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Lydia, a typical follower

Throughout the game there are many opportunities to become allies with various creatures and NPCs. These followers will fight by your side, carry your equipment and perform other tasks you ask of them. Followers can be sorted into those who follow you indefinitely (until they die or are dismissed), and those who follow you temporarily (for example, during certain quests).


Permanent followers usually become available after you complete certain quests. You can also find mercenaries for hire in some cities and recruit certain creatures. At any time, you are able to have at most one permanent NPC follower and one creature follower.

Some NPCs follow you temporarily for the duration of certain quests. If you avoid completing the quest, they may follow you around indefinitely. Because many of these NPC followers are unkillable, and there is no limit to the number of temporary followers that you can have at one time, you can use them to fight difficult enemies in different questlines.

Most quest followers will follow you along with your permanent follower. There are, however a few exceptions: The followers in the Companions questline will automatically dismiss your current follower, and Serana will require you to dismiss them in order for her to join you on a quest (except for her first). In these cases, potential permanent followers will state that you already have a follower and are unable to join you, as the quest follower is occupying the follower slot. The slot can be opened again simply by completing the quest so that your temporary quest follower leaves your service.

Commands[edit]

You can interact with permanent followers by talking with them (outside of combat). You will then be able to exchange items with them, or give a command, depending on their abilities. You can also start commanding your follower quickly, even from some distance away, by pointing at them and holding the activate/use control.

Orders that can be given to followers:

  • Attack another NPC or creature
  • Wait at a given location
  • Resume following
  • Activate an object, such as a lever or a chair
  • Activate a Shrine for its blessing, but not a Standing Stone
  • Open a locked door or container
  • Pick up items
  • Search and loot containers
  • Sleep in a bed (useful for Vampires)
  • Use staves and scrolls
  • Fill soul gems including The Black Star and Azura's Star (if a soultrap or fiery soultrap weapon is equipped)
  • Chop wood. The benefit of this is that you can avoid the animation and your follower does not get encumbered. Some followers also do not require a woodcutter's axe to perform this.
  • Leave your service (the follower will return to their normal home and routine)

Two of these commands have secondary benefits in certain situations:

  • Followers do not need lockpicks to open containers.
  • A follower can pick up a "placed" skill book, which you can then take from their inventory without having to read it first, allowing you to save it for later.

Also, followers can use a torch (only one is needed, it will never deplete). Temporary, quest-specific followers usually do not take orders; if they do, they will only take limited orders, like the "wait" command.

If your follower is left to wait for 72 hours, a message will appear that the follower has grown tired of waiting and will start walking to their original location.

You can trade items with some of your followers to equip them with better items or store excess loot. Sometimes, they will refuse to equip the items you give them. Pickpocketing the items you wish them to replace with the improved items can help fix this. It can also allow you to do this with NPCs who will not trade their equipped items with you. However, it requires the Misdirection (for weapons) and Perfect Touch (for armor) perks to achieve this.

Giving a non-essential follower any of your custom enchanted weapons or shields, letting them die, and then looting directly from their corpse is the only way to remove those enchantments on the given items. This only works with weapons and shields that you have enchanted yourself- it will not remove the enchantment on artifacts or generic enchanted gear found or bought.

Morality[edit]

Morality determines whether or not an NPC will commit various crimes, and controls whether or not a follower will agree to do certain requested actions. There are four possible values for morality:

  • 0: Any Crime. NPC is willing to commit any requested crime.
  • 1: Violence Against Enemies. NPC is willing to commit violence against enemies, as well as property crimes. NPC is not willing to attack innocent people.
  • 2: Property Crime Only. The only crimes the NPC will commit are property crimes (e.g., theft).
  • 3: No Crime. NPC is not willing to commit any crimes. Followers with this morality will still not report crimes that they witness you committing (with the exception of crimes against them, such as stealing items they own).

However, nearly all followers have a morality of either 0 or 3, the only exception being Sven.

If you ask a follower with sufficient morality to perform an illegal activity, you may be held responsible for the crime, and your bounty will increase accordingly. If you are hidden, most crimes you command your follower to commit will go unnoticed.

Most followers will not interact in any way with you while you are trespassing (regardless of their morality); your follower will simply say, "You're not supposed to be in here."

Follower Stats[edit]

A follower levels up according to your level, up to the follower's maximum level (which varies for each). Each follower, except J'zargo, CelannDG, DurakDG, IngjardDG and FreaDB, has a maximum level and a specific set of primary skills, which are dictated by their class. This leveling occurs regardless if they are actively following you.

Prior to patch 1.6, a follower's skills, health, and other stats were set when they were first spawned (which is typically when you enter their starting cell, become a Thane, and so on) and would not increase as their level increased. Prior to the fixing of this failure of stats to update with patch 1.6, players could update a non-essential follower's stats so they would increase based on their current level by using the Wabbajack to polymorph them into another creature, after which their stats would update upon recovering their original form. Players of the PC version could also use certain console commands to fix any follower's inability to update their stats with each level the player gains.

Follower Death[edit]

All permanent followers become protected NPCs while they are actively following you. When your follower would die due to an enemy attack or a trap, they will be incapacitated for some time and begin to recover their health, just like essential NPCs; enemies will stop attacking or targeting them during this time. However, if they lose all their health again during this period, they will die for good. Thus, you should try to move the fight away from them, so that they are not hit by a stray arrow or area-effect spell. They can die from a damage-over-time effect that is stronger than their health recovery; most commonly those are caused by poisons.

If you strike your follower dead, on the other hand, there is no recovery. Attack carefully when your follower is low on health. If your follower's death is caused by you, even accidentally, it will count as a murder on your crimes list. However, it is possible to mitigate damage to your follower with the Companions InsightDB ability if you have read the Black Book The Winds of Change.

Many temporary followers are "essential", so they cannot be killed, only incapacitated for a while. Non-essential ones will die immediately when struck down, just as ordinary NPCs. Seven permanent followers are essential as well: Derkeethus (due to a bug), Mjoll, two Dark Brotherhood Initiates, Cicero, SeranaDG and FreaDB are essential.

It is also possible to heal damage and quickly return the follower into the fight by having traded to them some standard healing potions (e.g. Potion of Extreme Healing) but not potions you made by alchemy. They will consume the standard potion, heal, and quickly rejoin the battle. Otherwise you may have to wait until all enemies in the area are removed before they recover. You may also use a restoration spell like Healing Hands, Heal Other or Grand Healing on your follower, which is beneficial to you as well since you will gain experience in Restoration. It should be noted, however, that followers will not always drink healing potions if they have any in their inventory, even if they are kneeling and recovering health, so the best bet would be to have Healing Hands ready for use.

