My daedric bow does 168 damage, 188 with ebony arrows and x3 due to the perk in sneak, and my double daedric daggers do 101 damage each, totaling out to 202 damage (x30 with perk in sneak). According the the changelog of the Unofficial Skyrim Patch (which resolves the problem for PC users):. One thing this mod does that others of its type do not is keep those potions from being ridiculously overpriced to the point of being a cheat when selling them. Karliah's Bow is the best in the game for maximum damage in one shot, and has the third best dps rating. Love that name. The 609 damage is without any of those included. Skyrim Bows Guide. If you journey to the top of the Throat of the World, you'll find the Notched Pickaxe - this also boosts smithing by five points. It's NOT necessary to have every perk in alchemy, enchanting, or archery to achieve these results. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. This results in the huge jump from 2783 damage to over 36,000. Below are all of the bows that made our top 10 lists and details of where to find them. Enchanting is good for giving yourself the fortify archery enchantment. Here's your basic procedure for creating high-leveled equipment, assuming you have all the materials required, including Ahzidal's stuff, BB:TSR, grand soul gems, throwaway gear for enchanting, alchemy ingredients, etc. I KNEW I'd learn something by posting this. Perks as follows: Alchemy/all, Enchanting/all, Smithing/thru dragon (right side of perk tree), Archery/all except Steady Hand and the final perk giving a 15% chance of paralyzing (neither of which is relevant to this test). DRAGONSLAYER BOW AND SIEGE ARROWS v1.7-----Description:-----When fighting dragons I always thought that the arrows in the game never looked like they would even get through the scales, and that some beefy "harpoon" type projectiles were in order. As for "You put a lot of thought into this". The chart does not include bonus damage from the Archery skill, the Overdraw perk, or the Quick Shot perk; however, the first two of these would affect all the values equally and would not change the relative order of bows. Title. The item "dunmer shoes" from the DLC is bugged to count as a chest piece for enchanting purposes, so you can get an extra fortify smithing enchantment. White Ride Barrow contains Black Book: The Sallow Regent, which can give you a 10% increase to your skills based on your selection - Seeker of Sorcery boosts enchanting, Seeker of Might boosts smithing, and Seeker of Shadow boosts alchemy. enchant potion, enchant two more items.... but it's part of the vanilla w/DLC game so there you go. Sneak multipliers only apply to Weapon Damage, not the poison, nor Enchantments, so in this theoretical build, you would be talking about 675 for the bow… All light bows and crossbows have reduced damage compared to heavy ones. Besides the Gauldur Blackbow and Zephyr, it is the fastest bow on this list. Repeat 1-5, only this time, enchant the amulet, ring, and gloves with Fortify Smithing as well. Fielding the highest base damage per shot in Skyrim is the Dragonbone Bow, capable of one-shotting anything your heart desires. By this i mean the way to use potions and extra smithing enchantments to MAX damage on weapons. How to obtain: Defeat a Keeper in the Soul Cairn. Will our results vary? This is due to an internal distance check in the game that is wrong. This is the best weapon I ever made in Skyrim: (it’s a reskinned Dragonbone Warhammer) But it is but a kitchen knife compared to what you could possibly create. Today has been a reality check for us, which was met with both drooling and a sense of excitement to boot up Skyrim and find/create a bow that does well over 1000 damage. Dragonbone Bow. By the way, although a Daedric bow can potentially surpass the Bound one in damage, yet you will need 17 perks to max it out; with the Bound bow you only need 2 smithing perks (steel and arcane), and it has a pretty amazing DPS, which means more shots off and, therefore, more crits. if you want an op bow, there is always the van helsing semi automagic crossbow http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/28555/? I was just curious as to what could be achieved in the Vanilla/DLC game and it had been forever since I went through this process in vanilla. 