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I get the materials to make them like other games, but i can't seem to be able to make them. Is there a quest that has to be done before you can make arrows.

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Be careful not to shoot yourself in the knee. – Wipqozn Jan 13 '12 at 21:44
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fyi there's an arrowsmith mod for skyrim that allows you to craft arrows – spartacus Jan 13 '12 at 22:21

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You cannot craft arrows, however...

You can farm them, either from some Imperials practicing archery in Solitude, or from Thieves Guild member Cynric Endell doing the same in the Ragged Flagon.

With Dawnguard DLC

Now with Dawnguard DLC you can actualy craft arrow from a forge with blacksmith skills. Most of the time you'll need 

1x Firewood
1x Material (Iron, Dragonbone, Ebony, etc)

Example for a Daedric arrow you'll need

1x Firewoord
1x Ebony Ingot
1x Daedric Heart

So it's now possible to craft arrows if you have the right DLC installed.

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farming is the best way, reverse pickpocket a daedric arrow onto each thieves guild member, steal their other arrows, and gather up whatever they shoot. You can easily collect 100 daedric arrows in a few minutes in the thieves guild area. – spartacus Jan 13 '12 at 22:22
+1 because of the comment from @yx. – James Jan 13 '12 at 22:37
Wow, @yx, that's brilliant. – fbrereto Jan 14 '12 at 0:15
I can confirm @yx's trick works equally well with the Imperial guards in Solitude working on their archery skills... – fbrereto Jan 18 '12 at 17:43
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I wasn't able to do so in the latest version. Dunno if it's a fixed bug or me doing it wrong, but i stayed behind 30 mins letting them take turns, giving them 1 of my precious 4 arrows and they never shot any deadric arrows back... – Mathieu Dumoulin Jan 23 '12 at 13:13
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No, Bethesda has decided not to do so although there is a crafting file for it in the game. Maybe they'll patch it later?

But for the moment no, just scour the world shops and buy the arrows at the stores.

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i was doing that but no one has daedric arrows – doger Jan 13 '12 at 21:34
@doger Daedric arrows are exceptionally rare. Your best bet is the Fletcher in Solitude and finding them as drops. – LessPop_MoreFizz Jan 13 '12 at 21:36
I find that the more your level grows, the higher the drops are. I'm level 36 now and i find much more glass in shops and in drops than before. So my guess is that deadric arrows will start dropping eventually around level 45 and become much frequent around level 50 – Mathieu Dumoulin Jan 13 '12 at 21:40
no i got daedric arrows as a drop at lvl 25. thats how i knew they had them. – doger Jan 13 '12 at 21:44
@doger Ok cool, didn'T get any yet, maybe has something to do with archery level too, never know... – Mathieu Dumoulin Jan 13 '12 at 21:45
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You can craft arrows and bolts at a forge (Fort Dawnguard forge in the case of bolts) if you have the Dawnguard DLC. 1 firewood and 1 metal ingot (substite metal with dragon bone in the case of Dragonbone arrows) make 24 arrows or 10 bolts. It is impossible to craft arrows in Skyrim sans Dawnguard/mods.

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There is no fletching skill in Skyrim; only a skill to recover more arrows, Hunter's Discipline which Recover twice as many arrows from dead bodies.

Archery Skills

Edit: however, it seems to be added to the DawnGuard expansion

"If the Dawnguard plug-in has been installed, 1 Firewood can also be combined with a metal ingot to create 24 arrows or 10 bolts, of any craftable variety."

Firewood

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I took one of my housecarls, gave her one deadric arrow and took her other ones as well as her sword so she had to shoot with a bow. We went to the snow areas and hunted for anything to kill, the arrows are easier to spot in the snow. Just walking around and fast traveling to other snow areas I got 174 arrows in less that 15 minutes. When you are done give her back her fighting things and take yours

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