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WAR: Unique One-Handed Weapons (A Weapons, Armor and Robes Mod)

This mod is for players who choose to lose. Wait. What? Think about it. If you choose to use only one-handed weapons, you lose: First, you lose the unique weapons that are two-handed. Second, you lose the two-handed weapons rewarded for completing quests. Sure, they look cool on display, but they're not much use in battle. Well, no longer! Just subscribe to this mod, take them out of the display cases and have fun wielding them! Because don't you deserve weapons you can use?


The mod also adds new models, new enchantments and improves the stats for many weapons (see the list, below). For example, the new one-handed Wuuthrad now also absorbs magicka in addition to doing extra damage to elves. The new one-handed Rueful Axe now absorbs health, instead of doing common stamina damage, and it's no longer the slowest weapon in the game. There are also all-new enchantments. One example: Volendrung now has a chance to disarm and knock a foe to the ground!


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The mod improves the unique (named) weapons of the game by enhancing their stats, adding new enchantments, and changing two-handed ones into one-handed versions. Some weapons have all-new models, such as the Rueful Axe, Volendrung and Wuuthrad. It doesn't change the game IDs for any weapons needed to get the Steam Daedric Walker achievement. It does make many weapons leveled, so iron or steel weapons might now be glass or ebony, if you get them after you reach a higher level.

See the disucussion Enhancements and New Enchantments for the Non-Daedric Quest Weapons for descriptions of the improvements made and how to obtain them.

✓ Aegisbane
✓ Amren's Family Sword
✓ Bolar's Oathblade
✓ Chillrend
✓ Dawnbreaker
✓ Dragonbane
✓ Drainblood Battle Axe
✓ Drainheart Sword
✓ Ebony Blade
✓ Eduj
✓ Gauldur Blackblade
✓ Ghorbash's Ancestral Axe
✓ Ghostblade
✓ Grimsever
✓ Hjalti's Sword
✓ Longhammer
✓ Lunar Mace, Sword and War Axe
✓ Notched Pickaxe
✓ Poacher's Axe
✓ Mace of Molag Bal
✓ Nightingale Blade
✓ Nord Hero Sword and War Axe
✓ Okin
✓ Pale Blade
✓ Queen Fredis's Sword
✓ Red Eagle's Fury
✓ Red Eagle's Bane
✓ Rueful Axe
✓ Shagrol's Warhammer
✓ Volendrung
✓ Steel Battle Axe of Fiery Souls
✓ Trollsbane
✓ Windshear
✓ Woodsman's Friend
✓ Wuuthrad


See the Discussion page for descriptions of the improvements made and how to obtain them.


Q. Who is this mod for?
A. Warriors who dual wield or use a shield, spell swords, thieves, assassins and such.

Q. What will the mod do?
A. Besides making the unique weapons of the game one-handed, it (1) adds all new models for some weapons, (2) adds new enchantments never seen in the game before to others, (3) adds additional or improved enchantments to others, (4) levels the weapons, giving them improved damage and enchantments as your character levels, and (5) lets you temper or disenchant more or them.

Q. Is there detailed information about the changes made to each?
A. Yes, on the Discussion page.

Q. What are the new enchantments?
A. There are several, including (1) an enchantment that removes the shield from foes or knocks them to the ground if they try to block a power attack, (2) an enchantments that disarms foes, (3) enchantments that do extra damage to specific creatures, (4) new fear enchantments that have a percent chance to work on creatures no matter how high their level! (More new enchantments are described on the Discussion page.)

Q. Do the weapons get better as I level up?
A. Yes! Many of the weapons that weren't leveled are with this mod. So if you start the quest to obtain them or locate them after you reach a higher level, you'll get better weapons, which do more damage and have stronger enchantments.
For example, if you start the quest to get the Aegisbane just before you reach level 12, you'll get the steel mace, which does 10 frost damage and has a 10% chance to knock a foes down. If you start the same quest after level 36, you'll get the glass mace which does 30 frost damage and has a 20% chance to knock does down.

Q. What about the named weapons I already have?
A. They will be improved, too! If leveled, they will have the damage and enchantments of the third best version of the weapon.

Q. Why aren't the Daedric quest weapons leveled?
A. This is to keep the base IDs of the weapons unchanged, so you can get the Steam achievement Daedric Walker.

Q. Can I improve them at a grinding wheel?
A. Yes, you can improve more of them than in the vanilla game.

Q. Can I disenchant them, too?
A. Yes, you can disenchant more of them than in the vanilla game. You can even disenchant several with the enchantments never seen before in the game and add these all-new enchantments to different weapons.


This mod is completely free. But it takes a lot of time, effort and expense to make it and mods like it. If you appreciate the fun they provide and want to give a little back, log into PayPal[www.paypal.com] and make a donation to sp0ckrates@outlook.com. No amount is too small to help! If you give a donation, let me know. If you want, ask me to add a feature to a mod or upload a mod to Nexus for you.


The Sp0ckrates Steam Skyrim Workshop currently has more than a million subscribers and more than 4,000 followers. Many thanks to all who've tried out our mods over the last two years. Dudes! You're the best!


To make sure this mod loads, after subscribing, launch Skyrim, wait for the launch screen to display a message that all mods finished synchronizing, then exit Skyrim to the desktop. Relaunch Skyrim. The mod should now be loaded.


There are no known bugs. Please report any you think you find. Mods changing the weapons listed above might be incompatible.


There's no need to unsubscribe. After subscribing, you may easily disable the mod at anytime:

1. Start the Skyrim launcher
   
2. Wait for it to display a message that mods finished synchronizing
   
3. Select Data Files
   
4. Remove the checkmark next to this mod
   
5. Select OK and Play

See the Change Notes.