Skyrim weapons EXPOSED!!!

It's time to say what others have dared not, the unspoken TRUTH of the Skyrim weapons!
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[@jordans3310]

A bit off topic, I just finished your book Shad I thoroughly enjoyed it I'm looking forward to the next one great job!

[@schar1024]

Can you remind me, what where the weapons made off in Shads Book?

[@jordans3310]

@@schar1024 other than just normal steel they were sunstone

[@Ren99510]

I'm really looking forward to the next installment as well. Come on Shad, give us the goods!

[@grizzlethebear2680]

@@jordans3310 I don't mean to be that guy but technically Dalon's sword was first carved out of wood then sunforged.

[@BassRemedy]

@@schar1024 i think some are made of special enchanted wood from what i remember

[@lc7664]

"All spears were burned at the stake and then we turned them into iron daggers" is such a brilliant line

[@Dvergenlied]

Also being beaten to death with your cousin’s hip bone 😂

[@Koatl]

Was this a reference to Todd Howard explaining why they removed spears, because it's honestly not far off.

[@basedbattledroid3507]

Makes sense because spears were in Morrowind

[@Colonel_Overkill]

@@basedbattledroid3507 and I have been searching for a spear for 20 years now. Hopefully someone figures out the art of pointy stick again eventually.

[@Coolguy98765432q457]

Didn't they add spears in a DLC?

[@RamseyDewey]

“Lots of people have done this before, but I haven’t done it yet!” And that’s all the justification we need.

[@corvoadrian6970]

Hey Ramsey nice to see you here, you nerd haha a hug my friend

[@michaelmcatee221]

Love it!

[@merryman9423]

Good to see you here coach - big fan of your channel. Btw the first book I translated to portuguese was Dempsey's book after I discovered about it at your videos. Thank you.

[@balltillwefall8284]

Wait.... Ramsey Dewey watches Shadiversity????

[@dma-rising8876]

After watching this, clearly should have stayed that way. Awful takes and lazy video. Far from the par his other videos he puts out

[@BrotherhoodWorkshop]

It took me way too long to realize this was a joke.

[@kodaxmax]

as a fan of skyrims lore, this video caused me physical pain

[@Zero0fl0]

...lemme start from the beginning~

[@francismacdonald994]

@@kodaxmax same but it is a great funny video

[@PeteB90]

I realised at Eleven Weapons lmao

[@BrotherhoodWorkshop]

I was like "I know nitpicking is a pretty common thing for Shad to do, but this is a new level, bordering on absurdity....oh it is absurdity? Got it."

[@slyngn7847]

I'm surpised that Shad didn't bring up Stalhrim, which is literally _("enchanted")_ ice!

[@abellator7560]

That you can Enchant!

[@astuteanansi4935]

The "enchanted ice" thing is just a nickname, I think. Glover Mallory even says "I think there's more to it than that".

[@lucaseirfeldt9664]

Not to mention that Ebony is a type of wood

[@slyngn7847]

@@lucaseirfeldt9664 I've always wondered about that one 🤔

[@grognakthedestroyerattorne3211]

In a fantasy world an enchanted sword that is made of ice but is still sharp and very strong Is more reasonable than illogical designs

[@hOFalt]

I like to think Shad is banned from all fantasy blacksmiths at this point.

[@JPelus]

Nah, not banned. They just tremble in his presence and bow as they hand him their next point of verbal lashing.

[@vargenfenrisson1164]

with those "jokes" he should be

[@benderrodriguez5425]

@@vargenfenrisson1164 😁

[@shocker1209081]

Why do you think the background kept changing? He just kept getting banned and moved on to the next one. X'D

[@DerakosZrux]

"Welcome to Warmai.... oh for Talos' sake!"

[@JustaRandomguy1]

Shad is like that crazy person that is standing outside of Bethesda studios with a sign that shows the chemical reaction of iron to steel

[@sneakjokerwalters2841]

fallout 76, the box of bobby pins "Weight these!" roflmao

[@Earthenfist]

And I would stand with him!

[@morganhelms80808]

I really liked what they did in Elder Scrolls Online, where it's just a simple cosmetic change but each race has its own designed version of each kind of weapon. Each speaking to different cultural aspects depending on how they look.

[@ambiguouszenithar]

Really hoping they somehow implement that into Elder Scrolls 6

[@erikbjelke4411]

"THAT'S NOT HOW YOU MAKE STEEL!" Thanks to the paucity of corundum ore in Skyrim, this was my battlecry through pretty much the whole of my time playing Skyrim. Though apparently, the recipe was originally either twice the Iron Ore as needed to make Iron, or Iron Ore plus Charcoal, and it got dummed down on the assumption the average gamer didn't know what steel even was.

[@net343]

In my eyes corondum is a nickel/iron natural alloy with a lot of carbon, which would make stainless steel

[@nicholascauton9648]

I’m not a metalsmith by any means. But seeing the ingredients to make steel for the first time did make me ask questions.

[@terras6418]

Listen here, the smithing guild has a very powerful hold over Skyrim. That's why all the weapons are the way they are. Deviate from that and, well, if you're lucky they'll only take your smithing license. Do you know what happened to the last person who crossed the smith's guild? No? Yeah, that's what I thought.

[@SMTRodent]

I'd rather kick a chicken and just take what's coming.

[@Dirtbag-Hyena]

@@SMTRodent 🤣😂👏🏼

[@donjuantuno7447]

... I'm guessing he took an arrow to the knee? >>

[@MrYago-xd7um]

He was a spear craftsmen I know that much. Figure they didn't want to be redundant by putting his head on a pike so, poof, Jimmy Hoffa'd into troll poo or ashes. ..Maybe that's why they have divine laws against making carbon steel, you'd end up with half the realm turned into daggers by murderous mage guild hordes.

