Skyrim Standing Stones

13 Standing Stones

All 13 Skyrim standing stones, the permanent bonus each grants, and where to find it.

Activate a standing stone to claim its blessing — you can only have one active at a time, and switching is free. Search by name or filter by the hold the stone sits in.

	Group	Effect	Hold
The Apprentice Stone	Standing Stone	Magicka regenerates twice as fast, but your weakness to magic is doubled.	Hjaalmarch
The Atronach Stone	Standing Stone	Grants +50 Magicka and a 50% chance to absorb the magicka of incoming spells, but Magicka regenerates 50% slower.	Eastmarch
The Lady Stone	Standing Stone	Health and Stamina regenerate 25% faster.	Falkreath
The Lord Stone	Standing Stone	Grants +50 armor rating and 25% resistance to magic.	The Pale
The Lover Stone	Standing Stone	All skills improve 15% faster — a generalist alternative to the Guardian Stones.	The Reach
The Mage Stone	Guardian	Magic skills — Illusion, Conjuration, Destruction, Restoration, Alteration and Enchanting — improve 20% faster.	Falkreath
The Ritual Stone	Standing Stone	Once a day, reanimate every nearby corpse to fight for you for 200 seconds.	Whiterun Hold
The Serpent Stone	Standing Stone	Once a day, a ranged attack that paralyses a target for 5 seconds and deals 25 poison damage.	Winterhold
The Shadow Stone	Standing Stone	Once a day, become invisible for 60 seconds.	The Rift
The Steed Stone	Standing Stone	Carry weight increases by 100 and equipped armor no longer slows you down.	Haafingar
The Thief Stone	Guardian	Stealth skills — Alchemy, Light Armor, Lockpicking, Pickpocket, Sneak and Speech — improve 20% faster.	Falkreath
The Tower Stone	Standing Stone	Once a day, automatically open any Expert-level or lower lock.	The Pale
The Warrior Stone	Guardian	Combat skills — One-handed, Two-handed, Archery, Block, Smithing and Heavy Armor — improve 20% faster.	Falkreath