or drinking blood potions.
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