Skyrim Creation Kit Tutorials - Episode 11: Creating New Spells

[@lu308kpw]

I still fall back to these 4 year old tutorials continuously when messing around with CK. Wish there was about 30 more of them covering some other aspects in detail. TY BIS.

[@foxy4851inactive]

8 years later

[@lu308kpw]

@@foxy4851inactive LMAO - and yes now 8 years later and I still check them out. Skyrim will never end

[@foxy4851inactive]

@@lu308kpw only if tes 6 is better

[@SNJALLSVIN]

I’m still watching them to refresh my memory on the Creation Kit. These videos are awesome.

[@kinotsu3017]

@sandpiper You must of not tried mods like True Directional Movement + TUDM + SkySA or Inpa Sekiro Combat , they completely change how the combat plays and it becomes more like Dark Souls/Elden Ring. Seriously, go take a look, and welcome to 2022 Skyrim modding.

[@lucidanoob]

Due to Covid-19, I will be rewatching all your work to create my own mod that sells all my custom made spells

[@ecto5380]

Man, you're leading me to being an expert at the creation kit! I love these videos SO much... I honestly think they are more specific and easier to follow than Bethesda's tutorials. Thanks!

[@Franz_cpp]

I like how in game, he was in the middle of stealing Argonian ale for that drunk homeless guy

[@rainydayentertainment8828]

Is it possible to change the colors of the spell? Such as turning the lighting from blue to red?

[@cadsop]

I want to do it to

[@mako4268]

@@TheActualTed The only red destruction spell I know in Skyrim is Drain Life.

[@Jessi-si2kw]

You make good Skyrim tutorials. I hope you come back and do more of them.

[@SimderZ]

@ForAdventure Thats great to hear. Still, take care of yourself and hope you feel better soon.

[@imacsrule22]

To create new shouts, just follow the same basic steps, but instead of spell, change it to Voice Power.

[@susmungos]

I made a spell that allows the user to have better prices :D

[@MrChaosAdam]

Friends spell? :D

[@notnice8]

Happy merchant spell

[@vegasvids4u]

hi, could you maybe do another more advanced tutorial? Id like to learn how to add objectives into the world with spells, so i can create spells that manipulate the environment. Would be awesome, great work you did here!

[@NOMNOM81]

Awesome thanks, I set it up a different way since I was making a holy knight follower. He'll throw the glowing ball, and once it touches it sets them on fire lol.

[@gilless429]

The circle around the mouse is a nice idea I think, allow to see the whole screen, yet see exactly where that otherwise tiny thing is. And nice video by the way, as usual really. =)

[@jelen100]

Accidentaly found it all under a different spell name. Nice tut.

[@jesternario]

YES! I now have the knowledge to make those Final Fantasy spells! Someone put them in Oblivion but not Skyrim. Must put them in...

[@aydjent]

yes the creation kit is free, and download it via Steam Library - Tools - Creation Kit. Also if you are running a modded game, it will not cause any issues unless you add a building where a mod adds one, or something similar to that.

[@BigBoyYoder]

you have the best skyrim videos on youtube!

[@lordsesshomaru8960]

I've looked all over and have asked all over but still cant find out HOW to just add existing spells to the Vampire Lord Form in Skyrim. Any tips appreciated its not on the CK wiki.

[@Ghrathryn]

You had a look for Beast Form under the Spells > Powers area? If it's anywhere, that's the most likely place for it to be given for a player it's the Beast Form power with a duration of 180s, might also have the additional time in there for the feeding, or that might be elsewhere.

[@tehchocobo]

When creating the spell, uncheck Auto-Calculate. You can then put in your own charge time and spell cost.

[@CaffeinatedAsset]

to make the spells you just have to put it into the conjuration category and then add all the desired effects. I would start with something like soul trap and then add whatever you wanted to that so that you would get all the leveling for conjuration and not destruction magic. hope this helped! let me know if you have any questions about what i just said.

