Skyrim - One-Handed Weapons

One-Handed is a skill in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. One-Handed directly affects the damage dealt with one-handed weapons. The perks obtained in this skill tree only affect one-handed weapons. Due to a glitch, this included the Two-Handed weapons Ebony Blade and Headsman's Axe prior to patch v1.9.

The One-Handed skill tree allows damage output to be increased by wielding two one-handed weapons simultaneously. This is referred to as "dual-wielding." While this potentially doubles damage output, it also removes the ability to block any attacks. It is advisable, though not necessary, to back up a dual-wielding play style with defensive skill trees, such as Heavy Armor or Restoration. An exploit for "dual-wielding" is to hold both attack buttons to perform a power attack but before it is performed press both the attack buttons again, which results in a stamina-free power attack. Alteration can also bring advantages by allowing the use of various forms of mage armor.

Despite not adding towards the One-Handed skill, unarmed attacks do benefit from Dual Flurry. Perks from other skills that affect one-handed weapons (such as the Backstab perk from the Sneak skill) also seem to affect unarmed attacks.

One-handed weapons have a shorter range than two-handed weapons, but one-handed weapons move faster and leave an open hand for spells, a shield, or another weapon.

Daggers

Daggers hit for less than any other weapon, no more than 13 across 28 weapons, and they are the strongest weapon in the game in exactly one situation. With the Assassin's Blade perk a sneak attack with a dagger does fifteen times damage, where every other one-handed weapon does six. That single multiplier is the whole reason the class exists.

Combat

Where it wins

Fifteen times sneak damage against six for any other one-hander. A 12 damage Dragonbone Dagger opens for 180 before perks, where a 16 damage sword opens for 96.
Fastest swing speed of any weapon, so the follow-up after a broken sneak lands sooner.
Lightest weapons in the game, which matters for a stealth build already carrying loot.
The class holds the two best pre-enchanted weapons a low level character can reach: Blade of Woe and Blade of Sacrifice, both far above their tier.

Where it loses

Worst damage in the game once the attacker is seen. A dagger in an open fight is the weakest option on the table.
The multiplier does nothing without Sneak investment, so the class needs a second skill tree before it works at all.
No dagger reaches 14 damage. The class ceiling is Madness Dagger at 13, below the weakest greatsword.
Bladesman, the sword crit perk, does not apply. Daggers get no class perk of their own in the One-Handed tree.

Builds

This is a Sneak build that happens to hold a dagger, not a weapon build. Points go into Sneak first and One-Handed second.

Get to Assassin's Blade. It needs 50 Sneak and it is where the class stops being weak. Nothing else in the tree matters as much.
Then Armsman in One-Handed, which multiplies the base damage the sneak multiplier is applied to.
Where the next chunk of damage comes from: not a bigger dagger. Fortify One-Handed enchantments and the Fortify Smithing loop raise base damage, and the fifteen times multiplier applies to all of it.

Statistic	Lowest	Highest
Damage	4	13
Weight	1 (Alessandra's Dagger)	10 (Nettlebane)
Value	-	800 (Madness Dagger)
In the class	28 weapons

Best Daggers

Weapon	Damage	Weight	Value	Why Take It
Madness Dagger	13	7	800	Highest damage dagger in the game at 13, from the Saints & Seducers Creation.
Dragonbone Dagger	12	6.5	600	12 damage from the base game's last smithing perk. The strongest dagger forgeable without a Creation.
Amber Dagger	12	4.5	700	12 damage, and it needs only Glass Smithing at 70 rather than Dragon at 100.
Daedric Dagger	11	6	500	Highest in class at 11 damage.
Ebony Dagger	10	5	290	Highest in class at 10 damage.

Notes

Assassin's Blade needs 50 Sneak and takes the dagger sneak multiplier to fifteen times normal damage.
The perk applies to daggers only. A sword, mace or war axe stays at six times with the same perk investment.
Backstab, earlier in the tree, is what takes one-handed sneak attacks to six times in the first place.
Daggers draw from the One-Handed skill like any other one-hander, so Armsman still raises their damage.
Dual wielding daggers with Assassin's Blade and Shrouded Gloves takes the sneak attack to a total of thirty times damage.
Every dagger shares an attack speed of 1.3 and a reach of 0.7 whatever its material, so the only thing that changes between them is damage.
Being the smallest weapon, a dagger also absorbs the least when blocking.

Unique Daggers

Several daggers exist only once, and many of them come from quests. The Blade of Woe belongs to Astrid, the leader of the Dark Brotherhood. It absorbs Health with each hit. It can be taken from Astrid in three ways: by pickpocketing her, by killing her, or as the reward at the end of Death Incarnate.

Mehrunes' Razor is a Daedric artifact. It is the reward for Pieces of the Past, once Mehrunes Dagon's demands are met and Silus Vesuius is killed. Its enchantment has a small chance to kill a target instantly.

Keening is an ancient Dwarven dagger made by Lord Kagrenac. It belongs with Sunder and Wraithguard, the tools once used on the Heart of Lorkhan. The scholar Arniel Gane uses it in his research during Arniel's Endeavor at the College of Winterhold.

The Blade of Sacrifice is a ceremonial Ebony Dagger. The worshippers of Boethiah carry it during Boethiah's Calling, so several copies can be collected. Nettlebane is an ebony dagger made by hagravens. It is the only blade that can cut the Eldergleam during The Blessings of Nature.

Smaller unique daggers turn up across the province. Bloodthorn lies on an altar at Hag's End and soul traps a target that dies soon after being hit. Valdr's Lucky Dagger is Valdr's reward for clearing Moss Mother Cavern, and it raises the chance of critical hits. Rundi's Dagger and Borvir's Dagger lie beside their dead owners.

A dagger is sometimes the only weapon at hand. In Cidhna Mine, the prison under Markarth, the guards take away all of the hero's equipment. A fellow prisoner, Grisvar the Unlucky, trades his spare Shiv for skooma. The Shiv is a crude blade made from a sharpened scrap of metal. It helps the hero fight through the mine during No One Escapes Cidhna Mine.

The Dragon Priest Dagger is another odd blade. It is tied to the ancient Dragon Cult and turns up in a handful of Nordic tombs, such as Volunruud and Ysgramor's Tomb.

Smithing with Daggers

Daggers are the cheapest weapons to forge. An Iron Dagger needs only one Iron Ingot and one Leather Strips. That makes Iron Daggers a classic way to raise the Smithing Skill early, because the materials are cheap and easy to buy.

As the Smithing perks open new metals, a smith can move on to Steel, Dwarven or Elven daggers.

Daggers are improved at a Grindstone like other weapons. Each improvement uses one ingot of the dagger's metal, such as Steel Ingot for a Steel Dagger or Ebony Ingot for an Ebony Dagger. The matching Smithing perk makes each improvement much stronger.

The forged dagger ladder follows the usual metals. Iron, Steel, Orcish, Dwarven, Elven, Glass, Ebony and Daedric daggers come from the base game. The Dawnguard DLC adds the Dragonbone Dagger, and the Dragonborn DLC adds the Stalhrim Dagger and the Nordic Dagger.

