Hysteria

Master spell: creatures and people up to level 25 around you flee for 60 seconds.

Hysteria makes everyone around you up to level 25 flee for a minute. It’s the strongest version of Fear and Rout, takes both hands and three seconds to charge.

Spell details

  • School: Illusion (Master)
  • Effect: Creatures and people up to level 25 flee from combat for 60 seconds.
  • Base Magicka cost: 866
  • Casting: Fire and Forget, self – needs both hands
  • Spell tome: Spell Tome: Hysteria – value 1240 gold, ID 000A271C

More Illusion spells

Clairvoyance (Novice), Courage (Novice), Fury (Novice), Calm (Apprentice), Fear (Apprentice), Muffle (Apprentice), Frenzy (Adept), Frenzy Rune (Adept), Rally (Adept), Invisibility (Expert), Pacify (Expert), Rout (Expert), Call to Arms (Master), Harmony (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 25 flee from combat for 60 seconds.

Where to buy or find the tome

  • Drevis Neloren at the College after the “Illusion Ritual Spell” quest.

Lore notes

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More spells from this school

Destruction
Magicka 370
Surrounds you in lightning for 60 seconds – shocks enemies nearby.
Restoration
Magicka 73
Heals you for 50 points in one charged cast.
Alteration
Magicka 837
Master Mage Armor – you ignore 80% of physical damage for 30 seconds.
Conjuration
Magicka 1000
Master spell that permanently reanimates a dead person to fight for you.
Restoration
Magicka 84
Makes undead up to level 6 flee for 30 seconds.
Restoration
Magicka 25 per second
Heals another person 10 Health per second – but not undead, atronachs or machines.
Sources checked: Skyrim game files (Skyrim/Dawnguard/Dragonborn.esm + strings, read 2026-10-11); Elder Scrolls Fandom spell articles (tome locations)