Category:Skyrim - Smithing Perks

Smithing is the Combat crafting skill in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, and its ten perks are what decide which materials you can forge and how far you can push the gear you already own. The skill itself only sets the ceiling. Without the matching perk, a material tempers at roughly half the rate, and several sets cannot be crafted at all.

Every perk in the tree traces back to Steel Smithing, the only one with no level requirement. From there the tree splits into two paths that both end at Dragon Armor. The light route runs through Elven Smithing, Advanced Armors and Glass Smithing and reaches the top one perk point sooner. The heavy route runs through Dwarven Smithing, Orcish Smithing, Ebony Smithing and Daedric Smithing, and ends with the stronger weapons.

Arcane Blacksmith sits apart from both. It unlocks no recipes and doubles nothing, but it is the only way to temper an enchanted item, which makes it close to mandatory for any character carrying quest rewards or their own enchanted gear.

Nord, Redguard and Orc characters begin with a five point head start in the skill, and the trainers worth knowing are Ghorza gra-Bagol in Markarth, Balimund in Riften and Eorlund Gray-Mane at the Skyforge in Whiterun.

All Smithing Perks