Training One-Handed with Daggers

The One-Handed Skill rises with each damaging hit, based on the weapon's base damage. Swing speed then decides how many hits land each second. A fast weapon with good base damage trains the skill quickly, which is why a plain Daedric Dagger is a common training weapon.

Dual wielding can speed this up further, and the Dual Flurry perk makes dual wielded attacks quicker still. Training works only on targets that actually lose Health.

Followers and summoned creatures make safe training targets. A follower does not turn hostile when struck by accident outside a real fight. Conjured creatures can be summoned again after they fall, which also trains Conjuration at the same time.

All Daggers

Name	Damage	Speed	Weight	Value	Enchantment	Item ID	Level	Upgrade Material	Crafting Perk	Skill	Unique	DLC
Alessandra's Dagger	5	1.3	1	10	Cannot be enchanted	00043E1E	1+	Cannot be upgraded	None	One-Handed	Yes	Skyrim
Blade of Sacrifice	10	1.3	4	144	Cannot be enchanted	00079B1D	1+	Ebony Ingot	None	One-Handed	Yes	Skyrim
Blade of Woe	12	1	7	880	Absorb 10 points of health	0009CCDC	1+	Cannot be upgraded	Steel Smithing	One-Handed	Yes	Skyrim
Bloodthorn	5	1.3	2.5	183	If the target dies within 3 seconds, it fills a soul gem	000A4DCE	1+	Steel Ingot	Steel Smithing	One-Handed	Yes	Skyrim
Borvir's Dagger	8	1.3	4	18	Enchantable	000ECD54	1+	Refined Moonstone	Elven Smithing	One-Handed	Yes	Skyrim
Daedric Dagger	11	1.3	6	500	Enchantable	000139B6	46+	Ebony Ingot	Daedric Smithing	One-Handed	-	Skyrim
Dragon Priest Dagger	6	1.3	5	9	Enchantable	0001C1FE	1+	Cannot be upgraded	None	One-Handed	-	Skyrim
Dragonbone Dagger	12	1.3	6.5	600	Enchantable	XX014FCB	46+	Dragon Bone	Dragon Smithing	One-Handed	-	Dawnguard
Dwarven Dagger	7	1.3	3.5	55	Enchantable	00013996	13+	Dwarven Metal Ingot	Dwarven Smithing	One-Handed	-	Skyrim
Ebony Dagger	10	1.3	5	290	Enchantable	000139AE	37+	Ebony Ingot	Ebony Smithing	One-Handed	-	Skyrim
Elven Dagger	8	1.3	4	95	Enchantable	0001399E	20+	Refined Moonstone	Elven Smithing	One-Handed	-	Skyrim
Glass Dagger	9	1.3	4.5	165	Enchantable	000139A6	27+	Refined Malachite	Glass Smithing	One-Handed	-	Skyrim
Iron Dagger	4	1.3	2	10	Enchantable	0001397E	1+	Iron Ingot	None	One-Handed	-	Skyrim
Kahvozein's Fang	6	1.3	5	9	Yields Dragon Hearthscales	000D0758	1+	Cannot be upgraded	None	One-Handed	Yes	Skyrim
Keening	8	1.3	4	5	Chance to absorb 10 points of health, magicka and stamina on hit	0006A13C	1+	Cannot be upgraded	None	One-Handed	Yes	Skyrim
Mehrunes' Razor	11	1.3	3	860	Hits have a small chance to instantly kill	000240D2	1+	Ebony Ingot	None	One-Handed	Yes	Skyrim
Nettlebane	6	1.3	10	5	Cannot be enchanted	0001C492	1+	Ebony Ingot	None	One-Handed	Yes	Skyrim
Nordic Dagger	8	1.3	3.5	115	Enchantable	XX01CDAE	1+	Quicksilver Ingot	Advanced Armors Perk	One-Handed	-	Dragonborn
Orcish Dagger	6	1.3	3	30	Enchantable	0001398E	7+	Orichalcum Ingot	Orcish Smithing	One-Handed	-	Skyrim
Rundi's Dagger	5	1.3	2.5	18	Cannot be enchanted	000ECD53	1+	Steel Ingot	Steel Smithing	One-Handed	Yes	Skyrim
Shiv	5	1.3	2	5	Enchantable	000426C8	1+	Cannot be upgraded	None	One-Handed	-	Skyrim
Skyforge Steel Dagger	8	1.3	2.5	25	Enchantable	0009F25D	1+	Cannot be upgraded	None	One-Handed	-	Skyrim
Stalhrim Dagger	10	1.3	4.5	395	Frost Enchants are 25% stronger	XX01CDB5	35+	Stalhrim	Ebony Smithing	One-Handed	-	Dragonborn
Steel Dagger	5	1.3	2.5	18	Cannot be enchanted	00013986	1+	Steel Ingot	Steel Smithing	One-Handed	-	Skyrim
Valdr's Lucky Dagger	5	1.3	2.5	15	25% chance of a critical hit	000B994E	1+	Steel Ingot	Steel Smithing	One-Handed	Yes	Skyrim
Ancient Nord Dagger	5	1.3	3.5	5	Enchantable	XX000E44	1+	Steel Ingot	Steel Smithing	One-Handed	Yes	Creation Club
Honed Ancient Nord Dagger	8	1.3	9	8	Enchantable	XX08A1ED	1+	Steel Ingot	Steel Smithing	One-Handed	Yes	Creation Club
Nord Hero Dagger	8	1.3	2	55	Enchantable	XX08A1E4	1+	Steel Ingot	Steel Smithing	One-Handed	Yes	Creation Club
Rulnik's Dagger	8	1.3	3.5	115	10 points of extra damage to Spriggans	FEXXXECE	1+	Cannot be Upgraded	None	One-Handed	Yes	Creation Club
Fang of Haynekhtnamet	13	1.3	6.5	1446	Target takes 25 points of shock damage, and half as much Magicka damage	XX000ED3		Dragon Bone	Dragon Smithing	One-Handed	Yes	Creation Club
Madness Dagger	13	1.3	7	800	Enchantable	XX000BE6	1+	Madness Ingot	Quest	One-Handed	-	Creation Club
Amber Dagger	12	1.3	4.5	700	Enchantable	XX000BDD	1+	Amber Ingot	Quest	One-Handed	-	Creation Club
Dark Dagger	9	1.3	3	105	Enchantable	XXXXX821	1+	Quicksilver Ingot	Daedric Smithing	One-Handed	-	Creation Club
Golden Dagger	8	1	3	105	Enchantable	XX00080E	1+	Gold Ingot	Daedric Smithing	One-Handed	-	Creation Club

One-Handed Weapon Categories

Swords

Swords are the largest weapon class in Skyrim at 50 weapons, and the fastest one-hander after daggers. They hit for up to 16, one below a war axe of the same material and two below a mace, and they make it back on speed and on the one class perk that works where the others do not.

Combat

Where it wins

Bladesman is the only weapon perk that works against undead, Dwarven automatons and anything else with no armour and no blood. Maces and war axes both go dead against those.
Fastest of the three one-handed classes, so damage per second stays competitive despite the lowest damage per hit.
Deepest class in the game: 50 weapons, which is where most of the named and quest weapons live.
Lowest stamina cost per power attack of the one-handers, which matters for a dual wielding build burning stamina on both hands.

