Skyrim:Dark

Dark armor and weapons are the serpentine equipment used by the Dark Seducers. It was added to the game by the Saints & Seducers Creation.

Dark Smithing

Requires Daedric Smithing Perk. Dark Smithing is learned by reading Joften's Notes, located in a chest under the bridge at Half-Moon Mill. It is part of a miscellaneous quest first started by reading the Notes on the Blacksmith, a note kept by the Saints Bandit Leader. Learning Dark Smithing does not require the miscellaneous quest to be started however, as the chest containing Joften's Notes will be there regardless on if you are on the quest or not.

As it requires Daedric Smithing, Dark Smithing essentially requires a smithing skill of 90. Dark armor and weapons are relatively easy to get without the investment into the skill line, as their pieces can be found on all Seducers Bandits. Furthermore, as they on par with Glass equipment, they are quite useful to low levels characters as they are obtainable early on, assuming you can manage to take on the bandits that carry them.

All Dark items can be tempered using 1 Quicksilver Ingot.

Dark Armor

A female Imperial wearing Dark Seducer Armor

Dark armor is a variety of light armor. When compared to Glass, Dark armor is slightly inferior. In terms of armor rating-to-weight ratio (i.e. the number of armor points per unit of weight), the shield, gauntlets and boots have the highest ratio in the game, with the latter two tying with the Elven Hunter equivalent.

	Name (ID)				Raw Materials				Delta		Ratio
					Ebony	Daedra Heart	Quicksilver	Strips
	Dark Seducer Armor (xx000873)	5	650	36	2	1	4	3	-1.8	-149	0.74	0.81
	Dark Seducer Boots (xx000874)	1	90	10	1	1	1	2	-1.7	-376	0.37	0.19
	Dark Seducer Gauntlets (xx000872)	1	90	10	1	1	1	2	-1.7	-376	0.37	0.19
	Dark Seducer Helmet (xx000871)	2	195	14	1	1	2	2	-1.7	-331	0.54	0.37
	Dark Seducer Shield (xx000805)	4	250	23	2	1	3	1	-1.6	-483	0.71	0.34
Totals (with shield):		13	1275	93	7	5	11	10
Totals (without shield):		9	1025	70	5	4	8	9

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  A male Nord wearing Dark Seducer Armor

Dark Weapons

Dark Seducer Weapons

When compared to Glass, one-handed Dark weapons are about the same quality, but lighter. The two-handed weapons and the bow are equal to Elven, but lighter.

Name	ID				Crit.	Speed	Reach	Raw Materials					Delta		Ratio
								Ebony	Daedra Heart	Quicksilver	Strips	Firewood
Dark Seducer Dagger	(xx000821)	3	105	9	5	1.3	0.7	1	1	1	1	0	0.4	-358	1.15	0.23
Dark Seducer Sword	(xx000823)	11	250	12	7	1	1	1	1	2	1	0	7.4	-273	3.06	0.48
Dark Seducer War Axe	(xx000829)	13	320	13	7	0.9	1	1	1	1	2	0	10.3	-146	4.81	0.69
Dark Seducer Mace	(xx000824)	15	370	14	8	0.8	1	1	1	2	1	0	11.4	-153	4.17	0.71
Dark Seducer Greatsword	(xx000825)	18	510	20	12	0.7	1.3	1	1	4	3	0	12.2	-139	3.10	0.79
Dark Seducer Battleaxe	(xx000839)	22	575	21	12	0.7	1.3	1	1	4	2	0	16.3	-71	3.86	0.89
Dark Seducer Warhammer	(xx000828)	26	620	23	13	0.6	1.3	1	1	4	3	0	20.2	-29	4.48	0.96
Dark Seducer Bow	(xx000802)	10	495	13	9	0.5	1	1	1	2	0	0	6.5	-25	2.86	0.95
Dark Seducer Arrow	(xx00082A)	0.1	6	17	N/A			0	1	1	0	1	-4.1	-261	0.37	0.36

†Recipe creates 24 Dark Seducer Arrows for the raw materials values.

Notes

• The artifact Ruin's Edge is considered to be a dark bow, but was released in an earlier Creation and doesn't have the same tempering requirements as the dark equipment introduced with the Saints & Seducers Creation.

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