Every Skyrim Dagger RANKED Worst to Best

[@dustindurham6825]

Fun fact: If your pickpocket and sneak are high enough, you can get the Blade of Woe early from Astrid. Then the one at the end of the questline still spawns so you get 2.

[@kritizismmusics9737]

@@dustindurham6825 oh sweet

[@dustindurham6825]

@kritizismmusics9737 Yeah. Also I haven't been able to replicate it, but like 12 years ago I somehow managed to eat the Jarrin root without dying and talked to Astrid again and she gave me another one. This was on 360 so no mods were on it. Although now that I think about it I guess you could use it in a potion to test it out. Can't believe it took me this long to realize that alternative.

[@allanhagen703]

BRO WHAT?!? I am 100% doing this my next playtgrough

[@dustindurham6825]

@@allanhagen703 Yeah. It's pretty great.

[@MeJustMe101]

It just works

[@Blackstonelegion]

Pretty sure the Forsworn dagger is a mod. Not a basegame Weapon.

[@plaguenplay3516]

yes, it is

[@RogueRanks]

I’ve played with so many different mods for so long I genuinely forgot it wasn’t a vanilla weapon until after editing 💀

[@seanmoran9383]

​@@RogueRanksLmao i feel that

[@fishstks9677]

@@RogueRanksclassic Skyrim

[@anthonymartire2036]

@@plaguenplay3516no… it’s not. Go find the wiki page for a forsworn dagger.

[@bristleback3614]

Ironically i love iron dagger. Small, no weird shape and more importantly easy to conceal, the perfect assassination weapon but i know Skyrim rule, weapon with the weirder look always having better stats.

[@WateredLark]

Me too, no stupid nonsense on the blade or anything, like most of the other daggers.

[@swordsmancs]

That’s why I like the steel dagger, straight, sharp, pointy, perfect “I’m a farmer but I’m good enough with a knife to fuck up a bandit or two” aesthetics

[@ThedreadrogueYT]

@@swordsmancsits my favorite too!

[@grimm6924]

where's the fork???????

[@RogueRanks]

I knew I forgot something...

[@JesseLong-o6w]

And the knife​@@RogueRanks

[@MeJustMe101]

And the knife? Where's that?

[@SashaYamato]

​@@MeJustMe101riften house patio, just fast travel to riften stable, go around the house of the stable, up the stairs look to left, both knife and fork in the table, if you still not patch up the fortify restoration, you can go crazy with the enchant with those two, i once use it in my gourmet build play

[@MeJustMe101]

​@@SashaYamatoShhhiiiiittt thanks bro

[@curpuple3778]

Fun fact: If your pick pocket is 100, you can pick pocket the blade of woe out of astrids inventory and then get a second one at the end of the quest line! Im sure im not the only one to have done this, but ive never seen anyone talk about it. Much love Rogue!

[@aname8174]

fun fact: this is the 2nd comment i saw about this on this video

[@RogueRanks]

@@curpuple3778 I love doing this 😂

[@Manjustman_25806]

I mean you could do that or just do the white run dupe glitch

[@michaelweiske702]

Yeah, but that's an exploit. You're using a bug in the game. Meanwhile, pickpocketing weapons from people is a feature. There being two of them is probably just an oversight.​@@Manjustman_25806

[@alexr.3562]

I remember in my first playthrough I was going for a thief build, got Mehrune's dagger and one-shotted Alduin. 10/10 would sell my soul to a Daedric prince again.

[@mrainbowgs]

Another problem with the ebony and deadric daggers is that they're not daggers but knives.

[@supertornadogun1690]

So is the elven dagger if we're being fair.

