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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is packed with so much loot that no two players are likely to have the same inventories after a couple of minutes of play. Weapons are of course vitally important – but which should you choose?

With Skyrim out now on the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation VR, we’re revisiting our Skyrim guides to make sure that new adventurers have everything they need to get the most of out this enormous game. In this guide, we’re talking weapons.

In truth there’s not so much an absolute ‘best’ weapon in Skyrim thanks to the fact that some careful use of enchantments and other mechanics can make just about any weapon viable at any difficulty – even your bare fists! With that said, some of the most famous weapons in the game are the unique weapons – special weapons that can be found in specific places or through certain quests. Each unique weapon has its own set properties, a unique name, and very often an enchantment that’ll give it some special edge or another.

While we highly recommend you explore and see what you can see, here’s a few of our favourite unique weapons in Skyrim for each type of weapon – and where to find them.

Skyrim Unique Weapons: The Best Daggers

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There are over ten unique daggers in the game, but we’re going to focus down on a couple that we think are particularly excellent. If you’re a stealth-driven character build, these could prove significant weapons for you for quite some time.

Mehrune’s Razor

Mehrune’s Razor is a decent little dagger thanks to its base damage stat of 11, but what really sets it apart is its enchantment. Any hit with Mehrune’s Razor has a chance to instantly kill, which is just an excellent power.

In order to get Mehrune’s Razor you’ll want to complete the quest ‘Pieces of the Past’ and at the end of the quest kill Silus Vesuius. You’ll be invited to do this quest once you hit level 20 via a courier, or you can stumble upon the quest by hanging out around Dawnstar; NPCs will mention Silus’ museum, which is where you have to go in order to trigger the mission.

Blade of Woe

This dagger is even more powerful than Mehrune’s Razor with a base damage stat of 12, and its enchantment is useful for slugfest fights – each hit absorbs 10 points of health.

The Blade of Woe can be received from an NPC during the Death Incarnate quest, part of the Dark Brotherhood faction’s quest line. You can also follow the early steps of their quest line and kill Astrid during the With Friends Like These quest line. You’ll be able to take the Blade of Woe from her body, but you’ll no longer be able to join the brotherhood.

Skyrim Unique Weapons: The Best Maces

There’s a more scant number of unique maces in the game, but some of them are still pretty impressive. Maces are really for people who are looking to build a real power-house of a character. Of the unique maces, we only really think one is particularly impressive, but it’s a good one.

The Mace of Molag Bal

This Daedric artifact is pretty powerful with a base damage stat of 16. It also comes with an ecnhantment that deals 25 damage to Stamina and Magicka as well as the health damage you’ll do. On top of all that, if the target dies within 3 seconds, you’ll fill a soul gem.

The mace is given to you after you complete the Daedric Quest House of Horrors. In the city of Markarth a chap called Tyranus will ask you to help search an abandoned house. As soon as you enter the house – with or without his prompting – this quest will start. Finish the quest, get the mace. Done.

Skyrim Unique Weapons: The Best Swords

Swords are of course the most common class of weapon you’ll find in Skyrim, and there are a whole lot of unique ones scattered throughout the world. There’s way more than we can cover, and many of them are pretty damn good… but we’ve narrowed down just a few of our absolute favourites and where to find them.

Miraak’s Sword

Players of the original Skyrim might not know of Miraak’s Sword since it was added in the Dragonborn DLC – but it’s pretty damn good. It absorbs stamina thanks to its enchantment and it’s got a solid damage stat.

To get your hands on it, you’ll have to start the Dragonborn quests by travelling to the island of Solstheim. Once you’re ready, two cultists will tell you of ‘the first dragonborn’ and attempt to kill you. This will kick off the DLC quest line. After several quests you’ll end up on the final Dragonborn quest, At the Summit of Apocrypha. You’ll be able to grab this weapon as loot off a corpse towards the end of this quest. It’s a long process to get to it, but it’s worth it.

