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Of each of the seventeen Daedric Princes, sixteen have an artifact attributed to them in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. These artifacts are granted as a reward for completing the respective quest.

For a full list of quests, see Daedric Quests.

ArtifactsEdit

Azura's Star or Black StarEdit Either reusable soul gem is rewarded for completing The Black Star quest. Azura's Star has the ability to trap white souls, or those of non-sentient creatures. These souls can be used for enchanting and for recharging weapons. The Black Star has the ability to trap either black or white souls, up to the Grand level. It functions similarly to a Black Soul Gem.
DawnbreakerEdit This One-Handed sword is rewarded for completing The Break of Dawn quest. Dawnbreaker sets enemies on fire, and has a chance to make undead explode into blue flames upon death, which damages and causes nearby undead to flee.
Ebony BladeEdit This Two-Handed sword is rewarded for completing The Whispering Door quest. The Ebony Blade absorbs 10 points of health from enemies but it can be upgraded by slaying friendly NPCs (such as a person whose favor has been completed). For every two such characters killed the weapon increases in power, adding 2 to the strength of the absorb health, up to the maximum of 30.
Ebony MailEdit This piece of unique armor is rewarded for completing Boethiah's Calling quest. Ebony Mail is a heavy armor cuirass that is enchanted with the muffle effect and it inflicts 5 poison damage per second to nearby enemies.
Mace of Molag BalEdit This mace is rewarded for completing the House of Horrors quest. The weapon not only drains 25 points of stamina and magicka per hit, it also steals the soul of an enemy if it dies within 3 seconds.
Masque of Clavicus VileEdit This unique Heavy Armor helm is rewarded for completing A Daedra's Best Friend quest. Masque of Clavicus Vile holds the following enchantments: Prices are 20% better Speech increased by 10 points Magicka regenerates 5% faster
Mehrunes' RazorEdit This unique dagger is rewarded for completing the Pieces of the Past quest. Mehrunes' Razor's enchantment has a 3% chance to instantly kill any opponent.
Oghma InfiniumEdit The Oghma Infinium is a powerful tome of knowledge that is rewarded for completing the Discerning the Transmundane. When read, the Oghma Infinum will grant a permanent boost to all skills related to the three major guardian constellations. These are the Warrior, the Mage, and the Thief.
Ring of NamiraEdit This ring is rewarded for completing The Taste of Death quest. The Ring of Namira grants the user with 50 extra points of Stamina and feeding on corpses grants a bonus to health and stamina regeneration.
Sanguine RoseEdit This unique staff is rewarded for completing A Night to Remember quest. Sanguine Rose summons a Dremora to fight for the wielder for 60 seconds.
Savior's Hide or Ring of HircineEdit Either of these items is a potential reward for completing Ill Met By Moonlight quest. Savior's Hide is a unique light armor cuirass that may be obtained if Sinding is killed at the conclusion of the quest. It provides the following benefits Increases Magic Resistance by 15%. Increases Poison Resistance by 50%. The Ring of Hircine may be obtained if Sinding is helped during the quest. Its enchantment grants the wearer one additional werewolf transformation a day, assuming that the wearer is already a werewolf.
Skeleton KeyEdit The Skeleton Key is obtained during the Thieves Guild quest Blindsighted, but must be returned to the Twilight Sepulcher in the following quest. The key is essentially a decorative unbreakable lockpick. It may be kept permenantly, but at the cost of progressing any further in the Thieves Guild questline.
Skull of CorruptionEdit This unique staff is rewarded for completing Waking Nightmare quest. The Skull of Corruption deals 20 points damage, but increases to 50 if powered with dreams collected from sleeping people. Casting the staff at them while sleeping will gather 5 dreams for the staff. Casting at an NPC while they're awake however will be treated as an attack. The staff has a range of effect on it and also has a unique screen illusion when casting.
SpellbreakerEdit This unique shield is rewarded for completing The Only Cure quest. When blocking, it produces a Ward-like effect that protects the user from 50 points of magic damage.
VolendrungEdit This unique warhammer is rewarded for completing The Cursed Tribe quest in Largashbur. Volendrung, also known as the Hammer of Might, absorbs 50 points of Stamina per hit.
WabbajackEdit This unique staff is rewarded for completing The Mind of Madness. Wabbajack casts an unpredictable spell which ranges from transforming enemies into other creatures to casting a random Destruction spell to even healing enemies.

