( Click the links below to skip further down in the guide to the selected section). I’ll discuss some awesome weapon and armour suggestions, show how to find them and will also outline a detailed vampire build with tips on which skill trees to invest in and which perks to select. Instead I’ll be providing comprehensive info on how to become a vampire, what powers you’ll get and how to mitigate weaknesses.

In the interest of making this guide useful to as many players as possible, I’m not going to focus on modded gameplay elements, although I will list some fantastic vampire mods you can try out. My Skyrim Vampire Character – “Renesme” – riding Arvak, the undead horse from the Soul Cairn. However, things were improved immensely upon the release of Dawnguard and today are being refined and expanded even more thanks to awesome mods and Creator Club content. For those of us who played Skyrim when it first came out, the initial impression of the vampire mechanics in Bethesda’s sprawling Elder Scrolls epic was likely less than thrilling. What’s better than roaming around the open world of Skyrim with nothing but adventure on your mind? Doing it as a badass, bloodsucking, darkness loving vampire of course.

Skyrim where to find vampires