[@samharris7000]

Love your ranking videos keep it up:) Skyrim will never die

[@RogueRanks]

@@samharris7000 it really won’t will it

[@UnswimmingFishYT]

Ebony isn't actually a metal. It's the crystallized blood of Lorkhan, and has very different properties from metal because it's literally just dried blood for a primordial being. Keening is an interesting one to consider for material because Dwemer metal is known for being significantly more durable than steel and immune to rust, while the blue crystal is unspecified but is most likely raw aetherium, sharing an almost identical look with the many blue crystals seen mainly in Blackreach, which just happen to be unnamed and come from the place aetherium supposedly was found, also rarely appearing anywhere else. Being such a special material makes sense considering Kagrenac would be given access to what he wanted and such a powerful and innately magical crystal likely had properties useful for what Keening was made to do. It's also fair to consider that it wasn't actually intended as a weapon and was a tool made for a very specific purpose. I don't know where you'd get the idea that the dagger is a fake, but everything included in Skyrim AE is officially accepted and that means we know why it works differently when we first get it. It somehow got weakened over time or because of what the Nerevarine did, and can be empowered again in one of the added quests.

[@Tjprower]

As far as asthetics, I largely agree. However, the iron dagger does have one thing going for it: it is light. For weapon enchanting utility, carrying swiss army iron daggers is one of the most effective ways to have every offensive magic effect available. Some builds don't need this variety, but I enjoy it.

[@Vancitygreg]

I always find a love for skyrim ranking videos. Great work, chief. I look forward to seeing more videos in the future

[@RogueRanks]

Thanks!

[@winterwolfcr7]

Not enough puns in the start. Also didn't end on a pun. Only 9.5/10 video.

[@RogueRanks]

@@winterwolfcr7 I lost my edge

[@Vort23]

​@@RogueRanksat least you understood their point 😂

[@kritizismmusics9737]

@@winterwolfcr7 xD

[@Malkontent1003]

One could almost say that you wanted a more... "bleeding edge" sense of comedy?

[@Crazing]

the ammount of puns in the first 20 seconds shanked me like mr copperdell in 2019 at 3:43pm on the streets of london

[@crazycheetopuff]

dude these videos are amazing, idk how you haven't blown up yet. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK I LOVE THIS!

[@tomaspaul1]

Love your content dovahkiin!

[@RogueRanks]

@@tomaspaul1 🫡

[@cyrusunderscore7315]

I would for sure enjoy more weapon ranking videos

[@RogueRanks]

I'm on it

[@legobasebro]

Proud to have a Blade of Woe tattoo on my arm to celebrate my favorite dagger and questline in the game. Glad you rated it so high 👏

[@kritizismmusics9737]

@@legobasebro dope

[@pandorasbox4238]

Your self-deprecating humor is appreciated.

[@RogueRanks]

I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@jaybarker6564]

Love your Skyrim vids man! Keep it up! Subbed

[@RogueRanks]

Thank you!

[@KyleWilson96]

You really pierced through the competition

[@RogueRanks]

💯

[@The_toasty.]

Thank you for this. I’m currently deeply into the dark brotherhood right now this helps

[@HouseBlackwolf]

Putting Steel so high was a beautiful flourish of cloak-and-dagger tactics: luring us in with the milder takes then BAM! Steel! I agree with your takes, but as a overzealous mall goth I am feeling a little TOO called out on Daedric....

[@RogueRanks]

Steel dagger is almost a short-sword, which is also why I love it

[@HouseBlackwolf]

@@RogueRanks it’s “shoto we have at home” vibes

[@fredevenden]

Really amazing videos dude you should make more

[@RogueRanks]

Thank you!

[@ZTRCTGuy]

Funny thing is that daggers cut on both sides and are mostly symmetrical. Lot's of ''daggers'' in skryim are actually knives. Which counts for the ebony, dragon priest, elven, orcish, deadric, blade of woe and nordic ''daggers''. They still look good though.

[@StrawbsIsAway]

I know it's borderline impossible to do but man i'd love to see you make a teir list of every quest in skyrim.

[@chilimacdog]

0:17 slice through the compotition wouldve worked

[@otiajaiani6970]

Well done,keep going bro

[@сильныйюг]

Thanks for the video

[@RogueRanks]

Thanks for the comment!

