Improved Bonemold Armor
Improved Bonemold Armor is a heavy armor cuirass from Dragonborn. It is the upgraded form of Bonemold Pauldron Armor and has a base armor rating of 35 and a weight of 43. It comes only from the forge, once Glover Mallory's Bonemold Formula is recovered.
Armor Enchantment
Any armor enchantment can be placed on an Improved Bonemold Armor at an arcane enchanter.
Every armor enchantment is listed under Enchantment Effects.
Improved Bonemold Armor Location
Any forge makes it. Forging it needs the Bonemold Formula, which is recovered for Glover Mallory during the quest Paid in Full.
Gameplay Tips
- Temper it at a workbench with two Bone Meal. The Steel Smithing perk doubles the improvement.
- Forge it with the Steel Smithing perk from 10 Bone Meal, 2 Netch Leather, 1 Iron Ingot, 1 Netch Jelly, 1 Stalhrim and 1 Void Salts.
- Its 35 armor beats the 34 of Dwarven Armor.
- Four Improved Bonemold pieces count as a matched set for the Matching Set perk, which adds 25% armor.
Smithing Guide
Enchanted weapons require the Arcane Blacksmith Perk to upgrade.
Crafting
An Improved Bonemold Armor is made at a forge with the Steel Smithing perk.
| Material | Image | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Netch Leather | 
|
2 |
| Iron Ingot | 
|
1 |
| Bone Meal | 
|
10 |
| Netch Jelly | Netch Jelly | 1 |
| Stalhrim | 
|
1 |
| Void Salts | Void Salts | 1 |
Upgrades
An Improved Bonemold Armor is improved at a workbench with one Bone Meal per improvement. The Steel Smithing perk doubles the improvement, so each quality tier needs less Smithing skill. An enchanted copy can only be improved with the Arcane Blacksmith perk.
| Quality | Smithing | With Perk | Armor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fine | 14 | 14 | +2 |
| Superior | 31 | 22 | +6 |
| Exquisite | 65 | 40 | +10 |
| Flawless | 100 | 57 | +13 |
| Epic | 134 | 74 | +17 |
| Legendary | 168 | 91 | +20 |
Armor Set
Improved Bonemold Armor is part of the Improved Bonemold set.
| Name | Image | Slot | Armor | Weight |
|---|
Armor Categories
All Chest Armor
Light Armor
Every light armor chest piece, with its armor rating, weight, set and upgrade material.
| Name | Image | Armor | Weight | Value | Set | Upgrade | Perk | DLC |
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Heavy Armor
Every heavy armor chest piece, with its armor rating, weight, set and upgrade material.
| Name | Image | Armor | Weight | Value | Set | Upgrade | Perk | DLC |
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