Nightingale Armor

The Nightingale Armor is a unique light armor set that appears in . The armor is the trademark of the Nightingales, a shadowy faction dedicated to the service of the Daedric Prince Nocturnal. The faction is reformed during the course of the Thieves Guild questline and The Dragonborn is given a set of the armor before being inducted into the group.
Because the armor is leveled, the magnitude of the enchantments and value are contingent upon character level.
==Acquisition==
The full set is given to the Dragonborn by Karliah before performing the initiation ritual of the Nightingales during the quest "Trinity Restored" for the Thieves Guild. All pieces are obtained when activating the Armor Stone, emblazoned with the Nightingales symbol, inside the Nightingale Hall.
==Enchantments==
Each piece bears an enchantment, the magnitude of which is dependent on character level. Three tiers of armor are available and the set with the strongest enchantments can be obtained after level 32. The character level when the quest "Trinity Restored" is started determines which tier of armor will be granted.
In addition, wearing all four pieces of Nightingale Armor grants the effect "Nightingale Armor Full Set," which increases armor rating by 25 points.
==Smithing==
All pieces can be upgraded at a workbench with void salts and the Arcane Blacksmith perk, however they do not benefit from any Smithing perks. This means they cannot be improved past flawless quality without boosting the Smithing skill over 100. This can be achieved by using enchanted items and/or blacksmithing potions to fortify Smithing.
==Attributes by piece==
===Level 1–18===
Piece 	 	 	 	Enchantment 	ID
Nightingale Armor 	34	12	1249	Increases stamina by 20 points. Increases Frost Resistance by 15%.	
Nightingale Boots 	10	2 	213 	Wearer is muffled and moves silently. (0.25 points) 	
Nightingale Gloves	10	2 	819 	Lockpicking is 15% easier. One-handed attacks do 15% more damage. 	
Nightingale Hood 	15	2 	804 	Illusion spells cost 12% less to cast. 	
Total 	69	18	3085	– 	–
===Level 19–31===
Piece 	 	 	 	Enchantment 	ID
Nightingale Armor 	34	12	1553	Increases stamina by 30 points. Increases Frost Resistance by 30%.	
Nightingale Boots 	10	2 	293 	Wearer is Muffled and moves silently. (0.5 points) 	
Nightingale Gloves	10	2 	1054	Lockpicking is 20% easier. One-handed attacks do 20% more damage. 	
Nightingale Hood 	15	2 	902 	Illusion spells cost 15% less to cast. 	
Total 	69	18	3748	– 	–
===Level 32+===
Piece 	 	 	 	Enchantment 	ID
Nightingale Armor 	34	12	1949	Increases stamina by 40 points. Increases Frost Resistance by 50%.	
Nightingale Boots 	10	2 	5434	Wearer is muffled and moves silently. (35 points) 	
Nightingale Gloves	10	2 	1294	Lockpicking is 25% easier. One-handed attacks do 25% more damage. 	
Nightingale Hood 	15	2 	969 	Illusion spells cost 17% less to cast. 	
Total 	69	18	9646	– 	–
==Gallery==
Female.jpg|Female Armor
Skyrim_Nightingales_Armour.jpg|Male Armor
TESV Nightingale Armor.png|Brynjolf and Karliah in the Armor
==Bugs==
* The armor can't be upgraded even when the player has a sufficient Smithing skill, perks, and void salts.
**Possible solution: If Fine-Cut Void Salts are in the inventory, drop them or put them in a container.
* Sometimes the coloring of the Hood will go, and it will become white, (as well as Nightingale hoods worn by others). Reinstalling the game seems to fix this, although you may lose saved progress in current games.
** Solution: Fast travel and it should turn back to black or un-equip it and re-equip it.
** Solution: Take off the hood and put it back on repeatedly.
** Solution: Drop the hood on the ground during the daytime and wait until night to pick it back up and equip it.
*While wearing the gloves, human and wood elf fingers skin tone will always look the same no matter the character's skin tone.
** Solution: Restart the console.
* Replacing the Nightingale Hood with a Shrouded Hood still gives the matching set effect.
* The Muffle effect on the boots may not work as intended, as enemies will still detect the player, even far away. Tested with 90 Sneak and the Muffled Movement perk.
==Trivia==
*The armor container in the developers' room (accessible on PC only through the console command: coc qasmoke) contains all three versions of the Nightingale Armor.
==See also==
*Nightingale Blade
*Nightingale Bow
==Appearances==
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es:Armadura de Ruiseñor (Conjunto)
fr:Armure de Rossignol
Category:Skyrim: Unique Armor
Category:Skyrim: Light Armor Sets
Category:Skyrim: Thieves Guild