Bloodthirst is the darker sibling of Dawnfang & Duskfang. This Akaviri Tsaesci blade first appeared in The Elder Scrolls: Blades, and the Dawnfang & Duskfang Creation brings it to Skyrim.
How to get it
During A Soul Divided, read Verrick’s Note in the Guardian Vault under The Ratway. It starts the follow-up quest Bloodthirst, which takes you through Faldar’s Tooth and on to Broken Fang Cave, where you find the sword.
Enchantment
Absorbs 15 points of health per hit, makes you 7% faster and causes extra bleeding damage. Healing on every strike makes it very forgiving in long fights.
Stats and handling
14 base damage at a weight of 16 – Daedric Sword numbers. It uses the One-handed skill.
Smithing
Improve it with an 
Ebony Ingot. It needs Arcane Blacksmith, and Daedric Smithing gives the best improvement.
Known issues
- When dual-wielding, the speed boost only speeds up your right hand, and by much more than intended.
- If you put it on a weapon rack in the Hendraheim basement armory, you cannot take it back.
Strengths and weaknesses
- Strength: strong health absorb plus bleeding.
- Strength: high one-handed damage.
- Weakness: a couple of annoying bugs.
Tips
- A natural choice for vampire-themed or blood-knight builds.
- Display it somewhere other than the Hendraheim armory racks.
Added by the Dawnfang & Duskfang Creation, part of the Skyrim Anniversary Edition. Details checked against UESP and summarised in our own words.
