Archaeology Skills (SSE) (2024)

SSE Version

After building the Explorer's Society Guild House during A Room with a View the Archaeology Skills table will become available.
It is located next to the entrance from Solitude and contains four book-shaped activators:

• View Excavation Perk Tree
• View Expedition Perk Tree
• View Academia Perk Tree
• Reset Archaeology Perks

Your Archaeology level will increase by one every time you mine an archaeological Dig Site or whenever creating a item at the Archaeology Station. For every 5 levels in the Archaeology skill you gain a perk point that can be invested in any of the three skill trees.

The Reset Archaeology Perks activator can be used to reset all skills so the perk points can de redistributed. This can be done at any time, there's no need to max out a certain skill tree before it can be resetted (unlike the "Legendary" option in the vanilla skill trees).

All of the aforementioned except the Reset can also be done via the "Archaeology" part of the LotD MCM Settings.

Excavation Perk Tree

Excavator Rank 1

1 extra fragment from excavation sites and 20% chance of 1 extra keystone.
Requirement: None

Excavator Rank 2

2 extra fragments from excavation sites and 25% chance of 1 extra keystone.
Requirement: Excavator Rank 1

Excavator Rank 3

3 extra fragments from excavation sites and 30% chance of 1 extra keystone.
Requirement: Excavator Rank 1+2

Relic Hunter

Gives Locate Relic Power, which targets a nearby relic.
Requirement: Excavator Rank 1-3

Surveyor

Gives Survey Dig Site Power which targets a nearby excavation site.
Requirement: Excavator Rank 1-3

Expedition Perk Tree

Pack it in Rank 1

Increase carry capacity by 50.
Requirement: None

Pack it in Rank 2

Increase carry capacity by 75.
Note: Actually it's a 25 point increase bringing the total bonus from Rank 1 and 2 to 75.
Requirement: Pack it in Rank 1

Pack it in Rank 3

Increase carry capacity by 100.
Note: Actually it's a 25 point increase bringing the total bonus from Rank 1, 2 and 3 to 100.
Requirement: Pack it in Rank 1+2

Scrapper

50% bonus to blocking with torches and 25% bonus damage with pickaxes.
Requirement: Pack it in Rank 1-3

Academia Perk Tree

Supporter Branch:

Benefactor

Sell prices on your items is increased by 10%.
Requirement: None

Quartermaster

Provides more gold and inventory to the Explorer's Society Quartermaster shop.
Requirement: Benefactor

Dwemer Branch:

Dwemer Specialization

Resist shock 10%, increased critical chance and damage to automatons by 15%.
Requirement: None

Salvager

Automatons drop increased loot and the possibility of fragments. Enables dwemer fragment recipes at archaeology stations.
Requirement: Dwemer Specialization

Artificer

You can spend 1 Filled Greater Soul Gem to rebuild a fallen automaton as a follower.
Requirement: Dwemer Specialization + Salvager
- You can rebuild as many automaton of any type as you have Greater Soul Gem for, including Dwarven Centurions.
- The rebuilt automatons has the same level as you and will level up with you but not regenerate health and cannot be healed or repaired.
- The rebuilt Dwarven Centurion will not follow you outside from where you rebuild them until you use Fast Travel and will not enter indoor spaces. Smaller automatons like Dwarven Spheres can follow you everywhere normally.
- When the rebuilt automatons die, they will despawn after a few seconds, so it is advised to loot it before rebuilding it. If you can reach the wreck fast enough, you can loot it if you did not, or spend another Greater Soul Gem to rebuild it up again.
- There is no way to "deactivate" or command them to wait without attacking and killing them yourself.

Nordic Branch:

Nordic specialization

Resist Fire 10%, increases critical chance and damage to undead by 15%.
Requirement: None

Exhume

Find increased gems, gold and possible fragments from Draugr, urns and burial remains.
Requirement: Nordic specialization

Walk Amongst the Dead

Provides a power that allows the caster to move unabated amongst the undead.
Requirement: Nordic specialization + Exhume

Falmer and Snow Elf Branch:

Falmer specialization

Resist Poison 10%, increased critical chance and damage to Falmer and Chaurus by 15%.
Requirement: None

Scavenger

Yield more resources and possible fragments from Chaurus and Falmer.
Requirement: Falmer specialization

Tamer's Hand

You have a chance to tame 1 Chaurus at a time by interacting with it.
Requirement: Falmer specialization + Scavenger
- There is no interaction interface. You can tame them by getting close to a Chorus and pressing Interact button repeatedly. If failed, a notification appears on the top left and you can keep trying until success. If success, a notification box appears at the center.
- Works with any kind of Chaurus, including Chaurus Hunters
- If you attempt to tame more Chaurus while you already have one alive, a notification appears that you can only tame 1 Chaurus at a time.
- The tamed Caurus will not follow you outside from where you tame them until you use Fast Travel and will not enter indoor spaces.