Skyrim - The Ultimate Guide to the BEST Black Book Powers & Effects

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In our latest Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim video we go through all 7 Black Books from the Dragonborn DLC. These relics of Hermaeus Mora are powerful tomes of forbidden knowledge, granting the user immense power… if they don’t go insane. In this video we explain the powers and effects offered from each book, and help you to choose the option which best suits your character.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is an open world action role-playing video game developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. It is the fifth main installment in The Elder Scrolls series, following The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, and was released worldwide for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on November 11, 2011.
The game's main story revolves around the player character and their quest to defeat Alduin the World-Eater, a dragon who is prophesied to destroy the world. The videogame is set two hundred years after the events of Oblivion, and takes place in the fictional province of Skyrim. Over the course of the game, the player completes quests and develops the character by improving skills. The game continues the open world tradition of its predecessors by allowing the player to travel anywhere in the game world at any time, and to ignore or postpone the main storyline indefinitely.
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[@arwahsapi]

"Got something I'm supposed to deliver - your hands only." - Daedric Prince of Delivery

[@KummFart]

I wish there was a mod that renames the courier X

[@KummFart]

Cuz he's gonna give it to you

[@KummFart]

He doesn't even wait for you to get it on ur own

[@KummFart]

He delivers to you

[@leonardogermannsanna350]

@@KummFart actual genius

[@cinnabunz1532]

Dremora merchant: "A CUSTOMER IS NEAR!"

[@danitron4096]

Spazzy Lets's make a deal!

[@jerodbrown7339]

I’m SURE we can strike a bargain...

[@queenmedusa934]

I smell septims!

[@oreopack9692]

Another one who seeks deal

[@thomassommerfeld7373]

"I smell money"

[@elirantuil5003]

"Ravaged by tentacles..."

[@d.aducari5608]

Let see if we can make this 69 like. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@mistertaz94]

I don't like where this is going.

[@broccolinyu911]

seen enough hentai to know where this is going

[@HonestLettuce]

YAMETEE

[@spikymarshmallow7611]

GET YOUR MINDS OUT OF THE GUTTER!!! *totally didn't think of tentacle hentai when I first entered Aporcypha*

[@Mr_Maiq_The_Liar]

If only the black books told me the secrets of fixing the games bugs.

[@ladyselin35]

Hermeous Mora would give you the secrets of immortality for that information!

[@kyleauthinus7517]

@@ladyselin35 Hermeous Mora will give his entire library for it

[@ra_alf9467]

@@kyleauthinus7517 Hermanius Mora will give you The Lusty Argonian Maid v3 for that information

[@alihassan4060]

@@ra_alf9467 lol so im not the only one XD

[@theproteanbro5994]

The unofficial patch

[@MartaTarasiuk]

I cannot force myself to sell anything to dremora merchant. I keep storing everything, even kitchen equipment and buckets. I think I may have a bit of a hording problem.

[@greenmandude]

Marta Tarasiuk dont blame u, buckets and baskets are useful for wall clipping, and forks are fun, soultrap nazeem in it and take it to the cloud district very often

[@CaptainFirespitter]

So that’s where my kitchen sink went!!!

[@timothynorman9170]

That's fortunate. I am stuck in skyrim with a whoring problem. I make 1 septim per day :{

[@psychic_beth]

buckets are also great for stealing things

[@Clem-179]

Big chungus agrees

[@Greenwood4727]

whenever i have a companion, they always seem to be suicidal. they always jump into the battle usually in front of my arrows or spells..

[@Nurk0m0rath]

Same, and since I play ranged/spell characters as often as melee characters, that puts me off from the whole idea of companions. And when I do play melee, my companion seems to prefer shooting me in the back to actually hitting the enemy...

[@birdsrneat]

Lol I usually end up hiding behind and letting Marcurio (My husband) do all the damage. I should technically be his follower.

[@zweiihanderr]

Try Inigo,he is the best follower in my opinion (Mod)

[@kalenboies3826]

One of my characters is married to Onmund the other character is with Marcurio. Both companion's seem to be in love with the chain lightning spell. I use then as batteries since I have the Atronach stone and alteration perk too

[@TheDapperDog402]

Mod that makes all companion npc’s essential ftw.

[@atem420]

Virtual hoarder? I don't know what you're talking about. *//proceeds to put 50 dragon scales and bones into a single chest//*

[@brokenhalosc0810]

That aint hoarding if you dont have well high lvl smithing like me

[@chasers1336]

I have like 600 dragon bones and 300 dragon scales in one chest

[@alihassan4060]

@@chasers1336 holy shit wth did you do to get thhat stuff XD

[@C.Dickey]

Ali Hassan murder dragons and loot the corpses

[@alihassan4060]

@@C.Dickey lol I know that we all do but like how many do you even need to kill for that shit xD

[@TheStrudelJonny]

Being able to reallocate your perks and switching play styles entirely is 100% the most useful thing in the entire game

[@dylanwalser3138]

Unless you’re maxed out on everything

[@yuridhjeeyn9034]

@@dylanwalser3138 if you are a vampire, then it has a use even then only the perks you take AFTER taking Necromage are affected by that perk (as a vampire you are an undead, Necromage makes a lot of perks stronger) so you reset all your perks, take necromage and only then take all the others you have to reset your perks again if you want to stop using the exploit

[@TheInfiniteFool]

Infinite daedric arrows from the dremora merchant. Best damn thing. He's always got at least 7 or 8 arrows on him and he restocks every other day so you can get as many arrows as you need.

[@davidguckenheimer8223]

Or just put one arrow in the pocket of one of the solitudes guards at the shooting range and go afk...

