Stendarr’s Aura

Dawnguard spell: an aura that burns nearby undead.

Stendarr’s Aura surrounds you with holy light for 60 seconds, burning any undead in melee range for 10 points per second. It also gives off enough light to help in the dark parts of Apocrypha. It comes from the Dawnguard add-on.

Tips

Isran uses this spell in combat.

Spell details

  • School: Restoration (Adept)
  • Effect: For 60 seconds, undead in melee range take 10 points sun damage per second.
  • Base Magicka cost: 248
  • Casting: Fire and Forget, self
  • Spell tome: Spell Tome: Stendarr’s Aura – value 335 gold, ID 02003F4E

More Restoration spells

Healing (Novice), Lesser Ward (Novice), Fast Healing (Apprentice), Healing Hands (Apprentice), Necromantic Healing (Apprentice), Steadfast Ward (Apprentice), Sun Fire (Apprentice), Turn Lesser Undead (Apprentice), Close Wounds (Adept), Greater Ward (Adept), Heal Other (Adept), Heal Undead (Adept), Poison Rune (Adept), Repel Lesser Undead (Adept), Turn Undead (Adept), Vampire’s Bane (Adept), Circle of Protection (Expert), Grand Healing (Expert), Repel Undead (Expert), Turn Greater Undead (Expert), Bane of the Undead (Master), Guardian Circle (Master).

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

Effect

For 60 seconds, undead in melee range take 10 points sun damage per second.

Where to buy or find the tome

  • Dawnguard: Florentius Baenius at Fort Dawnguard after you rescue him in “Bolstering the Ranks”.
  • Vampire side: Calm him during “Destroying the Dawnguard” to buy it.

Lore notes

Quest reward from

Characters connected to it

Florentius Baenius is the Imperial priest of Arkay in the Dawnguard who claims Arkay talks to him – a Master Restoration trainer and apothecary in Skyrim.
Isran is the stern Redguard leader of the Dawnguard at Fort Dawnguard – a former Vigilant of Stendarr, vampire hunter and Master Heavy Armor trainer in Skyrim.

Where to find it

More spells from this school

Alteration
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Conjuration
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Destruction
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Conjuration
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Dragonborn spell that summons a Seeker from Apocrypha.
Conjuration
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Destruction
Magicka 145 per second
Spray the ground to create a wall of lightning – 50 damage per second.
Sources checked: Skyrim game files (Skyrim/Dawnguard/Dragonborn.esm + strings, read 2026-10-11); Elder Scrolls Fandom spell articles (tome locations)