Followers do not take Water Damage, and cannot drown. However, they do not have infinite breath (with the exception of Derkeethus, the only Argonian follower) unless you give them a waterbreathing enchantment to wear (see Follower Equipment below). If they run out of air, they will abandon their post by your side and swim to the surface.

To avoid near death experiences, followers should be traded better armor in the skill type they prefer (either heavy or light armor.) The DamageResist variable can be increased by tempering the armor and shield. In addition, wearing armor pieces or shield awards a hidden 25 bonus points per item. The 125 possible hidden points are not reflected in the DamageResist variable, but are counted in combat. Providing equipment with magic resistance enchantments (ring, necklace, and shield) increases their MagicResist variable. The follower is less likely to be incapacitated if provided all of these enhancements.

Should your follower be slain, their body should disappear in about three days. Their coffin with their belongings will most likely be found in the Hall of the Dead in or near their home town.

Follower Equipment[edit]

Permanent followers have the ability to trade money and goods. This gives you free access to anything the follower is carrying, with the exception of certain default items that are hidden from you, and allows you to manage the follower's inventory. There is no penalty for taking anything the follower has, including gold, jewels, and enchanted items.

In addition to any other equipment they may have, followers will automatically receive a hunting bow and 12 iron arrows when they start following you. These are specially modified variants of the regular ones which do not appear in the follower's inventory. This can cause the bow and arrow usage bugs noted below. The bow and arrows will be removed when the follower leaves your service.

Followers will make their own decision however about which equipment they use, given the choices that they have in their inventory. If they have multiple items of the same type (e.g. an Iron Sword and a Steel Sword), they will try to choose the "best" item from their choices (Steel Sword). Sometimes this doesn't work as expected and inferior equipment gets used instead. This normally happens with different grades of the same item that have been improved through Smithing or Enchantment (e.g. a Steel Sword being used instead of a Flawless Steel Sword). You cannot force a follower to use the "right" item other than by removing all the wrong ones that they prefer from their inventory. The item must also be "better" than the default item the follower started with. Giving a follower who started with Steel Armor a set of Banded Iron Armor will have no effect because it isn't as "good" as the Steel.

  • Note: since all the different types of mage robes are classified as clothing with no armor value, giving a mage follower who starts with apprentice robes a new set of master robes has no effect because it's not seen as an improvement on the class of armor (exception: the Archmage's Robes[verification needed — see talk page]). They normally can, however, be given actual armor (such as leather, elven, glass, etc.) with improved enchantments on it, which many will equip due to the higher armor value. The exception is mage followers who begin with hooded robes; if you give them an item which fills the head slot (a hood or a circlet), they will equip it in preference to the hooded robes, which then causes them to have an empty torso slot, and they will equip torso items (like robes) in preference to nothing at all. If you give them (non-armor) torso slot items without giving them a head slot item, they will keep their hooded robes equipped.

Normally, you cannot take a follower's default apparel through "I need to trade some things with you..." dialogue. If they are killed in battle, then you can search their body, removing anything they were carrying, including their default items. You can also take their default equipment if you have the pickpocket perk Perfect Touch if they aren't currently following you, or even without that perk if you gave them better equipment to wear, dismissed them and started pickpocketing right away, without giving them time to go into another cell (since they would put on their default equipment when travelling between cells). There is one other exception to this rule: your spouse. After you get married, your follower spouse will open up a general goods store, in which your spouse will sell whatever items are not equipped in addition to what's in your spouse's merchant chest (if you're at home). If you get your spouse to wear something that isn't default apparel (normally you do this by giving your spouse an improved piece of armor) then the default apparel that isn't being worn will become available for sale. You can then purchase it, and then give your spouse anything to wear in that slot and your spouse will wear it while following you. There are two caveats with this approach: one, if you purchase all of your spouse's default apparel (or steal all default apparel from any follower, or, actually, steal all default apparel from any NPC), your spouse (or newly-naked follower or NPC) will respawn new default apparel, so you must leave at least one piece of default apparel in your spouse's inventory, and two, if your spouse is not following you, your spouse will not wear any custom apparel, but will only wear whatever default apparel is left in your spouse's inventory.

Enchanted Follower Equipment[edit]

Enchantments on weapons work normally, but followers will only benefit from the following enchantment effects on their apparel and armor:


  • Fortify Carry Weight does work but has limited/partially broken functionality and is also a bit tedious to utilize.
    • Your follower's carry weight will check for enchantments boosting it when you open their inventory, but as soon as you place anything into their inventory (even weightless items) the boosts disappear. When you close then reopen their inventory menu, the carry weight will be boosted again until you place an item. This forces you to place one item at a time if you are over their natural carry weight but under their boosted carry weight. If the item you are placing is a stack of 6+, you can place them all in one go and save time, although you still cannot go beyond the boosted carry weight.
      • It should be noted this seems to only fully work on Weapons and Apparel. If an item from any other category is placed in the inventory, the boosted carry weight won't reappear until a cell reload, sometimes many cell reloads.

Because followers choose which items to equip, verify that your follower equips the enchanted item(s).

All other enchantments on apparel and armor do not actually have an effect for followers, even if they should. Notably, this means:

  • Fortify <Combat Skill> does not increase the amount of damage they do.
  • Fortify <Magic School> does not reduce enchanted weapon usage cost at all, or remove it at values of 100%.
    • There are reports that this effect does work for some followers, but very few. See one of the archived discussion pages for more information.
    • Weapon enchantments usage costs follow the equipment of the avatar, not that of the follower (perks so far not tested).
  • There are reports that damage enchantments on bows do work for followers with the Dawnguard add-on. Some report it only works for them with add-on bows, though others have reported it with vanilla bows as well.

Trainer Followers[edit]

Followers who are also trainers can train you for "free". They will still charge you, but leave profit from training in their inventory. Simply request to see their inventory while they are an active follower, and take your gold back from any training sessions. Note that the follower's gold will reset to a low amount when you fast travel (possibly change zone), so get your money back from them quickly.


This can be done with the following NPCs:

Permanent Followers[edit]

The tables below list the permanent followers available in Skyrim.

