Health (Morrowind)

For other uses, see Health.

Health in The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind represents the total amount of damage a character or creature can take before dying. Health also affects the ability to resist diseases. Should a character or creature's health reach or become less than zero, they will die. Essential Characters can be killed, unlike other games in The Elder Scrolls series.

Health increases with each level gained, when certain items are equipped, and if certain spells are currently active. Characters and creatures have health correspondent to their level and equipped items. Health can be restored through magic, consuming potions and beverages, or by leveling up. Fast traveling and waiting also fully restore health.

Mechanics[]

The starting health of the Nerevarine is equal to the sum of Strength and Endurance divided by 2. The Lady birthsign does not affect starting health. The bonus health gain from leveling up is not retroactive. Therefore, it is most advantageous to build up Endurance early on to maximize health. However, future changes in Endurance still affect the base quantity Health. The primary way to permanently increase health is to increase Endurance after leveling up.

Restoring health[]

Health can be restored through magic, consuming potions and beverages, or by leveling up. Waiting and resting in a bed or on a bench also fully restores health. Ingredients also restore health and can produce potions that do the same. Unless the ingredient has a health-related effect as its first effect, the ingredient must be first combined with related ingredients via alchemy to make a potion with that effect.

Show: Spells
The following spells restore health: Hearth Heal Regenerate

Show: Ingredients
The following ingredients restore health: Corkbulb Root Corprus Weepings Emerald Marshmerrow Raw Stalhrim Resin Saltrice Sweetpulp Wickwheat

Damaging health[]

Health can be damaged by various combat means, from magic spells to sword cuts. Potion ingredients and spells can also reproduce these effects. Sources that negatively affect health can either damage health directly, drain health by decreasing its maximum value, or absorb health by siphoning from the target to the caster.

Damage health[]

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The following spells damage health: Ash Curse: Health Black Hand Blood Sacrifice Daedric Bite Dratha's Spite Dread Curse: Health Firefist Five Fingers of Pain Frostfist Ghost Curse Grave Curse: Health Hand of Araynys Hand of Dagoth Hand of Gilvoth Hand of Vemyn hand of Vivec Heartbite Lifeforce Trap Projectile Trap Spell ^TR Spirit Knife Star-Curse Stormhand Suicide Test Spell Vampire's Kiss Vivec's Wrath Weak From Bloodlust ^BM Wrath of Araynys Wrath of Dagoth Wrath of Gilvoth Wrath of Uthol Wrath of Vemyn Wrath of Vivec

Show: Ingredients
The following ingredients damage health: Meadow Rye Nirthfly Stalks Noble Sedge Flowers Poison Scrib Cabbage

Drain health[]

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The following spells drain health: Ash Feast Curse Health Drain Blood Force Bolt Hand of Decay Proximity Mine Life ^TR Sphere of Negation Weeping Wound Wild Weeping Wound Wizard's Fire Wound Wounding Touch

Show: Ingredients
The following ingredients drain health: Coda Flower Corprusmeat Ectoplasm Fire Petal Fire Salts Gold Kanet Green Lichen Horn Lily Bulb Roobrush Ruby Scathecraw Scrap Metal

Absorb health[]

Show: Spells
The following spells absorb health: Absorb Health (touch) Absorb Health (Morrowind Target Spell) (target) Almalexia's Wrath ^TR Life Force Righteousness Vampire Touch

Note: There are no alchemical ingredients with the 'absorb health' effect.

Attributes in The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
Primary	Agility Endurance Intelligence Luck Personality Speed Strength Willpower
Secondary	Encumbrance Fatigue Health Magicka