Deathbrand Armor

Base Armor	Weight	Base Value
78.5	13	11269

ID
See below

For other uses, see Deathbrand.

The Deathbrand Armor is a unique set of stalhrim light armor that appears in The Elder Scrolls V: Dragonborn.

Individually, each piece is weaker than dragonscale armor, however when the whole set is worn it ranks higher than Daedric armor that is not tempered, due to the full set bonus.

History

The armor was said to be worn by the legendary pirate king, Haknir Death-Brand. After failing to find a worthy successor, his final wish before he died was for his crew to take a longboat to Solstheim and bury his armor in four separate locations on the coast, while he himself was buried in a barrow on the island.^[1]

Acquisition

All pieces are obtained from ancient chests that can only be found during the quest "Deathbrand." The locations are:

Name	Location
Deathbrand Armor	North of the Earth Stone, follow the coast. Guarded by two Reavers.
Deathbrand Boots	West of Tel Mithryn, by the cliffs near the shore. Surrounded by a group of Ash Spawn, and two dead Treasure Hunters.
Deathbrand Gauntlets	South of the Bristleback Cave, in a ditch before a river. Surrounded by a group of Mudcrabs. Follow the coast south from the cave.
Deathbrand Helm	Haknir's Shoal, north of the Wind Stone.

Smithing

The armor can be upgraded with a piece of Stalhrim and the Arcane Blacksmith perk at a workbench and benefits from the Ebony Smithing perk, which doubles the improvement.

Attributes by piece

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Trivia

The Official Game Guide incorrectly lists Deathbrand Armor as Heavy Armor.
Deathbrand armor is Light Armor, which benefits from Light Armor skill and perks. However, improving the armor through Smithing is ideally done with the Ebony Smithing perk, which is on the Heavy Armor side of the Smithing skill tree. This means that, unless the Dragonborn has the Smithing skill tree filled up to Ebony Smithing (though Daedric Smithing is required to improve the Deathbrand weapons), as well as a high Light Armor skill, the Dragonborn is not likely to benefit much from Deathbrand Armor.
Deathbrand armor is worn by a male Nord with a two-handed sword across his shoulders as one of the load screen images that is sometimes accompanied by the load text about stalhrim.

Appearances

The Elder Scrolls V: Dragonborn

References

↑ Deathbrand

[deathbrand-1] Deathbrand

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Armor in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Headgear Cuirass Boots Gauntlets Shields
Crafted Armor Sets
Light	Hide Imperial Light Leather Elven Chitin ^DR Scaled Glass Stalhrim Light ^DR Dragonscale
Heavy	Iron Ancient Nord Imperial Steel Bonemold ^DR Dwarven Steel Plate Chitin Heavy ^DR Nordic Carved ^DR Orcish Ebony Dragonplate Stalhrim ^DR Daedric
Non Crafted Armor Sets
Light	Fur Armor Dawnguard Armor ^DG Morag Tong Armor ^DR Penitus Oculatus Armor Shrouded Armor Skaal Armor ^DR Stormcloak Armor Stormcloak Officer Armor Vampire Armor ^DG
Heavy	Blades Armor Dawnguard Heavy Armor ^DG Falmer Armor Falmer Heavy Armor ^DG Falmer Hardened Armor ^DG Wolf Armor
Unique Armor Sets
Ancient Falmer Armor ^DG Ancient Shrouded Armor Armor of the Old Gods Ahzidal's Armor ^DR Blackguard's Armor ^DR Deathbrand Armor ^DR Guild Master's Armor Linwe's Armor Nightingale Armor Thieves Guild Armor Worn Shrouded Armor
Creation Club Armor Sets
Light	Daedric Mail Dwarven Mail Elven Hunter Leather Scout Orcish Scaled Stalhrim Fur Studded Dragonscale
Heavy	Daedric Plate Dwarven Plate Ebony Plate Insulated Dragonplate Iron Plate Orcish Plate Silver Steel Soldier
Related Topics
Light Armor Heavy Armor Smithing Armor in Dawnguard Armor in Dragonborn Armor in Anniversary Edition