[@jakobkristensensandvik5588]

@@davidguckenheimer8223 whaaaa.. that works?

[@unknown5ource-615]

It requires level 100 pickpocket but yes

[@ladyselin35]

@@davidguckenheimer8223 Just give one to Lydia and loot the bodies she killed?

[@lordofshades9852]

@@ladyselin35 doesn't she run put of arrows eventually? You have to actually feed her inventory arrows

[@xavierrael838]

I clicked on the video 1.5 seconds before I got the notification I am more powerful than any Jedi before me

[@xavierrael838]

PS I was 666 view

[@SuperDarklord101]

War Project Gaming We're all nerds, and I love it!

[@nebulonely3064]

The dark side of the force is a pathway to many abilities, some considered to be unnatural.

[@Strawhat_Kal]

rip star wars

[@toakovika]

It’s Treason Then.

[@thepoetoffall7820]

Oh I am soooooooo using the butler the next time I do the "Cidna Mine" quest....

[@ysmirwulfharth4012]

How it worked out ?

[@minecraftoverlordpe2842]

I did this and I immediately became the ruler of the prison. Nothing is stopping you from just waltzing out. As if bound blade and iron flesh wasn't strong enough, I had a whole set of ebony on that butler.

[@ladyselin35]

@@minecraftoverlordpe2842 Madanach probably shat himself when he sees you like that.

[@pikaku42069]

I prefer to just not be jailed🙂

[@LemonyFresh2000]

@@pikaku42069 same my guy. But the cidina mine one is a fun quest to do, which you can mitigate my using bound weapons and the skin hardening spells anyways, but the butler would be useful in that quest like they were talking about lol.

[@keiko3520]

It's amazing how you keep doing skyrim videos. This game never dies

[@asmodeus1234]

wooooooo come play skyriiiiiiiiiiiiiim

[@JakeTheTrouserSnake]

If skyrim ever died, these would be the guys to cast "raise thrall" 🤣

[@t0lg410]

ikr

[@Timbofett28]

Honestly

[@leightonprovince107]

2023 checking in lol.

[@MediumChungus223]

This is all wrong. Everybody knows the Atronach Stone is the best black book perk.

[@donniejefferson9554]

Dakota Davidson It's just so perfect. I'm honestly not 100% sure why it so great but it definitely is

[@lkh671]

Alex Reinke 4*€#

[@woodywoodmc2209]

Steed stone best stone

[@riskyplays22]

I'm stoned

[@Zero-0-Cypher]

The Atronach Stone is not a black book power nitwitt...

[@Xzei]

That moment when you sell 1 item to the dremora merchant for 2k gold and realize his gold refreshes at the same rate as every other vendor in the game and you know you have made the wrong decision.

[@codysullivan2721]

There is a glitch where you save hit the vendor load the save and everything resets very useful

[@larkerpudwig]

Damn just got the merchant playing the dlc for the first time

[@tahabashir3779]

quicksave, punch, load. resets inventory and gold. works even on special edition.

[@taggamer335]

@@tahabashir3779 even the unofficial patch can't patch it

[@SkeletauR]

@@taggamer335 at this point its not a bug anymore since everyone is doing it. More like a feature than bug

[@TheNN]

"...you might be a virtual hoarder" Stop judging me! I can quit any time I want. So what if I have all this raw food sitting on the floor, or a pile of ingots on my bed, or all these dragon bones and scales I'll TOTALLY make into armor one day...probably. Let alone the containers of infinite carry weight all over the house that's filled with every bit of junk I stole from all the houses in town, and every OTHER town and city in Skyrim.

[@Tmasia1]

yeahhh that's totally me too lol

[@eolhinforest7736]

It is even worse if you are an alchemist-hoarder... all of those ingredients and potions!

[@selenagamya1612]

I swear I'll use these dragon bones! Just as soon as I get to a high enough smithing level! Come on, any day now...

[@Greeny55Five]

Even if you are a virtual hoarder, you won't need the butler because if you're in a dungeon, just put all your stuff in a container and remember which container and where it is before you leave, with that, if you're outside, just summon Arvak, then go to your home. Also you can use Whirlwind Sprint, power attack exploit to power attack then sheath to keep your Stamina, and such for the times inbetween, so yeah... Pretty much even as a "virtual hoarder", the butler has no use... Heck, if you're rich, just sell your stuff to the merchant, get to your house, then buy it back before he changes his inventory if you want to do that.

[@katedevils5648]

Yeah I COULD drop all this extra armor, but what if I want to change my look? Walk all the way home? Ya right. All these books and notes? What if I need one later!? Ingredients? I'm just going to have to find them again later when I make something, Like I probably will. Soon. Maybe. Probably not, but possibly!

[@gloves_ow3107]

companions insight is great for mages because if you use ice storm, fireball, chain lightning and others easily hurt your followers

[@joeduffy9501]

William Graham I usually find that the master level lightning spell still harms allies and so does the Storm call shout

[@Nurk0m0rath]

Still, mages have extremely limited damage dealing spells that don't threaten their melee allies. In vanilla, it's just Ice Shard, Firebolt, Lightning Bolt, and the cloak spells (which don't say they're selective but will only damage attacking enemies, despite everyone around Skyrim saying they look dangerous). Runes deal area damage even to the caster, the adept spells all deal area damage, and the expert spells are either extra-concentrated novice spells (which do area damage that has to be controlled) or throw walls of fire and ice all over the room, damaging anything that crosses it. And that isn't even counting the master spells, which I haven't used in ages and have only used once or twice anyway because impact is just so OP. Mods like the Lost Grimoire add a few more selections but mages are still extremely limited in safe options. Even using Conjuration for damage dealing isn't entirely safe, as atronachs who cast spells can still shoot companions in the back. I try really hard not to hit my companions, but their AI has them dancing back and forth in between me and the enemy and I hit them anyway. Because of this, I almost NEVER bring a companion, and find it tedious when I'm forced to, such as during Dawnguard. But at least in that case, she can never die, and my biggest worry is her AI bugging out and making her wait somewhere without warning. So this perk is a much needed ability that makes companions actually viable for the robe-wearing spellcasting mages who really don't want to be face to face with danger.

