Introduction | Vampire Lord path TES V: Skyrim - Dawnguard Guide

Last update: 11 May 2016

If you accept Lord Harkon's offer, you will lose consciousness and wake up nearby a well full of blood. The powerful vampire will teach you how to use your new powers. Start off by heading to the Magic menu, choose Powers and the Vampire Lord skill. Now if you press RB, you will change into a Vampire Lord.

In your new form, you gain a few interesting skills. You use RT to deal damage and LT to raise the fallen to fight alongside you. Additionally by using the D-pad you can assign three spells to RB: quickly moving in a swarm of bats (Bats), seeing in darkness (Vampire's Sight) and returning to your normal form (Revert Form).

Soon afterwards Lord Harkon will also tech you melee combat. To attack with your claws, land on ground (LS) and alternate between pressing LT and RT. The Vampire Lord has also a skill tree of his own. You can check it out by pressing B. New perks are unlocked for killing victims with drain vitality and biting.

The last thing you should know about vampires is their weakness of sunlight. The longer you don't suck blood out of people or drain it in the Lord form, the weaker you become because of sunlight (however the power of vampire skills grow). When you're fed, you can walk during the day without any problems. After you learn everything, accept the first mission from the Lord.