Steel Sword (Skyrim)

The Steel Sword is a one-handed weapon that appears in .
==Design==
The sword has a steel blade as to be expected, with some rugged designs on the bottom edges. The hilt appears to be made of a fine wood, with metal woven into it, while the base of the blade has complex line patterns, with some dark gray areas.
==Locations==
Unenchanted steel swords will begin to appear throughout Skyrim at level 2, and enchanted swords can be found at level 3. These locations include:
*Blacksmiths and general goods merchants.
*Wielded by various characters or enemies.
*Found as random loot in chests, or as a world item throughout Skyrim.
===Fixed locations===
*A steel sword can be found sticking out of a pile of rocks at Rebel's Cairn.
*A steel sword can be found on Alvor's fireplace in Riverwood, but it must be stolen.
*A steel sword can be found on a dresser in Riverwood Trader, but it must be stolen.
==Smithing==
A steel sword requires the Steel Smithing perk to create. It can be forged at a blacksmith's forge with the following components:
*1 x Leather Strip
*2 x Steel Ingot
*1 x Iron Ingot
It can be upgraded with a steel ingot at a grindstone, and also benefits from the Steel Smithing perk, which doubles the improvement.
==Variants==
*Skyforge Steel Sword – a possible reward for completing The Companions quest "Proving Honor."
*Queen Freydis's Sword – part of a miscellaneous quest given by Oengul War-Anvil in Windhelm. He requests the Dragonborn find this legendary weapon so that he may present it to Ulfric Stormcloak.
*Vilkas's Sword – a unique Skyforge Steel Sword. 
*Lunar Steel Sword – one of the Lunar Weapons.
==Trivia==
*Passing by a Hold Guard with a steel sword equipped may trigger the line, "Favor a Steel Sword do ya'? Good choice for slashing or stabbing."
*This sword appears as the weapon for the Dragonborn Mii Swordfighter costume in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.Nintendo official YouTube channel
*This is the sword used by the Dragonborn in almost all advertisements, making this weapon the series poster-weapon.
*A similarly-named weapon of the same design, available via Creation Club content in Fallout 4, another Bethesda Softworks title, is based off of this one.
==See also==
*Steel Weapons (Skyrim)
*Skyforge Steel (weapons)
==Appearances==
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==References==
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Category:Skyrim: Swords
Category:Skyrim: One-Handed Weapons