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Does becoming a werewolf in Skyrim affect anything?

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Christopher Anderson

Published Mar 11, 2026

Does becoming a werewolf in Skyrim affect anything?

Becoming a werewolf adds the Beast Blood constant effect, which grants a 100% resistance to all diseases, but also prevents you from gaining resting bonuses. Werewolves can deal lethal damage with their claw attacks, move swiftly, and have increased health and stamina.

Does Shrine of Talos cure lycanthropy?

Cures all diseases (except late active stages of vampirism/lycanthropy).

What happens if you are a werewolf in Skyrim Dawnguard?

The Dawnguard, as an organization, are completely dedicated to hunting down vampires. Being a werewolf doesn’t matter to them in the slightest. As long as you’re not a vampire, they’re okay with you joining up. You will, of course, need to not have joined up with the Volkihar Clan in the Bloodline quest.

What do the werewolf totems do?

These totems are found around Skyrim and brought back to the Underforge as part of the quest Totems of Hircine. These Totems of Hircine are small golden objects which are used to worship Hircine. Aela of the Companions seeks these Totems so that she may show proper reverence.

Is it better to be a vampire or werewolf in Skyrim?

At lower levels, Werewolf is maybe a better choice, because it’s easier to level up, and Vampire Lord won’t have as many advantages. However overall, Vampire Lord is a complete power trip. At level 46+ you get an extra 250 health, 200 magicka and 100 stamina.

Can werewolves be friendly?

Werewolves are almost always depicted as savage, bloodthirsty monsters that relentlessly stalk their prey during nights of the full moon and have little in the way of morality. Some werewolves are friendly and easy to get along with.

What does the blessing of Talos do?

The blessing reduces time between shouts by 20%. The value is stored as a decimal (0.2) but rather than converting it to a percent for display purposes, it just reads the decimal value and truncates everything after the decimal place, resulting in the game showing 0%.

What is Shrine of Dibella?

Blessing effects Activating the shrine confers the Blessing of Dibella for a duration of eight hours. Adds +10 to Speech. Cures all diseases.

Is Vampire Lord or werewolf better?

At lower levels, Werewolf is maybe a better choice, because it’s easier to level up, and Vampire Lord won’t have as many advantages. However overall, Vampire Lord is a complete power trip. On TOP of that, your vampire drain does a lot of damage, and can perpetually heal you forever against pretty much any foe.

Can you become Werebear Skyrim?

Unfortunately, you are unable to become a werebear, even with the DLC. You can summon one using the Beast Stone, and if I recall correctly, you can run into some. You can become a werewolf or a vampire/vampire lord, and the Dawnguard DLC expands on these.

What’s better Werewolf or vampire Skyrim?

Werewolf/Beast Form is better to have than Vampire Lord form. Werewolves are stronger faster and better in every way. Werewolves are very good and stronger at combat in my opinion and their roar/shout will make all even the strongest enemy run away especially if you have the perks.

How do I turn back from a Werewolf?

The only way to undo the transformation is by waiting it out, until you turn back into your human form. Of course, if you don’t want to just sit around for a few minutes you can simply hit the wait button, wait one hour, and boom you’ll be back to normal.

What happens if you turn into a werewolf in Skyrim?

The most important part about being a werewolf in Skyrim is knowing the consequences of transforming in front of different people. While we already covered friendly factions and companions, transforming in front of just about anyone else, especially in big cities will put a bounty of 1000 gold on your head.

Are werewolves affected by race in Skyrim?

In Skyrim, this is only true for Sanguinare Vampiris, while other diseases may (rarely) still be caught. Other abilities: All effects that are gained through quests and other methods but are not “racial,” like spell resistance, still affect Werewolves.

Can a werewolf pick locks in Skyrim?

A Werewolf attack in Skyrim. No bonus is gained from sleeping. Transformed Werewolves cannot equip apparel, including armor. When in Beast Form, the Dragonborn cannot pick locks or collect items/loot from corpses.

What is a werewolf Elder Scrolls game?

Werewolves are individuals who assume wolf-like characteristics during the full moon (or in some cases, at will). While first appearing in The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall, werewolves are featured more prominently in The Elder Scrolls III: Bloodmoon.