[@rotwang2000]

You really don't want to know what Corundrum is made from believe me ...

[@Borissh89]

Look Shad, clearly the Skyrim Department of Standards has decided all weapons must follow strict design guidelines to protect the consumers from fraud. So there is no way a customer can buy what he thinks is a steel dagger and just get an overdesigned iron dagger by mistake.

[@andreassamoreno4252]

You got logic my friend.

[@davidpeterson5647]

It especially applies with 16 TIMES the strict consumer guidelines!

[@atomicash2475]

Blame the dreaming god head

[@RexusprimeIX]

At the start I was confused how a Shad analysis video could be ONLY 11 minutes long. Took me a good bit into the video to realise this was a joke.

[@ALovelyBunchOfDragonballz]

Shad: "Skyrim is a multicultural place" Every reasonable Skyrim citizen: _So you have chosen death_

[@gloomreach4325]

Multiculturalism is the slow death of society.

[@Madjo-qj2ge]

On one hand Skyrim belong to the Nords On the other hand The Reach belong to Forsworn

[@SakuragiSayo]

You forgot the quotes around the word reasonable. Almost nobody in Skyrim is reasonable, so there should be quotes around it in your comment.

[@dylanburston7453]

@@SakuragiSayo Skyrims / nords are one of the most reasonable, only really beaten by the empire and highrock. Nords are slightly racist to everyone, but very racist to high elves (understandably, imo) The Reduards are 10x more racist to high elves than nords the high elves are literal nazis the argonians go on genocides on the whim of trees the dunmer enslave thousands And the wood elves/ kajit are mussolini When you look at the world of TES, the nords are pretty reasonable. They went on one genocide thousands of years ago, and it got mythologised so much that it paints the nords of today in a bad light.

[@SakuragiSayo]

@@dylanburston7453 No, they are not reasonable. They are VERY racist to every non-nord, especially Elves, not just High Elves. They committed genocide of the native race, Snow Elves, of Skyrim. The Nords should have stayed in Atmora.

[@arifhossain9751]

Objection! Shad failed to mention that the steel you make in Skyrim may not be *carbon* steel, but as an alloy containing iron, its still technically *a* steel. The REAL question is HOW DO *TWO* INGOTS MAKE *ONE* INGOT? We never see any discarded iron or corundum, so is this steel just REALLY DENSE? We'll never know. Thanks Todd.

[@Redfox0928]

I don't know if the steel is but I feel really dense right now.

[@AmorDeae]

the corundum evaporatess off the alloy, but iron has memory so it remembers it had the corundum in it, which gives it the willpower to hit harder and longer. that also explains why steel doesn't have any sign of corundum's color. It's alternative metallurgy, ferreopathy.

[@maikkniss3971]

@@AmorDeae lol

[@arifhossain9751]

@@AmorDeae How DARE you spread such psudosmithing nonsense! The steel is *obviously* drawing its strength from an all-permeating field comprised of the will of all steel on the planet. Its ferronic resonance.

[@Asraeks]

Dont you get 2 ingots of steel from 1 iron and 1 corundum?

[@cliffordcanaday7010]

"by that logic you should be able to just plant ore and let it grow, have. Garden of ore....the the most dwarf thing ever! That's metal!!" 😂 Pure gold...followed by the reason there are no spears, I was dying.

[@nosajimiki5885]

To learn more about growing iron ore, see bog iron (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bog_iron): the preferred source of iron ore throughout most of human history.

[@mc_zittrer8793]

I feel like I would have enjoyed the game a bit more if spears were actually usable. There is a rather curious sword bias in Skyrim....

[@hlalakar4156]

Love it. Great satire. I wasn't sure at first, but I know Shad knows a thing or two about how sometimes lore and narrative are more important than minor anachronisms or technological inaccuracies. Also, he's clearly familiar with the lore, and is deliberately getting it wrong to push people's buttons. I respect that.

[@gabrielinostroza4989]

I can't recommend the mod "Believable weapons" enough, if you're bothered by the wonky design of the weapons in Skyrim. Vanilla flavor, but sensible proportions and shapes, perfect for people who love the lore and aesthetics but need more immersion.

[@lx-icon]

Shad having a Karen moment yelling at the man behind the desk at the start of the video, instead of the woman who actually forged the weapons being sold in Whiterun? :D

[@DailyCorvid]

"I used to be an adventurer like you, then I took a Karen to the ears"

[@PobortzaPl]

Male Karen is Ken.

[@valasarius]

Guess he just wanted to speak to the Manager

[@DailyCorvid]

@@valasarius "GET IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME!!" ** Tries to pull open a push door ** 🤣🤣🤣 I really do love America!

[@Rikimaru0523]

@@PobortzaPl male caren is kyle

[@DH-xw6jp]

"...If you cant handle them [the edge], dont get offended, just ignore them." This is phenomenal advice buried under the humor of your video.

[@SergioLeonardoCornejo]

Can't help but feel some sort of Anita Sarkeesian parody in this video. Lol.

[@openbordersforisrael]

it'ds hard to ignore that anti-irondaggerism

[@vanyadolly]

I just realized I've played Skyrim for 2k hours and I've been actively ignoring Daedric weapons all that time.

[@cuttlefishrampant5241]

An aside about the "dwarves" in TES, they are the Dwemer, the DEEP ELVES. They stood the same height as the other elven races. They are just called dwarven weapons, don't ask me why.

[@ridenberg]

He acknowledged that around 10 secs later after he said about dwarves

[@cuttlefishrampant5241]

@@ridenberg He mentioned a brief aside that people could say they were as tall as the rest of the races in a dismissive tone, then made the odd comment that they got even smaller, which has no basis in fact, as we don't know what made the Dwemer extinct.