[@libbymcfarrell452]

Its one of my favorites too but Storm Call still hurts your followers (Marcurio is well aware of this and has died multiple times)

[@bigfeasters420]

Doesn’t work at all for me

[@andrewxc1335]

Or my archer (companions keep running straight at the enemy and staying between me & them). Or my barbarian (area of effect, when using a power strike). #GoddammitLydia !!

[@omegagilgamesh]

I love Companion's Insight because whenever I use Destruction, AOE spells like Fireball and Chain Lightning are my preferred attacks.

[@pidgo4867]

Moras grasp helps with saving npcs in quests who are normally killed by enemies

[@jbell53092]

I know I'm late to the party, but I actually really dislike having companions following me. They just get in the way and always screw me over.

[@astuteanansi4935]

For me the worst thing about followers is that they will engage in fights without you having the ability to make them stop. Sometimes you *don't* want to storm a whole fortress full of bandits just because one of them shot you with an arrow while you were passing by, but Lydia will have none of that shit, she'll take that whole damn fortress or die trying, goddammit.

[@smoovejl]

@@astuteanansi4935 "Amazing Followers Tweak " Mod or commonly known as AFT, you can change their AI or stop them in mid-stride.

[@mrspeigle1]

@@smoovejl 2nded aft resolves this issue perfectly. Its always in my load order right next to run for your lives. Hopefully this is a feature set bethesda adds to es6.

[@matthiasrooffeners790]

I never had that problems with Serena she always late getting there 😂

[@joespawldin7833]

I hate em getting in doorways. A little fus ro dah fixes that though

[@DN_13]

Relentless Force is boosted and with Paarthurnax dragon boosting it too. Makes for pretty bad ass shout.

[@wyattjohnson3377]

the freezing effect on frost breath is super OP, they stay frozen after you attack them, it's literally a free OP paralyze in a frontal cone.

[@zaidahram2018]

the unlimited magic has a glitch that can give you 100 in alteration in 5 seconds, quite literally using telekinesis and fast travel(there's a video on KZbin about it)

[@JargonMadjin]

Telekinesis was how I reached level 81, lol

[@soulhydra1218]

Zaid Ahra

[@soulhydra1218]

Sorry i was just trying to read not comment

[@MrCosmik1]

And even if you do not want to do that or it bugs, you can level up any school of magic you made legendary really fast. For instance illusion, go to the Retching Netch and use the master spells, you'll get 100 easily. Harder for conjuration and destruction I imagine, but not that much.

[@execfist]

Tancri .

[@lyntonfleming]

Oh, Companions Insight.... How I need you. My dog keeps jumping in the way of my one-shot bow and arrow while I'm sniping...

[@HatCreature]

That jail breaking trick sounds awesome, especially if you have a mod that lets you break locks with your weapon, just suit up and surprise everyone by breaking out wearing your heavy backup gear and slaughter everyone.

[@JargonMadjin]

Jailbreak build only needs one item in the vanilla game: The Skeleton Key, an unbreakable lockpick that's also a quest item, guards can't take it off you when they jail you

[@HatCreature]

Oh really? I never keep the Skeleton Key I always return it because I don't like having quests stuck in my journal.

[@lukevu9451]

MrDecuss cough radiant quests cough

[@emilebichelberger7590]

@@HatCreature Quite a few of my misc quests are glitches and stuck on incomplete.

[@oghaze9318]

All black books are great tbh but my favourite is the one that enhances unrelenting force

[@TheArklyte]

Enhances to *Annihilate Matter* ?

[@ragincajun8970]

For it’s the Black Market.

[@banessuperbrutalmetalfunti2561]

The Daedric Butler. I make him carry every plate that I find.

[@ryannorthern9761]

OG Haze I prefer seeker of sorcery when it comes to my magic play throughs

[@nickyashlock4575]

OG Haze its better when you have a mod that makes it 10 times stronger and makes its cool down half as long

[@TheKoen640]

The butler can be really usefull when wanting to gather materials for smithing such as dwemer scraps and ore. Also being able to switch out gear for different playstyles whenever you please can be nice

[@christopheralvarado4544]

Especially useful for hybrid builds or enchanted items for special occasions. For example I have armour and jewlery that I wear specifically for crafting. I think the butler is most useful for mages and hybrid mage builds who don't have a lot of stamina and find followers to be a liability. Like an illusion assasain. The butler has his specific niches that I use because of the charchters I play.

[@Sedgehun]

I just use the Realm Poltar from Ordinator’s alteration perk for gathering farmer stuff! I get like 700 weight worth of some, then teleport back to my house.

[@SpitfiretheCat16]

bruh, the butler was the only black book power I was actually pleased to get out of anything in all the books, having a bonus follower inventory that can't get lost is excellent since I love to foist unique or last gen weapons and armor onto my follower to maximize their battle potential as well as those things being generally the heaviest items in my inventory, meaning they fill up fast with very few items so as I collect books or food or ingredients or ores they can barely take anything and my inventory is regularly sitting at over 70% full at best meanwhile with the dremora butler I can foist pretty much the entirety of the next heaviest category onto him and dramatically decrease my overall encumberance while still ensuring my follower is relatively optimized

[@GoldenSunAlex]

This. I found Butler to be so useful. The merchant is near useless in my eyes since I always had more money than I knew what to do with.

