Vampire’s Bane

Dawnguard spell: a sunlight explosion that hurts undead in a 15-foot radius.

Vampire’s Bane is a sunlight version of Fireball: it explodes for 40 damage to undead in a 15-foot radius. It doesn’t hurt you – unless you’re a vampire yourself. It comes from the Dawnguard add-on.

Spell details

  • School: Restoration (Adept)
  • Effect: Sunlight explosion that does 40 points of damage in a 15 foot radius to undead.
  • Base Magicka cost: 72
  • Casting: Fire and Forget, aimed
  • Spell tome: Spell Tome: Vampire’s Bane – value 340 gold, ID 02003F4D

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), Stendarr’s Aura (Adept), Turn Undead (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).

Where to get the spell tome

  • Dawnguard: Florentius Baenius at Fort Dawnguard after "Bolstering the Ranks".
  • Vampire side: Calm him during "Destroying the Dawnguard".

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