Steel Plate Armor

Steel Plate Armor
Base Armor	87 (set)
Weight	59 (set)
Base Value	1175 (set)
Class	Heavy Armor
Upgrade Material	Corundum Ingot
Perk	Advanced Armors
ID	See table

"Ah, Steel Plate. Now there's a solid choice of armor."

―Hold Guards

Steel Plate Armor is a set of heavy armor in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

Locations

Unenchanted pieces of armor will begin to appear throughout Skyrim at level 18 and enchanted variants can be found at level 19. These locations include:

• Blacksmiths and general goods merchants.
• Found as random loot in chests or as a world item.

Fixed locations

Without helmet

• Mercenaries at Black-Briar Lodge
• Bolgeir Bearclaw, in the Blue Palace in Solitude
• Uthgerd the Unbroken, at The Bannered Mare in Whiterun
• Kharjo
• Salma in Ironbind Barrow
• Umana in Alftand
• Bounty collectors after level 18.

Full set

• Rigel Strong-Arm in Pinewatch after level 18.
• Full sets are worn by bandit chiefs after level 18.

Separate pieces

• Guards encountered at Black-Briar Lodge wear the chest piece.
• Vigilant Tolan wears the gauntlets and boots.
• Afflicted at Bthardamz may wear the boots, gauntlets, and/or helmet.
• Bandit Marauders may wear the chest, gauntlets, boots or helmet.
• Atar in Sanuarach Mine can be wearing a full set after level 18, but may be missing a helmet or gauntlets.

Smithing

Steel Plate Armor requires a Smithing level of 50 and the Advanced Armors perk to create. Pieces can be forged at a blacksmith's forge with the following components:

• Corundum Ingot
• Leather Strips
• Iron Ingot
• Steel Ingot

Pieces can be upgraded with a Corundum ingot at a workbench, and also benefits from the Advanced Armors perk, which doubles the improvement.

Attributes by piece

Piece				Leather Strips	Iron Ingot	Corundum Ingot	Steel Ingot	ID
Steel Plate Armor	40	38	625	3	1	1	3	0001395C
Steel Plate Boots	14	9	125	2	1	1	2	0001395B
Steel Plate Gauntlets	14	6	125	2	1	1	2	0001395D
Steel Plate Helmet	19	6	300	2	1	1	2	0001395E
Total	87	59	1,175	9	4	4	9	–

Gallery

Male and Female variants.

Steel Plate Armor concept art

Steel Plate Armor female breastplate variant concept art

Trivia

• Originally, this armor was to be called "Nord Plate Armor," according to the book of concept art which came with the collector's version of the game.
• It was supposed to have a matching "Steel Plate Shield," as seen in The Official Guide to Skyrim. Statistics for this were 28 armor, 14 weight, and 325 value.
• Jarl Balgruuf the Greater wears a set of this armor without the helmet during the Battle for Whiterun, if the player sides with the Stormcloaks.
• At low levels, the entire set (except for the helmet) can be obtained by finding Uthgerd the Unbroken, brawling her, recruiting her as a follower, then killing her outside the city.

Appearances

• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim