Skyrim talk:Unrelenting Force

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Interrupts Dragon Breath[edit]

I've noticed that I can use this shout to interrupt dragons as they breathe - is this worth noting on this page? DeeLow 20:57, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

No, lots of thing interrupt dragons from breathing fire/frost, for example a Firebolt spell stops them just the same as this shout (and other shouts). --Kiz ·•· Talk ·•· Contribs ·•· Mail ·•· 20:59, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

Unrelenting Force as a meme[edit]

Should something be added about the 'FUS RO DAH' meme, which stemmed from the first gameplay trailers of Skyrim? — Unsigned comment by 107.3.105.179 (talk) at 06:03 on 11 December 2011

Wrong wiki. ThuumofReason 01:25, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

Bow bug[edit]

Moved from article, it needs to be rewritten/verified with no first person text:


If hit by the most powerful version of Unrelenting Force while a a bow is equipped and an arrow drawn, you can switch weapons away from and then back to the bow while knocked down or recovering while still in the third person view to turn your bow invisible. This results in your character humorously firing arrows from their forearm. (There may be less specific ways of doing this, but for replication purposes, this was in Snow Veil Sanctum, with a Daedric Bow, switched to a Dragonbone Shield. I also switched armor sets completely and was using Ancient Nord Arrows)

Aresvallis 22:04, 11 December 2011 (UTC)

Stage 1[edit]

I have all 3 words of power for Unrelenting Force, but when my character uses the shout it seems to be stuck at stage 1, with him saying FUS instead of FUS RO DAH. The cooldown also takes only 15 secs (without Amulet of Talos), what should I do? 67.168.149.21 05:53, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Hold the button down. Chris3145 07:24, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
Ok thanks I tried that and it worked67.168.149.21 05:19, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

Shout Variant?: Ro...Dah! ????[edit]

Why are some Characters (namely the Draugr) using RO DAH instead of FUS RO DAH? This lets me think that either: A) The Draugr use a "form of Fus Ro Dah" which uses the (usually) more powerful, last two words B) The Draugr shout out "Fus Ro Dah" but it comes out as Ro Dah. I'm tending to B), because sometimes (everytime), if one listens closely, a muffled, hissing, cut-off, quiet "FISS" can be heard, followed by "RO....DAH!", which could mean that the Draugr cannot pronounce FUS due to being undead such a long time, or never "mastered" the full shout. What puzzles me is the fact that the PLAYER CANNOT LEARN RO DAH, but FUS, then RO, then DAH -> "FUS...RO-DAH!". Why can the Draugr then use "Unrelenting Force" Words 2 and 3 withouth the (NEEDED!!!) FIRST WORD? Or is "RO....DAH!!!" a DIFFERENT shout (unlikely, since it has the exact same effect as "FUS!" has on the enemies)?--MarukiTheFaceHater 09:32, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

If you turn on the subtitles you can see that that they only say RO..Dah! so I would say that it is intended that way. As for why they do it, it might be possible that people can learn any of the words of power but I'm not really sure.RIM 10:37, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
Yes, I know that with the subtitles, and my post made it CLEAR (I don't know why the lot of you STILL never get anything I explain extremely detailed, I might have it explained a bit too detailed?), as I said "it comes out as Ro...DAH!", but there is DEFINETLY A "FISS" or even a "FUS" before it, it is just so silent (try it for yourself: whisper "fis" but spell out the "s" a bit longer, like 3/4 longer than the "f-i"), you cannot "HEAR" it, hence NO SUBTITLES, but it may be intended to be like that. Might just be the soundfile. I will extract the dialogue bsa's and check what the Draugr shout is like, it might just be coming out like that because, it just does it, what do I know why it does...--MarukiTheFaceHater 23:56, 30 December 2011 (UTC)
Actually, the Draugrs use FUS RO DAH in exactly the same way as the player does: starting with a "FUS", then a short pause, and finally a quick "RO DAH". 78.69.122.16 01:11, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

Anyone can learn the words of power, through extreme discipline and training. The Draugr are hinted to be servants of the dragons in their time alive, and were punished accordingly. And if you look at subtitles, it says "...Ro DAH" meaning the first part is incomprehensible by the player, but something is still said. It doesn't change the fact that 2 Draugrs can play baseball with your body. --Ravage 00:07, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks Ravage, you got it, finally someone who UNDERSTANDS WHAT I SAY all the time. SOMETHING is said indeed, but I haven't had the time to unpack all the bsa's in hopes of finding the soundfile for the draugr overlord shout. Maybe some other time.--MarukiTheFaceHater 11:33, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

Doesn't it kind of... suck[edit]

Basic version can only stagger and the enemy will recover before you even get to him; full version blows enemies away(and again, you have to chase them) and the fight will likely be over before the shout recharges. It does practically no damage, and other than cliffs there are no environmental hazards to push enemies into. I dunno, I just expected... more from what is supposed to be "main" shout of the game. 178.183.241.136 07:51, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

