Of the seventeen Daedric Princes, sixteen have an artifact attributed to them in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Before these artifacts can be obtained, however, specific tasks called Daedric Quests must be performed. Two of these Daedric Quests involve the reward being a choice between two artifacts, one quest being the The Black Star and the other being Ill Met by Moonlight.
Artifacts
Azura's Star or The Black StarThis 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 previously-enchanted weapons. The Black Star has the ability to trap white and black souls, or those of sentient beings, though it functions like a Black Soul Gem which traps all souls up to the Grand level, in it. |
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DawnbreakerThis One-Handed sword is rewarded for completing The Break of Dawn quest. Dawnbreaker sets enemies on fire, while also dealing more damage to undead like draugr and vampires and has a chance to make undead explode into blue flames upon death, which damages and causes nearby undead to flee, in the same sense as Bane of the Undead. |
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Ebony BladeThis Two-Handed sword is rewarded for completing The Whispering Door quest. The Ebony Blade absorbs 10 points of health from enemies per hit, but can be upgraded only by slaying friendly characters (such as a person whose favor has been completed). For every two such characters killed the weapon increases in power, adding two to the strength of the absorb health, up to the maximum of 30. Due to coding errors, it levels up two-handed, but benefits from one-handed perks. This has been fixed with patch 1.9. |
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Ebony MailThis piece of unique armor is rewarded for completing Boethiah's Calling quest. The Ebony Mail is a heavy armor cuirass that is enchanted with the muffle effect and inflicts 5 poison damage per second to nearby enemies. It also produces a shadowy effect while sneaking. This is the only piece of armor other than boots that has been known to be enchanted with muffle, making it very useful for upgrading Sneak. |
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Mace of Molag BalThis unique one-handed weapon 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 they die within three seconds. |
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Masque of Clavicus VileThis unique Heavy Armor helm is rewarded for completing A Daedra's Best Friend quest, but only if the Dragonborn chooses to give Vile his axe instead of using it to kill Barbas. Masque of Clavicus Vile holds the following enchantments:
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Mehrunes' RazorThis unique dagger is rewarded for completing the Pieces of the Past quest. Mehrunes' Razor's enchantment has a 1.98% chance to instantly kill any opponent, with the exception of Miraak and Karstaag . |
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Oghma InfiniumThe 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 5-point boost to all skills related to any one of the three major guardian constellations: the Warrior, the Mage, and the Thief. |
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Ring of NamiraThis ring is rewarded for completing The Taste of Death quest. The Ring of Namira grants the user with a 50 point Stamina boost and the bonus of feeding on corpses granting +50 health and +50% health regeneration. |
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Sanguine RoseThis unique staff is rewarded for completing A Night to Remember quest. The Sanguine Rose summons a leveled Dremora to fight for the wielder for sixty seconds. |
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Savior's Hide and/or Ring of HircineEither of these items is a potential reward for completing Ill Met by Moonlight quest, in a certain manner. 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
The Ring of Hircine may be obtained if Sinding is helped during the quest. Its enchantment grants the wearer unlimited werewolf transformation a day, assuming that the wearer is already a werewolf. |
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Skeleton KeyThe Skeleton Key is the only Daedric Artifact known not to count for the achievement, Oblivion Walker. It is obtained during the Thieves Guild quest Blindsighted. The key is a decorative, unbreakable lockpick. It may be kept permanently, but at the cost of not being able to progress any further in the Thieves Guild questline. |
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Skull of CorruptionThis unique staff is rewarded for completing Waking Nightmare quest. The Skull of Corruption deals 20 points of damage, but increases to 50 if powered with dreams collected from sleeping people. Casting the staff at them while sleeping will gather five 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. |
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SpellbreakerThis unique shield is rewarded for completing The Only Cure quest. When blocking, it produces a Ward-like effect that protects the user from fifty points of magic damage. |
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VolendrungThis unique warhammer is rewarded for completing The Cursed Tribe quest in Largashbur. Volendrung, also known as the Hammer of Might, absorbs fifty points of Stamina per hit. It is essentially a giant stamina sponge, as many two-handed weapons use a lot of stamina for their power attacks. |
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WabbajackThis unique staff is rewarded for completing The Mind of Madness. The Wabbajack casts an unpredictable spell whose effect ranges from transforming enemies into other creatures to casting a random destruction spell to even fully healing enemies. |
Daedric Artifact - Weapons
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 |
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 - Apparel
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 | Unlimited daily Werewolf transformations. (Only works if the player is a Werewolf) |
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 | 225 |
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 | 1277 | Prices are 20% better, +10 Speech, and Magicka regenerates 5% faster. |
Daedric Artifacts - Other Items
Name | Enchantment | ||
Azura's Star / The Black Star | 0 | 1000 |
Reusable Grand Soul Gem / Reusable Black Soul Gem
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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 that must be returned at the end of the Thieves Guild quest. (There is a lockpicking perk for unbreakable normal lockpicks.) |
Achievements
Daedric Influence Acquire a Daedric Artifact | |
Points | 10 |
Trophy |
Oblivion Walker Collect 15 Daedric Artifacts | |
Points | 30 |
Trophy |
Trivia
- For the Oblivion Walker Achievement/Trophy, fifteen of the artifacts must be owned by a single character, not spread out through multiple characters' save games. However, it is not necessary to have all 15 at the same time, only to have obtained them at one point.
- If Erandur is desired 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.
- 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 the Dragonborn has done quests for. (The only people that are killed are the ones that gave the initial quest; or none at all, and they aren't needed to complete the game.) It's best to get the Ebony Blade before proceeding with the Civil War questline. If the Dragonborn attempts to do it afterwards, they'll find that it's no longer the same Jarl (but it can still be done).
- It's still possible to do the The Whispering Door quest after completing the Stormcloaks' side of the war by starting the quest as normal, however the former Jarl of Whiterun will be located in the Blue Palace in Solitude, so a trip there to talk to the Jarl must be made, after this the quest will go as normal.
- To collect all of the Daedric Artifacts as rapidly as possible, the Dragonborn will need to be level 30, because level 30 is the character level that starts the quest Boethiah's Calling.
- It is possible to get both of Hircine's artifacts (see Ill Met by Moonlight) and both count towards the Oblivion Walker achievement. This could help if one of the other artifacts becomes unavailable (e.g., failing a quest). (Confirmed PS3 & Xbox 360 & PC)