College of Winterhold Followers[edit]

Once enrolled as a member of the College of Winterhold, you may recruit your fellow students to join you in your travels, if you have completed their personal quests. Simply talk to them and they'll tell you what you must do.

These followers wear robes as their default apparel, so they will accept any armor given to them; however, they are picky about what robes they'll wear, and may not equip any that you give them. They will accept weapons and shields, but they will immediately switch back to dual-wielding spells when an enemy is encountered. Once their Magicka runs out, they will resort to using their bare hands until it recharges.

Name Description Primary Skills Prerequisite Quest Max Level Moral Marry Blades StewardHF
Brelyna Maryon A female Dunmer Mystic. Alteration, Illusion, Conjuration, Sneak Brelyna's Practice 30 0 Yes☑ Yes☑ Yes☑
J'zargo A male Khajiit Sorcerer. Destruction, Illusion, Heavy Armor, One-handed J'zargo's Experiment None† 0 Yes☑
Onmund A male Nord Sorcerer. Destruction, Illusion, Heavy Armor, One-handed Onmund's Request 30 0 Yes☑ Yes☑ Yes☑
†Version 1.0 of the Unofficial Skyrim Patch caps J'zargo's level at 30.

Companions Followers[edit]

All of these followers can be located at Jorrvaskr, the Companions faction headquarters in Whiterun. You must join the Companions and complete the quest line before they can be recruited as followers.

  • Members of the Circle have a maximum level of 50. Other Companions have maximum levels of 25.
  • All followers from the Companions faction have a Morality value of 3: No Crime. NPC is not willing to commit any crimes. Followers with this morality will still not report crimes that they witness you committing (with the exception of crimes against them, such as stealing items owned by the follower).
Name Description Primary Skills Max Level Marry Blades StewardHF
Aela the Huntress A female Nord Thief and expert Archery trainer. Archery, Light Armor, Sneak, One-handed, Speech 50 Yes☑ Yes☑ Yes☑
Athis A male Dunmer Warrior (1H) and expert One-handed trainer. Heavy Armor, One-handed, Archery, Block 25 Yes☑ Yes☑
Farkas A male Nord of the Blacksmith class, and master Heavy Armor trainer. Smithing, Speech, One-handed, Pickpocket 50 Yes☑ Yes☑
Njada Stonearm A female Nord Warrior (1H) and expert Block trainer. Block, One-handed, Speech, Pickpocket 25 Yes☑ Yes☑ Yes☑
Ria A female Imperial Warrior (1H). Heavy Armor, One-handed, Archery, Block 25 Yes☑ Yes☑ Yes☑
Torvar A male Nord Warrior (1H). Heavy Armor, One-handed, Archery, Block 25 Yes☑ Yes☑
Vilkas A male Nord Warrior (2H) and master Two-handed trainer. Heavy Armor, Two-handed, Archery, Block 50 Yes☑ Yes☑ Yes☑

Dark Brotherhood Followers[edit]

Complete all the quests for the Dark Brotherhood to allow these followers to join you. Cicero must be spared in The Cure for Madness if you want him as a companion.

Name Description Primary Skills Max Level Moral Marry Blades StewardHF
Cicero A male Imperial Assassin found at the Dawnstar Sanctuary. One-handed, Sneak, Archery, Light Armor 50 0
Dark Brotherhood Initiate (female) A Nord Assassin found at the Dawnstar Sanctuary. One-handed, Sneak, Archery, Light Armor 100 0
Dark Brotherhood Initiate (male) A Nord Assassin found at the Dawnstar Sanctuary. One-handed, Sneak, Archery, Light Armor 100 0

Dawnguard Followers[edit]

These NPCs are added by the Dawnguard add-on. They become available after completing Prophet (only by siding with the Dawnguard), except for Serana, who becomes available during Prophet (both sides).

For creature followers added by Dawnguard, see this section.

Name Description Primary Skills Max Level Moral Marry Blades StewardHF
Agmaer A male Nord found in Fort Dawnguard. (Bandit class) One-handed, Two-handed, Block, Light Armor 25 0 Yes☑ Yes☑
Beleval A female Bosmer found in Fort Dawnguard. (Bandit class) One-handed, Two-handed, Block, Light Armor 25 0 Yes☑ Yes☑
Celann A male Breton found in Fort Dawnguard. (Warrior(1H) class) Heavy Armor, One-handed, Archery, Block None 3 Yes☑ Yes☑
Durak A male Orc found in Fort Dawnguard. (Ranger class) Archery, Light Armor, Block, One-handed None 3 Yes☑ Yes☑
Ingjard A female Nord in Fort Dawnguard. (Warrior(2H) class) Heavy Armor, Two-handed, Archery, Block None 3 Yes☑ Yes☑
Serana A female Nord vampire found during the quest Awakening. Forced follower during Bloodline, Chasing Echoes, Beyond Death, Unseen Visions, Touching the Sky, Kindred Judgment. (Vampire class) Sneak, Conjuration, Light Armor, One-handed 50 3

Dragonborn Followers[edit]

These NPCs are added by Dragonborn.

Name Description Primary Skills Prerequisite Quest Max Level Moral Marry Blades StewardHF
Frea A female Nord warrior from Skaal Village.
Temporary follower during The Temple of Miraak.		 One-handed, Alteration, Light Armor, Restoration The Fate of the Skaal None 3 Yes☑
Talvas Fathryon A male Dunmer conjurer found in Tel Mithryn. Conjuration, Restoration, Destruction, Alteration, Sneak From the Ashes 25 3 Yes☑ Yes☑
Teldryn Sero A male Dunmer Spellsword found in the Retching Netch in Raven Rock. Can be hired for 500 gold. One-handed, Light Armor, Destruction, Conjuration None 60 0 Yes☑
Ralis Sedarys A male Dunmer miner initially found at Kolbjorn Barrow. One-handed, Light Armor, Block, Sneak Unearthed (in his favor) 60 3 Yes☑

Dungeon Followers[edit]

You will have to complete the quest associated with each follower in order for them to join you.

Name Description Primary Skills Prerequisite Quest Level Max Level Moral Marry Blades StewardHF
Golldir A male Nord Warrior (1H) found in Hillgrund's Tomb. Heavy Armor, One-handed, Archery, Block Ancestral Worship PC×1.0 30 3 Yes☑ Yes☑
Illia A female Imperial Mage found in Darklight Tower. Destruction, Restoration, Alteration, Conjuration Repentance PC×1.0 40 3 Yes☑ Yes☑

Hirelings[edit]

Hirelings are mercenaries; you'll need to hire them for a set price of 500 gold. They are usually found in taverns. They'll stick around until they're dismissed, at which point they'll return to their starting location and you'll need to pay the fee again to get them back unless they were married, enlisted to be a Steward or are a Blades recruit. If they're particularly fond of you or you only dismissed them a short time ago, they may rejoin your service free of charge.

