The aim of this mod is to provide a subtle, balanced, lore-friendly improvement to the Dremora in Skyrim by
making them difficult and unique opponents that can rival other deadly foes (such as Draugr, Vampires, Falmer, etc.)
without making them overpowered.New with V2.4: Atronach Forge & Dremora FollowersCreate new items and gain permanent Dremora followers with new Atronach Forge recipes
implemented to ensure compatibility with other mods and Creation Club content.
New AppearanceDremora now have a variety of appearances, human-like faces (not elf-like) with
pointed ears, Oblivion-style eyes, and facial tattoos that vary based on rank.
New StatsImproved strengths, weaknesses, combat styles, stats and perks, all designed to
make the Dremora deadly foes without making them over-powered.
New Equipment and SpellsNew weapons, armor and spells are used by the Dremora.
Some can be obtained by the player.
The Dremora Merchant has an extended inventory to sell.
Requirements and CompatibilityDragonborn required for V2 (no DLC requirement for earlier versions)
No other mods required.
Fully compatible with all my mods.
May be incompatible with mods that
i) overhaul dremora,
ii) provide playable Dremora
Special thanks to Badmagic for the Dremora ears, Medtech for the symmetrical Daedric Armor mesh,
and navida1 for the Dremora Helmet mesh.New with V2.4: Atronach Forge recipesAll changes to the Atronach Forge are fully compatible with the Creation Club and
mods that edit the recipe lists. The Dremora Warrior recipe has been modified.
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Please note: all newly added recipes require a Sigil Stone to be placed on the Atronach Forge pedestal.
See the section below for instructions on how to acquire a Xivkyn Heart for the creation of Kynbinder.
Kynbinder is a unique Daedric staff that can be used
to permanently recruit Dremora as followers. It can
only be acquired through the Atronach Forge.
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Dremora followersTo recruit a Dremora follower:
1) Obtain Kynbinder (see guide below)
2) Find an unbound Dremora (i.e. any Dremora that isn't summoned as part of a Conjuration spell). The simplest place to find unbound Dremora is to summon them at the Atronach Forge, see the recipes list above
3) Cast Kynbinder on the Dremora
Dremora followers are different from regular followers in a few ways:
- They do NOT take up the follower slot, so you can have a Dremora follower in addition to your regular follower
- You can only have one Dremora follower at a time; recruiting a new Dremora will cause the previous to become hostile
- You cannot trade items with Dremora or ask them to do tasks
- You can ask a Dremora follower to wait, and they will stay in place until told otherwise (i.e. they won't leave your service or begin following you again if left alone for a long time). There is also some unique dialogue for asking Dremora to guard a player home
- You can dismiss a Dremora, at which point they'll turn hostile
Note: This mod contains no new dialogue for Dremora, who will respond to commands without saying anything.
Acquiring KynbinderKynbinder is designed as a late-game reward and is therefore fairly complicated to obtain:
1) Increase your Conjuration skill to level 90
2) Join the College of Winterhold
3) Complete the
Conjuration Ritual Spell quest to obtain a Sigil Stone
4) Go to
Stillborn Cave and find the corpse of Lucie (see images above)
5) Loot Lucie's corpse and retrieve the Xivkyn Heart. You'll also find an Ebony Ore, a Heart Stone and a Broom nearby, all of which are required to obtain Kynbinder
6) Find the
Atronach Forge in the Midden and add the Sigil Stone to its receptical
7) Place the Xivkyn Heart, Ebony Ore (or an Ebony Ingot), Heart Stone and Broom to the offering box and pull the lever. This will cause the Atronach Forge to create Kynbinder
New AppearanceAll Dremora are identical in vanilla Skyrim, with the same brown
horns, black eyes, black hair, elf-shaped face and facial tattoos.
This mod tries to bring Dremora design closer to TES4: Oblivion.
Dremora now have more threatening, human-shaped faces with glowing red eyes and black horns. There's a variety
of face shapes / colors and hair shapes / color for every rank, and the highest-level Dremora have unique horns.
Facial tattoos now differ to denote rank: the higher the rank, the larger the tattoo.
Sanguine, previously modelled as a Dremora, now has a unique
elf-like appearance to differentiate him from Dremora.
New StatsAll fighting Dremora, including warriors, mages and
archers, have improved stats, equipment and abilities.
The Dremora Merchant and Butler offer improved services.
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The Merchant
The Dremora Merchant now has 9,000 gold and sells a variety of items from Oblivion, including Dremora equipment, ingredients from Oblivion, potions, soul gems, and valuable smithing materials. If Rare Curios (or Anniversary Edition) is installed, he'll sell Daedroth Teeth, Daedra Venin and Daedra Silk. If The Cause (or Anniversary Edition) is installed, he'll sell Bloodgrass, Harrada and Spiddal Sticks.
The Butler
The Dremora Butler has a slightly increased carry weight (+50 points).
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Dremora WarriorsAll Dremora have 20% fire resistance, 20% shock weakness, and carry a leveled Dremora dagger.
