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Reavers

Reavers are notorious thieves encountered throughout Solstheim, like the bandits found in Skyrim. They are a common enemy in Solstheim and are very aggressive, willing to attack anyone on sight if they come too close. Reavers can be found in camps all over the island, as well as a few other locations, including Nchardak, Kagrumez, Gyldenhul Barrow, the Wreck of the Strident Squall, and a few camps that are not marked on the game map. Reavers utilize a variety of fighting types: some will attack you in melee, while others keep their distance, preferring to attack with bows and spells.

Reaver Types[edit]

While the stronger reaver types will not appear until after you've reached the levels shown, you will continue to meet low-level versions even at high levels. Boss-level reavers will always be at the highest possible level, and in some specific locations are identified as "Reaver Lord". Unlike the bandits found in Skyrim, all reavers you meet in Solstheim are Dark Elves.

One-Handed Melee Fighters[edit]

A Reaver Marauder ready for battle

These reavers are members of the Bandit NPC class and wield one-handed melee weapons and shields in battle. They carry one of the following weapons, depending on your level:

In addition to the weapons listed above, melee reavers are equipped with either light or heavy armor, the type of which depends on your level:

Three reavers from each of the reaver types below (indicated with a [1] note) wear a different outfit, consisting of the following light armor pieces:

  • Cuirass: fur armor, hide armor, studded armor, leather armor, scaled armor, or scaled horn armor
  • Boots: fur shoes, hide boots, leather boots, or scaled boots
  • Gauntlets: 50% chance of fur bracers, hide bracers, leather bracers, or scaled bracers
  • Shield: 20% chance of a hide shield, iron shield, or elven shield

Reavers also have a small chance to carry a random assortment of items, which include beverages, lockpicks, food, jewelry, gems, tools (a pickaxe, axe, or shovel), ingots, and a small amount of gold. Reaver Plunderers and Marauders carry more gold and may carry additional lockpicks. The reavers marked with [1] below are more likely to have these miscellaneous items, since the leveled list containing these items is listed twice in their inventories.

Name Level Gender ID Health Magicka Sta. Perks
Reaver 1 Female xx01e80e 35 25 70
• Extra Damage 1.5
Male xx01e80f
Male xx01e810[1]
Female xx01e811[1]
Male xx01e812[1]
Female xx01e813
Male xx01e814
Reaver Outlaw 5 Female xx01e827 109 25 86
• Champion's Stance
• Fighting Stance
Male xx01e828
Female xx01e829
Male xx01e82a
Male xx01e82b[1]
Female xx01e82c[1]
Male xx01e82d[1]
Reaver Thug 9 Female xx01e845 238 25 107
• Bladesman • Fighting Stance
• Champion's Stance • Hack and Slash
• Custom Fit • Limbsplitter
• Deep Wounds • Tower of Strength
• Extra Damage 1.5
Male xx01e846
Female xx01e847
Male xx01e848
Male xx01e849[1]
Female xx01e84a[1]
Male xx01e84b[1]
Reaver Highwayman 14 Female xx01e85a 318 25 152
• Bladesman • Fighting Stance
• Champion's Stance • Hack and Slash
• Custom Fit • Limbsplitter
• Deep Wounds • Tower of Strength
• Extra Damage 2
Male xx01e85b
Female xx01e85c
Male xx01e85d
Male xx01e85e[1]
Female xx01e85f [1]
Male xx01e860[1]
Reaver Plunderer 19 Female xx01e86d 398 25 172
• Bladesman • Extra Damage 2
• Champion's Stance • Fighting Stance
• Custom Fit • Hack and Slash
• Deadly Bash • Limbsplitter
• Deep Wounds • Tower of Strength
• Devastating Blow
Male xx01e86e
Female xx01e86f
Male xx01e870
Male xx01e871[1]
Female xx01e872[1]
Male xx01e873[1]
Reaver Marauder 25 Female xx01e888 489 25 246
• Bladesman, rank 2 • Extra Damage 2.5
• Champion's Stance • Fighting Stance
• Custom Fit • Hack and Slash, rank 2
• Deadly Bash • Limbsplitter, rank 2
• Deep Wounds, rank 2 • Tower of Strength
• Devastating Blow
Male xx01e889
Female xx01e88a
Male xx01e88b
Male xx01e88c[1]
Female xx01e88d[1]
Male xx01e88e[1]
^1These reavers have a different outfit and are twice as likely to carry miscellaneous items in their inventories; see details above.

