Daedra Heart

Daedra Heart

Type	Crafting material
Location	Dremora and fixed locations
Used For	Daedric equipment
Perk	Daedric Smithing
Smelted	No

A Daedra Heart is a crafting material in Skyrim and the reason a full Daedric set takes planning. Every piece of Daedric equipment consumes one at the forge, on top of the Ebony Ingots.

Used in Crafting

Weapons, armor and jewelry forged with Daedra Heart, and how many each one needs.

Item	Category	Amount
Brawler's Daedric Gauntlets	Heavy Armor	1
Daedric Armor	Heavy Armor	1
Daedric Arrow	Arrow	1
Daedric Battleaxe	Battleaxe	1
Daedric Boots	Heavy Armor	1
Daedric Bow	Bow	1
Daedric Crossbow	Crossbow	1
Daedric Dagger	Dagger	1
Daedric Gauntlets	Heavy Armor	1
Daedric Greatsword	Greatsword	1
Daedric Helmet	Heavy Armor	1
Daedric Mace	Mace	1
Daedric Mail Boots	Light Armor	1
Daedric Mail Gauntlets	Light Armor	1
Daedric Mail	Light Armor	1
Daedric Plate Armor	Heavy Armor	1
Daedric Plate Helmet	Heavy Armor	1
Daedric Shield	Shield	1
Daedric Sword	Sword	1
Daedric War Axe	War Axe	1
Daedric Warhammer	Warhammer	1
Dark Battleaxe	Battleaxe	1
Dark Bow	Bow	1
Dark Dagger	Dagger	1
Dark Greatsword	Greatsword	1
Dark Mace	Mace	1
Dark Seducer Armor	Light Armor	1
Dark Seducer Boots	Light Armor	1
Dark Seducer Gauntlets	Light Armor	1
Dark Seducer Helmet	Light Armor	1
Dark Seducer Shield	Shield	1
Dark Sword	Sword	1
Dark War Axe	War Axe	1
Dark Warhammer	Warhammer	1
Golden Battleaxe	Battleaxe	1
Golden Bow	Bow	1
Golden Dagger	Dagger	1
Golden Greatsword	Greatsword	1
Golden Mace	Mace	1
Golden Saint Armor	Heavy Armor	1
Golden Saint Boots	Heavy Armor	1
Golden Saint Gauntlets	Heavy Armor	1
Golden Saint Helmet	Heavy Armor	1
Golden Saint Shield	Shield	1
Golden Sword	Sword	1
Golden War Axe	War Axe	1
Golden Warhammer	Warhammer	1

Used to Improve

Weapons and armor that Daedra Heart improves at a grindstone or workbench.

Item	Image	Category
Ruin's Edge		Bow

Alchemy Effects

Daedra Heart has four effects. Each one is listed with the potion or poison it makes. That page lists every other ingredient with the same effect.

Effect	Makes	Type
Restore Health	Potion of Healing	Potion
Damage Stamina Regen	Vigor Poison	Poison
Damage Magicka	Magicka Poison	Poison
Fear	Fear Poison	Poison

Notes

The skill requirement for Daedric Smithing is level 90, but the material is the harder gate. Hearts are not mined and cannot be bought in bulk. They drop from Dremora, sit in a small number of fixed places in the world, and restock slowly at a handful of alchemy merchants.

Tempering, by contrast, needs only an ebony ingot. Once a set is made, keeping it improved costs nothing unusual. The hearts are a one-off expense per piece forged.

It is also an alchemy ingredient, which is worth remembering before grinding potions with a stock you were saving for armour.

Drops

One heart is consumed per piece forged.

Source	Restocks
Dremora kills	With the summon
Fixed world locations	Do not respawn
Alchemy merchants	Restock slowly

Not Smelted

Daedra Hearts go straight to the forge. There is no ore and no smelting step, unlike every metal in the Smithing tree below Daedric.

All Creature Materials

Name	Weight	Value	Source	Item ID	Add-on
Chitin Plate	1	5	Ash Hoppers	xx02B04E	Dragonborn
Ectoplasm	0.1	25	Ghosts	0003AD63	Skyrim
Chaurus Chitin	4	50	Chaurus	0003AD57	Skyrim
Heart Stone	1	100	Heart Stone Deposits	xx017749	Dragonborn
Dragon Scales	10	250	Slain dragons	0003ADA3	Skyrim
Daedra Heart	0.5	250	Dremora, fixed locations	0003AD9B	Skyrim
Dragon Bone	15	500	Slain dragons	0003ADA4	Skyrim

Crafting Materials