Detect Dead
Skyrim Spell

Detect Dead

expert alteration

Nearby dead can be seen through walls.

300

Nearby dead can be seen through walls.

Detect Dead is an expert Alteration spell in Skyrim. It costs 300 magicka at base and is learned from a spell tome.

Detect Dead Builds

Open the character build planner with Detect Dead readied in a hand, then build the rest of your character around it.

Cast on a nearby surface, it explodes when enemies are nearby, immobilizing them in hardened ash for 30 seconds.

Improves the caster's armor rating by 100 points for 60 seconds.

Targets that fail to resist are paralyzed for 10 seconds.