Dremora Warriors can swing melee weapons 15% faster and inflict 12 points of additional damage with unarmed attacks. They are much more aggressive, rarely blocking or defending themselves and instead opting for quicker, relentless attacks.
All Dremora Warriors have a chance to carry the following loot:
- Leveled gemstone: 75%
- Leveled gemstone: 10%
- Leveled potion: 30%
For rank-specific stats and equipment, including how Dremora Warriors compare with vanilla, see the table below:
*Includes Dremora Armor, Dremora Gauntlets and Dremora Boots (and a Dremora Helmet for the full set). Cannot be looted from defeated Dremora.
**Includes Daedric Armor, Daedric Gauntlets and Daedric Boots. Can be looted from defeated Dremora.
†All melee weapons wielded by Dremora have a 20% chance to be enchanted with fire magic.
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Dremora MagesAll Dremora have 20% fire resistance, 20% shock weakness, and carry a leveled Dremora dagger.
Dremora Mages can cast fire spells for 35% less magicka. They are much more aggressive, relying on the newly added fire armor spells for protection (see the Spells section below) instead of wards, and opting to cast fire spells with both hands.
All Dremora Mages have a chance to carry the following loot:
- Leveled gemstone: 75%
- Leveled gemstone: 10%
- Leveled scroll: 70%
- Leveled scroll: 30%
- Leveled scroll: 10%
- Leveled potion: 30%
For rank-specific stats and equipment, including how Dremora Mages compare with vanilla, see the table below:
*Includes a set of boots. Cannot be looted from defeated Dremora.
**Includes a set of boots. Can be looted from defeated Dremora.
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Dremora ArchersAll Dremora have 20% fire resistance, 20% shock weakness, and carry a leveled Dremora dagger.
Dremora Archers are absent from the vanilla game, so two have been added to Rimerock Burrow.
All Dremora Archers have a chance to carry the following loot:
- Leveled gemstone: 75%
- Leveled gemstone: 10%
- Leveled potion: 30%
For rank-specific stats and equipment, see the table below:
*Includes Dremora Armor with decreased pauldron size, Dremora Bracers and Dremora Boots. Cannot be looted from defeated Dremora.
†Bows and arrows wielded by Dremora have a 20% and 25% chance to be enchanted with fire magic.
Dremora wil use new weapons, staves, armor and robes,
some of which can be obtained by the player.
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Dremora StavesThe new Dremora Staves have a unique model and are enchanted with fire magic.
They can be looted from Dremora Mages or purchased from the Dremora Merchant.
A Dremora Staff of Fireballs can be found in the Shrine of Mehrunes Dagon.
For a leveled list of all Dremora Staves, see the table below:
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Dremora WeaponsDremora weapons are identical in appearance to Daedric weapons. They inflict less damage than Daedric weapons but still weigh the same, making them inferior to weapons that are lighter but inflict the same amount of damage.
They can be looted from all but the highest-ranking Dremora, who carry Daedric weapons instead. They can also be purchased from the Dremora Merchant. All Dremora weapons have a 20% chance of being enchanted with fire magic.
For a leveled list showing the stats of Dremora Weapons, see the table below:
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Dremora Shield
Dremora Shields are leveled similar to Dremora weapons, providing less armor but weighing the same as Daedric Shields. They are the only item of apparel that can be looted from lower-ranking Dremora.
Dremora Robes
Four variants of the new Dremora Robes exist:
- Black (can be looted Dremora Valkynaz mages)
- Hooded Black (can be looted from the body of Lucie in Stillborn Cave)
- Red (can be found under Sebastian Lort's bed)
- Hooded Red (can be found in the Shrine of Mehrunes Dagon)
These robes can be bought from the Dremora Merchant, who will also sell enchanted variations that fortify your magic skills.
New Alteration spells are used by the Dremora and can be obtained by the player.
New Conjuration spells are added for the player's use.
New Destruction spells are added for the use of Dremora.
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Alteration SpellsDremora Mages will make use of armor spells that fortify both armor rating and fire resistance. The player can obtain spell tomes to learn them, but they're hard to find.
For detailed spell descriptions, including where to find their tomes, see the table below:
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Conjuration SpellsThe player can obtain spell tomes to summon the following Dremora:
- Dremora Archer (based on Dremora Kynval archers)
- Dremora Soldier (based on Dremora Caitiff warriors)
- Dremora Knight (based on Dremora Kynmarcher warriors)
- Dremora Mage (based on Dremora Kynval mages)
Tomes for these spells have been uniquely placed throughout Skyrim for the player to find (see images in this mod page's image gallery). They can also be purchased from the Dremora merchant.
For detailed spell descriptions, including where to find their tomes, see the table below:
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Destruction SpellsThese spells are exclusively used by the Dremora Mages and cannot be obtained by the player.
For detailed spell descriptions, see the table below:
If you're updating this mod mid-playthrough, make sure you unistall the previous version first, make a clean save, and then install the new version.
This is the safest way to update and should work without issue, but it's not 100% safe and can break your save, especially if you have lots of mods.
The safest option is to only update when starting a new game.
