Are we ever going to be able to upgrade the Shield of Ysgramor and Wuuthrad??

They are the two great items you get from the companions but they are almost worthless if you can't improve them through smithing...


This is the kind of thing that teaches me to NEVER buy TES on a console ever again...

Honestly I feel the same. The more and more I play on my 360 the more I say to myself wow why the hell did I not just get it for PC.

Well you can just use it for decoration like in proud spire manor by placing a shield and his axe. It looks awesome.

Wuuthrad gets stronger on it's own as as you level 2 handed.

or they can just get rid of upgrading armor to increase the value of daedric artifacts and unique items

The axe deals 100+ damage with perks. That is not good enough for you?

IIRC the base damage for Wuuthrad with Barabrian 5/5 and skill at 100 is 75. That is at least the case in the vanilla, unless they changed it in patch 1.5

I mean, I know it is daedric quality, but it just svcks that I can't inprove it. There is NO reason I should not be able to since there are several artifacts that allow you to. I would even be fine if they did not provide a perk to take it to legendary and just. Ake it behave like leather armor or iron weapons.

There are SO many equipment items that have this issue as well as armor sets, which honestly are a quick fix, just addem the itten to the list, that it astonishes me that it hasn't been fixed yet.

I understand bethesda has far more pressing bugs to fix, and I do not mean to say that the game svcks. I love it, I'll just make sure I buy it for pc next time, because almost everytime I think of a build, I seem to desire it to use broken items...

Anyway, thank you guys for letting me rant. I just wanted to vocalize the need for a certain type of bug fix. Patiently waiting in silence seldom gets anywhere...

I most certainly hope not! Wuuthrad is thousands of years old, and is the axe of the great Nord hero Ysgramor, the first Nord to settle in Skyrim. Why would you want to change it? That'd be like putting electricity into your Ancient Egyptian pyramid ...

If it's any consolation, they can both be enchanted with extra effects.

Huh. Must be my gear that adds the extra damage then.

I am much more interested in Ysgramor's skill, wielding a 2h axe and a shield at the same time.

He also built the Palace of the Kings

I bet he was so pro, that he did it on his own ONLY USING THE AXE AND SHIELD.

Correction: He had is Elven slaves build the Palace of the Kings.

So I don't get to sharpen and fix the bloody ax because it is famous? Tell that to the companion's smith that REFORGED the entire freaking thing from tiny pieces.

I would like nothing more than my sword and board character and my two-hander one to walk around with such legendary items, but when he can smith a generic steel one and make it better, it kind loses that feeling of great loot to me.

I suppose it is not a big deal if you play on adept, but not being able to upgrade your weapon or shield really hurts on expert and master.

It gets stronger as you level 2 handed.

Just like EVERY OTHER 2 handed weapon.

Not Ebony Blade...

I rather have the armor of ysgramor the one he wears on the loading screen it looks badass.

The real question is why is it two handed and there is also a shield? Did he use it in one hand cause he was such a badass? Did he just wear the shield on his back? If it can be wielded one handed, why isn't it under the one hand tree instead of the Ebony Blade?

I wold not go so far as to say they're broken. Broken would be Ebony Blade. Besides, "broken" is being able to smith your gear to damage stats of 200+. I still somewhat agree that you should be able to improve it, iirc stuff like Mace of Molag Bal can be improved so why not Wuuthrad.