A pile of Dwemer artifacts.
Dwemer Artifacts are common metal objects made by the Dwemer that are usually found within Dwemer Ruins, either found on the bodies of slain Animunculi, in containers such as Dwemer chests and dressers or just lying around. The artifacts come in various shapes and sizes, and all are made of the mysterious Dwemer metal, and many, but not all can be smelted down into Dwarven metal ingots for making Dwarven armor and weapons. These ingots can only be found or created by smelting Dwemer artifacts, as there are no veins of Dwemer ore to be mined. Some Dwemer artifacts are quite heavy and yield relatively few ingots, others are light and can be smelted into more than their original weight of ingots.
There are some artifacts created by the Dwemer which are not common and are regarded as highly prized and valuable. They are sought after by scholars, adventurers and collectors.
List of artifacts[]
Smeltable[]
These items can be used in a smelter to create dwarven metal ingots. Unlike smeltable ores, each of the listed Dwemer scrap pieces can create multiple dwarven metal ingots. While the smallest piece yields only two ingots, the largest produces five.
| Item | Weight 
|
Value 
|
Ingots | Weight Per Ingot |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bent Dwemer Scrap Metal | 2 | 15 | 3 | 0.6 |
| Large Decorative Dwemer Strut | 15 | 10 | 2 | 7.5 |
| Large Dwemer Plate Metal | 2 | 15 | 3 | 0.6 |
| Large Dwemer Strut | 20 | 15 | 3 | 6.6 |
| Small Dwemer Plate Metal | 2 | 15 | 3 | 0.6 |
| Solid Dwemer Metal | 25 | 25 | 5 | 5 |
Non-smeltable[]
These items cannot be turned into ingots, but can be sold.
- Dwarven Knife
- Dwemer Bowl
- Dwemer Cog (ten of these are needed in the "Arniel's Endeavor" quest)
- Dwemer Cup
- Dwemer Dish
- Dwemer Fork
- Dwemer Gear
- Dwemer Gyro (one of these is needed for the Dawnguard quest "A New Order")
- Dwemer Lever
- Dwemer Pan
- Dwemer Plate
- Dwemer Scrap Metal
- Dwemer Spoon
- Small Dwemer Lever
Unique Dwemer artifacts[]
Some Dwemer artifacts are extremely unique and highly prized, and are sought after by scholars, bandits, adventurers and collectors alike. They are not possible to smelt as they are already made, some of them even belonging to Daedric Princes:
- Kagrenac's Tools
- Keening
- Sunder & Wraithguard Creation Club
- Aetherial artifacts DG
- Forgotten Seasons Creation Club
- Spellbreaker
- Volendrung
- Dwarven Black Bow of Fate DR
- Visage of Mzund DR
- Zephyr DG
- Spider Control Rod
- Ysgramor's Soup Spoon