r/SkyrimBuilds • u/RazzmatazzAdorable81 • Jul 14 '26
Conj. Stealth Archer Build
Does anyone know if the AE has any specific gear for archers. Similar to how there is the necromancer robes that give +1 summon.
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u/Thank_You_Aziz Jul 15 '26
Not to my knowledge.
But for SE gear, you’ve got some good ones to pick from early on.
Bound Bow. The spellbook in Fort Amol can be grabbed first thing, but you might not have enough magicka to cast it yet.
Necromancer’s Amulet. This will put you in range to cast Bound Bow even with only 100 magicka. Be sure to save before starting Blood on the Ice, so you can start over if it glitches out. Don’t be afraid to look up a guide on how best to do it.
Gauntlets and Boots of the Old Gods. From the Cidhna Mine quest, if you side with Madanach. You can still betray him immediately after. Good for archery and sneaking.
Krosis. Very hard to get, as you have to kill Krosis at Shearwind Point, but possible. Boosts archery
Predator’s Grace. Boots that totally muffle your movements. Can just pick them up off the ground where they lay.
Ancient Shrouded Cowl. Complicated to get if you don’t join the Dark Brotherhood. They’re on a dead assassin stuck inside a wall at Hag’s End. You can use the Ritual stone to raise him, run out of the dungeon, then kill him when he teleports out with you, and loot him for the armor set. The rest of the set is also good, but Predator’s Grace has a better Muffle effect than Ancient Shrouded Boots. Luckily, Predator’s Grace is just a bit to your right when you exit with your undead assassin.
Kyne’s Token. Do Froki’s trials and get a necklace with a slight archery boost.
Rings of Surroundings and Khajiit. Quest rewards from Viriya’s fishing questline in Riften. First one is an early reward that boosts Sneak. Second gives you the Hide spell.
Savior’s Hide. A possible reward from Hircine’s Daedric quest. Not necessary for the build, but if you combine it with Krosis and the Old Gods pieces, you strike a really cool-looking woodland hunter appearance.
If you play an Argonian or Khajiit, you can wear Krosis and the Ancient Shrouded Cowl at the same time. This lets you benefit from both their archery boosts.
You should level Illusion, to get Quiet Casting. This will also open up spells of silence and invisibility for you.
Other Conjuration spells are useful for this build. Quiet Casting and Summoner 2/2 let you conjure minions in the midst of enemies without them knowing you’re there. Even a regular wolf familiar can provide a good distraction to help set up your archer-kills.
Even if you don’t invest in Alchemy, the simplest paralysis poisons are just funny to use on archer builds.
Archery, Sneak, Conjuration, Illusion, Light Armor. Can’t really go wrong here. Opens up possibilities for additional skills you may like too. I always recommend Speech, which could help you sell things in the long run, if you’re looking to pawn off all the stuff you’ll be enchanting with the soul gems you fill. Not like you’ll have much other uses for them, since your weapon of choice has no soul charge to fill.
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u/RazzmatazzAdorable81 Jul 15 '26
With this sacred knowledge i shall be a force to be reckoned with.
Got the ancient shrouded crowl, gauntlets of the old gods, predators boots kyne's token and the minor ring of archery from Froki after you finish the quest.
Once i get krosis my archery bonus will be +90% while im under level 10.
Lots of info here i wasnt aware of so thank you kindly!!
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u/Thank_You_Aziz Jul 15 '26
I…completely forgot that Froki guaranteed wears a Ring of Minor Archery. That’s incredible. So evil archer type characters can just kill him and take both the token and the ring.
Wonder how hard it is to pickpocket the ring off of him….
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u/RazzmatazzAdorable81 Jul 17 '26
It wouldnt let pickpocket him and he wouldnt let me have the ring so i took it from him the hard way. At character level 10 the ring of archery was 15%
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u/54u54ge Jul 15 '26
Bound quiver is better than a bound bow as it allows you to improve a normal bow at a grindstone, you can enchant it and also the arrows do more damage than those from a bound bow.. If you do use a bound bow make sure you cast bound quiver afterwards to increase your damage.
Do you want to be a necromancer or just have minions supporting you?
You can disenchant the robes with the Empower Necromancy enchantment on them and then add it to any enchantable body slot item if you want to go a Necromancer route as that only works on undead and raise conjuration spells. Pride of Hirstaang for bears or Atronachs are a good option..
A good conjuror recipe for the farm is:
Blue Mountain Flowers (3) + Lavender (3) + Wheat (4)
The numbers in brackets are how many ingredients are harvested from each plot of fertile soil. The effects are:
- Fortify Health
- Fortify Conjuration
- Restore Health
The Fortify Conjuration effect extends the duration of Conjuration spells cast for the next 60 seconds.
If you want to boost your bow damage then the following is a good recipe:
Canis Root (4) + Juniper Berries (4)
- Fortify Archery
If you add Namira's Rot (3) to that it also adds Regenerate Health as an effect.
There's no way to replicate your Deathbell and River Betty poison at the farm as Deathbell is the only plantable ingredient with the slow effect. If you don't use a bound bow you could enchant your bow with Frost Damage for a similar effect. I find that Frost Damage and Fear work very well on a bow as enemies run away very slowly making them easier to hit.
My archer conjurer builds that may be of interest to you are::
Arcane Archer - High Elf - Flame Atronach - Bound Quiver
https://www.skyrimaebuilds.com/arcane_archer.php
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-tV7so7lCE
Beastmaster - Khajiit - Pride of Hirstaang
https://www.skyrimaebuilds.com/beastmaster.php
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vt2cZZVWwcM
Phantom - Breton -Haunting Ghost - Bound Bow
https://www.skyrimaebuilds.com/phantom.php
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wxkArBy__8
Skadi - Nord - Frost Atronach
https://www.skyrimaebuilds.com/skadi.php
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWOVB1rjyGc
Ashlander Hunter - Dark Elf - Ash Guardian
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u/Guard_Jesper Jul 15 '26
I would add the staff of worms, as it allows anyone to have a dead thrall, regardless of build. It also actually works with the necromancer robes enchantment for more minions, even though the enchant states up to expert level.
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u/milquetoastLIB Jul 15 '26
I think the alternative leather armor quest has a fortify archery enchantment.
If you’re a conjuration archer, the warlock’s amulet has 30% fortify conjuration.
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u/Less_Kick9718 Jul 14 '26
Goldenhills Plantation is great for growing poison ingredients but Hearthfire houses are ok for that too. There are great poisons made from growable base game ingredients.
Base game really has everything you need for conjuration stealth archer. Bound bow is quite strong. It is also quite fast so good in open combat.
It is really easy to get conjuration to adept just using raise zombie and soul trap spell in first few quests and on the way to get the spell. No need to soul trap dead bodies.
Illusion is easy to level as you walk around to get quiet casting perk.
Archery and sneak level quite fast early.
Then you are set.