Armor (Oblivion)

Armor is material that is worn over the body to prevent or reduce damage from an attack. It is divided into the two categories based on the skill needed to effectively wear each: Light Armor and Heavy Armor. There are approximately 700 pieces of armor in. There are 70 full sets of armor and 100 custom pieces.

Armor rating affects the percent of damage you take from physical attacks. For example, with an armor rating of 20, you would take 80% damage from physical attacks. The max armor rating you can get is 85, even if your armor or any shield effects adds up to more. Wearing any kind of armor will lower your spell effectiveness, which is determined by the number of armor pieces you wear and your skill level in it. At Journeyman level in the armor skills, wearing any armor piece will put the Spell effectiveness at 95% which can't be increased further.

At Master mastery level, with the combined perks of their respective skills, the best types of Light and Heavy armor offer the same overall level of protection, both with no movement penalties and no weight for armor you are wearing, so they are essentially the same at end-game—unless you want to carry multiple sets of enchanted armor for different situations, in which case Light armor is superior. However, Light armor requires that all equipped pieces of armor be Light, so you can't make use of certain powerful pieces of Heavy armor like the Escutcheon of Chorrol.

For a list of enchanted armor, see Category:Oblivion: Enchanted Armor
 * Armor of the Crusader is either, depending on the player's better skill, light or heavy armor
 * Like with weapons, there are armor pieces that are completely useless in terms of actual use and are only displayed for decorative purposes: Ceremonial Armor.

Enchanted boots

 * Boots of Grounding
 * Boots of the Harbinger
 * Boots of the Unburdened
 * Boots of Legerity
 * Boots of Bloody Bounding
 * Borosilacate Boots
 * Cursed Storm Boots

Enchanted cuirasses

 * Aegis of the Apocalypse
 * Ambassador's Cuirass
 * Chameleon Cuirass
 * Crystalline Cuirass
 * Cuirass of Cleansing
 * Cuirass of Health
 * Cuirass of the Assassin
 * Cuirass of the Herald
 * Fence Cuirass
 * Merchant's Cuirass

Enchanted gauntlets

 * Armor Crafter's Gauntlets
 * Barkeep's Gauntlets
 * Deer skin Gauntlets
 * Beveled Gauntlets
 * Gauntlets of Infiltration
 * Gauntlets of Punishment
 * Sniper Gauntlets
 * Sunburt Gauntlets

Enchanted greaves
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 * Greaves of Fluid Motion
 * Greaves of Resilient Flesh
 * Greaves of Shaded Rest
 * Greaves of Skill
 * Greaves of the Cat
 * Greaves of the Kiln
 * Greaves of the Tumbler
 * Greaves of the Unstoppable
 * Mage Fighter's Greaves
 * Magebane Greaves
 * Magekiller Greaves

Enchanted helmets

 * Black Marsh Helmet
 * Cave Diver's Helmet
 * Fin Gleam
 * Helm of Ferocity
 * Helm of Oreyn Bearclaw
 * Helmet of Power
 * Helmet of Spell Resistance
 * Helmet of the Deep
 * Helmet of the Flood
 * Helmet of the Hunter
 * Inquisitor's Helmet
 * Magehunter's Helmet
 * Mage's Helmet