Archers[edit]

A Reaver Marauder readies an arrow

Archer reavers prefer to fight from a distance with a bow and arrows and have the Bandit Archer class. They wear the same armor as the melee fighters listed above, with the same exceptions for reavers marked with a [3] in the table below. These reavers are armed with a bow, a dagger, and a selection of arrows:

Name Level Gender ID Health Magicka Sta. Perks
Reaver [2] 1 Female xx01e816[3] 35 25 70
• Extra Damage 1.5
Male xx01e818[3]
Male xx01e817[3]
Female xx01e819
Male xx01e81a
Female xx01e81b
Male xx01e81c
Reaver Outlaw 5 Female xx01e82e 109 25 86 None
Female xx01e82f
Male xx01e830
Male xx01e831
Male xx01e877[3]
Female xx01e878[3]
Male xx01e879[3]
Reaver Thug 9 Female xx01e84c 238 25 107
• Critical Shot
• Custom Fit
• Extra Damage 1.5
Male xx01e84d
Female xx01e84e
Male xx01e84f [4]
Male xx01e850[3]
Male xx01e851[3]
Female xx01e852[3]
Reaver Highwayman 14 Female xx01e861 318 25 122
• Critical Shot
• Custom Fit
• Extra Damage 2
Male xx01e862
Female xx01e863
Male xx01e864
Male xx01e865[3]
Female xx01e874[3]
Male xx01e875[3]
Reaver Plunderer 19 Female xx01e876 398 25 172
• Critical Shot
• Custom Fit
• Extra Damage 2
• Fighting Stance
• Power Shot
Male xx01e87a
Female xx01e87b
Male xx01e87c
Male xx01e87d[3]
Female xx01e87f [3]
Male xx01e880[3]
Reaver Marauder 25 Female xx01e88f 489 25 246
• Bladesman • Fighting Stance
• Bone Breaker • Hack and Slash
• Critical Shot, rank 2 • Power Shot
• Custom Fit • Ranger
• Extra Damage 2.5
Male xx01e890
Female xx01e891
Male xx01e892
Male xx01e893[3]
Female xx01e894[3]
Male xx01e895[3]
^2These reavers all have a morality of No Crime, while the rest have a morality of Any Crime.
^3These reavers have a different outfit and are twice as likely to carry miscellaneous items in their inventories; see details above.
^4This Reaver has the same class, perks, and equipment as the melee Reaver Thug listed above.

Mages[edit]

A reaver mage wielding two powerful staves

Reaver mages are members of the Bandit Wizard class and rely primarily on spellcasting in battle. They wear the following leveled armor:

  • Cuirass: fur armor
  • Boots: fur shoes, hide boots, leather boots, or scaled boots

Reaver and Reaver Outlaw mages carry an iron dagger, while Reaver Thug mages carry a steel dagger. Reaver Highwayman, Reaver Plunderer, and Reaver Marauder mages carry a leveled dagger (iron, steel, orcish, dwarven, or elven).

In addition to their gear, reaver mages carry a random assortment of items, including lockpicks, food, jewelry, soul gems, ingredients, books, spell tomes, a leveled Conjuration or Destruction staff, and a small amount of gold. Reaver Plunderers and Marauders carry more gold and have a chance to carry more lockpicks than lower-level mages. On death, reaver mages can be looted for random potions of restore health, and potions of restore magicka.