It is not the MAIN but the first shout available, only because it is related to quests doesn't make it the main one. There is the "disarming" shout for example which is much more useful. FRD is imho just a "show-off effect" to show off the neat physix and ragdoll effects, and yes, I also expected much more from the 3rd word, enemies' limbs being ripped off or their headz crushed, SOME higher damage output at least.--MarukiTheFaceHater 03:27, 13 January 2012 (UTC)
Well, Unrelenting Force could be considered the "main" one because it was the one showcased in the trailer and the one who opened up the public release of the idea of Shouts. There isn't really a "main" shout anyway. It is the most popular however and should not be as weak as it is. — Unsigned comment by 75.136.136.4 (talk) at 09:10 on 26 January 2012
Funny thing was, I always thought the first two parts of the shout were incredibly weak. The third one is the only useful one. My thinking is that if they made FUSRODAH too powerful, the player may not be encouraged to find the other shouts.DRK3 19:42, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
It's actually pretty sweet if you're primary ranged. That's a few more seconds of shooting the enemy with arrows or lightning. — Unsigned comment by 76.181.161.200 (talk) at 05:54 on 14 May 2012
It's kind of implied that this was the shout that Ulfric used to disable Torryg, seeing as how it's the only one that takes a man down and could be perceived as "shouting him apart." After all, it's stated that Ulfric learned to shout from the Greybeards themselves. Black jack king 03:12, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
Doesn't fall damage make the shout extremely powerful, though? By using terrain intelligently you can take down foes that you would otherwise stand no chance against. Lure them to a high ledge and blast them off. Although it only deals a few damage at full strength, it has potential to be an instant kill. 69.226.46.115 23:50, 10 June 2012 (UTC)
Something you guys are missing here is that you may be using this on a single target, which isn't all too useful, unless you have a terrain advantage. Otherwise, a good thing Fus Ro Dah can do is scatter enemies around. If you have 3+ things attacking right in front of you, which can happen since backtracking no longer works as well, you can shout and throw them around the landscape, thus giving you some time to think/heal/run/dig your grave. And if you think about it, many areas in Skyrim tend to be made on cliffs, or scaffolding, or up on something, which can send some targets one way, and keeping the others around. Finally, the one good part is that it's one of the cheaper battle shouts, so you may get a chance to use it multiple times, then use a bigger one when it gets scary. --Rosilea (talk) 21:59, 5 November 2012 (GMT)

Bosses using it cause instant death?[edit]

Apparently, everytime a boss uses this shout, it 1-hit kills me. However, whenever any other enemy (draugr deathlords seem to love using this) use it, I don't even get damaged, just staggered for a split second.

Is this an intended effect? Something related to the enemies crits or something?

The only way I found to avoid this instant death was using a ward spell before the "Ro Dah" part...

If it matters at all, I'm playing on Adept difficulty with a lv57 mage-ish char (~350 HP, over 500 Magicka) with full Glass Armor set, and Ebonyflesh and Muffle spells up pretty much all the time.

--177.31.107.213 06:12, 19 June 2012 (UTC)

It's just the ragdoll effect. I'm level 72 with (restoration glitch) over 2million health and I can be ragdolled. Just wait a few moments to get up. The Silencer speaksTalk 13:44, 19 June 2012 (UTC)

Blocking It[edit]

Is there anyway to block this shout? often times I know its coming, sure sucks being thrown down and getting hit a few times to being killed becuase your "getting" up. — Unsigned comment by 68.238.152.79 (talk) at 14:52 on 30 June 2012

Don't know how to stop it, but when I see it coming I try to dodge. You can also jump into your menu to make sure your health is good. The Silencer speaksTalk 14:05, 30 June 2012 (UTC)
Every ward in game stops it.Br3admax 14:11, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
I can sometimes dodge it or duck behind a wall at times. Didnt know a ward would prevent it. That is helpdull. — Unsigned comment by 68.238.152.79 (talk) at 03:11 on 11 July 2012
shield bashing will interrupt the shout if you're close enough. -Zac — Unsigned comment by 174.232.68.49 (talk) at 04:45 on 18 August 2012
It can be absorbed, provided you have the Atronach perk or the Atronach stone or you use the Breton racial spell. You won't get any magicka, but you won't be ragdolled either. Spell absorption is a little RNG-dependent though. 78.192.200.125 14:59, 26 November 2012 (GMT)
Meditating on Fus with Paarthurnax won't stop it 100% of the time, but only the most powerful, most direct hits will ragdoll you. Nothing weaker than Deathlords (and even for them its kinda rare) will ragdoll me. 74.128.43.180 07:11, 11 August 2013 (GMT)

Learning 'Dah' glitch[edit]

