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Weaponry has always been a huge part of the Elder Scrolls franchise. Many particularly good ones, like Auriel’s Bow, first made their appearance in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim when it released back in 2011. And now with Skyrim: Special Edition, we’ve got a chance to collect them all once again.

Here’s some of the most legendary weapons available in all of Skyrim:

Blade of Woe

The Blade of Woe has always been one of the most respected weapons due to its association with the Dark Brotherhood. Given to the player character in Oblivion and passed down to Astrid from the Dark Brotherhood in Skyrim, this dagger remains one of the most powerful with an enchantment allowing the user to absorb 10 points of health with each strike, and higher base attributes than the Daedric dagger.

Mehrunes’ Razor

Mehrunes’ Razor is one of the few key artifacts closely associated with the Daedric Prince Mehrunes Dagon, the main antagonist of Oblivion. This small black and silver dagger packs one hell of a punch courtesy of the unique enchantment which gives the wielder a 1.98% chance to instantly kill any opponent in Skyrim. The Razor also doesn’t run out of charges, meaning you never have to worry about soul gems to keep its unique benefit working.

Dawnbreaker

Similar to Mehrunes’ Razor, Dawnbreaker is a Daedric Artifact given by the Daedric Prince Meridia in Skyrim once you’ve completed her quest. This golden longsword burns enemies for 10-15 points of health damage, and, if used against the undead, has a chance to cause an explosion of fire that deals additional damage and causes any living undead to flee. While this enchantment does have a high amount of uses, it does require a few grand soul gems to recharge — which makes Dawnbreaker more of a utility weapon than most. That said, it remains one of the best-looking swords present in the game, enchantment or not.

Harkon’s Sword

Harkon’s Sword is easily the best go-to weapon for anyone playing a vampire within Skyrim. First appearing with the release of Dawnguard, this blade closely resembles one of the Blades swords from the base game while boasting a unique enchantment that only works if the wielder is a vampire themselves. Each strike absorbs 15 points of health, magic, and stamina at the cost of a lower base damage — a tool perfect for the rising vampire.

Bloodskal Blade

This unique two-handed sword was introduced to the world of Skyrim with Dragonborn, where it can be found during the quest “The Final Descent” resting next to the remains of Gratian Caerellius. The Bloodskal Blade allows the wielder to throw horizontal or vertical energy blasts that can travel through walls and hit multiple targets, dealing 30 or so points of damage to those it hits. While this unique trait isn’t very powerful from a damage standpoint, it is excellent at staggering enemies and keeping them locked down in combat.

Wuuthrad

This gigantic axe was originally wielded by Ysgramor, the leader of the Five Hundred Companions during the Nordic-Falmer War that consumed Skyrim and Solstheim hundreds of years before the events of Skyrim itself. Wuuthrad is a key artifact in the Companions main questline and can be wielded by the player character following its completion — providing a 1.2x damage bonus against any elven enemy it goes up against. This bonus can also be stacked with a player-crafted enchantment too, furthering the usefulness of the weapon compared to its other two-handed counterparts in the game.

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Zephyr

While this bow doesn’t necessarily look like anything special, the unique Dwarven Bow provides the wielder with an ability that allows them to shoot arrows 30 percent faster than that of a standard bow. Thanks to that, it has the highest base damage per second of any archery weapon in the game. This effect is also innate, meaning that it won’t run out of charges, making Zephyr a very, very powerful tool for any character who specializes in Archery.

Nightingale Bow

The Nightingale Bow is one of the best-looking weapons available in Skyrim, featuring a black leather handle and silver embroidered texture. Available once you’ve progressed far enough in the Thieves Guild questline, this beauty sports the “Nightingale Storm” enchantment which does frost and shock damage to the target along with the usual physical damage from an arrow. Since this bow is leveled, the enchantment quality varies depending on when you receive it; meaning that you’ll probably want to grab it from Karliah once your character is at least level 46.

Auriel’s Bow

Auriel’s Bow is one of the most respected and legendary weapons in the game. This weapon is said to have been wielded by Auri-El himself against the forces of Lorkhan during the Ehlnofey wars of the Dawn Era. Auri-El is the Elven variant of the Dragon God of Time himself, Akatosh, who was the chief god of the Nine Divines worshiped all throughout Tamriel.

This bow is said to channel the power of the Aetherius itself, channeling the power of the gods through the sun of the world. The enchantment present on the weapon gives it a faster draw speed than a regular bow and deals 20 points of sun damage against enemies, which is tripled if they are classified as an undead.

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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:

• 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.

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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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