Skyrim:Disease

Contracting a disease weakens specific skills or attributes of your character. Disease effects remain active until cured, for example with a potion or at the shrines in most cities. Unlike in Oblivion, there is no Cure Disease spell. One particularly notable and somewhat unique disease is Sanguinare Vampiris, which transforms your character into a vampire three days after contracting it if left untreated. Multiple disease effects stack together. Carrying a disease may cause NPCs to say that your character looks sickly or should go to bed, although Arcadia in Whiterun will say things like this even if your character is healthy.

There are a number of ways to contract diseases in Skyrim, perhaps most commonly by contact with a creature, animal, or even some NPCs. Most diseases can also be contracted through traps found outside throughout Skyrim or in various dungeons. For those diseases, the first ID in the following table is for the disease when caught from a creature, and the second ID is the trap-specific version. Although the physical effects of the two versions of the disease are the same, the descriptions are often slightly different. Go to a shrine in any of the cities to cure a disease. You can also buy or create potions to cure diseases, but shrines are free.

Disease	ID	Description	Source
Ataxia	000b877c	Picking locks and picking pockets is 25% harder.	Skeever
	0010a24a	Picking locks and picking pockets is 25% harder.	Traps
Black Heart BlightDB	xx01ff2e	Drains 10 points from Carry Weight.	(?)
Bone Break Fever	000b877e	Drains 25 points from Stamina.	Bear
	0010a24c	Drains 25 points of Stamina.	Traps
Brain Rot	000b877f	Drains 25 points from Magicka.	Hagraven
	0010a24d	Drains 25 points of Magicka.	Traps
DroopsDB	xx0285c1	One-handed and two-handed weapon damage is 15% lower.	Ash Hoppers
Rattles	000b8781	Stamina regenerates 50% more slowly.	Chaurus
	0010a24e	Stamina regenerates 50% more slowly.	Traps
Rockjoint	000b8782	You are 25% less effective with melee weapons.	Wolf
	0010a24f	You are 25% less effective with melee weapons.	Traps
Sanguinare Vampiris	000b8780	Reduces Health by 25. Progresses to Vampirism.	Vampires
Witbane	000b8783	Magicka regenerates 50% more slowly.	Sabre Cat
	0010a250	Magicka regenerates 50% more slowly.	Traps

Notes

• Argonians and Bosmer both have a constant Resist Disease 50% ability.
• Werewolves and vampires are both completely immune to all diseases.
• Spell Absorption provides protection against disease.

Bugs

• The player can occasionally still contract diseases from traps despite being a vampire or werewolf, which both have a constant 100% disease resistance.