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Skyrim Unique Weapons Checklist

Named weapons that exist only once: quest rewards, boss weapons and blades hidden in the world.

Sword

  • Chillrend – Sword: In a display case behind an expert lock in the cellar of Riftweald Manor, Mercer Frey's house in Riften, reached during The Pursuit.
  • Dragonbane – Sword: On a table in the armoury of Sky Haven Temple, first reached in Alduin's Wall.
  • Nightingale Blade – Sword: Karliah's own sword, given to you during the Thieves Guild quest Hard Answers.
  • Gauldur Blackblade – Sword: Carried by Mikrul Gauldurson, the draugr sealed in Folgunthur, during the quest Forbidden Legend.
  • The Pale Blade – Sword: On the body of the thief Ra'jirr in Frostmere Depths, the glade below Frostmere Crypt. Defeat the Pale Lady to keep it, or return it to its altar to send her away.
  • Red Eagle's Bane – Sword: Take Red Eagle's Fury from the Forsworn leader at Red Eagle Redoubt, set it in the pedestal at Rebel's Cairn and defeat Red Eagle. Pulling the sword back out turns it into the Bane.
  • Ghostblade – Sword: Given by the spirits of Fjori and Holgeir at the end of Ansilvund, once the necromancer Lu'ah Al-Skaven is dead.
  • Eduj – Sword: One of the two weapons carried by Kvenel the Tongue in the Elder's Cairn of Volunruud.
  • Bolar's Oathblade – Sword: Lying before the statue of Talos in Bloated Man's Grotto, with Bolar's Writ beside it.
  • Windshear – Sword: Stuck in the very tip of the bowsprit of the Katariah, the Emperor's ship, which can be boarded once Hail Sithis! begins.
  • Drainheart Sword – Sword: Dropped by the spectral draugr inside Labyrinthian, met during the College quest The Staff of Magnus.
  • Harkon's Sword (Dawnguard) – Sword: Taken from Lord Harkon's remains at the end of Kindred Judgment.
  • Miraak's Sword (Dragonborn) – Sword: Taken from Miraak's remains at the end of At the Summit of Apocrypha.
  • Bloodscythe (Dragonborn) – Sword: Beside the remains of Haknir Death-Brand in Gyldenhul Barrow, at the end of the quest Deathbrand.
  • Soulrender (Dragonborn) – Sword: Carried by the ghost of Haknir Death-Brand in Gyldenhul Barrow, at the end of the quest Deathbrand.

Greatsword

  • Bloodskal Blade (Dragonborn) – Greatsword: On the remains of Gratian Caerellius in Bloodskal Barrow, reached through Raven Rock Mine during The Final Descent.
  • Stormfang (Dragonborn) – Greatsword: Carried by the reaver lord at Brodir Grove.

Dagger

  • Blade of Woe – Dagger: Astrid's dagger. She hands it over at the end of Death Incarnate, or it can be taken from her if you kill her in the Abandoned Shack.
  • Bloodthorn – Dagger: On the altar at the very top of Hag's End, in the hand of a dead witch.
  • Keening – Dagger: Recovered from a dead courier for Arniel Gane in the last part of Arniel's Endeavor, and left in your hands when his experiment goes wrong.
  • Valdr's Lucky Dagger – Dagger: Given by the hunter Valdr outside Moss Mother Cavern after you help him clear the spriggans from it.
  • Nettlebane – Dagger: Held by the hagraven at Orphan Rock and fetched for Danica Pure-Spring in The Blessings of Nature.
  • Blade of Sacrifice – Dagger: Handed to you by the priestess at the Sacellum of Boethiah for the sacrifice in Boethiah's Calling.
  • Borvir's Dagger – Dagger: Beside the body of Borvir at Journeyman's Nook.
  • Rundi's Dagger – Dagger: Beside the frozen body of the apprentice Rundi, on an altar in the mountains east-south-east of Winterhold.

War axe

  • Okin – War axe: The second of the weapons carried by Kvenel the Tongue in the Elder's Cairn of Volunruud.
  • Poacher's Axe – War axe: In Halted Stream Camp, the bandit mine north of Whiterun.
  • Dawnguard Rune Axe (Dawnguard) – War axe: One of the three relics recovered for Florentius Baenius in the Dawnguard job Lost Relic.

Pickaxe

  • Notched Pickaxe – Pickaxe: Stuck in the rock at the very peak of the Throat of the World, above Paarthurnax's perch.
  • Hoarfrost (Dragonborn) – Pickaxe: Carried by Ralis Sedarys at Kolbjorn Barrow: taken from him at the end of Unearthed, or from his pack if you hire him afterwards.
  • Ancient Nordic Pickaxe (Dragonborn) – Pickaxe: Recovered from Crescius Caerellius for Glover Mallory in An Axe to Find. Glover lets you keep it.

Battleaxe

  • Wuuthrad – Battleaxe: Reforged by Eorlund Gray-Mane for Glory of the Dead. Set it in the statue's hands to open Ysgramor's Tomb, then take it back on your way out.
  • The Rueful Axe – Battleaxe: Fetched from Rimerock Burrow for Clavicus Vile. Kill Barbas with it when the Prince offers, and it is yours.
  • Steel Battleaxe of Fiery Souls – Battleaxe: Resting on the throne of Warlord Gathrik at the end of Ironbind Barrow.
  • Drainblood Battleaxe – Battleaxe: Dropped by the spectral draugr inside Labyrinthian, met during the College quest The Staff of Magnus.

Mace

  • Horksbane (Dragonborn) – Mace: Beside the body of Saden on Horker Island, off the coast of Solstheim.

Warhammer

  • Aegisbane – Warhammer: Carried by the bandit leader Alain Dufont at Raldbthar, the target of the Dark Brotherhood contract Mourning Never Comes.
  • The Longhammer – Warhammer: In the dead grip of the bandit chief Rahd, deep inside Liar's Retreat.
  • Trollsbane – Warhammer: Beside the body of Frofnir Trollsbane in a troll den in the hills of the Reach, between Cradle Stone Tower and Valthume.
  • Champion's Cudgel (Dragonborn) – Warhammer: Carried by General Falx Carius at Fort Frostmoth, the end of the quest March of the Dead.
  • Dawnguard Rune Hammer (Dawnguard) – Warhammer: One of the three relics recovered for Florentius Baenius in the Dawnguard job Lost Relic.

Bow

  • Nightingale Bow – Bow: Karliah's bow, given to you at the end of the Thieves Guild quest Blindsighted.
  • Gauldur Blackbow – Bow: Carried by Sigdis Gauldurson in Geirmund's Hall, during the quest Forbidden Legend.
  • Firiniel's End – Bow: Left for you on a parapet above the courtyard of the Temple of the Divines in Solitude during Bound Until Death. Gabriella tells you where.
  • Angi's Bow – Bow: Given by Angi at her camp in the mountains south of Falkreath once you finish all of her archery practice.
  • Bow of the Hunt – Bow: On the altar at the back of Clearspring Cave.
  • Froki's Bow – Bow: On a barrel in Graywinter Watch, the troll cave east of Whiterun visited in Kyne's Sacred Trials. Froki lets you keep it.
  • Drainspell Bow – Bow: Dropped by the spectral draugr inside Labyrinthian, met during the College quest The Staff of Magnus.
  • Auriel's Bow (Dawnguard) – Bow: Handed over by Knight-Paladin Gelebor in the Inner Sanctum at the end of Touching the Sky.
  • Zephyr (Dawnguard) – Bow: On the fallen tree that spans the chasm in Arkngthamz, where Katria dropped it.
  • Dwarven Black Bow of Fate (Dragonborn) – Bow: The prize for surviving every trial of Kagrumez.
  • Glass Bow of the Stag Prince (Dragonborn) – Bow: Sold by Falas Selvayn, who trades at the Ramshackle Trading Post during the night.

Staff

  • Staff of Magnus – Staff: Taken from the Dragon Priest Morokei at the end of Labyrinthian, in the College quest of the same name.
  • Staff of Jyrik Gauldurson – Staff: On the table beside Jyrik Gauldurson's throne in Saarthal, during the College quest Under Saarthal.
  • Eye of Melka – Staff: Given by the hagraven Melka in Blind Cliff Cave for helping her kill her sister Petra.
  • Halldir's Staff – Staff: Carried by the spirit of Halldir at the top of Halldir's Cairn.
  • Hevnoraak's Staff – Staff: Carried by the Dragon Priest Hevnoraak in the last chamber of Valthume.
  • Spider Control Rod – Staff: On a table in Calcelmo's Laboratory behind Understone Keep, entered during Hard Answers.
  • Staff of Ruunvald (Dawnguard) – Staff: Carried by the witch Minorne at the bottom of Ruunvald Excavation, in the Dawnguard quest Bolstering the Ranks.
  • Aetherial Staff (Dawnguard) – Staff: Forged at the Aetherium Forge at the end of Lost to the Ages.
  • Miraak's Staff (Dragonborn) – Staff: Taken from Miraak's remains at the end of At the Summit of Apocrypha.