Bought the Daedric Bow of Despair from one of the Khajiit caravans. When it came up in my inventory there was this green arrow icon at the top left hand corner of the item's description. What's this?

It indicates that the item that is in your inventory may be better than the item you have equipped.

Have you fired it yet?

Does the little green icon remain after you had fired the weapon?

It means it is poisoned.

It is poisoned.

it means that it is poisoned.

I also believe it means that it is poisoned.


*post with purpose*

It means it was made with 100% recycled materials.

Well I was playing just now and when I was fast travelling it told me that when that weapon has that green arrow icon on it, "it may be better than the one I have currently equipped". You guys said it's poisoned, I tried firing it. The icon is still there. So technically I haven't used the poison.

... 100% post-victim materials, you mean.

But the fast-travel text specifically says "green arrow"? I recall seeing that text yesterday, but it was "small arrow" which to me looks like a small gray triangle.

It means that you should paint your arrows green so they're easier to find in grass.

If its down by your stats, then it is letting you know it is better or has a higher damage output than your currently equipped weapon. If it is in the upper left hand corner of the weapon pic/description then it means that weapon is poisoned.

Items that are better than the one you have equipped have a white/greyed-out white (meaning, the same color as the text next to them) triangle (not arrow) to the right (not left) of their name in your list of inventory items. When you hover your mouse/cursor over an item in that list, the item's description is displayed in the main portion of the screen on the right. In that description box, a green arrow with a green snake around it, in the top left of the box, indicates that the weapon is poisoned. Once you use it, the poison is used - for a melee weapon, you need to make a successful hit, but with a bow, since the arrow is poisoned, even a missed shot uses the poisoned arrow. I just tested this to be sure, and even in God Mode (on PC) the bow loses the poison icon after firing it. I imagine you have a bug if your weapon is remaining poisoned after use.