Hello, hello! My name’s Ember and I’m coming back at you with another bests list. This time, I’ll be talking about the 10 best weapons in Oblivion, let's get into it. 

10. Blade Of Woe (Best for stealth characters)

 The Blade Of Woe is a unique dagger given to the player at the start of the Dark Brotherhood questline. 

 This is probably one of, if not my absolute favorite, weapons in the game. Depending on your level, the enchantments on the dagger change to become more powerful and make the weapon more useful. The Blade Of Woe is an incredibly easy weapon to get, like, I cannot put enough emphasis on how easy this is to obtain, it’s a very good weapon for early game. I’d recommend this weapon to anyone playing a stealth character. It’s great as a secondary weapon for stealth archers or a main weapon for thieves. If you do the Dark Brotherhood questline and keep the Blade Of Woe with you during the last quest, the Night Mother will enchant it, making it one of the best daggers in the game. 

Weapon stats

• 7 damage
• 4 carry weight
• 400 health
• 20 base value 
• 1.4 speed
• .6 range

What makes the Blade Of Woe awesome

• The leveled enchantments
• How easy it is to obtain 

How to get the Blade Of Woe

• Kill an innocent person (don’t get caught, wouldn’t want to end up in prison again)
• Sleep at an inn
• Talk to Lucien Lachance (don’t kill him, Sithis WILL be angry)
• Be given Blade Of Woe

Blade Of Woe details: https://elderscrolls.fandom.com/wiki/Blade_of_Woe_(Oblivion)

9. Akaviri Sunderblade (Best for fighter characters)

 The Akaviri Sunderblade is a katana available for purchase from the Three Brother’s Trade Goods in the Imperial City Market District. 

 I’d like to start this off by appreciating how pretty this Katana is. It’s modeled after a Japanese katana, making it absolutely gorgeous to slice with. This weapon has some amazing stats and enchantments, it’s. It’s great for early gameplay since it can be purchased in a shop and doesn’t require players to be any specific level. I’d recommend this to beginning players as well as anyone who plays a fighting character. 

Weapon stats

• 15 damage
• 18 carry weight
• 350 health
• 2780 base value
• 1 speed
• 1 range

Why the Akaviri Sunderblade is awesome

• Good stats
• Disintegrate armor and Disintegrate weapon 100 enchantments
• Easily obtained

How to get the Akaviri Sunderblade

• Go to Imperial City Market District
• Talk to Sergius Verus at the Three Brother’s Trade Goods
• Buy Akaviri Sunderblade

Akaviri Sunderblade details: https://elderscrolls.fandom.com/wiki/Akavari_Sunderblade

8. Skull Of Corruption (Best for spellcasters)

 A mage weapon! The Skull Of Corruption is a staff that can be obtained by completing Vaermina’s  Daedric quest. 

 This staff is pretty cool both for the way it looks and howthe way it works. It’s adorned with a pretty rad looking skull on the top that emits magic. The magic it emits causes a clone of your enemy to appear and attack the original NPC for 30 seconds. This staff is good for both pure mages and battlemages. It can be carried into battle along with your weapon of choice to make for a pretty cool fight, or it can be used on its own. 

Weapon stats 

• 3000 charge
• 10 carry weight
• 1000 base value

Why the Skull Of Corruption is awesome

• It has Corruption enchantment that lasts 30 seconds
• Good charge
• Look at it, I mean come on, it’s cool

How to get the Skull Of Corruption

• Reach level 5
• Complete Vaermina’s quest
• Receive the Skull Of Corruption

Skull Of Corruption details: https://elderscrolls.fandom.com/wiki/Skull_of_Corruption_(Oblivion)

7. Bow Of Infernal Frost (Best for archers) 

 The Bow Of Infernal Frost is an enchanted bow sold by M’raaj Dar in the Cheydinhal Dark Brotherhood sanctuary. 

 This bow has made it onto this list because of its enchantments. This bow deals 10 points of both frost and fire damage (don’t know how it manages to do that since those are conflicting elements, anything is possible with magic I guess) to the target upon impact, making for a whopping 28 damage total. The Bow Of Infernal Frost is pretty easy to get, so beginner players should definitely go after this one. 

Weapon stats

• 8 base damage
• 14 carry weight
• 100 health
• 7000 base value
• 1 speed 
• 0 reach 

Why the Bow Of Infernal Frost is awesome

• Its base stats are good
• The enchantments are great
• It’s easy to get

How to get The Bow Of Infernal Frost

• Kill an innocent person (don’t get caught)
• Sleep at an inn
• Talk to Lucien Lachance
• Join the Dark Brotherhood
• Buy the bow from M’raaj Dar

Bow Of Infernal Frost details: https://elderscrolls.fandom.com/wiki/Bow_of_Infernal_Frost

This is a photo from the Skyblivion mod, but it's very similar to how the blade appears in Oblivion

6. Thornblade (Best for fighter characters)

 Thornblade is a unique leveled longsword that can be obtained by completing the Wayward Knight quest. 

 This blade is absolutely amazing. It deals devastating damage to any enemy it hits, this is a good blade for characters that rush into battle ready to swing. I personally really like this sword because it gives you some really satisfying kills, depending on the difficulty you’re playing on, you can get some pretty cool insta-kills.

Weapon stats

• 11-24 damage
• 18-48 weight
• 185-705 health
• 520-6760 base value
• 1 speed
• 1 reach
• 1200-9000 charge

Why Thornblade is awesome

• The Disintegrate armor 25-125 enchantment
• The really good base stats

How to get Thornblade

•  Obtain “The Wayward Knight” quest
• Keep Farwil Indarys alive
• Return to Count Indarys
• Choose Thornblade

Thornblade details: https://elderscrolls.fandom.com/wiki/Thornblade

5. Witsplinter (Best for stealth characters)

 Witsplinter is a leveled Elven dagger that can be obtained during the quest “The Siren’s Deception”. 

