Orum's Aquatic Escape

School	Illusion
Level	Adept
Magicka Cost	165
Casting	Fire and Forget
Delivery	Self
Effect	Caster is invisible for 15 seconds. Activating an object or attacking will break the spell. Can breathe water for 15 seconds. Improved night vision for 15 seconds.
Duration	15 seconds
Perk	Adept Illusion (1)
Spell Tome	Spell Tome: Orum's Aquatic Escape
Game/DLC	Creation Club

Orum's Aquatic Escape is an Adept Illusion spell from the Arcane Accessories Creation. For 15 seconds, the caster turns invisible, can breathe underwater and sees better in the dark. Activating an object or attacking ends the spell early.

Spell Tome

Orum's Aquatic Escape is learned by reading Spell Tome: Orum's Aquatic Escape. Drevis Neloren and Sybille Stentor sell the tome. The spell is also taught during The Lost Library.

Orum's Aquatic Escape Map Location

Orum's Aquatic Escape map location:
A copy of the tome waits in the Ancient Tome Chest, deep in Hob's Fall Cave on the Winterhold coast. Opening the chest completes The Lost Library and gives every Arcane Accessories spell tome at once.

Map credit by Map Genie.

How It Plays

Orum's Aquatic Escape is cast on the caster and lasts 15 seconds. During that time the caster is invisible, can breathe underwater and sees better in the dark. Like Invisibility, the spell ends early when the caster attacks or activates an object.

The spell is made for a quick getaway across water. A thief who is spotted near a river or a lake can vanish, dive in and swim away unseen. The night vision helps in murky water and dark caves.

Compared with Other Spells

Invisibility, the base game Expert spell, hides the caster for 30 seconds. Waterbreathing, an Alteration spell, lets the caster breathe underwater for a minute. Orum's Aquatic Escape combines both effects and night vision into one Adept spell, at the price of a much shorter duration.

The Adept Illusion perk halves the cost of the spell. Illusion Dual Casting makes all three effects last more than twice as long.

Origins

The spell comes with the Arcane Accessories Creation for the Creation Club. The pack adds sixteen spells and a set of mage robes, and Orum's Aquatic Escape first appeared in the Spell Tomes add-on for Oblivion.

Compared with Invisibility

Orum's Aquatic Escape costs 165 magicka at a skill of zero, about half of the 334 of Invisibility. Its invisibility lasts 15 seconds instead of 30, but it also brings waterbreathing and night vision. For a mage in the middle of the game, 15 seconds of invisibility is usually enough to slip past a group or escape a fight.

Spell Categories

All Illusion Spells

Novice

Novice spells are the first a mage learns and cost the least magicka.

Name	Cost	Casting	Effect
Clairvoyance	25 per second	Concentration	Shows the path to the current goal.
Courage	39	Fire and Forget	Target won't flee for 60 seconds and gets some extra health and stamina.
Fury	67	Fire and Forget	Creatures and people up to level 6 will attack anything nearby for 30 seconds.

Apprentice

Apprentice spells need a little practice in the school.

Name	Cost	Casting	Effect
Calm	146	Fire and Forget	Creatures and people up to level 9 won't fight for 30 seconds.
Fear	153	Fire and Forget	Creatures and people up to level 9 flee from combat for 30 seconds.
Muffle	144	Fire and Forget	You move more quietly for 180 seconds.

Adept

Adept spells are the middle rank and hit noticeably harder.

Name	Cost	Casting	Effect
Frenzy	209	Fire and Forget	Creatures and people up to level 14 will attack anyone nearby for 60 seconds.
Rally	113	Fire and Forget	Targets won't flee for 60 seconds and get extra health and stamina.
Frenzy Rune	278	Fire and Forget	Targets up to level 20 that fail to resist are frenzied for 30 seconds.
Orum's Aquatic Escape	165	Fire and Forget	Caster is invisible for 15 seconds. Activating an object or attacking will break the spell. Can breathe water for 15 seconds. Improved night vision for 15 seconds.

Expert

Expert spells are powerful and expensive to cast.

Name	Cost	Casting	Effect
Invisibility	334	Fire and Forget	Caster is invisible for 30 seconds. Activating an object or attacking will break the spell.
Pacify	290	Fire and Forget	Creatures and people up to level 20 won't fight for 60 seconds.
Rout	316	Fire and Forget	Creatures and people up to level 20 flee from combat for 30 seconds.
Fenrik's Welcome	116	Fire and Forget	Caster becomes invisible and can open locks with level Expert and below for 5 seconds. Activating an object or attacking will break the spell.

Master

Master spells are the strongest in the school and need the most skill.

Name	Cost	Casting	Effect
Call to Arms	655	Fire and Forget	Targets have improved combat skills, health and stamina for 10 minutes.
Harmony	1052	Fire and Forget	Creatures and people up to level 25 nearby won't fight for 60 seconds.
Hysteria	866	Fire and Forget	Creatures and people up to level 25 flee from combat for 60 seconds.
Mayhem	990	Fire and Forget	Creatures and people up to level 25 will attack anyone nearby for 60 seconds.