  • The maximum level of all hirelings listed here is 40.
  • All hirelings have a Morality value of 0: Any Crime. NPC is willing to commit any requested crime.
Name Description Primary Skills Marry Blades StewardHF
Belrand A male Nord Spellsword found in the Winking Skeever in Solitude. Destruction, Light Armor, One-handed, Restoration Yes☑ Yes☑ Yes☑
Erik the Slayer A male Nord Barbarian found in Rorikstead at the Frostfruit Inn after completing his quest. Light Armor, Two-handed, Archery, Block Yes☑ Yes☑
Jenassa A female Dunmer Ranger found inside the Drunken Huntsman in Whiterun. Archery, Light Armor, Block, One-handed Yes☑ Yes☑
Marcurio A male Imperial Destruction Mage found at The Bee and Barb in Riften. Destruction, Restoration, Alteration, Sneak Yes☑ Yes☑ Yes☑
Stenvar A male Nord Warrior (2H) in Windhelm (usually on the second floor of Candlehearth Hall). Heavy Armor, Two-handed, Archery, Block Yes☑ Yes☑
Vorstag A male Nord Warrior (1H) found at the Silver-Blood Inn in Markarth. Heavy Armor, One-handed, Archery, Block Yes☑ Yes☑

Housecarls[edit]

Housecarls are bodyguards of noblemen. After completing a quest for the jarl of each major hold, they will proclaim you a thane of their land and give you a personal housecarl. These housecarls won't exist in the game until you become a thane; however if you lose your thane status in their original hold, they will remain and will continue to be available as a follower, and will also continue to address you as thane. Three new housecarls are available after installing the Hearthfire add-on.

  • All player personal housecarls are warriors who specialize in One-handed weapons (except ValdimarHF, who is primarily a sorcerer and will resort to melee only when he runs out of magicka). RayyaHF may prefer to dual-wield than use shields but can do either.
  • Their primary skills are: Heavy Armor, One-handed, Archery, Block (again except Valdimar, who has magicka skills but not block or archery: and his preference for Heavy or Light armor depends on whether the Unofficial Patch is installed or not, though his default armor is Light).
  • The maximum level of all housecarls is 50.
  • All housecarls have a Morality value of 0: Any Crime. NPC is willing to commit any requested crime.
  • All housecarls have the highest possible confidence, Foolhardy - they will never run away from a fight.
  • All housecarls can become stewards of player-built houses, with the exception of Argis the Bulwark.
Name Description Primary Skills Prerequisite quest Marry Blades StewardHF
Argis the Bulwark A male Nord found in Markarth. Heavy Armor, One-handed, Archery, Block Become Thane of the Reach Yes☑ Yes☑
Calder A male Nord found in Windhelm. Heavy Armor, One-handed, Archery, Block Become Thane of Eastmarch Yes☑ Yes☑ Yes☑
GregorHF A male Nord found in Dawnstar. Heavy Armor, One-handed, Archery, Block Become Thane of the Pale Yes☑ Yes☑ Yes☑
Iona A female Nord found in Riften. Heavy Armor, One-handed, Archery, Block Become Thane of the Rift Yes☑ Yes☑ Yes☑
Jordis the Sword-Maiden A female Nord found in Solitude. Heavy Armor, One-handed, Archery, Block Become Thane of Haafingar Yes☑ Yes☑ Yes☑
Lydia A female Nord found in Whiterun. Heavy Armor, One-handed, Archery, Block Dragon Rising Yes☑ Yes☑ Yes☑
RayyaHF A female Redguard found in Falkreath. Heavy Armor, One-handed, Archery, Block Become Thane of Falkreath Yes☑ Yes☑ Yes☑
ValdimarHF A male Nord found in Morthal. Heavy Armor, Light Armor†, One-handed, Alteration, Destruction, Restoration Become Thane of Hjaalmarch Yes☑ Yes☑ Yes☑
† Version 1.1.0 of the Unofficial Skyrim Patch makes Valdimar more proficient in Light Armor.

Orc Stronghold Followers[edit]

These Orcs are available from their respective strongholds, and each require the relevant quests to be completed in order to be recruited.

  • All Orc stronghold followers have a maximum level of 30.
  • All Orc stronghold followers have a Morality value of 3: No Crime. NPC is not willing to commit any crimes. Followers with this morality will still not report crimes that they witness you committing (with the exception of crimes against them, such as stealing items owned by the follower).
Name Description Primary Skills Prerequisite Quest Marry Blades StewardHF
Borgakh the Steel Heart A female Orc Warrior found in Mor Khazgur. Heavy Armor, One-handed, Archery, Sneak Pay her dowry or pass a persuade check. Yes☑ Yes☑
Ghorbash the Iron Hand A male Orc Ranger found in Dushnikh Yal. Archery, Light Armor, Block, One-handed Convince him (via brawl, persuade check, or bribe). Yes☑ Yes☑ Yes☑
Lob A male Orc Ranger found in Largashbur. Archery, Light Armor, Block, One-handed The Cursed Tribe Yes☑ Yes☑
Ogol A male Orc Warrior found in Largashbur. Heavy Armor, One-handed, Archery, Sneak The Cursed Tribe Yes☑ Yes☑
Ugor A female Orc Ranger in Largashbur. Archery, Light Armor, Block, One-handed The Cursed Tribe Yes☑

Miscellaneous Followers[edit]

To convince these followers to join you, you'll need to complete their quests.