Chillrend

The Chillrend is a glass sword (which always sounds like a bad idea, but don’t argue with Elder Scrolls logic) and it’s great for enemies weak to frost damage. Its enchantment deals out frost damage and has a chance of paralysing enemies on top of a decent base damage output.

The weapon is held by the Thieves Guild leader Mercy Frey. The easiest way to access this is to find it in Frey’s house during the Thieves Guild quest ‘The Purist’. It’s proudly displayed in a case and has an expert lock waiting to be picked. Keep in mind that this is a leveled weapon, so just how good it is will be determined by your level – it’ll always be excellent for your character level when you first enter its location.

Dragonbane

You spend an awful lot of your time in Skyrim fighting dragons, so a sword that’s designed to fell them is useful, no? The Dragonbane’s enchantment means it does extra damage to dragons, while it’ll deal shock damage to all other enemies. This sword is leveled, so its performance will be partially determined by your level when you first enter its location.

The Dragonsbane katana is found in the Sky Haven Temple during the quest Alduin’s Wall – which is an important step in the game’s main story. You want to look for a room just off to the side of the main chamber of the temple – you’ll find it with some blades armor.

Soulrender and Bloodscythe

Two more weapons that were added in the Dragonborn DLC, these two swords were designed to be dual-wielded together. When they are, they both gain powerful enchantments to absorb magicka and health while lowering a target’s defenses against further physical and magic attacks.

You’ll need to hit up the Dragonborn quest line to reach Solstheim. Once level 36 or higher find a copy of a book, Deathbrand, inside Tel Mithryn or Raven Rock temple. You’ll get both these weapons via the resultant quest.

Gauldur Blackblade

The Gauldur Blackblade is another leveled weapon, meaning its effectiveness will be determined by your level when you first enter its location. The best version is at level 36. It’s a pretty good sword and can be upgraded, however, and has a health-healing enchantment by default. Being an ancient nord weapon, the dwarven smithing perk will help you to make it even more deadly.

The sword can be grabbed during the quest Forbidden Legend. You can start this quest by reading the book Lost Legends – this will kick off the quest to investigate the legend of Gauldur. If you don’t find one of the books naturally, you’ll find one on a dead adventurer’s body in Reachwater rock. Later in the quest you’ll end up in the ruins of Golgunthur – you’ll end up in a fight, and this sword is the reward.

Skyrim Unique Weapons: The Best War Axes

War Axes are a less refined all-out-combat weapon than the sword, but there’s still some rather fetching unique ones available in Skyrim. We’ve picked out a couple of favourites.

Okin

Okin is a stupidly cool looking noredic war axe. It dishes out frost damage to both health and stamina and has a solid base damage stat of 12. it can also be upgraded and can have upgrades doubled with the steel smithing perk.

To get your hands on Okin you’ll want to do the Silenced Tongues quest. You can find this by ending Volunruud and exploring around – you’ll find notes that’ll begin to push you towards the quest. Eventually, you’ll obtain this weapon as a reward. There’s a decent sister weapon to this too, a sword called Eduj. It drops at the same time.

Dawnguard Rune Axe

As this weapon’s name suggests, this is found as part of the Dawnguard DLC pack. It dishes out sun damage to undead, and the amount of damage it does increases with every undead you’ve killed with the axe since the last sunrise – a unique effect. It has some solid damge output too.

To get this weapon, simply get involved with the Dawnguard DLC. You’ll eventually come across the quest Lost Relic. These are radiant quests where you’re sent to find a random artifact, but if you keep doing these missions you’ll eventually get this item.

Skyrim Unique Weapons: The best Battleaxes, Greatswords and Warhammers

In a cruel twist of fate for you beefy, two-handed wielding weapon lovers, there’s less two-handed unique weapons in Skyrim than single handed swords alone. As such, we’ve grouped them together. There’s some pretty tasty battleaxes, greatswords and warhammers available, so here are our picks.

Wuuthrad Battleaxe

If you’re a little bit bias against elves, well, this is the weapon for you. It does even more damage to elves, and that’s on top of its nasty base damage stat of 25. It also looks pretty bloody cool, to be honest.