 Witsplinter is good for fighting against mages, seeing as its enchantments damage magicka and intelligence. I really like this blade for that reason and because the enchantments become more powerful if you get it at a higher level. I’d recommend this weapon to any stealth character, especially ones that will be encountering enemies that use magic a lot. 

Weapon stats 

• 6-20 damage
• 3-10 carry weight
• 338 health (only number I could find)
• 744-3895 base value
• 1 speed
• 1 reach 

Why Witsplinter is awesome

• The leveled stats
• The good enchantments
• It emits a red glow, so that’s pretty cool 

How to get Witsplinter

• Obtain “The Siren’s Deception” quest
• Kill Faustina Cartia
• Loot her body, grab Witsplinter

Witsplinter details: https://elderscrolls.fandom.com/wiki/Witsplinter

4. Bow Of Infliction (Best for archers)

 The Bow Of Infliction is a unique bow that can be obtained viaby purchasing it from The Archer’s Paradox in Bravil. 

 This bow doesn't have an enchantment as powerful as the Bow Of Infernal Frost, but it can deal up to twice the amount of damage. This bow is really good if you’re fighting against another archer, since its enchantments drain the Marksman skill and damage Agility, your foe most likely isn’t gonna come out on top. It’s also good for archers taking part in large battles because of the incredible amount of damage it can do. 

Weapon stats (base)

• 18 damage
• 20 carry weight
• 364 health
• 5240 base value
• 1.6 speed
• 0 reach
• 3000 charge 

Why the Bow Of Infliction is awesome

• Drain Marksman 15 points for 60 seconds enchantment
• Damage Agility 5 points enchantment 
• The amount of damage this thing can do

How to get the Bow Of Infliction

• Go to The Archer's Paradox in Bravil
• Speak to Daenlin
• Purchase bow

Bow Of Infliction details: https://elderscrolls.fandom.com/wiki/Bow_of_Infliction

Also from Skyblivion

3. Volendrung (Best for warriors or barbarians) 

 Volendrung is a unique warhammer that is obtained by completing Malacath’s Daedric quest. 

 This warhammer is probably the best one in the game. It does a really good amount of damage and has two great enchantments. It’s a pretty heavy weapon though, so I wouldn’t recommend it for anyone with a low carrying capacity. I personally really like using this weapon when I play a character that warrants it, both because of its stats and its looks. 

Weapon stats

• 20 damage
• 60 carry weight
• 3200 health
• 4300 base value
• .70 speed
• 1.30 reach 
• 2500 charge

Why Volendrung is awesome

• Paralyze or 3 seconds on strike enchantment
• Drain health 5 points or 20 seconds on strike
• Good damage

How to get Volendrung

• Obtain Malacath’s quest
• Complete the quest
• Return to Malacath
• Receive Volendrung

Volendrung details: https://elderscrolls.fandom.com/wiki/Volendrung_(Oblivion)

2. Mehrunes Razor (Best for stealth and one-handed characters)

 I’m just all about Daedric weapons today, aren’t I? Mehrunes Razor is a unique dagger that can be obtained by completing Mehrunes Dagon’s quest in the Mehrunes Razor plug-in. 

 This dagger is better than the Blade Of Woe because of its ability to instantly kill targets. Mehrunes Razor has the Daedric Banishing enchantment, enabling you to perform one-hit kills. This weapon is also leveled, so the higher your level when you get it, the more powerful it is. This blade is great for stealth kills, since it can insta-kill just about anything, I’d definitely recommend seeking it out. 

Weapon stats (levels 1-4)

• 7 damage
• 3 carry weight 
• 200 health 
• 210 base value
• 1.40 speed
• .80 reach
• 8000 charge

Why Mehrunes Razor is awesome

• Disintegrate armor 15 points for 7 seconds enchantment
• Daedric banishing enchantment 
• The fact that it’s leveled

How to get Mehrunes Razor

• Obtain the “Unearthing Mehrunes Razor” quest
• Go through the Ayleid City of of Varsa Baalim
• Make sure the champion dies
• Retrieve Mehrunes Razor from behind a gate

Mehrunes Razor details: https://elderscrolls.fandom.com/wiki/Mehrunes%27_Razor_(Oblivion)

 1. Apotheosis (Best for mages)

 Last but most certainly not least, we have Apotheosis (it took me way too long to spell this one properly). Apotheosis is a unique staff that can be obtained by purchasing it at Rindir’s Staffs in the Imperial City Market District. 

 This is one of, if not the most powerful staffs in the game. This thing can kill city guards and other enemies of a similar level in just a couple hits, so yeah, it’s pretty good. This staff can be good for battlemages or just pure mages, battlemages could definitely make use of it in large battles. Apotheosis is pretty easy to get, so I’d recommend it to beginning players. From personal experience, this staff is great and fun to use, it’s definitely worth seeking out. 

Weapon stats: 

• 0 base damage
• 10 weight
• 20 health 
• 3500 base value
• 1 speed
• 0 reach 
• 3000 charge 

Why Apotheosis is awesome

• Frost damage 33 points enchantment
• Fire damage 33 points enchantment
• Spark damage 33 points enchantment
• Total of 99 damage 

How to get Apotheosis

• Go to Rindir’s Staffs in the Imperial City Market District
• Speak to Rindir
• Purchase Apotheosis

Apotheosis details: https://elderscrolls.fandom.com/wiki/Apotheosis_(Staff)

 We’ve made it through yet another list! I hope you enjoyed your read and gained some new knowledge from this article. Go forth and have an awesome time playing Oblivion!

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