Name Description Primary Skills Prerequisite Quest Max Level Moral Marry Blades StewardHF
Adelaisa Vendicci A female Imperial who works for the East Empire Company. Alchemy, Enchanting, Smithing, Archery, Light Armor, One-handed, Sneak, Speech Rise in the East 25 3 Yes☑ Yes☑
Ahtar A male Redguard Warrior who is found in Solitude. Heavy Armor, Two-handed, Archery, Block Kill the Bandit Leader† 30 3 Yes☑
Annekke Crag-Jumper A female Nord Ranger found in Darkwater Crossing. Archery, Light Armor, Block, One-handed Kill the Bandit Leader† 30 3 Yes☑ Yes☑
Aranea Ienith A female Dunmer Conjuration Mage found at the Shrine of Azura. Destruction, Restoration, Alteration, Conjuration The Black Star (in her favor) 30 0 Yes☑
Benor A male Nord Warrior found in Morthal. Heavy Armor, Two-handed, Archery, Block Fight! Fight! 30 0 Yes☑ Yes☑
Cosnach An alcoholic male Breton Warrior (1H) found in Markarth. Heavy Armor, One-handed, Archery, Block Quest all Drunks Have (or) Fight! Fight! 30 3 Yes☑ Yes☑
Derkeethus A male Argonian Ranger found in Darkwater Pass. Archery, Light Armor, Block, One-handed Extracting an Argonian 30 3 Yes☑ Yes☑
Eola A female Breton Nightblade found in Markarth's Hall of the Dead. Destruction, Sneak, Alteration, One-handed The Taste of Death 30 0 Yes☑ Yes☑
Erandur A male Dunmer Priest found in Dawnstar. Restoration, Speech, Alchemy, Conjuration, Smithing Waking Nightmare (in his favor) 50 3 Yes☑
Faendal A male Bosmer Thief found in Riverwood.
He is a common Archery trainer.		 Archery, Light Armor, Sneak, One-handed, Speech A Lovely Letter (in his favor) 30 3 Yes☑ Yes☑
Kharjo A male Khajiit Warrior traveling between cities in Ahkari's Khajiit caravan. Heavy Armor, One-handed, Archery, Block Amulet of the Moon 30 3 Yes☑
Mjoll the Lioness A female Nord Warrior found in Riften. Heavy Armor, Two-handed, Archery, Block Grimsever's Return 40 0 Yes☑ Yes☑
Roggi Knot-Beard A male Nord Miner found in Kynesgrove. Alchemy, Enchanting, Smithing, Archery, One-handed, Two-handed Dungeon Delving (Caves)† 20 3 Yes☑ Yes☑ Yes☑
Sven A male Nord Bard found in Riverwood. Alchemy, Enchanting, Smithing, Archery, One-handed, Two-handed A Lovely Letter (in his favor) 20 2 Yes☑ Yes☑
Uthgerd the Unbroken A female Nord Warrior found in The Bannered Mare in Whiterun. Heavy Armor, One-handed, Archery, Block Fight! Fight! 30 3 Yes☑ Yes☑ Yes☑

†Only one quest of this type can be active at a time.

Creatures[edit]

In addition to NPC followers, certain creatures are also recruitable. You can have at most one permanent NPC follower and one creature follower at any time.

  • If kept as a petHF, they will return to your home when dismissed, and be available whenever you want them.
Name Recruitment Max Level PetHF
Armored TrollDG Can be purchased from Gunmar in Fort Dawnguard for 500 gold. You may be given an Armored Frost Troll instead. 14
Armored Frost TrollDG Can be purchased from Gunmar in Fort Dawnguard for 500 gold. You may be given an Armored Troll instead. 22
BranDG An armored husky in Fort Dawnguard. 25 Yes☑
CuSithDG A Death Hound in Volkihar Keep. 5
GarmrDG A Death Hound in Volkihar Keep. 5
Meeko A dog that can be found at Meeko's Shack. 25 Yes☑
SceolangDG An armored husky in Fort Dawnguard. 25 Yes☑
Stray Dog These can be found in a random encounter in the wilderness. If you talk to one, it will become your follower. Note: Will disappear if told to wait and you enter a dungeon. 25 Yes☑
Vigilance A dog which can be purchased from Banning at the Markarth stables for 500 gold. As with the hirelings, if you dismiss Vigilance, he will return to Banning and you must pay the 500 gold again to get him back. 50 Yes☑

Dragonborn[edit]

Name Description Max Level PetHF
Riekling, Riekling Hunter, Riekling Scout or Riekling Warrior A Riekling which can be recruited at Thirsk Mead Hall after completing The Chief of Thirsk Hall. 23
Steadfast Dwarven Sphere Friendly Dwarven automatons found in Kagrumez during The Kagrumez Gauntlet. 30
Steadfast Dwarven Spider 16

Creation Club[edit]

These followers are available from the Creation Club exclusively for Skyrim Special Edition.

People[edit]

Four of these followers are added by the Ghosts of the Tribunal Creation and can only be recruited if you side with the Tribunal Temple during the Ghosts of the Tribunal quest. The other follower is added by the Bittercup Creation and can only be recruited if you choose the Altar of Nothing during the quest A Dying Wish.

Name Description Primary Skills Prerequisite Quest Max Level Moral Marry Blades StewardHF
Hand Ethra MavandasCC A female Dunmer "dremora", found in Ashfall's Tear. One-handed, Two-handed, Block, Heavy Armor Ashen Heart 100 3 Yes☑
Hand Kydren IndobarCC A male Dunmer "dremora", found in Ashfall's Tear. One-handed, Two-handed, Block, Heavy Armor Ashen Heart 100 3 Yes☑
Rulnik Wind-StriderCC A male Nord Sorcerer, found in the Temple of Kynareth. Destruction, Illusion, Heavy Armor, One-handed A Dying Wish 75 3 Yes☑ Yes☑ Yes☑
Vesparth the ToeCC A female Dunmer Warrior, found in Ashfall's Tear. Heavy Armor, One-handed, Archery, Block, Two-handed Ashen Heart 100 3 Yes☑ Yes☑
Watchman SindrasCC A male Dunmer "blade binder" warrior, found in Ashfall's Tear. One-handed, Conjuration, Destruction, Sneak, Light Armor Ashen Heart 100 3 Yes☑

Creatures[edit]

These creatures are muffled and come with a unique spell to teleport them to your current location. They will not attack, and although they can sometimes be targeted by enemies, they don't take damage.