Where it loses

Lowest base damage of the three one-handed classes. A Daedric Sword does 14 where the mace does 16.
Bladesman is a 20 per cent chance of critical damage at rank 3, and critical damage is a fraction of base damage, not of the total. At 100 skill that works out near 3 per cent more damage per swing.
No armour penetration and no bleed, so against a heavily armoured target the class has no answer where a mace does.
The class ceiling is 16, one below the strongest war axe and well behind any two-hander.

Builds

The sword build is the generalist one-handed build, and its real strength is dual wielding.

Armsman first, 5 ranks, which is a flat multiplier on every one-handed swing.
Dual Flurry and Dual Savagery for a character holding two. Sword speed is what makes dual wielding worth the stamina.
Bladesman only after those. It is the weakest of the three class perks numerically, and it is worth taking mainly for the undead and automaton coverage the others lack.
Where the next chunk of damage comes from: smithing, not perks. Tempering raises base damage, and Armsman multiplies it.

Statistic	Lowest	Highest
Damage	1	16
Weight	0 (Phantom Sword)	20 (Madness Sword)
Value	-	3413 (Goldbrand)
In the class	50 weapons

Best Swords

Weapon	Damage	Weight	Value	Why Take It
Miraak's Sword	16	3	427	16 damage and the class ceiling, from Dragonborn. Its tentacle effect also staggers.
Madness Sword	16	20	250	16 damage, tied for highest in class, from the Saints & Seducers Creation.
Chillrend	15	16	1442	15 damage with a strong frost enchantment, and it levels with the player, so the version found at level 46 or above is the one worth having.
Dragonbone Sword	15	19	1500	Highest in class at 15 damage.
Goldbrand	15	17	3413	Highest in class at 15 damage.

Notes

Bladesman gives swords a 10, 15 or 20 per cent chance of critical damage at 30, 60 and 90 One-Handed.
It is the only one of the three class perks that functions against armourless and bloodless enemies, which covers draugr, skeletons and Dwarven automatons.
Critical damage is calculated from the weapon's base damage, so the perk is worth proportionally less the more skill and smithing raise the total.
Swords, war axes and maces all draw on Armsman equally. The class perks are the only mechanical difference between them.

Daedric and Faction Swords

Dawnbreaker is the sword of the Daedric Prince Meridia. It is the reward for The Break of Dawn. Each hit burns the target with fire, and killing undead with it can set off a fiery explosion that turns other undead nearby.

Several factions hand out signature swords. Karliah gives the Nightingale Blade to the hero during the Thieves Guild quest Hard Answers. It once belonged to Gallus, and it absorbs both Health and Stamina from each target. Chillrend waits in a display case in Mercer Frey's house in Riften during the same questline.

Windshear is a scimitar lodged in the bowsprit of the Katariah. The ship opens only during the Dark Brotherhood quest Hail Sithis. Its enchantment makes bash attacks knock enemies off their feet.

The Dawnguard DLC adds Harkon's Sword, carried by Lord Harkon, the leader of the Volkihar vampires. It can be taken from him by pickpocketing or after his defeat. It looks like a Blades Sword with a golden finish and a guard shaped like bats.

Swords from Quests and Ruins

Many unique swords sit at the end of a quest or a ruin. Dragonbane hangs in Sky Haven Temple, the old base of the Blades. It deals extra damage to dragons and shock damage to other enemies. Its strength depends on the character's level when it is picked up during Alduin's Wall.

Ghostblade is a translucent Ancient Nord Sword from Ansilvund. The spirits of Fjori and Holgeir give it as thanks after Lu'ah Al-Skaven is defeated. The Gauldur Blackblade is held by Mikrul Gauldurson in Folgunthur during Forbidden Legend. It absorbs Health from each target and is leveled as well.

Red Eagle's Fury belonged to Red Eagle, a legendary warrior of the Reach. Recovering the sword and slaying Red Eagle himself turns it into the true blade, Red Eagle's Bane. That sword adds fire damage and turns undead.

Other legendary blades lie hidden across the province. Bolar's Oathblade, the katana of the Blade Acilius Bolar, rests at a Shrine of Talos in Bloated Man's Grotto. Eduj, a Nord Hero Sword, was a favourite weapon of the Nord warrior Kvenel the Tongue, alongside the war axe Okin. The Pale Blade comes from Frostmere Crypt during The Pale Lady and adds frost damage and fear.

Swords for Others

Some swords belong to other people, and returning them earns a reward. Amren in Whiterun asks the hero to recover Amren's Family Sword, a plain Iron Sword, from a dungeon. Bringing it back raises One-Handed and Block.

The ghost who haunts Old Hroldan Inn asks for Hjalti's Sword, an Ancient Nord Sword. Returning it to the ghost also raises One-Handed and Block.

Oengul War-Anvil in Windhelm wants Queen Freydis's Sword, a legendary steel blade. It lies in a cave chosen when the quest starts.

Forging and Special Materials

Forged swords follow the usual metals. Iron, Steel, Orcish, Dwarven, Elven, Glass, Ebony and Daedric come from the base game. The Dawnguard DLC adds the Dragonbone Sword, and the Dragonborn DLC adds Stalhrim and Nordic swords.

A few sword materials follow special rules. Silver Swords deal extra damage to undead, and werewolves take the bonus too. The Nord Hero Sword can be forged only at the Skyforge in Whiterun, after the Companions quest Glory of the Dead. The Skyforge Steel Sword comes from Eorlund Gray-Mane, the smith at the Skyforge.

The Dragonborn DLC also adds two cursed scimitars. Bloodscythe and Soulrender belonged to the pirate king Haknir Death-Brand. Both lie in Gyldenhul Barrow on Solstheim, and Bloodscythe grows stronger when it is wielded together with Soulrender.