[@Erkorlad]

You should try "Help pure 4" it lists every item,spell,npc and setting such as dialogues which contain pure.

[@xclamont]

Awesome stuff - here is a request for a tutorial on adding new custom audio tracks into the world. The Nexus forums are littered with posts, but still can't find a correct way to import your own music, without overwriting original content. Thanks!

[@lillith885]

I wanted to say thank you for your tutorials they've been a great help

[@Matrixneo3006]

The sprint spell is not actually a magic effect. The magic effect in the list is just for the visual "shout explosion" and the sound of the shout. The sprint shout itself is actually an animation.

[@singularitybound]

..Its probably best to learn how to make the spell ground up.. (Effect>Spell>Book) on your own (There are plenty of those on YT now) then come back and use the already avlb spells for templates if you want. Otherwise you will end up with a mess like this. And then of coarse anything more complex outside that will require scripting. (pretty much anything you can dream up in a spell is possible with that.) Of coarse if your just looking to tweak the spells then this guide will help you do that pretty well. Until you star messing with multiple effects. (like this.)

[@GameTesterBootCamp]

I love these tutorials. Well done! I'd love to see how you can create a conversation with an NPC. Like how do you type in what they'd say, how do you give them custom audio (VO) and how do you make a dialogue tree. That would be awesome. THANKS!

[@SimderZ]

Great to see you back. Missing the Skyrim vids, are you still doing them? Anyway, I think you might need to take a multivitamin & mineral supplement as you seem to get poorly a lot. Feel better soon and take care of yourself :)

[@TheSilentPalm]

Thnx soooo much u r da best. I'm a beginner 13 year old modder and this helped me so much. Once again thank you :p

[@Ronirvan]

I find something strange for me neither the spell and the book of it appear in the game, keywords, anything.

[@sinatraforeign]

After creating it, make sure active the .esp

[@Xani13]

To place it directly into your inventory, you should type player.additem and then whatever the item number is and then 1 and then press Enter and then it should be in your inventory. :-)

[@chrisfoucha]

is their any way i can make a spell that makes a door appear in front of me and when i open it, it loads up a place i could build?

[@chrisfoucha]

Right! i fouund it too it got me thinking!

[@justcullen9304]

Cool, I think I'm gonna make a spell that acts like "Universal Pull" from naruto by using a telekinesis spell with a vampiric grip effect and the range effect of something akin to mass paralysis. A focus spell that pulls actors towards the caster within a certain range.

[@HmmWelp]

So i have come to realize that ever since watching Both Shawn of the Dead, and Hot fuzz, I haven't hated british men's voices. So i take back what i said. Also I must say, that blue circle was amazingly helpful. along with the video itself. Well done and thank you :D

[@wu1ming9shi]

i just want to edit the "command daedra"spell so that it can be used on higher levelled enemies like 40-50 instead of only level 20. but there seems to be an option to raise that number in CK.

[@mako4268]

Great tutorial I subscribed! I can't wait to make some new spells! I have good ideas.

[@synonymous1079]

"Glowy bluey greeney redy..." Perfection.

[@GrimOakheart]

make a book like explained over here, then place it in the game at a random place u want the way its done with the follower a few episodes back ^^ Hope it helps

[@thanksfernuthin]

And that's... kind of beautiful. Love it!

[@Teabone3]

If anyone has any questions on how to do anything feel free to ask. Noticed the video is 3 years old :/

[@pirategirl94best]

Well since you asked ... :) Not anything to do with this video strictly, but when I try to edit a race in creation kit, and make it playable, it appears only as a mouth in the character creation screen. Any idea why??

[@Teabone3]

Anna Sagres a mouth?

[@pirategirl94best]

T-Bone Yes like the whole body is invisible except for a mouth.

[@Teabone3]

oh I see the textures and limbs are getting lost. The race parts are the most important for creatures and npcs. It helps determine what your npc will look like.

