The Dragonborn is one of the nearly powerful beings on Nirn, using the power of the Thu'um to decimate enemies and slay dragons. Not even the Voice is enough for some players, as Skyrim as well allows you to go a vampire or werewolf to gain unique transformation modes.

Known as Lycanthropy, those that can turn into werecreatures are terrifying to face. Players can obtain the power of Fauna Class through a certain questline, assuasive them to turn into a werewolf whenever they see fit. Information technology'southward an extremely powerful power in the early game that most melee builds should consider taking. Let's go over how yous can become a werewolf in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

How To Get A Werewolf

Skyrim Werewolf

At that place are two main ways of becoming a Werewolf in Skyrim:

  1. Progressing through the Companions' main quest
  2. Wearing the cursed Ring of Hircine during the "Ill Met by Moonlight" quest

The second scenario is so niche that the first pick is your only practical choice. You lot can observe the Companions in Whiterun inside The Circumvolve. Speak to the various NPCs at that place to join the club, starting their principal quest.

The Silver Hand

One of the Companion's main quests, "The Silvery Paw," is where players volition go to contract Lycanthropy. During the quest, it'south revealed that the high-ranking members of the Companions all take Lycanthropy. They bequeath y'all with their "gift" before yous tempest a Silver Hand stronghold. Once you receive Lycanthropy, you'll have it permanently unless you perform a certain ritual at the end of the Companions' quest.

Curing Lycanthropy

Skyrim Hagraven

There is only ane way to remove your werewolf claret in Skyrim, and it only becomes available at the very end of the Companions' master questline. If you want to become a vampire or vampire lord, you'll need to purge your werewolf blood offset.

Throughout the second half of the Companions' quest, you'll be tasked with decapitating the heads of the Glenmorii witches. These heads can be burned during the Companions' final quest, "Glory of the Dead," to cleanse Kodlak Whitemane's Lycanthropy. You tin employ one of these heads on yourself at the end of the quest to remove the "souvenir" from yourself. This ritual volition remove your Beast Grade Power entirely, besides disabling Ring of Hircine'south chief effect.

Contracting Lycanthropy Again

Skyrim Aela

As long as yous own the Dawnguard DLC or the Special Edition of Skyrim, you'll be able to become a werewolf again, even if y'all purged yourself of the Companions' "souvenir" in "Glory of the Dead."

To get your Beast Form back, speak to Aela the Huntress in The Circumvolve. She will bestow her blood to you lot once again, allowing y'all to regain your werewolf powers once more. Remember, you tin can't have vampire blood and werewolf blood simultaneously. You have to choice one or the other.

Werewolf Perks

Skyrim Werewolf Perk Tree

Just like vampire lords, werewolves in Skyrim accept a perk tree that enhances the forcefulness of your Beast Form. You lot can earn points in this skill tree by feeding on dead bodies. The more corpses you feast on, the more XP y'all'll earn towards your adjacent perk point. You can admission the skill tree past pressing the inventory button while in Animate being Grade.

Werewolves can also use special totems to change the effect of their howl. Yous tin observe these totems in the Underforge after you've retrieved them. Speak to Aela after becoming Harbinger of the Companions to start the "Totems of Hircine" quest, allowing y'all to retrieve these totems.

The totems grant the post-obit benefits:

  • Totem of the Chase:Find living creatures through walls.
  • Totem of Alliance:Summon ii wolf spirits to fight alongside you.
  • Toten of Fearfulness:Howl to inflict Fear in a big radius, causing most characters to run away in terror.

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