All Swords

Name	Damage	Speed	Weight	Value	Enchantment	Item ID	Level	Upgrade Material	Crafting Perk	Skill	Unique	DLC
Akaviri Sword	11	1	10	300	Enchantable	XX014555	1+	Cannot be Upgraded	None	One-Handed	Yes	Dragonborn
Amren's Family Sword	7	1	9	25	Cannot be enchanted	000647AC	1+	Iron Ingot	None	One-Handed	Yes	Skyrim
Ancient Nord Sword	8	1	12	13	Enchantable	0002C66F	1+	Steel Ingot	Steel Smithing	One-Handed	-	Skyrim
Blades Sword	11	1	10	300	Enchantable	0003AEB9	1+	Steel Ingot	Steel Smithing	One-Handed	-	Skyrim
Bloodscythe	13	1	10	1859	When wielded with Soulrender, absorbs 15 health and has a chance to lower the target's armor	XX018DDD	1+	Ebony Ingot	Daedric Smithing	One-Handed	Yes	Dragonborn
Bolar's Oathblade	11	1	10	1014	Does 25 points of Stamina damage. Creatures and people up to level 12 flee from combat for 30 seconds	000C1989	1+	Quicksilver Ingot	Steel Smithing	One-Handed	Yes	Skyrim
Ceremonial Sword	8	1	12	5	Cannot be enchanted	0008ADFC	1+	Steel Ingot	Steel Smithing	One-Handed	Yes	Skyrim
Chillrend	15	1	16	1442	Target takes 30 points of frost damage to Health and Stamina. Chance to paralyze the target for 2 seconds	000F8318	Level 46+	Refined Malachite	Glass Smithing	One-Handed	Yes	Skyrim
Daedric Sword	14	1	16	1250	Enchantable	000139B9	Level 46+	Ebony Ingot	Daedric Smithing	One-Handed	-	Skyrim
Dawnbreaker	12	1	10	740	Burns for 10–15 points, and if killing undead, a chance to cause a fiery explosion that turns or destroys nearby undead	0004E4EE	1+	Ebony Ingot	None	One-Handed	Yes	Skyrim
Dragonbane	14	1	14	2596	40 points of extra damage to dragons, 10 points of shock damage to others	000F71D0	Level 46+	Quicksilver Ingot	Steel Smithing	One-Handed	Yes	Dragonborn
Dragonbone Sword	15	1	19	1500	Enchantable	XX014FCE	Level 46+	Dragon Bone	Dragon Smithing	One-Handed	-	Dawnguard
Drainheart Sword	11	1	3	73	Absorb 15 points of stamina	000F71DD	1+	Cannot be Upgraded	None	One-Handed	Yes	Skyrim
Dwarven Sword	10	1	12	135	Enchantable	00013999	12+	Dwarven Metal Ingot	Dwarven Smithing	One-Handed	-	Skyrim
Ebony Sword	13	1	15	720	Enchantable	000139B1	36+	Ebony Ingot	Ebony Smithing	One-Handed	-	Skyrim
Eduj	11	1	9	300	Target takes 10 points of frost damage to Health and Stamina	0008FFDF	1+	Steel Ingot	Steel Smithing	One-Handed	Yes	Skyrim
Elven Sword	11	1	13	235	Enchantable	000139A1	19+	Refined Moonstone	Elven Smithing	One-Handed	-	Skyrim
Falmer Sword	10	1	18	67	Enchantable	0002E6D1	1+	Chaurus Chitin	None	One-Handed	-	Skyrim
Forsworn Sword	10	1	13	70	Enchantable	000CADE9	1+	Steel Ingot	Steel Smithing	One-Handed	-	Skyrim
Gauldur Blackblade	11	1	15	1286	Absorb 25 points of health	000F5D1D	Level 36+	Steel Ingot	Dwarven Smithing	One-Handed	Yes	Skyrim
Ghostblade	8	1	1	300	Does 3 points of extra damage, ignoring armor	00094A2B	1+	3 Ectoplasm	None	One-Handed	Yes	Skyrim
Glass Sword	12	1	14	410	Enchantable	000139A9	Level 27+	Refined Malachite	Glass Smithing	One-Handed	-	Skyrim
Grimsever	12	1	14	727	Target takes 15 points of frost damage to health and stamina	00053379	1+	Refined Malachite	Glass Smithing	One-Handed	Yes	Skyrim
Harkon's Sword	8	1	9	1472	Absorbs 15 points of Health, Magicka, and Stamina if wielded by a vampire	XX0067CF	1+	Steel Ingot	Steel Smithing	One-Handed	Yes	Dawnguard
Herebane's Courage	11	1	13	639	Burns the target for 25 points. Targets on fire take extra damage	000F9648	1+	Refined Moonstone	Elven Smithing	One-Handed	Yes	Skyrim
Hjalti's Sword	8	1	12	13	Cannot be enchanted	00068976	1+	Cannot be Upgraded	None	One-Handed	Yes	Skyrim
Honed Ancient Nord Sword	11	1	15	23	Enchantable	0005BF14	1+	Steel Ingot	Dwarven Smithing	One-Handed	-	Skyrim
Honed Falmer Sword	12	1	18	205	Enchantable	0006F6FF	1+	Cannot be Upgraded	None	One-Handed	-	Skyrim
Imperial Sword	8	1	10	23	Enchantable	000135B8	1+	Steel Ingot	Steel Smithing	One-Handed	-	Skyrim
Iron Sword	7	1	9	25	Enchantable	00012EB7	1+	Iron Ingot	None	One-Handed	-	Skyrim
Lunar Iron Sword	7	1	9	158	While the moons are out, burns the target for 20 points	0003B0C4	Level 6+	Iron Ingot	None	One-Handed	-	Skyrim
Lunar Steel Sword	8	1	10	138	While the moons are out, burns the target for 20 points	0003B0BD	Level 8+	Steel Ingot	Steel Smithing	One-Handed	-	Skyrim
Miraak's Sword	16	1	3	427	Absorb 15 points of stamina	XX039FB4	1+	Daedra Heart, Ebony Ingot	Dwarven Smithing	One-Handed	Yes	Dragonborn
Nightingale Blade	14	1	15	1665	Absorb 25 points of health and stamina	000F6527	Level 46+	Ebony Ingot	None	One-Handed	Yes	Skyrim
Nord Hero Sword	11	1	9	135	Enchantable	00068C7B	1+	Steel Ingot	Steel Smithing	One-Handed	-	Skyrim
Nordic Sword	11	1	12	290	Enchantable	XX01CDB1	26+	Quicksilver Ingot	Advanced Armors	One-Handed	-	Dragonborn
Orcish Sword	9	1	11	75	Enchantable	00013991	Level 6+	Orichalcum Ingot	Orcish Smithing	One-Handed	-	Skyrim
Phantom Sword	1	1	0	0	Cannot be enchanted	000771B9	1+	Cannot be Upgraded	None	One-Handed	-	Skyrim
Queen Freydis's Sword	8	1	10	45	Enchantable	000AB85D	1+	Steel Ingot	Steel Smithing	One-Handed	Yes	Skyrim
Red Eagle's Bane	11	1	15	100	Undead up to level 13 are set on fire and flee for 30 seconds	000AB703	1+	Steel Ingot	Dwarven Smithing	One-Handed	-	Skyrim
Red Eagle's Fury	8	1	12	97	Burns the target for 5 points. Targets on fire take extra damage	0009FD50	1+	Steel Ingot	Steel Smithing	One-Handed	-	Skyrim
Scimitar	11	1	10	5	Enchantable	0007A91A	1+	Steel Ingot	Steel Smithing	One-Handed	-	Skyrim
Silver Sword	8	1	7	100	20 points of extra damage to undead	0010AA19	1+	Cannot be Upgraded	None	One-Handed	-	Skyrim
Skyforge Steel Sword	11	1	10	70	Enchantable	0009F25C	1+	Steel Ingot	Steel Smithing	One-Handed	-	Skyrim
Stalhrim Sword	13	1	14	985	Frost Enchants are 25% stronger	XX01CDB8	35+	Stalhrim	Ebony Smithing	One-Handed	-	Dragonborn
Steel Sword	8	1	10	45	Enchantable	000557F5	2+	Steel Ingot	Steel Smithing	One-Handed	-	Skyrim
Soulrender	13	1	10	1000	When wielded with Bloodscythe, absorbs 15 magicka and has a chance to lower the target's magical defenses	XX036689	1+	Ebony Ingot	Daedric Smithing	One-Handed	Yes	Dragonborn
The Pale Blade	11	1	15	914	Creatures and people up to level 16 flee from combat for 30 seconds. Target takes 25 points of frost damage to Health and 50 points of Stamina damage	000F5D2D	Level 27+	Steel Ingot	Steel Smithing	One-Handed	Yes	Skyrim
Vilkas's Sword	11	1	10	70	Cannot be enchanted	0009F25C	1+	Steel Ingot	Steel Smithing	One-Handed	Yes	Skyrim
Windshear	11	1	10	40	Bash attacks made with this weapon have a chance of knocking enemies down	0006EA8B	1+	Steel Ingot	Steel Smithing	One-Handed	Yes	Skyrim
Wooden Sword	2	1	3	25	Enchantable	03004D91	1+	Firewood	None	One-Handed	-	Hearthfire
Dragon's Oath	14	1	10	3103	Burns the target for 30 points. Targets on fire take extra damage	FEXXX84F	1+	Steel Ingot	Steel Smithing	One-Handed	Yes	Creation Club
Master Sword	12	1	12	235	Enchantable	XX00081F	1+	Refined Moonstone	Steel Smithing	One-Handed	Yes	Skyrim
Storm-Bear Sword	14	1	10	3230	Target takes 30 points of frost damage to Health and Stamina	FEXXXD61	1+	Steel Ingot	Steel Smithing	One-Handed	Yes	Creation Club
Torment	18	1	16	3163	Burns the target for 30 points. Targets on fire take extra damage	XX000B5F	1+	Ebony Ingot	Daedric Smithing	One-Handed	Yes	Creation Club
Ebony Scimitar	15	1	14	800	Enchantable	XX000E38	1+	Ebony Ingot	Ebony Smithing	One-Handed	-	Creation Club
Goldbrand	15	1	17	3413	Burns the target for 30 points. Targets on fire take extra damage	FEXXXD61	1+	Gold Ingot	Daedric Smithing	One-Handed	Yes	Creation Club
Sword of the Crusader	14	1	13		Burns the target for 15 points. Targets on fire take extra damage	FEXXX80c	1+	Steel Ingot	Steel Smithing	One-Handed	Yes	Creation Club
Grand Champion's Sword	14	1	12	2500	Enchantable	FEXXX807	1+	Steel Ingot	Steel Smithing	One-Handed	Yes	Creation Club
Blackwater Blade	12	1	14	1949	Absorb 30 points of stamina.	XX000A4B	1+	Steel Ingot	Steel Smithing	One-Handed	Yes	Creation Club
Cyrus' Sabre	14	1	6	1500	Enchantable	XX000D63	1+	Steel Ingot	Steel Smithing	One-Handed	Yes	Creation Club
Dawnfang/Duskfang	14	1	16	2449	In daytime, deals 7 points of fire damage. At night, deals 7 points of frost damage.	FEXXXD63	1+	Ebony Ingot	Daedric Smithing	One-Handed	Yes	Creation Club
Madness Sword	16	1	20	250	Enchantable	XX000BE9	1+	Madness Ingot	Quest	One-Handed	-	Creation Club
Amber Sword	15	1	14	1600	Enchantable	XX000BE0	1+	Amber Ingot	Quest	One-Handed	-	Creation Club
Dark Sword	12	1	11	250	Enchantable	XX000823	1+	Quicksilver Ingot	Daedric Smithing	One-Handed	-	Creation Club
Golden Sword	11	1	11	250	Enchantable	XX000822	1+	Gold Ingot	Daedric Smithing	One-Handed	-	Creation Club
Bloodthirst	14	1	16	1619	Absorbs 15 points of health. Increases speed by 7%. Targets take additional bleed damage.	FEXXXC92	1+	Ebony Ingot	Daedric Smithing	One-Handed	Yes	Creation Club
Boneshaver	11	1	9.5	605	Attacks cause 3 points of extra bleeding damage for 4 seconds.	FEXXX8D6	1+	Steel Ingot	Steel Smithing	One-Handed	Yes	Creation Club
Remnant Scimitar	12	1	10.5	325	Enchantable	FEXXX805	1+	Corundum Ingot	Steel Smithing	One-Handed	Yes	Creation Club
Remnant Scimitar of Fire	12	1	10.5	759	Burns the target for 20 points. Targets on fire take extra damage.	FEXXXE44	1+	Steel Ingot	Steel Smithing	One-Handed	Yes	Creation Club

