Zephyr is a unique Dwarven bow from the Dawnguard add-on that fires 30% faster than a normal bow – the highest damage per second of any bow in the game.
How to get it
It belongs to Katria, an adventurer who died in an earthquake inside the Dwemer ruin of Arkngthamz. During the quest “Lost to the Ages”, her ghost guides you up toward the summit. At a large chasm she points out where she fell – and her bow, still sitting at the far end of a log over the drop. Walk carefully out along the log to pick it up (Telekinesis won’t work). Katria asks you to take good care of it.
Effect
Fires 30% faster than a standard bow. As an innate effect it never runs out, but it can’t be disenchanted or enchanted.
Is it any good?
- It looses an arrow about every 1.58 seconds – faster than the Long Bow, the quickest normal bow.
- Great in open fights, less ideal for one-shot sneak archers, since base damage is just 12.
- It eats arrows fast, and the arrows fly a bit slower, so moving targets are harder to hit.
Smithing
Dwarven Metal Ingot (Arcane Blacksmith); benefits from Dwarven Smithing.