Skyrim Unique Armor Checklist
Named armor, shields and faction sets that cannot be crafted or bought as they are.
Light armor
- Nightingale Armor – Light armor: Given by Karliah at Nightingale Hall when you take the oath in Trinity Restored.
- Nightingale Boots – Light armor: Given by Karliah at Nightingale Hall when you take the oath in Trinity Restored.
- Nightingale Gloves – Light armor: Given by Karliah at Nightingale Hall when you take the oath in Trinity Restored.
- Nightingale Hood – Light armor: Given by Karliah at Nightingale Hall when you take the oath in Trinity Restored.
- Thieves Guild Armor – Light armor: Handed out by Tonilia in the Ragged Flagon when you join the Guild in Taking Care of Business. She improves one piece of your choice after Scoundrel's Folly.
- Thieves Guild Boots – Light armor: Handed out by Tonilia in the Ragged Flagon when you join the Guild in Taking Care of Business. She improves one piece of your choice after Scoundrel's Folly.
- Thieves Guild Gloves – Light armor: Handed out by Tonilia in the Ragged Flagon when you join the Guild in Taking Care of Business. She improves one piece of your choice after Scoundrel's Folly.
- Thieves Guild Hood – Light armor: Handed out by Tonilia in the Ragged Flagon when you join the Guild in Taking Care of Business. She improves one piece of your choice after Scoundrel's Folly.
- Guild Master's Armor – Light armor: Part of the reward for becoming Guild Master in Under New Management.
- Guild Master's Boots – Light armor: Part of the reward for becoming Guild Master in Under New Management.
- Guild Master's Gloves – Light armor: Part of the reward for becoming Guild Master in Under New Management.
- Guild Master's Hood – Light armor: Part of the reward for becoming Guild Master in Under New Management.
- Linwe's Armor – Light armor: Worn by Linwe, leader of the Summerset Shadows, in Uttering Hills Cave. Take it from his body during the Thieves Guild quest Summerset Shadows.
- Linwe's Boots – Light armor: Worn by Linwe, leader of the Summerset Shadows, in Uttering Hills Cave. Take it from his body during the Thieves Guild quest Summerset Shadows.
- Linwe's Gloves – Light armor: Worn by Linwe, leader of the Summerset Shadows, in Uttering Hills Cave. Take it from his body during the Thieves Guild quest Summerset Shadows.
- Linwe's Hood – Light armor: Worn by Linwe, leader of the Summerset Shadows, in Uttering Hills Cave. Take it from his body during the Thieves Guild quest Summerset Shadows.
- Shrouded Armor – Light armor: Astrid's welcome gift when you first enter the Sanctuary. Spare pieces lie around the Sanctuary as well.
- Shrouded Boots – Light armor: Astrid's welcome gift when you first enter the Sanctuary. Spare pieces lie around the Sanctuary as well.
- Shrouded Cowl – Light armor: Astrid's welcome gift when you first enter the Sanctuary. Spare pieces lie around the Sanctuary as well.
- Shrouded Gloves – Light armor: Astrid's welcome gift when you first enter the Sanctuary. Spare pieces lie around the Sanctuary as well.
- Ancient Shrouded Armor – Light armor: On the body of an old assassin in a hidden room of Hag's End. Olava the Feeble's reading, bought with her token, marks the place.
- Ancient Shrouded Boots – Light armor: On the body of an old assassin in a hidden room of Hag's End. Olava the Feeble's reading, bought with her token, marks the place.
- Ancient Shrouded Cowl – Light armor: On the body of an old assassin in a hidden room of Hag's End. Olava the Feeble's reading, bought with her token, marks the place.
- Ancient Shrouded Gloves – Light armor: On the body of an old assassin in a hidden room of Hag's End. Olava the Feeble's reading, bought with her token, marks the place.
- Armor of the Old Gods – Light armor: Kaie's gift if you break out of Cidhna Mine at Madanach's side in the Markarth quest No One Escapes Cidhna Mine.
- Boots of the Old Gods – Light armor: Kaie's gift if you break out of Cidhna Mine at Madanach's side in the Markarth quest No One Escapes Cidhna Mine.
- Gauntlets of the Old Gods – Light armor: Kaie's gift if you break out of Cidhna Mine at Madanach's side in the Markarth quest No One Escapes Cidhna Mine.
- Helmet of the Old Gods – Light armor: Kaie's gift if you break out of Cidhna Mine at Madanach's side in the Markarth quest No One Escapes Cidhna Mine.
- Gloves of the Pugilist – Light armor: Worn by Gian the Fist, a brawler lurking in the Ratway under Riften.
- Predator's Grace – Light armor: Beside a chest on a ledge above the waterfall, outside the top level of Hag's End.