[@paingolin1816]

Awesome video!! Can you do mace's next? My all time favourite weapon

[@cerebralassassin117]

You should definitely do a list like this on the armor. That's always an interesting topic in the game since everyone's list with armor os very different a lot of the time.

[@LukesCarTalk]

You have an insane amount of potential!

[@jazzingpanda3190]

Nice video man, subbed

[@maurovaccari1986]

nice video bro!!!

[@RogueRanks]

Thanks!

[@michaeltelson9798]

As for the best in game play, Valdr’s Blade is my favorite. The chance that Mehrune’s instant kill effect is so tiny to not be worthy, but the 25% critical hit chance of Valdr’s Blade is achievable numerous times and it does sharpen well.

[@aname8174]

too bad the crit only increases base damage instead of reinforced damage

[@spiker.ortmann]

Lucky for us, Mehrune's effect is on crit, so dualweilding them is PERFECT for an assassin build. ❤

[@BigChief_1337]

OH BOY I can't wait to see what DAGGERs FALL at the top of this list!

[@RogueRanks]

@@BigChief_1337 Omg it was right there….

[@jesseaaron501]

The whole 15 seconds of puns got my sub

[@LexusLFA554]

A handful of puns right at the beginning? Sign me up.

[@RogueRanks]

I'm afraid I can't help myself

[@oddoutdoors]

The seax is a famously unhilted knife, it was used extensively in Scandinavian and Saxon cultures both in daily tasks and combat. The ancient nord dagger is a fantastical tip of the hat to this century spanning favorite.

[@dovah2167]

love the jokes x) the orcish dagger looks like what the shiv should have been in the Skyrim world

[@RossDouglas82]

So one thing that annoys me about Skyrim's daggers (excluding Mehron's Rzaor for edge lord reasons) is that the hand guards all point up. While there are some sword breaker weapons that will angle up, typically you want a guard to deflect away from your hand - especially with a dagger.

[@tobediv]

The daedric dagger always reminded me of something your stoner friend would have on display in his room. bulky and weirdly serrated

[@Nightxx9199]

The glass dagger is probably meant more for tearing open wounds. The small ridges along it looks sharp and jagged so it is probably most definitely meant to make it hard for someone to close their wound after being stabbed. As the tissue would get severely torn and damaged inside.

[@Bakesensei]

Good thumbnail , and video

[@RogueRanks]

@@Bakesensei 🤩

[@AveragePAFan]

i recommend playing with the believable weapons mod, remodels every (except forsworn) melee weapon to look more like they’re actually usable

[@RogueRanks]

I'll check it out thanks!

[@otex5155]

4:42 bro did it again thinking we weren’t gonna notice 😭😂

[@PyrinonYT]

I love stealth and the killcams are amazing. My favorite early game is a dwarven dragger and late game would be either the blade of woe or the razor

[@pdofosho]

Fang of Haynekhtnamet was one of my favorite additions of the anniversary edition and just had a good feel to it and it felt more like a knife than a dagger but that leant to roleplay but i understand how people may not like its proportions and look

[@plaguenplay3516]

Nordic dagger is a weaponised table knife. period.

[@RogueRanks]

What kind of table knives you using over there

[@plaguenplay3516]

@@RogueRanks nordic daggers

[@spiker.ortmann]

I don't know if table knife is the correct term, I see it more like a cooking knife... but still agree that it's a damn knife. I like WAY more the steel dagger than the nordic one. Specially the "lucky" one in tandem with Mehrune's for an assassin build...😊

[@battlericky17]

Damn these puns are killing me 😂

[@RogueRanks]

I'm glad you enjoyed them

[@Faedelle]

I think you missed the Fang of Haynekhtnamet which you can get by playing the fishing questline (it has a unique model)

[@curtis7562]

Totally agree on the ebony dagger. always thought it looked like nothing more than a letter opener

[@bravalloy]

Orcs could get a bonus for wearing their stuff putting them closer to ebony while lighter. Same for elves with elven things, dunmer with those dunmer expansion armors and so on.

[@senort7529]

The combination of dagger and shield has the best kill cam animation after mauling someone as a warewolf!

