5 STRONGEST UNIQUE 1H SWORDS (+LOCATIONS) in TESV: Skyrim SE - Caedo's Countdowns

Welcome to a list of the highest damage unique one-handed swords in TESV: Skyrim. I talk about both their stats, and their locations if you're looking to pick them up yourself! Items listed: Dawnbreaker, Nightingale Blade, Dragonbane, Chillrend, Miraak's Sword, Bloodscythe, Soulrender, and Windshear.

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[ericwolff]

Fun fact about dawn breaker. I learned that if you use a shout, unrelenting force worked for me, you can cause the sword to fly out of its pedestal so you can pick it up from the ground. After beating the boss, you can get it again from the pedestal it was knocked from, successfully giving you two Dawn Breakers

[GODRICK.TGO.]

If skyrim was an anime: "Nightingale blade on my left, Dawnbreaker on my right.
SPECIAL MOVE: TWO SWORD STYLE! THE NIGHT BEFORE DAWN"

[jackdereaper_]

first time playing skyrim and loot that beacon was a frickin jumpscare

[xanithdegroot]

For the record, Windshear is the best one handed weapon, as the stunlock effect is literally unbeatable. Just have Windshear in one hand and enchant yourself a high damage weapon for your off hand and go to town.

[windowlicker]

This game is almost 10 years old and still the only elderscrolls I still play :(

[Rpg_]

I always play as a Vampire so when I got Dawnbreaker in my most recent play through I swam out to the middle of a lake and cast it into the depths. It made for fun role play.

[hydrasalesman]

I love pairing windshear with mehrune's razor, so broken lol

[charlesperreault]

Daedric hearts are quite easy to get when you finish the Mehrunes Dagon quest. As long as you kill Silus that is. Anyway Mehrunes with summon two daedra outside and 2 or three more can be found inside the shrine. These enemies respawn often so you can get up to 5 hearts per run.

[Yorvast]

2:16 look at the ground and ask yourself:
how about two dawnbreaker's

[shivpat]

Kinda late, but if you have Dragonborn(really hope you do at this point in time) then in one of the black books, there is a reward you get called “Companion Insight”. This makes it so shouts, spells, and attacks do no damage to followers when in combat, making it good when using Dawnbreaker.

[doomsling]

Bro I got the dawn breaker sword and a few hours later I opened my inventory and there were two of them there for some reason. Now I duel weild them together and its pretty awesome.

[TiredMax]

Fun Fact to anyone who doesn't know but Chillrend was also seen in Oblivion and can be required by Doing the quest "The Killing Field". And is given to you by Valus Odiil In The Grey Mare after defeating the goblins at his familys farmhouse and saving his sons, Thus Completing the
Or you Can Kill Valus to retreive it.



Edit: Also Some believe that Mercer is either a descendant of the Odiil family or He/or someone else Stole it

[mateus]

Why is it that even though he didn't display the sound for it I could perfectly hear Meridia saying "A new hand touches beacon"?

[TheChallengerXX]

Windshear is objectively the strongest sword in the game, you can no-sell any enemy with it, no other effect comes close to being as cheap. Unless you disenchanted it and added its stagger with health absorption to something, if its possible.

[ancientclown]

I think the GHOSTBLADE deserves an honorable mention here, as it is the lightest weapon in the game, ignores armor for extra 3 points per hit and doesn't require recharging. I know it's always in my inventory.

[dbs]

9 years and I'm only finding out about windshear being stuck at the tip of that ship. I always assumed it was a reward for some quest I somehow missed or ignored in all my playthroughs and I somehow mistaken its enchantment for increased attack speed.

[andrewluchsinger]

You can get the Chillrend in Elder Scrolls Oblivion as well. That is a very old sword.

[clipstooblivion]

I used the Dawnbreaker half Play through the entire game
Almost cried when I found a weapon better than it

[Michael-Drizzt]

To be honest I prefer the ones I make myself. I tend to maxout my smithing and enchanting and equip items/potions that I also made to even further enhance their effects. I then basically forge two one handed dragonbone swords and upgrade them to (beyond) legendary. And then duel enchant each with chaos & fire damage. (for those unaware chaos can do ether fire/frost/shock or all three each hit) So yeah I also maxout destruction magic so I get a better damage score for elemental damage.

[Clad_in_Darkness_Gaming]

I love the ebony blade. Such a deadly sword