Name Recruitment Max Level PetHF
ArachniaCC Can be found in Cronvangr Cave with the Pets of Skyrim Creation. 1
Bone WolfCC Can be found at a camp northwest of Folgunthur with the Bone Wolf Creation. It can be tamed with a Totem Bone.
Demented Elytra NymphCC Can be found at the Seducers Bandit camp northwest of Windhelm with the Saints & Seducers Creation.
Dwarven Armored MudcrabCC Can be purchased from Calcelmo in the Understone Keep in Markarth with Dwarven Armored Mudcrab Creation. 5
HildaCC Can be purchased from Halvar in Rorikstead with the Pets of Skyrim Creation. 1
Manic Elytra NymphCC Can be found at the Saints Bandit camp just west of North Brittleshin Pass entrance with the Saints & Seducers Creation.
Nix-HoundCC Can be found purchased from Revus Sarvani or Geldis Sadri with the Nix-Hound Creation.
SkritchCC Can be found in The Ratway below Riften with the Pets of Skyrim Creation. 1
Sweet RollCC Can be found in a forest southwest of Half-Moon Mill with the Pets of Skyrim Creation. It can be tamed with a Sweet Roll. 2
ThistleCC Can be found at the Alchemist's Shack with the Pets of Skyrim Creation. It can be tamed with a Carrot. 1

Quest Followers[edit]

Some NPCs follow you until a quest is completed or an event occurs. Quest followers will not give you access to their inventory. They are often marked as essential so they cannot die, which may make them useful to have around before finishing their related quest.

Name Quest(s) Notes Max Level Moral Essential Usable in Other Quests
Aela The Silver Hand, Totems of Hircine Will replace your permanent follower, however your follower can be recruited later. 50 3 Yes☑ Yes☑
Anska A Scroll For Anska Follows you through High Gate Ruins. 25 3
Avulstein Gray-Mane Missing in Action If asked to join the jailbreak at Northwatch Keep, he will follow you alongside Vidrald and Geirlund until you reach his brother Thorald and leave the fort. 100 3 Yes☑ Yes☑
Babette Death Incarnate She and Nazir will briefly follow you until you reach Astrid. 50 3 Yes☑
Blades Recruits Dragon Hunting The three NPCs whom you chose to join the Blades will accompany you to kill a dragon. 50 3
Brother Verulus The Taste of Death In order to recruit him, you must first pass a speech check. 6 3 Yes☑ Yes☑
Brynjolf Trinity Restored, Blindsighted After talking to Karliah outside Nightingale Hall, he starts following you. He will also follow you during Blindsighted. 50 3 Yes☑ Yes☑
Chief Yamarz The Cursed Tribe If he survives after slaying the giant, calming him down will have him follow you. However the affect will only last a minute. Using command consoles can allow him to permanently follow you. 50 3 Yes☑
Delphine Alduin's Wall She will accompany you and Esbern up to Sky Haven Temple if you choose to travel with them during Alduin's Wall. 30 3 Yes☑ Yes☑
Derkeethus Extracting an Argonian Once you free him, he will follow you until you exit Darkwater Pass. 50 3 Yes☑
Durian Guests for Dinner Will follow you if leave the cave without finishing the quest. 15 3 Yes☑
Enmon The Heart of Dibella Enmon may join you when you offer to liberate Fjotra from her Forsworn captors. 15 3 Yes☑
Eola The Taste of Death Follows you through Reachcliff Cave until you reach the Namira shrine (if allowed to accompany you). 50 3 Yes☑
Esbern A Cornered Rat, Alduin's Wall Esbern will follow you wherever you go in A Cornered Rat, but when he joins up with Delphine in Alduin's Wall he will only stay with you as long as you are heading toward the wall, which then prevents him from being used in most other quests. He will accompany you and Delphine up to Sky Haven Temple if you choose to travel with them during Alduin's Wall. 30 3 Yes☑ Yes☑
Farkas Proving Honor, Purity, Dragon Seekers Will replace your permanent follower, even while he is waiting for you at Dustman's Cairn, you can recruit a follower for the latter two. Once you meet up with him, he will follow you everywhere. 50 3 Yes☑ Yes☑
Fenrig The Book of Love He will appear once you get near Gjukar's Monument, but you will need to fast travel as quickly as possible for him to follow you. 50 3 Yes☑ Yes☑
Fjotra The Heart of Dibella Fjotra will follow you once you rescue her from her captives. 3 3 Yes☑ Yes☑
Galmar Stone-Fist Battle for Whiterun (Stormcloaks) Once you enter Whiterun, he and Ralof will follow you until you enter Dragonsreach 50 3
Geirlund Missing in Action He meets up with you alongside Vidrald when you meet Avulstein Gray-Mane outside of Northwatch Keep (if you agreed to have him along to help you). 100 3 Yes☑
Golldir Ancestral Worship Agree to accompany him to kill Vals Veran. 50 3 Yes☑
Hadvar Unbound, Rescue from Fort Kastav Accompanies you if you chose him during the opening sequence in Helgen. If you side with the Imperials in the Civil War, he will also follow you during Rescue from Fort Kastav. 50 3 Yes☑
Imperial Soldiers Rescue from Fort Kastav 4 Imperial Soldiers will follow you once you rescue them, once you reach the courtyard they will stop following you. 50 3 Yes☑
Karliah Blindsighted After talking to her in Irkngthand, she starts following you. 50 3 Yes☑
KatriaDG Lost to the Ages Katria can be used for other quests, but only by breaking her own quest, which is fixable but not advisable. 50 3 Yes☑
Malborn Diplomatic Immunity If you save him, he will follow you around the Thalmor Embassy up until you escape. 50 3 Yes☑ Yes☑
Maurice Jondrelle The Blessings of Nature After retrieving Nettlebane and talking to Danica Pure-Spring, he will engage you in conversation and ask to come with you. 15 3 Yes☑
Mercer Frey Speaking With Silence Follows after helping you break into Snow Veil Sanctum. 50 3 Yes☑ Yes☑
Nazir Death Incarnate He and Babette will briefly follow you until you find Astrid. 50 3 Yes☑
Orthorn Hitting the Books Free him from his cell, and talk to him. 10 3
Ralof Unbound, Rescue from Fort Neugrad, Battle for Whiterun (Stormcloaks) Accompanies you if you chose him during the opening sequence in Helgen. If you side with the Stormcloaks in the Civil War, he will follow you during Rescue from Fort Neugrad. 50 3 Yes☑
Rescued NPC (random) Rescue Mission An NPC that has been rescued will follow you until you reach their destination. 50 3 Yes☑
SeranaDG Bloodline, Chasing Echoes, Beyond Death, Unseen Visions, Touching the Sky, Kindred Judgment In Bloodline, she is a regular quest follower. In later quests, she will take orders and trade items like a permanent follower and takes up the follower slot, but cannot be dismissed. Between certain quests, she may be dismissed and told to walk ahead to the next location. 50 3 Yes☑ Yes☑
Sinding Ill Met By Moonlight Briefly follows you for the duration of the quest, if you choose to spare him and turn the tables on the hunters. He will be in werewolf form, and is capable of flinging opponents across distances much like a player werewolf, although his throw attack is not fatal. 1 3
Stormcloak Soldiers Resucue from Fort Neugrad 4 Stormcloak Soldiers will follow you once you rescue them, they will stop following you once you reach the courtyard. 50 3 Yes☑
Stormcloak Soldier Sovngarde (quest) Agree to have him follow you to reach to the Hall of Valor. 50 3 Yes☑
Tolfdir Under Saarthal, The Eye of Magnus Will follow you in Saarthal and to help defeat Ancano. 50 3 Yes☑
Thonnir Laid to Rest He will follow you alongside other residents of Morthal through Morvath's Lair, if allowed. 3 3 Yes☑ Yes☑
Thorald Gray-Mane Missing in Action If he dies, you will fail the quest. Avulstein Gray-Mane, Geirlund, and Vidrald will also stop following you. 50 3 Yes☑
Traveling Bard, Traveling Merchant or Traveling Pilgrim The Hunt Persuade the Dawnguard member to follow you. 50 3
Traveling Bard, Traveling Pilgrim, or Visiting Advisor Hide and Seek Persuade the vampire to follow you. 50 3
Valdr Moss Mother Cavern After healing him, you can opt for him to accompany you into the cavern. 25 3
Veezara Bound Until Death He will briefly follow you before telling you to escape 25 3
Vidrald Missing in Action He meets up with you alongside Geirlund when you meet Avulstein Gray-Mane outside of Northwatch Keep (if you agreed to have him along to help you). None 3
Vilkas Purity of Revenge, Purity, Dragon Seekers Will replace your permanent follower but you can recruit your follower again for the latter two. 50 3 Yes☑ Yes☑
Animal Followers
Barbas A Daedra's Best Friend Barbas is the only temporary dog follower in the game. He frequently barks, whines, and pushes you, however he is invincible and will continue to follow and fight for you no matter where you bring him. 45 3 Yes☑ Yes☑
Gleda the Goat A Night To Remember Gleda will not fight, and can not be spoken to. She will follow you until you return her to Ennis. 3 3

