Sparks (Skyrim)

Sparks is a Novice-level Destruction spell. When cast, the spell shoots electricity at a target, dealing shock damage per second to the target's health, and half of that damage to the target's magicka. Dunmer characters begin the game with this spell already learned. It is recommended that the player use this spell against magicka-using enemies, such as mages.

Enemy usage

 * The Caller dual wields Sparks during the battle with her at Fellglow Keep.
 * Thalmor Wizards, and Cyromages commonly use this spell.

Spell tome
Attributes
 * Weight: 1
 * Value: 46
 * See Spell Tome for a complete table of spell tomes, their descriptions, and their values.

Acquisition

 * During the quest Unbound, a Sparks tome is found in a prisoner cage after escaping the dragon attack at the beginning of the game. Follow either the Imperial or Stormcloaks to Helgen's Keep to receive a brief tutorial in Lockpicking, which provides access to this item.
 * Purchase the tome from any of the following merchants:
 * Calcelmo Understone Keep
 * Faralda at The College of Winterhold
 * Farengar Secret-Fire at Dragonsreach
 * Niranye at the White Hall
 * Sybille Stentor at Blue Palace
 * Wuunferth the Unliving at Palace of the Kings
 * Wylandriah at Mistveil Keep

Bugs

 * Players may not be able to deselect spells, Sparks being one of them. It shows up as either R. One possible solution is listed below:
 * Tab-open the magic index and assign a couple of spells as favorites (using the F key)
 * Go back to the game and open the favorites index (key Q)
 * Assign numbers from 1 - 9 to each spell
 * Go back to the game and double tap the number of a spell (example Flames) so it will be assigned to the both hands. Notice how the glitched spell has been substituted by the double-tapped spell
 * Tap a different number to assign a different spell to the left hand (example Lesser Ward). You can see that your right hand has Flames and the left has Lesser Ward.

Trivia

 * Dunmer characters start with game with Sparks. The tome encountered in Unbound does not change to another spell despite this.