
Slows down movement much more than light armor.Makes more noise than light armor, so sneaking is harder.Offers much more protection from physical attacks.Offers a greater number of Perks to choose from.Offers a greater variety of armors available to craft.Requires the Dragonborn add-on.Īdvantages/Disadvantages Main article: Armor (Skyrim)
Kuvar (Master): Thirsk Mead Hall near Lake Fjalding.
Requires the Dawnguard add-on and membership to the Dawnguard.
Isran of the Dawnguard (Master): Fort Dawnguard, in Dayspring Canyon. Farkas of The Companions (Master): Jorrvaskr, or the training area behind it, in Whiterun. Gharol (Expert): Dushnikh Yal in The Reach. Kill the Bandit Leader for Brunwulf Free-Winter in Windhelm. The following quests increase or help to increase the Heavy Armor Skill: Oghma Infinium – choosing the Path of Might increases all Warrior skills, including Heavy Armor, by five. See each book's page for a list of possible locations. The following books provide a permanent one-time increase to the Dragonborn's Heavy Armor skill. To level up the skill in complete safety, especially at low levels, one can find a brawl opponent willing to brawl repeatedly without charging a wager - usually during a quest such as the " Hired Muscle" quest often dispensed near the beginning of the Companions questline or the " Taking Care of Business" quest for the Thieves Guild. Taking on larger groups and/or more powerful enemies will level the skill(s) faster, but one has to balance their ability to restore their own health against the amount of damage they will be taking. Restoration magic and healing potions can be used to restore any damage taken (thus one can also level up the Restoration skill simultaneously). If you have a shield of the appropriate armor type, one can also upgrade the block skill as well during this process. Mudcrabs are useful in this regard, as they have low health yet can do enough damage, especially the larger varieties. One can rapidly level up the skill simply by finding an enemy (or group of enemies) which uses physical attacks and allowing them to attack without attacking back. Conversely increasing armor rating does not decrease the rate at which the skill advances. Being the victim of power attacks likewise grants more experience than a standard attack. Thus, taking multiple attacks from a skeever or wolf levels heavy armor at a significantly slower rate than blows from Giants or Mammoths would. Leveling up armor skills is relatively simple: take physical damage in combat while wearing armor pieces of that type. To level up the Heavy Armor skill most efficiently, wear a full set of Heavy Armor (head, hands, feet, chest). The rate of skill gain is based on the total amount of damage incoming before armor is applied.