Skyrim:Silver

Silver Ingot

Silver Ore

Silver Ore Vein

Silver is a valuable metal that can be used to forge silver jewelry. It is also notable as the primary source of Markarth's wealth, due to the infamous Cidhna Mine, owned by the influential Silver-Blood clan. As a result, a popular saying is:

Blood and silver are what flows through Markarth....

Large amounts of silver can be found in Markarth, both in the mine and in various homes and businesses in the city itself.

Two silver weapons are available in the game (Silver Swords and Silver Greatswords), which do extra damage to undead, including werewolves and vampires. These silver weapons cannot be forged by the player, and cannot even be tempered. The only way to obtain them is by looting Silver Hand members and lairs.

[edit] Overview

	Name	ID
	Silver Ore	0005acdf	1	25
	Silver Ingot	0005ace3	1	50

3 Silver Ores are obtained by mining Silver Ore Veins. Can be purchased at level >=3.
1 Silver Ingot is obtained by smelting 2 Silver Ores. Can only be purchased from Moth gro-Bagol.

[edit] Mineral Sources

In addition to the following guaranteed sources, the best random locations are:

Silver Ore may be sold by blacksmiths and general goods merchants starting at level 3.
Silver Ingots may be sold by Moth gro-Bagol at all levels.

Silver Ore can also be created by transmuting Iron Ore (and can in turn be transmuted into Gold Ore).

There are a total of 95 veins, 30 ores, and 119 ingots available in the game. Only notable locations are included in the following list, including places where large amount of the mineral may be found and places that are particularly easy to access. The Silver Veins category contains a more complete list of places containing single veins. All exterior ore veins are shown on the Skyrim map. Note, however, that only 50 veins are shown on the map at one time; to see the rest of the veins, click on "Next" at the bottom of the list of results.

Region	Location	Veins	Ores	Ingots	Details (see place pages for full information)
The Reach	Sanuarach Mine	7	4	2	Nearby Fenn's Gulch Mine also has one vein; multiple ores and ingots are also found in adjacent Karthwasten.
Markarth	Cidhna Mine	6		4	To access the silver veins you must be a prisoner in the jail.
Whiterun Hold	Lund's Hut			12	As part of the quest Compelling Tribute, you will ambush a wagon along the road 740 ft north of Lund's Hut (map). This wagon is carrying a chest containing 12 Silver Ingots.
The Pale	Forsaken Cave			10
Whiterun	Dragonsreach			9
Solitude	Solitude Blacksmith			8	6 ingots inside and 2 outside.
Markarth	The Treasury House		1	6
Markarth	Endon's House		6	4
The Reach	Enmon's House		3	5
Winterhold	Alftand		5	4
Whiterun	Jorrvaskr			6
Falkreath Hold	Sunderstone Gorge	4
Markarth	Smelter Overseer's House		3	4
Markarth	Nepos's House			5
The Reach	Karthwasten Hall			5
The Rift	Fallowstone Cave	3
Whiterun	House of Clan Battle-Born			4
Whiterun Hold	Honningbrew Meadery			3
Whiterun Hold	Silent Moons Camp	2			(map)
The Pale	Wreck Of The Brinehammer		2	2
Markarth	Markarth Ruins			2
Markarth	Ghorza's Blacksmith			2
Riften	Blacksmith			2
Solitude	Solitude Stables			2

[edit] Silver Smithing

Silver items can be forged from the start of the game, without the need to unlock any Smithing perks. The gemstones not listed here can instead be used to create Gold jewelry.

Note that although your in-game inventory shows the weight of a ring as 0.3, the true weight is 0.25. Therefore the two Silver Rings crafted out of one Silver Ingot have the exact same weight and value as the Silver Necklace that could instead be crafted.

Name (ID)				Raw Materials		Delta		Ratio
Name (ID)				Silver	Gem
Silver Ring (×2) (0003b97c)	0.25	30	0	1		-0.5	10	0.50	1.20
Silver Garnet Ring (000877ab)	0.25	160	0	1	Garnet	-0.85	10	0.23	1.07
Silver Amethyst Ring (000877a7)	0.25	180	0	1	Amethyst	-0.85	10	0.23	1.06
Silver Ruby Ring (000877b1)	0.25	260	0	1	Ruby	-0.85	10	0.23	1.04
Silver Necklace (0009171b)	0.5	60	0	1		-0.5	10	0.50	1.20
Silver Jeweled Necklace (00087834)	0.5	380	0	1	Flawless Garnet ×2	-0.7	30	0.42	1.09
Silver Sapphire Necklace (00087832)	0.5	580	0	1	Flawless Sapphire	-0.6	30	0.45	1.05
Silver Emerald Necklace (00087833)	0.5	830	0	1	Flawless Emerald	-0.6	30	0.45	1.04