Wabbajack is one of the Daedric Artifacts in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Daedric Artifacts are special, powerful items created by the Daedric Princes and given to mortals in exchange for their services or for completing favors. Each artifact is attributed to a specific Prince and is imbued with their power, providing unique combat and magical benefits to their users. Daedric Artifacts fall under three categories: Weapons, Apparel and Other Items. In order to obtain these artifacts, the Dragonborn must undertake special Daedric Quests and gain the favor of the associated Daedric Prince.
Skyrim Wabbajack Daedric Artifact Information
Wabbajack is a Daedric Artifact attributed to Daedric Prince Sheogorath.
It is a magic Staff that, despite having a damage stat, cannot be used as a melee weapon.
The Wabbajack appears as a thin, long rod with three faces depicting Sheogorath with different expressions around the staff head.
The Wabbajack is governed by the Destruction skill tree and its charge cost will be affected by your skill level in the tree. However, any damage effects that the staff employs aren't governed by any skill tree, allowing these effects to breach any resistances.
Wabbajack Daedric Artifact Effect Details in Skyrim
Wabbajack has the following special effect(s):
"A blast from Wabbajack with an unpredictable effect."
Wabbajack casts a random spell on the target with every use. The effects variety is quite extensive and very unpredictable. Some of the possible effects are as follows:
- Deals Fire, Frost or Lightning damage to the target.
- Heals the target.
- Absorbs Stamina, Magicka or Health from the target.
- Disintigrates target, instantly killing them.
- Turns the target invisible.
- Instantly kills the target, leaving behind a variety of remains (ghostly, normal, sweet roll, none, etc.)
- Causes the target to go into a fury, attacking anything in sight.
- Causes the target to flee for several seconds.
- Paralyzes the target.
- Causes the target to explode in a shower of gold. Note that taking the gold counts as stealing.
- Transforms the target into a wide variety of creatures and objects including mudcrabs, rabbits, daedra, dremora, chicken, sweet rolls, books and more. Most creature transformations will transform the target back after a while or after being hit. Some transformations such as the sweet roll will instantly kill the target.
How to obtain the Wabbajack Daedric Artifact in Skyrim
Wabbajack can be obtained as follows:
- Complete the quest "The Mind of Madness".
Wabbajack Upgrades & Enchantment Details in Skyrim
Wabbajack cannot be upgraded.
Skyrim Wabbajack Daedric Artifact Notes & Trivia
- The majority of Wabbajack's effects are considered harmful, making it a crime to use it against villagers.
- A Sheogorath follower may randomly appear and ask you to "wabbajack" her.
- Usin the Wabbajack on essential NPCs may break quest progression. While these NPCs normally cannot be killed, they can be turned into objects such as the sweet roll and eaten by the player, thereby removing them from the game.
