In The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition there are many unique weapons which you can use in the battle against the deadly enemies and bosses. Unique Weapons, whether awarded as part of a quest, carried by a particular creature.
Below we have listed all these weapons with the location and detail so that you can find or get them easily.
Headsman’s Axe
- Location: Solitude
- How to Get: Carried by Ahtar, Solitude’s jailor. Pickpocket it from him, or complete his favor and recruit him to obtain this weapon.
Firiniel’s End
- Location: Solitude
- How to Get: Left by Gabriella on a balcony overlooking the Temple of the Divines, during Dark Brotherhood Quest: Bound Until Death.
The Rueful Axe
- Location: Rimerock Burrow
- How to Get: Found during Daedric Quest: A Daedra’s Best Friend.
Dawnbreaker
- Location: Statue to Meridia (Killreath Ruins)
- How to Get: Reward for completing Daedric Quest: The Break of Dawn.
Windshear
- Location: The Katariah
- How to Get: Embedded in the far end of the forward mast.
Gauldur Blackblade
- Location: Folgunthur
- How to Get: Wielded by Mikrul Gauldurson at the end of the dungeon.
Grimsever
- Location: Mzinchaleft
- How to Get: Agree to help Mjoll the Lioness retrieve this sword as part of Miscellaneous Objective: Grimsever’s Return.*
Drainblood Battleaxe
- Location: Labyrinthian
- How to Get: Carried by the spectral Draugr in Labyrinthian during College of Winterhold Quest: The Staff of Magnus.
Drainheart Sword
- Location: Labyrinthian
- How to Get: Carried by the spectral Draugr in Labyrinthian during College of Winterhold Quest: The Staff of Magnus.
Drainspell Bow
- Location: Labyrinthian
- How to Get: Carried by the spectral Draugr in Labyrinthian during College of Winterhold Quest: The Staff of Magnus.
Staff of Magnus
- Location: Labyrinthian
- How to Get: Obtained at the end of College of Winterhold Quest: The Staff of Magnus.
Skull of Corruption
- Location: Nightcaller Temple
- How to Get: Reward for completing Daedric Quest: Waking Nightmare.
The Pale Blade
- Location: Frostmere Crypt
- How to Get: Carried by Ra’jirr at the end of the dungeon.
Mehrunes’ Razor
- Location: Shrine of Mehrunes Dagon
- How to Get: Reward for completing Daedric Quest: Pieces of the Past.
Ceremonial Sword
- Location: Volunruud
- How to Get: Inside Volunruud, one of the two weapons needed to open the Elder’s Cairn Door in the dungeon.
Ceremonial Axe
- Location: Volunruud
- How to Get: Inside Volunruud, one of the two weapons needed to open the Elder’s Cairn Door in the dungeon.
Eduj
- Location: Volunruud
- How to Get: May be carried by Knevel the Tongue at the end of the dungeon.
Okin
- Location: Volunruud
- How to Get: May be carried by Knevel the Tongue at the end of the dungeon.
Nightingale Bow
- Location: Bronze Water Cave
- How to Get: Reward from Karliah at the end of Thieves Guild Quest: Blindsighted.
Aegisbane
- Location: Raldbthar
- How to Get: Wielded by Alain Dufont, assassination victim. Kill him during Dark Brotherhood Quest: Mourning Never Comes.
Nightingale Blade
- Location: Winterhold
- How to Get: Reward from Karliah at the end of Thieves Guild Quest: Hard Answers.
Staff of Arcane Authority
- Location: Winterhold (The Frozen Hearth)
- How to Get: Stolen for Malur Seloth as part of Favor: A Little Light Thievery.*
Staff of Jyrik Gauldurson
- Location: Saarthal
- How to Get: On the altar in front of Jyrik Gauldurson at the end of the dungeon.
Steel Battleaxe of Fiery Souls
- Location: Ironbind Barrow
- How to Get: Affixed to the back of the throne at the end of the dungeon.
Borvir’s Dagger
- Location: Journeyman’s Nook
- How to Get: Lying next to Borvir’s body near the Alchemy Lab inside the domed ruin.
Rundi’s Dagger
- Location: Rundi’s Mistake
- How to Get: Lying on the edge of the small altar.
Rusty Mace
- Location: Markarth (Abandoned House)
- How to Get: Given to you during Daedric Quest: The House of Horrors.
Mace of Molag Bal
- Location: Markarth (Abandoned House)
- How to Get: Reward for completing Daedric Quest: The House of Horrors.
Shiv
- Location: Markarth (Cidhna Mine)
- How to Get: Optionally obtained during Side Quest: No One Escapes Cidhna Mine, from Grisvar.
Spider Control Rod
- Location: Markarth (Understone Keep)
- How to Get: During Thieves Guild Quest: Hard Answers, in Calcelmo’s Laboratory, in a small room off to the side of the first chamber.
Bloodthorn
- Location: Deepwood Redoubt
- How to Get: Deepwood Vale, impaled in the body of the sacrificial victim on the upper level platform of Hag’s End.
The Longhammer
- Location: Liar’s Retreat
- How to Get: Lying next to the late bar owner’s impaled corpse.
Eye of Melka
- Location: Blind Cliff Cave
- How to Get: Reward for completing Dungeon Quest: Blind Cliff Cave: Melka and Petra.
Red Eagle’s Fury
- Location: Red Eagle Redoubt
- How to Get: Carried by the Forsworn leader at the summit of Red Eagle Redoubt.
Red Eagle’s Bane
- Location: Rebel’s Cairn
- How to Get: Retrieve this blade from the pedestal on your way out after slaying Red Eagle.
Dragonbane
- Location: Sky Haven Temple
- How to Get: On a table in Sky Haven Temple’s armory.
Hevnoraak’s Staff
- Location: Valthume
- How to Get: Carried by the Dragon Priest Hevnoraak at the end of the dungeon.
Trollsbane
- Location: Cradle Stone Crag
- How to Get: On the corpse of Frofnir Trollsbane.
Balgruuf’s Greatsword
- Location: Whiterun (Warmaiden’s)
- How to Get: Given to you by Adrianne Avenicci to be delivered, during Miscellaneous Objective: Greatsword for a Great Man.
Wuuthrad
- Location: Whiterun (Skyforge)
- How to Get: Forged by Eorlund during The Companions Quest: Glory of the Dead.
Ebony Blade
- Location: Whiterun (Dragonsreach)
- How to Get: Reward for completing Daedric Quest: The Whispering Door
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