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There are 20 shouts in Skyrim, each with 3 levels of power. However, some of these shouts require dragon souls to unlock, and others are simply given to the player as gifts / quest rewards. (e.g., Clear Skies, Call Dragon, Call of Valor et al)

My question is:

What is the minimum number of dragons you must kill to be able to possess all 20 shouts at their full power?

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From what I see here it looks like 18 are learned without requiring dragon souls, though I'm extrapolating a bit since I haven't reached the end of the main quest yet, myself.

Fuzzy math:

Animal Allegiance     3 Souls    
Aura Whisper          3 Souls    
Become Ethereal       3 Souls
Call Dragon           0 Souls* 
*I'm making the assumption that this works a bit like Unrelenting Force
Call of Valor         0 Souls
Clear Skies           0 Souls
Disarm                3 Souls
Dismay                3 Souls
Dragonrend            0 Souls
Elemental Fury        3 Souls
Fire Breath           2 Souls
Frost Breath          3 Souls
Ice Form              3 Souls
Kyne's Peace          3 Souls
Marked for Death      3 Souls
Slow Time             3 Souls
Storm Call            3 Souls
Throw Voice           3 Souls
Unrelenting Force     1 Soul
Whirlwind Sprint      2 Souls

So...3+3+3+0+0+0+3+3+0+3+2+3+3+3+3+3+3+3+1+2 = 44

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  • I read it as 41 as well, also not having done most of the main quest.
    – agf
    Commented Dec 6, 2011 at 2:40
  • Which ones are you referring to? Trying to go by the page, I count 46, so it sounds like I'm forgetting something...
    – Raven Dreamer
    Commented Dec 7, 2011 at 3:08
  • Yeah something doesn't seem right here; I'm going to recalculate and add the calculation to the answer.
    – Artless
    Commented Dec 7, 2011 at 23:28
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    why do you have throw voice at 0 souls, you need 3 souls to fully unlock it
    – l I
    Commented Dec 8, 2011 at 0:12
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    Ah. I forgot the first unrelenting force technically requires one soul.
    – Raven Dreamer
    Commented Dec 8, 2011 at 0:20

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