[@LuminousWhispers11]

@@GoldenSunAlex Haven't gotten to the Butler but, I imagine that the Butler would be more handy anyway. Especially due to most times you are selling to a Merchant you are going to buy from. Of course I do wish you could legitimately get both the Merchant and Butler through a conjuration spell as not only would that make sense but the drum seems out of place when compared to those options. Oh yeah I just checked. The Merchant is naturally disadvantages the player and you can't sell stolen items unless if you have the fence perk. 😂 "The Dremora Merchant buys items from the player for 9% less than normal merchants and sells for 25% more if player does not have Haggling Perk Rank 2 or higher."

[@ajalonzo2705]

15:18 companions insight because no follower understands the importance of staying hidden while picking enemies off at a distance and will instead rush after i loose the first arrow. They run in and get into the line of fire and sometimes they incidentally get in the way while they're in the middle of s power attack.

[@lyntonfleming]

So much this. Sucks so much when sniping with Auriels bow (for the AoE DMG and undead explosion) when they're suddenly blown off a cliff because they don't understand HOW TO HUNT AELA! YOU ARE LITERALLY A HUNTRESS, BY TALOS WOMAN!

[@lance134679]

The Sallow Regent is the best book for crafting specialists. The 10% bonus stacks as you make stronger potions, better Fortify Alchemy gear, and better Fortify Smithing gear and potions. Just make sure you switch the bonus - Seeker of Might, Sorcery or Shadow, to the appropriate bonus for the crafting skill you're currently using while in Solstheim.

[@tonysnyder2216]

Fudge Muppet you should know that with the secret of Arcana you can boost up your alteration to the max without barely having to do a thing

[@allendillow6658]

Illusion as well

[@Tigercup9]

I may or may not have taken Secret of Arcana for the sole purpose of using Transmute Ore as a non-mage character

[@tonysnyder2216]

Some Guy No shame bro, we've all been there

[@tonysnyder2216]

Allen Dillow thanks for the good tip

[@loganm881]

detect life in the palace in solitude will level you up to 100 in barely any time at all

[@vsGoliath96]

10:15 "Ravaged by the tentacles" Just install a nudity mod and suddenly you have a playable fantasy hentai game.

[@DooTSweeT]

I recommend the bijin mods to make your desirable NPCs much hotter during the interaction with tentacles

[@claudealpha2090]

The problem with the merchant is that while 2000 gold sounds like a lot, for my level 75+ character that was always obtaining super expensive gear and has about 50% price reduction with enchantments, I would end up selling 2 or 3 ebony weapons for all his money and I would still be over encumbered. With the butler however having an extra 200 carry weight means you can do an extra quest or two before having to go and sell everything.

[@damnsonwheredyoufindthis.3830]

Claude Alpha 2000 gold is terrible but so is 200 carry weight. I still usually get the merchant because it also sells things but by the time get it I usually have daedric armor already.

[@transamracer007]

Or you can just enchant a ring with as much carry weight as you want. Mine gives me 8.5 million carry weight.

[@claudealpha2090]

@@transamracer007 Yeah, but that's called exploiting, which is something I try to not do in my games. Ruins the experience for me

[@ArchangelApollo]

Very nice breakdown. Now to go find Untold Legends! But first, I think I would have broken Untold Legends into two separate books. One book would summon the following: Dramora Merchant Dramora Smith that sells supplies and brings an entire smithing workshop (Smelter, Anvil, Workbench, and Grindstone) Dramora Mage that sells supplies and brings an Enchanting Table and Alchemic Lab The other would summon the following: Bardic Drum, 300 second 150% stamina regen boost Bardic Lute, 300 second 150% health regen boost Bardic Flute, 300 second 150% magica regen boost

[@JargonMadjin]

That needs to be a flippin' mod, you're a genius, lol

[@adamthompson6669]

Awesome video do you have any starter/beginner guides for a first play through of Morrowind. I’ve had it for awhile and decided to play through it. I searched KZbin but was hoping my favourites knew where to begin :). I have a dark elf character at the moment and only at the start area and so overwhelmed (more than Skyrim) Lol:) thank you so much again.

[@harryl7023]

Adam Thompson I’m in the exact same position! I really want to play but it’s just so much aha

[@MrJbedo]

Upvoted, this would come in handy for people who would like to get into morrowind or would just like to revisit.

[@Yamifira]

avoid 2h early one you will want the safety of a shield

[@alphacodeblack2121]

MrJbedo "upvoted" . Are you a fellow 9Gager?

[@The_Gardara]

Listen up, tip from someone who's beaten the game, once you reach balmora (the first town you go to after leaving the starter town of sedya neen) and have the gold, head straight for the balmora temple and purchase the "Mark" and "Recall" spells from the 2 npcs in the basement, they stand right across from eachother cant miss them, these 2 mysticism spells are your friends. Simply cast mark to mark a location, and cast recall to return there at any time. This is one of the games only method of teleportation fast travel that doesn't require you to be in the mages guild.

[@CaptainChadManly]

I use the butler to carry dragon bones and scales

[@munchkingod]

I thought of another pretty cool use for the butler. There's a power that lets you reset your skills, so what about a master of all trades build. You summon the butler to switch out gear to essentially change your build for different situations.

[@danielhounshell2526]

companion's insight can be really useful for shouts like storm call, which indiscriminately wrecks practically everything within what might as well be a mile from the player. This way one of the most fun shouts in the game doesn't also kill your companions.

