Skyrim:Ores and Ingots

Ores and Ingots are various forms of metal that can be collected and smithed to create and improve items. Ores can be extracted from veins found in mines and other areas around Skyrim, such as some caves and outdoors in rocky areas. Ores (already mined) and ingots can also occasionally be found in a wide variety of locations and on some people and objects. Smelting ores yields ingots, which can then be used at forges to create armor, weapons, and jewelry, or at grindstones and workbenches to improve armor and weapons.

This page lists all items that are categorized by merchants as ores and ingots. These are traded by jewelry merchants as well as blacksmiths (including the Imperial and Stormcloak Quartermasters found at most military camps). They can also be sold to general goods merchants. The following pages detail all sources and uses of the various minerals and metals:

• Corundum
• Dwarven (including smeltable dwemer metal scraps)
• Ebony
• Gold
• Iron
• Malachite (for creating Glass items)
• Moonstone (for creating Elven items)
• Orichalcum (for creating Orcish items)
• Quicksilver
• Silver
• Steel

Ores

For information on how to mine ores, and on their locations, see Mining.

	Name (ID)			Notes
	Corundum Ore (0005acdb)	1	20	See Corundum for full information. Mined from Corundum Ore Veins and some Geode Veins 2 Corundum Ores create a Corundum Ingot 1 Corundum Ore + 1 Iron Ore create a Steel Ingot
	Ebony Ore (0005acdc)	1	60	See Ebony for full information. Mined from Ebony Ore Veins 2 Ebony Ores create an Ebony Ingot
	Gold Ore (0005acde)	1	50	See Gold for full information. Mined from Gold Ore Veins 2 Gold Ores create a Gold Ingot
	Iron Ore (00071cf3)	1	2	See Iron for full information. Mined from Iron Ore Veins 1 Iron Ore creates an Iron Ingot 1 Corundum Ore + 1 Iron Ore create a Steel Ingot
	Malachite Ore (0005ace1)	1	30	See Malachite for full information. Mined from Malachite Ore Veins 2 Malachite Ores create a Refined Malachite ingot.
	Moonstone Ore (0005ace0)	1	30	See Moonstone for full information. Mined from Moonstone Ore Veins 2 Moonstone Ores create a Refined Moonstone ingot.
	Orichalcum Ore (0005acdd)	1	20	See Orichalcum for full information. Mined from Orichalcum Ore Veins 2 Orichalcum Ores create an Orichalcum Ingot
	Quicksilver Ore (0005ace2)	1	25	See Quicksilver for full information. Mined from Quicksilver Ore Veins 2 Quicksilver Ores create a Quicksilver Ingot
	Quicksilver Ore (0005b2df)	1	25	Quest: Truth Ore Consequences This one specific ore is a quest item for the quest. It cannot be smelted.
	Silver Ore (0005acdf)	1	25	See Silver for full information. Mined from Silver Ore Veins 2 Silver Ores create a Silver Ingot

Ingots

	Name (ID)			Notes
	Corundum Ingot (0005ad93)	1	40	See Corundum for full information. Created from 2 Corundum Ores Used to forge and temper all varieties of Banded Iron armor, Scaled armor, and Steel Plate armor
	Dwarven Metal Ingot (000db8a2)	1	30	See Dwarven for full information. Created from any of six varieties of dwemer scrap metal Used to forge and temper all varieties of Dwarven armor and Dwarven weapons.
	Ebony Ingot (0005ad9d)	1	150	See Ebony for full information. Created from 2 Ebony Ores Used to forge and temper all varieties of Ebony and Daedric armor and weapons.
	Gold Ingot (0005ad9e)	1	100	See Gold for full information. Created from 2 Gold Ores Used to forge all varieties of gold rings and necklaces.
	Iron Ingot (0005ace4)	1	7	See Iron for full information. Created from 1 Iron Ore Used to forge all varieties of Iron, Steel, Orcish, Dwarven, Elven, Ancient Nord, and Dragonscale armor and weapons Used to temper all varieties of Iron armor and weapons, as well as numerous other types of armor and weapons.
	Orichalcum Ingot (0005ad99)	1	45	See Orichalcum for full information. Created from 2 Orichalcum Ores Used to forge and temper all varieties of Orcish armor and weapons
	Orichalcum Ingot (00043e27)	0	0	Quest: Hunt and Gather This one specific ingot is a quest item for the quest. It cannot be used in place of a standard ingot.
	Quicksilver Ingot (0005ada0)	1	60	See Quicksilver for full information. Created from 2 Quicksilver Ores Used to forge Elven Gilded Armor and all varieties of Elven weapons Used to temper Elven Gilded Armor
	Refined Malachite (0005ada1)	1	100	See Malachite for full information. Created from 2 Malachite Ores Used to forge and temper all varieties of Glass armor and weapons.
	Refined Moonstone (0005ad9f)	1	75	See Moonstone for full information Created from 2 Moonstone Ores Used to forge all varieties of Elven armor and weapons Used to temper all varieties of Elven armor and weapons except Elven Gilded Armor Used to forge all varieties of Glass armor and weapons
	Silver Ingot (0005ace3)	1	50	See Silver for full information Created from 2 Silver Ores Used to forge all varieties of silver rings and necklaces.
	Steel Ingot (0005ace5)	1	20	See Steel for full information Created from 1 Iron Ore and 1 Corundum Ore Used to forge all varieties of Ancient Nord, Dwarven, Imperial, Nord Hero, Scaled, and Steel armor and weapons Used to temper many types of armor and weapons.

