Conjure Familiar is a Novice-level Conjuration spell in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Casting it summons a ghostly wolf to fight for the Dragonborn for 60 seconds. No corpse is required. Breton characters begin the game with this spell already learned. Conjured Familiars cannot be soul trapped, nor are they affected by banishing spells. Conjure Flaming Familiar is the upgraded form of this spell.
Perks
- "Novice Conjuration" cuts the Magicka cost of Conjure Familiar by half.
- "Oblivion Binding" dispels both ally and enemy Conjured Familiars when struck with Bound weaponry.
- "Summoner" - Conjured Familiar can be summoned at a greater distance. An additional allocation in this perks multiplies casting distance by 3.
- "Twin Souls" allows two familiars to be summoned at once.
Spell tome
Attributes
- Weight: 1
- Value: 49 - 152
- See Spell Tome for a complete table of spell tomes, their descriptions, and their values.
Acquisition
- Available for purchase from:
- Calcelmo at Understone Keep.
- Falion at Falion's House.
- Farengar Secret-Fire at Dragonsreach.
- Nelacar at The Frozen Hearth.
- Niranye.
- Phinis Gestor of the College of Winterhold.
- Sybille Stentor at the Blue Palace.
- Wuunferth the Unliving at the Palace of the Kings in Windhelm.
- Wylandriah at Mistveil Keep.
- Locations in Skyrim:
- Ansilvund.
- On occasion, may be found as random loot from wandering hostile magic users such as mages, necromancers and conjurers, or in a chest.
Trivia
- This spell appears to be based on entities in European folklore called Familiars. They are said to be supernatural beings, often appearing as animals or humanoid figures, that are summoned to assist those who practice magic.
- It is possible to contract Rockjoint from a familiar if it engages you in combat.
Bugs
This section contains bugs related to Conjure Familiar. Before adding a bug to this list, consider the following:
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- 360 When casting the spell and walking forwards the player will vanish, the conjuration sound effect plays but there is no graphic and no magic cost. The player vanishes for a few seconds and reappears.
- On some occasions, the transparent "ghost" effect of the familiar will be removed upon killing one, and it will appear as a normal wolf but with an amber coat, identical to the Alpha Wolf, a variant of wolf that was removed from the game.
- When walking forward while casting the spell next to the woodcutters, sometimes the water in the river disappears and all you can see is the top sparkling.
Appearances