Dragonscale Shield
Skyrim Armor
The Dragonscale Shield is a light dragonscale shield in Skyrim, with a base armor rating of 29. It is part of the Dragonscale Set. Its rating scales with the Light Armor skill and with tempering at a workbench.
It can take 8 enchantments at an arcane enchanter, and is found pre-enchanted in 15 variants. It is boosted by 4 perks.
Dragonscale Shield Builds
Jump into the character build planner with this piece already equipped, tempered and skilled as you set it here, then build perks and the rest of your loadout around it.
Create a build with Dragonscale ShieldStats
Enchantments
Increases Frost Resistance by 15%.
Increases Shock Resistance by 15%.
Increases Magic Resistance by 8%.
Block 13% more damage with your shield.
Increases your Health by 20 points.
Increases Fire Resistance by 15%.
Increases Poison Resistance by 15%.
Increases Disease Resistance by 25%.
Enchanted Variants
Boosted by
Arrows that hit the shield do no damage.
Blocking with a shield reduces incoming fire, frost, and shock damage by 50%.
Additional 25% Armor bonus if wearing a matched set of Light Armor.
Can create Dragon armor and Dragonbone weapons at forges, and improve them twice as much.
Dragonscale Set
More Armor
Increases Magic Resistance by 20%.; Increases your Health by 20 points.
Block 40% more damage with your shield.
+10 Bash damage against vampires, and sustained blocking creates a minor sun shield doing 10 points of damage while draining the wielder's Stamina.