[@ridenberg]

@@cuttlefishrampant5241 He did it in self-mocking fashion, just like other weapons... telling nonsense is like, the whole concept of this video?

[@cuttlefishrampant5241]

@@ridenberg I'm more talking to people who don't know the lore or are interested in it.

[@burghleyimeanberdly6513]

The people call Dwemer dwarves because some guy mistranslated the name forever ago and the name stuck

[@WarriorVirtue]

6:30 To be fair, obsidian (aka volcanic glass) produces some of the sharpest blades known to man. There are surgeons who swear by it.

[@xXAkirhaXx]

Shad - "Growing ore for dwarfs? That would be metal!" Me - "Unless it's a multi-crop garden, then it would be alloy."

[@Broockle]

now I want Dwarf lingo to be a thing

[@marctaco2624]

this joke does not have enough likes

[@gryphonbotha1880]

Bravo

[@Gravewhisper]

I have a theory about the lack of spears in Skyrim: We all know that ore regrows at an impressive pace. But do we ever see trees regrow? It stand to reason, that trees regrow at a slower pace than ore veins. They need wood to built all sorts of tools and stuff for their houses, and yet, you find a lot more smithing shops in Skyrim that woodcutting mills. What if wood is simply the much more valuable ressource in that world? I mean, think about it, even if you pick up woodcutting yourself, a bit of firewood sells for more than iron ingots... Spears are too expensive to make, wood is too precious! :D

[@logancowie]

just make the shaft out of iron

[@sirreginaldfishingtonxvii6149]

@@logancowie _ssshhhhh_

[@SergioLeonardoCornejo]

Two words. Wood coins.

[@Gravewhisper]

@@logancowie too heavy :)

[@dwarvernbard9782]

Counterpoint: an enemy in the DLC use spears that you can pick up and use as arrows, also arrows themselves should use wood for the shaft(and if you think the shaft isn't wood but some other supstance the why not use that material for spears)

[@HPD1171]

spears were actually my favorite melee weapon when playing morrowind though I tended to stick with ranged magic and bows combined with levitate. I was so annoyed that bethesda did not include them in oblivion along with the levitate spell and became absolutely livid when they again failed to add them back in Skyrim. though I was more annoyed with the lack of levitate in a world that, like morrowind, consisted entirely of mountains

[@micahmock3505]

Shad's realization that it's elven and not 11 is just perfect 5:15

[@thewoode1050]

Dwarves according to TES lore were just bearded elves. They were normal sized, and named Dwarves by the Giants apparently

[@shadiversity]

NO! clearly they are so small that you can't even see them! I mean have you ever seen a dwarf in Skyrim? You cannot beat my impregnable gamer logic!

[@Ganbalf]

Something to make note of when one says they were named by the Giants, is that the Giants are another race of men, but came to Tamriel in an earlier wave than the atmorans who later became the Nords.

[@spiceyicey]

@@shadiversity we actually see at least 4 dwarves, 1 in morrowind who became a mecha spider, and three in the time box thing in the north of skyrim

[@nathanielturner2577]

@@shadiversity they are like Atlantians they were wiped from existence for their blasphemy!

[@pyeitme508]

@@shadiversity ool

[@l.d-b3465]

02:30 - There's actually a Mod, called 'Armoury of Tamriel', that separates armour/weapon style from the materiel used to make it. Thus allowing you to make say an orcish sword out of iron or an imperial blade out of ebony.

[@willieearles3151]

That’s nice. I always loved the simple yet sleek design of the iron sword, but it was the worst sword in the game, meaning I couldn’t use it for very long.

[@ryanalving3785]

Ooh, that sounds fun. I might have to look into that.

[@slyking214]

You can't do that, hundreds of years ago we had trouble appraising weopons because they all looked the same. So we decided to make a law to fix that.

[@tada-kun982]

'Ars Armorum' does kind of a similar thing, so instead of 'Daedric Sword' you now have 'Iron Dremora Sword', 'Moonstone Dremora Sword', 'Ebony Dremora Sword' Same goes for armour, so you can now have armour with orcish visuals made out of regular steel

[@wu1ming9shi]

While I do like the extra variety, they destroy the lore around each material imo.

[@JMulvy]

This was hilarious fun! but in TESO you do meet a Dwemer spectre (in VVardenfell) as well as Thaddeus Cosma an Imperial who we suspect (and Zenimax alludes to) of being a time traveler that lived with the Dwemer. The Dwemer were most likely not Dwarves like in traditional fantasy because in their name the "mer" part implies they are Elven in origin. Altmer, Dunmer, Orsimer, Bosmer, Falmer, Chimer (who the Dwemer supposedly resemble) and Dwemer are all names with Elven origins. The races of man just call them Dwarves because they lived underground. Though no one explains how the races of man understand what a dwarf is nor why they wouldn't just call them Dwemer as well. The Glass material in Skyrim is actually called Malachite which in real life is more akin to copper and was one of the first ores used to smelt copper. I think TES lore refers to it being more stone like and not related to actual glass, but equally as clear and reflective as green glass and also comes in many different colors. The green in the malachite ore of Skyrim's provinces is higher in copper oxide which can actually be toxic in higher concentrations. Yes, I am THAT person.

[@liquidbeans4209]

Its "glass" name comes from Morrowind I think. Glass armor and weapons came from "raw glass," which was green in color. I don't believe Tes1 or 2 had glass armor and weapons.

[@edernhaushofer2011]

I've been watching your channel for quit a long time and it's my first time leaving a comment. This video feels a bit different than the usual ones and I actually like the (new ?) style and subtle humor here and there. A very nice one, as always, but even better. Keep going Shad, love your channel !

