Conjure Boneman

Dawnguard spell that summons a Boneman archer from the Soul Cairn.

Conjure Boneman summons a skeletal archer from the Soul Cairn for 60 seconds. It fires Ancient Nord arrows quickly and hits surprisingly hard – it’s the only conjured archer in the base game and add-ons. It comes from the Dawnguard add-on.

Tips

Necromancy and Dark Souls perks make it last longer and tougher, and Twin Souls lets you field two.

Spell details

  • School: Conjuration (Apprentice)
  • Effect: Summons a Boneman Archer from the Soul Cairn for 60 seconds wherever the caster is pointing.
  • Base Magicka cost: 129
  • Casting: Fire and Forget, target location
  • Spell tome: Spell Tome: Conjure Boneman – value 75 gold, ID 020045B0

More Conjuration spells

Bound Dagger (Novice), Bound Sword (Novice), Conjure Familiar (Novice), Raise Zombie (Novice), Bound Battleaxe (Apprentice), Conjure Flame Atronach (Apprentice), Flaming Familiar (Apprentice), Reanimate Corpse (Apprentice), Soul Trap (Apprentice), Banish Daedra (Adept), Bound Bow (Adept), Conjure Ash Spawn (Adept), Conjure Frost Atronach (Adept), Conjure Mistman (Adept), Conjure Seeker (Adept), Revenant (Adept), Command Daedra (Expert), Conjure Ash Guardian (Expert), Conjure Dremora Lord (Expert), Conjure Storm Atronach (Expert), Conjure Wrathman (Expert), Dread Zombie (Expert), Expel Daedra (Expert), Dead Thrall (Master), Flame Thrall (Master), Frost Thrall (Master), Storm Thrall (Master).

Cost, effect and tome value read from the Skyrim game files (base values before skill, perks and gear).

Effect

Summons a Boneman Archer from the Soul Cairn for 60 seconds wherever the caster is pointing.

Where to buy or find the tome

  • Dawnguard: in the Soul Cairn, on a small stone table among gravestone-like pillars east of the western Keeper’s tower – or head north-east from the stairs to Valerica’s Study.

Lore notes

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Sources checked: Skyrim game files (Skyrim/Dawnguard/Dragonborn.esm + strings, read 2026-10-11); Elder Scrolls Fandom spell articles (tome locations)