Weapons, Armor, and Items

Table II: General Data

Weapon Base Properties

This section lists the relative speed and stagger chance for each type of weapon, allowing you to choose the one best suited to your needs.

Standard Weapon, Heavy Armor, and Light Armor Progression

This section lists the standard weapon and armor materials in order of increasing value and damage/armor rating.

For each material, the table identifies the level at which it normally begins to appear.

• You can obtain items earlier than the indicated level in a variety of ways, such as aggressively increasing your Smithing Skill, discovering an exceptional item in a treasure chest, or clearing a dungeon well above your current level.
• Non-enchanted items show up at lower levels than their enchanted versions. Typically, enchanted items show up ~1-5 levels after the stated ‘Commonly Available’ level.

For each material, the level of the enchantments typically found on it are also listed. This is always a range, corresponding to the ‘Enchantment Level’ column in the Derived Enchantments Table. So, for example:

• Orcish Swords can be found with Ench Level 2-4 enchantments. So you might find an Orcish Sword of Flames (Fire Damage Ench Level 4), but never an Orcish Sword of the Inferno (Fire Damage Ench Level 6).
• Dragonscale Boots can be found with level 4-6 enchantments. So you might find a Dragonscale Boots of the Ox (Carry Weight Ench Level 5), but never a Dragonscale Boots of Lifting (Carry Weight Ench Level 1).

This range does not restrict the kinds of items you can enchant. So while you’re never given an Orcish Sword of the Inferno, you could enchant an Orcish Sword with a comparable fire enchantment if you really wanted to.

Standard Weapon Progression

Standard Heavy Armor Progression

Standard Light Armor Progression

Weapon Base Properties

Table III: Weapons

This section lists all of the weapons in the game and their properties.

The critical damage of all weapons is always equal to half their base damage, rounded down.

Weapons marked “Uses [Material] enchant list” have the same enchantment levels as an item of the indicated material type.

Enchanted weapons will have a higher value than shown here. The additional value added by the enchantment depends on the type and strength of the enchantment.

Weapons marked “Leveled” have several different leveled variants; you will always receive the one most appropriate to your level. Higher-level versions may have better statistics and stronger enchantments than the example listed here.

All weapons with the exception of Unique Weapons (of any type) can be found in a variety of locations throughout the world. Unique Weapons are tracked in the Atlas Chapter and Appendices of this guide. Note that unique items typically can’t be disenchanted unless their enchantment is one of the base enchantments.

Arrows

Bolts

Crossbows

Enemy / Faction-Specific Weapons

Skyforge Weapons

Standard Bows

Standard One-Handed Weapons

Standard Two-Handed Weapons

Children’s Toys (Hearthfire)

Other Weapons & Tools

Staffs

Unique Weapons - Dungeons

Unique Weapons - Dawnguard

Unique Weapons - Dragonborn

Unique Weapons - Quest Items

Unique Weapons - Quest Rewards

Table IV: Armor

This section lists all of the armor, robes, and other clothing available to you, and their properties.

Armor and Clothing marked “Uses [Material] enchant list” has the same enchantment levels as an item of the indicated material type.

Circlets, Rings, and Necklaces may appear with armor enchantments of any level.

Enchanted armor will have a higher value than shown here. The additional value added by the enchantment depends on the type and strength of the enchantment.

Armor and Clothing marked “Leveled” has several different leveled variants; you will always receive the one most appropriate to your level. Higher-level versions may have better statistics and stronger enchantments than the example listed here.

All shields are listed as being ‘Heavy Armor’. However, they don’t count as Heavy Armor for the purposes of skills or perks. For example:

• Your Heavy Armor skill doesn’t make you any better with a shield.
• If you have perks that only work if you’re wearing a full set of light armor or no armor, holding a shield doesn’t count against you.

Clothing often comes in a variety of appearances that aren’t distinguished by name (there are at least a half-dozen ‘boots’, for example). So a representative item from each set has been listed here. Be aware that an item’s appearance and properties may vary slightly between instances of these items.

All Armor and Clothing, with the exception of Unique Armor (of any type) can be found in a variety of locations throughout the world. Unique Armor and Outfits are tracked in the Atlas Chapter and Appendices of this guide.

Standard Light Armor Sets

Dawnguard Armor

Enemy / Faction-Specific Armor

Soldier and Guard Armor

Standard Armor Pieces

Vampire Armor

Jewelry - Circlets

Jewelry - Divines Amulets

Jewelry - Necklaces & Amulets

Jewelry - Rings

Standard Robes & Hoods

Unique Armor - Dragon Priest Masks

Unique Armor - Dungeon Rewards

Unique Armor - Quest Items

Unique Armor - Quest Rewards

Unique Armor - Dawnguard

Unique Armor - Dragonborn Acolyte Priest Masks

Unique Armor - Dragonborn Dungeon Rewards

Unique Armor - Dragonborn Quest Rewards

Unique Armor - Dragonborn Quest Items

Light Armor: Fur Armor

Clothing - Standard Outfits

Common clothes worn by people throughout Skyrim. Most outfits have several visual styles, but similar or identical names.

Quest / Unique Outfits

Unique outfits worn by important characters or during special events.