[@Zylo1111]

Shad was very stunning and brave for bringing these problematic weapons to the public. I feel so educated I'm literally shaking.

[@smokinmac82]

Are you shaking spears? Because they're outlawed.

[@theironfox2756]

Idk, his mockery of the katana triggered me in my safe space.

[@Askorti]

@@smokinmac82 If you want to shake spears, just waggle Caesar's biography.

[@davidspearim5552]

To be fair this is a fantasy game where gods dragons demons and elves orcs Or you could make weapons have anything for most part the Laws of the games doesn't have to follow real life

[@MarcusBritish]

Will there be a Legendary version of this video, followed swiftly by a Special, VR and Anniversary response video?

[@cocodojo]

Just re-release a video once every few years and I think we're good

[@m.degroot6837]

Look at Shad in this video. He is clearly already in VR

[@ericzollman8751]

This reply is the most perfect response ever on youtube

[@zachmercer1065]

All I’m saying is there better be a Nintendo Switch release.

[@dredgendorchadas6770]

@@zachmercer1065 na, I'm all about the gs5 release

[@chessnoob523]

Great job Shad! Love the green screening and music in this video, it makes it very enjoyable to watch and listen to! wouldn't mind seeing similarly formatted videos in the future! ( oh hey your Rakuten kobo link doesn't work, just FYI those links can be tricky :D )

[@_M_a_r_t_i_n_M]

When I first discovered glass weapons in Oblivion, I was truly baffled. Somehow, they had insane damage, and the armor insane defense. And my character being a rogue, preferred 'light armor' and 'light weapons'... Nothing for the rest of the game came close.. Spent half the game wearing and fighting with ....glass... against steel and mithril etc.

[@astuteanansi4935]

In fairness, they're made out of malachite ore, not glass. (Which is its own can of worms since malachite IRL is not really weapons-grade material.) I think the "glass" part is just a nickname due to their translucent appearance.

[@Josurr_Madhawk]

@@astuteanansi4935 wait? Malachite is real?

[@frog1405]

@@Josurr_Madhawk yeah, real Malachite is a type of gemstone I believe (could be wrong, so take it with a grain of salt)

[@DerAlleinTiger]

As a massive TES nerd, this was both painful and wonderful at the same time. Thank you for this amazingly terrible gift; I love it.

[@evangilene2905]

Bruh there were moments i had to pause to remember this was a joke lmao

[@jaktripper6411]

I was white knuckling through the dwarf section

[@wu1ming9shi]

@@jaktripper6411 I was genuinely considering making a comment about that but then I remembered the type of video I was watching. xD

[@kalsyphr5039]

"The eleven weapons..."

[@jamesbowling9293]

The dwarves part got me cause being a TES nerd as well, they're called Dwemer, not actually dwarves. They're still elves and as such are, in the lore, taller than most human races on average. I mean look at the dude from morrowind, hes just a torso basically and still almost as tall as the player character.

[@lancehetfield6396]

I think Shad just got fed up with people asking for this video and decided to do an epic troll. I really laughed tho

[@Matt_Alaric]

Clearly you didn't watch the video! There were no trolls in this one at all

[@BraddahSpliff]

@@Matt_Alaric Clearly you have never visited Skyrim before. Not only are there trolls, there are also Frost trolls, Frost Giants (giant Frost trolls), & the super strong Udefrykte trolls. You should definitely read Herbane's Bestiary tome on trolls before you venture out.

[@Matt_Alaric]

Jesus...

[@SilverStripe82]

Oh Shad, SHAD!!! I almost didn't watch this as this game is special and got me through some tough times. But as always you have provided top shelf quality.

[@joshuayow4653]

I'm a big fan of the glass swords leaf blade design. I find it functional and esthetically pleasing. I also like the dwarven esthetics but I find them less functional... But I definitely like the look.

[@TheDrWol]

first I was like "low blow shad, these weapon shapes are just game design choices so weapons look different, it's not meant to be realistic" Then we got Eleven gear and i was like "ayyyy wait a minute... he's taking the piss all along" Well done

[@Dirtbag-Hyena]

Then he thinks about it and was like "Ahhhh... That makes more sense!!"🤣 Elven, not eleven!!😂

[@Muster_Muckee_II]

If that didn't clue you in I'm sure him talking about "A dragons bone penetrating deep." would've.

[@dragonli1y]

As a dragon, the dragon bone weapons ARE particularly offensive, thanks for spreading the word! Just the other day some guy tried taking me down with part of my aunt’s arm. I survived, obviously. They had glass armor.

[@Dirtbag-Hyena]

...They had glass armour!!🤣 🥁

[@Mate397]

I know right? How would the humans like to be beaten to death by the bones of their kin?

[@shigekisun3922]

I'm sorry for you aunt

[@seanheath4492]

@@Mate397 Isn't that how everyone's family get-togethers typically go?

[@StarshadowMelody]

@@Mate397 Not anymore than we'd like to be beaten to death with anything else.

[@P-Bean]

Hats off to the editor, I noticed the lighting on the cutout changes with the scenery, great immersion.

[@williansnobre]

1:54 There's a very nice mod that allows that, it separates the style from the materials. It is called Armoury of Tamriel

[@AA-yt1rg]

I love the fact Shad can travel to fictional worlds now to give them his words of wisdom.

[@PoserPosse]

And can bother or help each one of them.

[@alexbingham7796]

Really enjoyed the humor of the video, I never gave much thought to why all iron daggers looked the same…. On a serious note, could you make a video critiquing the actual design of the Skyrim weapons? I know you’ve designed your own sword for your book, and I’d like to hear your take on the aesthetics, practicality of Skyrim weapons.