One-Handed Weapon Categories

Maces

Maces hit for the most of any one-handed class, up to 18, and they carry the one class perk that scales instead of flattening out. Bone Breaker makes mace attacks ignore 25, 50 or 75 per cent of the target's armour, and because that is a multiplier rather than a flat bonus it is worth more the stronger the character gets.

Combat

Where it wins

Highest damage of the three one-handed classes. Two more per swing than a sword of the same material, one more than a war axe.
Bone Breaker is the only one-handed class perk that scales with the wielder's damage rather than against it. Against high level bandits the effect reaches around 40 per cent bonus damage.
The class holds Scourge at 6,569 gold, the most valuable weapon in the game, and it banishes summoned Daedra outright.
Armour penetration answers the one thing swords cannot: a heavily armoured target.

Where it loses

Slowest of the three one-handed classes, so the damage per hit advantage partly disappears in damage per second.
Bone Breaker does nothing against an enemy with no armour rating. Dwarven automatons look armoured and are not, and draugr and skeletons give it nothing either.
That makes the class weakest exactly inside a Nordic ruin, which is a large share of the game's dungeons.
No bleed and no critical chance, so against unarmoured targets a mace is a plain damage stick.

Builds

A mace build is a late-blooming one. The class perk is worth little early and a great deal once smithing and enchanting have raised the damage.

Armsman to 5 before anything else, as with every one-hander.
Bone Breaker to 3. Unlike Bladesman it gets better as the damage climbs, so it is worth finishing rather than stopping at rank 1.
Carry a sword for the ruins. Bone Breaker's dead zone is large enough that a second weapon for draugr and automatons is worth the slot.
Where the next chunk of damage comes from: Fortify One-Handed and smithing, both of which Bone Breaker multiplies rather than competes with.

Statistic	Lowest	Highest
Damage	1	18
Weight	7 (Prelate's Mace)	23 (Madness Mace)
Value	-	6569 (Scourge)
In the class	27 weapons

Best Maces

Weapon	Damage	Weight	Value	Why Take It
Scourge	18	22	6569	18 damage, the most valuable weapon in the game at 6,569 gold, and it banishes summoned Daedra up to level 36 outright.
Madness Mace	18	23	2200	18 damage, tied for highest in class, from the Saints & Seducers Creation.
Dragonbone Mace	17	22	2000	17 damage, the strongest mace forgeable in the base game, needing Dragon Smithing.
Ebony Mace CC	17	19	1000	Highest in class at 17 damage.
Amber Mace	17	18	2100	Highest in class at 17 damage.