[@joshuanugentfitnessjourney3342]

My favorite part about the blade of woe is being able to get two of them and dual wielding it

[@DrakeLK]

Imma be honest, I haven't even seen a forsworn dagger after 11 years of playing Skyrim

[@RogueRanks]

I didn’t realize it’s a mod I’ve had for years 💀

[@deiansalazar140]

I've literally been looking for this. I want to see the same thing but with the other weapons specifically the two-handed swords and two-handed Axe and the one-handed sword and the two handed hammers.

[@RogueRanks]

Will do

[@destructiondragon360]

The Ebony Dagger and Sword are at the bottom of my personal lists for looking like someone didn't so much smith them as they did crack a chunk of obsidian and call it a blade

[@Nevermore2991]

The orcish daggers fish hook design has a use as its a gut hook after killing an animal simpley flip the dagger and use the gut hook to hook into the belly skin and put down gutting your kill cleanly and neatly

[@GBRyker61]

You missed a Dagger. The Anniversary update added three new weapons to the Ancient Nord weapon set, Daggers, Maces, and Warhammers. The only way, currently the only way to get a dagger is to fish in large lakes near Nordic tombs.

[@chairmanlemon]

keening that low is crazy

[@galactick3816]

It does suck. One single hit of charge. Without 100% destruction cost reduction it's useless since you cannot recharge it

[@kamixakadio2441]

@@galactick3816 He just said that he ranks these on Visuals/Design, not their functionality. Keening that Low is crazy, given it's great design.

[@galactick3816]

@@kamixakadio2441 I know, but he himself said when ranking it that he took the effect into account, same with all the other unique daggers. Also, keening looks unique, not good, point still stands.

[@brynyolfxd3010]

Keening looks like some overpriced trinket from a rock n gem wannabe witch supply shop .. those places that sell "blank grimoires" and "special summoning candles" n all that jazz

[@empoweredshemphoward]

Restoration loop-->blacksmithing upgrade-->any dagger one shot kill. I made a dragon bone dagger and upgraded it to almost 500 damage.

[@spiker.ortmann]

I still feel guilty for my 6500+ Ebony dagger, luckily Miraak was able to take a lot of that guilt off when I had to flame him in order to finish the battle...😂

[@davidprovan2756]

Keenan was never meant to be a weapon. It’s a tool. It makes perfect sense that you know he doesn’t make sense as a weapon.

[@graysonschultz8405]

The Nordic knife actually looks like a fish knife used for cutting into and breaking down fish. Which fits very well considering who uses it

[@brc9664]

for me steel dagger looks the best

[@RogueRanks]

Its a classic

[@drakusmero104]

Bloodrayne reference= instant sub

[@nick4281]

I think "sliced the competition" would've sufficed 😂

[@charonib]

The iron dagger can also help with the enchanting skill tree; super easy to make, so you always have something to enchant cheaply for getting that leveled up…and gold selling them all. Yeah, it is trash, but think outside of the box and even trash can be useful. Ask any modern artist.

[@MichaelHall1989]

Slightly disappointed that you didn't include the best dagger in the game: the all-powerful knife! :P

[@stelfyRED]

i don't really like nords and nordic armors at all, but this nord dagger looks so fine man

[@kritizismmusics9737]

I was just hoping you'd make another vid lol

[@RogueRanks]

@@kritizismmusics9737 💀

[@shadowslight3848]

Mehrunes razor, blade of woe, and the dark dagger all look great

[@BigOleNuttSak]

Honor the sixth house and the tribe unmorned when you discuss the elder scrolls

[@ronniecorbett6306]

The Shiv is basically an icepick.

[@ItzRants]

You forgot the ancient nord dagger, added by the fishing dlc. (As it’s only obtainable by getting lucky and fishing it up when the fish have dried up and all you’re getting is junk) it also has a nord hero variant as do all of the ancient nord weapons.

