Ebony Armor Set
Base Armor: 128 (set)	Weight 76 (set)	Base Value: 3550 (set)
Class: Heavy Armor
Upgrade Material: Ebony Ingot
ID: SEE TABLE

"Ebony armor, by Ysmir tis a wonderful sight..."

―Hold Guard

Ebony Armor is a heavy armor set in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Ebony Armor can be forged, if the Ebony Smithing perk from the Smithing skill tree is selected at level 80 or above. The set contains five pieces, including a shield, boots, a cuirass, gauntlets, and helmet. Pieces of Ebony Armor are used at the Atronach Forge in the Midden to craft pieces of Daedric Armor.

Comparisons and variations

Only Daedric and Dragonbone are stronger, statistically, than Ebony Armor. Ebony Mail, a Daedric artifact of Boethiah, is a unique armor piece of Ebony Armor.

Ebony Armor has appeared in every main Elder Scrolls title since Arena, where it usually serves as the set statistically outdone only by Daedric armor. Skyrim, however, omitted greaves, dropping the count from six to five pieces in the set.

Acquisition

After level 32, Ebony Armor can be found as randomized loot in containers and on leveled foes. After level 33, enchanted variations of Ebony Armor can be found. Blacksmiths and other armor vendors begin to sell articles of Ebony armor at these levels.

Attributes by piece

A list of different types of Ebony armor that can be crafted in Skyrim with their stats and the necessary materials. Values are from forge menu with no skill augmentation from enchanted apparel or potions.

Armor is shown as base values.

Name	Item ID	Armor	Weight	Value	Ebony Ingot	Leather Strips	Improvement material
Ebony Armor	00013961	43	38	1500	5	3	1 Ebony Ingot
Ebony Boots	00013960	16	7	275	3	2	1 Ebony Ingot
Ebony Gauntlets	00013962	16	7	275	2	2	1 Ebony Ingot
Ebony Helmet	00013963	21	10	750	3	2	1 Ebony Ingot
Ebony Shield	00013964	32	14	750	4	1	1 Ebony Ingot
Total	--------	128	76	3550	17	10	5 Ebony Ingots

Bugs

•  PS3   When Ebony Armor is picked, it will not add any weight to the inventory. After a few hours, however, the weight is added.
•  360   PS3   The 25% Armor Bonus added from the perk "Matching Set" may not be added when a full set of Ebony Armor is equipped.
•  PS3   The skin around the neck may be visible through the armor in the third person view with male characters but not with female characters. The Ebony Mail, however, does not have this issue.
•  360   PS3   When equipping an Ebony shield it might sometimes be invisible but can still be used. For vampires, the shield will be invisible and will not provide any stat bonuses.