A steel arrow in Morrowind
- For other uses, see Arrow and Area Effect Arrows.
Arrows are projectile weapons launched with bows in The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind. Crossbows fire bolts. Firing arrows is governed by the Marksman skills. Arrows stack in the inventory and must be equipped. Damage inflicted by arrows increases with each level in Marksman, with the bow used, and with the arrow type. Arrow types range from Iron to Daedric, spanning from weakest and strongest respectively.
Properties[]
Arrows are required in order to deal damage with a bow and cannot be fired underwater. Arrows can occasionally be recovered when looting the corpse of enemies shot with a bow.
Types[]
Generic arrows[]
Generic arrows are the most commonly found arrows.
| Name | 
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Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonemold Arrow | 1–4 | 0.1 | 2 | Hrundi has 150 that restock |
| Chitin Arrow | 1–2 | 0.1 | 1 | |
| Corkbulb Arrow | 1 | 0.10 | 1 | Sold in Vivec City at the Mevel Fererus: Trader, and Aradraen: Fletcher (Area Effect Arrows Plug-in) |
| Daedric Arrow | 10–15 | 0.3 | 20 | |
| Ebony Arrow | 5–10 | 0.2 | 10 | |
| Glass Arrow | 1–4 | 0.1 | 8 | |
| Iron Arrow | 1–3 | 0.1 | 1 | |
| Silver Arrow | 1–3 | 0.1 | 3 | |
| Steel Arrow | 1–4 | 0.1 | 2 |
Enchanted arrows[]
Along with the usual damage inflicted by its generic unenchanted version, the enchanted arrows deal extra damage with, either, their shock, fire, frost, weakness to shock, weakness to fire, weakness to frost, poison, dispel, weakness to poison, paralyse, Silence or blind enchantment. Some arrows combine two enchantments.
| Name |
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Enchantment | Notes |
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| Arrow of Wasting Flame | 1–4 | 0.5 | 19 | Weakness to Fire: 10 pts for 5 secs Fire Damage: 1–4 pts for 1 sec |
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| Arrow of Wasting Shard | 1–4 | 0.5 | 19 | Weakness to Frost: 10 pts for 5 secs Frost Damage: 1–4 pts for 1 sec |
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| Arrow of Wasting Spark | 1–4 | 0.5 | 19 | Weakness to Shock: 10 pts for 5 secs Shock Damage: 1–4 pts for 1 sec |
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| Arrow of Wasting Viper | 1–4 | 0.5 | 19 | Weakness to Poison: 10 pts for 5 secs Poison: 1–4 pts for 1 sec |
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| Cruel Flamearrow | 1–3 | 0.2 | 5 | Fire Damage: 3–7 pts for 1 sec | |
| Cruel Frostarrow | 1–3 | 0.2 | 5 | Frost Damage: 3–7 pts for 1 sec | |
| Cruel Shardarrow | 1–3 | 0.2 | 5 | Frost Damage: 3–7 pts for 1 sec | |
| Cruel Sparkarrow | 1–3 | 0.2 | 6 | Shock Damage: 3–7 pts for 1 sec | |
| Cruel Viperarrow | 1–3 | 0.2 | 5 | Poison: 3–7 pts for 1 sec | |
| Dire Flamearrow | 1–4 | 0.2 | 6 | Fire Damage: 5–11 pts for 1 sec | |
| Dire Frostarrow | 1–3 | 0.2 | 6 | Frost Damage: 5–11 pts for 1 sec | |
| Dire Shardarrow | 1–3 | 0.2 | 6 | Frost Damage: 3–7 pts for 1 sec | |
| Dire Sparkarrow | 1–3 | 0.2 | 6 | Shock Damage: 3–7 pts for 1 sec | |
| Dire Viperarrow | 1–3 | 0.2 | 6 | None | The Dire Viperarrow is missing its enchantment. |
| Flame Arrow | 1–4 | 0.1 | 4 | Fire Damage: 1–4 pts for 1 sec | |
| Grey Shaft of Holding | 1–4 | 0.1 | 6 | Paralyze: for 10 secs | |
| Grey Shaft of Nonsense | 1–4 | 0.1 | 8 | Silence: for 5 secs | |
| Grey Shaft of Unraveling | 1–4 | 0.1 | 5 | Dispel: 50–100 pts | |
| Shard Arrow | 1–4 | 0.1 | 6 | Frost Damage: 0–7 pts for 1 sec | |
| Spark Arrow | 1–4 | 0.1 | 6 | Shock Damage: 1–4 pts for 1 sec | |
| Viper Arrow | 1–4 | 0.1 | 6 | Poison 4–7 pts for 10 secs |
Expansions and Plug-in[]
The Elder Scrolls III: Tribunal[]
This type of enchanted arrows are added by the Tribunal expansion.
| Name |
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Enchantment | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PoisonGrip Arrow | 15–30 | 0.20 | 10 | Paralyze: for 20 secs Poison: 1–5 pts for 50 secs |
The Elder Scrolls III: Bloodmoon[]
These enchanted arrows are added by the Bloodmoon expansion.
| Name |
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Enchantment | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ebony Arrow of Slaying | 132 | 0.20 | 10 | Damage Health: 5,000 pts | There are only five of these arrows in total. |
| Poisoned Arrow | 1–10 | 0.10 | 2 | Blind: 10 pts for 10 sec Poison: 10 pts for 10 sec |
Area Effect Arrows plug-in[]
These enchanted arrows are added by the official plug-in "Area Effect Arrows" and inflict either fire, frost, shock, or poison damage to a large area around the target, which ranges from ten to twenty feet.
| Name |
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Enchantment | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cruel Firestorm Arrow | 1–4 | 0.10 | 5 | Fire Damage: 3–7 pts for 1 sec | |
| Dire Firestorm Arrow | 1–3 | 0.10 | 7 | Fire Damage 6–14 pts in for 1 sec | |
| Dread Firestorm Arrow | 5–10 | 0.20 | 20 | Fire Damage: 5–15 pts for 5 secs | |
| Cruel Frostbloom Arrow | 1–4 | 0.10 | 5 | Frost Damage: 3–7 pts for 1 sec | |
| Dire Frostbloom Arrow | 1–3 | 0.10 | 7 | Frost Damage: 6–14 pts for 1 sec | |
| Dread Frostbloom Arrow | 5–10 | 0.20 | 20 | Frost Damage: 5–15 pts for 5 secs | |
| Cruel Poisonbloom Arrow | 1–4 | 0.10 | 5 | Poison: 3–7 pts for 1 sec | |
| Dire Poisonbloom Arrow | 1–3 | 0.10 | 7 | Poison: 6–14 pts for 1 sec | |
| Dread Poisonbloom Arrow | 5–10 | 0.20 | 20 | Poison: 5–15 pts for 5 secs | |
| Cruel Shockbloom Arrow | 1–4 | 0.10 | 5 | Shock Damage: 3–7 pts for 1 sec | |
| Dire Shockbloom Arrow | 1–3 | 0.10 | 7 | Shock Damage: 6–14 pts for 1 sec | |
| Dread Shockbloom Arrow | 5–10 | 0.20 | 20 | Shock Damage: 5–15 pts for 5 secs |
Trivia[]
- Unlike later installments in The Elder Scrolls, arrows fired from bows do not show up protruding from enemies or surfaces.