Notes

Bone Breaker makes mace attacks ignore 25, 50 or 75 per cent of armour at 30, 60 and 90 One-Handed.
It has no effect on an enemy with no armour rating. Dwarven automatons have none despite their metal shells.
Because it is multiplicative it overtakes the flat perks in the mid game: at 100 damage it adds around 10 where Bladesman adds at most 5.6.
Maces are the slowest one-handers, so the class trades attack speed for the damage and the penetration.

The Mace of Molag Bal

The Mace of Molag Bal is a Daedric artifact. It is the reward for The House of Horrors, a quest that begins in an abandoned house in Markarth. The mace first appears as a Rusty Mace placed as an offering at the altar of Molag Bal.

Each hit drains twenty five points of both Magicka and Stamina from the target. The mace also casts Soul Trap on the target for three seconds. A target that dies inside that window fills an empty soul gem in the wielder's pack.

Draining Magicka leaves an enemy mage less power for spells. Draining Stamina leaves an enemy warrior less for power attacks. The mace is improved with an Ebony Ingot at a Grindstone.

Other Unique Maces

The Lunar maces come from Silent Moons Camp, home of the Lunar Forge. The Lunar Iron Mace and the Lunar Steel Mace carry the Silent Moons enchantment, which burns the target for a moment with each hit. They are leveled, so their strength follows the character's level when they are found.

The Dragonborn DLC adds Horksbane on Solstheim. This steel mace lies beside the body of its owner, the pirate Saden, on Horker Island.

Two Creations add mace artifacts. Scourge belongs to the Creation The Cause and is wielded by a Dremora in the Deadlands. Its enchantment can banish summoned Daedra. The Mace of the Crusader belongs to the Divine Crusader Creation. It is one of the relics held by bandits at Four Skull Lookout, east of Markarth.

Forging and Upgrades

Forged maces follow the usual metals. Iron, Steel, Orcish, Dwarven, Elven, Glass, Ebony and Daedric come from the base game. The Dawnguard DLC adds the Dragonbone Mace, and the Dragonborn DLC adds the Stalhrim Mace and the Nordic Mace.

Every metal above Iron needs its Smithing perk before a mace can be forged from it. Steel Smithing covers Steel. The heavy branch of the tree opens Dwarven, Orcish, Ebony and Daedric, and the light branch opens Elven and Glass. Dragon Armor at the top opens the Dragonbone Mace.

Maces are improved at a Grindstone with one ingot of their metal per step. The matching Smithing perk makes each improvement much stronger. Enchanted maces, including the Mace of Molag Bal, also need the Arcane Blacksmith perk before they can be improved.

Maces and Enchanting

Maces take the same enchantments as any other weapon. Each hit uses some of the stored charge, and a filled soul gem restores it at any time. The enchantment is learned first by disenchanting another weapon that carries it.

Soul Trap is a useful enchantment for a backup weapon. A mace with Soul Trap fills soul gems while the character fights. Those gems then recharge other enchanted weapons or power new enchantments at an Arcane Enchanter.

The Destruction perks also strengthen weapon enchantments. Augmented Flames, Augmented Frost and Augmented Shock raise the fire, frost and shock damage of enchanted weapons. A mace build with points in Destruction gains from them as well.

All Maces

Name	Damage	Speed	Weight	Value	Enchantment	Item ID	Level	Upgrade Material	Crafting Perk	Skill	Unique	DLC
Daedric Mace	16	0.8	20	1750	Enchantable	000139B8	1+	Ebony Ingot	Daedric Smithing	One-Handed	-	Skyrim
Dragonbone Mace	17	0.8	22	2000	Enchantable	XX014FCD	1+	Dragon Bone	Dragon Smithing	One-Handed	-	Dawnguard
Dwarven Mace	12	0.8	16	190	Enchantable	00013998	12+	Dwarven Metal Ingot	Dwarven Smithing	One-Handed	-	Skyrim
Ebony Mace	16	0.8	19	1000	Enchantable	000139B0	36+	Ebony Ingot	Ebony Smithing	One-Handed	-	Skyrim
Elven Mace	13	0.8	17	330	Enchantable	000139A0	19+	Refined Moonstone	Elven Smithing	One-Handed	-	Skyrim
Glass Mace	14	0.8	18	575	Enchantable	000139A8	1+	Refined Malachite	Glass Smithing	One-Handed	-	Skyrim
Horksbane	10	0.8	14	250	Especially effective against horkers	XX026490	1+	Steel Ingot	Steel Smithing	One-Handed	Yes	Dragonborn
Iron Mace	9	0.8	13	35	Enchantable	00013982	1+	Iron Ingot	None	One-Handed	-	Skyrim
Lunar Iron Mace	9	0.8	13	168	While the moons are out, burns the target for 20 points	0003B0C1	6+	Iron Ingot	None	One-Handed	-	Skyrim
Lunar Steel Mace	10	0.8	14	198	While the moons are out, burns the target for 20 points	0003B0BC	8+	Steel Ingot	None	One-Handed	-	Skyrim
Mace of Molag Bal	16	0.8	18	1257	Deals 25 damage to Stamina and Magicka. If target dies within 3 seconds, fills a soul gem	000233E3	1+	Ebony Ingot	None	One-Handed	Yes	Skyrim
Nordic Mace	13	0.8	16	410	Enchantable	XX01CDB0	1+	Quicksilver Ingot	Advanced Armors	One-Handed	-	Dragonborn
Orcish Mace	11	0.8	15	105	Enchantable	00013990	1+	Orichalcum Ingot	Orcish Smithing	One-Handed	-	Skyrim
Prelate's Mace	13	0.8	7	330	Cannot be enchanted	00013990	1+	Refined Moonstone	Elven Smithing	One-Handed	Yes	Dawnguard
Rusty Mace	7	0.8	13	5	Cannot be enchanted	0022F0F	1+	Cannot be Upgraded	None	One-Handed	Yes	Skyrim
Stalhrim Mace	16	0.8	18	1375	Frost Enchants are 25% stronger	XX01CDB7	35+	Stalhrim	Ebony Smithing	One-Handed	-	Dragonborn
Steel Mace	10	0.8	14	65	Enchantable	00013988	2+	Steel Ingot	Steel Smithing	One-Handed	-	Skyrim
Ancient Nord Mace	10	0.9	16	17	Enchantable	XX000E46	1+	Steel Ingot	Steel Smithing	One-Handed	Yes	Creation Club
Honed Ancient Nord Mace	13	0.9	18	31	Enchantable	XX08A1EE	1+	Steel Ingot	Steel Smithing	One-Handed	Yes	Creation Club
Light of Day	16	0.9	20	1614	30 points of sun damage, undead targets take triple damage	XX13101E	1+	Iron Ingot	None	One-Handed	Yes	Creation Club
Sunder	15	0.9	18	1720	Does 5 points of frost, fire, and shock damage each. Does 15 points of damage to stamina and magicka	FEXXX801	1+	Dwarven Metal Ingot	Dwarven Smithing	One-Handed	Yes	Creation Club
Scourge	18	0.8	22	6569	Summoned Daedra up to level 36 are sent back to Oblivion	XX000B5E	1+	Ebony Ingot	Daedric Smithing	One-Handed	Yes	Creation Club
Mace of the Crusader	16	0.8	18	2501	Burns the target for 15 points. Targets on fire take extra damage	FEXXX80d	1+	Steel Ingot	Steel Smithing	One-Handed	Yes	Creation Club
Ebony Mace CC	17	0.8	19	1000	Enchantable	XX000E37	1+	Ebony Ingot	Ebony Smithing	One-Handed	-	Creation Club
Madness Mace	18	0.8	23	2200	Enchantable	XX000BE8	1+	Madness Ingot	Quest	One-Handed	-	Creation Club
Amber Mace	17	0.8	18	2100	Enchantable	XX000BDF	1+	Amber Ingot	Quest	One-Handed	-	Creation Club
Dark Mace	14	0.8	15	370	Enchantable	XX000824	1+	Quicksilver Ingot	Daedric Smithing	One-Handed	-	Creation Club
Golden Mace	13	1	15	370	Enchantable	XX000827	1+	Gold Ingot	Daedric Smithing	One-Handed	-	Creation Club

