Skyrim:Silver Hand

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A Silver Hand wielding a silver sword at Gallows Rock

The Silver Hand is a group of organized criminals. Originally a group of werewolf hunters, it has since become perverse. Its members indiscriminately attack you (regardless of affiliation) and other factions, including Vigil of Stendarr, Dawnguard, and Miraak's cultists. In the past, they've captured, tortured, and murdered civilians.

Silver Hand is the historical enemy of the Companions, as they are aware that The Circle members of Companions are lycanthropes. According to Kodlak Whitemane, the two groups have repeatedly bled each other. To spite the Companions, the Silver Hand twice attempts to steal scattered pieces of Wuuthrad, the shattered axe of Ysgramor which was of great importance to them.

The Purity of Revenge quest has you eradicate the Silver Hand for good.

Members[edit]

Named Members
Krev the Skinner
Generic Members
Silver Hand Leader
Silver Hand
Silver Hand Warrior (always a corpse)

Loot[edit]

Related Quests[edit]

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Notes[edit]

  • Silver Hand members are apparently somewhat paranoid about being able to cure diseases, most likely due to their regular contact with werewolves and vampires. They have a 25% chance of carrying one or two potions of cure disease, and 5-20% chances of carrying 1-3 samples of each of the four alchemy ingredients with a cure disease effect (charred skeever hide, hawk feathers, mudcrab chitin, and vampire dust).
  • Krev the Skinner is a radiant boss, whose race and gender is randomly determined when they spawn.
  • Silver Hand members inherit much of their data from Bandit Leveled Lists with some data, such as their name and inventory, being overwritten. As a result:
    • Despite all having the same name, they vary in level and strength. Their stats range from those of Bandits to Bandit Marauders.
    • They use bandit idle dialogue when they are unaware of your presence.
    • If you hit a Silver Hand corpse with a soul trapping weapon, instead of receiving the standard message of "Silver Hand resisted Soul Trap", it will instead say "Bandit resisted..." or "Bandit Marauder resisted..."
  • Some Silver Hand members might not use silver weapons, and instead have anything from Steel to Nordic (not Ancient Nordic) in their inventories. This might be due to the notes mentioned above.