Morrowind:Bonemold

Bonemold, also known as Great House armor, is an expensive medium weight armor which can generally only be afforded by Morrowind's Dunmer nobles. The armor is composed of bones which are artificially shaped and assembled before being fixed with resin glues. There are a variety of Bonemold designs for each of the various houses. The book Bone tells the story of their invention.

While principally used to create armor, Bonemold is also useful in the creation of Marksman weapons (bows, arrows, and bolts). It is strong yet flexible, making it ideal for this sort of application, and Bonemold Long Bows are surpassed only by such rare items as the Daedric Long Bow and Auriel's Bow in terms of their power. Bonemold Long Bows actually exceed all others in terms of enchantability.

In the official plugin Entertainers, a Bonemold Shield (of any kind, excluding custom-enchanted ones) is needed to dance "the handy high-kick", a traditional Dunmer dance.

Armor

Bonemold Armor (Gah-Julan on left, Armun-An on right)

There are several types of Bonemold Armor:

• The standard Bonemold Armor is the most common, and is readily available everywhere.
• Armun-An Bonemold Armor is favored by House Hlaalu and House Telvanni. The Cuirass is identical to the standard Bonemold Cuirass in appearance and stats. The other pieces (Helm and Pauldrons) are also identical in terms of stats, differing only in appearance.
• Gah-Julan Bonemold Armor is favored by House Redoran. All of the pieces with this name (Cuirass, Helm, and Pauldrons) are different in appearance. The helm provides slightly less protection than standard Bonemold Armor, but the cuirass and pauldrons provide a little more. The helm has a protective cowl against the frequent Ash Storms in Redoran territory.
• House Shields: In addition to the standard Bonemold Shield, each of the three Great Houses has their own specialized Bonemold Shields (Hlaalu Guard Shield, Redoran Guard Shield, and Telvanni Guard Shield), which are carried by most of the guards in Great House affiliated cities and towns.
• Special helms: The Chuzei type is uncommon, and is not favored by any particular faction; it is rather flat-topped, with a collar. The also uncommon Redoran Founder's Helm has the same stats as the regular one, except a tiny bit more weight despite looking the same as the regular helm. The odd-looking but valuable Redoran Master Helm is a rarity, exclusive to nobles, and only a few exist in the game (a Thieves Guild quest will have you steal one, and you can find another while looting Under Skar manors in Ald'ruhn). It provides markedly more protection for little additional weight, and is slightly more enchantable. It is tied with the Indoril Helm as the best Medium-class helm in the game without the official expansions (the Adamantium Helm added by Tribunal expansion and Adamantium Armor plugin is half-again as strong, while the Ice Armor Helmet added by Bloodmoon is a little better than the Master Helm; both the Adamantium and Ice ones are wearable by beast races, unlike Bonemold helms of any kind).

	Name	ID					Enchant
Base Bonemold Armor (Medium Armor)
Totals			91.4	1710	1330		120.2	Standard armor, male Standard armor, female
	Bonemold Helm	bonemold_helm	4.0	180	150	18	20
	Bonemold Cuirass	bonemold_cuirass	24.0	480	350	16	16
	Bonemold L Pauldron Bonemold R Pauldron	bonemold_pauldron_l bonemold_pauldron_r	8.0	150	120	15	1.6
	Bonemold Left Bracer Bonemold Right Bracer	bonemold_bracer_left bonemold_bracer_right	4.0	75	50	15	16
	Bonemold Greaves	bonemold_greaves	13.4	150	220	15	2
	Bonemold Boots	bonemold_boots	16.0	150	100	15	7
	Bonemold Shield	bonemold_shield	10.0	300	170	15	40
Armun-An Bonemold Armor
	Native Armun-An Bonemold Helm	bonemold_armun-an_helm	4.0	180	150	18	20	Armun-An armor, male Armun-An armor, female
	Armun-An Bonemold Cuirass	bonemold_armun-an_cuirass	24.0	480	350	16	16
	Armun-An Bonemold L Pauldron Armun-An Bonemold R Pauldron	bonemold_armun-an_pauldron_l bonemold_armun-an_pauldron_r	8.0	150	120	15	1.6
Gah-Julan Bonemold Armor
	Native Gah-Julan Bonemold Helm	bonemold_gah-julan_helm	4.0	160	165	16	20	Gah-Julan armor, male Gah-Julan armor, female
	Gah-Julan Bonemold Cuirass	bonemold_gah-julan_cuirass	24.0	510	360	17	16
	Gah-Julan Bonemold L Pauldron Gah-Julan Bonemold R Pauldron	bonemold_gah-julan_pauldron_l bonemold_gah-julan_pauldron_r	8.0	170	140	17	1.6
Other Items
	Native Chuzei Bonemold Helm	bonemold_chuzei_helm	4.0	170	175	17	20	House shields: Hlaalu, Redoran, and Telvanni
	Redoran Founder's Helm	bonemold_founders_helm	4.4	180	150	18	20
	Redoran Master Helm	redoran_master_helm	4.5	450	3,000	45	22.5
	Bonemold Tower Shield	bonemold_towershield	13.0	340	250	17	60
	Hlaalu Guard Shield	bonemold_tshield_hlaaluguard	13.0	340	250	17	60
	Redoran Guard Shield	bonemold_tshield_redoranguard	13.0	340	250	17	60
	Telvanni Guard Shield	bonemold_tshield_telvanniguard	13.0	340	250	17	60

Special Armor Items

Bonemold Cuirass	Erur-Dan's Cuirass
Gah-Julan Bonemold Cuirass	Heart Wall Mountain Spirit
Bonemold Helmet	Redoran Founder's Helm
Native Gah-Julan Bonemold Helm	Storm Helm Native Gah-Julan Bonemold Helm
Bonemold Left Bracer	Bonemold Brace of Horny Fist
Bonemold Right Bracer	Bonemold Bracer of Horny Fist
Bonemold Shield	Holy Shield
Bonemold Tower Shield	Holy Tower Shield
Redoran Guard Shield	Redoran Banner Shield

Weapons

Bonemold Weapons

	Name	ID				Damage	Enchant
	Bonemold Arrow	bonemold arrow	0.15	—	2	1 − 4	—
	Bonemold Bolt	bonemold bolt	0.15	—	2	3 − 4	—
	Bonemold Long Bow	bonemold long bow	7.0	700	250	1 − 30	40

Special Weapon Items

Bonemold Arrow	Dire Flamearrow Dire Frostarrow Dire Shardarrow Dire Sparkarrow Dire Viperarrow
Bonemold Bolt	Dire Flamebolt Dire Shardbolt Dire Sparkbolt Dire Viperbolt