If you have completed the Dawnguard Questline and killed Harkon, there is the option to cure Serana, if you cure her then your character will never become a pure-blood vampire ever again.
You cannot become a common vampire if you are a werewolf, however, if you want to become a vampire while a werewolf you have to be bitten by a pure-blooded vampire (Serana or Harkon).
You can still become a pure-blooded vampire even if you are a common vampire, the blood of a pure vampire overrides the common vampire blood, but not vice versa.
Obviously you’d choose to become a vampire. To become a Pure Blood Vampire your character must be bitten by another pure-blooded vampire, fortunately this is easily abtainable early on during the Dawnguard Questline.įor those who don’t want to be spoiled for the Dawnguard Questline, you will come across a point where you will be asked if you want to be turned into a pure-blooded vampire or be banished. Once you have contracted the disease you must wait three in-game days as your disease progresses eventually turning you into a vampire. Killing a vampire will make you lose the chance to become a vampire unless you encounter another. You character must contract “Sanguinare Vampiris” by being attacked by a common vampire in battle. To become a common vampire of Skyrim, your character must find a vampire enemy, they can be found in caves such as Broken Fang Cave and Movarth’s Lair etc. Upon becoming a vampire the character will have blood orange glowing eyes as well as a gaunt face and pale skin, your character will also be commented on by NPC’s such as “Your eyes have a hunger to them” or “my god, your as pale as the snow!”. There are multiple ways of becoming a vampire, and different ways for both types of Common and Pure-blood Vampire. The Vanilla base game common Vampires and the Dawnguard pure blooded Vampire Lords.Īlthough both Vampires and Vampire Lords have roughly the same abilities and appearance, Vampire Lords are more stronger and have the ability to transform into a Vampire Lord as well as access blood magic in that form. It is important to note that there are two types of Vampires in Skyrim.