You’ll want to tackle the quest Glory of the Dead, and to do that you’ll have to join The Companions faction. Glory of the Dead is the final quest for this faction. Once you place the Wuuthrad on the statue, activate the statue – you’ll get the Wuuthrad, which was previously a temporary acquisition, back for good.

Rueful Axe

The Rueful Axe is described as an axe powerful enough to have a lot of fun with, and that makes sense – it has a base damage stat of 22 and deals out stamina damage as well. It can also be upgraded.

The Axe can be found in the Daedric quest A Daedra’s Best Friend. Once you’re level 10 or higher, you’ll want to find Lod near Falkreath’s entrance. When given the cahcne, kill Barbas with the axe. You must use the axe to slay him. You get to keep it as a reward.

Bloodskal Blade

Originally added in the Dragonborn DLC, tis hefty greatsword releases an energy blast whenever you do a powered up attack. Even the energy blast deals out a nasty 30 damage.

You’ll want to start the main Dragonborn quest and then eventually head to Raven Rock Mine for this sidequest. Chat to Crescius in the entrance to the mine and the quest The Final Descent begins. You’ll find the blade next to the remains of Gratian later in the quest, inside Bloodskal Barrow.

Volendrung Warhammer

This massive hammer has a bit of an evil look about it and has an absolutely ridiculous base damage stat of 47. It also absorbs stamina, very useful for a weapon of this size and this deadly nature.

You’ll get this weapon as a reward from the Daedric Prince himself as part of the quest The Cursed Tribe. In order to kick this quest off, you’ll want to head to the orc stronghold of Largashbur. Try to save the life of the orc Ugor, who will then help you out and get you on the road with this quest.

Dawnguard Rune Hammer

The Dawnguard Rune Warhammer isn’t the most powerful hammer going with its base damage stat of 22, but it’s the enchantment that gets us excited. Hitting a surface places a rune on the surface, and that rune explodes to deal fire damage when enemies touch it.

All you have to do in order to get this hammer is keep doing the Lost Relic quests that come as part of Dawnguard. These quests are random, but eventually one of them will net you this excellent hammer as loot.

Skyrim Unique Weapons: The best bows

Bows are useful for anybody who isn’t just being a meathead run-in-and-swing type in Skyrim and even on occasion useful for those folks too. There’s a few with some very useful perks and enchantments. Here’s our favourite picks for ranged combat.

The Nightingale Bow

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The Nightingale Bow actually belongs to Karliah, a member of the thieves guild and temporary follower of the dragonborn for some quests for that guild. Its enchantment allows it to freeze and shock the target, which is very handy. It’s a leveled weapon, so its strength will be impacted by your level when you obtain it. The best version is at level 46 and up.

To get your hands on Karliah’s bow you’ll have to join the Thieves Guild and follow its quest line. Towards the end of that series of quests you’ll get the quest Blindsighted. This bow is a reward for finishing that quest. That quest gets you the skeleton key too, so it’s a very useful quest indeed.

Glass Bow of the Stag Prince

This bow isn’t just about its flowery name – it also comes with an enchantment that blesses you for every 20 animals you kill with the bow – ideal for hunting. The blessing does max out, but it provides significant boosts to health and stamina while the bow is equipped.

You can get the bow from Falas Selvayn at the Ramshackle Trading Post. That’s on the island of Solstheim, so that’s part of the Dragonborn DLC. It’s sold. Buy it. It’s as simple as that. Huh.

Gauldur Blackbow

The Gauldur Blackbow is another leveled weapon, meaning its effectiveness will be determined by your level when you first enter its location. The best version is at level 36. It has a sister sword (mentioned earlier on) and this bow absorbs magicka with its enchantment.

Like the sword, the bow can be grabbed during the quest Forbidden Legend. You can start this quest by reading the book Lost Legends – this will kick off the quest to investigate the legend of Gauldur. If you don’t find one of the books naturally, you’ll find one on a dead adventurer’s body in Reachwater rock. The quest will eventually take you to Geirmund’s Hall where you’ll fight Sigdis Gauldurson. The bow is your reward.

