Kahvozein's Fang
| Kahvozein's Fang | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Base Damage | 6 |
| Speed | 1.3 |
| Weight | 5 |
| Value | 9 |
| Level | 1+ |
| Category | Dagger |
| Class | - |
| Variants | Dragon Priest Dagger |
| Skill | One-Handed |
| Unique | Yes |
| Item ID | 000D0758 |
| Game/DLC | Skyrim |
Kahvozein's Fang is a unique dragon priest dagger with 6 base damage. It is the only weapon that can cut heartscales from a dragon. The dagger is the quest item for Alteration Ritual Spell, which Tolfdir offers once Alteration reaches 90.
Weapon Enchantment
The dagger yields dragon heartscales when used on a dragon's corpse. It must be wielded in the right hand to work.
The Enchantment Effects page lists every weapon enchantment.
| Enchantment |
|---|
| Yields Dragon Hearthscales |
How to Get Guide
Kahvozein's Fang Map Location and Quest Guide
Kahvozein's Fang map location:
Kahvozein's Fang lies in a Nordic tomb chosen at random during Alteration Ritual Spell. Tolfdir offers the quest at the College of Winterhold.
- Ask Tolfdir at the College of Winterhold about further Alteration study.
- Travel to the tomb shown by the quest marker.
- Take Kahvozein's Fang from the tomb.
- Harvest heartscales from dragon corpses with the dagger.
- Bring the heartscales to Tolfdir.
Map credit by Map Genie.
The dagger is the only weapon that can harvest dragon heartscales.
Smithing Guide
| Crafting Materials | Upgrade Materials | Smithing Level | Smithing Perk |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cannot be crafted | Cannot be upgraded | - | None |
Weapon Levels
Some weapons in Skyrim are Levelled. The power of a levelled weapon is based on your charcters level when you get them. Some get stronger in both physical and magical aspects, while others only improve their enchantments. These items don't get better as your character levels up.
Kahvozein's Fang has the same damage at every character level.
| Level | Damage | Weight | Value | Enchantment | Level ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1+ | 6 | 5 | 9 | Yields Dragon Hearthscales | 000D0758 |
How It Plays
Kahvozein's Fang is a tool first and a weapon second. It is a Dragon Priest Dagger with a single special power: it cuts heartscales from dead dragons. In a fight it hits no harder than an ordinary dagger. Few characters will want it as a main weapon.
Its real use comes after the fight. Equip the dagger in the right hand, then search a dragon's corpse. The heartscales go straight into the inventory, under miscellaneous items. The dragon does not need to die by the dagger. A dragon killed by a bow, a spell or a follower works the same way.
Even a dragon burned to ash by a spell still gives up its heartscales. Older corpses work too, so a dragon slain days earlier can still be harvested on a return trip. After the quest ends, the Fang keeps working. Every later dragon corpse yields a heartscale on top of the usual bones and scales.
Heartscales
Heartscales serve one purpose in the game. Tolfdir needs them to finish a new master spell for the College of Winterhold. After his quest ends, the heartscales stop being quest items. They cannot be used at a forge, but merchants will buy them.
Some dragons cannot be harvested. The Skeletal Dragon in Labyrinthian has no scales at all. Krosulhah from the Dragonborn DLC yields none either. Living dragons appear only after Dragon Rising in the main quest, so that quest must be done before any heartscales can be cut.
Quest Background
The dagger is the centre of Alteration Ritual Spell, the master Alteration quest at the College of Winterhold. Once the Alteration Skill reaches 90, Tolfdir can be asked if there is more to learn. He has been working on an improvement of the Ebonyflesh spell, and his research has stalled. Ordinary dragon scales are not potent enough. He has read of dragon heartscales, and of the one blade said to cut them.
The Fang lies in a Nordic ruin ruled by a dragon priest, chosen at random when the quest begins. Forelhost, High Gate Ruins, Ragnvald, Valthume and Volskygge are among the tombs that can hold it. Each one ends with a dragon priest or a draugr lord, so the trip is a serious fight in its own right.
Back at the College, Tolfdir is delighted. "Wonderful, just wonderful!" he says, and he hands over the first copy of his new tome, Dragonhide. The spell lets its caster ignore most physical damage for a short time. Tolfdir also begins selling the master spell Mass Paralysis.
Lore
Tolfdir knows only a little of the dagger's past. He says it was named after Kahvozein, the dragon worshipped by one sect of the Dragon Cult. That sect was fond of ritual sacrifice. In his words, its high priest sharpened the dagger so often that it was "always ready for the next inevitable victim."
The stories credit the dagger with an edge "sharp enough to carve individual scales off a dragon." That sharpness is the reason Tolfdir sends the Dragonborn after it, and the reason it still works on dragons long after the cult has gone.
Bugs
The dagger can be found before Tolfdir offers the quest. It is then a quest item, so it cannot be dropped or sold until the quest is done. Placing it on a weapon rack or in a display case in a player house removes it from the inventory.
The quest journal and map marker misspell the dagger's name as Kavohzein's Fang. The spelling on the dagger itself is correct.
Notes
Tolfdir describes it as sharp enough to carve individual scales from a dragon.
One-Handed Weapon Categories
All Unique Daggers
| Name | Image | Damage | Speed | Weight | Value | Enchantment | Item ID | Level | Upgrade Material | Crafting Perk | Skill | DLC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alessandra's Dagger | 
|
5 | 1.3 | 1 | 10 | Cannot be enchanted | 00043E1E | 1+ | Cannot be upgraded | None | One-Handed | Skyrim |
| Blade of Sacrifice | 
|
10 | 1.3 | 4 | 144 | Cannot be enchanted | 00079B1D | 1+ | Ebony Ingot | None | One-Handed | Skyrim |
| Blade of Woe | 
|
12 | 1 | 7 | 880 | Absorb 10 points of health | 0009CCDC | 1+ | Cannot be upgraded | Steel Smithing | One-Handed | 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 | Skyrim |
| Borvir's Dagger | 
|
8 | 1.3 | 4 | 18 | Enchantable | 000ECD54 | 1+ | Refined Moonstone | Elven Smithing | One-Handed | Skyrim |
| Kahvozein's Fang | 
|
6 | 1.3 | 5 | 9 | Yields Dragon Hearthscales | 000D0758 | 1+ | Cannot be upgraded | None | One-Handed | 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 | Skyrim |
| Mehrunes' Razor | 
|
11 | 1.3 | 3 | 860 | Hits have a small chance to instantly kill | 000240D2 | 1+ | Ebony Ingot | None | One-Handed | Skyrim |
| Nettlebane | 
|
6 | 1.3 | 10 | 5 | Cannot be enchanted | 0001C492 | 1+ | Ebony Ingot | None | One-Handed | Skyrim |
| Rundi's Dagger | 
|
5 | 1.3 | 2.5 | 18 | Cannot be enchanted | 000ECD53 | 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 | Skyrim |
| Ancient Nord Dagger | 
|
5 | 1.3 | 3.5 | 5 | Enchantable | XX000E44 | 1+ | Steel Ingot | Steel Smithing | One-Handed | Creation Club |
| Honed Ancient Nord Dagger | 
|
8 | 1.3 | 9 | 8 | Enchantable | XX08A1ED | 1+ | Steel Ingot | Steel Smithing | One-Handed | Creation Club |
| Nord Hero Dagger | 
|
8 | 1.3 | 2 | 55 | Enchantable | XX08A1E4 | 1+ | Steel Ingot | Steel Smithing | One-Handed | 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 | 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 | Creation Club |