Dwarven Shield
Skyrim Armor
The Dwarven Shield is a heavy Dwarven shield in Skyrim, with a base armor rating of 26. It is part of the Dwarven Set. Its rating scales with the Heavy 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.
Dwarven 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 Dwarven 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 Heavy Armor.
Can create Dwarven armor and weapons at forges, and improve them twice as much.
Dwarven Set
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Enemies struck by this shield become ethereal for 15 seconds, making them unable to attack or be attacked.
+10 Bash damage against vampires, and sustained blocking creates a minor sun shield doing 10 points of damage while draining the wielder's Stamina.