For almost all character builds, knowing the best weapons in Skyrim for each type is going to be worthwhile. Some are available early on, too, through side quests or otherwise, which can be a massive help for playthroughs on harder difficulties, or for those with a burning desire to power through to Skyrim's late-game content.

Skyrim best weapons explained

Whether you're looking to tackle some of the more bizarre Daedric quests, or power-level your Smithing to craft Dragonbone and Daedric weapons, the weapon rankings below should be of some use to you, but before you dive in there are a couple of quick things to bear in mind about how we've structured it all:

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• If you're looking to craft or enchant your weapons, be sure to check out our detailed guide to power-levelling Smithing and Enchanting skills to hit that level cap and craft the best weapons in the game as quickly as possible.
• An 'N/A' for Perk means you need to boost your Smithing past 100 with Alchemy to improve it beyond Flawless - specifically, you need to max your Smithing level to 100 and then use potions of Fortify Smithing to boost it beyond that, at which point the weapons in question, which don't benefit from any of the Smithing skill Perks, can then be improved beyond Flawless quality.
• The weapon sections below, excluding the Bows and Crossbows, are in order of lowest to highest damage and weight - so daggers first, with their low damage and low weight, moving ending with the heaviest and highest-damage Warhammers.
• For bows, higher weight means faster arrow travel speed, and normally a slower nocking speed.
• For one- and two-handed weapons, a higher weight means a slower swing speed, so for the most damage-per-second you'll want a combination of high base damage and low weight.
• If a weapon is listed as not enchantable, that will generally mean it's not disenchantable, either.
• We'll give a little extra context for our rankings in each section, but bear in mind we're considered damage-per-second here, too, so in many cases weight is just as important as raw damage!
• Unique items are marked with an asterisk * and we've briefly explained how to get them in that section's notes. Standard items like Daedric weapons, meanwhile, can always be found through either random loot or crafting.
• Stalhrim weapons' Frost Damage bonus is actually more powerful than it looks - the 'Chaos Damage' enchantment, which has a 50% chance of dealing 25 fire, frost, and shock damage simultaneously, is also boosted, making it an extremely potent choice for skilled enchanters.

The best Bows and Crossbows in Skyrim

A couple quick things to note about the bows and crossbows below:

• The Enhanced Dwarven Crossbow is part of the Dawnguard questline, and can only be obtained if you side with the Dawnguard over the Vampires. This specific type of crossbow is available to craft or buy after finding the schematic in one of the sis 'Ancient Technology' quests.
• Crossbows, whilst generally more powerful than bows in terms of damage, take a fair bit longer to fire each shot. They can also be equipped with exploding bolts of various damage types, too, which stack with any enchantments on the crossbow itself.
• Zephyr is found in the Dwemer ruin Arkngthamz during the Dawnguard quest 'Lost to the Ages'.
• The Nightingale Bow is found in the Inner Sanctum after you've defeated Arch-Curate Vythur in the Dawnguard quest 'Touching the Sky'.
• Note that with bows, there is generally a tradeoff between rate of fire and damage, and the choice depends on your playstyle. For stealth characters, higher damage bows like the Dragonbone, Daedric, and Nightingale bows are preferred, as they give you a greater chance of taking characters out in one hit from stealth and remaining undetected. For archers who expect to get in the mix a little more, attack speed is preferred, with bows like Zephyr and Auriel's bow, to help you maximise the stagger effect of your Perks, and deal sustainied damage as quickly as possible in extended combat.
• In the table, 'DPS' refers to the damage-per-second of the bow, taking into account both the bow's total speed to fully nock and fire and arrow, and it's base damage.

