Sneak

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 is one of the stealth / thieving skills in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. It affects the player's ability to remain unseen and stealthily attack targets. 
Crouch to enter sneak mode by using the key on the PC, on the PS3 or on the Xbox. While sneaking, your current stealth state is displayed on the reticle:
* A closed eye means that no one can see you.
* An opening eye means that enemies have become alert and are searching for you.
* A fully open eye means that someone has detected you.
* If the reticle displays DETECTED, an enemy has spotted you and is about to attack.
* If the reticle displays HIDDEN, enemies have lost track of you and stopped searching.
If you attack while the eye is partially closed, your attack is considered a Sneak Attack and does additional damage.
Your ability to sneak successfully is determined by a number of factors:
* Movement: You are hardest to detect while motionless, and easier to spot while moving.
* Line of Sight: Enemies are much less likely to detect you if they can't see you.
* Light Level: The darker it is, the harder it is for enemies to see you.
* Sound: Attacking and casting spells makes noise, which may alert enemies to your presence. Heavier weapons make more noise. Spells produce both sound and light.
* Armor: Heavier armor makes more noise when moving.
	
Note: There is an exploit due to a glitch at High Hrothgar. If you sneak up on the Greybeards while they are sitting and you are undetected, slash at them with a dagger, and your sneak will level up every 1 to 4 slashes.
Enemies will react to other sounds in the environment, like arrow impacts or traps. You can sometimes use this to your advantage to lure an enemy out of position.
== Perks ==
Perks 	Requirements 	Description (Ranks)
Stealth 	None 	You are 20% harder to detect when sneaking.
Stealth 	Sneak 20 	You are 25% harder to detect when sneaking.
Stealth 	Sneak 40 	You are 30% harder to detect when sneaking.
Stealth 	Sneak 60 	You are 35% harder to detect when sneaking.
Stealth 	Sneak 80 	You are 40% harder to detect when sneaking.
Backstab 	Sneak 30, Stealth 	Sneak attacks do 6 times damage with One-handed weapons.
Muffled Movement	Sneak 30, Stealth 	Noise from armor reduced 50%.
Deadly Aim 	Sneak 40, Backstab 	Sneak attacks with bows do 3 times damage.
Light Foot 	Sneak 40, Muffled Movement	No longer activate pressure plates.
Assassin's Blade	Sneak 50, Deadly Aim 	Sneak attacks with daggers do 15 times damage.
Silent Roll 	Sneak 50, Light Foot 	Sprinting while sneaking performs silent forward roll.
Silence 	Sneak 70, Silent Roll 	Running does not affect detection chance.
Shadow Warrior 	Sneak 100, Silence 	Crouching can make hostile enemies lose sight of you and search for a target.
== Trainers ==
* Khayla
* Garvey
* Delvin Mallory
== Free skill boosts ==
* Inge Six Fingers provides a +1 Sneak reward (as well as +1 to all other stealth skills) for completing "Finn's Lute"
* Noster Eagle-Eye provides a +1 Sneak reward for finding his helmet
* Stands-In-Shallows provides a +1 Sneak reward for getting the Double-Distilled Skooma
== Skillbooks ==
* 2920, Last Seed, v8
* Legend of Krately House
* The Red Kitchen Reader
* Sacred Witness
* Three Thieves
* Oghma Infinium (Path of Shadow only)
== Apparel ==
Minor Sneaking	Sneaking	Major Sneaking	Eminent Sneaking	Extreme Sneaking	Peerless Sneaking
* Bonemold Boots
* Hide Boots
* Imperial Boots
* Leather Boots
* Linwe's Boots
* Movarth's Boots
* Necklace
* Ring	
* Bonemold Boots
* Boots of the Old Gods
* Chitin Boots
* Elven Boots
* Hide Boots
* Imperial Boots
* Leather Boots
* Necklace
* Ring
* Scaled Boots	
* Bonemold Boots
* Chitin Boots
* Elven Boots
* Glass Boots
* Hide Boots
* Imperial Boots
* Leather Boots
* Necklace
* Ring
* Scaled Boots
* Shrouded Hood
* Stalhrim Boots	
* Chitin Boots
* Dragonscale Boots
* Elven Boots
* Glass Boots
* Jester's Hat
* Necklace
* Ring
* Scaled Boots
* Stalhrim Boots	
* Cicero's Hat
* Dragonscale Boots
* Glass Boots
* Necklace
* Ring
* Stalhrim Boots	
* Dragonscale Boots
* Necklace
* Ring
== Achievements ==
* Thief - Pick 50 locks and 50 pockets.
Category:Skills
Category:Stealth skills
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