Materials/Armors/Weapons Info

• Material Comparison Table
• Armors vs Materials Table
• Weapons vs Materials Table

Material Comparison Table

Material	Color	Armor Bonus	Weapon Bonus	Approx Wt Ratio	Enchant Pt Ratio
Leather	Rawhide brown	+1	--	0.4	1
Chain	Silver-ish	+3	--	0.8	1
Iron	Dull gray	+3	-1	0.8	0.75
Steel	Shiny metallic gray	+4	0	1	1
Silver	Silver	+4	0	0.8	1.75
Elven	Silver	+5	+2	0.8	1.25
Dwarven	Golden	+6	+4	0.6	1.5
Mithral	Shiny metallic dark blue	+7	+6	0.8	1.25
Adamantite	Coal black	+7	+6	0.8	1.75
Ebony	Shiny black	+8	+8	0.4	2
Orcish	Shiny metallic dark green	+9	+10	0.8	2.5
Daedric	Shiny metallic blood red	+10	+12	1	3

Notes:

• The weight & enchantment ratios were determined empirically. The weight ratio is listed as approximate because the numbers don't always follow exactly. I assume this is due to rounding to make the numbers come out nice. Basically, if one material lists wt ratio of 1 and another of wt ratio 0.8, it's possible that the will weight the same, but you can count on the 2nd item not weighting more than the 1st.
• Shields have a fixed armor bonus by type, regardless of what material they are made of. The enchantment potential does vary with the material, though.

Armors vs Materials Table, Part A

		Curiass			Greaves			Helmet
	A.C. bonus	Wt	Ench		Wt	Ench		Wt	Ench
Leather	+2	6.25	400		1.25	50		1.25	900
Chain	+6	12.5	400		2.5	50		2.5	900
Iron	+6	12.5	300		2.5	38		2.5	675
Steel	+8	15.5	400		3	50		3	900
Silver	+8	12.5	700		2.5	87		2.5	1575
Elven	+10	12.5	500		2.5	63		2.5	1125
Dwarven	+12	9.25	600		1.75	75		1.75	1350
Mithral	+14	12.5	500		2.5	62		2.5	1125
Adamantite	+14	15.5	700		2.5	87		2.5	1575
Ebony	+16	6.25	800		1.25	100		1.25	1800
Orcish	+18	12.5	1000		2.5	125		2.5	2250
Daedric	+20	15.5	1200		3	150		3	2700

Armors vs Materials Table, Part B

		Gauntlets			Boots			Pauldrons
	A.C. bonus	Wt	Ench		Wt	Ench		Wt	Ench
Leather	+2	0.5	400		1	175		1	40
Chain	+6	1.25	400		2	175		2	40
Iron	+6	1.25	300		2	131		2	30
Steel	+8	1.5	400		2.5	175		2.5	40
Silver	+8	1.25	700		2	306		2	70
Elven	+10	1.25	500		2	219		2	50
Dwarven	+12	0.75	600		1.5	263		1.5	60
Mithral	+14	1.25	500		2	219		2	50
Adamantite	+14	1.25	700		2	306		2	70
Ebony	+16	0.5	800		1	350		1	80
Orcish	+18	1.25	1000		2	438		2	100
Daedric	+20	1.5	1200		2.5	525		2.5	120

Notes:

• Shields have a fixed armor bonus by type, regardless of what material they are made of. The enchantment potential does vary with the material, though.

Weapons vs Materials Table, part A

	Dai Katana				War Axe				Flail
	Dam	Wt	Ench		Dam	Wt	Ench		Dam	Wt	Ench
Iron	1-19	3.5	525		0-14	7.5	375		0-12	7	337
Steel	3-11	4.25	700		2-16	9.25	500		2-14	8.75	450
Silver	3-11	3.5	1225		2-16	7.5	875		2-14	7	787
Elven	5-13	3.5	875		4-18	7.5	625		4-16	7	562
Dwarven	7-15	2.5	1050		6-10	5.5	750		6-18	5.25	675
Mithral	9-17	3.5	875		8-12	7.5	625		8-10	7	562
Adamantite	9-17	3.5	1225		8-12	7.5	875		8-10	7	787
Ebony	11-19	1.75	1400		10-14	3.75	1000		10-12	3.5	900
Orcish	13-31	3.5	1750		12-16	7.5	1250		12-14	7	1125
Daedric	15-33	4.25	2100		14-18	9.25	1500		14-16	8.75	1350

Weapons vs Materials Table, part B

	War Hammer				Long Bow				Dagger
	Dam	Wt	Ench		Dam	Wt	Ench		Dam	Wt	Ench
Iron	1-16	7	412		2-16	1.5	262		0-4	0.5	150
Steel	3-18	8.75	550		4-18	1.75	350		1-6	0.5	200
Silver	3-18	7	962		4-18	1.5	612		1-6	0.5	350
Elven	5-10	7	687		6-10	1.5	437		3-8	0.5	250
Dwarven	7-12	5.25	825		8-12	1	525		5-10	0.25	300
Mithral	9-14	7	687		10-14	1.5	437		7-12	0.5	250
Adamantite	9-14	7	962		10-14	1.5	612		7-12	0.5	350
Ebony	11-16	3.5	1100		12-16	??	700		9-14	0.25	400
Orcish	13-18	7	1375		14-18	1.5	875		11-16	0.5	500
Daedric	15-30	8.75	1650		16-30	1.75	1050		13-18	0.5	600

See also:

• my main Daggerfall page