Dragonborn[edit]

These followers are only present during certain Dragonborn quests.

Name Quest(s) Notes Max Level Moral Essential Usable in Other Quests
Bujold the Unworthy Retaking Thirsk She will follow you inside Hrothmund's Barrow. 50 3
Frea The Temple of Miraak Accompanies you through the majority of the Temple of Miiraak. None 3 Yes☑ Yes☑
Neloth The Path of Knowledge Neloth will only follow you in Nchardak Aqueduct. 60 3 Yes☑
Tharstan Lost Legacy Follows you through Vahlok's Tomb. Will not fight. 1 3 Yes☑
Animal Followers
Bilgemuck The Chief of Thirsk Hall He will briefly follow you until he reaches the riekling pen next to the forge. 7 3

Notes[edit]

  • Followers are not affected by diseases.
  • It can be quite easy to outpace most followers and lose track of them (e.g. light armor wearers with heavy armor followers).
  • Pathfinding can make followers difficult to manage. They cannot jump up or across anything, though they will jump down if there is no other path. If you jump up a small hill, be prepared to see your follower take an extremely long path around. Quite often a follower will get stuck with no path to you. In these circumstances, it appears they are supposed to simply teleport near you, but this can take a very long time to trigger if it triggers at all. The only known guaranteed ways to get them to appear are to fast-travel, change zones (loading screen), use the moveto player console command, or to wait.
  • You can pickpocket your follower's starting items with the Misdirection and Perfect Touch perks if they are not following you, although they may reappear afterward.
  • Followers can become hostile:
    • Followers can and will attack your horse, summons, thralls and other temporary followers if hit by them enough. This is common when escorting a temporary mage follower, or summoning an Atronach that uses projectile spells.
    • When damaged badly enough by rockfalls or traps that are triggered by you, a follower may leave your service and attack. This can usually be corrected by yielding at which time the follower can be rehired.
    • It is possible for a follower to enter combat mode when a random brawl is started or when an NPC carries out an act that could be seen as aggressive toward you (as with the Magic Student random encounter). When anticipating a brawl or "initiation" fight it is best to ask your follower to wait somewhere else out of sight.
    • Canine followers can be possessed by Spriggans. To fix this, kill the Spriggan and have the dog be downed by something other than your weapon; when it gets back up, the problem should be resolved.
  • Be aware of your follower being behind you, especially if you have equipped them with magical staves and are in tight areas. They will have no qualms about targeting the enemy right through your character.
  • With the Hearthfire add-on installed it is possible to turn some followers into a steward of one of your properties. Animal followers can be kept as pets at the request of your adopted children.
  • If you wish to easily find your follower, have them pick up any quest item that is needed for a quest you do not want to complete. Leaving the quest active will always point to your follower, as they are holding the quest item. If your follower is a member of the Circle, then the minor objective Talk to the Companions leaders for work will always point to your follower (along with the other members of The Circle) as well.
  • Followers will not follow you into the Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary and various other quest areas. They will wait outside. In some cases, followers will not follow you into an area during a portion of a quest, but will come with you into that area when that part of the quest is over.
  • If you accidentally damage a follower enough to turn them hostile, casting a Pacify spell on them and rehiring will cause the follower to remain friendly to you even after the spell expires. However, initiating dialogue with your follower will immediately make them hostile again.
  • Based on unused dialogue, the hunters seen during Ill Met By Moonlight might've also been once meant to follow you during the quest. This also goes for a Painted Cow during the removed CivilWarMission08, Legate Rikke during one of the removed Civil War quests Battle for Riften, one Imperial Soldier and one Stormcloak Soldier who were imprisoned and needs to be rescued and a Solitude Guard who would follow you around during the unfinished quest Boethiah's Bidding, your spouse during Bandit Attack and Saadia, who was meant to follow you during In My Time Of Need, according to unused scripting.
  • Tsun follows you around if you wander around Sovngarde after defeating Alduin. There is also Pumpkin, a fox found in Southfringe Sanctum, who has an AI package to follow you around the cave and a bandit marauder found in Ravenscar Hollow, who will follow you in the cave if you free him from the cage.