[@mrlucbier]

can i make a fireball spell thats cast no fireball but a squit

[@UtterGeek123]

There's a multitude of ways to do this. Tell me do you want it so that the companion is permanently summoned, or that it eventually expires? Like conjuring a familiar?

[@A_VeryIdea]

Wow, thanks for doing these videos - they really help :)

[@Slamance]

could you make a tutorial on how to make new loading screens, sounds a bit dull but its something i'd like to see

[@The92Ghost]

I have a question or request mostly, since I am trying to mod Starfield and create original spell ("Starborn Power"), that removes the NPC armor and expose it to the planet conditions for example, so I am confused how to perform this whole thing so I would like to see a bit more detailed guide on that.

[@Brandonisrad18]

wth, do we save the file or what? I was following along and then you just cut from the creation kit into the game...I just loaded my game but my spell isn't there. Do I need to save and make it an esp? x.x

[@ElKemosabe]

You need to save it and have it in the data file, I think it was covered in the first video which is why he skipped it

[@Brandonisrad18]

***** Actually it's not "common sense" as this creates an esp file and for a first time user of the creation kit I had no idea this is what it is suppose to do or not. For all I know, it could've created the actual changes to the selected files (active file) and dlc so asking if it should be saved or not is a smart choice. So while you're trying to be a smart ass, consider not everyone has actually used this before and understands it. I do now, now I know that it creates actual mods once it's saved and doesn't do directly with the dlc's and skyrim file. So have a seat, cunt.

[@ElKemosabe]

***** To be honest if it was your first time using the creation kit you probably should have watched the first tutorial long before this one.

[@Brandonisrad18]

Dylan McGlamry Well I got it down, now I can edit and create my own mods with ease so it's no problem for me, forgot I had even asked this question.

[@ElKemosabe]

***** Good to hear! I would be making mods but the Creation Kit doesn't work for me anymore, anyway enjoy mod making, it's a lot of fun

[@SuperBigd1974]

r u still doing the Skyrim Creation kit tutorials Episode 11 Creating new Spell's r u doing any more after number 11 then mate thank you

[@ianmcu]

Perhaps a slightly more detailed explanation would help. The spell you create in the Creation Kit only exists in the .esp file, or mod, which you make with the kit. When you play the game and cast that spell, the game accesses your mod file to get the information it needs to cast the spell. If you take a copy of your saved game to your friend's computer, but do not also take a copy of the mod file you made, then the game has nothing to refer to for the spell and it will not show up at all.

[@Uzzy379]

This is the best creation kit tutorial :) How you can not give a like?

[@Szasz0407]

Omg how much limitation Skyrim has. Found a magicbleeding effect, so why not make a damaging restoration spell named 'Open Wounds'. I followed your instructions (great tutorial, learned more about the console as well), made my spell, made a spell tome for it, added to adept restoration tomes class so I could buy one from that haggling healer women in the College. The tome works great, it says I learned 'Open Wounds' however I can not find it anywhere under magic. Realized, that the bleeding ...

[@MrDreamReal1]

hello,great tuts and very helpfull will you make a tut on how to add a custom shout??

[@Ascketism]

Nice little tutorial. Thanks.

[@TheCreamSoda]

Please do a tut on making a quest, Ive always wanted to. Thanks.

[@LittleOzzyLand]

I'm trying to make a sand type. Sand that rips life away from people who are hit by it. it'll also tie into the burned bodies mod that makes the bodies look burned if they're burned. so basically when I use the sand on them then they die I want the bodies to look burned as if all the soil, life , essence was ripped from them by the sand.

[@LittleOzzyLand]

so do u know how I can do this?

[@alphanzooliver6926]

Thanks dude:) all your Tutorials Helped me, my spell Blast From Nowhere, i used the Unrelenting Force and The Paralyze Effect, it's an awesome combination as the people are paralyzed and fly through the air like a Manniquine,its also funny to see the random positions that they get stuck in because of the paralyze effect. Is there a way that I can make a journal that I can keep after the spell is learned? I tried using a conventional journal but the game still treats it like a Tome

[@Wriachleyluache]

Once again a great tutorial :D

[@Maxrepfitgm]

Hmm I'm trying to make enchantable multi colored flames. I figure with the visual enchant mod it would look nice to have blue, green, etc colored flames that you could enchant to a particular weapon and it could result in having a blue flame sword in one hand and a red flame sword in another for example while not changing the universal flame color. Learning how to use the creation kit and looking into nifskope to get it done.