They told me to stand in the middle of the room and when I did, nothing happened. I tried everything. If you can help email me at Goldenindygaming@gmail.com. — Unsigned comment by 68.41.215.78 (talk) at 19:31 on 19 August 2012

Draugrs cannot push me around?![edit]

It may be just me, but whenever a Draugr Scourge/Lord/whatever uses "fus ro da" on me, nothing happens. It's supposed to throw me around, right? I can see the "voice projectile" passing right through my character but I can continue fighting as if nothing happened - it would be better if the shout actually worked if used by a draugr... The "zun haal viik" shout, on the other hand, works as intended if used by a draugr. I'm not sure about "fo krah diin" though as there were very few draugrs that used it on me, and that one, too, didn't seem to do much. Maybe draugr voice powers are bugged... --Nv4dispbluescreen (talk) 05:45, 6 September 2012 (EDT)

I noticed this happen sometimes too. Whenever I'm crouched, the shout passes right through me without knocking me over, although my character still grunts in pain from the small amount of damage. I wonder, does this mean there's a surefire way to resist the shout? Are there armor perks that help? I have to do more testing to be sure. FrozenWolf150 (talk) 05:21, 29 July 2015 (UTC)

How strong is a dragon's Unrelenting Force?[edit]

Does it just stagger, or does it knock you over? --71.202.138.39 01:40, 19 October 2012 (GMT)

Not sure if it applies to other dragon too, but alduin's Unrelenting Force shout is as powerful as the 3-words shout from the player, it does knock you over. — Unsigned comment by 178.1.2.164 (talk) at 12:43 on 30 June 2013

Locations?[edit]

It says under location " Bleak Fall Barrow". Now, isn't it true that you learn the first word once you kill the first dragon? So wouldn't that make the location the Western Watch tower? JackTurbo95 (talk) 09:31, 12 March 2013 (GMT)

You learn the shout word at Bleak Falls Barrow, however you recieve your first dragon soul from Mirmulnir (pardon my speeling if that is incorrect) and then game automatically spends it on the first word of Unrelenting Force. So in summary, you actually learn the first word from the Barrow. - Chez talkemail 09:34, 12 March 2013 (GMT)
I see, I never realised that lol JackTurbo95 (talk) 09:39, 12 March 2013 (GMT)

Possible Uses[edit]

• "The shout can also be used to open draugr tombs that lie on the ground in dungeons (though not those propped against walls)."

I'm not sure if this is actually caused by the shout itself instead of the Draugr within waking up and ejecting the lid. Can anybody confirm this? I haven't been able to shout off tomb lids if they didn't contain Draugr. Shinymoogle (talk) 04:48, 11 April 2013 (GMT)

Using on city guards[edit]

I just discovered that you can use this shout all you want on city guards and they will not turn hostile, and you will never acquire a bounty (just watch out for chickens!) Should this be noted here or on Skyrim:Guard? It can be a handy way to loot their equipment for gold. --Xyzzy Talk 16:26, 1 September 2013 (GMT)

Bugs Cleanup[edit]

  • When using the third word of Unrelenting Force against giants, their dead bodies may become awkwardly placed and impossible to loot. This happens shortly after their death, and can sometimes be foretold if, on their death, they are stiff and do not follow the expected ragdoll physics.
Moved unconfirmed bug. Enemies can enter this state even when not using Unrelenting Force, so this doesn't really apply here. Silence is GoldenBreak the Silence 02:44, 6 November 2013 (GMT)

Dragon Unreleting Force[edit]

There is a Unreleting Force alternate shout that I learned using PSB command, called "Dragon Unreleting Force". I wanna know just the id of it, searched in all pages but don't find it. Someone can help me with? — Unsigned comment by 187.127.136.156 (talk) at 23:17 on 20 July 2017

Helpfully there are two Dragon Unrelenting Force shouts. The first 16cf0 appears to be the common one, while 107580 is marked with MQ101, so is likely limited to Alduin. Silence is GoldenBreak the Silence 23:35, 20 July 2017 (UTC)

Skeleton[edit]

Skeleton (undead human bone) also cannot be ragdolled by Unrelenting Force. Somehow it never gets mentioned on the front page. So it doesn't count?

Some years ago I edited the front page to include Skeleton among those that cannot be ragdolled. But it gets undone/removed by someone. So why it doesn't count?

219.92.106.233 14:50, 19 September 2021 (UTC)

Boneman (Dawnguard black skeleton) and Mistman (floating black skeleton) also cannot be ragdolled by Unrelenting Force i.e. Three-word Unrelenting Force only staggers them, not pushes them off-feet flying backward. The reason is probably Skeleton and Boneman are made of bones no flesh. The "wind" from Unrelenting Force just blow through their bone frame. Effect is weakened. 175.141.39.117 12:17, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

Only staggers the mercernaries on goldenglow estate. Bug or intentional[edit]

I have all 3 parts of this shout so even when I shout at them it doesn't send them flying only staggers them.