First and foremost Hi! This is my first post in this forum so please excuse me if I'm asking about things already discussed, I have used the search feature but didn't find a specific thread that sums up everything. So here some IMO important questions on vampires in Skyrim:

1. Can characters of all race types become vampires? If yes, are some of the races better suited for being vampires?
2. Is there a change in appearance reflecting vampirism and does it scale depending on how long you have been a vampire?

3. Does being a vampire affect in some way the main quest-line and does it affect the relations with NPCs?
4. Can you drink blood from individuals belonging to all the races in Skyrim? Can you drink animal blood? Is there a difference in blood quality depending on who do you feed from? Is it necessary the target to be alive in order to drink its blood?

5. Is there specific vampire equipment in the game, or the vampires use the ordinary weapons, armor, shields that you can find anywhere? (I strongly hope there are unique vampire items, at least in terms of appearance if not in abilities as well).

6. Being a vampire can you recognize (sense) other vampires? By recognizing I mean some other ways different than checking out their fangs length. Unless you've been caught svcking blood (btw can you be caught?) can NPCs tell you're a vampire?

7. Is there a way, through potions or other, to walk in daylight?

8. Is there a specific vampire skill tree/perks?

9. Is all magic available to use by vampires? Are there spells/abilities that only vampires can use?

Hopefully these are general questions and are not spoiling too much, knowing more details can prepare us better should we decide to walk this path.

Bethesda simply hasn't said much on that subject, and so far as I know no one outside of Bethesda who has played Skyrim has managed to become a vampire. We'll find out soon I guess.

#10. Will they sparkle?

Nope.

Yes every race can be a vampire

Thats a shame.. Would have been cool to turn the entire world into vampires

Cause they are centuries old, isolated, society so I assume they can hold some ancient artifacts normal people can't possess.

So the Dark Elves have the Ancestor’s Wrath ability (surround self in fire), and are fire resistant, means they are the perfect vampires? Oh and they have this evil appearance... definitely the perfect vampires

Argonians can't.

It's confirmed that vampirism has changed very little from Oblivion. The rest is common sense.

No. That would be horrible. Lack of food and competition!


Some aren't isolated.


The "perfect" vampires would be the ones from Cyrodiil. Sure, the gameplay was not as in-depth, but lore-wise they are near perfect. Walk in the sun for a whole day if they fed a few hours before, they look human and can walk among mortals without even the barest hint of suspicion. If they starve for a day or two, people think they have a bad cold, so they can feed and say "Well, I got better."

Not to mention all those powers they get, invisibility, vampire seduction, etc. While that's not appealing since it's normal to cast spells in ES, vampires don't age. I think the Cyrodiilic vampires have it best comparing to other vampires who are really ugly 24/7 for the rest of their eternal lives.

But we know nothing of vampirism in SKyrim save the sun affects us more the more powerful we get, that we will have advanages and disadvantages and we feed on sleeping people.


They can. If Vicente Valtieri bit you, you contracted vampirism as an argonian. And also there is a vampire clan in Black Marsh known as the Whet-Fang.


This is killing me. Please grace us with a link? From the interviews alone it sounds vampirism is like Oblivion.

You did change your avatar back!
And you say it would be horrible to be able to turn people when I think it would be somewhat cool and in Oblivion vampire NPCs could not die in the sun so that would not be an issue.

1. Yes. No.
2. Yes, yes.
3. No, yes.
4. Yes. No. No. Yes.
5. No.
6. No. Yes, depending on what level the vampirism is at.
7. Yes. Drinking blood allows you to walk in the daylight without being damaged.
8. No.
9. Yes. No.

Well, it would be interesting, yes. But a vampire overload would be ridiculous!

Vampires don't really go around turning people intentionally unless they want to. The ones in Morrowind saw you as an abomination and tried to get you killed in their quests while there were only two vampires in Oblivion who offered to turn you into a vampire. The rest simply tried to kill you but you became infected.