[@SpaceAngelMewtwo]

Companion's Insight is actually extremely useful. If you're playing a mage and have lots of area-of-effect spells like Fireball, Ice Storm, or the master spells, it is much better in my opinion to be able to cast them with reckless abandon. For my very first vanilla playthrough in which I played a pure mage until my skills reached the point that I became a jack of all trades, I ended up forgoing followers entirely and used summons instead through much of the playthrough because they got in the way of my AoE spells more than they helped. This choice can help those characters get their followers back.

[@TheArklyte]

Feels like Dremora Butler wasn't supposed to be limited in terms of carry weight.

[@khoshekh5668]

And you'd think that the Dremora Merchant would buy stolen items.

[@lyntonfleming]

He doesn't??? That's stupid. He's a Daedra. He doesn't get to judge me for stealing. Just take my fucking 50 silver goblets and go!

[@we_are_nevertheless7305]

Merchant is my favorite though he’s such a good source of money lol

[@tzaphkielconficturus7136]

On the other hand, you *can* use him to equip stuff while transforming. If I recall correctly, using him to equip the ebony mail while becoming a werewolf, it gives you a really cool appearance. Here, I found the build from tamriel vault where I saw this, a while ago. www.tamrielvault.com/groups/topic/view/group_id/3/topic_id/3375?mobile=1

[@JondarKorric]

@@tzaphkielconficturus7136 I do that with the Lichform from Undeath to swap staves and jewelry

[@jhs2110]

I think they prefer to be called African American books

[@nolanwesterfield2319]

I'm really angry x98372 hahaha

[@davemccumbers6353]

Now I understand how we own the book

[@vprdarkside771]

Another settlement needs your help

[@VerdeMorte]

slow clap

[@tristandavids5305]

ಠ_ಠ

[@Ajehy]

I just got Skyrim on the Xbox from my cousin, and as soon as I saw this video, I went straight to Solstheim and got the “Followers Insight” perk. Now my squishy wizard can hide behind Lydia and fire off explosions with impunity!

[@Ajehy]

(yes, I know that the video ranked it pretty darn low, but it fits my play style. That’s one great thing about Skyrim, even the things that don’t seem to be that useful can work well in certain niche applications. I also love the Dramora Butler in Dwemer ruins, so I can Smith & sell a TON of Dwarven Bows)

[@genobreaker1054]

Stack Lover's Insight with Agent of Dibella.

[@ladyselin35]

No need to break the game i think. %10 is more than enough.

[@ulrickguiliman4810]

@@ladyselin35 oops 😅

[@CommanderRBD]

Kind of surprised that was not pointed out in the video honestly.

[@kylehearnsberger9883]

The black book that has the Dremora Butler - whatever it’s specifically called - is my favorite power. If I try to get too much weight on me at a time that slows my walking, I usually give a good amount of the items weighing me down to it, then go to one of my home destinations and put up whatever I want.

[@Peashooter521]

Vegetable soup op

[@ModdingNewbie]

potato I know, right? Isn't cooking great? 😀

[@Ajehy]

Elseweyre fondue is a mage’a best friend!

[@Grey_World1]

I don't want to deal 10 million damage, that would ruin the game.

[@mossthatrules77]

@@MechaMem1 I don't need to cheat to have fun :) Feel sorry for you though

[@juan.vasquez]

"bravo bravo", What a good video bro you really have explained everything in the best way that someone can understand Thank you very much, tremendous video

[@alextandos7340]

you may not know this but you can use the black book power secret of the arcane found in kolbjorn barrow to remove spell cost for a limited time to level up quickly and infinitely, if you start casting spells with a spray effect e.g flames, sparks, frostbite, even after the power wears off along as you haven't stopped casting the spell remains active at no magicka cost if you do this with telekinesis just holding any item you will level up alteration incredibly fast and once you get to level 100 you can if you have the legendary edition reset alteration to level 15 edit: i just checked the wiki and this is what it says "Once this power is activated, it is possible to cast any "streaming effect" spell, such as Healing or Wall of Storms, infinitely by activating such a spell and never releasing it. This enables said spells to be cast with no magicka for longer than the power's described "30 seconds." This is very useful for leveling up magic skills. An easy way to do Alteration is put a book on a bookshelf and activate Secret of Arcana, next use telekinesis on the book and do not let go, this will result in a never ending telekinesis spell that will quickly rank you up"

[@bonzo1975]

Alex Tandos will try this 👍

[@caseyparchman8633]

Wich book was that again?

[@alextandos7340]

Bemused Dinosaur. Black Book: Filament and Filigree Found in Kolbjorn Barrow during the quest "Unearthed." Secret of Arcana: Spells do not drain magicka for 30 seconds.

[@christianmcnally4323]

Undoing your perk allocation is so game changing and amazing

[@dogf421]

lovers insight is best because you can hit woman harder

[@astuteanansi4935]

Underrated comment, I laughed for a solid 5 minutes

[@aonghasmacaghobhainn2322]

()__()

[@JorxiiProductions]

Ok this comment made me laugh like a freak

[@nazzeem_4388]

Just like my father

[@irisinthedarkworld]

Oh my god what's wrong with you all

[@chrisdonovan5694]

You make absolutely incredible content. It makes me enjoy this game so much more. I think people like you help cultivate a community that most videogames do not have. Makes me even more excited for the next addition to the elderscrolls

[@GarytheSnail-ol3fk]

I love going through apocrypha. All of them are my favorite. To bad the enemies don’t respawn. :’(

[@sgtredbush1757]

Not sure if youd see this but they do. Might be aftet a month of in game days but i return using the filament and filagree black book every now and then to swap for the secret of arcana or champs insight and theres always 4+ lurkers

[@Shanecoulson20]

i think the only time mora's grasp would be helpful is if you are fighting a giant, you get hit and are close to death, you are out of healing potions and don't have enough magika to heal yourself so you could use this power on the giant to freeze it and then make your escape.

