How do I restore damaged attributes?

[Crims]

Altar isn't working even though my infamy is not higher than my fame and I have no spell absorption armor. Am I missing something here? (I know I can use spells and potions but I don't want to do it every time this happens)

[NightPants(XL)]

do you have an active bounty? if the altar isnt working i think your only other options are potions and magic. or the console. maybe try to make a single custom spell that can heal all attributes at once or a few that heal a couple different attributes so you dont need a handful of spells.

[Crims]

Originally posted by stapled chunks:

do you have an active bounty? if the altar isnt working i think your only other options are potions and magic. or the console. maybe try to make a single custom spell that can heal all attributes at once or a few that heal a couple different attributes so you dont need a handful of spells.

No, no bounties. I know I can make a spell to restore all attributes but I would still need to buy all the other spells.

[NightPants(XL)]

im likely wrong but i thought you only needed one restore attribute type spell to be able to have access to all the different types in the spellmaker. could always delete them from your spelllist using console afterwards if you dont have mods to do it.
theres also an evil altar in the vile lair dlc that needs higher infamy than fame. maybe since regular altars are borked that one may work for you? otherwise you really dont have any other options.

[Link5261]

Indeed, Stapled Chunks is correct on the custom spell requirement. Once you have a single Restore Attribute spell, you gain access to all Restore Attribute variants in the spell-crafting altar.

However, if prayer altars aren't working to restore your attributes, look over both your equipment and active effects list to see if you either have a negative effect on one of your enchanted pieces of equipment, or some other effect like a disease. I know that prayer altars in Oblivion heal something absurd like 1000 each of health, magicka, and stamina, but also restore all attributes and cure all diseases. Just make sure you're standing still when you activate the altar or the effect can miss (if you have a high enough speed). If you can't find a solution, it may be bugged from some kind of glitch, in which case you may need to use the console (~ key) to fix your attributes.

[NightPants(XL)]

something else i forgot to mention and hopefully since someone more knowledgeable has posted they can clarify but i believe there are instances wherein your stats page will read 0 bounty but you still have an active warrant for the guards but they wont act unless you speak to them. this was something i just thought i remembered reading in passing and i could very likely be misremembering something.

[Heimdall313]

Are you carrying Scales of Pitiless Judgment? It has -2 Personality, +2 Strength/Agility/Intelligence. Misc Item tab. Dark Brotherhood quest reward.
If you've beaten the main quest of Shivering Isles, the court healer will fix your attributes too.

Try talking to an Imperial Guard or [city] Guard to bounty check, and if you don't have those Scales in inventory you can always do a Pilgrimage to wilderness Wayshrines to clear Infamy; temple shrines will work after that pretty reliably. If there's no bounty, try Saving, punch a guard, go to jail, and try a temple shrine after waiting 25 (in game) hours outside the Chapel.

[Crims]

Originally posted by stapled chunks:

something else i forgot to mention and hopefully since someone more knowledgeable has posted they can clarify but i believe there are instances wherein your stats page will read 0 bounty but you still have an active warrant for the guards but they wont act unless you speak to them. this was something i just thought i remembered reading in passing and i could very likely be misremembering something.

This could've been it as I had previously gotten rid of my bounty using the console but I talked to a guard and nothing.

[Crims]

Originally posted by Heimdall313:

Are you carrying Scales of Pitiless Judgment? It has -2 Personality, +2 Strength/Agility/Intelligence. Misc Item tab. Dark Brotherhood quest reward.
If you've beaten the main quest of Shivering Isles, the court healer will fix your attributes too.

Try talking to an Imperial Guard or [city] Guard to bounty check, and if you don't have those Scales in inventory you can always do a Pilgrimage to wilderness Wayshrines to clear Infamy; temple shrines will work after that pretty reliably. If there's no bounty, try Saving, punch a guard, go to jail, and try a temple shrine after waiting 25 (in game) hours outside the Chapel.

Yeah I have it and my personality is also red but I know that's from it. I have also red intelligence from a will o the wisp and that's what's bothering me.

[Crims]

Originally posted by stapled chunks:

im likely wrong but i thought you only needed one restore attribute type spell to be able to have access to all the different types in the spellmaker. could always delete them from your spelllist using console afterwards if you dont have mods to do it.
theres also an evil altar in the vile lair dlc that needs higher infamy than fame. maybe since regular altars are borked that one may work for you? otherwise you really dont have any other options.

Yeah I'll guess if I only need one that's not so bad and I can't just create one spell for everything.

[Heimdall313]

Originally posted by Crims:

Yeah I have it and my personality is also red but I know that's from it. I have also red intelligence from a will o the wisp and that's what's bothering me.

Yeah console to remove bounty is iffy, try punching a guard and going to jail, that properly clears bounty in every case I've had.
You can try eating Alkanet Flower or Clouded Funnel Cap, that'll fix Intelligence specifically. Don't even need to mix them if you don't want to, its the first effect at Novice level.

Restore Attribute spells, Orag Gra-Bargol in the Chapel in Chorrol sells "Restore Strength" as a spell. Apprentice level Restoration required to use it at spellmaking altar.

[Crims]

Originally posted by Heimdall313:

Originally posted by Crims:

Yeah I have it and my personality is also red but I know that's from it. I have also red intelligence from a will o the wisp and that's what's bothering me.

Yeah console to remove bounty is iffy, try punching a guard and going to jail, that properly clears bounty in every case I've had.
You can try eating Alkanet Flower or Clouded Funnel Cap, that'll fix Intelligence specifically. Don't even need to mix them if you don't want to, its the first effect at Novice level.

Restore Attribute spells, Orag Gra-Bargol in the Chapel in Chorrol sells "Restore Strength" as a spell. Apprentice level Restoration required to use it at spellmaking altar.

This was the issue, getting rid of the bounty using the console must not have cleared some flags and I was still set to have a bounty somewhere.

[Heimdall313]

Originally posted by Crims:

Originally posted by Heimdall313:

Yeah console to remove bounty is iffy, try punching a guard and going to jail, that properly clears bounty in every case I've had.
You can try eating Alkanet Flower or Clouded Funnel Cap, that'll fix Intelligence specifically. Don't even need to mix them if you don't want to, its the first effect at Novice level.

Restore Attribute spells, Orag Gra-Bargol in the Chapel in Chorrol sells "Restore Strength" as a spell. Apprentice level Restoration required to use it at spellmaking altar.

This was the issue, getting rid of the bounty using the console must not have cleared some flags and I was still set to have a bounty somewhere.

iirc it clears the gold cost of the bounty, doesn't actually clear the bounty flag (you basically have a 0 gold bounty). Punching the guard and going to jail, properly clears both