Perk trees in Skyrim Video Game

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is one of the most awaited video game this year. Skyrim is scheduled to be released on the 11th of November for the three main gaming platforms: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and XBox 360.

List of Perks

Alchemy

• Potions are 20% stronger.
• Health, magicka and stamina potions are 25% more effective.
• Poisons are 25% stronger.
• Gives 50% poison resistance.
• Two ingredients can be gathered from plants instead of one and two effects of an ingredient are shown at the first test.

Speech

• Persuasion and intimidation have better chances to be successful.
• Buy items for 10% less and sell for 10% more.
• Buy items with a 10% discount from opposite sex.
• Sell items to merchants that they would not trade in normal circumstances.
• Merchants gain 1000 gold for bartering.
• Invest into shops to raise available gold.

Illusion

• Dual casting to reach more powerful magic spells.
• Spells use less magicka.
• Spells can be casted on higher level animals and people.
• Fear can be used on enemies with higher level.
• Silent spell casting.
• Undead, daedra and automatons don't resist spells.

Conjuration

• More powerful spells with dual casting.
• Weapon spells to enhance weapons.
• Empowered animate undead.

Stronger summons spells.

Destruction

• Increased damage from spells.
• Spells cost less magicka.
• Spells get special effect under some conditions. Enemies on low health flee from battle or can get paralysed.

Alteration

• Spells cost less magicka.
• Longer duration of alteration spells.
• Absorb 30% of the magicka.

Restoration

• Stronger healing spells.
• Spells more powerful against undead.
• 25% faster magicka regeneration.
• Possibility to heal 250 health once a day.
• Healings spells cost lest magicka.

Enchanting

• 20% stronger enchantments.
• 25% stronger enchanted armors.
• More powerful health, stamina spells.

Archery

• 25% more damage from bows.
• Possibility to zoom in.
• Faster movement with a bow in the hands.
• 10% to make a critical hit on the enemies.
• Recover more arrows from dead enemies.
• Draw bow slightly faster.

Sneak

• Improved stealth means harder detection.
• Increased damage when attacking from stealth.
• Less noise production.
• No penalty when running.

Two handed weapons

• Two handed weapons do more damage(20%).
• Special weapons effects such as greatswords do more critical damage and warhammers ignore 25% armor.
• Power attacks cost less stamina.

Heavy armor

• 20% stronger armor.
• Reduced damage when falling in heavy armor.
• No weight and movement penalty in heavy armor.
• A full set gives 25% armor bonus and reflects 10% damage back to the attacker.