Name Level Gender ID Health Magicka Sta. Spells Perks
Reaver [5] 1 Male xx01e805 35 100 50
• Flames, Frostbite, or Sparks
• Healing
• Lesser Ward
• Magicka Recovery 2 [6]
• Oakflesh
None
Female xx01e806
Female xx01e809
Male xx01e80a
Male xx01e80b
Female xx01e80c
Male xx01e80d
Reaver Outlaw 5 Male xx01e820 101 124 70
• Flames, Frostbite, or Sparks
• Healing
• Lesser Ward
• Magicka Recovery 2[6]
• Oakflesh
None
Female xx01e821
Male xx01e822
Female xx01e823
Male xx01e824
Female xx01e825
Male xx01e826
Reaver Thug 9 Male xx01e83e 222 173 75
• Fast Healing
• Firebolt, Ice Spike, or Lightning Bolt
• Magicka Recovery 2[6]
• Steadfast Ward
• Stoneflesh
• Augmented Flames
• Augmented Frost
• Augmented Shock
• Regeneration
Female xx01e83f
Male xx01e840
Female xx01e841
Male xx01e842
Female xx01e843
Male xx01e844
Reaver Highwayman 14 Male xx01e853 292 153 70
• Fast Healing
• Firebolt, Ice Spike, or Lightning Bolt
• Magicka Recovery 2[6]
• Steadfast Ward
• Stoneflesh
• Augmented Flames
• Augmented Frost
• Augmented Shock
• Mage Armor
• Magic Resistance
• Regeneration
• Recovery
Female xx01e854
Male xx01e855
Female xx01e856
Male xx01e857
Female xx01e858
Male xx01e859
Reaver Plunderer 19 Male xx01e866 362 183 70
• Chain Lightning, Fireball, or Ice Storm
• Fast Healing
• Firebolt, Ice Spike, or Lightning Bolt
• Magicka Recovery 2[6]
• Steadfast Ward
• Stoneflesh
• Augmented Flames • Magic Resistance
• Augmented Frost • Recovery
• Augmented Shock • Regeneration
• Custom Fit • Respite
• Mage Armor
Female xx01e867
Male xx01e868
Female xx01e869
Male xx01e86a
Female xx01e86b[7]
Male xx01e86c
Reaver Marauder 25 Male xx01e881 441 294 150
• Chain Lightning, Fireball, or Ice Storm
• Close Wounds
• Fast Healing
• Firebolt, Ice Spike, or Lightning Bolt
• Ironflesh
• Magicka Recovery 2[6]
• Steadfast Ward
• Augmented Flames, rank 2
• Augmented Frost, rank 2
• Augmented Shock, rank 2
• Custom Fit
• Mage Armor
• Magic Resistance
Female xx01e882
Male xx01e883
Female xx01e884
Male xx01e885
Female xx01e886
Male xx01e887
^5These reavers all have a morality of No Crime, while the rest have a morality of Any Crime.
^6"Magicka Recovery 2" is 0 magicka cost spell with the effect "Recover Magicka, 2 pts." This spell is available to NPCs only.
^7This reaver does not appear in any of the leveled lists that generate reaver mages.

Reaver Bosses[edit]

A Reaver Marauder preparing a spell

Boss-level reavers have both spells and weapons at their disposal, and are members of the Bandit(DB) class. They wield one of the following one-handed weapons:

  • Mace: steel mace, enchanted iron mace, orcish mace, enchanted steel mace, enchanted orcish mace, dwarven mace, enchanted dwarven mace, elven mace, enchanted elven mace, glass mace, enchanted glass mace, or ebony mace
  • Sword: steel sword, enchanted iron sword, orcish sword, enchanted steel sword, enchanted orcish sword, dwarven sword, enchanted dwarven sword, elven sword, enchanted elven sword, glass sword, enchanted glass sword, or ebony sword
  • War Axe: steel war axe, enchanted iron war axe, orcish war axe, enchanted steel war axe, enchanted orcish war axe, dwarven war axe, enchanted dwarven war axe, elven war axe, enchanted elven war axe, glass war axe, enchanted glass war axe, or ebony war axe

In addition to their main weapons, reaver bosses also carry daggers: the Reaver Outlaw and Reaver Thug carry a steel dagger, the Reaver Highwayman carries an orcish dagger, and the Reaver Plunderer and Reaver Marauder both carry an elven dagger.

