Steel Armor (Skyrim)

Steel Armor

Base Armor	Weight	Base Value
96 (set)	64 (set)	660 (set)

ID
See table below

For other uses, see Steel Armor.

"Aye, now that's some fine armor. Good old-fashioned steel."

―Hold Guard^[src]

Steel Armor is a set of heavy armor that appears in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. There are 2 versions of the cuirass available: with and without pauldrons (shoulder covers). They are identical aside from appearance.

Locations

Unenchanted pieces of armor will begin to appear throughout Skyrim at level 2 and enchanted variants can be found at level 3. These locations include:

Blacksmiths and general goods merchants.
Found as random loot in chests or as a world item.
Worn by mid-level bandit chiefs and hired thugs.

Smithing

Steel Armor requires 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.

Attributes by piece

Piece				Leather Strips	Iron Ingot	Steel Ingot	ID
Steel Armor	31	35	275	3	1	4	00013952
Steel Cuffed Boots	12	8	55	2	1	3	00013951
Steel Shin Boots	12	8	55	2	1	3	000F6F21
Steel Helmet	17	5	125	2	1	2	00013954
Steel Horned Helmet	17	5	125	2	1	2	000F6F24
Steel Nordic Gauntlets	12	4	55	2	1	2	00013953
Steel Imperial Gauntlets	12	4	55	2	1	2	000F6F23
Steel Shield	24	12	150	1	1	3	00013955
Total (with shield)	96	64	660	10	5	14	–
Total (without shield)	72	52	510	9	4	11	–

Gallery

Trivia

Although it would conceivably take more Steel Ingots to create, the version with pauldrons uses the same amount of materials as the version with no pauldrons.
Steel Shin Boots are identical in appearance to Imperial Boots, though they are not interchangeable for use of the "Matching Set" perk, due to them belonging to different sets of armor. Likewise, Steel Imperial Gauntlets are identical in appearance to Imperial Bracers, but are also not interchangeable for use of the latter due to the same reason.
The Steel Horned Helmet does not need any horns of creatures in the inventory to create, leaving one to speculate where the horns come from during the creation of the helmet.

Appearances

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	Amber Daedric Mail Dark Seducer Dwarven Mail Elven Hunter Leather Scout Netch Leather Orcish Scaled Painted Netch Leather Remnant Agent Remnant Shadowed Netch Leather Stalhrim Fur Studded Dragonscale
Heavy	Daedric Plate Dwarven Plate Ebony Plate Golden Saint Her Hand Imperial Dragon Indoril Insulated Dragonplate Iron Plate Iron Spell Knight Madness Orcish Plate Silver Steel Soldier Steel Spell Knight
Related Topics
Light Armor Heavy Armor Smithing Armor in Dawnguard Armor in Dragonborn Armor in Anniversary Edition