Dwemer Metal (Smeltable)

All of the following items can be converted into Dwarven Metal Ingots at Smelters. See Dwarven for more details.

	Name (ID)			Notes
	Bent Dwemer Scrap Metal (000c886c)	2	15	Creates 3 Dwarven Metal Ingots
	Large Decorative Dwemer Strut (000c8878)	15	10	Creates 2 Dwarven Metal Ingots
	Large Dwemer Plate Metal (000c8864)	2	15	Creates 3 Dwarven Metal Ingots
	Large Dwemer Strut (000c8872)	20	15	Creates 3 Dwarven Metal Ingots
	Small Dwemer Plate Metal (000c8866)	2	15	Creates 3 Dwarven Metal Ingots
	Solid Dwemer Metal (000c8874)	25	25	Creates 5 Dwarven Metal Ingots

Dwemer Metal (Not Smeltable)

These pieces of Dwemer scrap metal cannot be smelted.

	Name (ID)			Notes
	Dwemer Cog (000aebf1)	10	5	20% or smaller chance of being dropped by all varieties of Dwarven Automatons Sond is carrying two 116 guaranteed cogs are found in 27 different locations. Locations with the greatest numbers are: 26 at Dwemer Museum (Markarth) 11 at Avanchnzel Animoncultory (The Rift) 10 cogs are needed for the quest Arniel's Endeavor
	Dwemer Gear (000c8861)	2	15	20% or smaller chance of being dropped by all varieties of Dwarven Automatons 52 guaranteed gears found in 23 different locations. The location with the greatest number is: 8 at Mzulft Aedrome (Eastmarch)
	Dwemer Gyro (000c8868)	2	15	20% or smaller chance of being dropped by all varieties of Dwarven Automatons DG One may be needed to give to Sorine Jurard during the quest A New Order 89 guaranteed gyros found in 29 different locations. The location with the greatest number is: 9 at Mzulft Aedrome (Eastmarch)
	Dwemer Lever (000c886e)	2	15	11% chance of being dropped by all varieties of Dwarven Spheres and Dwarven Centurions 42 guaranteed levers found in 23 different locations. Locations with the greatest numbers are: 4 at Alftand Ruined Tower (Winterhold) 4 at Nchuand-Zel Quarters (The Reach) 4 at Alftand Animonculory (Winterhold)
	Dwemer Scrap Metal (000c886a)	2	15	20% chance of being dropped by all varieties of Dwarven Spiders 41 guaranteed samples found in 11 different locations. Locations with the greatest numbers are: 10 in Dwemer Museum (Markarth) 9 in Mzulft (Eastmarch) Inconsistently, Dwemer scrap metal cannot be smelted, while bent Dwemer scrap metal can. The Unofficial Skyrim Patch, version 1.3.3, fixes this bug. (details) Dwemer Scrap Metal is not classified as ores or ingots by merchants, and therefore cannot be sold to blacksmiths or jewelers without the Merchant perk. The Unofficial Skyrim Patch, version 2.0.5, fixes this bug.
	Small Dwemer Lever (000c8870)	2	15	10% chance of 1-3 instances being dropped by all varieties of Dwarven Centurions and Dwarven Spheres 23 guaranteed levers found in 15 different locations. Locations with the greatest numbers are: 3 at Alftand Glacial Ruins (Winterhold) 3 at Alftand Ruined Tower (Winterhold) 3 at Calcelmo's Tower (Markarth) 3 at Nchuand-Zel Quarters (The Reach)
	Dwemer Actuator (xx000804)	2	15	Found within Nchuanthumz 3 needed for The Sanctuary and the Manufactory

Scrap Metal

These are broken items or miscellaneous metal items that have no uses, but can be sold to blacksmiths and jewelry merchants.

	Name (ID)			Location
	Broken Iron Sword Blade (000e72b0)	6	5	Ysgramor's Tomb, at the statue near the entrance
	Broken Iron Sword Handle (000e72ae)	3	5
	Broken Iron War Axe Handle (000e72a6)	5	5	(DB) Found on Solstheim near the corpse of Hrodulf
	Broken Iron War Axe Head (000e72a8)	6	5
	Broken Steel Battle Axe Handle (000e72a0)	9	10	Weynon Stones. Cannot be picked up
	Broken Steel Battle Axe Head (000e729e)	12	10
	Broken Steel Sword Blade (000e7296)	6	10
	Broken Steel Sword Handle (000e7298)	4	10	Angarvunde, inside an already opened chest; sometimes carried by children
	Imperial War Horn (000200ba)	5	70	(DB) Found in Frossel