[@Scapegoat-J]

Hey I find you videos very helpful, please make a video where you create and add a shout, also id like to learn more about scripting, if you could cover scripting in greater depth I would appreciate it.

[@MephistosMadness]

Is there a way to add effects to different models? For example add the ebony mail dark-smoky-stuff to the warewolf-form?

[@whitemage4ever]

Why did you change light duration down from 60s? You could have manually picked a spell cost if you thought it was too high

[@carterwillis6624]

How do I edit the look/visual effect of the spell? Basely, if I am creating a spell that will be using a unique effect imported from another area of the game. And sounds. Change the sound of the spell.

[@Waverider-Zeta]

quick question can you do a tutorial of how to build your own custom castle, manor, estate, or house thank you!

[@RedBird138]

Just wondering, would it be possibel to create a power that eliminates all negative debuffs? Not just diseases but any poisons or weaknesses you get as well?

[@bobdumbylumps]

Hey, not sure if you covered this in a previous episode, but is there a way to add a more powerful knockback effect to a spell? I'm thinking along the lines of a magelight/"Team rocket's blasting off again!"

[@hns_203]

The spell within spell file/folder thingy won't load.. Also when i started the CK alot of warnings occoured, like "Failed to load "WhiterunExterior01"" and similar warnings..

[@Powershowerable12324]

Welcome to the internet.

[@TheAlbones]

yes, actually, its listed under magic effects i think, on the right hand side 2nd one down.

[@carterwillis6624]

How did you figure all this stuff out? Practice/trial and error or is there some forum or are you a coder? I have to wonder. I watched this whole series back when they were still coming out years ago, and I am going back now to fabricate my own mod that I have been wanting to implement

[@mockingjay10]

Thanks a lot, this is what I thought but I was not sure...

[@ItsPureLuck27]

I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS! Also, I am your #1 American fan.

[@fatalfinish8678]

I dont know if you respond to comments but i was wondering if there was a way to create new armour and weapon effects using the creation kit. For example: Ariels bow blocks out the sunlight, could i make a bow that say, shoots 3 arrows at once?

[@ThatKid22101]

one thing im wondering about is how do you change the damage of a spell just as you do with changing the damage of a weapon?

[@Famusmatrix]

I am trying to make a fire bolt spell- I am trying to make the projectile faster as much so. I need to know the setting to change..

[@timoriwanir5256]

When i got to create a new effect, i press new and the menu pops up like normal. when i go to select an effect from the effects drop-down list, it is blank. Why?

[@victorloef]

can you make a tutorial how to make a new race like where you can choose your character in the start of the game and then there is a new one

[@notSmashed]

I was wondering, is it possible to create a spell but have the visual properties of another spell? For example, have a self-healing spell with the visual appearance in the characters hands of Clairvoyance?

[@justinlangley8972]

Is there a way to make it detect if a current spell is active and if so disallow recasting it until the spell runs out? I'm making a spell that will increase carry weight for 5 minutes and would like to keep it from allowing the player to increase their carry weight over and over again.

[@merked408]

Is it possible to change whether the spell will cause NPC's to become aggravated to you when you use it on people?

[@Nevatis_]

So here's what I'm trying to make: a mod, either a spell or a magic item, than when used builds a campsite that I have designed, but I don't know how to do that, what do?

[@MrJeppo96]

when i click on magic there's spell but there aren't those spells listed on the right side like in your video :( any advice whats wrong?

