Frenzy

Makes creatures and people up to level 14 attack anyone nearby for 60 seconds.

Frenzy turns creatures and people up to level 14 against everyone around them for a minute. It’s perfect for groups – bandits and wolf packs will tear into each other. Killing a frenzied person in self-defence isn’t a crime.

Tips

Stay unseen, or the frenzied target may decide you’re the nearest enemy.

Spell details

  • School: Illusion (Adept)
  • Effect: Creatures and people up to level 14 will attack anyone nearby for 60 seconds.
  • Base Magicka cost: 209
  • Casting: Fire and Forget, aimed
  • Spell tome: Spell Tome: Frenzy – value 330 gold, ID 000A2714

More Illusion spells

Clairvoyance (Novice), Courage (Novice), Fury (Novice), Calm (Apprentice), Fear (Apprentice), Muffle (Apprentice), Frenzy Rune (Adept), Rally (Adept), Invisibility (Expert), Pacify (Expert), Rout (Expert), Call to Arms (Master), Harmony (Master), Hysteria (Master), Mayhem (Master).

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

Effect

Creatures and people up to level 14 will attack anyone nearby for 60 seconds.

Where to buy or find the tome

  • Drevis Neloren at the College and Sybille Stentor in the Blue Palace.

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)