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Dark Sword
Skyrim Weapon

Creation Club
13
damage
Base damage12
One-handed 20×1.1

The Dark Sword is a sword in Skyrim with a base damage of 12. Its damage scales with the One-handed skill, and it can be tempered at a grindstone. It comes from the Creation Club.

It can take 17 enchantments at an arcane enchanter. It is boosted by 9 perks.

Dark Sword Builds

Jump into the character build planner with this weapon already equipped, tempered and skilled as you set it here, then build perks and the rest of your loadout around it.

Create a build with Dark Sword

Stats

interactive
13
damage
Base damage12
One-handed 20×1.1
Speed
1
Reach
1
Stagger
0.75
250
11
improve · Fine
One-handed skill
0
2
0
Smithing skill
0
2
0

Tempering

interactive
Improving Dark Sword at a grindstone. Pick a tier to set Smithing to the level it takes; damage is at the current One-handed skill.
Tier
Damage
Smithing
Fine
14 +1
15
Superior
16 +2.8
31
Exquisite
18 +4.6
65
Flawless
20 +6.4
100
Epic
22 +8.2
100+
Legendary
24 +10
100+
100+ tiers take Fortify Smithing gear or potions on top of the skill.

One-handed Scaling

interactive
Damage by One-handed level. Pick a level to set the skill there.
Level 15
13
×1.075
Level 25
14
×1.125
Level 50
15
×1.25
Level 75
17
×1.375
Level 100
18
×1.5

Enchantments

Enchantments this weapon can take at an arcane enchanter (up to two with the Extra Effect perk). Magnitudes scale with the Enchanting skill; each one links to its own page.

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