Dragon Scales

Dragon Scales

Type	Crafting material
Source	Slain dragons
Used For	Dragonscale armour
Perk	Dragon Armor
Smelted	No

Dragon Scales are a crafting material in Skyrim, dropped alongside Dragon Bone by every dragon you kill. They are the light armour counterpart to bone.

Used in Crafting

Weapons, armor and jewelry forged with Dragon Scales, and how many each one needs.

Item	Category	Amount
Brawler's Dragonplate Gauntlets	Heavy Armor	2
Brawler's Dragonscale Gauntlets	Light Armor	2
Dragonplate Armor	Heavy Armor	3
Dragonplate Boots	Heavy Armor	3
Dragonplate Gauntlets	Heavy Armor	2
Dragonplate Helmet	Heavy Armor	2
Dragonplate Insulated Boots	Heavy Armor	3
Dragonplate Insulated Cuirass	Heavy Armor	3
Dragonplate Insulated Gauntlets	Heavy Armor	2
Dragonplate Insulated Helmet	Heavy Armor	2
Dragonplate Shield	Shield	3
Dragonscale Armor	Light Armor	4
Dragonscale Boots	Light Armor	2
Dragonscale Gauntlets	Light Armor	2
Dragonscale Helmet	Light Armor	2
Dragonscale Shield	Shield	4
Studded Dragonscale Armor	Light Armor	4
Studded Dragonscale Boots	Light Armor	2
Studded Dragonscale Gauntlets	Light Armor	2
Studded Dragonscale Helmet	Light Armor	2

Used to Improve

Weapons and armor that Dragon Scales improves at a grindstone or workbench.

Item	Image	Category
Brawler's Dragonscale Gauntlets		Light Armor
Dragonplate Boots		Heavy Armor
Dragonplate Gauntlets		Heavy Armor
Dragonplate Helmet		Heavy Armor
Dragonscale Armor		Light Armor
Dragonscale Boots		Light Armor
Dragonscale Gauntlets		Light Armor
Dragonscale Helmet		Light Armor
Dragonscale Shield		Shield
Studded Dragonscale Armor		Light Armor
Studded Dragonscale Boots		Light Armor
Studded Dragonscale Gauntlets		Light Armor
Studded Dragonscale Helmet		Light Armor

Notes

Dragonscale is the best light armour in the game, which is the main reason the light branch of the Smithing tree is worth finishing. Dragonplate, made from bone, rates below Daedric on the heavy side, so a heavy smith who already owns Daedric gains weight savings rather than protection.

Scales are lighter than bone to carry, which matters when a dragon dies somewhere inconvenient.

Uses

Needs the Dragon Armor perk at Smithing 100.

Item	Note
Dragonscale armour	Light

Not Smelted

Like Dragon Bone, scales are used exactly as found. There is no ore, no vein and no smelting step.

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