- For other uses, see Dagger.
- "Ah, the sneaky type, eh? I think we can fix you right up."
- ―Eorlund Gray-Mane[src]
The dagger is a light, One-Handed weapon with a short blade and hilt that is found in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Although they have the lowest damage and shortest reach of any other weapon in their respective weapon sets, they swing the fastest, consume the least amount of stamina, and have the highest sneak attack multiplier.
Mechanics
Even though daggers do not do as much damage per hit as other One-Handed weapons like the Sword, Mace, or War Axe, the dagger's attack speed is faster, allowing the wielding character to be more nimble and making the dagger a very suitable weapon for the Thief. Since the dagger has a shorter reach than most other weapons, it is suitable for fighting in close quarters and avoiding hitting friendly characters or creatures accidentally. Of course, because of their low damage, daggers are best used when dual-wielded, or in conjunction with another, stronger weapon or spell.
Weapon damage
When dual wielding daggers with the Assassin's Blade perk and Shrouded Gloves, the daggers sneak attack can do a total of 30x damage.
Even though they are One-Handed weapons, daggers are uniquely unaffected by Fortify One-Handed enchantments. Whether this is an oversight, a glitch or an intended decision is not clear.
Blocking
- Main article: Block (Skyrim)
The dagger, being the smallest of the wield-able weapon, is the weakest one to use for blocking, since weapons larger than the blocking weapon will force damage through, i.e. a Greatsword will easily penetrate a dagger's block, although some damage is still absorbed by the dagger.
Attributes by dagger
Most daggers have an attack Speed of 1.3 and a maximum Reach of 0.7. These two statistics are consistent for all daggers regardless of material; therefore, they are not included in the table below.
Name | Upgrade | <acronym title="The smithing perk that doubles the improvement when tempering" style="border-bottom:1px dotted #ffffff;cursor:help;">Perk</acronym> | Item ID | |||
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Alessandra's Dagger | 5 | 1 | 10 | N/A | - | 00043E1E |
Blade of Woe | 12 | 7 | 880 | None required | Steel | 0009CCDC |
Blade of Sacrifice | 10 | 4 | 144 | Ebony Ingot | None | 00079B1D |
Bloodthorn | 8 | 2.5 | 183 | Steel Ingot | Steel | 000A4DCE |
Borvir's Dagger | 8 | 4 | 18 | Refined Moonstone | Elven | 000ECD54 |
Daedric Dagger | 11 | 6 | 500 | Ebony Ingot | Daedric | 000139B6 |
Dragonbone Dagger DG | 12 | 6.5 | 600 | Dragon Bone | Dragon | xx014fcb |
Dragon Priest Dagger | 6 | 5 | 9 | N/A | - | 0001C1FE |
Dwarven Dagger | 7 | 3.5 | 55 | Dwarven Metal Ingot | Dwarven | 00013996 |
Ebony Dagger | 10 | 5 | 290 | Ebony Ingot | Ebony | 000139AE |
Elven Dagger | 8 | 4 | 95 | Refined Moonstone | Elven | 0001399E |
Glass Dagger | 9 | 4.5 | 165 | Refined Malachite | Glass | 000139A6 |
Iron Dagger | 4 | 2 | 10 | Iron Ingot | None | 0001397E |
Kahvozein's Fang | 6 | 5 | 9 | N/A | - | 000D0758 |
Keening | 8 | 4 | 5 | N/A | - | 0006A13C |
Mehrunes' Razor | 11 | 3 | 860 | Ebony Ingot | None | 000240D2 |
Nettlebane | 6 | 10 | 5 | Ebony Ingot | None | 0001C492 |
Nordic Dagger DR | 8 | 3.5 | 115 | Quicksilver Ingot | Advanced | xx01cdae |
Orcish Dagger | 6 | 3 | 30 | Orichalcum Ingot | Orcish | 0001398E |
Rundi's Dagger | 5 | 2.5 | 18 | Steel Ingot | Steel | 000ECD53 |
Shiv | 5 | 2 | 5 | N/A | - | 000426C8 |
Skyforge Steel Dagger | 8 | 2.5 | 25 | N/A | - | 0009F25D |
Stalhrim Dagger DR | 10 | 4.5 | 395 | Stalhrim | Ebony | xx01cdb5 |
Steel Dagger | 5 | 2.5 | 18 | Steel Ingot | Steel | 00013986 |
Valdr's Lucky Dagger | 5 | 2.5 | 15 | Steel Ingot | Steel | 000B994E |
Appearances
- The Elder Scrolls: Arena
- The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall
- The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
- The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
- The Elder Scrolls Online
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