Flames shoots a continuous jet of fire from your hand, burning anything in front of you for 8 points per second. Its range is short, but the stream passes through enemies, so you can roast several at once. Draugr, trolls and vampires are weak to fire, which makes it a solid early pick.
Tips
Augmented Flames raises the damage to 10 and then 12 per second. Many characters start the game already knowing Flames.
Spell details
- School: Destruction (Novice)
- Effect: A gout of fire that does 8 points per second. Targets on fire take extra damage.
- Base Magicka cost: 14 per second
- Casting: Concentration, aimed
- Spell tome: Spell Tome: Flames – value 50 gold, ID 0009CD51
More Destruction spells
Frostbite (Novice), Sparks (Novice), Fire Rune (Apprentice), 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).