
for the Masque of Clavicus Vile) then the item cannot be improved at all, regardless of Smithing skill boosts and Perks. If no upgrade material is noted however, (e.g.
When the "Upgraded With" colum contains "N/A" for the required perk, this means that you must boost your Smithing Skill over 100 with potions of Fortify Smithing in order to improve the item beyond Flawless quality. All other sets can be acquired through the standard measures of crafting or random loot in the wild.
Unique sets are marked with an asterisk *, whereby we'll note where to find them. Occasionally one item of a set might rank higher than another for defense, but we're only considering items from a set as part of that overall group. We've ordered the below by full set stats, rather than individual stats, with items that don't belong to a specific set being included in a separate list.
Generally, our rankings are based on the defenses provided, with weight a secondary factor.
Whilst still an important factor for affecting movement speed, weight is generally less crucial for armor as it is for weaponry, particularly with the weight-removing Perks for the Light and Heavy armor skill trees unlocked. If you're looking to craft or enchant your armor, be sure to check out our detailed guide to power-levelling Smithing and Enchanting skills to hit that level cap and craft the best gear in the game as quickly as possible.
Maybe add some custom meshes to the weapons.Before we dive into the specifics of the best sets and individual pieces of kit, there are a couple points to bear in mind: I don't know any other issues but if you find some please write to me so I can try to fix it. I suggest that you start to use them a little later in the game as the stats are a little high. Near the Skyforge in Whiterun I've placed the armor set plus a skyforge steel sword and nightingale bow with some arrows. When I was doing it I thought: "Why don't I try to make a small mod out of it?". So I decidet to create a wolf armor set that was light armor with some adjustments just for fun. But because I usually play as a light armored character I couldn't use it. Introduction: Since the first time I played skyrim I thought that the wolf armor was one of the best looking armors in the whole game.