

While they have this effect, Dreamsteal won't work on them again. Once cast on a sleeping NPC, that NPC gains the Dreamsteal active effect for 43,200 seconds (12 hours). Both of the damaging components of the enchantment, Waking Nightmare and Psychic Agony, affect only targets who are awake. The staff should never harm a sleeping NPC. If equipped, guards will make comments about the staff: "What manner of staff is that? Such a horror." and "What a foul and unnatural weapon you wield. To Dreamsteal, you simply cast it on a sleeping person and it will collect their dreams however, it will still need to be charged with soul gems as well. The Skull of Corruption is a dream-powered staff given by Vaermina as a reward for completing the Waking Nightmare quest in Dawnstar. The Spear of Bitter Mercy CC is an unobtainable artifact that is used by the goblin Gogh.

Improving enchanted items requires the Arcane Blacksmith perk. The material and perk relevant to each item is given below. Some of them may be improved by smithing. None of these artifacts can be disenchanted to learn the enchantment. The definition used for artifacts on this article is that the item must meet all three of the following requirements: Many of the artifacts in Skyrim have appeared in previous Elder Scrolls games, as listed at the Lore article on artifacts.