The best Daggers in Skyrim

Daggers have the highest attack speed and lowest base damage of all weapons in Skyrim, but that doesn't mean they should be ignored. In fact, for all One-Handed skill users, they can be essential:

• Dual-wielding means that the swing-speed of the fastest weapon is applied to both. So, for duel-wielders, equipping one of the below daggers like Mehrune's Razor, which has a tiny weight of just 3, will apply that same weight to a massive Daedric Mace when put in the other hand.
• Blade of Woe is acquired from either pickpocketing or killing Astrid of the Dark Brotherhood, or completeing the Dark Brotherhood quest 'With Friends like These'. If you pickpocket it from her before completing that quest, you can in fact obtain two copies of the weapon.
• Mehrunes Razor is a reward for completing the quest 'Pieces of the Past', if you opt to kill Silus Vesuius.

The best Swords in Skyrim

Swords are, as you'd expect, the most popular weapons in Skyrim thanks to their versatility and balance of both speed and damage. They're the fastest non-dagger one-handed weapons, but have lower damage than their mace and war axe counterparts.

• Windshear, firstly, benefits from appears to be a bug, whereby every attack with it will stagger your opponent - even dragons - rendering them completely unable to attack or reatreat as long as you continue to strike them with the right timing. It is only possible to obtain during the Dark Brotherhood quest 'Hail Sithis' on board The Katariah, where it's lodged, Excalibur-like, right at the very top of the ship's prow.
• Miraak's Sword is obtained by killing Miraak in the Dragonborn quest 'At the Summit of Apocrypha'.
• Chillrend can be found during the quest 'The Pursuit', inside the tunnels under Riftweald Manor in Riften, and can also be obtained by breaking into Riftwead Manor and accessing the tunnels from inside, after doing a spot of roof-hopping to get inside. Chillrend is levelled, too, meaning you get the stats we've detailed below at level 46 and over.
• Nightingale Blade is acquired as a reward for completing the Thieves Guild quest 'Hard Answers', and is also levelled, with the maximum stats we detail below gained if you're at level 46 or above.

The best War Axes in Skyrim

There aren't too many exciting options for those who prefer to bear a one-handed axe in Skyrim, but there are still one or two things to note:

• The Dawnguard Rune Axe is rated first because the 110 damage to undead can in fact be locked in by tempering the axe at a grindstone. It can also be improved with only the Steel Smithing Perk unlocked, making it an exceptional early-game choice. In certain situations, it's one of the best one-handed weapons you can get your hands on.
• The Rune Axe is acquired by completing the Dawnguard quest 'Lost Relic'.

The best Maces in Skyrim

• The Mace of Molag Bal is acquired from the Daedric quest 'The House of Horrors'.
• Molag Bal is only 1 damage lower than Dragonbone Mace but is much lighter, meaning a higher overall DPS - but this can be overcome with strong enchantments to the Dragonbone Mace.
• Same with Stalhrim, this time with the bonus enchantment damage making it a stronger choice overall.

The best Greatswords in Skyrim

Greatswords operate as the fastest, but lowest base damage weapons of the two-handed class. There are few unique ones of note, although the Bloodskal Blade provides an intriguing option.

• The Bloodska Blade is located next to Gratian Caerellius' corpse in Bloodskal Barrow, during the Dragonborn quest 'The Final Descent'.

The best Battleaxes in Skyrim

The middle tier of heavy weapons, the battleaxe class also plays home to one of the best weapons in the game, Wuuthrad.

• Wuuthrad is obtained during the Companions mission 'Glory of the Dead' - note that you'll need to place it in the hands of a statue of Ysgramor during the quest, but can be immediately removed after doing so.
• The HEadsman's Axe can be acquired from two people, Ahtar from Solitude, and the Imperial Headsman in the opening prisoner sequence. It can only be obtained from Ahtar, by their gaining him as a follwer and taking it from him for free, pickpocketing it from him, or killing him and looting his corpse.

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The best Warhammers in Skyrim

The heaviest of heavy weapons, warhammers are the slowest to swing but deal the greatest amount of damage per hit.

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• Volendrung is one of the Daedric artifacts, obtained for completing the Daedric quest 'The Cursed Tribe'.
• The Longhammer is acquired from the cave Liar's Retreat, southwest of Solitude. It's located next to the body of Rahd, it's former owner.

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