Stendarr’s Hammer is a gigantic holy warhammer from Tribunal. The Stendarr’s Hammer Creation puts it on display in Skyrim – in a place where it definitely isn’t for sale.
How to get it
The hammer is kept in the Dwemer Museum inside Understone Keep in Markarth, the collection of Calcelmo. You have to steal it. The quest, If I had a Hammer, does not appear in your journal.
Enchantment
Each hit deals 22 points of smite damage – but also drains 20 stamina from you.
Stats and handling
28 base damage, but a weight of 100. Just having it equipped slows you down. It uses the Two-handed skill.
Smithing
Improve it with an
Ebony Ingot and a Flawless Sapphire. It needs Arcane Blacksmith, and Ebony Smithing doubles the improvement.
Strengths and weaknesses
- Strength: very high damage plus extra smite damage.
- Weakness: absurdly heavy and slows you down.
- Weakness: costs your own stamina on every hit, and getting it counts as theft.
Tips
- Sneak in after the museum closes, or invest in Sneak first.
- Best for heavy-armor tanks with a lot of carry weight and stamina.
Added by the Stendarr’s Hammer Creation, part of the Skyrim Anniversary Edition. Details checked against UESP and summarised in our own words.

