Scaled Armor (Skyrim)

Scaled Armor is a set of light armor in that consists of four pieces. Scaled Armor is relatively common to find, residing in leveled containers across Skyrim. Each piece can be crafted using Smithing amenities, and each piece can be improved with corundum ingots.
Scaled armor consists of a cuirass and pauldrons of leather scale mail, along with a skirt and belt made of leather decorated with animal fur and reinforced with metal rivets. The boots and armbands have metal plates decorated with knot patterns, and the leather helmet is decorated with a pair of goat horns.
==Acquisition==
*Scaled Armor can be obtained early on by killing Fultheim the Fearless during the Dark Brotherhood quest "With Friends Like These...." He always wears the cuirass, bracers, and boots, regardless of the Dragonborn's level.
*The Doorman at the entrance of the Redwater Den always wears a Scaled Helmet.
*Vorstag wears scaled horn armor as well as the bracers and boots at the Silver-Blood Inn..
*A pilgrim named Karita on the way to High Hrothgar wears this armor, even at lower levels. Since there are no nearby witnesses, she can easily be killed without gaining a bounty.
*Scaled helmets are often found being worn by Stormcloak soldiers during the Civil War questline, regardless of level.
*Higher level bandits (at least 20) commonly wear this armor.
===Smithing===
Scaled Armor can be crafted at a forge with the Advanced Armors perk, which is available with a Smithing skill of 50 or above. The required materials to craft it are Corundum Ingots, leather, leather strips and steel ingots. Scaled armor can be crafted in the steel section of the forge menu.
While it is craftable after unlocking the Advanced Armor perk, Scaled Armor is one of the few armors you can improve to "Legendary."
==Comparison with other sets==
It provides less armor rating than glass armor, but more than Elven armor, while being heavier in weight than the latter. Elven gilded armor, when wearing the full set, reaps benefits equal to that of Scaled Armor. The scaled armor seems to be an upgraded version of the studded armor, as it has extra protection, and looks similar.
===Improving===
Scaled Armor can be improved at a workbench with one Corundum Ingot per piece. This increases the armor rating provided by the item. The factor of the improvement is modified by the Smithing skill and Advanced Armors perk.
===Variants===
There is also an alternative version of the cuirass, the scaled horn armor. It is identical to the stats of the original, but cannot be crafted or improved.
==Attributes by piece==
Piece 	 	 	 	Corundum Ingot	Leather	Leather Strips	Steel Ingot	ID
Scaled Armor 	32	6 	350	2 	2 	3 	3 	
Scaled Boots 	9 	2 	70 	1 	1 	2 	2 	
Scaled Bracers	9 	2 	70 	1 	1 	2 	1 	
Scaled Helmet 	14	2 	175	1 	1 	1 	2 	
Total 	64	12	665	5 	5 	8 	8 	–
==Gallery==
Skyrim Scaled Boots.jpg|Scaled Boots|link=Scaled Boots
Skyrim Scaled Bracers.jpg|Scaled Bracers|link=Scaled Bracers
Skyrim Scaled Helmet.jpg|Scaled Helmet|link=Scaled Helmet
Skyrim Scaled Horn.jpg|Scaled Horn Armor|link=Scaled Horn Armor
Scaled Armor.jpg|Nord Scaled Armor variants concept art
==Trivia==
*Given its appearance and the description provided in Light Armor Forging, this set is a direct upgrade of the studded armor set available much earlier, the differences being that it uses steel and corundum instead of iron for reinforcement and its armor rating.
==Appearances==
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Category:Skyrim: Light Armor Sets