Dread Zombie

Reanimates a very powerful corpse to fight for you for 60 seconds.

Dread Zombie raises very powerful bodies – think bandit chiefs – to fight for you for a minute, after which they crumble into dust.

Tips

Some raised enemies thank you or sigh with relief when you kill them again.

Spell details

  • School: Conjuration (Expert)
  • Effect: Reanimate a very powerful dead body to fight for you for 60 seconds.
  • Base Magicka cost: 302
  • Casting: Fire and Forget, aimed
  • Spell tome: Spell Tome: Dread Zombie – value 630 gold, ID 000A26F7

More Conjuration spells

Bound Dagger (Novice), Bound Sword (Novice), Conjure Familiar (Novice), Raise Zombie (Novice), Bound Battleaxe (Apprentice), Conjure Boneman (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), 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

Reanimate a very powerful dead body to fight for you for 60 seconds.

Where to buy or find the tome

  • Phinis Gestor at the College once Conjuration reaches 65.
  • On a pedestal in the second chamber of Champion’s Rest, before you face Umbra.

Lore notes

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More spells from this school

Illusion
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Restoration
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Alteration
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Conjuration
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Sends weaker summoned Daedra back to Oblivion.
Conjuration
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Reanimates a powerful corpse to fight for you for 60 seconds.
Destruction
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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)