Fireball is the iconic area spell: a ball of fire that explodes on impact for 40 fire damage in a 15-foot radius and sets targets alight. Great for groups, risky in tight spaces with followers nearby.
Tips
You can buy it at 40, but the Adept Destruction perk that halves its cost needs 50.
Spell details
- School: Destruction (Adept)
- Effect: A fiery explosion for 40 points of damage in a 15 foot radius. Targets on fire take extra damage.
- Base Magicka cost: 133
- Casting: Fire and Forget, aimed
- Spell tome: Spell Tome: Fireball – value 345 gold, ID 000A2706
More Destruction spells
Flames (Novice), Frostbite (Novice), Sparks (Novice), Fire Rune (Apprentice), Firebolt (Apprentice), Frost Rune (Apprentice), Ice Spike (Apprentice), Lightning Bolt (Apprentice), Lightning Rune (Apprentice), Chain Lightning (Adept), Flame Cloak (Adept), Frost Cloak (Adept), Ice Storm (Adept), Lightning Cloak (Adept), Whirlwind Cloak (Adept), Icy Spear (Expert), Incinerate (Expert), Thunderbolt (Expert), Wall of Flames (Expert), Wall of Frost (Expert), Wall of Storms (Expert), Blizzard (Master), Fire Storm (Master), Lightning Storm (Master).
Cost, effect and tome value read from the Skyrim game files (base values before skill, perks and gear).