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Fists of Steel
Skyrim Perk

Heavy Armor tree
Unarmed attacks with Heavy Armor gauntlets do extra damage equal to their armor rating.

Fists of Steel is a perk in the Heavy Armor tree in Skyrim. It requires Heavy Armor 30.

It follows Juggernaut and leads on to Cushioned. It affects 56 armor pieces.

Fists of Steel Builds

Lvl 51
7 / 9
11 / 11
8 / 15
3 / 10
6 / 10
6 / 8
Overlord
Skyrim build
Lvl 80
8 / 8
7 / 9
7 / 9
9 / 13
7 / 10
3 / 10
Boethiah's Champion
Shadow Spellblade Dark Warrior build
Lvl 80
9 / 9
8 / 8
7 / 9
4 / 10
4 / 9
7 / 12
Battle Breton
Spell-"Axe" 100% Challenge build
Lvl 80
7 / 9
9 / 9
13 / 13
8 / 8
11 / 11
6 / 9
The Trickster
Clavicus Vile Spellsword Vampire build
Lvl 80
9 / 9
7 / 9
9 / 9
8 / 8
6 / 10
10 / 10
The Orc Chief
Malacath Warrior build
Lvl 50
7 / 9
5 / 8
4 / 9
7 / 9
5 / 10
5 / 11
Sneaky Battle Kitty
Heavy stealth archer build
Lvl 81
11 / 14
12 / 15
8 / 8
5 / 10
7 / 9
11 / 11
Frost Spellsword
Breton Vampire Spellsword build
Lvl 81
6 / 10
12 / 13
6 / 9
9 / 15
4 / 9
7 / 10
Jester
drifter build
Lvl 51
8 / 9
6 / 10
9 / 9
4 / 9
6 / 8
3 / 10
Dwarven Dreadnought
The Skyrim equivalent of Iron Man build
Show all 27
builds

Open the character build planner with Fists of Steel already picked, then build the rest of the Heavy Armor tree and your character around it.

Create a build with Fists of Steel

Required Perks

Juggernaut

Increases armor rating for Heavy Armor by 20%.

5 ranks

Unlocks

Cushioned

Half damage from falling if wearing all Heavy Armor: head, chest, hands, feet.

50

Affects

Common Heavy Armor (46)
Ancient Nord Gauntlets
Heavy Armor
11
10
Blades Gauntlets
Heavy Armor
14
13
Bonemold Gauntlets
Heavy Armor
13
12
Brawler's Daedric Gauntlets
Heavy Armor
20
18
Brawler's Dragonplate Gauntlets
Heavy Armor
19
17
Brawler's Dwarven Gauntlets
Heavy Armor
14
13
Brawler's Ebony Gauntlets
Heavy Armor
17
16
Brawler's Iron Gauntlets
Heavy Armor
11
10
Brawler's Orcish Gauntlets
Heavy Armor
16
15
Brawler's Steel Gauntlets
Heavy Armor
13
12
Brawler's Steel Plate Gauntlets
Heavy Armor
15
14
Chitin Heavy Gauntlets
Heavy Armor
15
14
Daedric Gauntlets
Heavy Armor
20
18
Dawnguard Gauntlets
Heavy Armor
11
10
Dawnguard Heavy Gauntlets
Heavy Armor
14
13
Dragonplate Gauntlets
Heavy Armor
19
17
Dragonplate Insulated Gauntlets
Heavy Armor
21
19
Dwarven Gauntlets
Heavy Armor
14
13
Ebony Gauntlets
Heavy Armor
17
16
Ebony Plate Gauntlets
Heavy Armor
19
17
Ebony Spell Knight Gauntlets
Heavy Armor
22
20
Falmer Bracers
Heavy Armor
13
12
Falmer Hardened Gauntlets
Heavy Armor
14
13
Falmer Heavy Gauntlets
Heavy Armor
17
16
Golden Saint Gauntlets
Heavy Armor
16
15
Imperial Bracers
Heavy Armor
11
10
Improved Bonemold Gauntlets
Heavy Armor
14
13
Iron Gauntlets
Heavy Armor
11
10
Iron Plate Gauntlets
Heavy Armor
12
11
Iron Spell Knight Gauntlets
Heavy Armor
15
14
Madness Gauntlets
Heavy Armor
21
19
Nordic Carved Gauntlets
Heavy Armor
16
15
Orcish Gauntlets
Heavy Armor
16
15
Orcish Plate Gauntlets
Heavy Armor
17
16
Stalhrim Fur Gauntlets
Heavy Armor
21
19
Stalhrim Heavy Gauntlets
Heavy Armor
19
17
Steel Imperial Gauntlets
Heavy Armor
13
12
Steel Nordic Gauntlets
Heavy Armor
13
12
Steel Plate Gauntlets
Heavy Armor
15
14
Steel Soldier Gauntlets
Heavy Armor
14
13
Steel Spell Knight Gauntlets
Heavy Armor
17
16
Vigil Corrupted Gauntlets
Heavy Armor
15
14
Vigil Enforcer Gauntlets
Heavy Armor
15
14
Vigil Silver Hand Gauntlets
Heavy Armor
15
14
Vigil Veteran Gauntlets
Heavy Armor
15
14
Wolf Gauntlets
Heavy Armor
13
12
Special Heavy Armor (6)
Ahzidal's Gauntlets of Warding
Heavy Armor
15
14
Fists of Randagulf
Heavy Armor
16
15
Gauntlets of the Crusader
Heavy Armor
17
16
Imperial Dragon Gauntlets
Heavy Armor
20
18
Storm-Bear Gauntlets
Heavy Armor
20
18
Wraithguard
Heavy Armor
21
19
Common Light Armor (3)
Daedric Mail Gauntlets
Light Armor
16
14
Dwarven Mail Gauntlets
Light Armor
11
10
Orcish Scaled Gauntlets
Light Armor
15
13
Special Light Armor (1)
Deathbrand Gauntlets
Light Armor
13
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