The Daedric Sword is a menacing, scimitar-like blade with a curved hilt, a serrated edge and dark etchings, plus a reddish strip along the back in the colours of the Dremora. It deals 14 base damage and weighs 16.
Daedric is the top of the regular heavy material path, sitting just above ebony. It’s an endgame weapon for one-handed warriors and the obvious match for Daedric Armor. With a base value of 1250 gold, it’s also a very pricey thing to drop in a dungeon by mistake.
Stats
| Type | Sword |
|---|---|
| Skill | One-handed |
| Material | Daedric |
| Damage | 14 |
| Weight | 16 |
| Value | 1250 gold |
| Speed | 1 |
| Reach | 1 |
| Stagger | 0.75 |
| Critical damage | 7 |
| Add-on | Base game |
| Item ID | 000139B9 |
Where to find
- Unenchanted versions appear from level 46 (rarely from 30), enchanted ones from level 47, though they’re uncommon.
- Sold by blacksmiths and general goods merchants, and found in chests.
- Enchanted ones can drop from revered or legendary dragons.
- A possible Civil War reward from Ulfric or Tullius at level 40 or higher.
- Potema Septim may use one in The Wolf Queen Awakened, and Movarth Piquine in Laid to Rest, at high enough levels.
- Sold by the Dremora Merchant summoned with the Black Market power.
Crafting and upgrading
Crafting at a forge: 2 × 
Ebony Ingot, 1 × 
Leather Strips, 1 × Daedra Heart. Requires the Daedric Smithing Smithing perk.
Improving at a grindstone: 1 × Ebony Ingot. The Arcane Blacksmith perk doubles the improvement.
Compared with other swords
Base stats of all regular (unenchanted) swords in Skyrim, weakest first:
| Weapon | Damage | Weight | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iron Sword | 7 | 9 | 25 |
| Ancient Nord Sword | 8 | 12 | 13 |
| Imperial Sword | 8 | 10 | 23 |
| Silver Sword | 8 | 7 | 100 |
| Steel Sword | 8 | 10 | 23 |
| Orcish Sword | 9 | 11 | 75 |
| Dwarven Sword | 10 | 12 | 135 |
| Falmer Sword | 10 | 18 | 67 |
| Forsworn Sword | 10 | 13 | 70 |
| Blades Sword | 11 | 10 | 300 |
| Elven Sword | 11 | 13 | 235 |
| Honed Ancient Nord Sword | 11 | 15 | 23 |
| Nord Hero Sword | 11 | 9 | 135 |
| Nordic Sword | 11 | 12 | 290 |
| Scimitar | 11 | 10 | 5 |
| Skyforge Steel Sword | 11 | 10 | 70 |
| Glass Sword | 12 | 14 | 410 |
| Honed Falmer Sword | 12 | 18 | 205 |
| Ebony Sword | 13 | 15 | 720 |
| Stalhrim Sword | 13 | 14 | 985 |
| Daedric Sword | 14 | 16 | 1250 |
| Dragonbone Sword | 15 | 19 | 1500 |
Tips and notes
- Forging needs Smithing 90 and Daedric Smithing, plus two ebony ingots, a leather strip and a Daedra heart. Improve it with an ebony ingot; the perk doubles the improvement.
- At the Atronach Forge, with a Sigil Stone in place, you can make one from a Daedra heart, an Ebony Sword, a Centurion Dynamo Core and a black soul gem.
- The Bound Sword spell summons a weaker ghostly copy, which only reaches its damage with Mystic Binding.
Stats from the Skyrim LE 1.9 master files (Skyrim.esm, record DaedricSword). Values are base values before perks, smithing improvements and enchantments.