3rd set: +33%. Vanilla/DLC ingredients and materials only. Light bows require less stamina and draw much faster. Yes, it the enchanting process is encumbered by potions that last for say 30 seconds. You're missing one vital step. Once crafted, the ebony bow can be upgraded with an ebony ingot at a grindstone, and doubly improved with the Ebony Smithing perk. After drinking my best Fortify Marksman potion this bow's damage is 1,455. This was a test of "best possible" in Vanilla/DLC parameters on a fully patched pc game. - The Enhanced Dwarvern Crossbow could still potentially have higher damage than the Stalhrim Bow enchanted since the crossbow ignores 50% armour. A possible total of +1043 extra damage. I normally enchant two items, leave enchanting, drink another fort. The trajectory and speed of arrows are independent of a character's skill level in Archery; only damage increases with skill level. My usual mod list includes armor mods that put more items in the game that can be enchanted and worn. Besides the Gauldur Blackbow and Zephyr, it is the fastest bow on this list. Arrows do not cause damage at long range even if they appear to have hit the target. Perk One of the Keepers in the Soul Cairn uses this bow and Dragonbone Arrows in combat. 1. They can be forged at a blacksmith's forge with the following components: They can be upgraded with a Dragon Bone at a Grindstone and also benefits from the Dragon Armor perk, which doubles the improvement. Community content is available under. You would have to get smithing, alchemy and enchanting maxed, including certain perks. 4 pieces of enchanted alchemy gear, 4 pieces of enchanted smithing gear, 4 pieces of enchanted archery gear. Return to Solstheim and craft a Potion of Fortify Enchanting. Best Bow in Skyrim 1 & 2. One mod puts a single ingredient in the game that enables a higher value enchanting potion. Wearing all 4 pieces of my best fortify archery gear (+54% on each piece), the bow's displayed value is 609 (no arrows equipped). Equipping my best smithing gear, forging a Dragonbone Bow, drinking my best smithing potion, improving bow to Dragonbone Bow (Legendary) and wearing no fortify archery gear resulted in a bow with 193 damage. Quick Shot does affect them unequally, due to how bow … This thread is for those who LIKE to craft the highest damage bows possible, or are interested in learning more about it. Edit: Thanks everyone so the enhanced dwarven crossbow does more damage then the dragonbone bow and it ignores 50 percent of armor nice, cant wait to get the expansion pack when it come out for the ps3. And if potential problems exist, what are they and what's the workaround? Base Damage - 20 Weight - 20 Damage: 20. I have archery at level 100 and almost all the perks, my bow does like 40 damage. On Xbox (no console commands), by using the Vampire/Necromage perk combination to max alchemy enchantments and make 184% smithing potions which improve to 230% with vamp/necro, I was able to temper the bows for comparison: After drinking the potion, firing in full sneak mode, with the triple damage sneak perk, the damage would be 4,365. Since we're involving DLC items, you need to pay a visit to White Ridge Barrow and to Kolbjorn Barrow. The options are very open here. Skyrim Bows Guide. Notes: - Wielding 2 damage capped, enchanted Stalhrim swords gives you the best potential DPS, even better than Elemental Fury Dragonbone swords. You'd also have to get either maxed two handed or archery(I don't know which one would be better for the highest damage on a single hit/shot) with perks for extra damage. 20 It has a weight of 9 points & when it comes to monstrous damage, it has 25 points. Weight: 20. I made a 4th set of enchanted alchemy gear which did not improve the Fortify Enchanting potion and therefore could not produce stronger enchanted alchemy gear. I like the look of the Ebony Bow, however, the Zephyr with the speed bonus is nice...but it only does the base Dwarven Bow damage. Base Damage: 20. The highest possible fortify smithing potion found in game is 50%. Base Damage: 20. My base damage on the mace without a one handed potion is 2783, but for reasons that I do not know damage potions boost one handed weapons more than damage potions of the same magnitude would boost a bow. Edit: I forgot two things. I want to start this off by saying I 100% respect any POV you may have on this subject. As far as crossbows, light ones will reload much faster that heavy. Though its speed is considered average when pooled against all the bows in Skyrim, taking into consideration its weight and high base damage, the Dragonbone Bow is pretty quick, and deadly effective. Archery gear (4 pieces): Best I produced was +54% damage. Buy Skyrim now to join the fun and support the channel too! When shootin… Though its speed is considered average when pooled against all the bows in Skyrim, taking into consideration its weight and high base damage, the Dragonbone Bow is pretty quick, and deadly effective.