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Not to be confused with Legion Armor.
For other uses, see Imperial Armor.

Imperial Armor is a set of heavy armor that appears in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Imperial armor is primarily worn by Legates in the Imperial Legion.

"They don't make finer steel anywhere else. If this doesn't keep you from dying, nothing will."
Beirand[src]

Despite being made primarily of steel, it is one of the weakest types of heavy armor available, on par with iron armor. Unlike other sets, it comes with three variants of helmet — the craftable Imperial Helmet, Imperial Officer's Helmet and the Closed Imperial Helmet.

Locations[]

Pieces of Imperial armor typically cannot be found as random loot, however, during "Unbound," there are several Imperial soldiers in Helgen Keep who wear the armor, minus the helmet. There is a group of bandits that appears randomly in the world posing as Imperial Soldiers. The leader of these bandits will be wearing a set minus the helmet.

Fixed locations[]

Smithing[]

Imperial Armor requires a Smithing level of 20 and the Steel Smithing perk to create. Pieces can be forged at a blacksmith's forge with the following components:

Pieces can be upgraded with a steel ingot at a workbench and also benefit from the Steel Smithing perk, which doubles the improvement.

Only the standard Imperial Helmet may be crafted at a forge, the Officer and Closed helmets cannot.

The Art of Skyrim description[]

"The color red was reserved for the Imperials so the players could clearly see the presence of the Empire in Skyrim. To convey a more civilised contrast to the more rustic Stormcloaks, leather and steel took the place of fur and more roughly hewn metal plating."

Attributes by piece[]

Regular[]

Piece ArmorIcon WeightIcon Gold Leather Strips Leather Steel Ingot ID
Imperial Armor 25 35 100 3 2 4 000136D5
Imperial Boots 10 8 20 2 1 2 000136D6
Imperial Bracers 10 4 15 2 1 3 000136D4
Imperial Helmet 15 5 50 1 1 2 00013EDC
Imperial Shield 20 12 50 2 - 4 000135BA
Total (with shield) 80 64 235 10 5 15 -
Total (without shield) 60 52 185 8 5 11 -

Closed Helmet[]

Piece ArmorIcon WeightIcon Gold Leather Strips Leather Steel Ingot ID
Imperial Armor 25 35 100 3 2 4 000136D5
Imperial Boots 10 8 20 2 1 2 000136D6
Imperial Bracers 10 4 15 2 1 3 000136D4
Imperial Helmet 18 5 30 N/A N/A N/A 0009610D
Imperial Shield 20 12 50 2 - 4 000135BA
Total (with shield) 83 64 215 9 4 13 -
Total (without shield) 63 52 165 7 4 9 -

Officer's Helmet[]

Piece ArmorIcon WeightIcon Gold Leather Strips Leather Steel Ingot ID
Imperial Armor 25 35 100 3 2 4 000136D5
Imperial Boots 10 8 20 2 1 2 000136D6
Imperial Bracers 10 4 15 2 1 3 000136D4
Imperial Officer's Helmet 17 4 30 N/A N/A N/A 000136CF
Imperial Shield 20 12 50 2 - 4 000135BA
Total (with shield) 82 63 215 9 4 13 -
Total (without shield) 62 51 165 7 4 9 -

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

  • Imperial armor largely resembles Roman lorica segmentata armor in keeping with the overall theme of the Empire's military likeness to that of the Roman Empire.
  • Imperial Boots are identical in appearance to Steel Shin Boots, although they are not interchangeable for use of the "Matching Set" perk, due to them belonging to different sets of armor. Likewise, Imperial Bracers are identical in appearance to Steel Imperial Gauntlets, but are also not interchangeable for use of the latter due to the same reason.
  • Guards in Stormcloak Holds will say "You come talking to me wearing an Imperial Armor, you got stew for brains?"
    • Alternatively, guards in Imperial Holds will say "Now that's some fine Imperial Armor you got there."

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Appearances[]

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