Fire Rune places a glowing trap on a nearby surface. When an enemy steps close, it explodes for 50 points of fire damage. At Apprentice level that’s more than most early spells can do, which makes runes a strong opening move for stealthy mages.
Tips
Augmented Flames doesn’t boost runes, so they fall behind later. Rune Master increases placement range from 20 to 100 feet.
Spell details
- School: Destruction (Apprentice)
- Effect: Cast on a nearby surface, it explodes for 50 points of fire damage when enemies come near.
- Base Magicka cost: 234
- Casting: Fire and Forget, target location
- Spell tome: Spell Tome: Fire Rune – value 90 gold, ID 000A2700
More Destruction spells
Flames (Novice), Frostbite (Novice), Sparks (Novice), Firebolt (Apprentice), Frost Rune (Apprentice), Ice Spike (Apprentice), Lightning Bolt (Apprentice), Lightning Rune (Apprentice), Chain Lightning (Adept), Fireball (Adept), Flame Cloak (Adept), Frost Cloak (Adept), Ice Storm (Adept), Lightning Cloak (Adept), Whirlwind Cloak (Adept), Icy Spear (Expert), Incinerate (Expert), Thunderbolt (Expert), Wall of Flames (Expert), Wall of Frost (Expert), Wall of Storms (Expert), Blizzard (Master), Fire Storm (Master), Lightning Storm (Master).
Cost, effect and tome value read from the Skyrim game files (base values before skill, perks and gear).