[@aboredguywithaninternetcon4663]

The bard one is good if you just want to travel quicker without using whirlwind sprint.

[@obitouchihaswag6922]

I love companions insight because, Lydia always gets in the way of enemies so I shoot chain lightning at her which damages everyone she just ran into

[@havenwitchworks2598]

I'm the virtual hoarder I have almost every book the entire game Or that's the goal. The Butler is so great and he's he's so sassy it's adorable and I have like two people carrying my things and it's a thousand lb in loot so I don't have to go home.

[@theoneabovemost7865]

Make sure to get a riekling follower so you can get more

[@dragonmaster613]

The dragonborn force combos well with all the other boosts to that shout, including Parthanax' focus.(it is the shout with the most boosts)

[@wellhellothereitllbefun4901]

"might be a virtual hoarder" Hey me and all my alchemy ingredients that I totally plan on using feel personally attacked!

[@b0bsaget007]

The Sallow Regent is my favorite black book for crafting. Being able to make the most powerful enchantments in the game is great for pretty much any character build, except for those that don't craft anything. It's possible to make Fortify Enchanting potions up to 44% (with the Unofficial Patch) with the relevant perks in Alchemy and Enchanting, and combined with Ahzidal's Genius and Seeker of Sorcery, it's possible to make enchantments over 60% more powerful than other means. For example: a Fortify Health enchantment with a grand soul, 100 Enchanting, and all perks gives 62 extra health, but with the 44% potion, Ahzidal's Genius, and Seeker of Sorcery, that goes up to 103 extra health. Not to mention the usefulness with other enchantments, like +67% One-Handed, +33% Magic Resistance, and -41% casting cost per school of magic FOR EACH ENCHANTING SLOT, for up to 12 slots available on your character (14 if you use a shield).

[@thebean3995]

That moment when a bunch of draugr are infront of you* "Ahh yes, free ammo."

[@420mralucard]

Companion's Insight is necessary if you're doing a lighting mage build because Chain Lighting is amazing but will always hit your companion if you let them get ahead of you. Learned that one the hard way when I turn Brelyna extra crispy with it.

[@vishishify]

The Dragonborn dlc was great, but its a clear way for bethesda to remove the dragonborn from continuity

[@joshparsons716]

Vish Wah how so?

[@vishishify]

Josh Parsons the last dragon born becomes a servant of hermaeus mora, I'm fairly sure it's canon . It happens with every protagonist of the elder Scrolls games. It's Bethesda's own lazy way of reducing complications in the story for the next game.

[@joshparsons716]

But you can still get out of Apocrypha, so the game can continue

[@JargonMadjin]

Vish Wah/Josh Parsons, I'm fairly certain that the Last Dragonborn likely became Mora's servant like Miraak before them, oh and Josh, the Dragonborn only got out because Mora *allowed it* , meaning Mora is confident that the Dragonborn will soon be lured back into Apocrypha, the ending proves that Mora could have easily killed the Dragonborn with absolutely zero effort since it was his realm (Just ask Miraak). I'm also fairly certain that since Mora has knowledge from the Past, Present and *Future* that he knows what's in store for the Dragonborn

[@joshparsons716]

Jargon Madjin this... Makes a lot of sense. I'm just used to considering my character to be stronger than the princes. I always use the smart ass awnsers, even clavicus vile says that you have as much power as him.

[@tom2324]

Im going to get companions insight so Jzargo doesn't get marked for death like serana did. I didn't know the armour reduction permanently stacks! Really need to make her some absurb resto loop armour to fix her for completing DG questline hehe

[@RealBradMiller]

Lol, I hit her once and had to go back a save. Now I make sure to get out in front. I hate when you are in a fight, they run out in front of you, so you step to the right, and so do they, then you step to the left, and so do they... And then you get attacked by something else... 😂😂😂

[@HORRIOR1]

I love the Dremore Merchant because I can just buy daedric arrows from him :P Also the armor and weapons are very useful for getting enchantments and buying unenchanted gear, when I want to increase the enchantments on my armor. It also helps in training your speech if you got money to spend.

[@omegamkx588]

I don’t take the Unrelenting Force upgrade even though it’s the one I use most. It’s way funnier to see dead bodies flying through the air than for them to disintegrate

[@thegreycrusader]

15:02 Call the chiropractor

[@Lojeb44]

The Black Books are always a must for every character I play on Skyrim, and I would love more videos about them!

[@JargonMadjin]

Totally, I get all 7 in every playthrough

[@dj-tank]

Gets called a virtual hoarder Me: but i need my ingots Also me: i must have an iron mace that has 5 frost damage at level 70 Everyone else: (/_-)\

[@Grey_World1]

That's so relateable.

[@seymourhine2355]

Love these videos cos they make me really inspired and want to go back to Skyrim. One request though - more vanilla and new (not remastered though they are still very good) Skyrim builds pls. Keep up the good work!!

[@Gamingetic]

This would've been helpful 6 years ago.

[@cullenroberson2888]

ItsIxel The Dragonborn DLC wasn't released 6 years ago

[@Gamingetic]

Succ Jr. just looked it up, December 4th, 2012. I'm pretty damn close.

[@starslayer8390]

Skyrim has been re-released so many times and is so popular that there are probably quite a few people that this helped. Also, its been closer to five years, but that's just nitpicking.

