How to do more damage with daggers Skyrim?

Assassin blade perk gives 15x damage and shrouded gauntlets give 2x backstab damage making 30x backstab damage. Overall dagger damage is increased by one handed. Upgrading could help too. Assassin blade perk gives 15x damage and shrouded gauntlets give 2x backstab damage making 30x backstab damage.
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What daggers do the most damage in Skyrim?

Dragonbone Daggers are the strongest daggers in the game dealing base damage of 12, same as the Blade of Woe. However, the Dragonbone Daggers weigh half a pointless and can be enchanted as the players will whereas the Blade of Woe has a set enchantment.
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Does one handed increase dagger damage Skyrim?

Just to note, the "increase one-handed damage" perks and enchants, do nothing for dagger damage. The only way to raise dagger damage, is through skill level, and smithing.
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Do daggers do more sneak damage Skyrim?

Dagger is a light, One-Handed weapon with a short blade and hilt 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.
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Is it better to dual wield daggers Skyrim?

If you're going sneak use dual daggers because dagger in left hand isn't exactly effective when sneaking & unless you plan on doing straight up combat you won't need a sword main hand.
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Do daggers benefit from one-handed Skyrim?

Daggers and Fortify One-Handed | Fandom. So, it is stated clear, that Daggers are unaffected by Fortify One-Handed.
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What is the point of daggers in Skyrim?

Stealth, with the assassin's dagger perk you gain a 15x stealth damage bonus with them, and they're also totally silent so they don't alert surrounding enemies as long as you kill in one hit and the body is out of sight.
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Are daggers or faeblades better?

Daggers do more damage to humanoids from stealth, faeblades do more to beasts from stealth. Faeblades also translate to combat mobility, daggers let you time an attack perfectly to guarantee a critical hit. Because of the aoe/single target nature of the weapon, faeblade combos are harder for enemies to interrupt.
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What weapon in Skyrim does the most damage?

So, only Daedric has the highest amount. Sadly, even that's incredibly low so axes, apart for the look, don't really measure up either way in vanilla. So in short, Daedric weapons deal the most damage and among them, a warhammer has the highest damage and a sword has the highest dps.
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How do you improve daggers in Skyrim?

Overall dagger damage is increased by one handed. Upgrading could help too. Assassin blade perk gives 15x damage and shrouded gauntlets give 2x backstab damage making 30x backstab damage. Overall dagger damage is increased by one handed.
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What perks work with daggers Skyrim?

All the dual wielding perks as well as all the perks up the middle will affect daggers. According to UESP, The Armsman perk should work for daggers, but not the Bladesman perk.
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Is there any benefit to dual wielding in Skyrim?

Dual wielding weapons

All four attack types are affected by the Dual Flurry perk. Attacking with both weapons simultaneously does not consume stamina and as such is an easy and effective way of increasing the damage output.
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Are daggers better for sneaking in Skyrim?

However, the absolute only benefit of using daggers is the higher sneak damage multiplier with the Assassin's Blade perk and the fact their attack is considered "silent." If you aren't sneaking, they are the weakest weapons in the game.
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Are daggers or swords better in Skyrim?

Swords do the highest base DPS of all the hand weapons. Daggers pretty much Only work well for Assassin's Blade, and speeding up dual attacks. Also, the offhand is slightly slower than the right with a comparable weapon, so a Sword/Dagger combo will have the same speed in the appropriate hands.
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How do you make a Daedric dagger?

The Atronach Forge requires the following components to forge a Daedric Dagger:
  1. 1 x Daedra Heart.
  2. 1 x Ebony Dagger.
  3. 1 x Centurion Dynamo Core.
  4. 1 x Black Soul Gem (empty or filled)
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Are daggers good weapons in Skyrim?

Daggers have the highest attack speed and lowest base damage of all weapons in Skyrim, but that doesn't mean they should be ignored.
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How do you increase damage in Skyrim?

As you level up the weapon skill, the damage will increase(0.5% per skill level). At 100 skill, the weapon will do 1.5x damage versus zero skill. You can also invest in perks. The base perk of each weapon tree( 1H Armsman, Archery Overdraw, 2H Barbarian) has 5 ranks, each of which increases damage by 20%.
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How do you make an overpowered weapon in Skyrim?

Smith your weapons to Legendary quality and then put a strong enchantment on them. If you're using the Ordinator Perks of Skyrim mod, you can eventually put two enchantments on the same weapon. Until you take the mastery perk at Enchanting 100 where you can perform a one time only triple enchantment on a weapon.
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What is the rarest item in Skyrim?

The 10 Rarest Items In Skyrim And How to Obtain Them
  1. 1 Master Sword, Champion's Tunic, And Hylian Shield Set.
  2. 2 Roasted Ox Head. ...
  3. 3 Crown Of Barenziah. ...
  4. 4 Notched Pickaxe. ...
  5. 5 Ysgramor's Soup Spoon. ...
  6. 6 Argonian Ale. ...
  7. 7 Broken Iron Sword Blade And Handle. ...
  8. 8 Gilded Wristguards. ...
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What is the best type of dagger in Skyrim?

The Blade of Woe is the most powerful dagger in Skyrim, dealing 12 damage and absorbing 10 health points from enemies.
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Are daggers better than swords?

A dagger is better than a sword for close range work. A dagger is an effective parrying weapon. A dagger is easier to conceal than a sword. A dagger is quicker on the draw than a sword.
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What is the strongest dagger in ds1?

Yes, the Bandit's Knife is generally the best dagger. It competes with Dark Silver Tracer in crit damage (and is stronger when Crystal), has bleed that doesn't have horribly slow buildup (unlike Priscilla's), and has the highest AR of all daggers (tied with the Dagger) with 40dex.
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Do sword perks apply to daggers Skyrim?

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Swords do not count as daggers. So perks whose descriptions specifically say it only applies to swords won't work for daggers like with Bladesman.
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Do daggers count as swords in Skyrim?

Accepted Answer. They aren't counted as swords, so do not benefit from the sword specific perk Bladesman. They do benefit from the other non-weapon specific perks though.
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What is the broken sword for in Skyrim?

Description. The handle of an Steel Sword with half of the blade snapped off. It serves no purpose beyond atmospheric decoration- it cannot be repaired or smelted, and while it can be picked up and sold, its low value-to-weight ratio bears little profit.
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