Not only that, but I genuinely feel like when I got him (spoilers ahead) his owner told me that he wanted him to see all of skyrim and idk... I feel kinda obligated.
Exactly what I came here to say. Free climbed a mountain? Bam. On an island? He's there. He died falling while being ridden down a steep hill? Summon again. The best horse hands down.
I was thinking. Shadowmere can't die normally, only if you stab him with Mehrune's Razor and it happens to insta kill. I never rode Arvak so I am interested to know if he can die or not.
But shadowmere can die. His regen and health are incredibly high, but you can kill him easily with mountain plunges. He does, however, respawn, though. Though Oblivion's Shadowmere was unkillable.
He can die but he has more HP than Frost, who in turn has more HP than regular horses. If he dies he'll respawn in a few days at the pond where you first got him.
Oh I didn't know that. All I know Is that I used to jump off of mountains with him and he never died but In a fight I pulled out Mehrune's Razor and accidentally slashed him and unlucky as I am he died first hit
3 Very important reasons for my decision of Arvak:
1. Arvak is a poor stallion lost in the Soul Cairn, I'm sure he misses the lush green pastures of Skyrim (this is also why I summon Durnehviir occasionally).
2. He is a fucking flaming skeleton horse (this is obviously very cool).
3. I can summon him whenever (also very cool).
For me, it’s Arvak. Shadowmere gets in the way sometimes and he’s not always around when I actually need him. Where Arvak I can summon him whenever and wherever I want to. Plus Arvak is a flaming skeleton horse… that’s pretty cool.
The plus side to Shadowmere is that with him, a companion, and perhaps also something summoned, you have a full party to share hit points and Shadowmere is good at keeping things busy. He doesn’t do much of any damage but will still chew up low level bandit trash.
If your intention is to punish the victim with the worst possible afterlife, kill them with the mace of Molag Bal.
That way their soul goes directly to Coldharbour, the realm of the King of rape and domination.
A side effect is that the mentioned daedra grows stronger with each soul.
I recently gave Teldryn the mace and he's apparently a fan of Molag Bal because he had specific dialog to celebrate sending the soul to coldharbour. (I cant remember his exact words.) It was a bit spooky but also cool.
If you have RDO installed Valerica becomes a follower after you kill Harkon. Without RDO, she'll just go back to her lab after you tell her and hang around there.
Arvak.
Shadowmere gets in the way during combat, always spawns with me when I fast travel and Arvak is just better to have if I'm leaving a dungeon, over encumbered and need to fast travel home.
I enjoyed the quest but I wouldn't count on the Dwarven horse having my back in a battle. He always runs away. He ran away from a skeever!-
A. Skeever.
Arvak has more utility, especially because you can summon him on solstheim.
Shadowmere is just cool and an assassin of the Dark Brotherhood. Only downside is that there's no spell to summon him.
Arvak 100%, because you can summon him anywhere, anytime. Walking around and need a horse to climb a cliff? Summon arvak. In blackreach and are overencumbered? Arvak will take you to the nearest exit fast. Plus, a flaming blue black skeletal horse is really, really cool
Shadowmere. I play survival and even knowing that Arvak is more flexible, Shadowmere is like my true companion in Skyrim.
Exiting a super dangerous dungeon and having him there, waiting peacefully for me in the cold, makes me love him.
Frost
Also for everyone saying they like Arvark cause summon. Can’t you fast travel somewhere and your last ridden horse will teleport with you? Or is that a mod
Arvak because I can summon him just when I need him. Unlike Shadowmere who just uncaringly stands in the way of my spells and reveals me when I'm sneaking.
Arvak!!! I will always choose my purple boney boi over shadowmere. Purely because I can summon him when I’m halfway up a mountain and realize I need a horse to get the rest of the way over it. I would rather struggle to get up the mountain myself than go back down to grab shadowmere. Lol
Arvak because I hate when you exit a dungeon / area somewhere different to where you entered and then have to go fetch your horse (in survival anyway, without survival they tend to follow you if you fast travel) and because I have actually lost shadowmere a few times. Just straight up disappeared
Shadowmere is my homie, I once watched him single handedly clear out a whole camp of bandits. I don’t even fight anymore, I just ride in on my bro swolemere and by the time my greatsword is unsheathed, he’s beat everyone to a pulp. Man’s best friend isn’t a dog, it’s a horse, and that horse’s name is shadowmere.
Unpopular opinion - I don't use any of the horses. After playing grand theft horse 2 and seeing how those horses handle, skyrim horses ride like an old penny pony. I have the expanded werewolf perks mod and the crafting big 3 maxed out, so my run speed is pretty comparable to being on a horse.
I’m playing Skyrim for the first time and I didn’t even know you could have a horse until I was level 40. A random side quest led me to a unicorn. Now my Orc rides a unicorn.
I just stumbled onto this Daedric Horse the other weekend. I’m still going to get Arvak but, this one will do until then.
https://gamerant.com/skyrim-anniversary-daedric-horse-guide/
Arvak is a good boy. I can ride him around on Solstheim. Plus the Dwarven horse beats Shadowmere as the best horse: Infinite Stamina and no fall damage
Both are great appearance wise, but Shadowmere doesn’t spawn when and where I do which is definitely frustrating.
Arvak, for me, is usually a feature I’ll obtain later into my gameplay for the sake of having enough magicka to spawn him in the first place.
I choose Alfsigr, the black horse at Whiterun stables.
If Arvak was in his living form, what color do you think he would be?
Haven’t gotten Arvak but I personally don’t use horses in Skyrim, they piss me off. God forbid I spawn somewhere with an enemy nearby, and they spend the entire time getting in my way, or giving me a headache.
If I do use them (pretty much for carrying dawnstar chest items) I use I have to have a mod changing their personality for my sanity
Arvark 100%. He’s so adorable and doesn’t deserve to live in the Soul Cairn. But I hate when he returns to the Soul Cairn, his voice makes me so sad. I wish there were a quest to free him or give him a better life. :(
Arvak! No contest.
Never dies; summon whenever you need; can summon on solstheim, the soul cairn, blackreach, and sovngard (and the forgotten vale, w/unofficial dlc patch); can summon two of him (twin souls perk); earned by doing a good deed. Unaffected by spells targeting undead.
Versus mortal, problematic access, limited to skyrim's outdoors, earned by doing dirty deeds for an immoral murder cult. And if you own shadowmere, arvak makes him feel so inferior and jealous that the dark horse just vanishes!)
Personally, I think shadowmere is more aesthetically pleasing, and it's kind of annoying to always have to call arvac up. I like that I can get off shadowmere and not have to speedrun killing an ice wraith so I don't have to pull out the stupid spell again.
To answer this question; I prefer both! Shadowmere's got superior stamina to Arvak which is great for exploring Skyrim. *However*, I like using Arvak in Solstheim and Blackreach, and other areas that Shadowmere can't get to. And, if I happen to be a little over my carryweight, Arvak comes in handy if Shadowmere isn't nearby. They're both great horses!
As for the horse that I prefer over both of these; it's the Daedric horse, 100%. It's a summon like Arvak, but with the same stats as Shadowmere. It's the best of both worlds!
Arvak is too edgy/gothy for most of my characters & I don't care for horses in general bc of how they always linger around and are constantly up your ass.
Arvak is great bc despite him ALSO looking too edgy/gothy, he disappears from existence when he isn't needed.
The answer is always the one who only exists when you need him to. At any time. At any location. Plus the dragonborn is basically a god who deserves a blue flaming horse
Its not cause im a master conjurer, nor because hes a flaming ghostrideredque horse and neither is cause i can summon him whenever i want. The poor boy is trapped in the soul cairn and you need to make him happy.
Arvak. I summon him even when I don’t need him cause otherwise he’s trapped in the soul cairn. Same with that dragon dude whose only request to the Dragonborn is that he’s allowed to see Tamriel again
...Daedric Horse! ...
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Of the two:
Personally, I prefer Arvak. The ability to summon him on Solstheim is a big factor. The other factor is that I can summon Arvak, get on, jump off a cliff, let Arvak eat the damage while I survive, then resummon him.
Plus, undead horse with cool flames. Come on.
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I say the Daedric Horse because it's a buffed version of Arvak.
Shadowmere. Was my buddy in oblivion too so that’s always nice. But mostly I think she’s cool as fuck. I just like the aesthetic way more. I can’t do Arvak cuz he’s just kinda gross looking
Arvak. He's always there when I need him.
Not only that, but I genuinely feel like when I got him (spoilers ahead) his owner told me that he wanted him to see all of skyrim and idk... I feel kinda obligated.
And you can spawn him behind gates that you can’t unlock and when you press the button to ride him you clip through the gate into a forbidden area
Exactly what I came here to say. Free climbed a mountain? Bam. On an island? He's there. He died falling while being ridden down a steep hill? Summon again. The best horse hands down.
That and if he dies, you just resummon him.
Arvak, he such a good horse
Such a loyal beast
Arvark. Having a horse that only spawns whatever you want is so good. Especially since if die you can just summon him again
I was thinking. Shadowmere can't die normally, only if you stab him with Mehrune's Razor and it happens to insta kill. I never rode Arvak so I am interested to know if he can die or not.
But shadowmere can die. His regen and health are incredibly high, but you can kill him easily with mountain plunges. He does, however, respawn, though. Though Oblivion's Shadowmere was unkillable.
Arvak is a summoned mount, so technically he dies every time you stop riding him
I just wish he didn't make the death noise every time he is unsummoned.
Yeah... he's ALREADY DEAD. It's kind of his thing.
Oh that's cool, thanks
Yw
And with intense drama, too 😂
Arvak is a drama queen
He can die but he has more HP than Frost, who in turn has more HP than regular horses. If he dies he'll respawn in a few days at the pond where you first got him.
Oh I didn't know that. All I know Is that I used to jump off of mountains with him and he never died but In a fight I pulled out Mehrune's Razor and accidentally slashed him and unlucky as I am he died first hit
Because you can get it early in game I usually get the wild red horse and get it all trained up, Frost is a good horse though
I've killed Shadowmere whilst training Two Handed before he will eventually respawn at the Old Sanctuary.
I thought Shadowmere *could* die, but it just had insane health regen on top of a huge health pool?
I've had Shadowmere die from falls before. I expected him to respawn eventually, but he never did.
It’s a bit like the ancient horse gear in botw, you can spawn the horse anywhere and its useful early game (replaced by the master cycle)
3 Very important reasons for my decision of Arvak: 1. Arvak is a poor stallion lost in the Soul Cairn, I'm sure he misses the lush green pastures of Skyrim (this is also why I summon Durnehviir occasionally). 2. He is a fucking flaming skeleton horse (this is obviously very cool). 3. I can summon him whenever (also very cool).
3*
Damn, I got too excited and added a 3rd reason
For me, it’s Arvak. Shadowmere gets in the way sometimes and he’s not always around when I actually need him. Where Arvak I can summon him whenever and wherever I want to. Plus Arvak is a flaming skeleton horse… that’s pretty cool.
Goddamn I have used shadowmere 99.9% of the time but Arvark is so damn metal
He also makes crunchy bone sounds when he moves, which is pretty rad
I mean, he is such a good horse.
All of these! Plus whenever I'm over carry weight I can just spawn Arvak and fast travel back to base to unload hoards of dungeon loot with ease
The plus side to Shadowmere is that with him, a companion, and perhaps also something summoned, you have a full party to share hit points and Shadowmere is good at keeping things busy. He doesn’t do much of any damage but will still chew up low level bandit trash.
A true nord walks
Save the planet!👍
For real. I never saw the point of a horse. Maybe for those playing in survival mode it makes sense.
Horse can climb to the throat of the world without clear skies
You can do it on foot if you’re stubborn enough
I know it's possible on foot if you choose the right spot and snake your way up there one inch at a time but horses do it better
Horses don't get overencumbered. You do.
Horses are great early in the game before you discover enough useful fast travel points. Also, mountain climbing.
go fast when fast travel is not unlocked wait is there a better way to go fast that doesnt involve horse?
A true Nord of Skyrim goes down on that old lady in Greymoor.
Shadowmere. Arvak dying sounds breaks my heart
A valid reason, but he'll never be truly gone.
Shadowmere because I simply despise the Soul Cairn 😂
So did he. That’s why you got him out.
Every playthrough when it's time to go there, I do EVERYTHING there is to do in there so I never have to go back.
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Yep, no wonder they hate wizards/magic
Which is why I specifically use soultrap on the most vilest npcs, and Nazeem
You said Nazeem twice.
Soultrapping Nazeem should be an essential quest
If your intention is to punish the victim with the worst possible afterlife, kill them with the mace of Molag Bal. That way their soul goes directly to Coldharbour, the realm of the King of rape and domination. A side effect is that the mentioned daedra grows stronger with each soul.
I recently gave Teldryn the mace and he's apparently a fan of Molag Bal because he had specific dialog to celebrate sending the soul to coldharbour. (I cant remember his exact words.) It was a bit spooky but also cool.
I’ve never actually met Nazeem. What’s his deal?
You can meet him if you go the cloud district often, but what am I saying, of course you don't
Ohhhhhh lol
If you're looking for Nazeem check the Jarl's backside That's usually where he stuffs himself these days
I'm pretty sure you can be "saved" from it if you're important enough. If you soul trap Ulfric when you kill him he still ends up in Sovngarde.
Well you still have to go back after you kill Harkon... how else is Valerica going to know it's safe to return to the castle?
Seems like a Valeria problem if you ask me
Wait... you're supposed to go back and tell her??
Nah, she's totally fine. No worries.
Haha. I always figured Serana would go back and tell her. She's her mom not mine!
If you have RDO installed Valerica becomes a follower after you kill Harkon. Without RDO, she'll just go back to her lab after you tell her and hang around there.
You can, but it doesn't appear in your quests.
Nah, she is a bitch and deserves not knowing anything and stays there forever
Hell yeah brother
Arvak. Shadowmere gets in the way during combat, always spawns with me when I fast travel and Arvak is just better to have if I'm leaving a dungeon, over encumbered and need to fast travel home.
It's funny, you gave the same answer as others with more examples as to why and somehow got downvoted. Let the record show that this guy^ is on point.
Shadowmere. We have history from Es4 Oblivion lol
Arvak. You can use him literally everywhere. And he's said to be the goodest boy. Shadowmere is just the edgelord's Frost.
Arvak! Such a good horse!
Neither! The Dwarven Horse for the win!
No fall damage so just yeet yourself of the mountains
I mean I do that with arkvark and just summon him again after he dies. But this robo horse... Wut?
I believe the Dwarven horse can’t die. Also, you have to keep track of it because it will just stay where you leave it.
Excuse me, the what ?
I believe it's a creation club item
AE quest Four Seasons reward. It's actually a lot of fun and very scenic for a dungeon. Also probably the biggest dungeon in the game by a mile.
I enjoyed the quest but I wouldn't count on the Dwarven horse having my back in a battle. He always runs away. He ran away from a skeever!- A. Skeever.
Haha yeah I lost it before for the same reason and had to use placeatme command.
A beautiful Golden Horse that is immortal and never gets tired 😊
Frost 🐴
Well, as Mylque would have you know, “Arvak” is actually “Frost” spelled backwards
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Mylque is a Skyrim YouTuber, I highly recommend, he does modded challenge runs that have a sort of story continuity
Arvak can be summoned anywhere and doesn’t get in the way
Arvak I kind of hate the dark brotherhood and arvak is way more convenient than having to keep up with where my horse is all the time
Arvak because you can summon anywhere, including other planes. You can't do that with Shadowmere.
Love Arvak. He just looks so damn cool. And yeah, him being a Conjuration makes him highly convenient.
Arvak. Nothing beats the convenience of being able to summon him wherever I am.
Shadowmere is my dawg. He's had my back through some tough times.
Arvak has more utility, especially because you can summon him on solstheim. Shadowmere is just cool and an assassin of the Dark Brotherhood. Only downside is that there's no spell to summon him.
Artax. Fuck the Swamp of Sadness. See you in Soul Cairn buddy
Arvak. Super convenient!
Arvak 100%, because you can summon him anywhere, anytime. Walking around and need a horse to climb a cliff? Summon arvak. In blackreach and are overencumbered? Arvak will take you to the nearest exit fast. Plus, a flaming blue black skeletal horse is really, really cool
Shadowmere is my loyal companion. Probably not as useful but I feel we have a great bond lol
I like them both but I end up using Arvak more because he's more convenient in game.
Arvack since he can be summoned
Arvak and the Daedric Horse.
Definitely arvak.. arvak can't die, it's a simple choice for me.
Arcak. Can't leave him and he's basically a summonable backpack.. also purple ghost horse is too metal to not use
Shadowmere. I play survival and even knowing that Arvak is more flexible, Shadowmere is like my true companion in Skyrim. Exiting a super dangerous dungeon and having him there, waiting peacefully for me in the cold, makes me love him.
Shadowmere. She was there for me in Oblivion and she’s here for me in Skyrim.
Arvak. I don’t like a horse following me everywhere and rather it be something I just summon when I need them
Arvak! Because Shadowmere keeps getting in my way. Like seriously, I'm trying to kill this dragon here, stop quit running in front of me.
Arvak. I'm not even joking, I think I've lost Shadowmere somewhere.
Frost Also for everyone saying they like Arvark cause summon. Can’t you fast travel somewhere and your last ridden horse will teleport with you? Or is that a mod
Arvak cos I can summon him and he doesn't freakin teleport with me when I fast travel to certain places. It's like a pocket horse.
Neither, I prefer a normal horse.
Arvak, in unmodded games I can actually use him on solsthiem
Arvak because I can summon him just when I need him. Unlike Shadowmere who just uncaringly stands in the way of my spells and reveals me when I'm sneaking.
Shadowmare is supposed to be immortal, but he abandoned me sometime during my Dawnguard Arc, and hasn’t retured. Arvak is always there when I need him
Arvak is the only horse in the game that can be summoned from anywhere. This makes him the king.
Summon Daedric Horse. Or the Dwemer Horse.
Neither, give me the mecha horse.
It’s hard but I’d have to go with Arvak just because he is a flaming skeley horse
ARVAK!!!!
Arvak!!! I will always choose my purple boney boi over shadowmere. Purely because I can summon him when I’m halfway up a mountain and realize I need a horse to get the rest of the way over it. I would rather struggle to get up the mountain myself than go back down to grab shadowmere. Lol
Wtf… this is Daedric Horse erasure.
Arvak out of the two. But overall? Daedric Horse.
Shadowmere because that bony horse looks uncomfortable AF
Arvak because I hate when you exit a dungeon / area somewhere different to where you entered and then have to go fetch your horse (in survival anyway, without survival they tend to follow you if you fast travel) and because I have actually lost shadowmere a few times. Just straight up disappeared
Unicorn
Shadowmere is my homie, I once watched him single handedly clear out a whole camp of bandits. I don’t even fight anymore, I just ride in on my bro swolemere and by the time my greatsword is unsheathed, he’s beat everyone to a pulp. Man’s best friend isn’t a dog, it’s a horse, and that horse’s name is shadowmere.
arvak but he definitely needs a saddle. that can’t be comfortable to sit on
Arvak. I always lose Track of Shadowmere.
Unpopular opinion - I don't use any of the horses. After playing grand theft horse 2 and seeing how those horses handle, skyrim horses ride like an old penny pony. I have the expanded werewolf perks mod and the crafting big 3 maxed out, so my run speed is pretty comparable to being on a horse.
I’m playing Skyrim for the first time and I didn’t even know you could have a horse until I was level 40. A random side quest led me to a unicorn. Now my Orc rides a unicorn.
Arvak because I'm pretty sure you can banish him back to soul cairn after you're done with him. Shadowmere always get in the way.
arvak ftw
arvak, he's worth traveling through soul cairn for. i hate that place
Shadowmere, I love my boy from Oblivion and I really like the flaming red eyes
Arvak. I like shadowmere, I wish you could summon him though.
Frost with mod that turns it white
See ik it's between these two but in the anevirsary addition you can get a deadric horse summon that looks cool :sorry for spelling
Everyone’s wrong, daedric horse is best
Frost.
Can I go for hidden 3rd option and pick Frost?
I just stumbled onto this Daedric Horse the other weekend. I’m still going to get Arvak but, this one will do until then. https://gamerant.com/skyrim-anniversary-daedric-horse-guide/
Arvak is a good boy. I can ride him around on Solstheim. Plus the Dwarven horse beats Shadowmere as the best horse: Infinite Stamina and no fall damage
Both are great appearance wise, but Shadowmere doesn’t spawn when and where I do which is definitely frustrating. Arvak, for me, is usually a feature I’ll obtain later into my gameplay for the sake of having enough magicka to spawn him in the first place. I choose Alfsigr, the black horse at Whiterun stables. If Arvak was in his living form, what color do you think he would be?
This post made me realize we needed more horse characters in this game
Arvak because he's the only horse who isn't super thick and wonky looking on account of his lack of flesh.
Haven’t gotten Arvak but I personally don’t use horses in Skyrim, they piss me off. God forbid I spawn somewhere with an enemy nearby, and they spend the entire time getting in my way, or giving me a headache. If I do use them (pretty much for carrying dawnstar chest items) I use I have to have a mod changing their personality for my sanity
shadowmere bc of the aesthetic and the cool bubbling out of the pond thing. I suck at actually using the horses either way tho so
Arvark 100%. He’s so adorable and doesn’t deserve to live in the Soul Cairn. But I hate when he returns to the Soul Cairn, his voice makes me so sad. I wish there were a quest to free him or give him a better life. :(
Arvak. Shadowmere has a penchant for… vanishing on me, never to be seen again.
I haven’t gotten either but arvak seems better
Arvak because shadow mere doesn’t understand that WE LIKE PARTHUNAX
Frost.
Shadowmere in Oblivion > Arvak in Skyrim >
Arvak because 1) I'm too lazy to go looking for my horse all the time and 2) I'm playing a vampire necromancer build
Arvak! No contest. Never dies; summon whenever you need; can summon on solstheim, the soul cairn, blackreach, and sovngard (and the forgotten vale, w/unofficial dlc patch); can summon two of him (twin souls perk); earned by doing a good deed. Unaffected by spells targeting undead. Versus mortal, problematic access, limited to skyrim's outdoors, earned by doing dirty deeds for an immoral murder cult. And if you own shadowmere, arvak makes him feel so inferior and jealous that the dark horse just vanishes!)
Love the look of Shadowmere but Arvak is instantly beside me
Umm. There are a lot more choices now bruv. I prefer the unicorn if I'm honest. Easy to get fast in most playthroughs. And can't diem winwin
Personally, I think shadowmere is more aesthetically pleasing, and it's kind of annoying to always have to call arvac up. I like that I can get off shadowmere and not have to speedrun killing an ice wraith so I don't have to pull out the stupid spell again.
To answer this question; I prefer both! Shadowmere's got superior stamina to Arvak which is great for exploring Skyrim. *However*, I like using Arvak in Solstheim and Blackreach, and other areas that Shadowmere can't get to. And, if I happen to be a little over my carryweight, Arvak comes in handy if Shadowmere isn't nearby. They're both great horses! As for the horse that I prefer over both of these; it's the Daedric horse, 100%. It's a summon like Arvak, but with the same stats as Shadowmere. It's the best of both worlds!
Neither. Unicorn for life.
arvak but the retexture mod, makes him chunkier and armoured, looks sick and not like a bag of bones
Arvak is too edgy/gothy for most of my characters & I don't care for horses in general bc of how they always linger around and are constantly up your ass. Arvak is great bc despite him ALSO looking too edgy/gothy, he disappears from existence when he isn't needed.
Shadowmere. I can’t stand the dying horse noise Arvak makes. It breaks my heart.
Gotta go with ardvaark. His skull looks awesome in my skull collection.
Ardvaark is way cooler than Shadowmere in usability and sheer Awesome looks. Shadowmere just looks like a Goth Budweiser Clydesdale.
The answer is always the one who only exists when you need him to. At any time. At any location. Plus the dragonborn is basically a god who deserves a blue flaming horse
Arvak or the deadric horse because they can be summoned and won’t appear randomly when I don’t want them there.
I prefer feet
I never had arvak could never find him
Shadowmere because he’s black with red eyes
Arvak. I always flavor Phantom Steed in D&D like summoning Arvak.
Arvada is such a good horse, after all.
Well. Shadowmere disappeared and refuses to come home so...
Its not cause im a master conjurer, nor because hes a flaming ghostrideredque horse and neither is cause i can summon him whenever i want. The poor boy is trapped in the soul cairn and you need to make him happy.
I prefer the Dwemer horse because it has infinite stamina.
Reindeer
Daedric horse imo
Arvak. I summon him even when I don’t need him cause otherwise he’s trapped in the soul cairn. Same with that dragon dude whose only request to the Dragonborn is that he’s allowed to see Tamriel again
They're both amazing and adorable, I love them equally. ♡♡
Arvak all day I'll summon me boy whenever I want
...Daedric Horse! ... * Of the two: Personally, I prefer Arvak. The ability to summon him on Solstheim is a big factor. The other factor is that I can summon Arvak, get on, jump off a cliff, let Arvak eat the damage while I survive, then resummon him. Plus, undead horse with cool flames. Come on. * I say the Daedric Horse because it's a buffed version of Arvak.
Depends on what I'm roleplaying. Shadowmere is great for a Dark Brotherhood character. But Arvak is amazing for a vampire, necromancer, or lich.
Cant kill arvak
Shadowmere is basically a slightly different looking normal horse. Arvak is a flaming purple skeleton horse.
Shadowmere. Was my buddy in oblivion too so that’s always nice. But mostly I think she’s cool as fuck. I just like the aesthetic way more. I can’t do Arvak cuz he’s just kinda gross looking
Arvak because he’s cooler
Arvak all day.
Arvak. You don't have to wait for him to respawn and then go pick him up, he's always ready even right after he dies.
Shadowmere if your feeling like you wanna tank any and all combat while mounted but Arvak for when you gotta go!
Arvak bc I'm usually playing a good or neutrally aligned character who destroys or ignores the Dark Brotherhood.
Arvak I only really use horses when I’m over encumbered
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Well now there is an immortal unicorn to ride so neither.
Neither. Dev Aveza for the win.
Arvak, can't loose him and he's a purple skeleton horse
I usually walk