One-Handed Weapon Categories

War Axes

War axes sit between swords and maces on damage, up to 17 across 33 weapons, and their class perk is the only one of the three that ignores armour entirely by going around it. Hack and Slash adds bleeding damage, which is applied over time and is not reduced by the target's armour rating.

Combat

Where it wins

Bleeding damage bypasses armour without needing a penetration percentage, so a war axe keeps working against heavily armoured targets that blunt a sword.
One more damage per swing than a sword of the same material, at a slightly slower speed.
Bleed keeps ticking after the swing, which suits a hit-and-move style and stacks while the wielder backs off.
The class carries Okin and Boneshaver, both reachable well before their damage tier suggests.

Where it loses

One below a mace on damage, and without the mace's scaling penetration.
Bleed is a damage-over-time effect, so it is wasted on anything that dies to the swing itself, which covers most enemies outside boss fights.
Hack and Slash does nothing to bloodless enemies, much as Bone Breaker does nothing to unarmoured ones. Skeletons and automatons take no bleed at all.
The class ceiling of 17 is well below the ceiling of every two-handed class.

Builds

War axes are the middle option and are worth committing to for long fights rather than short ones.

Armsman to 5 first, as always.
Hack and Slash to 3 if fights last more than a few swings. Against trash that dies immediately the bleed never lands.
Pair with Block, because bleed rewards surviving in melee longer rather than killing faster.
Where the next chunk of damage comes from: the same smithing and enchanting loop as every one-hander. The bleed is a fixed addition and does not scale with it.

Statistic	Lowest	Highest
Damage	1	17
Weight	9.5 (Boneshaver)	22 (Madness War Axe)
Value	-	1900 (Madness War Axe)
In the class	33 weapons

Best War Axes

Weapon	Damage	Weight	Value	Why Take It
Madness War Axe	17	22	1900	17 damage and the class ceiling, from the Saints & Seducers Creation.
Dragonbone War Axe	16	21	1700	16 damage, the strongest war axe forgeable in the base game.
Amber War Axe	16	16	1800	16 damage, and it needs only Glass Smithing at 70 rather than Dragon at 100.
Daedric War Axe	15	18	1500	Highest in class at 15 damage.
Ebony War Axe	15	17	865	Highest in class at 15 damage.

Notes

Hack and Slash adds bleeding damage to war axe attacks at 30, 60 and 90 One-Handed, in three increasing ranks.
Bleeding damage is applied after armour, so it is not reduced by a heavily armoured target.
Bloodless enemies take no bleed, which puts skeletons, draugr and Dwarven automatons outside the perk.
Maces swing at 0.8, war axes at 0.9 and swords at 1.0, so the sword is the fastest of the three.

Unique War Axes

Okin is a unique war axe from an old Nord legend. It is a Nord Hero War Axe that once belonged to the Nord warrior Kvenel the Tongue. Haman Forgefire forged it for him, to be used alongside the sword Eduj. Both weapons lie with their owner in his tomb at Volunruud.

The Dawnguard DLC adds the Dawnguard Rune Axe. It is the reward for the Dawnguard quest Lost Relic. Its enchantment deals sun damage, and it grows stronger with every undead enemy it kills.

Ulfric's War Axe is a plain Steel War Axe with a story. Ulfric Stormcloak hands it to a hero who joins the Stormcloaks. The axe must be delivered to Jarl Balgruuf in Whiterun as a warning, and that delivery moves the Civil War forward.

Faction and Ruin Axes

The Dawnguard carry their own Dawnguard War Axe in their fight against vampires. Its built in effect deals five extra points of damage to vampires.

Draugr in ancient tombs carry Ancient Nord war axes. At higher levels, they carry Honed Draugr War Axes instead. A honed axe looks the same but deals more damage, weighs more and sells for more.

Forged war axes follow the usual metals. Iron, Steel, Orcish, Dwarven, Elven, Glass, Ebony and Daedric come from the base game. The Dawnguard DLC adds the Dragonbone War Axe. The Dragonborn DLC adds the Stalhrim War Axe and the Nordic War Axe, and the Nord Hero War Axe comes from the Skyforge in Whiterun.

Tools That Fight

Some tools in Skyrim count as one-handed weapons. The Woodcutter's Axe chops Firewood at woodcutting blocks across the province. Firewood can then be sold to townspeople for gold during the task Chop Wood.

The Poacher's Axe is a special woodcutter's axe found at Halted Stream Camp. Its enchantment, Huntsman's Prowess, deals extra damage to animals. It still works as a tool for chopping wood.

The Pickaxe mines ore from veins. It can be swung at a vein like a weapon, or the vein can simply be used while the pickaxe is in the pack. The Notched Pickaxe is a unique pickaxe left at the top of the Throat of the World.

The Dragonborn DLC adds the Ancient Nordic Pickaxe. It is the only pickaxe that can mine Stalhrim on Solstheim. Glover Mallory in Raven Rock asks the hero to recover his, and he lets the hero keep it afterwards. Hoarfrost is a named Ancient Nordic Pickaxe carried by Ralis Sedarys at Kolbjorn Barrow.

Crafting and Upgrades

War axes are forged at a Forge with ingots of their metal and Leather Strips. They are improved at a Grindstone, one ingot per improvement. The Smithing perk for the metal makes each improvement much stronger.

The upgrade path for war axes follows the Smithing tree. Steel Smithing covers Steel war axes. The heavy branch then opens Dwarven, Orcish, Ebony and Daedric, and the light branch opens Elven and Glass. Dragon Armor at the top of the tree opens the Dragonbone War Axe.

Enchanted war axes need the Arcane Blacksmith perk before they can be improved. This matters for the Dawnguard Rune Axe and for every war axe that has been enchanted at an Arcane Enchanter.