[@jackb.207]

Didn't he done that already? Or do my brain plays tricks on me

[@jackb.207]

Nah it was Skallagrim

[@rasmusgarbonzo1411]

please make a real video aboit it shad thx

[@-EcchiGuy]

He basically said that he didn't do it cause there is thousands already dissing fantasy weapons. I doubt he would be able to find an interesting way to re-word the same concept.

[@kyltredragmire4939]

Coming back to it, I think this is one of your best videos ever made.

[@raymondraptorclaw2901]

I think I’m so much more into the historical fiction aspects of Skyrim than the fantasy ones. At least in terms of weapons and armor. But to be fair… the “glass” armor could just be a special alloy of metal that exposed to extreme levels of radiation/magic to “purify” it and turn it clear. …or it’s just a really pretty crystalline metal the elves affectionately called “glass.” I mean… I like fantasy, but not when they throw logic and reason out the window! Skyrim is a classic and comes so close to having everything I could ever want in a video game. Closer than any other.

[@esgeir9499]

Glass is made from malachite, so like gem like I think... as well as other materials

[@kyltredragmire4939]

I remember seeing mine for it under the Red Mountain in Vardenfell. It's depicted as growing like green crystal clusters in Elder Scrolls Online. They call it glass, but I suppose it's more accurately a rock? Those wacky Dunmer.

[@pierre-mariecaulliez6285]

"You make a weapon out of glass and see what happens !" Well, Obsidian is technically a type of glass...

[@StarshadowMelody]

Whips out a macahuitl and probably butchers it's pronunciation.

Still very, very brittle. You can make a single-use scalpel out of it, or use it for edges...

[@autumnsilverwinds4990]

@@StarshadowMelody MOCK-wah-HEET-uhl should be pretty close to the correct pronunciation, I think!

[@SergioLeonardoCornejo]

@@StarshadowMelody the "Mexican sword." A thick and sturdy pole with glass bits embedded in its sides. For when bashing will do if cutting fails... Just avoid armored foes.

[@tomc.5704]

That was not what I expected. But congratulations on having a fresh take on Skyrim's weapons! ....it might be time to start another playthrough

[@ReneeAnduagaArias]

Hi Shad, I was watching a video on Skallgrim's channel and it made me think of a question. In a fight between a "warrior" or heavy armour build (not necessarily plate armour though) versus an "assassin" or lighter build, who would win? On the one hand, the heavy build has a two handed sword that is easy to control, but on the other hand, the lighter build has speed and possibly double wielding lighter blades (not necessarily daggers, but short swords or something). If you already have a video on this, which video? I'm very curious to know more.

[@dylankuzmick3122]

If I could give this another like, I would. I miss this stuff Shad! And honestly, this stuff is exactly the kind of things I've been realizing about my favorite game, Skyrim, ever since I found your channel two years ago. Seeing you say all this stuff, I can't help but think, YESSS! 😂 Honestly though, what did they have against spears??

[@DanielLCarrier]

I think it's worth mentioning that the Aztecs used a glass sword called a macuahuitl, but it was mostly made of wood with a bunch of small obsidian shards coming out. That way if some of them shatter it doesn't do much to hurt the weapon overall.

[@ssholum]

But it _does_ do a whole lot to hurt your opponent! Two for one.

[@LaurenceRietdijk]

I believe this is because the Aztecs didn't know how to smelt Iron. Also, samurai who couldn't afford metal, used paper armour. In both cases, they are inferior, but still more functional than you'd probably estimate.

[@w0t3rdog]

@@LaurenceRietdijk paper armour is actually a really interesting topic. I hope Shad makes a video on it. Some documents suggest that paper armour can have been more expensive than several sets of iron armour at the time.

[@lazulenoc6863]

So it's an enhanced stick?

[@Serenity2Witchs]

@@LaurenceRietdijk Well, it is common knowledge that paper beats rock.

[@lilywolfe3925]

Was not expecting this level of satire/sarcasm 🤣

[@WJS774]

I'd love to see your take on the concept of the daedric weapons actually, the idea of them being twisted and corrupted but in a way that they gain effectiveness rather than losing it.

[@discountcrusader9773]

5:52 dwarves in the elder scrolls are (or rather were) regular sized elves that lived under ground. They're also referred as deep elves sometimes as well

[@mr.bootleg424]

"You make a weapon out of glass and tell me how it goes." I'm resisting the urge to start shit by haphazardly mentioning obsidian.

[@splitsong7368]

Malachite is effectively colorful obsidian anyways.

[@ender01o66]

lol

[@ebrandt9698]

Obsidian made Fallout New Vegas out of glass and it crashes all the time, thus proving Shad's point.

[@bigred212]

Obsidian is pretty tough so making a sword out of it doesn't sound like a bad idea

[@splitsong7368]

@@bigred212 its actually a shitty idea. Irl obsidian is not like minecraft obsidian. Its basically just glass.

[@GladstnJones]

Thank you for this Shad.. I was expecting a serious video but I'm delightfully surprised.

[@nathanielturner2577]

There are two main theories as to why the lost race of elves are called dwarves. 1) The first group to encounter the Dwarves were the giants of Skyrim and a 5’11” looks small and dwarfed by 11’ to 13’ giants. 2) It was a miss translation of the name,” Dwemer” . Dwemer was incorrectly translated to mean ,” Lesser Elves” making people think they were small and when in their reality,” Dwemer “ means,” Deep Elf” or ,” Deep Folk” because of their subterranean society.

[@thecomfyshirt]

"Blank EXPOSED" is such a classic clickbait title. I love it lol. Also Shad fits in the Skyrim world really well in his gambeson and brigandine. Despite the fact that neither of those things exist in Skyrim.

[@tinycervid7679]

I think the armour the Dawnguard wear kind of resembles gambeson + brigandine

[@RazorO2Productions]

@@tinycervid7679 Very true

[@thecomfyshirt]

@@tinycervid7679 Agreed. It’s certainly the closest thing to “realistic” armor in the game.

