Ancient Shrouded Cowl

The Ancient Shrouded Cowl is a unique light armor helmet from the Ancient Shrouded set. It has a base armor rating of 15, weighs 1 and makes bows hit 35% harder. It lies on a dead assassin in a hidden room in Hag's End, the reward of the Dark Brotherhood side quest Locate the Assassin of Old.

Armor Enchantment

Bows do 35% more damage.

Every armor enchantment is listed under Enchantment Effects.

Ancient Shrouded Cowl Map Location and Quest Guide

Ancient Shrouded Cowl map location:

The Ancient Shrouded Cowl lies on a dead assassin in a hidden room behind the throne in Hag's End. It is the reward for Locate the Assassin of Old in the Dark Brotherhood questline.

1. Complete Breaching Security by killing Gaius Maro in a hold capital.
2. Take Olava's Token from Gabriella.
3. Give the token to Olava the Feeble in Whiterun.
4. Travel to Deepwood Redoubt and go through it to Hag's End.
5. Pull the handle behind the throne in Hag's End.
6. Take the Ancient Shrouded Cowl from the dead assassin in the hidden room.

Map credit by Map Genie.

The handle behind the throne appears only after Olava's reading.

Gameplay Tips

• Temper it at a workbench with one Leather. The Arcane Blacksmith perk is needed because of the enchantment.
• Its bow bonus of 35% beats the 20% of the plain Shrouded Cowl.

Smithing Guide

Enchanted weapons require the Arcane Blacksmith Perk to upgrade.

Upgrades

Ancient Shrouded Cowl is improved at a workbench with one Leather per improvement. An enchanted copy can only be improved with the Arcane Blacksmith perk.

Quality	Smithing	Armor
Fine	14	+1
Superior	31	+3
Exquisite	65	+5
Flawless	100	+7
Epic	134	+8 to +9
Legendary	168	+10

Armor Set

Ancient Shrouded Cowl is part of the Ancient Shrouded set.

Name	Image	Slot	Armor	Weight

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Every light armor helmet, with its armor rating, weight, set and upgrade material.

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Every heavy armor helmet, with its armor rating, weight, set and upgrade material.

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Dragon Priest Masks

The masks worn by the Dragon Priests, each with its own enchantment.

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