[@grefsteel3989]

shots

[@Gamingetic]

Logan Hamby I was talking about myself.

[@GothicSoldier9000]

Combine Mora's Grasp with the Ritual Stone some time. Not only will the strongest enemy in the room not have any backup, those same weaker enemies will be YOUR backup when the chief/briarheart/other boss enemy is unfrozen.

[@Trynackle]

I made hundreds of potions and poisons, and use my servant to carry them to my next target. I don't worry so much about loot, and never need to worry about running out of potions or poisons.

[@crazypomp927]

I beeline for Benkogerike and get Untold Legends. Dremora Merchant? Yes please! Most useful for unloading those heavy ass dragon bones immediately after slaying a dragon.

[@chompysaid204]

Dremora butler. 2,000g isn't a lot, you also don't talk about how long it takes the store to reset and the fact it's not effected by the master trader/investor perks. May not be effected by the gender based discount perk, and book power you mention earlier either.

[@UltrEgoVegeta]

Harold Waterman so you gona tell everyone the answeres to these questions

[@chompysaid204]

Todd Gobel I no longer have the game. I can't test the discount perks.

[@chaddts]

Who the hell has speech to 60 by then without a resto pot glitch anyhow?

[@chompysaid204]

Speech is pretty easy to raise if you know where persuade/intimidate checks are, sell stuff, etc. Especially if you rest beforehand and use the proper stone. You can even train. Items with 0 value can even level it, they don't give a huge amount but it's still something. Also if you gain a point, exit the store menu and enter it again, think there's a cap on exp gain per transaction. You can always setup a speech check in Markarth, if you're going then buy a dwarven arrow and get a message from Calcelmo, when you go you can negotiate a better price.

[@isbakkage]

My speech is 80 or something despite me never focusing on it. Comes from me selling everything I can get my hands on.

[@Grintelfunk]

Top work Michael! Witty comments, very good analysis of each powers from each books and just pure comment sense that we are accustomed to from you. Kudos! Keep it up!

[@jeremiahfisher9033]

So if you're on a long quest and you need to lose inventory weight, you summon the merchant and sell. He runs out of gold pretty quickly and doesn't restore his gold like any other merchant. Once out of gold he is nearly pointless. If his gold refreshed everytime he was summoned, he would be the best.

[@fgregerfeaxcwfeffece]

The fact that it's so hard to tell which of those powers is the best really shows good design/balance. All of them are at the very least great fun for some builds. As it should be.

[@lol-ey5vu]

V-virtual h-h-hoarder? What are you talking about?

[@moonsugar6781]

Ha ha we’re not whatever he was talking about something about cats right

[@TheSplitskull1]

My save from day 1 has hoarded everything i can possibly obtain atleast twice in my chest

[@Bloodshield975]

scholars insight is actually insane if you get it before you get the ogmha infinium as instead of 5 points to all skills in a tree you get 10, then swapping out to companion after :3

[@gamesandglory1648]

There is a use for the butler what about to carry crafting materials or items you need to disenchant.

[@elirantuil5003]

games and glory you usually have enough other shit to sell anyway. In no way everything on you is neccessary.

[@JargonMadjin]

I used the Butler while I was gathering items for building my houses (If you're going to build houses, Iron Ingots suddenly become the most important item in the game)

[@elirantuil5003]

Jargon Madjin why would you be in a dungeon then? Only possible use case I see is gathering dwemer stuff for smithing.

[@ms.aelanwyr.ilaicos]

The butler seems useful for a dedicated alchemist/staff user/scroll user type, save on inventory space, give it a field agent "right tool for every job" kind of feel. The selection process would add a Matrix white room vibe.

[@lance134679]

After watching this, I used the Dremora Butler to break out of jail and get the Jailbreaker achievement. Thanks for the tip.

[@lyntonfleming]

Really? I always just walked out, Fus Roh Dah'ed the guards into the wall, and then carried on walking out the front door...

[@kiwi_dont_fly381]

Oooohh yeah baby been waiting for dis, thanks boys

[@FollyOfArsinoe]

I like the one that allows you to remove all of your perks best.

[@damnsonwheredyoufindthis.3830]

FollyOfArsinoe It's quite neat for sure. Especially the first time you play and at start you might not know what the hell you're doing and put perks into wrong perk tree like me in my first playthrough. I put some points into two handed but when I arrived in whiterun I decided to use one handed weapons. It's still useful in other playthroughs but then you know what perks to get and not to get so you wont put points into useless perks. But it's useful when you change your mind.

[@FollyOfArsinoe]

+Damn son where'd you find this I fashioned all the weapons and armor and enchanted all the items I planned to use and then dumped my enchanting and all my smithing perks and applied them to combat related perks. I have actually switched some things around a couple times, depending on what I want to do.

[@TheMightyOdin]

With secret of Arcana you can level up your character insanely fast.

[@ScorpiousDelectus]

Black Market only has 2000 gold though. Wanna sell a few iron swords? Perfect.

[@sergiopinela5401]

Let me tell you. Never sae such a humoristic irony, yet so filosofical and right speech on youtube. 👍 good video

[@Kromunos]

Yes.... let the tentacles ravages my enemies~! >:3

[@RealShrimpu]

I want to be your worst enemy!!!!!! (\\ < Q (\\

[@badanzlordofchromosomes823]

Ochinchin daiski desne

[@chaosmaster2748]

You can tell who watches "anime"

[@N.a.k.o.m.u]

This reply section is just a mess

[@johnsmith-eo3nz]

@@chaosmaster2748 not just anime...