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  • Followers who have the archery skill and come with a starter set bow and arrows will use a single better arrow indefinitely, without using it up. Their misses and kills still show up on the ground and in the loot window and can be picked up. The single arrow may eventually disappear after an unspecified number of shots. In some instances, their standard bow may be required, but generally the follower can use any bow you choose to give. The unlimited arrow "bug" occurs with any single arrow given to the follower.
  • Followers may always use their default hunting bow in favor of better ones given to them.
    • Archer followers will only use a bow and arrow combination where the base bow damage (before upgrading with smithing or enchanting) plus arrow damage falls within the range of 15-22.[1] Otherwise they revert to their starter bow and/or iron arrows when in battle.
    • With the Dawnguard add-on followers will use upgraded bows of higher quality such as crossbows and dragonbone bows with higher level bolts/arrows.[verification needed — see talk page]
  • If you place items in a container and then command the follower to "take all items" the items they take from the container may now carry the "Stolen" tag.
    • You can remove the "Stolen" tag from any item by placing in an unowned container and then telling your follower to "take all items". Note this must be done without NPCs seeing the follower taking the items or else it is considered a crime.[verification needed — see talk page]
  • If you command followers to pick items up off the ground, they can carry an infinite amount of weight and their movement speed does not appear to be affected but there are several issues associated with doing this.
    • Drop items to be picked up in stacks of 5 or less. If they are dropped in stacks of 6 or more they will only pick up one of the item, and the rest will be lost. They can pick up multiple stacks of 5 or less.
    • You may not be able to take back a piece of armor you have ordered your follower to pick up if it is identical to the follower's starting armor or the armor they are currently wearing. Trying to remove it from their inventory will give the message, "You cannot take your follower's starting items." Killing your follower will allow you to get the items back, but they will be marked as stolen. Putting them on a mannequin in your home will result in the same bug as with the follower, leaving you unable to get your armor back.
    • Often, when you retrieve the items picked up by your follower through the inventory exchange dialogue, those items will be marked with a "Stolen" tag, even when they are not stolen.
      • This can be avoided if you first pick up all items, then drop them on the ground one by one (or stacks of 5 or less) before asking the follower to pick them up. Finally, after getting the items back again, you should drop them on the ground and pick them up one last time.
      • The console can be used on PCs. Enter setownership on any container and all items placed in the container (before or after the command) can safely be picked up by the follower. However, as it also removes the stolen flag on actual stolen items, it should be used with care so as not to spoil the gaming experience.
    • When encumbered past their limit by using the exploit, there have been instances where the follower is incapable of drawing their weapon in battle. They will still attempt to attack the enemy but will be incapable of doing anything except take a beating. This issue can sometimes be resolved by entering a new area that requires loading.
    • Sometimes when using the exploit, giving your follower the same armor as starting armor, then taking this armor will result in the follower being unclothed.[verification needed]
  • A follower may not leave the recovery state even when their health is fully replenished but instead continue crawling around on the floor.
    • This can be fixed by entering combat again with a new enemy, attacking them, fast-traveling to a new area, reloading a save, or healing them with a Restoration spell. The Unrelenting Force Shout or casting Paralyze on them sometimes works as well.
  • Sometimes after a fight, the follower will be partially disabled, i.e., will not regenerate health, will not move or follow, will not sheath weapon when you do, will not have conversation menu, but will verbally respond to being healed. Using the console kill command seems to fix his or her state without actually killing him or her.
    • This has the same fixes as not leaving the recovery state, above.
  • Followers may disappear if you pay off a bounty after committing a crime.
  • Followers may lose carry weight after being dismissed and then rehired. This is due to them receiving extra copies of hidden equipment upon rehiring, which can be removed with the console.
  • You can move distant objects by holding the Use button while giving orders to a follower.
  • You can have more than one follower at a time with the Dawnguard add-on. If you have the Dark Brotherhood Initiate as a follower when you recruit Serana you may keep both followers. You may then be able to have a Housecarl follow you as a third follower unless you have Cicero and Serana.
  • If you drop an item and move it around in the game world and then ask your follower to pick it up, they will go to the place it was initially dropped and pick it up there.
  • Your followers might sometimes enter buildings via a different door than you.
  • Followers may become stuck on terrain when returning to their original locations after being dismissed. ?
    • On PCUse the console command prid (RefID) to target a lost follower and then use the command moveto player to place them at your current location.
  • On Xbox Sometimes, you are able to get more than one follower.[verification needed — Does this work on other platforms?] To do this, have your original follower and your potential second follower stand next to each other. Next, dismiss your follower, then immediately re-hire them. Exit out of their text, then quickly open conversation with your potential follower. If done correctly, you will be able to hire them. Do this as many times as you like by repeating the steps with your original follower. First bring your usual follower into the Dark Brotherhood sanctuary and tell him/her to stand next to the two initiates. Dismiss your follower, then immediately recruit him/her. Quickly chat with the first initiate and then the second. Rinse and repeat with Cicero. ?
    • Your additional followers may not wait when commanded, and often get in the way. If you also have a dog with you, they may get stuck in doors.
  • On Xbox With the Dawnguard add-on, crossbows may randomly disappear from a follower's inventory when loading a game. ?
  • On PCIf the game's files are corrupted, this may cause certain (or in most serious cases, all) followers to be interacted with but without any follower dialogue, leaving the followers to only communicate with generic greetings given by NPCs. ?
    • On PCA quick workaround this issue is to use console command, select the follower in question and type addfac/addtofaction 0005C84D 1. This will not entirely restore the follower's dialogue and script but it will allow you to recruit followers if needed.
  • The hitbox of dog followers is larger than the dog as a visual object; thus, if a dog follower is between you and an intended target, you may hit the dog even when it appears to be peripheral to your line of sight.
  • If you quicksave at the same time as you order a follower to interact with something, you will interact with that object yourself instead, even if you were too far away to use it normally. ?
  • If you cannot get a follower to follow you and the person says you already have someone following you, then check if you have one of the Companion's Quests, marked as active, where Farkas will follow you to Dustman's Cairn.
  • Trading two or more exact copies of items to a follower can cause all but one copy to disappear when you try to retrieve them. This bug particularly affects staves. ?
  • Giving a follower more than 500 gold will result in the amount eventually being reduced to 500..
  • When changing dungeons, followers may run in place. This behavior can be stopped by sheathing and unsheathing your weapons or spells (by default, the R key on PC).
  • Spellsword followers (such as Erandur) are vulnerable to a bug where after they've been downed, they will not enter combat properly and only block with their weapon (even bows) and not heal themselves (or consume healing potions), nor will they regenerate their health normally. ?

See Also[edit]

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