Hoarfrost
Skyrim Weapon
Hoarfrost is a unique iron war axe in Skyrim with a base damage of 5. Its damage scales with the One-handed skill, and it can be tempered at a grindstone. It was added by the Dragonborn expansion.
It carries a built-in enchantment and cannot be enchanted further. It is boosted by 9 perks.
Hoarfrost Builds
Jump into the character build planner with this weapon already equipped, tempered and skilled as you set it here, then build perks and the rest of your loadout around it.
Create a build with HoarfrostStats
Tempering
One-handed Scaling
Boosted by
One-Handed weapons do 20% more damage.
Can do a one-handed power attack while sprinting that does double critical damage.
Dual-wielding power attacks do 50% bonus damage.
Power attacks with one-handed weapons cost 25% less Stamina.
Attacks with war axes cause extra bleeding damage.
Backwards power attack has a 25% chance to paralyze the target.
Standing power attacks do 25% bonus damage with a chance to decapitate your enemies.
Can pickpocket equipped weapons.
Do 25% more damage as a werewolf.
More Weapons
3 points of extra damage to Animals.
Raises the wielder's Smithing abilities, and does 5 shock damage to enemies on hit.
While the moons are out, absorb 20 points of Health.