[@thomassommerfeld7373]

I was reliefed as hell after I noticed that you can go bach to this dimension and simply change your decision. And that you get teleported right in front of the book and not at the beginning.

[@ddipster9342]

Would have been useful to know this years ago...

[@keithcreatesmedia6503]

How bout' that *Glass-Warrior* remaster 😏

[@alci2025]

I am actually doing a scholar build and your insight on the black books helped me determine which powers I should get so thanks

[@liquidsleepgames3661]

Love secrets of arcana as a theif able to have unlimited heals if cause and coinjurs for a destraction to run

[@frizzank]

If you're using destruction primarily, companion's insight is quite good, especially if you have a companion who isn't ranged focused. And it works on other allies, such as atronochs, or raised dead. Which is great for anyone using the ritual stone.

[@hyperwatch721]

10:22 I've seen enough hentai to know where this is going!

[@dropdead234]

Ah, tentacle porn. Back in my AD&D days, Edvard's Black Tentacles was almost always a total party wipe. Who wants to play a character who's been...romanced by a mass of black tentacles?

[@hyperwatch721]

dropdead234 umm... me? ✋

[@JargonMadjin]

They're technically tendrils because tentacles have suction cups on the underside. And Miraak's staff pretty much has the same effect as Mora's Agony

[@hyperwatch721]

Jargon Madjin If its long ans squggly, its good enough for hentai

[@mavolent6332]

"i've installed enough Lover'slab mods to know where this is going"

[@danieldavis8607]

Thank you for this video! I just went through the first Black Book: Waking Dreams and fought my way through with a Flame Thrall and a Dremora Lord. Creepy stuff!

[@dancook5057]

I just enjoy a war drum while I crush my enemies and hear the lamentation of their women.

[@gromczar1589]

King

[@Mervle]

My first black book was filament and filigree and I went with the Secret of Arcana. I use it to pump out Destruction or other utility spells without the hassle of manually restoring/regenerating mana. You can make good use of it with a 30 second duration, in spite of its one-a-day cast limit.

[@lsswappedcessna]

Secret of Arcana allowed me to assfuck Harkon so hard! Lightning storm hard, then bow, then get in close with Dawnbreaker/Auriel's Shield, etc. I also used the Hallowed arrows, so that made the bow do extra damage to the idiot. I also usually go with Companion's Insight because I like playing stealth archer magic mages with a bit of one handed and all three support skills plus light armor (a bit Marty Stu-ish, I know, but I've gotten good at pulling off the semi-Marty Stu approach)

[@Mervle]

@@lsswappedcessna Heheh, whenever I fast travel to a place and end up with a dragon encounter, I'm just like, "Welp, it's that time of day again." I click it on, use Slow Time for good measure, and start wailing on 'em. Good for normal encounters as well if it starts getting overwhelming, or if you just feel like being a bastard and toppling the helpless welps in front of you.

[@lsswappedcessna]

@@Mervle And then you come to other fun spells, like Telekinesis. I like hitting chickens from a rooftop and the village is always like "Who's there?!"

[@Mervle]

@@lsswappedcessna Oh yeah, I do remember messing with that spell as well when I first started playing. I also use destruction spells to shoot down birds. I was fumbling around in Solitude and ended up sniping a bunch of hawks with either ice spikes or lightning bolts. Wasn't short on cure disease potions, that's for certain.

[@lsswappedcessna]

@@Mervle Yeah, I normally play a barbarian with the occasional dipshit stealth archer so I use bows to down the birds. The few mages I've played shot the hawks with a conjured bow (storm mage archers are fun).

[@TBDF12]

When you say active you mean passive. A once per-day that you have to ACTIVATE is active. a flat buff that is always on is passive.

[@masonliagre5756]

Technically you're right but they're called "active effects" in the game.

[@nickskarlis7133]

For Filement and filigree, get the secret of arcana. Then, get telekinesis. If you pick up and object with telekinesis, while having the secret of arcana activated, and fast travel to the opposite side of the map, you will get an absolutely INSANE amount of xp levels. (Also gives you 100 alteration) You can then legendary alteration and get free xp points. Hope this helps :P

[@sparkpug7308]

I was about to say the same thing! This is probably the most useful power to get perk points to spend on any of your skills, no need to legendary anything else :P Oh and you don't need to travel across the map, Riften to Whiterun is far enough ^^

[@JargonMadjin]

My Telekinesis leveling exploit involved: Aetherial Crown Mage Stone Lover Stone Telekinesis Spell Tome The ability to make skills Legendary I managed to get a level 81 this way, but your way seems more efficient

[@freshgandalf8946]

"I dont hit my comapnions often with spells" you definitely never played a mage with at least adept spells

[@Zero-0-Cypher]

It should be noted that the enhanced frost shout freeze effect can be used to reverse/pickpocket anyone...shout once to do little damage on an npc,go into sneak mode and keep clicking the button until you gain access to their inventory,very useful on folowers if you want to equip them with lower level armors or clothes.

[@Durunduks]

Do you get to the Cloud District very often?

[@GuillotineLaw1]

For the Butler in Cidhna Mine it's hard to justify in RP, it' useful but it's kind of a non first time playing, know what's coming next move. You know you are going to be arrested. Your character on the other hand. They expect to return to Eltrys. kind of they don't know whts going to happen so why give their get to the butler? A way arround it I guess could be to have him always carry a set of armour and a weapon. If you are making it yourself can be as good as your usual.. So your character is planning to always have access to a backup set of equipment. Also would help if you are disarmed ad can't find the weapon you were using. I hate when that happens lol.

[@jaxkitten2381]

and only the draugr have the ability to disarm you x_x