[@-EcchiGuy]

I would prefer Vert, but Blanc have her own appeal as well.

[@Mephilis78]

Like some kind wandering Breton Knight

[@TheDarkWallChris]

I appreciate this hard-hitting Skyrim journalism. Very brave and today's cancel culture to tackle these complex issues

[@davidpeterson5647]

As hard-hitting as a dragonbone warhammer over Ulfric Stormcloak's racist head. Or a Thalmor spymaster's puffed-up chest.

[@danktank9049]

@@davidpeterson5647 How is Ulfric racist?

[@user-jt6rh8xy6n]

@@danktank9049 He’s not really racist just supports or rather doesn’t denounce or acknowledge racist behavior within his subjects due to if he would he would lose support from his subjects. Hence how he put elf’s into the slums part of Windhelm and allows Nordic bandits to attack elves without consequences. Whether or not it can be argued that he indirectly is due to this is debatable.

[@docstockandbarrel]

@@danktank9049 he’s the 1%, so does it matter?

[@danktank9049]

@@davidpeterson5647 Ulfric allows a high elf to live and sell things in his city. The Thalmor are high elves, if he really was racist he would have a grudge to all high elves.

[@heathenpolska]

Try Skyforge! The word floating around Skyrim is that they make the best weapons in all the land. I wouldn't really know though because I don't get to the Cloud District very often.

[@erumaaro6060]

Shad: "Dwarves are tiny!" Lore: no,no,no. Firstly, there are no dwarves (LoTR style) in Skyrim (or Tamriel or even the whole of Nirn for that matter). The people who are called dwarves are the Dwemer or Deep-Elves and are/were similar in size to humans.

[@nathanjora7627]

As far as I can remember they were significantly taller than humans, just like pretty much every other elves.

[@AsIfItNeverWas]

@@nathanjora7627 Nope. Only Altmer (High Elves) are tall. Dwemer must have been the size of other elves like the Dunmer or Bosmer as the Atmorans considered them Dwarves compared to them.

[@Jaann1919]

@@AsIfItNeverWas if yagrum is a good source of how big dwemer are they were a bit shorter than most other mer

[@etherealsoul9386]

@@Jaann1919 Yeah but Bagarn is just a torso. His legs are robotic spider legs

[@samwise8565]

It’s satire…

[@xawt4life3]

Never thought about how there’s 0 spears in Skyrim other than the little gremlin ones you use as arrows

[@Yingyanglord1]

Plus they existed in older games in the series

[@DovahFett]

Bethesda toyed with the idea of adding spears to Skyrim but never went through with it. I guess they thought there was enough weapon diversity already, and that adding another weapon type wasn't worth the time and effort needed to integrate and balance them. If you look up "Skyrim Game Jam 2011" you can see some clips of a spear they added into the game. Quite a few of the pieces of content showcased there was either added to the game via updates or popped up as mods not long after.

[@poilboiler]

The ancient nord "swords" are also steel. Does your swords last that long in damp dungeons being handled by undead all day? Didn't think so.

[@CuppaLLX]

Canonically those undead maintain the tombs and their gear

[@Dirtbag-Hyena]

@@CuppaLLX Yet, half of them are so fast asleep, they don't hear you coming. Long day at work being an eternal janitor, I guess.😄

[@poilboiler]

@@CuppaLLX Ever seen any blacksmith equipment in any of the tombs?

[@BraddahSpliff]

Also Skyforged Steel is also a stronger steel alloy used in game.

[@CuppaLLX]

@@poilboiler theres a lot we dont see in tombs, but that is the cannon lore, just like how vaults in fallout are cannonically much larger then the space were alowed to explore

[@dehydra]

This video is soo good! Love the editing!

[@codylee1296]

I definitely needed this laugh today hahahaha 🤣🤣 Shad, I love your content and how much you commit to it. I absolutely lost it when you talked about the ebony, err I mean daedric weapons hahaha 🤣 I'm a huge Skyrim fanatic so I appreciate this one. Keep it up brother!

[@barkasz6066]

The Dwemer are not dwarves though. Calling them a dwarf is literally an instance of in-lore mistranslation.

[@kylegivens3120]

I think he knows, this video was intended for humor.

[@Myuutsuu85]

@@kylegivens3120 Aye. Shad knows better. This is just for laughs, I bet.

[@chandlereaves6573]

It was a joke, but my nerdy shungite brain was still pissed at him

[@Nicitel94]

AFAIK they were titled "Dwarves" by the Ayleid, the elves as tall as the High elves. Dwemer being the size of regular human seemed like dwarves to them.

[@the_jam_man]

@@Nicitel94 no, it was by the giants.

[@4dragons632]

I always wondered why there were no spears. Glad to know the deep skyrim lore, I see we've been data mining the game during the last 700 remakes.

[@silverjohn6037]

In the game jam video (from where they let the developers do whatever they wanted for one week after Skyrim launched) they showed in game footage of someone using a spear. About minute 2 in the attached video link. Problem was it looked stiff and janky because the person who they used for the motion capture didn't really know how to fight with a spear, just do flashy Wushu stunts, and they hadn't really adjusted the hit boxes for the longer reach. So between that and most people not really thinking spears are cool it was never worth Bethesda's time to make it work. Which is a shame as spears were one of my favorite weapons in Morrowind (Elder Scrolls 3). kzbin.info/www/bejne/enismIubfKhpesk

[@MonkeyJedi99]

And even smelting data ingots to make data-swords!