[@thedoubledeus]

would it be possible to create a spell that gives you the ebony mail visual without the effects i would like to have the smoke effect with the character turning all black but without the poison effect

[@wu1ming9shi]

sure you can. search for the effect that the ebony mail uses. So first look up ebony mail in ck. Press edit and look what effects and spell/enchantments it uses/adds. Mosty you will recognise it. (the enchantment is called "poison cloak" i believe) edit: nevermind. the spell mentioned is an enchantment but you can't turn an enchantment to a spell without scripting it.

[@wu1ming9shi]

@Mad Max Rockatansky Yeah, what this guy said. Good luck decompiling and recompiling the code though. I've heard it's quite a mess with ck.

[@tofuworrior]

i edited a spell, created the plugin, added it through console, after i learned it, when i click, "magic" skyrim crashes with no error message or anything.

[@agentcdb]

how do you....take the storm shout effect and turn it in to a castable ability?

[@jelen100]

I have a question. I'm interested in area-based magic effect, so I opened Serana's soul trap spell (allowing non-vampire player enter Soul Cairn) but I cannot see any conditions indicating that the effect is active only there and then "cures" itself. So where could I find some info about that?

[@cercieshaia9498]

lol at the guy shot into the rafters.

[@xemgoa9512]

Hm... Is there a method to create a spell that boosts base health, one-handed damage, and induces fury?

[@ivorymantis1026]

Would I use a similar process to make certain alchemy ingredients do fire damage? I just want to make a few things do fire damage so I can have poisons that work against pain in the butt enemies that are immune to poison and the simplest idea i could think of was just making an ingredient cause fire damage.

[@cappecfh]

I want to do a fire and forget spell that heals over time, everything seems alright in the kit but in-game it doesn't work at all?

[@duwangchew]

Can I make it so that bound bow shoots multiple arrows? (preferably 100, because arrow shower)

[@Garbearishere]

when i try to add it to the game in a building that already exsists i cant find it in-game. any help?

[@ArchieDodge]

For the Mage Light portion of the spell, the magnitude is the area the light consumes? If I set it to 80, it would light up twice the area of a magnitude of 40?

[@Forcedminer]

I've been at this one for a while....so far nothing seems to work. any way of reducing time on an active spell? for example: I created a custom spell oakflesh which will last up to 5 days.... anyway of reducing this now 5 day length spell down to 1 second? I've already tried creating a duplicate version of the spell with 1 second hoping it'd overwrite the 5 day spell because they both contain the same keywords and spelldata.

[@schattenu]

Okay, so quick question. I've basically got the gist of creating a new spell and editing an existing one, but how do I get a spell to level up a skill? I'm basically trying to do a rebuffed version of the Vampiric Drain spell and I'd like it to level up the player's Destruction skill when using it.

[@angellmccoy7199]

i threw in a crafting recipie for the tome to boot,I AM MASTERING BASIC MODDING!

[@Nathan69]

how do i make a console command spell.. besides using ~ key i want a spell for exsample a spell with the tcl effect

[@KubernetePirata]

Don't know, I guess the animation order thing doesn't work, I made a combi destruction spells & it turns out it's always ice that shows up. Yes, fireball is on top but ice is shown as 3rd anyway

[@toxicgamers1113]

where you export that file??? i was try in DATA,but say invalid directory

[@zerrierslizer1]

help anybody? i tried to make a dragonrend spell. and it totaly backfires on me! it just wont work it says invalid caster source or something like that. what should i do?

[@HugoLuman]

How do you make explosion spells, like fire storm in vanilla? I tried to make a custom one that pushes everything, it didn't work. Then I changed it so that the custom effect and the custom spell are exact duplicates of firestorm, but it still refuses to make an explosion around me.

[@cordelephant]

some quest script that makes the command "onstart, player.additem 'item id' 1" or something like that, i'd imagine

[@spartenkiller456]

How do you increase the range of a spell, for some reason the range setting is always grayed out.

[@PoloneZzGOTHICA]

Somebody know how to add comand to spell ? I think about "Sleeping frame" apear after using spell.