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

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

Loot

• 18.75% chance of a drink
• 2 food items @ 7.5% chance each
• 3.75% chance of jewelry
• 11.25% chance of a Silver Ingot
• 2 potions @ 18.75% chance each
  • 67% Potion of Cure Disease
  • 33% curing potion, such as another Cure Disease potion (3% chance of Cure Poison)
• 3 ingredients @ 18.75% chance each
  • 36% Hawk Feathers
  • 27% Charred Skeever Hide
  • 27% Mudcrab Chitin
  • 9% Vampire Dust
• 7.5% chance of a book
  • 73% one from the list: Songs of the Return, Vol 2, Songs of the Return, Vol 7, Songs of the Return, Vol 19, Songs of the Return, Vol 56
  • 27% one from the list: Lycanthropic Legends of Skyrim, Physicalities of Werewolves, Songs of the Return, vol 24

Related Quests

• Proving Honor: Claim a Fragment of Wuuthrad from Dustman's Cairn.
• The Silver Hand: Join the ranks of The Circle and clear Gallows Rock of werewolf hunters.
• Blood's Honor: Claim the head of a Glenmoril Witch for Kodlak Whitemane.
• Striking the Heart: Assassinate a leader of the Silver Hand. (radiant)
• Stealing Plans: Search a Silver Hand hideout for information on the location of their headquarters. (radiant)
• Retrieval: Journey to a random location to retrieve a fragment of Wuuthrad. (radiant)
• Purity of Revenge: Retrieve the Fragments of Wuuthrad and wipe out the Silver Hand.

Locations

• Driftshade Refuge
• Gallows Rock
• Dustman's Cairn
• Silver Hand members can be found in many other radiant locations during the related quests, replacing the usual dungeon enemies.

Notes

• 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.