[@sirreginaldfishingtonxvii6149]

​@@silverjohn6037 People think spears and other polearms aren't cool? Clearly this "people" you speak of has horrendous taste. ):

[@silverjohn6037]

@@sirreginaldfishingtonxvii6149 Indeed. I blame it on Hollywood. It's like helmets. It's easier to stage a swordfight so that their star's face isn't obscured and if they're paying for that face they want people to see it;).

[@pyglik2296]

Watching your channel for a while and playing Skyrim, I already started wondering why there are no spears or other polearms (beside battleaxes) in the game and why are all the shields so small :)

[@ravengaming1603]

I will not give up! Dear shad, Could you do a weapon review about the "Qianjisan" from King's Avater

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

No matter what, Skyrim will always stay at a special place in my heart for being such a fun game

[@justinduck2953]

touch grass

[@carpetsmell2523]

first time ive seen you with less then 1k likes

[@johnanderson3559]

@@carpetsmell2523 tis about to change

[@DeeonleeCobb373]

@@carpetsmell2523 You're too early probably

[@robertcurrie1160]

I was just watching a video a channel called Wiz did on you but I seen you where the top commenter on it... ✌️👍

[@PobortzaPl]

Shad is right! I had enough of this ELEVEN this and ELEVEN that! And it's every were in fantasy! There are even half-elevens! Yes! Because apparently nobody can write "five point five" or even "five and half"!. It has to be half-elevens! Great sketch. I would gladly see something similar about other fantasy games.

[@Lttlemoi]

Blame the French. They started this bullcrap with words like "four-twenties-fifteen".

[@marnixvanleeuwen6533]

Could you make a video about the blades of chaos? I'd be interested to see your thoughts on them and their usability and stuff

[@luisrosado7050]

2:44 note from a programmer (not a skyrim developer): ya know most developers opt to standardize there assets to save space, however there are some ways to make variants. doing so in 3d is harder due to a 3d mesh having numerous polygons, the hardware limitations like memory, graphics capabilities and storage, so rather than risk slowed framerate and resolution drops most developers would standardize weapons. While its criticized often, i dont see many developers opting to go down that difficult route, although it DOES sound fun to try!

[@calvinyazzie3338]

Let's gooo this has been a long time coming

[@Romellenios_Lanz_Daemos]

LET'S GOO!

[@trollgamer7435]

holy shit shad just figured out one of the biggest mysteries in the whole of the elder scrolls series ... kagrenac didnt disintegrate the dwemer or sent them do another dimension he just shrank them down to molecular size :O

[@LuckyArceus]

My all time favorite Skyrim weapon is the mace of molag bal. Mostly because even though the damage is as high as it is, I can still dual wield so I can bring my trusty shield along as well.

[@gregchavez9300]

Stellar intro Shad. And as always, good video.

[@jacket6213]

I know it's impossible but I'd love an rpg game where you can forge your own design for weapons and armour. Your design can look as realistic as you want or as stupid as you want.

[@thomaslacroix6011]

Well, nightmare world is an MMO that wants to create modular forging of weapons, so that looks quite close to that. Real interesting how the project came to be, you can check out the project in KZbin

[@Juanito_Pecados]

I mean, wouldnt that work with any rpg with a "forging" skill?

[@grzegorzbyczkowski1418]

Mount and blade 2 bannerlord?

[@Juanito_Pecados]

@@grzegorzbyczkowski1418 Ah, now I get it, I was thinking about TTRPGs. And yes, M&B Bannerlord.

[@MarcusBritish]

Well that's possible with Skyrim. You just need to learn how to model and texture them with Blender and Photoshop then use Creation Kit to put them into the game first. Truth be told, no game offers this simply because of that fact... weapons and armour are textured 3D models, there would be no way to design them within a game engine because they're not built for that purpose. Any game that let's you make "customisable weapons" are really just letting you tack a bunch of pre-designed parts onto a base model, and apply pre-designed skins or RBG colours to their surface areas, there's no real ground-up design going on where you're in full control. I don't think what you want is impossible, just extremely unlikely ever to happen because of the work involved and the experience required to use the software that creates those things. We're extremely fortunate that Skyrim has such an amazing modding community.

[@Imporridge]

No shad! You are gonna give Todd another idea for Skyrim Ultra Special Edition. Let’s hope he’s in hibernation

[@poilboiler]

I once saw a stream title "Skyrim: the cockroach of video games"

[@RafaelKeveluk]

Where did this video come from? And why do I love it?!

[@jypsridic]

My dnd character unironically spent some of his most recent downtime temporarily investing into Craft(weaponsmith) and forged 76 bog standard iron daggers.

[@shalltearbloodfallen310]

Spears were actually removed because formation fighting is ineffective in the Elder Scrolls universe because mages could destroy a formation with a AOE spell they were only in Morrowind so you could keep a safe distance while fighting blighted creatures.

[@bloodypine22]

Spears were removed because they are hard to make work, and there isn't a thrusting attack.

[@darken2417]

Elder Scrolls PR team go buuurr.

[@silverjohn6037]

That and, if they actually gave them the realistic reach advantage they had in Morrowind, meta-gamers wouldn't use anything else but spears. Which would have made sword fans sad and there are more sword fans than spear fans that they are trying to sell the game to;).

[@darken2417]

@@silverjohn6037 You could figure out a way to balance spears like have them be unenchantable. Or just have fantasy combat elements like spears being able to be knocked aside or being ineffective at close range. For example in Skyrim melee the strat is always to lunge forward, strike and move back before the enemy attacks keeping your distance. Against a polearm user the strategy could then be to stay as close as possible to them which leads them to switch to a sidearm since he just doesn't have the room to attack. Shield and spear however I would expect to work similarly to vanilla. Also polearms could be balanced to be mostly useful for horseback fighting instead of in melee like in Warband for example they could lack decent damage on foot unless the player has leveled enough to get knockback and getting a damage modifier for having momentum on a horse.