It's confirmed that vampirism has changed very little from Oblivion. The rest is common sense.

No because TES vampires are based on vampires from many many years ago?

First and foremost Hi! This is my first post in this forum so please excuse me if I'm asking about things already discussed, I have used the search feature but didn't find a specific thread that sums up everything. So here some IMO important questions on vampires in Skyrim:

1. Can characters of all race types become vampires? If yes, are some of the races better suited for being vampires?
2. Is there a change in appearance reflecting vampirism and does it scale depending on how long you have been a vampire?
3. Does being a vampire affect in some way the main quest-line and does it affect the relations with NPCs?
4. Can you drink blood from individuals belonging to all the races in Skyrim? Can you drink animal blood? Is there a difference in blood quality depending on who do you feed from? Is it necessary the target to be alive in order to drink its blood?
5. Is there specific vampire equipment in the game, or the vampires use the ordinary weapons, armor, shields that you can find anywhere? (I strongly hope there are unique vampire items, at least in terms of appearance if not in abilities as well).
6. Being a vampire can you recognize (sense) other vampires? By recognizing I mean some other ways different than checking out their fangs length. Unless you've been caught svcking blood (btw can you be caught doing this?) can NPCs tell you're a vampire?
7. Is there a way, through potions or other, to walk in daylight?
8. Is there a specific vampire skill tree/perks?
9. Is all magic available to use by vampires? Are there spells/abilities that only vampires can use?

Hopefully these are general questions and are not spoiling too much, knowing more details can prepare us better should we decide to walk this path.

First, it wouldn't be an overload I think it should be limited so you cannot turn NPCs unless in 100% vampirism that way you cannot go around turning people whenever.
Second, the Morrowind thing was alright I wish they would change it so that if there are clans they would enjoy having you in their clan and then they will send you on quests.
Third, who are the two that offer to turn you? I know Vicente was one he was one of my favorite NPCs. Who is the other?

First, it wouldn't be an overload I think it should be limited so you cannot turn NPCs unless in 100% vampirism that way you cannot go around turning people whenever.
Second, the Morrowind thing was alright I wish they would change it so that if there are clans they would enjoy having you in their clan and then they will send you on quests.
Third, who are the two that offer to turn you? I know Vicente was one he was one of my favorite NPCs. Who is the other?

First: I agree. With radiant A.I, I think the NPCs might go and drink a cure potion before 3 days pass.

Second: Yeah, it was bad enough people in Morrowind despised me, I really did not need my own kin call me an "abomination" or "Mistake".

Third: The other is Janus Hassildor. Count of Skingrad.

"Given that the only way to obtain this quest is to first become a vampire, this option is currently inaccessible (without using the console), but if you were to complete this quest without ever having been a vampire, Janus Hassildor would offer you a choice for the final reward:

"I can offer you money, of course, but given my condition, I am in a position to offer you something relatively unique. If you wish, you can become a vampire. It will be slightly painful, but far easier on you than... other methods. Which would you prefer?"

If you then chose the topic "Make me a vampire", he would continue: "This is not a gift to be taken lightly. It may cause you harm in the long run, but at least you already know a way to rid yourself of it. Once you have the disease for several days, rest and let the effects take hold. And please, be careful. Good luck." Finally, he would cast the "Vampire Reward Spell", which would infect you with Porphyric Hemophilia.

I was reading some lore about vampires in the Elder Scrolls and I found the Manifesto Cyrodiil Vampyrum. In this it said that the Cyrodiil vampires are weary of the vampires of High Rock because they conceal themselves in their cities as well, so maybe the vampires from Skyrim include those from High Rock and not just the Cyrodiilic vampires since they are somewhat different from the ones in Oblivion.

#10. Will they sparkle?

1. Yes. No.
2. Yes, yes.
3. No, yes.
4. Yes. No. No. Yes.
5. No.
6. No. Yes, depending on what level the vampirism is at.
7. Yes. Drinking blood allows you to walk in the daylight without being damaged.
8. No.
9. Yes. YES