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Sneak
Skyrim Skill

Sneaking is the art of moving unseen and unheard. Highly skilled sneaks can even hide in plain sight.

Sneak is one of the 6 Thief skills in Skyrim, levelled from 15 to 100 by use. Its tree holds 9 perks.

It is raised by 5 enchantments, spells and effects.

It gets a starting bonus for 4 races, the largest being Khajiit at +10.

Sneak Builds

Lvl 50
6 / 10
8 / 9
8 / 9
4 / 6
6 / 11
Shadow warrior
Archery, Stealth, One-handed, Light Armor, Lockpicking and Alchemy build
Lvl 50
8 / 9
9 / 15
8 / 10
6 / 6
4 / 9
Druid
Conjuring Archer build
Lvl 40
9 / 9
6 / 9
5 / 10
5 / 8
shadow lure
Shadowscale build
Lvl 80
8 / 8
7 / 9
7 / 9
9 / 13
7 / 10
3 / 10
Boethiah's Champion
Shadow Spellblade Dark Warrior build
Lvl 80
8 / 9
9 / 9
9 / 9
8 / 8
6 / 9
3 / 10
The Hunter
Hircine Stealth Archer / Werewolf build
Lvl 80
7 / 9
9 / 9
13 / 13
8 / 8
11 / 11
6 / 9
The Trickster
Clavicus Vile Spellsword Vampire build
Lvl 50
6 / 9
5 / 6
5 / 8
7 / 12
7 / 10
6 / 11
John Argonian
Pure Argonian build
Lvl 40
5 / 9
3 / 9
8 / 12
5 / 6
5 / 9
Skaal Villager
Hunter build
Lvl 81
8 / 9
11 / 11
9 / 9
6 / 9
6 / 9
5 / 10
Stealth BATTLEMAGE
STEALTH BATTLEMAGE build
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builds

Open the character build planner with Sneak at 100, then pick perks from its tree and build the rest of your character around it.

Create a build with Sneak

Perks

Stealth

You are 20% harder to detect when sneaking.

5 ranks
Muffled Movement

Noise from armor is reduced 50%.

30
Backstab

Sneak attacks with one-handed weapons now do six times damage.

30
Light Foot

You won't trigger pressure plates.

40
Deadly Aim

Sneak attacks with bows now do three times damage.

40
Assassin's Blade

Sneak attacks with daggers now do a total of fifteen times normal damage.

50
Silent Roll

Sprinting while sneaking executes a silent forward roll.

50
Silence

Walking and running does not affect detection.

70
Shadow Warrior

Crouching stops combat for a moment and forces distant opponents to search for a target.

100

Boosted by

Enchantments (5)
Fortify Sneak

Sneaking is 13% better.

at your skill×1.04
Fortify Sneak

Sneaking is 25% better.; Carrying capacity increased by 50 points.; Nearby living creatures, but not undead, machines or daedra, can be seen through walls. Turns guards hostile.

cc
Fortify Sneak and Destruction

Sneaking is 10% better.; Destruction spells cost 10% less to cast.

Ring of Surroundings

Sneaking is 20% better.

cc
Shadowstrength

Sneaking is 15% better.

Race Bonuses

Khajiit+10
Argonian+5
Bosmer+5
Dunmer+5