Daedric Artifact - WeaponsEdit

Name				Enchantment
Dawnbreaker	12	10	740	+10 Fire Damage; May cast Bane of the Undead on killing an undead
Ebony Blade	13	10	2000	Absorb Health 10-30 (Damage increases by 2 for every 2 followers or questgivers that the player kills), Unlimited charges
Mace of Molag Bal	17	18	1257	25 Magicka Damage, 25 Stamina Damage, Soul Trap
Mehrunes' Razor	11	3	860	Small Percent Chance to kill instantly
Sanguine Rose	0	10	2087	Summons a Dremora for 60s. Also can summon one additional Dremora if the player has the Twin Souls Perk.
Skull of Corruption	0	10	1680	20 Damage, or 50 if powered with dreams from sleeping people
Volendrung	25	26	1843	Absorb 50 Stamina
Wabbajack	0	10	1565	Random spell effect or changes target creature into another random creature

The attack of the weapon is the same as the level as you got it.

Daedric Artifact - ApparelEdit

Name				Enchantment
Ebony Mail	45	28	5000	Muffle while sneaking and a continuous 5 poison damage with an area of effect on hostiles. Gives off a black "shroud" effect while sneaking.
Ring of Hircine	0	0.3	400	Additional transformations for Werewolves (this ring allows for the player to have one extra werewolf transformation, but only if they have Werewolf blood)
Ring of Namira	0	0.3	870	+50 Stamina. Feeding from NPC corpses raises Health by 50 and Health Regen by 50% for 4 hours
Savior's Hide	26	6	2679	Resist Magic 15%, Resist Poison 50%
Spellbreaker	38	12	277	While blocking, creates a ward that protects against spells for up to 50 points. (It also protects against shouts, from the likes of the Draugr Deathlord, Draugr Scrouge, etc.) Renews every second. It also blocks shouts from dragons.
Masque of Clavicus Vile	23	7	12	Prices are 20% better, +10 Speech, and Magicka regenerates 5% faster.

Daedric Artifacts - Other ItemsEdit

Name			Enchantment
Azura's Star / The Black Star	0	1000	Reusable Grand Soul Gem / Reusable Black Soul Gem Note: The normal Azura's Star is unable to capture black souls but can capture all other souls, where as "The Black Star" can capture all souls (although Nelacar will tell you it can only hold black souls)
Oghma Infinium	1	2500	Once only, +5 Skill Increases to your choice of Combat, Magic, or Stealth skills
Skeleton Key	0.5	0	Unbreakable Lockpick,but you lose the key at the end of the Thieves Guild quest.

TriviaEdit

For the Oblivion Walker Achievement/Trophy, you must have fifteen of the artifacts owned on a single character, not spread out through multiple characters' save games.
If you intend to have Erandur as a follower, and still unlock the Oblivion Walker achievement, it's best to keep the Vaermina quest for last. Make a save game right before Erandur begins his ritual to destroy the Skull. Alternatively you can acquire both of Hircine's artifacts to make up for getting Erandur instead of the Skull.
The Skeleton Key does not count towards Oblivion Walker.
It is most rewarding to obtain the Ebony Blade before any other Daedric Artifacts, as many of the Daedra Quests involve killing people you've done quests for.(The only people that you kill are the ones that gave you the initial quest; or none at all, & they aren't needed to complete the game.)It's best to get the Ebony Blade before you proceed with the Stormcloak War. If you attempt to do it afterwards you'll find that it's no longer the same Jarl (But can still be done, see follow up note).
Its still possible to do the The Whispering Door Quest if you completed the Stormcloaks' Side of the war by starting the quest like normal but the former Jarl of Whiterun is located in Solitude in the Blue Palace so you must go to Solitude to talk to the Jarl, after this the quest will go as normal.