Shields are pieces of armor held in the hand to deflect blows from weapons or unarmed attacks. Available in both heavy and light variants, the shield is favored by many warriors and other offensive classes.
The effectiveness of shields is governed by the Block skill and the corresponding armor type -- Light or Heavy. All three contain customizable perk trees. When allocated with the right perks, shields are able to block not only direct melee attacks, but also incoming arrows, power attacks, and even fire, frost, and shock damage. Their bash ability can be used to stagger and even knock down opponents.
Shields
Light
Piece | Upgrade | <acronym title="The smithing perk that doubles the improvement when tempering" style="border-bottom:1px dotted #ffffff;cursor:help;">Perk</acronym> | Item ID | |||
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Chitin Shield DB | 24.5 | 8 | 215 | Chitin Plate | Elven | XX026235 |
Dragonscale Shield | 29 | 6 | 750 | Dragon Scales | Dragon | 00013941 |
Elven Shield | 21 | 4 | 115 | Refined Moonstone | Elven | 0001391E |
Glass Shield | 27 | 6 | 450 | Refined Malachite | Glass | 0001393C |
Hide Shield | 15 | 4 | 25 | Leather | None | 00013914 |
Imperial Light Shield | 19 | 4 | 40 | Leather | None | 00013AB2 |
Stalhrim Shield DB | 29.5 | 10 | 600 | Stalhrim | Ebony | XX026237 |
Heavy
Unique
Piece | Upgrade | <acronym title="The smithing perk that doubles the improvement when tempering" style="border-bottom:1px dotted #ffffff;cursor:help;">Perk</acronym> | Item ID | |||
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Dawnguard Rune Shield DG | 27 | 6 | 450 | Steel Ingot | None | XX011BAF |
Herebane's Fortress | 21 | 4 | 817 | Refined Moonstone | Elven | 000f9649 |
Aetherial Shield DG | 26 | 12 | 2000 | Dwarven Metal Ingot | None | xx005759 |
Auriel's Shield DG | 32 | 14 | 775 | Refined Moonstone | Elven | XX00284D |
Shield of Solitude | 32 | 12 | 1540 | N/A | - | 0010EB65 |
Shield of Ysgramor | 30 | 12 | 1715 | N/A | - | 000E41D8 |
Spellbreaker | 38 | 12 | 227 | Dwarven Metal Ingot | None | 00045F96 |
Targe of the Blooded | 20 | 8 | 300 | Steel Ingot | Steel | 000FC5BF |
Enchanting
The following is a list of enchantments that can be applied to shields.
Bugs
This section contains bugs related to Shields (Skyrim). Before adding a bug to this list, consider the following:
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- For certain enchanted shields, such as Spell Breaker, power attacks will sometimes not work; they will take up no stamina, and not do the damage that the attack would normally do.
- PS3 When a shield is dropped, there is a chance that whenever a follower picks it up it will respawn.