Frost Rager

Orc - Battleaxe - Heavy - Barbarian

Background

A frostrager is a powerful and dangerous warrior gifted with a terrible fury that infuses his weapons with cold shards of ice. In battle they can be matched by few and they tend to revel in destruction and slaughter a little too much.

Weapons

Any two-handed weapon at the start of the game. I made a Steel Battleaxe and then an Ocish Battleaxe when I acquired the Orcish Smithing perk. The final weapon is a Stalhrim Battleaxe which can be purchased from Grover Mallory in Raven Rock at around level 40. When Stalhrim gear starts appearing you can do a quick save, attack and quick load until the armour appears in his inventory.

Armor

Any heavy armour at the start of the game. I started by crafting a set of Steel Soldier Armor and when I unlocked Orcish Smithing I moved to a full set of Orcish Plate Armor. The final gear is Helm of Oreyn Bearclaw, Stalhrim Heavy Armor, Iron Spell Knight Boots and Gauntlets.

The Helm of Oreyn Bearclaw is available in Gallows Hall which is at Mara’s Eye Pond to south west of Windhelm. It's in the downstairs section with the bedroom.

Stalhrim Heavy Armor can be purchased from Grover Mallory in Raven Rock at a little below level 40. When Stalhrim gear starts appearing you can do a quick save, attack and quick load until the armour appears in his inventory.

Iron Spell Knight Boots and Gauntlets can be acquired during a quest which is started by reading the journal in the first room on the right in Silver-Blood Inn Markarth.

Spells

Alteration for utility spells. Destruction for fire and forget Frost spells and Restoration for healing spells.

Standing Stones

The Atronach Stone for 50% spell absorption, 50 Magicka but -50% Magicka regeneration.

Shrines

Use a Shrine of Talos for the 20% reduction to shout cooldowns.

Shouts

Character Creation

Female Orc

Orcs and Imperials are joint first with a 25/35 skill point boost. I went with Orc for the look but also for the Berserker Rage racial power whihc fits better with a Frostrager. It can be used once every in game day and gives you double damage while also taking half normal damage.

Pick female as the sex for your character as there are more male humanoids than females to fight in Skyrim so the 10% damage bonus against the opposite sex from Agent of Dibella gets more use. Dwemer Automatons are all classed as male.

Attribute Distribution

Place attribute points at 0 / 2 / 1. At level 60 which is required for all the perks the attributes are:

Perk Point Distribution

The skill boosts for Orcs are marked in bold.

Skills and Perks

Mage Skills

Warrior Skills

Rogue Skills

Spells

Alteration

The Detect Life spellbook can be obtained in Whiterun by taking to the Steward in Dragonsreach and following the quest to the Stables. Cast this spell in the market to level Alteration.

Conjuration

Soul Trap is used to level Conjuration and also fill soul gems.

Destruction

Dual casting Frost Cloak with the Destruction Dual Casting perk significantly increases the size of the area it does damage in. A Fortify Destruction potion extends this even further.

Unbounded Freezing can be used to level Destruction quickly by casting it and fast travelling. I made Destruction legendary as with all skills at 100 additional levels were needed. The spll is found in Hob's Fall Cave

Illusion

Courage can be used to level illusion.

Restoration

With the Respite perk healing spells are a great source of out of combat Stamina.

Enchantments

The effects listed below are based upon 100 Enchanting skill, all the enchanting perks in the build and with a set of enchanted crafting gear. Read my guide on making crafting gear if you are not familiar with it.

With the Sallowed Regent Black Book the magnitude of all enchantments can be increased.

Please note that Black Books can only be used on Solstheim.

The magnitude of the enchantments can be further increased by equipping 4 pieces of Azhidal's gear.

Alchemy

Potion of Fortify Health

All of the ingredients can be found in or around Whiterun.

Potion of Fortify Two-handed

Go to Kynesgrove to gather all the Dragon’s Tongue you need. The mine also has all the Fly Amanita you need. Blisterwort can be found at Reachwater Rock where there are 4, Arcadia’s Cauldron has at least 3.

The Frenzy in this potion does nothing to the player and I added it for roleplay purposes. You can therefore ignore the Blisterwort if you want and add 3 extra Dragon's Tongue and Fly Amanita to make more of this potion without the Frenzy instead.

Potion of Fortify Enchanting

Dreugh Wax and Stoneflower Petals are only available from Khajiit caravans. Some travel between Whiterun and Markarth. Snowberries are abundant near Windhelm.

Potion of Fortify Smithing

Dreugh Wax and Gold Kanet are only available from Khajiit caravans. Some travel between Whiterun and Markarth. Glowing Mushrooms are in Falmer caves.

Farming

For more information on getting to and setting up your farm read my guide.

Main Area (27)

Side Area (11)

Planters (6)

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