[@WitcherBioSouls949]

The Nordic dagger kinda got a butter knife look to it but I love it

[@djedpul0149]

The nordic dagger tho. You got a pretty sharp eye for daggers

[@XeAthy31]

That sound effect you use sounds like the escapist knock out or hit noise😂

[@FlourEater]

liked just for the puns!

[@baconshreds1772]

May I request a daedric quest ranking? Nobody seems to have done that yet.

[@andrescrespo2514]

This is me being a nerd but my biggest problem with most of these daggers is that they’re just knives. Daggers are thrusting weapons meant to penetrate thick armour, getting between metal plates and deliver a killing blow. Many daggers have a sharpened edge so you can still cut but many daggers were dull bc they weren’t used to cut with. Knives are more general purpose weapons/tools used for cutting, slashing and chopping. The shiv is a perfect dagger bc it’s just a metal spike.

[@Forbiddensirenz]

Put some respek on the iron dagger. That smithing glitch back in the day is goat tier.

[@lukechapman4177]

Valdr's Lucky Dagger is my personal favorite

[@jamiecudine7099]

I completed the main quest with just a shiv on expert. Twas fun

[@Sablegladius]

if you believe it daggers are meant to be bigger than a knife smaller than a short sword but bulky like a tiny sword so for that realistically dwarven dagger is PERFECT for that description of being a dagger

[@Furiasu]

I have more than 1000 hours in Skyrim, I have been playing it since 2012 on the PS3 and now on PC and I just found out that there is a Forsworn dagger.....

[@RogueRanks]

@@Furiasu it’s actually a mod I forgot was a mod so that’s my bad

[@PoshestHyena]

I was gonna say forsworn dagger wasn't vanilla to my memory, but someone already mentioned it was a mod

[@Dingus888]

Wish you included madness, amber, dark, golden and the fang of something one that you get from fishing legends quest

[@IAmEvilTree]

Ok, I understand you don't like the ebony dagger, but what about Nettlebane? I'd say it's different enough in appearance to count as another dagger, and it's look and purpose is noticibly different from a regular ebony dagger.

[@mitchbrammer6053]

Can you do these ranking videos for Morrowind weapons?

[@jaguarwarrior7627]

You gonna do ones for swords, axes etc?

[@RogueRanks]

Yup, working on Maces vid now

[@Azhrsecondalt]

The reason keenings handle looks so uncomfortable to wield is because it was never meant to be used as a weapon

[@ren.sky01]

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[@RogueRanks]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@razorsimon6681]

Making rings is better for increasing smithing, especially with the duplication glitch

[@seanwilliams823]

I usually use Deadric (or other Unique) artifacts until I can Smith stronger weapons but I will ALWAYS keep Mhunz's Razor on me

[@bobthedestroyer6205]

He put elven dagger above so many things😭 it should be one of the last places

[@Guy-e7r]

Nettlebane?

[@finns23653]

Iron dagger is Definitely the most iconic dagger in skyrim but is visually the best

[@NaN-noCZ]

I’m sorry, but the orcish dagger being function over form? Buddy, there’s a reason real blades aren’t made to be irregularly thick with a big, as you call it, “fishhook” serration at the bottom.. Even the ebony dagger resembles a practical blade more. Also, Mehrunes dagger was featured in more than just one former title, going all the way back to daggerfall in the 90s, so there’s a cool fact for you.

[@Jelqking-97]

I like the amber dagger from the saints and seducers creation club mod for vanilla skyrim the ancient nord and Nord hero dagger are a mist for ancient vampire characters woth the ancient nord dagger its on the heavy side and looks dull but i just think its neat

[@msharp6887]

I’m using mehrunes razor and and elven dagger , smithed up to epic with fire enchantment

[@RogueRanks]

Great combo!

[@msharp6887]

@@RogueRanks oh …my…god……I got a response from the man himself…..while I have your attention,, u never rank hero weapons. They are made from ancient nord stuff at the skyforge

[@RogueRanks]

@@msharp6887 I will include them going forwards just for you 😎

[@msharp6887]

@@RogueRanks …😢….thats the nicest thing I ever heard