Skyrim Shouts: How to Unlock All Dragon Shouts
Dragon shouts are the defining abilities of the Dragonborn in Skyrim. There are 27 dragon shouts in Skyrim that grant Dragonborn with unusual powers that can change the course of the game. Our guide will provide you with tips on how to unlock all dragon shouts in Skyrim.
These magical abilities need to be learnt after discovering Word Walls, special places of power that are protected by dragons. There you can learn words of power that unleash the power of dragon shouts within Dragonborn.
How to Unlock All Dragon Shouts in Skyrim
Before you can start unlocking dragon shouts in Skyrim, you need to complete "The Horn of Jurgen Windcaller" quest, given by Arngeir at High Hrothgar, Whiterun. Once this quest is done, you need to return to Arngier and ask him the following question during your dialogue:
"Have you located any Words of Power?"
He will then give you the locations to the Word Walls (indicated on the map above) that contain all the words of power for unlocking dragon shouts. But remember that the dragon Paarthurnax must not be killed before this conversation, or Arngier will not give you the locations.
Each dragon shout requires three words of power to be fully unlocked, and each word can be found at different Word Walls. Each word will require one dragon soul to be unlocked. You can acquire dragon souls by defeating dragons.
Here are the locations of all dragon shouts in Skyrim:
| Dragon Shout |
Word Wall Locations | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Animal Allegiance | Angarvunde Ancient's Ascent Ysgramor's Tomb |
Calls nearby animals to aid the Dragonborn |
| Aura Whisper | Northwind Summit Valthume Volunruud |
Detects the presence of Animunculi, Undead, and Daedra |
| Battle Fury | Vahlok's Tomb | Enchants nearby allies' weapons |
| Become Ethereal | Ironbind Barrow Lost Valley Redoubt Ustengrav |
Dragonborn becomes immune to all damage |
| Bend Will | Saering's Watch Apocrypha Skaal Village |
Controls the will of animals, people, and dragons |
| Call Dragon | Sky Haven Temple, or High Hrothgar |
Summons Odahviing dragon |
| Call of Valor | Sovngarde | Summons one of the Hall of Valor heroes |
| Clear Skies | High Hrothgar | Clears up all weather effects |
| Cyclone | Benkongerike Kolbjorn Barrow White Ridge Sanctum |
Summons cyclone weather effect |
| Disarm | Eldersblood Peak Silverdrift Lair Snow Veil Sanctum |
Disarms all enemies up to Level 30 |
| Dismay | Dead Crone Rock Lost Tongue Overlook Shalidor's Maze |
Makes enemies flee |
| Dragon Aspect | Apocrypha Bloodskal Barrow Temple of Miraak |
Dragonborn obtains the power of a dragon |
| Dragonrend | Throat of the World | Forces a dragon to land |
| Drain Vitality | Arcwind Point Dimhollow Crypt Forgotten Vale |
Deals five points of damage a second to stamina, magicka, and health |
| Elemental Fury | Dragontooth Crater Shriekwind Bastion Statue to Meridia |
Adds wind speed to a melee weapon |
| Fire Breath | Dustman's Cairn Sunderstone Gorge Throat of the World |
Unleashes a fire bolt |
| Frost Breath | Bonestrewn Crest Folgunthur Skyborn Altar |
Unleashes a force of frost |
| Ice Form | Frostmere Crypt Mount Anthor Saarthal |
Unleashes a freezing force |
| Kyne's Peace | Ragnvald Rannveig's Fast Shroud Hearth Barrow |
Calms wild animals |
| Marked for Death | Autumnwatch Tower Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary Forsaken Cave |
Makes enemies lose armor and health |
| Soul Tear | Durnehviir | Rips enemy's soul out, dealing lots of damage |
| Slow Time | Hag's End Korvanjund Labyrinthian |
Slows time down |
| Storm Call | Forelhost High Gate Ruins Skuldafn |
Summons heavy rainfall and thunderstorm |
| Summon Durnehviir | Durnehviir | Summons Durnehviir undead dragon |
| Throw Voice | Shearpoint | Distracts enemies |
| Unrelenting Force | Bleak Falls Barrow High Hrothgar |
Staggers enemies |
| Whirlwind Sprint | Dead Men's Respite High Hrothgar Volskygge |
Dragonborn dashes forward |
Once a dragon shout has been discovered, follow these steps to activate it:
- Open the game's main menu
- Go to "Magic" menu
- Select "Dragon Shouts" sub-menu
- Select the unlocked dragon shout
- Press "R" on PC, "Square" on PS3/4/5, "X" on Xbox 360/One/X/S, or "Y" on Switch
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Serhii Patskan
Sergey has been a freelancer in the video games industry for more than five years, writing for various publications around the world. His favorite games are MtG, Dark Souls, Diablo, and Divinity: Original Sin.
