I'm currently lvl 16, pure(ish) mage, playing very slowly cos I dont have a lot of time these days and I love to savour games like these. Anyways I have noticed a bug:

My health is 179, standing in town, no poison or disease or shrine blessings affecting me, slept a few days, and its still 179. Whats the problem? Well look at the number... when you level up magicka/health/stamina it increases by 10.

At lvl 16, I've had fifteen total level ups and by my calculation I've added 110 to magicka and 40 to health (also wearing a ring of +20 health)... so my health stat should be 160 with the ring on. So somewhere I've gained 19 health points. Dont get me wrong I like having a permanent health boost for no apparent reason but just dont understand where it came from.

A quick re-cap of my adventures is: leave tutorial, go to Riverwood and speak to Halvar(sp?) friends, bypass main quest and head straight to Winterhold, done the first 2 quests, helped out the townsfolk in Dawnstar with their issues and also explored Frostflow Lighthouse.


Like I say having an unknown increase in health is cool but still wouldnt mind knowing where it came from or is a bug... any help?

No armor buffs? seems like you have a % boost somewhere....

unequip everything and check again?

Look in your active effects list.

Is the stat green as I think this means that it is being modified by gear or effect.

Have had this happen to my character and others have posted about it too.
Nobody seems to know what causes it.
It's not a buff in the active effects list.
It's not gear related.

I can only imagine it's a bug as was in Oblivion and it's a benefit not removing properly.

Nothing health boost related on my armour or clothing except the ring of +20 health. Checked after stripping everthing (little show for Brina in Brina's Goods in Winterhold ) and still the same.

Other than the ring of health - nothing else health related in the Active Effects list.

When I take all my stuff off the stat is still green so it means it is getting a buff from somewhere... I'm a high-elf so they dont get a race boost to health afaik.


Ah ok so just a bug then... extra 19 health for me then.... but better watch out for future updates that might patch this out.

Do you have any saves from before you noticed this? Not to go all the way back, but just to compare what you have vs. what you had to see if you remember doing anything to get the boost?