All War Axes

Name	Damage	Speed	Weight	Value	Enchantment	Item ID	Level	Upgrade Material	Crafting Perk	Skill	Unique	DLC
Ancient Nord War Axe	9	0.9	14	15	Enchantable	0002C672	1+	Steel Ingot	Steel Smithing	One-Handed	-	Skyrim
Ancient Nordic Pickaxe	5	0.9	10	500	Enchantable	XX0398E6	1+	Cannot be Upgraded	None	One-Handed	-	Dragonborn
Balgruuf's War Axe	9	0.9	12	55	Cannot be enchanted	00013983	1+	Steel Ingot	Steel Smithing	One-Handed	Yes	Skyrim
Ceremonial Axe	9	0.9	14	5	Cannot be enchanted	0008ABFD	1+	Steel Ingot	Steel Smithing	One-Handed	-	Skyrim
Daedric War Axe	15	0.9	18	1500	Enchantable	000139B3	Level 47+	Ebony Ingot	Daedric Smithing	One-Handed	-	Skyrim
Dawnguard Rune Axe	11	0.9	13	175	Does 10+ sun damage to undead where n is the number of undead killed with the axe since the last sunrise	XX01668C	1+	Steel Ingot	Steel Smithing	One-Handed	Yes	Dawnguard
Dawnguard War Axe	11	0.9	13	55	Enchantable	XX00D098	1+	Steel Ingot	Steel Smithing	One-Handed	-	Dawnguard
Dragonbone War Axe	16	0.9	21	1700	Enchantable	XX014FCF	1+	Dragon Bone	Dragon Smithing	One-Handed	-	Dawnguard
Dwarven War Axe	11	0.9	14	165	Enchantable	00013993	12+	Dwarven Metal Ingot	Dwarven Smithing	One-Handed	-	Skyrim
Ebony War Axe	15	0.9	17	865	Enchantable	000139AB	36+	Ebony Ingot	Ebony Smithing	One-Handed	-	Skyrim
Elven War Axe	12	0.9	15	280	Enchantable	0001399B	19+	Refined Moonstone	Elven Smithing	One-Handed	-	Skyrim
Falmer War Axe	11	0.9	21	82	Enchantable	000302CD	1+	Chaurus Chitin	None	One-Handed	-	Skyrim
Forsworn Axe	11	0.9	15	90	Enchantable	000CC829	1+	Steel Ingot	Steel Smithing	One-Handed	-	Skyrim
Ghorbash's Ancestral Axe	8	0.9	11	30	Cannot be enchanted	0006A8FD	1+	Iron Ingot	None	One-Handed	-	Skyrim
Glass War Axe	14	0.9	16	490	Enchantable	000139A3	Level 27+	Refined Malachite	Glass Smithing	One-Handed	-	Skyrim
Hoarfrost	5	0.9	10	946	Target take 15 points of frost damage to Health and Stamina, and have a small chance of being frozen solid	XX0179C9	1+	Cannot be Upgraded	None	One-Handed	-	Dragonborn
Honed Draugr War Axe	11	0.9	16	27	Enchantable	0005BF15	1+	Steel Ingot	Dwarven Smithing	One-Handed	-	Skyrim
Honed Falmer War Axe	13	0.9	21	245	Enchantable	0006F700	1+	Cannot be Upgraded	None	One-Handed	-	Skyrim
Illusory War Axe	1	0.9	14	15	Cannot be enchanted	000E7A31	1+	Cannot be Upgraded	None	One-Handed	-	Skyrim
Iron War Axe	8	0.9	11	30	Enchantable	00013790	1+	Iron Ingot	None	One-Handed	-	Skyrim
Lunar Iron War Axe	8	0.9	11	163	While the moons are out, burns the target for 20 points	0003B0C7	Level 6+	Iron Ingot	None	One-Handed	-	Skyrim
Lunar Steel War Axe	9	0.9	12	188	While the moons are out, burns the target for 20 points	0003B0BE	Level 8+	Steel Ingot	Steel Smithing	One-Handed	-	Skyrim
Nord Hero War Axe	12	0.9	11	165	Enchantable	00068C63	1+	Steel Ingot	Steel Smithing	One-Handed	-	Skyrim
Nordic War Axe	12	0.9	14	350	Enchantable	XX01CDB2	26+	Quicksilver Ingot	Advanced Armors	One-Handed	-	Dragonborn
Notched Pickaxe	5	0.9	10	303	Raises the wielder's Smithing abilities, and does 5 shock damage to enemies on hit	001019D4	1+	Iron Ingot	None	One-Handed	Yes	Skyrim
Okin	12	0.9	11	320	Target takes 10 points of frost damage to Health and Stamina	0008FFDE	1+	Steel Ingot	Steel Smithing	One-Handed	Yes	Skyrim
Orcish War Axe	10	0.9	13	90	Enchantable	0001398B	Level 7+	Orichalcum Ingot	Orcish Smithing	One-Handed	-	Skyrim
Pickaxe	5	0.9	10	5	Enchantable	000E3C16	1+	Cannot be Upgraded	None	One-Handed	-	Skyrim
Poacher's Axe	5	0.9	10	32	3 points of extra damage to Animals	000AE086	1+	Steel Ingot	None	One-Handed	Yes	Skyrim
Skyforge Steel War Axe	12	0.9	12	80	Enchantable	0009F260	1+	Steel Ingot	Steel Smithing	One-Handed	-	Skyrim
Stalhrim War Axe	15	0.9	16	1180	Frost Enchants are 25% stronger	XX01CDB9	35+	Stalhrim	Ebony Smithing	One-Handed	-	Dragonborn
Steel War Axe	9	0.9	12	55	Enchantable	00013983	2+	Steel Ingot	Steel Smithing	One-Handed	-	Skyrim
Ulfric's War Axe	9	0.9	12	55	Cannot be enchanted	00013983	1+	Steel Ingot	Steel Smithing	One-Handed	Yes	Skyrim
Woodcutter's Axe	5	0.9	10	5	Enchantable	0002F2F4	1+	Cannot be Upgraded	None	One-Handed	-	Skyrim
Irkngthand War Axe of Fire	13		16	699	Burns the target for 20 points. Targets on fire take extra damage.	XX0009D9	1+	Dwarven Metal Ingot	Dwarven Smithing	One-Handed	-	Creation Club
Irkngthand War Axe of Freezing	13		16	742	Target takes 20 points of frost damage to Health and Stamina.	XX04D05E	1+	Dwarven Metal Ingot	Dwarven Smithing	One-Handed	-	Creation Club
Rocksplinter	1	1.3	10	5	Cannot be Enchanted	0006A707	1+	Cannot be Upgraded	None	One-Handed	Yes	Skyrim
Madness War Axe	17	0.9	22	1900	Enchantable	XX000BEA	1+	Madness Ingot	Quest	One-Handed	-	Creation Club
Amber War Axe	16	0.9	16	1800	Enchantable	XX000BE1	1+	Amber Ingot	Quest	One-Handed	-	Creation Club
Dark War Axe	13	0.9	13	320	Enchantable	XX000829	1+	Quicksilver Ingot	Daedric Smithing	One-Handed	-	Creation Club
Golden War Axe	12	1	13	320	Enchantable	XX00080A	1+	Gold Ingot	Daedric Smithing	One-Handed	-	Creation Club
Cleaver of St. Felms	14	0.9	17	2508	Burns the target for 30 points. Targets on fire take extra damage. Absorb 25 points of magicka.	XX057384	1+	Dwarven Metal Ingot	Dwarven Smithing	One-Handed	Yes	Creation Club