Chillrend (Skyrim)

Chillrend is a unique, leveled Glass Sword found in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

Appearance
Chillrend uses the Glass Sword model but the blade is blue rather than green. The blade also appears to be covered in frost. While drawn, the blade emanates a vapor as if it were experiencing sublimation and also makes a constant hissing noise similar to dry ice.

When an enemy is struck with the blade, there is a small chance they will become paralyzed for 2 seconds.

Acquisition
The blade is found inside the tunnels under Mercer Frey's house in Riften. Near the end of the tunnels is a small room with a display case that contains the blade. The case, which has an expert-level lock, needs to be lockpicked. Also in this room is the Bust of the Gray Fox, a bowl with various precious gems, and a valuable ring.

Usefulness
Chillrend can be used to subdue large, powerful ememies due to its paralyzing properties. One tactic includes striking with the blade until the enemy is paralyzed, taking out a two handed weapon and striking until the enemy thaws out, then repeating the process.

Smithing
Chillrend can be improved with the Arcane Blacksmith perk and improvements are doubled using the Glass Smithing perk. It requires one Refined Malachite to upgrade. While the blade does need to be recharged with soul gems often, it does not require very large ones to fully charge.

Levels
The damage, weight, value as well as the magnitude of the enchantment are based on the level the Dragonborn happens to be the first time they enter Mercer Frey's house. The best possible version is available at level 46.

Versus Daedric
The level 46+ version of Chillrend is lighter and has a higher base damage value than a Daedric Sword. This potentially makes it the strongest one-handed sword avaliable.

Trivia

 * PC Users can type player.additem 000F8319 1 into the console and let the game's level system randomly choose which version of the weapon to add.
 * If missed the first time around, Chillrend can still be obtained by returning to Mercer Frey's House after acquiring the Skeleton Key.

Appearances

 * The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim