Morrowind:Long Blade

Skill: Long Blade
Governing Attribute: Strength
Specialization: Combat
Increase: Successful Attack: +1.0

The Long Blade skill lets one use broadswords, sabers, longswords, claymores, katanas, and dai-katanas effectively. The higher the skill, the more likely an attack is to hit an enemy.

Character Creation

The following races receive bonuses to their Long Blade skill:

• +15 bonus: Redguard, +10 bonus: Imperial, +5 bonus: Dark Elf, Nord

The following classes have Long Blade as a Major skill:

• Archer, Bard, Crusader, Knight, Scout, Spellsword, Warrior

The following classes have Long Blade as a Minor skill:

• Assassin, Battlemage, Rogue

Factions

The following factions include Long Blade as one of their favored skills:

• Blades
• Camonna Tong (not joinable)
• Census and Excise (not joinable)
• East Empire Company (joinable in Bloodmoon)
• Fighters Guild
• Hands of Almalexia^TR (not joinable)
• House Redoran
• Imperial Knights (not joinable)
• Imperial Legion
• Quarra Clan
• Talos Cult (not joinable)

Trainers

The Master Trainer of Long Blade is Ulms Drathen at the Armigers Stronghold in Molag Mar. Other trainers of note are:

• Shardie at Buckmoth Legion Fort (up to 86)
• Larrius Varro in Moonmoth Legion Fort (up to 74)
• Adibael Hainnabibi at his yurt in Kaushtababi Camp (up to 72)
• Mertis Falandas at the Tower of Dusk Lower Level in Ghostgate (up to 72)
• Missun Akin at his hut in Falasmaryon (up to 72)

See Long Blade Trainers for the complete list.

Books

The following books will increase your Long Blade skill:

• Words and Philosophy
• 2920, Morning Star
• 36 Lessons of Vivec, Sermon 17
• 36 Lessons of Vivec, Sermon 20
• 36 Lessons of Vivec, Sermon 23

Long Blades

This is a list of base long blade weapons. Complete lists of one-handed and two-handed long blade weapons, including enchanted and unique ones, are also available.

The broadsword, saber, longsword, and claymore are Western weapons. The katana and dai-katana are Akaviri-style blades. Long blades, one-handed or two-handed, and [sic] the most common weapons here. The claymore and dai-katana are two-handed weapons, and relatively heavy and slow; the rest are one-handed. Rank them by effectiveness as broadsword, saber, longsword, katana, claymore, and dai-katana, with broadsword least effective. - Garothmuk gro-Muzgub

1-Hand

Name ID Chop Slash Thrust Speed Reach Enchant Iron Saber iron saber 15.0 700 24 5−18 4−16 1−4 1.4 1.0 5.5 Iron Broadsword iron broadsword 12.0 600 30 4−12 2−12 2−12 1.25 1.0 5 Iron Longsword iron longsword 20.0 800 40 2−13 1−18 4−16 1.35 1.0 6 Steel Saber steel saber 15.0 1,050 48 5−20 4−18 1−5 1.4 1.0 5.5 Steel Broadsword steel broadsword 12.0 900 60 4−14 4−14 2−14 1.25 1.0 5 Imperial Broadsword imperial broadsword 12.0 600 60 6−12 4−12 4−12 1.25 1.0 7 Steel Longsword steel longsword 20.0 900 80 2−14 1−20 4−18 1.35 1.0 6 Nordic Broadsword nordic broadsword 15.0 800 95 6−18 2−18 2−18 1.25 1.0 6 Steel Katana steel katana 18.0 1,800 100 3−20 1−18 1−6 1.5 1.0 6 Silver Longsword silver longsword 16.0 640 160 2-14 1−20 4−18 1.35 1.0 4.8 Glass Longsword glass longsword 12.0 480 16,000 2−24 1−33 4−30 1.35 1.0 3.6 Ebony Broadsword* ebony broadsword 24.0 1,800 15,000 4−26 2−26 2−26 1.25 1.0 10 Ebony Longsword ebony longsword 40.0 1,600 20,000 2−27 1−37 4−34 1.35 1.0 12 Daedric Longsword daedric longsword 60.0 3,200 40,000 2−32 1−44 4−40 1.35 1.0 18 Daedric Katana daedric katana 54.0 4,800 50,000 3−44 1−40 1−14 1.5 1.0 18

Broadswords: Ebony, Iron, Nordic, Steel/Imperial Longswords: Daedric, Ebony, Glass, Iron, Silver, Steel Katanas: Daedric, Steel Sabers: Iron, Steel

* Sometimes appears in cursed variety. See Cursed Items for details.

2-Hand

Name ID Chop Slash Thrust Speed Reach Enchant Iron Claymore iron claymore 27.0 1,400 80 1−24 1−21 1−14 1.25 1.0 7 Steel Claymore steel claymore 27.0 2,100 160 1−27 1−23 1−16 1.25 1.0 7 Nordic Claymore nordic claymore 30.0 1,600 180 1−30 1−25 1−18 1.25 1.0 10 Steel Dai-katana steel dai-katana 20.0 2,700 240 1−27 1−23 1−14 1.35 1.0 7 Silver Claymore silver claymore 21.6 1,260 320 1−27 1−23 1−16 1.25 1.0 5.6 Dwarven Claymore dwarven claymore 27.0 3,500 1,200 1−33 1−29 1−20 1.25 1.0 7 Foeburner * foeburner 16.0 3,500 1,400 2-14 1-20 4-18 1.25 1.0 4 Glass Claymore glass claymore 16.2 840 32,000 1−45 1−39 1−27 1.25 1.0 4.2 Daedric Claymore daedric claymore 81.0 5,600 80,000 1−60 1−52 1−36 1.25 1.0 21 Daedric Dai-katana daedric dai-katana 60.0 7,200 120,000 1−60 1−52 1−30 1.35 1.0 21

Claymores: Daedric, Dwarven, Glass, Iron, Nordic, Silver, Steel Dai-katanas: Daedric, Steel

^* The Foeburner, a lighter, weaker variant of the Dwarven Claymore, was likely intended to be an enchanted weapon - probably with Fire Damage. Its name and inclusion in various Leveled Lists containing such items are clear indicators of this.