Steel Plate Armor

Base Armor	Weight	Base Value
87 (set)	59 (set)	1175 (set)

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"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.

Steel Plate armor, Chitin Heavy armor and Nordic Carved armor are the only heavy armor sets that can be crafted by obtaining the perks for the light armor side of the Smithing skill tree.

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.
Worn by bandit chiefs and bounty collectors after level 18.

Fixed locations

Bolgeir Bearclaw in Solitude wears a full set, minus the helmet.
Uthgerd the Unbroken wears a full set minus the helmet.
Kharjo wears a full set, minus the helmet.
Salma at Ironbind Barrow wears a full set, minus the helmet.
Umana in Alftand wears a full set, minus the helmet.
Atar at Sanuarach Mine wears a full set after level 18.
Guards encountered at Black-Briar Lodge may be wearing sets at lower levels.

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:

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

Attributes by piece

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Trivia

Originally, this armor was to be called Nord Plate Armor, according to the book of concept art which came with the collectors 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.
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.
Due to its high value, crafting Steel Plate Armor instead of regular Steel Armor is a good way to level up Smithing faster.
This armor is very similar in protection to Orcish Armor without the shield.

Appearances

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

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