Online:Sabre Cat

This article is about the creature. For the mount, see Sabre Cat (mount).

Sabre Cat (lore page)
Location	Bangkorai, Boulderfall Pass, Eastmarch, Forelhost, The Lion's Den, Mammoth Ridge, Old Sord's Cave, The Rift, Treva's Farm Shadowgreen, Western Skyrim Gloomreach, The Reach
Species	Sabre Cat
Health	31,364
Reaction	Hostile

A Sabre Cat

Sabre Cats are large, aggressive felines with long teeth, hostile to wildlife and man on sight, predominantly found in Skyrim. Sabre cats in Western Skyrim have white fur with small black blotches. Sabre cat cubs can be found on the Frozen Coast.

Related Quests

• The Gates of Adamant: Defeat a Daedric terror and depart from Balfiera. (disabled since Update 44)
• In His Wake: Help Riften recover from the giant attack.
• Soul Harvest: Save the souls of the dead from the Worm Cult's animus geodes.

Skills and Abilities

Claw

A basic melee attack that deals minor physical damage.

Bite

A basic melee attack that deals minor physical damage.

Rend

A basic melee attack that hits twice for minor physical damage.

Double Strike

The sabre cat readies up before swiping its target twice, dealing moderate physical damage. This can be blocked to set the sabre cat off-balance.

Backstabber

The sabre cat has a passive ability that causes it to deal 20% more damage when attacking the target's back.

Unique Sabre Cats

• Ammabani, the group boss of Ammanabi's Pride
• Old Strongclaw, one of the champions in Crimson Cove

Variants

• Frost-Cursed Skeletal Sabre Cats, undead sabre cats found in Verglas Hollow
• Snowy Sabre Cats, sabre cats found on the Frozen Coast and in Shadowgreen
• Vampiric Sabre Cats, sabre cats afflicted with vampirism found in Western Skyrim and The Reach

Generic Sabre Cats

Generic, unnamed Sabre Cats can be encountered in various places across Tamriel, including delves, dungeons, and DLC content. These Sabre Cats have varying stats, namely health. Below is a list of Sabre Cats, categorized by location, difficulty and health.

Zone / Dungeon	Specific Location	Difficulty	Condition	Health
Isle of Balfiera	Balfiera Island area		Animated Statue	31,364
Cyrodiil	Northern Cyrodiil			42,700
Tamriel	Summoned by spriggans			25,091
The Rift	Ammabani's Pride			29,870/31,364
Eastmarch, The Rift	Summoned by pet rangers			39,959
Verglas Hollow	Ice cavern		Frozen, Undead	31,364

Bugs

• Sabre Cats summoned by pet rangers are incorrectly named "Senche-Tiger", despite still using the Sabre Cat creature model.

Gallery

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  The original model for sabre cats

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  A snowy sabre cat from Western Skyrim

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  A black sabre cat from the Reach

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  A black sabre cat from the Reach

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  A Sabre Cat

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  A golem Sabre Cat in Balfiera

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  A snowy sabre cat cub