[@TheLetterJ0]

@@silverjohn6037 Nah, stealth archer still beats spears.

[@maxbor967]

"You make a weapon out of glass and tell me how it goes!" Stone age hunters with obsidian and glass-like stone weapons: "Just you hold my bear" (There was no beer, you know...)

[@Ashtor1337]

Those weapons were not sharper than metal weapon...

[@maxbor967]

@@Ashtor1337 , tell it to expensive obsidian scalpels. Also try to read some about it, you'll find out exact opposite. Blades (such as swords) weren't sharp, because metall is soft and easily looses it's sharpnes (espetialy when it's try to be super-sharp). Natural glass (and some of artifitiant ones) in other hand can be extreemly sharp, because of it's stiffnes partly. Problem is - fragility. That's the reason we started to use metall. But I recomend you to read something big about it.

[@fenrisfalcon5648]

"I'm here to give YOU a piece of my mind" lmao never change shad. Never change.

[@timhale8102]

On one hand, I found this hilarious, on the other, I genuinely wanted to see Shad review the practicality of Skyrim's weapons.

[@astuteanansi4935]

I'm obviously not an expert, but Skyrim's weaponry seems pretty tame to me. The more extravagantly designed weapons usually justify their existence in the sense that the materials used to make them are inherently magical. Sure, Daedric weapons look overdesigned and overly edgy, but they're quenched in the heart of a Daedra, which probably gives them magical properties that compensate for the design weirdness.

[@konahrikvolkihar0185]

Shad, this was hilarious as hell! I'm not sure if it was the effect of you standing there, or just the pure sarcasm or what, but i absolutely loved this....also, the bit about the dragon bone weapons was great...and did you really call out daedric for to much edge? Pure comedy gold start to finish

[@WastedPot]

This had April 1st energy. Loved it.

[@teutonicknight9041]

I haven’t even played Skyrim, but Far Horizons always makes me nostalgic. I discovered it while pushing through the last of my high school studying. It made it so much more tolerable, and now I love the song so much.

[@raimiji6052]

Question love the video but did he dis ebony or did he skip it and go to daedric also shad can you do all the armors next lol

[@NaoyaYami]

I bet you really like Elder Scrolls Online style system, right? For those that didn't play it: when you craft an item, you can choose a style you want to craft it in. Those are cultural styles (so Imperial, Nordic, Dark Elven, Daedric, etc.) but there are also some more unique ones (though I can't name any from the top of my head - I didn't get any of those since at least part of them is from premium cash shop). It makes it so that you can actually stick to your chosen backstory/fashion of your character. There are also some small differences between tiers (low vs mid vs high lvl item) in most styles as well.

[@happyslapsgiving5421]

The dwarves of Skyrim were regular sized elves, just a subgroup. But they all died. Of course, you already knew that, you masterful troll you! 😂

[@silverjohn6037]

Going by the dwemer ghosts in Morrowind they were about shoulder height on a human.

[@zach7372]

Wasn't there a single dwarf left in morrowind or oblivion or something that was really short and fat?

[@frantisekvrana3902]

@@zach7372 There was in Morrowind. But he is deformed by a disease, so his original dimensions are unclear.

[@knownas2017]

Please do more about Glass weapons. It seems like an interesting topic. Maybe there would be at least one good glass weapon? Or, perhaps even Glass Arrows?

[@rogerrowsdower2507]

This video cheered me up and I really needed that today. Thank you.

[@ZeroSalvator]

3:59 Shad has figure out why dwarves are the Meta of miners and metal craftsmen. "By that logic you should technically be able to plant ore, and just and let it grow have like a garden of ore. That's the most dwarf thing I've ever heard, that is Metal!" 🔄💎+⚒=🔄⚔️ (I couldn't find a infinity emoji) However Elves still retain there place as better weapon smiths than the dwarves of Tamriel, admittedly if only marginally given the damage and weight differences. I think the Lord of the Rings still sets the best metric for this difference in performance. 🧝🏻‍♂️👑🗡 Shad, also my opinion of glass weapons aligns with yours, however they have had their places in history. This includes ancient knives made from obsidian (basically sharp rocks), swords in South America with wood shafts and multiple blade sections, and even glass daggers that were used by the Venetians throughout the Renaissance, these were even poisoned. Ask Metatron about it, I'm having a hard time trying to get historical references off the internet. Mostly modern shopping crap keeps coming up.

[@T0XK1]

I want a Shad companion mod. And listening to him complaining every time he sees a weapon. :D

[@thefakerking51]

You should review the castles in Mount and Blade: Bannerlord 2. The best sieges I have ever played. I love your castle review series and I think you would have a lot of fun looking at them.

[@nat040496]

1:54 this is why I love Elder Scrolls Online's crafting. You can make a weapon look however you want, out of any material you want.

[@HumphreyHorsehead]

The steel ingot smelting makes more sense when you remember its iron and corundum ore that goes in, not ingots. AFAIK theres no way, without mods, to make one ingot out of another ingot.

[@glennbob5093]

This was clearly Shad’s most well researched video to date. Keep up the good work.

[@samfinnegan3702]

Funny enough the glass weapons always were my favorites to use and enchant lmao. Just love how they look aesthetically. Even though I had the exact same thought when I found one for the first time. “A glass sword? Yeah this is gonna break after three hits.”

[@SakuragiSayo]

Nice Fire Emblem reference. I approve.

[@Mephilis78]

2:30 Already addressing one of my biggest gripes. Thankfully ESO really does fix this. I absolutely love crafting in ESO. For example, I really wanted Oblivion style ebony armor in this game. Even Morrowind had better looking ebony. (Overlooking the fact that ebony IRL is wood that the fretboard of my guitar is made of lol)