Board Thread:Skyrim/@comment-14027812-20130820025507/@comment-25313753-20141127200740

I have noticed the same thing. It seems that if you say, get the' Dwarven Smithing' perc quickly, or loot a bunch of Dwemer metal, then suddenly all kinds of Dwarven armor and weapons start appearing in random loot. Same thing with enchantments. I think there is a level limitation which becomes negated as soon as you find an item of that type. For instance, I hadn't seen a single Elven item, I was about level 6 or 7, and I happened upon a small barrow near Winterhold, fought a bandit, and his apparent victim, an Alchemist by appearance, had an Elven dagger on him. Next time I went to see the local blacksmith in either Riften or Whiterun, they had a cpouple of Elven items for sale. I think you're supposed to be at least 10th or 15th level normally before Elven items begin to appear. Makes it interesting to find out where vrious desireable items might be found, and go looking for them early on in the game.