Daedric bow at level 20? : V

» Sun Jun 10, 2012 1:19 pm

I recently read a thread on how people only found daedric weapons or armour at level 40+ and it made me curious as to why my level 20 character found a daedric bow in an unlocked chest whilst attempting to find dawnbreaker, i was shocked to find it in an unlocked chest, but even more shocked by the fact i was only level 20 upon obtaining it. at the time my archery was my highest skill so perhaps this had something to do with it?

just wanted to know if its a common thing or if i did infact get pretty lucky

» Sun Jun 10, 2012 4:40 am

You got lucky. Be happy for it :biggrin:

» Sun Jun 10, 2012 8:14 am

Probably the latter, I haven't gotten a Daedric Weapon before Level 50.

» Sun Jun 10, 2012 9:04 am

according to the mechanics of the game and the information on UESP, what you described is simply impossible, because Daedric items do not appear in the game that early unless crafted. i guess either you're lying or the information is wrong.

» Sun Jun 10, 2012 10:35 am

according to the mechanics of the game and the information on UESP, what you described is simply impossible, because Daedric items do not appear in the game that early unless crafted. i guess either you're lying or the information is wrong.

It could be possible, I've found Glass Armor in chests in the mid 20's and that armor is suppose to be a mid level 30 type item.

» Sun Jun 10, 2012 4:03 am

Lucked out. I found my first daedric weapon at robber's gorge at level 51.

I actually did a little dance.

» Sun Jun 10, 2012 1:35 pm

according to the mechanics of the game and the information on UESP, what you described is simply impossible, because Daedric items do not appear in the game that early unless crafted. i guess either you're lying or the information is wrong.

UESP had a lot of wrong info I myself edited, so I wouldn't take all of it for granted. Heck, even the things written on the loading screens of the game itself are wrong.

Personally, among 6-7 characters I've had so far, I never ever found anything daedric but a shield. I was even finding dragon-made stuff, but no daedric cept that shield, not even on/past lv 81.

» Sun Jun 10, 2012 11:56 am

i have never found a single daedric item in skyrim unless i made it myself, lol. so i dunno, and i'm level 54, and not one piece. plenty of dragonplate, however, that's all over the place. so i dunno how it works, the info must be wrong.

» Sun Jun 10, 2012 1:25 pm

Ive collected several piecies of glass armor at a LVL 22 ebony bars. But no dadric or ebony weapons. But I can create them as I am a 94 blacksmith, I just have not done as of yet. BHut will tonight !!

» Sun Jun 10, 2012 8:05 am

I often find Ebony weapons at early levels in high-level loots, like Olaf One-Eye who so far has always had an Ebony sword.

» Sun Jun 10, 2012 7:17 am

You probably got very, very lucky.
Cherish it

» Sun Jun 10, 2012 5:00 pm

i guess this is like the rarity of finding an epic drop on a mob in wow..i've played wow for 6 years and i've found literally 0 epic drops in my times, each mob in the zones or instances have a chance to drop any number of epic items..but the chance is less than 0.1%, so it's very rare. i know some people who get epic drops literally monthly, and then there are people like me who have never gotten one in 6 years lol..

» Sun Jun 10, 2012 4:17 am

I found a Daedric battle axe while questing for Red Eagle. I had just gotten the Daedric perk in smithing and was level 37.

» Sun Jun 10, 2012 4:00 pm

I once found an ebony cuirass at level 15. Pity I was playing a dedicated, robes-only mage at that time, but I just gave to to my bro Stenvar, so it certainly wasn't wasted. This sort of thing never happened to me in Oblivion, so I was totally delighted.

» Sun Jun 10, 2012 1:46 pm

I once found an ebony cuirass at level 15. Pity I was playing a dedicated, robes-only mage at that time, but I just gave to to my bro Stenvar, so it certainly wasn't wasted. This sort of thing never happened to me in Oblivion, so I was totally delighted.

well loot in oblivion was leveled wasn't it? like STRICTLY leveled? certain gear types didn't appear until certain levels no matter what right?

» Sun Jun 10, 2012 4:41 am

well loot in oblivion was leveled wasn't it? like STRICTLY leveled? certain gear types didn't appear until certain levels no matter what right?

Vanilla was strictly leveled, yes, but I was playing a modded game with unleveled loot lists. So my characters must have been consistently unlucky.

» Sun Jun 10, 2012 7:01 am

There is a perk that increases the chance of good drops. Do you have that?

» Sun Jun 10, 2012 1:53 pm

It could be possible, I've found Glass Armor in chests in the mid 20's and that armor is suppose to be a mid level 30 type item.

Indeed possible. I found a glass sword at like level 21, and a dragon bone helmet shortly after. I was rather shocked.

» Sun Jun 10, 2012 9:36 am

according to the mechanics of the game and the information on UESP, what you described is simply impossible, because Daedric items do not appear in the game that early unless crafted. i guess either you're lying or the information is wrong.

im not lying, would it not be pretty pathetic to fabricate this whole story for no reason? perhaps its down to a glitch

» Sun Jun 10, 2012 4:58 pm

i wasn't saying you were lying, i was saying that either you're wrong or the UESP is wrong, i would say the UESP is wrong lol..

» Sun Jun 10, 2012 1:55 pm

I've found glass weapons in the high teens, and ebony weapons and armor in the low twenties. Too bad it was a shield and not a cuirass, cause I dual wield.

» Sun Jun 10, 2012 5:54 pm

There is a perk that increases the chance of good drops. Do you have that?

and no i had 30 smithing and no perks to enhance loot, this is why i thought it strange, it wasnt even one of the big loot chests, it was like half way through just after the outside balcony of the dungeon, also this is the 360 version, so no mods to affect the loot rates

» Sun Jun 10, 2012 12:49 pm

I found an ebony sword at level 1.

» Sun Jun 10, 2012 9:56 am

I found an ebony sword at level 1.

No way. Where?

» Sun Jun 10, 2012 3:54 pm

No way. Where?

I do not know about chests, but in some places some ebony and glass gear can be found as fixed, non-random loot.

Slight

Spoiler

I know there is an ebony shield on a dead draugr in his alcove in one of the Gauldur amulet quest dungeons. Forgot which one.