"Aye, now that's some fine armor. Good old-fashioned steel."

―Hold guard^[src]

Steel Armor is a type of armor found in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. There are different types of armor in Skyrim that all use steel ingots.

Smithing

Steel Smithing is the base skill learned in the Skyrim Smithing skill tree. It allows the player to create Steel armor and weapons at forges, and improve them twice as much. Purchasing this perk is required in order to obtain the Elven and Dwarven Smithing perks.

Attributes by piece

Steel Armor is one of the more common armor sets used in Skyrim. Steel Armor covers the Nordic steel armors as well as the armor used by the Imperial Army.

Piece				Leather Strips	Iron Ingot	Steel Ingot
Steel Armor	31	35	275	3	1	4
Steel Cuffed Boots	12	8	55	2	1	3
Steel Shin Boots	12	8	55	2	1	3
Steel Helmet	17	5	125	2	1	2
Steel Horned Helmet	17	5	125	2	1	2
Steel Nordic Gauntlets	12	4	55	2	1	2
Steel Imperial Gauntlets	12	4	55	2	1	2
Steel Shield	24	12	150	1	1	3
Total	96 (equipped)	64	660	16	8	21

Scaled and Plate Armor

See also: Scaled Armor and Steel Plate Armor

Console commands

For commands related to other items, see Console Commands (Skyrim).

Gallery

Concept art for Steel Armor in Skyrim

A male character wearing the variant without pauldrons, with the horned helmet

A male character wearing the variant with pauldron, with the horned helmet

The back of a cracter wearing the variant with pauldrons, with the standard helmet

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The variant without pauldrons, as seen in the crafting menu

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Trivia

• There are actually two different kinds of Steel armor pieces. Both look exactly the same, the only difference being that one piece has pauldrons, the other does not.
• There are also two variants for the helmet; a simple basic variant, and one with large horns and a spike on the top
• Steel Plate Armor is a different set to regular Steel armor. Steel Plate has the fourth-best armor rating, and in later levels can be found on bandit leaders, but rarely on average bandits.
• Occasionally, when walking by a guard, they will say "Aye, Now that's some fine armor. Good old-fashioned steel"

See also

• Steel Weapons (Skyrim)