Some shouts inSkyrimare useful for their combat potential, like Dragon Aspect (which increases armor and damage output outright) or Elemental Fury (which increases attack speed). Others are more utilitarian and offer alternate ways to travel, like Whirlwind Sprint,or ways to confuse opponents, like Throw Voice. The Become Ethereal shout is one of the latter, though it has its uses in combat as well.
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Become Ethereal doesn’t affect NPCs, it doesn’t change the world ofSkyrimaround the player, and it doesn’t summon an ancient Nord Hero from Sovengarde. Instead, it simply makes the player completely invulnerable for a short period of time. It might seem useless, as you can’t attack while protected, but its uses extend far beyond mitigating damage in a fight.
What Does The Become Ethereal Shout Do?
The Become Ethereal shout makes playersimmune to all types of damagefor a few seconds, and the duration of this invulnerability is increased with each new word of the Thu’um learned. At first, players are only in Ethereal Form for 8 seconds total, but this is increased to 13 and then a whopping 18 seconds by the second and third words learned, respectively.
When it comes to getting around Skyrim there’s nothing more tempting than to jump off high cliffs as a shortcut to valley floors far below. With Become Ethereal, this is possible. It’s also perfect forgetting out of unwinnable situations, avoiding drowning damage, getting past traps in dungeons and ruins, and can even be paired with Cloak spells for a little bit of damage over its duration.
How To Get The Become Ethereal Shout
The word walls for Become Ethereal are located in Ironbind Barrow, Lost Valley Redoubt, and Ustengrav. Ironbind Barrow is a Nordic Ruin west of the Great Lift at Alftland, in themountains northwest of Windhelm. Lost Valley Redoubt is a Forsworn outpost in The Reach in between Markarth and the city of Falkreath – here, the word wall is actually outside.
The word wall in Ustengrav can only be accessed if the player is on (or has completed) the quest “The Horn of Jurgen Windcaller”. This quest is picked up after meeting the Greybeards for the first time and learning the Whirlwind Spring and Unrelenting Force shouts. The word wall is located behind the pedestal that Delphine stole the horn from.
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