The Dwarven Warhammer is a two-handed hammer built from Dwemer metal, sitting in the mid tier of Skyrim’s heavy weapon materials. It delivers 22 base damage, but at 27 weight and a slow swing it rewards patience rather than speed.
It fits right in with Dwarven Armor for a heavy, bronze-toned look, and it is often the first serious warhammer upgrade a two-handed build gets.
Stats
| Type | Warhammer |
|---|---|
| Skill | Two-handed |
| Material | Dwarven |
| Damage | 22 |
| Weight | 27 |
| Value | 325 gold |
| Speed | 0.6 |
| Reach | 1.3 |
| Stagger | 1.25 |
| Critical damage | 11 |
| Add-on | Base game |
| Item ID | 0001399A |
Where to find
- Unenchanted versions start appearing at level 12, enchanted ones from level 13.
- Sold by blacksmiths and general goods merchants.
- Carried by various characters and enemies, and found as random loot or a world item.
Crafting and upgrading
Crafting at a forge: 2 × 
Steel Ingot, 1 × 
Iron Ingot, 3 × 
Leather Strips, 2 × 
Dwarven Metal Ingot. Requires the Dwarven Smithing Smithing perk.
Improving at a grindstone: 1 × Dwarven Metal Ingot. The Arcane Blacksmith perk doubles the improvement.
Compared with other warhammers
Base stats of all regular (unenchanted) warhammers in Skyrim, weakest first:
| Weapon | Damage | Weight | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iron Warhammer | 18 | 24 | 60 |
| Steel Warhammer | 20 | 25 | 110 |
| Orcish Warhammer | 21 | 26 | 180 |
| Dawnguard Warhammer | 22 | 26 | 110 |
| Dwarven Warhammer | 22 | 27 | 325 |
| Elven Warhammer | 23 | 28 | 565 |
| Nordic Warhammer | 23 | 27 | 700 |
| Glass Warhammer | 24 | 29 | 985 |
| Ebony Warhammer | 25 | 30 | 1725 |
| Stalhrim Warhammer | 26 | 29 | 2850 |
| Daedric Warhammer | 27 | 31 | 4000 |
| Dragonbone Warhammer | 28 | 33 | 4275 |
Tips and notes
- Needs Smithing 30 and the Dwarven Smithing perk to forge.
- Tempered with a Dwarven Metal Ingot; Dwarven Smithing doubles the improvement.
- Dwemer ruins are full of scrap metal you can smelt, which makes this an affordable hammer to keep upgraded.
Stats from the Skyrim LE 1.9 master files (Skyrim.esm, record DwarvenWarhammer). Values are base values before perks, smithing improvements and enchantments.