Skyrim:Fire Breath

Fire Breath (0003f9ea)
Inhale air, exhale flame, and behold the Thu'um as inferno.
Thu'um	YOL Yol Fire T8R Toor Inferno SHUL Shul Sun
ID	00020e17 00020e18 00020e19
Effects		Recharge	Spell ID
Yol	50 Fire Damage	30	0003f9eb
Yol Toor	70 Fire Damage	50	0003f9ec
Yol Toor Shul	90 Fire Damage	100	0003f9ed
Locations
Dustman's Cairn (quest locked) Sunderstone Gorge Throat of the World (during The Throat of the World)

An elder dragon using the Fire Breath attack on Odahviing

A Fire Wyrm^DB

Fire Breath is a shout that deals fire damage to enemies, and potentially staggers them as well. Its use does not increase XP for the Destruction skill.

Meditation

Meditating on the word Yol with Paarthurnax grants the player The Fire Within, an ability which increases the damage from this shout by 25%.

Dragonborn Flame^DB

Dragonborn adds the Dragonborn Flame ability which summons a Fire Wyrm for 60 seconds when an enemy is killed with the Fire Breath shout. All available words of the shout must be used for a Fire Wyrm to appear. If multiple enemies are killed with the shout, multiple Fire Wyrms will appear.

The Fire Wyrm itself is similar in appearance and behavior to an Ice Wraith. It is resistant to fire and uses a "Fire Bite" attack. When killed or when its timer expires, it explodes, dealing some damage. Unlike other summons, the Fire Wyrm will not follow the player. It is best to kill weaker enemies at the start of a fight with the Fire Breath shout, so the Fire Wyrms can help against stronger enemies of a group.

Related Quests

• Proving Honor: Claim a Fragment of Wuuthrad from Dustman's Cairn.
• The Throat of the World: Receive a lesson from Paarthurnax.

Word Wall Translations

Thu'um	Word Wall	Translation
	Transliteration
Yol	QETHSEGOL V4RUKIV K3R JUN JAFNHAR WO LOS AG N4L1S N1L YOL DO LOT DOV4 LODUNOST	(This) stone commemorates (the) child king Jafnhar who was burned alive by (the) fire of (the) great dragon Lodunost.
	QETHSEGOL VahRUKIV KiiR JUN JAFNHAR WO LOS AG NahLaaS NaaL YOL DO LOT DOVah LODUNOST
Toor	AESA W4L1N QETHSEGOL BR3N43 V4RUKT THOHILD FIN T8R WEN SMOL3N AG FRIN OL S4QO H2M	Aesa raised (this) stone for (her) sister, Thohild the Inferno, whose passion burned hot as (the) Red Forge.
	AESA WahLaaN QETHSEGOL BRiiNahii VahRUKT THOHILD FIN TooR WEN SMOLiiN AG FRIN OL SahQO HeiM
Shul	HET M4 HERFODR SHUL-KR3D S4ROT KON4RIK DO LUMN1R DO KRENT H4NU	Here fell Herfodr Sun-Slayer, mighty warlord of (the) Valley of Broken Dreams.
	HET Mah HERFODR SHUL-KRiiD SahROT KONahRIK DO LUMNaaR DO KRENT HahNU

Notes

• The second and third word of this shout make it increasingly less efficient when it comes to damage per second (dps) per second of cooldown. The first word alone does 1.6 damage per second of cooldown, while the second word and third word only do 1.4 and 0.9 damage per second of cooldown, respectively.
• Like most fire spells, using this shout over an oil slick will ignite it, as well as igniting an area with explosive gas, causing a large explosion. It will also set off any runes (ones you've cast, or hostile runes).

Bugs

• If none or only one of the words of the shout Fire Breath is known when you first approach Paarthurnax at the Throat of the World, and you have a dragon soul in stock, you can use the soul to learn the newly found word on the wall before Paarthurnax unlocks it for you. This results in the "soul" from Paarthurnax teaching you the next word of the shout. This way you can learn two words of the shout at the same time.
  • If you do this when you have no words for Fire Breath, the next word wall for Fire Breath encountered will not unlock the final word. All three locations will still need to be visited to unlock the final word. If you have unlocked one word, you do not have to visit the final location; however, it will still run the animation as if you were learning the word.