Shrine of Talos
Divine	Talos
Blessing	Reduce time between Shouts by 20%

A Shrine of Talos is a blessing shrine consecrated to one of the Nine Divines, found in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

Blessing EffectsEdit

Activating the shrine confers the Blessing of Talos for a duration of eight hours.

• Reduces cool-down time between Shouts by 20%.
• Cures all diseases (except active vampirism/lycanthropy).

Only one blessing (effect) can be active at one time. Praying at a different shrine will remove this effect.

CraftingEdit

This shrine can be crafted for a homestead as part of The Elder Scrolls V: Hearthfire. It requires the following components:

• 1 x Amulet of Talos
• 1 x Dragon Bone
• 1 x Dragon Scales
• 1 x Steel Ingot

LocationsEdit

Other LocationsEdit

• A shrine is located outside the entrance to the Thieves Guild. Nura Snow-Shod can be found in front of the shrine.
• A shrine is located in Whiterun, just at the base of the stairs leading up to Dragonsreach. Heimskr is the main attendant of this shrine.
• One is on a small peninsula to the west of Whiterun.
• A shrine can be found in Bloated Man's Grotto (At the far west end of the mountain range, west of Riverwood). The statue of Talos is the resting place of Bolar's Oathblade.
• Another is northeast of Ysgramor's Tomb. In front can be found the dead body of Ilas-Tei, an Argonian apprentice mage who was practicing spells on skeevers, apparently without success.
• On a small island west of The College of Winterhold (same location as Velehk Sain's Treasure.)
• There is a shrine hidden just south of the Tower Stone and east of Hob's Fall Cave. This shrine is a random encounter location.
• There is another shrine due east of the Tower Stone on an island.
• In the snowy mountain above Froki's Shack , east of Autumnwatch Tower . This is also a location for the unique Imperial Helmet (Spartan Variant).
• A shrine is located inside Fellglow Keep, in the first room coming from the Fellglow Keep Dungeons with the Novice Conjurer and Apprentice Storm Mage. The shrine has fallen over and is laying facing upward on a pile of rubble. No blessing can be received from it. (Instead, the blessing can be activated via the Talos symbol laying on the broken table with a large stone on top, directly across from the statue.)

TriviaEdit

• These shrines often contain offerings to Talos including medium level weapons and armors most often Imperial gear, steel or steel plate. It can be beneficial for a low-level character to seek out these shrines, taking the offerings for better armor and weapons or to make some gold.
• The plethora of offerings at the shrines outside of the cities in Skyrim implies that many people are still worshipping Talos, but taking precautions so as to not be caught by Thalmor Justiciars.
• Random encounter locations are near several of the shrines. This can sometimes lead to Thalmor Justicars attacking the Dragonborn for being a Talos worshipper.
• The large number of shrines might be due to the banning of the worship of Talos, forcing his worshippers into secluded areas.

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BugsEdit

•  PC   360   PS3  The description for the Blessing of Talos reads "Time between shouts is reduced 0%." This is due to the game using the decimal form of 20%, which is 0.2. That 0.2 rounds down in the description to 0, making it appear as if the blessing has no effect, even though it does properly assign the bonus. There is no current fix for this and having this bug once will ensure having it for the duration of the game.
•  PC   360   PS3  Bringing a follower during The Forsworn Conspiracy quest may permanently make the follower stuck at the temple. If married to the follower, it may be impossible to get them out of the temple. Even after finishing the next quest (No One Escapes Cidhna Mine), the follower is still stuck. Also, waiting an entire month does not fix it nor will telling the follower to go home. No fixes have been confirmed at this point so it is not recommended to have a follower during this quest.
•  PC   360   PS3  After the completion of The Forsworn Conspiracy and No One Escapes Cidhna Mine the Dragonborn may still be confronted by the corrupt guards upon entering the Shrine of Talos who will reenter the dialogue to arrest them and take them to the Cidhna Mine. There doesn't seem to be a way to fix this and even after waiting days or weeks the guards will not leave the Shrine.
•  PC   360   PS3  Unable to craft a shrine even with multiple amulets due to it being a quest item. New amulets collected after getting Hearthfire have been kbown to work.
•  PS3  : The current effect displays reduce shout time by 0%. On another wiki some notes say that even though it doesnt display a percentage it should still have an effect, but it should be tested further. In the mean time use an "Amulet of Talos" instead.