Morrowind:Short Blades

Short Blades are one-handed weapons governed by the Short Blade skill; no two-handed short blades exist. This is a list of the base short blade weapons. A complete list of short blade weapons, including enchanted and unique ones, is also available.

The dagger and short sword are Western Imperial weapons. The tanto and wakizashi are styled after Akaviri blades. These weapons are light and fast, most effective against lightly armored opponents, but a skilled user can outlast more heavily armed and armored opponents. The dagger, tanto, and short sword are thrusting weapons, the wakizashi a chopping and slashing weapon. Rank them by effectiveness as dagger, tanto, short sword, and wakizashi, with dagger least effective. - Garothmuk gro-Muzgub

Name ID Ficheiro:OBWeightIcon small.png Ficheiro:OBHealthIcon small.png Ficheiro:OBValueIcon small.png Chop Slash Thrust Speed Reach Enchant Iron Fork* iron fork 1.0 400 1 3−5 3−5 3−5 2.5 1.0 10 Chitin Dagger chitin dagger 1.5 380 6 3−3 3−3 4−4 2.0 1.0 1 Iron Dagger iron dagger 3.0 400 10 4−5 4−5 5−5 2.5 1.0 2 Chitin Shortsword chitin shortsword 4.0 540 13 3−7 3−7 4−9 2.0 1.0 2 Iron Tanto iron tanto 4.0 500 14 5−6 5−6 6−6 2.25 1.0 2.2 Steel Dagger steel dagger 3.0 450 20 4−5 4−5 5−5 2.5 1.0 2 Iron Shortsword iron shortsword 8.0 600 20 4−9 4−9 7−11 2.0 1.0 4 Iron Wakizashi iron wakizashi 10.0 500 24 7−12 5−10 1−5 2.25 1.0 4.5 Steel Tanto steel tanto 4.0 600 28 5−11 5−11 6−11 2.25 1.0 2.2 Imperial Shortsword imperial shortsword 9.0 700 30 4−10 4−10 6−10 2.0 1.0 5 Silver Dagger** silver dagger 2.4 400 40 4−5 4−5 5−5 2.5 1.0 1.6 Steel Shortsword steel shortsword 8.0 750 40 5−12 5−12 7−12 2.0 1.0 4 Steel Wakizashi steel wakizashi 10.0 600 48 8−11 7−12 2−7 2.25 1.0 4.5 Silver Shortsword silver shortsword 6.0 570 80 5−10 5−10 7−10 2.0 1.0 3.6 Dwarven Shortsword dwarven shortsword 8.0 1,050 300 7−14 7−14 8−15 2.0 1.0 4 Glass Dagger*** glass dagger 1.8 300 4,000 6−15 6−15 6−12 2.5 1.0 1.2 Daedric Dagger daedric dagger 9.0 700 10,000 8−12 8−12 8−12 2.5 1.0 6 Ebony Shortsword ebony shortsword 16.0 1,200 10,000 10−20 10−22 12−25 2.0 1.0 8 Daedric Tanto daedric tanto 12.0 1,100 14,000 9−20 9−20 9−20 2.25 1.0 6.6 Daedric Shortsword daedric shortsword 24.0 1,500 20,000 10−26 10−26 12−24 2.0 1.0 12 Daedric Wakizashi daedric wakizashi 30.0 1,100 48,000 10−30 10−25 7−11 2.25 1.0 13.5

Daggers: Chitin, Daedric, Glass, Iron, Silver, Steel Shortswords: Chitin, Daedric, Dwarven, Ebony, Imperial, Iron, Silver, Steel Tantos: Daedric, Iron/Steel Wakizashis: Daedric, Iron, Steel

* The Iron Fork is not found in game. It is the base item for the Fork of Horripilation.
** Silver Daggers sometimes appear in a cursed variety, identified as "Ancient Silver Dagger". See Cursed Items for details.
*** A cursed version of the Glass Dagger also exists. The cursed version may be identified on sight by its lower damage values.