Pactbinder - An Adamant Addon
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- 👍 0.5% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #75 of 139 Gameplay mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Adamant Addon
Overview:
Pactbinder is a small and simple addon for Adamant's Conjuration Skill Tree. This mod seeks to add some extra flavor to your necromancer experience with the addition of a Skeleton Crafting System. Similar to what you have seen with Ordinator, Path of Sorcery, Dead and Daedric Guardians, or Practical Necromancy.
Features:
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[]6 types of Skeletons for you to control and command!.[/]
[]The creation of Skeletons will level your Conjuration skill.[/]
[]Skeletons can be deconstructed at any moment, even after their death. Interact with them while holding Shift to quickly deconstruct them, returning some bones in the process.[/]
[]Holding a dagger and interacting with a corpse while holding Shift will quickly harvest a Corpse for its bones.[/]
[]Progressive Skeleton limit, starting with just one and ending up with an additional 3 Skeletons plus an Overlord![/]
[]A power to quickly command all your Skeletons. With orders such as Teleport, Follow, Wait, and Dismiss.[/]
[]Skeletons will slowly regenerate their Health when out of combat.[/]
Perks
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[]Dark Arts (20): Grants Assemble Skeleton and Gravecall to create and command skeletons from bones and soul gems. Harvest bones by interacting with a corpse with a dagger.[/]
[]Bountiful Harvest (40): Harvesting corpses and deconstructing skeletons yield more bones.[/]
[]Soul Bind (60): Black soul gems can be used to create stronger and more resilient skeletons.[/]
[]Undead Covenant (90): You can create three types of Overlord. Overlords empower nearby skeletons and possess unique abilities, but only one may be controlled at a time.[/]
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[]Bonecaller (40): You can control an additional Skeleton.[/]
[]Ossuary (60): You can control an additional Skeleton.[/]
[]Army of the Night (90): You can control an additional skeleton.[/]
It also makes a small edit to Chaos Binding, allowing it to grant the ability to Soul Trap enemies.
Skeletons:
In Pactbinder, 6 types of Skeletons can be created. Taking the first perk, Dark Arts, will unlock Skeleton Warrior, Skeleton Archer, and Skeleton Mage.
Skeleton Warrior:
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[]Bonecaller (40): You can control an additional Skeleton.[/]
Pactbinder is a small addon for Adamant's Conjuration skill tree that introduces a Skeleton Crafting System for necromancers. It adds 6 skeleton types, progressive skeleton limits, harvesting mechanics, and new perks, enhancing the necromancer playstyle with more control and customization.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Tight integration with Adamant's Conjuration tree, so it feels like a natural extension for necromancer builds.
- The skeleton crafting system adds a fun resource management layer—harvesting bones and soul gems gives you something to do with all those corpses.
- Decent community traction with 61 endorsements and over 11k downloads, so it's been tried and tested by other players.
⚠️ Cons
- Requires Adamant as a dependency, so if you're not already using that perk overhaul, you'll need to add it to your load order.
- The mod is specifically for necromancer characters, so it's useless for other playstyles—you'll skip it if you're not raising the dead.
- Potential compatibility issues with other mods that alter the Conjuration skill tree or add similar skeleton systems, so check for conflicts.
For Skyrim players who love necromancer builds and already use Adamant, this mod adds a satisfying skeleton army mechanic with depth. If you're not into conjuration or prefer a different perk overhaul, you can skip it—it's purely a niche addon.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Make sure Adamant is installed and loaded before Pactbinder, and place Pactbinder after Adamant in your load order to ensure the perks integrate correctly.
- Use the Shift+interact shortcut to harvest bones from corpses—it's faster than looting manually and keeps your inventory clean.
- If you're using a mod manager like Vortex or MO2, let it handle the file placement to avoid overwriting issues with other mods.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- Chantelery
- Version
- 2.0
- Downloads
- 11,603
- Endorsements
- 61
- Category
- Gameplay
- Created
- 12/8/2025
- Updated
- 4/19/2026
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