  • Cuirass: bonemold armor(Level 1-17), chitin heavy armor (Level 18-24), Nordic carved armor (Level 25+)
  • Boots: bonemold boots (Level 1-17), chitin heavy boots (Level 18-24), Nordic carved boots (Level 25+)
  • Gauntlets: bonemold gauntlets (Level 1-17), chitin heavy gauntlets (Level 18-24), Nordic carved gauntlets (Level 25+)
  • Helmet: bonemold helmet (Level 1-17), chitin heavy helmet (Level 18-24), Nordic carved helmet (Level 25+)

Boss-level reavers have a small chance to carry a random assortment of items, which include beverages, lockpicks, food, jewelry, gems, tools (a pickaxe, axe, or shovel), ingots, and a small amount of gold. Reaver bosses are more likely to have these miscellaneous items than most generic reavers, since the leveled list containing these items is listed twice in their inventories.

On death, reaver bosses can be looted for random potions, potions of restore health, and potions of restore magicka.

Name PC Level NPC Level Gender ID Health Magicka Sta. Spells Perks
Reaver Outlaw [8] 1 6 Male xx01e8ab 155 45 75
• Flames, Frostbite, or Sparks
• Healing
• Lesser Ward
• Magicka Recovery 2
• Oakflesh
None
Reaver Thug 14 10 Male xx01e8ae 224 61 90
• Fast Healing
• Firebolt, Ice Spike, or Lightning Bolt
• Magicka Recovery 2
• Steadfast Ward
• Stoneflesh
• Augmented Flames
• Augmented Frost
• Augmented Shock
• Regeneration
Reaver Highwayman 19 16 Male xx01e8b1 315 85 100
• Fast Healing
• Firebolt, Ice Spike, or Lightning Bolt
• Magicka Recovery 2
• Steadfast Ward
• Stoneflesh
• Augmented Flames • Magic Resistance
• Augmented Frost • Recovery
• Augmented Shock • Regeneration
• Mage Armor
Reaver Plunderer 25 21 Male xx01e8b2 395 105 115
• Chain Lightning, Fireball, or Ice Storm
• Fast Healing
• Firebolt, Ice Spike, or Lightning Bolt
• Magicka Recovery 2
• Steadfast Ward
• Stoneflesh
• Augmented Flames • Magic Resistance
• Augmented Frost • Recovery
• Augmented Shock • Regeneration
• Custom Fit • Respite
• Mage Armor
Reaver Marauder 29 28 Male xx01e8b3 497 133 150
• Chain Lightning, Fireball, or Ice Storm
• Close Wounds
• Fast Healing
• Firebolt, Ice Spike, or Lightning Bolt
• Ironflesh
• Magicka Recovery 2
• Steadfast Ward
• Augmented Flames, rank 2
• Augmented Frost, rank 2
• Augmented Shock, rank 2
• Custom Fit
• Mage Armor
• Magic Resistance
^8This reaver boss drops a small amount of gold on death in place of the miscellaneous items listed above.

Reaver Lords[edit]

A Reaver Lord charging into the fray

Unlike other reavers, Reaver Lords appear in specific locations on Solstheim. They are all based on the reaver bosses listed above, and will have level-dependent attributes, spells, perks, and equipment. All Reaver Lords are male.

