5. Mephala’s Ebony Blade
There’s only one catch that makes Ebony Blade relatively hard to obtain. It’s time. You need to reach level 20 before getting “The Whispering Door” quest line opened. After that, Ebony Blade is as good as yours as obtaining it doesn’t require any fighting skills. You only need to acquire the key to unlock the aforementioned door which you can obtain by pickpocketing Farengar Secret-Fire or Jarl Balgruuf, which both have a copy of their own. After you unlock the door, Ebony Blade is yours. However, it is still not yet at full potential. In order to restore the blade to its true form, you’ll have to use it (in other words to kill) on a person that trusts you. This should be done 10 times before the blade reaches its full potential. Because of this twist in the quest and prerequisite previously mentioned, Mephala’s Ebony Blade takes the fifth spot.
