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For other uses, see Drain Vitality.

Drain Vitality is a dragon shout in The Elder Scrolls V: Dawnguard. This shout is used by Durnehviir, Legendary Dragons and Revered Dragons.

Effects[]

  • 1 Word: 5 points of damage per second to stamina for 30 seconds, and a stagger effect of 0.8
  • 2 Words: 5 points of damage per second to stamina and magicka for 30 seconds, and a stagger effect of 0.8
  • 3 Words: 5 points of damage per second to stamina, magicka, and health for 30 seconds, and a stagger effect of 0.8

This shout does not absorb those values; it only causes damage. It is unknown if this is a bug or was intentionally done by the developers.

Word Wall[]

Thu'um Dragon Language
Transliteration Translation
Drain Vitality
Locations: Dimhollow Crypt, Forgotten Vale, and Arcwind Point
Gaan Gaan-wordwall
HET NOK KOPRaaK DO SVOLO
WO PIRaaK MULaaG Wah KRiiN
DOVah NUZ NI GaaN Wah
KRiiN POGaaN
Here lies (the) body of Svolo,
Who possessed strength to kill a
Dragon but not (the) stamina to
kill many.
Lah Lah-wordwall
LUNGERD WahLaaN QETHSEGOL
ahMULii VahRUKT THORGRIMA
DeiNMaaR DO SahQON YOLOS
ahRK DROG DO Lah
Lungerd raised (this) stone
in her husband's memory (of) Thorgrima
Keeper of crimson fire
And lord of magicka.
Haas Haas-wordwall
HET Mah ARNVID FaaL
STaaDNAU WEN HaaS DENOS
MINDIN KeiN DO GALIK KOLOS
ROK OFaaL DILOS AHRaaN
Here fell Arnvid the
Unbound, whose health decline
After (the) war of Galik crags
he received (a) fatal wound.

Trivia[]

  • Gormlaith Golden-Hilt prefers to use this shout instead of Disarm or Unrelenting Force once Dawnguard is installed.
  • The version used by Revered and Legendary Dragons does more damage and will hone in on the Dragonborn from a distance. Damage can only be avoided by standing behind something solid as the creature shouts. It cannot be countered by either spell resistance or spell absorption.

Bugs[]

This section contains bugs related to Drain Vitality (Dawnguard). Before adding a bug to this list, consider the following:

  1. Please reload an old save to confirm if the bug is still happening.
  2. If the bug is still occurring, please post the bug report with the appropriate system template  360  /  XB1  ,  PS3  /  PS4  ,  PC  /  MAC  ,  NX  /  PS5  ,  XS  , depending on which platform(s) the bug has been encountered on.
  3. Be descriptive when listing the bug and fixes, but avoid having conversations in the description and/or using first-person anecdotes: such discussions belong on the appropriate forum board.
  •  PC   360   PS3   PS4   XB1   NX   PS5   XS   If the Dragonborn has acquired at least 1 word of both the Drain Vitality and Marked for Death shouts, a second version (or several more) of one of them, that uses the same words, will appear in the shout menu and will be usable, with all the words having a cooldown of 12. Its description will say "Drains 1 points of Health per second for 20 seconds. Drains 1 point of Magicka per second for 20 seconds. Drains 1 points of Stamina per second for 20 seconds." Spending a soul on Marked for Death also counts as using it on said copy. Each time a new word is learned for Marked for Death, it is learned for this alternate version as well.
    • Fix: Start a new game without Dawnguard installed, after acquiring all 3 words of Marked for Death, it is now possible to install Dawnguard, then acquire Drain Vitality, without the glitched duplicate shout.
    • Fix: Un-installing Dawnguard (which will remove all of Dawnguard's content and quest progression), then completing the Marked for Death shout. And, finally, re-installing Dawnguard.
    •  PC (Fix)   Using the console commands help "drain vitality" and player.removeshout <ID>, one can remove all versions of the bugged shout and then if words of the shout were already discovered, re-add the words with player.teachword <ID> (see IDs above).

Appearances[]


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