Skyrim:Ammunition

This page lists all the ammunition (arrows for bows and bolts for crossbows) available in Skyrim.

Arrows

Arrows are the required ammunition for bows. Arrows can not be enchanted or tempered.

Unless the Dawnguard plug-in has been installed, arrows can not be created at forges. However, with Dawnguard, it becomes possible to craft standard arrows using 1 piece of firewood plus an appropriate metal ingot. The appropriate Smithing perks are necessary to craft each variety of arrow, but arrows still cannot be tempered. The pages linked in the following table provide more information.

	Name (ID)				Notes
	Ancient Nord Arrow (00034182)	0	1	10	Carried by draugr archers.
	Bound Arrow (0010b0a7)	0	0	24	100 Bound Arrows are acquired when casting the Bound Bow spell, but will disappear once the spell's duration ends.
	Daedric Arrow (000139c0)	0	8	24	Can be forged using the Daedric Smithing perk.DG
	Dragonbone ArrowDG (xx0176f4)	0	9	25	Can be forged using the Dragon Smithing perk.DG
	Dwarven Arrow (000139bc)	0	4	14	Can be forged using the Dwarven Smithing perk.DG
	Dwarven Sphere Centurion Arrow (0007b932)	0	0	20	Fired from Dwarven Spheres; not obtainable by the player. An arrow can be found in a display case in the Dwemer Museum of Understone Keep.
	Ebony Arrow (000139bf)	0	7	20	Can be forged using the Ebony Smithing perk.DG
	Elven Arrow (000139bd)	0	5	16	Can be forged using the Elven Smithing perk.DG
	Falmer Arrow (00038341)	0	1	7	Carried by Falmer archers.
	Forsworn Arrow (000cee9e)	0	1	7	Carried by Forsworn archers.
	Glass Arrow (000139be)	0	6	18	Can be forged using the Glass Smithing perk.DG
	Iron Arrow (0001397d)	0	1	8	Can be forged at any level, without the need of any perks.DG
	Nord Hero Arrow (000eafdf)	0	5	24	Cannot be obtained.
	Orcish Arrow (000139bb)	0	3	12	Can be forged using the Orcish Smithing perk.DG
	Practice Arrow (000cab52)	0	0	0	Available from Angi; the only type of arrow that can be used for Angi's archery practice.
	Rusty Arrow (000e738a)	0	0	4	Only found on a few draugr occupying Geirmund's Hall.
	Steel Arrow (0001397f)	0	2	10	Can be forged using the Steel Smithing perk.DG

Special Arrows

With the Dawnguard plug-in, two special elven arrows are added; they give different effects when fired at the sun using Auriel's Bow.

	Name (ID)				Enchantment	Notes
	Bloodcursed Elven ArrowDG (xx0098a0)	0	6	16	Shrouds the sun in darkness if shot with Auriel's Bow.	Can be made by Serana after completing the quest Kindred Judgment or Touching the Sky, unless she is cured of vampirism.
	Sunhallowed Elven ArrowDG (xx0098a1)	0	16	16	Causes sunburst attacks to nearby targets if shot at the sun with Auriel's Bow.	Can be made by Knight-Paladin Gelebor after completing the quest Touching the Sky.

Bolts

Bolts (and crossbows) are only available if the Dawnguard plug-in has been installed. Bolts are the required ammunition for crossbows. Bolts cannot be enchanted or tempered, but several varieties of bolts can be crafted if you join the Dawnguard.

	Name	ID				Notes
	Dwarven BoltDG	xx00d099	0	3	14	Dropped by Dwarven Automatons after installing the Dawnguard plug-in.
	Exploding Dwarven Bolt of FireDG	xx00f1b1	0	15	14	Explodes for 15 points of fire damage.
	Exploding Dwarven Bolt of IceDG	xx00f1b7	0	15	14	Explodes for 15 points of frost damage to Health and Stamina.
	Exploding Dwarven Bolt of ShockDG	xx00f1b9	0	15	14	Explodes for 15 points of shock damage to Health and half that to Magicka.
	Exploding Steel Bolt of FireDG	xx00f1a0	0	5	10	Explodes for 10 points of fire damage.
	Exploding Steel Bolt of IceDG	xx00f1bb	0	5	10	Explodes for 10 points of frost damage to Health and Stamina.
	Exploding Steel Bolt of ShockDG	xx00f1bc	0	5	10	Explodes for 10 points of shock damage to Health and half that to Magicka.
	Steel BoltDG	xx000bb3	0	1	10	Found on Dawnguard members; can be crafted and/or bought if the player joins the Dawnguard.
	Test BoltDG	xx00590c	0	1	10	Not available in the game.

†	Crafting crossbows and bolts is only possible at Gunmar's forge in Fort Dawnguard, which does not appear until after A New Order (must side with the Dawnguard).

‡	This item can only be acquired or crafted by siding with the Dawnguard. See Ancient Technology for details.

Notes

• To the right is a chart of damage per second values for Legendary versions of bows firing Dragonbone arrows. The chart does not include bonus damage from the Archery skill, the Overdraw perk, or the Quick Shot perk; however, these would affect all the values equally and would not change the relative order of bows.