Dwarven Armor (Skyrim)



Dwarven Armor refers to a set of matching Heavy Armor pieces in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

About
This ancient bronze-gold coloured armour is the equipment of a lost race known as the Dwemer. Calcelmo, a character in Understone Keep, has a particular interest in many of the rare Dwarven items, and will ask you to bring him any pieces of Dwarven Armor if you find them.

When unimproved, Dwarven Armor is better than Iron and Steel Armor but not as effective as Steel Plate or other higher quality armors (as seen in the Smithing skill tree).

The quest Unfathomable Depths, given by the Argonian female From-Deepest-Fathoms in Riften, gives you a perk named Ancient Knowledge. It gives you a permanent 25% bonus to armor when wearing a full set of Dwarven armor, the perk also allows blacksmithing to increase at a 15% faster rate. At legendary quality a full set of Dwarven armor with the perk is equal to, if not slightly above maxed Daedric, seeing as how it has no armor bonuses compared to Dwarven.

Items
Like all Armors in Skyrim, Dwarven Armor is made up of 5 matching pieces.

Smithing
Dwarven Armor can be crafted with the Dwarven Smithing Perk available at Smithing level 30. Dwarven Metal Ingots are used to both craft and improve Dwarven Armor and Weapons. Crafting Dwarven Armor is a very effective way to grind this skill, due to the abundance of Dwarven Metal that can be found throughout the numerous Dwarven ruins in Skyrim.

Locations
In addition to Smithing the armor from Ingots, Dwarven Armor can be found in some Dwemer Ruins.


 * Nchuand-Zel has a full set of Dwarven Armor behind an expert lockpick gate in the Nchuand-Zel Armory.