Vernaccus and Bourlor

An Archery skill book: a tavern tale about a legendary archer and a rogue Daedra.

Vernaccus and Bourlor is a story told in a smoky tavern: the tale of Vernaccus, a Daedra who escaped Oblivion and terrorised Tamriel, and Bourlor, the great archer who stood against him. It’s a story about legacies – and about a final arrow that found its target long after the archer was gone.

Skill book

Vernaccus and Bourlor is a Archery skill book. The first time you read a copy, your Archery skill goes up by one point – later copies of the same title don’t give anything extra, so there is no need to carry them around.

Notes

It’s one of the most common skill books in Skyrim.

Book details

  • Author (in game): Tavi Dromio
  • Teaches: Archery (+1)
  • Weight: 1
  • Base value: 65 gold
  • Item ID: 0001B007

More Archery skill books

Father Of The Niben, The Black Arrow, v2, The Gold Ribbon of Merit, The Marksmanship Lesson.

Value, weight and skill read from the Skyrim game files; locations from community-checked lists. The book text is summarised here in our own words – read the full text in game.

Where to find it

  • Urag gro-Shub sells it in the Arcanaeum.
  • Two copies in the Bards College library in Solitude, and one in Dragonsreach's main hall.
  • Many more: Windhelm's Blacksmith Quarters, Bloodlet Throne, Clearspring Tarn, Driftshade Refuge, Fellglow Keep, Froki's Shack, Graywinter Watch, Honningbrew Meadery and the houses of the Battle-Borns and Gray-Manes in Whiterun.
  • Dawnguard: Castle Volkihar.

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