What happens if you take the Ebony Blade Skyrim?

The Ebony Blade's unique effect is to increase the power of its Absorb Health enchantment based on the number of friendly NPCs that the player kills. For every two friendlies slain with the Ebony Blade directly, its effect is increased by 4.
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Should I take the Ebony Blade in Skyrim?

Since patch 1.9, the Ebony Blade benefits from the two-handed perks and skill, while still retaining the advantage of unlimited charges, and the speed of a one-handed sword. The Ebony Blade does not affect animunculi, as it will not steal health from them; thus, this makes it a poor choice for combat in Dwemer Ruins.
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Who should I sacrifice to the Ebony Blade?

The ebony blade rules. You need to kill NPCs who consider you to be a friend. This includes all characters whose dialogue changes after you complete a quest for them, characters who have paid you for work, anyone who challenges you to a fist fight and loses, and all mercenaries hired in pubs.
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How many times can the Ebony Blade be upgraded?

Actually it can't be improved. Every 2 friendlies (Spouses, Followers, Guildmates) that you kill with the Ebony Blade, upgrades the Absorb Health effect up to 30 points of health per hit.
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What is the max damage the Ebony Blade can do?

For every two characters slain, the perk increases by 2 points up to a maximum damage rating of 30.
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Skyrim SE - Ebony Blade - Unique Weapon Guide

Can Ebony Blade cut Mjolnir?

The Ebony Blade is a magical sword made from a Starstone meteorite by Merlin. That allows the blade to have a lot of properties including being immune to magic, coming back to the wielder like Mjolnir, absorbing energy, and cut through virtually anything.
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How do you know if Ebony Blade is maxed out?

After the last two kills, enchantment = 30 pts, and this is the dialogue you will be hearing and looking out for when the blade is fully charged: "At last, my blade is returned to its full glory.
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How powerful can the Ebony Blade become?

With the enchantment maxed, the Ebony Blade will deal a total of 41 damage per hit making it a very powerful Daedric artifact to use in Skyrim.
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How do I make my Ebony Blade more powerful?

The only ways to improve the damage you deal with it is to improve your Two-Handed skill, invest in Two-Handed perks, and to kill friendly NPCs. Every two friendly NPCs you slay with the weapon increases the strength of its "Drain Health" enchantment, capping out at an impressive 30 points per hit.
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Can you enchant the Ebony Blade?

As for enchantments, you can either not use any and use Elemental Fury which at least doubles your sword swinging speed for around 20 seconds, or you can add absorb health/fire/frost/shock damage to your sword to increase the damage output and effectiveness of it.
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What should I do with Ebony Blade?

Upon obtaining the artifact, Mephala bids you to unlock the blade's true potential by murdering your close friends (typically, those you have done favors for). For every two such NPCs that are killed with the blade, Mephala will speak to you, and the blade's Absorb Health effect will increase by 4 points.
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Can anyone wield the Ebony Blade?

The Ebony Blade can only be wielded to its mightiest potential by those impure of heart. Ebony Blade was a magical blade forged by Merlin and Sir Percy from the Starstone meteorite.
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What level should I get the Ebony Blade?

The Ebony Blade is a long, two-handed katana weapon that can be obtained during the “Whispering Door” quest after reaching level 20 in Skyrim.
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What is better ebony or Daedric?

ebony gets you to armor cap and looks better. daedric is statistically better.
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Is Blades armor better than Ebony?

Basic looking in appearance, the Blades Armor is as simple as it gets and not much better than Ebony and Dwarven armor depending on the piece. The best benefit is that it can be obtained fairly early in the game at Sky Haven Temple if a player is following the main quest line.
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Is The Ebony Sword worth it?

The biggest advantage of the ebony blade is that the fully upgraded health absorb of 30 hp per hit is an enchantment that never needs to be recharged. The longhammer is a warhammer, but swings with the speed of a greatsword.
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How many kills does it take to upgrade the Ebony Blade in Skyrim?

So how many people do I need to kill for the blade to be at full power? 10.... 2 kills per upgrade. Mephala will say something each time she upgrades the weapon, so you know it worked.
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What powers does the Ebony Blade give?

What Are the Ebony Blade's Powers? The Ebony Blade is a symbiotic divine weapon so powerful that it can cut through nearly any object or known substance in the universe, except for other enchanted weaponry or metals like Adamantium, though this is a contested fact.
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Is The Ebony Blade the best weapon in Skyrim?

The Ebony set of weapons and armors are widely considered to be some of the best in the game, only being beaten out by the Dragonbone and Daedric sets in terms of popularity and weapon damage/absorption.
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Is the Ebony Blade Excalibur?

No. The Ebony Blade was originally referred to as the Black Blade. Merlin created the weapon to be a worthy magical counterpart to King Arthur's Excalibur.
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What is the most powerful sword in Skyrim?

The Strongest Unique Swords In Skyrim, Ranked
  • 8 Lunar Iron Sword.
  • 7 Miraak's Sword.
  • 6 Nightingale Blade.
  • 5 The Pale Blade.
  • 4 Red Eagle's Bane.
  • 3 Windshear.
  • 2 Harkon's Sword.
  • 1 Dragonbane.
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What is so special about the Ebony Blade?

The Ebony Blade's unique effect is to increase the power of its Absorb Health enchantment based on the number of friendly NPCs that the player kills. For every two friendlies slain with the Ebony Blade directly, its effect is increased by 4.
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Why can't i improve the Ebony Blade?

The book says that not even the Skyforge could melt it, and the coals got cooler as the blade touched them. Ergo, it can't be improved because it simply cannot be smithed by mortals.
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Does the Ebony Blade disappear?

it literally disappears anytime it's place in a display case or weapon rack for too long.
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Is the Ebony Blade a leveled weapon?

Nope it's not levelled. The enchantment levels up by the unique effect as you probably know, but it doesn't matter what level you are when you get it. It's actually a much better weapon early on as it can't be upgraded with smithing.
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