Repel Lesser Undead

School	Restoration
Level	Adept
Magicka Cost	115
Casting	Fire and Forget
Delivery	Aimed
Effect	All affected undead up to level 8 flee for 30 seconds.
Duration	30 seconds
Perk	Adept Restoration (1)
Spell Tome	Spell Tome: Repel Lesser Undead
Game/DLC	Skyrim

Repel Lesser Undead is the Adept Restoration spell for driving off a group of undead. It sends out a swirling wave that makes every undead it hits, up to level 8, flee for 30 seconds. Unlike the Turn Undead spells, it can catch several undead at once. Repel Undead is the stronger Expert version.

Repel Lesser Undead belongs to the middle of the game, once Restoration reaches the Adept rank. Colette Marence at the College of Winterhold sells the tome. It can also be a reward for the quest Pilgrimage.

Spell Tome

Repel Lesser Undead is learned by reading Spell Tome: Repel Lesser Undead. Colette Marence sells the tome. The spell is also taught during Pilgrimage.

How It Plays

Repel Lesser Undead is a fire and forget spell. It sends out a swirling wave instead of a single bolt. Every undead creature the wave touches, up to level 8, turns and flees for half a minute. Draugr, skeletons and vampires all count as undead.

It works best when a group of undead is already close. A narrow crypt corridor full of skeletons is the ideal place for it.

Compared with Turn Undead

Turn Undead, the other Adept spell, turns a single undead creature up to level 13. Repel Lesser Undead reaches weaker undead, but it can catch several at once. A caster who faces many weak undead gains more from the wave. A caster who faces one strong draugr gains more from Turn Undead.

Repel Undead, the Expert spell, sends out the same kind of wave against undead up to level 16.

Perks and Training

The Adept Restoration perk halves the cost of the spell. Necromage raises the level of undead it can repel and makes the fear last longer. Restoration Dual Casting stretches the fear too, though it leaves the level limit unchanged.

The repel spells are strong for training Restoration, since every undead the wave touches gives experience. A group of skeletons that walks toward the caster in a line can raise the skill quickly.

Quest Background

The quest Pilgrimage can award the tome. Alessandra, the priestess of Arkay who tends the Hall of the Dead in Riften, asks for her ceremonial dagger to be taken to Andurs at the Hall of the Dead in Whiterun. Her late father lies there, and the dagger lets her make peace with him. Her reward is a Restoration spell tome, and a character with Restoration of 40 or more can receive Repel Lesser Undead.

What Counts as Undead

The wave works on every kind of undead in Skyrim. Draugr, skeletons, ghosts, dragon priests and vampires all count, as do corpses raised by necromancers. Repel Lesser Undead costs 115 magicka at a skill of zero, compared with 168 for the single target Turn Undead.

Gameplay Tips

The Necromage perk lets the spell repel stronger undead and makes the effect last longer.

Spell Categories

All Restoration Spells

Novice

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

Name	Image	Cost	Casting	Effect
Healing		12 per second	Concentration	Heals the caster 10 points per second.
Lesser Ward		34 per second	Concentration	Increases armor rating by 40 points and negates up to 40 points of spell damage or effects.

Apprentice

Apprentice spells need a little practice in the school.

Name	Cost	Casting	Effect
Fast Healing	73	Fire and Forget	Heals the caster 50 points.
Healing Hands	25 per second	Concentration	Heals the target 10 points per second, but not undead, atronachs or machines.
Steadfast Ward	58 per second	Concentration	Increases armor rating by 60 points and negates up to 60 points of spell damage or effects.
Turn Lesser Undead	84	Fire and Forget	Undead up to level 6 flee for 30 seconds.
Necromantic Healing	37 per second	Concentration	Heals the undead target 10 points per second, but not the living, atronachs or machines.
Sun Fire	24	Fire and Forget	Ball of sunlight that does 25 points of damage to undead.

Adept

Adept spells are the middle rank and hit noticeably harder.

Name	Cost	Casting	Effect
Close Wounds	126	Fire and Forget	Heals the caster 100 points.
Greater Ward	86 per second	Concentration	Increases armor rating by 80 points and negates up to 80 points of spell damage or effects.
Heal Other	80	Fire and Forget	Heals the target 75 points, but not undead, atronachs or machines.
Repel Lesser Undead	115	Fire and Forget	All affected undead up to level 8 flee for 30 seconds.
Turn Undead	168	Fire and Forget	Undead up to level 13 flee for 30 seconds.
Heal Undead	115	Fire and Forget	Heals the undead target 75 points, but not the living, atronachs or machines.
Stendarr's Aura	248	Fire and Forget	For 60 seconds, undead in melee range take 10 points sun damage per second.
Vampire's Bane	72	Fire and Forget	Sunlight explosion that does 40 points of damage in a 15 foot radius to undead.
Poison Rune	246	Fire and Forget	Targets that fail to resist take 3 points of poison damage per second for 30 seconds.

Expert

Expert spells are powerful and expensive to cast.

Name	Cost	Casting	Effect
Circle of Protection	171	Fire and Forget	Undead up to level 20 entering the circle will flee.
Grand Healing	254	Fire and Forget	Heals everyone close to the caster 200 points.
Repel Undead	353	Fire and Forget	All affected undead up to level 16 flee for 30 seconds.
Turn Greater Undead	267	Fire and Forget	Undead up to level 21 flee for 30 seconds.

Master

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

Name	Image	Cost	Casting	Effect
Bane of the Undead		988	Fire and Forget	Sets undead up to level 30 on fire and makes them flee for 30 seconds.
Guardian Circle		716	Fire and Forget	Undead up to level 35 entering the circle will flee. Caster heals 20 health per second inside it.