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V2.4 update
The aim of this update was to improve compatibility with mods that change the Atronach Forge recipes, including Creation Club content. This led to the addition of new Forge recipes in this mod, including a new staff, Kynbinder, that can be used to turn Dremora into permanent followers. Other miscellaneous changes were also made to improve balancing.
Atronach Forge updates:
- Remade how changes to the Atronach Forge are implemented; new recipes added by this mod don't affect the Atronach Forge vanilla lists at all, ensuring total compatibility with other mods (such as USLEEP) and Creation Club content that affects the Forge lists
- Added the unique staff, Kynbinder, which can only be obtained via the Atronach Forge
- Added the corpse of a Conjurer named Lucie - who has Black Hooded Dremora robes, a Conjure Dremora Soldier spell tome and crafting materials for Kynbinder - to Stillborn Cave
- New Atronach Forge recipes for Dremora Staves
- New Atronach Forge recipes for Dremora Conjuration tomes
- Modified Atronach Forge recipe for Dremora Warriors and associated recipe note
- New Atronach Forge recipes for Dremora Mages and Dremora Archers
- Changed Atronach Forge Alteration Tome recipes to better match vanilla recipes
- Added Atronach Forge recipe letters for new recipes to vanilla leveled lists
Dremora staves updates:
- Added a Dremora Staff of Flames
- Enchantment charge of Dremora Staves lasts about 35% longer compared to vanilla versions
- Gold value of Dremora Staves increased to reflect improved usefulness
- Fixed a minor mesh issue
Dremora spells updates:
- Decreased fire resistance added by Fire Shield spells; fire resistance magnitude no longer modified by dual casting
- Improved Fire Shield inventory art
- Fixed tome prices for Dremora summon spells in line with mod description page
Miscellaneous updates:
- To discourage use of daggers over other weapons, melee Dremora now inflict 25% less damage with daggers
- Nerfed Dremora Mages: removed left-hand concentration flames spells from them; removed the Dremora Staff of the Flame Wall from the Dremora staff leveled lists; reduced chance of spawning with a staff to 25%
- Applied a fix for the vanilla bug causing the Unbound Dremora to become unkillable after completing the Conjuration Ritual quest
- Added NordRace as Armor Race for Dremora Race
- Removed the Conjure Dremora Mage tome from the Dremora Mage in Shallidor's Maze
- Removed changes to Malyn Varen's apparel
- Removed Summon Dremora Soldier spell tome from Ilianalta's Deep
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V2.3 update
- Rebuilt Dremora Staff mesh file to reduce new texture requirement; fixed bug preventing them being picked up from weapon racks
- Optimised SE meshes
- Fixed bug causing crashes when objects were removed from summoned Dremora
- Removed unnecessary .tga files from SE version
- Added SEQ file
- Removed environment mapping from Dremora fire arrows
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V2.2 update
- Nerfed summoned Dremora Lords to have Dremora Markynaz stats (they still have Valkynaz equipment)
- Created a new model for Dremora Staves
- Summoned Dremora Mages cannot summon Flame Atronachs
- Removed ingredients added by this mod (i.e. Bloodgrass, Harrada, Scamp Skin, Clannfear Claws) because Anniversary Edition adds some of these ingredients anyway, with better models
- Add ingredients from The Cause to the Merchant's inventory (note: this mod does NOT require The Cause or Anniversary Edition to be installed)
- Replaced the Dremora Staff of Firebolts in the Shrine of Mehrunes Dagon with a Dremora Staff of Fireballs
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V2.1 update
- Repackaged game files as BSA
- Remade tga assets to prevent grey-face bug (tested with Vortex)
- Prevent Dremora decapitation to avoid floating-horns bug
- Added horns to hooded Dremora
- Removed environment map from arrows
- Nerfed Ozrog
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V2 update
- Fixed projectiles displaying wrong names
- New texture for fire arrows
- Enable dual-wielding
- Recreated the appearance of the Dremora, including the Dremora Merchant, Dremora Butler, and Sanguine
- Included a variation system so not all Dremora of the same rank look identical
- Added head-tracking to the Dremora Merchant and Butler
- Increased Dremora Butler carry capacity by 50 points
- Changed Dremora Merchant dialogue from "I have some things to sell." to "I want to make a trade."
- Increased Dremora Merchant gold to 9000
- Overhauled the Dremora Merchant's stock to include: gemstones, soul gems, scrolls, fire/frost/void salts, dremora robes, dremora weapons, dremora staves, dremora arrows (including fire arrows)
- Added new ingredients: Harrada Root, Clannfear Claws, Scamp Skin and Bloodgrass
- Updated hair styles and horns
- Dremora archers now have armor with symmetrical pauldrons and new brancers
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V1.2 update
- Spell-absorption on the new Conjuration spells has been prevented
- Malyn Varen's level has been updated to range from 25-70 (in line with MLU)
- Head-track animations added
- Version name removed from .esp file (this has been done to ensure all future updates can have the same name without causing confusion. Apologies to anyone inconvenienced by this change, which I've made to prevent any future inconvenience)
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