UESP Forums

You don't need to kill the red drake to get the sword, like all dragon weapons >_> you only need to cut their tail

Incidentally, the drake's tail can be chopped either by sufficient damage via arrows underneath the safety of the bridge.. Or, and probably the easiest manner, kiting him to land on the bridge, going under for safety, and meleeing that tail as it clips by the stairway passage

Seriously, I was able to get it upon first encounter with a scimitar. Now killing the [&@%!] and getting that hoard of souls? Yeah.. That's even a risky task near the end-game, at which point it's probably lost all value. It's really just something terr for the most daring and lucky [&@%!] needing that quick early boost.. After being charred to death the hundredth time

Here's an update on how it's going.