Name ID Location
Reaver Lord xx026b0c[9] Brodir Grove
xx0325fe Haknir's Shoal
xx01b5bb Nchardak
xx01aa2c Wreck of the Strident Squall, Damphall Mine, Bloodskal Barrow
^9This Reaver Lord carries additional gold and the unique greatsword Stormfang.

Temple and Pillar Workers[edit]

While the reavers listed above are met in combat encounters, some reavers have been possessed by Miraak's influence and can be found laboring on his temple and on the shrine at the Sun Stone. They are all named "Reaver" and use the reavers listed above as templates, but are not hostile even after they have been released. Like other reavers, they will respawn if killed. They belong to the same factions as the reavers you meet in encounters, as well as the pillar builder faction.

Location Name Gender ID Template
Sun Stone Reaver Male xx03ca26[10] Melee Fighter (xx01e80f)
Reaver Female xx03ca27[10] Melee Fighter (xx01e811)
Reaver Outlaw Male xx03ca28[10] Mage (xx01e824)
Temple of Miraak Reaver Female xx031647 Melee Fighter (xx01e813)
Reaver Male xx031648 Melee Fighter (xx01e80f)
Reaver Female xx031660[10] Melee Fighter (xx01e811)
Reaver Outlaw Male xx031661 Mage (xx01e824)
^10These reavers appear twice at their respective locations.

Related Quests[edit]

World Interactions[edit]

Dialogue[edit]

Reavers have all the same dialogue lines as the bandits from Skyrim, as well as a few that are unique to them.

Idling[edit]

  • "..retire some day... get my self a place on the mainland..."
  • "...I've almost got enough... just need one good haul..."
  • "...might pay off my bounty this time... walk into Raven Rock a free man..."
  • "...told him to just hand it over, but did he listen? Oh, no... he had to fight back..."
  • "...ain't goin' back to prison... rather die in the ash..."
  • "...he he he... callin' my bluff when he rolls dragon eyes... the fool..."
  • "...just one more bottle... maybe a second one to get to sleep..." (alcoholic talking to himself)
  • "...she was real surprised when I pulled that knife from my boot..."
  • "...should have known she wouldn't wait for me... I'll gut that filthy farmer when I see him..."
  • "..."he's got your eyes," she says... lyin' tramp..."
  • "...captain promised me a life o' adventure on the high seas...instead I'm stuck on this cesspit of an island..."
  • "...damn wizards... not good enough for yer precious college, eh?"
  • "...I'd kill for a decent bottle of mead... not fair that they always take the good stuff..."
  • "...I should go back to pickin' pockets in Windhelm... easy money, less chance of an axe in your skull..."
  • "...knew a girl with hair of gold, I called her fair, she called me bold..." (singing to himself, bored)
  • "...ale and mead, ale and mead, 'tis the only advice a sailor heeds..." (singing to himself, bored)

Combat[edit]

  • "Time to die, outlander!"
  • "I'm gonna bleed you!"
  • "I'll cut you open!"
  • "Die, outlander!"
  • "You're going to pay, outlander."
  • "You'll regret crossing me, outlander."
  • "Don't fight back, and I promise I'll kill you quickly."
  • "Those boots'll look mighty fine on me."
  • "Your armor will look good on me."

Miscellaneous[edit]

A reaver who has just discovered a corpse may say:

  • "Hey! We got a deader over here!"
  • "Ash and ice! Who did this? Come out and face me like a man!"

Notes[edit]

  • Reaver melee fighters and archers are generally twice as likely to be male than female. In most cases, the leveled lists that spawn these reavers list each male reaver twice and each female reaver once.
  • According to Creation Kit data, Reavers were slated to also include Nords in their ranks at one point.
  • Reanimated Reavers may still use their idling dialogue when following you out of combat, rather than the usual grunts of reanimated mainland NPCs.
  • Reavers tend to carry doubles of certain loot (e.g., 2 Silver Rings, 2 Ales, etc.), unlike the Bandits of mainland Skyrim, which only carry one of each.

See Also[edit]

Books[edit]

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