The Serpent Stone (Skyrim)

The Serpent Stone
Map
Constellation
Hold	Winterhold Hold
Location	East of Winterhold, on top of a floating iceberg
Type	Standing Stone
Description	Once a day, those under the sign of The Serpent can use a ranged paralyzing poison on opponents.
Effect	Paralyze the target for 5 seconds and do 25 points of damage.
Location ID	DoomstoneNorthernCoast01

For other uses, see The Serpent Stone.

The Serpent Stone is a standing stone in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

Effect

The Serpent Stone grants the Dragonborn the ability to use a ranged Paralysis poison on opponents once every in-game day. The poison paralyzes the target for 5 seconds and does 25 points of damage. As with many paralysis enchantments and spells, this ability is especially useful when NPCs become hostile towards the Dragonborn after dialogue.

Location

The stone can be found on Serpentstone Isle, north of Windhelm and east of Winterhold. Galmar Stone-Fist will send the Dragonborn to this location for their initiation into the Stormcloaks.

Trivia

• Galmar Stone-Fist will tell the Dragonborn that men have been sent to this location for generations to test their strength. He also says that ice wraiths are oddly attracted to this location.
• Paralysis is called Serpent's Spit and poison to health – Serpent's Venom in Creation Kit.
• Individual magic effects have more informative descriptions:
  • Target is paralyzed for 5 and takes 25 points of damage over 5 seconds.
  • Target takes 5 damage per second for 5 seconds.

Appearances

• The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim