Skyrim:Advanced Armors

For the Smithing perk, see Advanced Armors (perk).

Advanced Armors is a Smithing perk that allows you to combine corundum and steel to craft two medium-quality armor types: scaled light armor and steel plate heavy armor (and with the Dragonborn add-on installed, an additional Nordic carved heavy armor and weapons). It is the second perk in the light armor branch of Smithing's perk tree. Unlocking it requires a Smithing skill of 50, and the Elven Smithing perk must have already been unlocked.

The Advanced Armors perk also causes tempering of scaled and steel plate armor to be twice as effective. This perk applies to both unenchanted armor and enchanted armor (generic armor or custom), as long as the Arcane Blacksmith perk has been unlocked. Tempering of the Helm of Yngol is also improved by Advanced Armors.

Scaled Armor

Scaled armor is a medium-quality light armor that is better than standard elven, although its cuirass is not as strong as elven gilded armor, making the two sets equal as an overall set. It appears in leveled lists starting at level 19 (enchanted varieties at level 20). All items can be tempered using 1 corundum ingot, and having the Advanced Armors perk doubles the quality improvement.

A female Imperial wearing scaled armor

A male Nord wearing scaled armor

A female Imperial wearing scaled horn armor

A male Nord wearing scaled horn armor

	Name (ID)				Raw Materials				Delta		Ratio
					Corundum	Steel	Leather	Strips
	Scaled Armor (0001b3a3)	6	350	32	2	3	2	3	-3.3	181	0.65	2.07
	Scaled Horn Armor (0001b3a4)	6	350	32	N/A				N/A
	Scaled Boots (0001b39f)	2	70	9	1	2	1	2	-3.2	-26	0.38	0.73
	Scaled Bracers (0001b3a0)	2	70	9	1	1	1	2	-2.2	-6	0.48	0.92
	Scaled Helmet (0001b3a1)	2	175	14	1	2	1	1	-3.1	82	0.39	1.88
Totals (for craftable items, without shield):		12	665	64	5	8	5	8

• The horn variety of scaled armor cannot be crafted or tempered.
  • This issue has been addressed by version 1.0 of the Unofficial Skyrim Patch; This allows creation using 2 Corundum Ingots, 2 Leather, 3 Steel Ingots, and 3 Leather Strips. It also allows tempering with a Corundum Ingot.

Steel Plate Armor

Steel plate armor is a medium-quality heavy armor that is better than Dwarven but not as good as Orcish. It appears in leveled lists starting at level 18 (enchanted varieties at level 19). All items can be tempered using 1 corundum ingot, and having the Advanced Armors perk doubles the quality improvement.

A female Imperial wearing steel plate armor

A male Nord wearing steel plate armor

	Name (ID)				Raw Materials				Delta		Ratio
					Corundum	Steel	Iron	Strips
	Steel Plate Armor (0001395c)	38	625	40	1	3	1	3	32.7	509	7.17	5.39
	Steel Plate Boots (0001395b)	9	125	14	1	2	1	2	4.8	32	2.14	1.34
	Steel Plate Gauntlets (0001395d)	6	125	14	1	2	1	2	1.8	32	1.43	1.34
	Steel Plate Helmet (0001395e)	6	300	19	1	2	1	2	1.8	207	1.43	3.23
Totals (without shield):		59	1175	87	4	9	4	9

Nordic Carved Armor^DB

Nordic carved armor is heavy armor added by the Dragonborn add-on. It can be found in random loot and on bandits starting at level 24, both in Skyrim and on Solstheim. It can be tempered with 1 quicksilver ingot, and the quality improvement is doubled with the Advanced Armors perk.

A female Imperial wearing Nordic carved armor

A male Nord wearing Nordic carved armor

	Name (ID)				Raw Materials				Delta		Ratio
					Ebony	Quicksilver	Strips	Steel
	Nordic Carved Armor (xx01cd97)	37	1600	43	1	1	3	6	28.7	1261	4.46	4.72
	Nordic Carved Boots (xx01cd96)	6	220	15	1	1	2	4	-0.2	-76	0.97	0.74
	Nordic Carved Gauntlets (xx01cd98)	6	220	15	1	1	2	3	0.8	-56	1.15	0.80
	Nordic Carved Helmet (xx01cd99)	7	550	20	1	1	2	4	0.8	254	1.13	1.86
	Nordic Shield (xx026236)	10	335	26.5	-	1	1	4	24.7	192	5.66	2.34
Totals (with shield):		66	2925	119.5	4	5	10	21
Totals (without shield):		56	2590	93	4	4	9	17

Nordic Weapons^DB

Nordic weapons are new weapons added in the Dragonborn add-on. It will start appearing at level 18 both in Skyrim and on Solstheim. They can be improved with 1 quicksilver ingot, and the quality improvement is doubled with the Advanced Armors perk.

	Name (ID)				Crit.	Speed	Reach	Raw Materials			Delta		Ratio
								Quicksilver	Strips	Steel
	Nordic Dagger (xx01cdae)	3.5	115	8	4	1.3	0.7	1	1	1	1.4	32	1.66	1.39
	Nordic Sword (xx01cdb1)	12	290	11	5	1	1	1	1	2	8.9	187	3.87	2.82
	Nordic War Axe (xx01cdb2)	14	350	12	6	0.9	1	1	2	2	10.8	244	4.38	3.30
	Nordic Mace (xx01cdb0)	16	410	13	6	0.8	1	1	1	1	13.9	327	7.62	4.94
	Nordic Greatsword (xx01cdaf)	19	585	20	10	0.7	1.3	1	3	5	12.7	416	3.02	3.46
	Nordic Battleaxe (xx01cdad)	23	650	21	10	0.7	1.3	1	2	5	16.8	484	3.71	3.92
	Nordic Warhammer (xx01cdb3)	27	700	23	11	0.6	1.3	1	3	5	20.7	531	4.29	4.14
	Nordic Bow (xx026232)	11	580	13	6	0.6875	1	1	-	3	7	460	2.75	4.84
	Nordic Arrow (xx02623b)	0	4	14	N/A			1 Steel + 1 Quicksilver + 1 Firewood = 24 Nordic ArrowsDG			-7	11	0.00	1.13

Notes

• There are recipes named RecipeArmorSteelPlateShield and TemperArmorSteelPlateShield found in the Creation Kit, which may mean that at some point during development, a steel plate shield was to be in the game.