- Movarth's Boots – Light armor: Next to a bed in a side cave of Movarth's Lair, the vampire den north-east of Morthal.
- Tumblerbane Gloves – Light armor: At the foot of the bed in the Dawnstar Sanctuary once you have paid Delvin Mallory for the master bedroom.
- Gilded Wristguards – Light armor: In the Emperor's Quarters aboard the Katariah, reached during Hail Sithis!
- Deathbrand Armor (Dragonborn) – Light armor: In one of the four chests buried around Solstheim during the quest Deathbrand, each marked on Haknir's treasure map.
- Deathbrand Boots (Dragonborn) – Light armor: In one of the four chests buried around Solstheim during the quest Deathbrand, each marked on Haknir's treasure map.
- Deathbrand Gauntlets (Dragonborn) – Light armor: In one of the four chests buried around Solstheim during the quest Deathbrand, each marked on Haknir's treasure map.
- Deathbrand Helm (Dragonborn) – Light armor: In one of the four chests buried around Solstheim during the quest Deathbrand, each marked on Haknir's treasure map.
- Blackguard's Armor (Dragonborn) – Light armor: In the cellar under Glover Mallory's house in Raven Rock. He hands over the key at the end of Paid in Full.
- Blackguard's Boots (Dragonborn) – Light armor: In the cellar under Glover Mallory's house in Raven Rock. He hands over the key at the end of Paid in Full.
- Blackguard's Gloves (Dragonborn) – Light armor: In the cellar under Glover Mallory's house in Raven Rock. He hands over the key at the end of Paid in Full.
- Blackguard's Hood (Dragonborn) – Light armor: In the cellar under Glover Mallory's house in Raven Rock. He hands over the key at the end of Paid in Full.
Clothing
- Archmage's Robes – Clothing: Presented by Tolfdir when you are named Arch-Mage at the end of The Eye of Magnus.
- Mythic Dawn Robes – Clothing: In a display case in Silus Vesuius's house in Dawnstar, the museum of the Mythic Dawn.
- Miraak's Robes (Dragonborn) – Clothing: Taken from Miraak's remains at the end of At the Summit of Apocrypha.
- Miraak's Gloves (Dragonborn) – Clothing: Taken from Miraak's remains at the end of At the Summit of Apocrypha.
- Miraak's Boots (Dragonborn) – Clothing: Taken from Miraak's remains at the end of At the Summit of Apocrypha.
Shield
- Shield of Ysgramor – Shield: In the chest at the back of the burial chamber in Ysgramor's Tomb, reached at the end of Glory of the Dead.
- Shield of Solitude – Shield: Falk Firebeard's reward for the quest The Wolf Queen Awakened.
- Targe of the Blooded – Shield: Carried by the Redguard Umana, who is fighting her partner Sulla in the last hall of Alftand.
- Auriel's Shield (Dawnguard) – Shield: Carried by a Falmer warmonger in the Forgotten Vale Forest, reached through the portal the Ruby Paragon opens.
- Aetherial Shield (Dawnguard) – Shield: Forged at the Aetherium Forge at the end of Lost to the Ages.
- Dawnguard Rune Shield (Dawnguard) – Shield: One of the three relics recovered for Florentius Baenius in the Dawnguard job Lost Relic.
Heavy armor
- Helm of Yngol – Heavy armor: On the seated remains of Yngol in the last chamber of Yngol Barrow.
- Ancient Helmet of the Unburned – Heavy armor: Behind a locked gate inside Labyrinthian.
- Ironhand Gauntlets – Heavy armor: Worn by the bandit chief Hajvarr Iron-Hand on the summit of White River Watch.
- Ahzidal's Armor of Retribution (Dragonborn) – Heavy armor: One of the relics of Ahzidal, set out on a pedestal in Kolbjorn Barrow as the dig goes deeper in the quest Unearthed.
- Ahzidal's Boots of Waterwalking (Dragonborn) – Heavy armor: One of the relics of Ahzidal, set out on a pedestal in Kolbjorn Barrow as the dig goes deeper in the quest Unearthed.
- Ahzidal's Gauntlets of Warding (Dragonborn) – Heavy armor: One of the relics of Ahzidal, set out on a pedestal in Kolbjorn Barrow as the dig goes deeper in the quest Unearthed.
- Ahzidal's Helm of Vision (Dragonborn) – Heavy armor: One of the relics of Ahzidal, set out on a pedestal in Kolbjorn Barrow as the dig goes deeper in the quest Unearthed.
- Visage of Mzund (Dragonborn) – Heavy armor: In the treasure room of the Grand Hall of Fahlbtharz.