Corrupted Shades are a variety of skeleton which has more ghostly qualities than the standard skeleton. All versions have a 25% chance of dropping one sample of bone meal. Interestingly, they share none of the resistances to frost or poison that other undead do.
In the base game, corrupted shades are only found in the Kilkreath Ruins. They have been created by Malkoran from the casualties of the ongoing war. They can have Stormcloak or Imperial Legion model types, and have leveled souls.
If Dragonborn is installed, a distinct new version appears in Vahlok's TombDB. They are weaker than the other types, and have petty souls.
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| Creature (ID) | Lvl |  |
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Carries | Factions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corrupted Shade Imperial, Melee: (0009CB62) |
PC×1 (max=100) |
30+(PC-1)×10 | 0 | 80+(PC-1)×5 | Imperial Sword | dunKilkreathFaction |
| Corrupted Shade Imperial, Missile: (000E77DA) |
Imperial Bow, Steel Arrows, Imperial Sword |
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| Corrupted Shade Stormcloak, Melee: (0009CB63) |
Leveled Two-handed Weapon (Iron or Steel) |
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| Corrupted Shade Stormcloak, Missile: (000E77DB) |
Hunting Bow, Steel Arrows, Steel Dagger |
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| Corrupted ShadeDB Vahlok's Tomb: (xx026373) |
1 | 30 | 80 | Leveled Sword or War Axe (Ancient Nord or Honed) |
Creature Faction; Skeleton Faction; DLC2SV01TombFaction |
NotesEdit
- Despite its similar appearance, Malkoran's Shade is technically considered to be a Dragon Priest.
- Corrupted Shades can be Paralyzed.
- Imperial desecrated corpses are all clad in heavy armor, with the shades sporting the officer helmet. It seems that early in development, this was the standard Imperial soldier outfit. This was obviously changed later on, but this remnant of it still remains.
BugsEdit
- At close range the bow variant will put away its bow and not pull out a close range weapon, although it has its arms raised it will not attack, essentially allowing you to kill it.