After four in-game hours, Well Rested reverts to Refreshed. Sleeping two or more hours is required for Well Rested. Sleeping one hour results in Refreshed (no bonus, no penalty). Sleeping outside will no longer confer the Well Rested bonus. Sleeping is also the only way to recover fatigue ( CC). You must sleep in order to level up, similar to previous Elder Scrolls games. In Survival ( CC), sleeping plays a more vital role.( HF) If you have adopted a child and you sleep in the same house as your child, you will receive the Mother's Love or Father's Love bonus, which makes healing spells and potions more effective.( DG) If you're a vampire and you sleep in a coffin, you will receive the Vampiric Blood Rested bonus, which boosts your resistance to magic by 10% for one in-game day.The Lover Stone provides this same 15% bonus permanently (unless you select another Standing Stone bonus), but it cannot be combined with any resting bonuses.If you are married and you sleep in the building where your spouse is, you receive the Lover's Comfort bonus, which is a 15% bonus to skill increases.This applies to beds in purchased houses and rented inn beds. In a bed that you own, you receive the Well Rested bonus, which gives you a 10% bonus to skill increases.In a normal bed, you receive the Rested bonus, which confers a 5% bonus to skill increases.You may inspect active effects in the Magic menu. Sleep can trigger autosave similar to wait.Īs long as you are not a werewolf and do not have the Lover Stone active (see below), sleeping for any length of time also confers a bonus to the rate at which all skills increase, lasting for eight in-game hours.Ī message on screen tells you which bonus you have received for example, "You awaken feeling Well Rested". Sleeping is the process of resting in a bed, sleeping bag/roll, or pile of hay to fully restore your health, magicka, and stamina.