Armorer (Oblivion)

This skill determines your effectiveness while trying to repair damaged weapons and armor. You can increase your skill level by attempting to fix your own damaged equipment rather than taking it to a smith for repairs. Repairs attempted with the armorer skill are augmented by repair hammers.

Governing attribute: Endurance

Skill Levels

 * Novice: Cannot repair magic items
 * Apprentice: Repair hammers last twice as long
 * Journeyman: Can now repair magic items
 * Expert: Can repair items beyond their highest condition (up to 125%). These weapons and armor do extra damage or give extra defense
 * Master: Repair hammers never break; one hammer lasts a lifetime

Skill Selection Advice
While it may seem like a simple 'trade' skill, Armorer is crucial for any combat intensive character. Especially for long combat runs, like when closing Oblivion gates, your armor and weapons will fall apart quickly. Having a high armorer skill will let you repair enchanted items, and repair them past their original usefulness.

Leveling Tips

 * Repair weapons and armor every chance you get, including those from defeated characters.
 * Create a spell to damage weapons and/or armor on yourself, which is also a nice way to train Destruction without live targets.
 * Create a spell to drain Armorer to 0 for a very short time so it takes much longer to fully repair items since the skill increases on number of uses, not how well the repair is.
 * This can also be trained along with weapon and armor skills using Conjuration.
 * Once you reach Expert, you can much more easily train this skill since all weapons and armor goes up to 125%.
 * Simply bounding weapons and armor and repairing them over and over at Expert level is another quick way to train the skill.

Armorer Trainers

 * Refer to the Trainers page.

Books that permanently increase the Armorer skill

 * The Armorer's Challenge
 * Last Scabbard of Akrash
 * Light Armor Repair
 * Cherim's Heart of Anequina
 * Heavy Armor Repair