I've seen lots of posts online asking this, but haven't found a definite answer so I'd like to ask myself.

Can you eventually find daedric and/or dragon armor from chests or mobs? Or can you only craft it? I've found a daedric mace and I've also found a dragonscale shield.

I love not using smithing and finding upgrades that I need randomly. Has anyone who doesnt use smithing found armor out there?

You can find Daedric as loot. But Dragon has to be made. At least from what I understand.

Just to note, any material can reach the Armor Cap, so Dragonbone and Daedric are an Aesthetic/Role Choice more than anything else. Of course you may not want to pick and choose the Perks and develop the crafting skills that get you that level of protection, and at mid levels you might not reach the cap with lessor materials.

I found some dragonbone armour in a chest at level 40 odd, haven't found anymore and now at 56. Also found one pair of Daedric boots, but again only the one pair. You can get them, but they seem to be pretty rare.

I found a daedric dagger in a small chest that as locked on novice at level 28.

Thanks for your reply. I'm still curious to if dragonscale can drop. Shields are classified as armor and I found a dragonscale shield once.

Awesome. Can you remember if it was a boss chest or not? This is how my 2nd character plays. I don't use smithing and I upgrade loot a little at a time. It always gets exciting when I actually find something I can use.

I am not high enough in level to see Daedric drops, and Dragonbone/Scale if that drops too. However, I will say that finding a complete set of Ebony took me a while and many dungeons. I have a feeling that these other armors will be just as rare.

I'm level 24 I believe and I have found Ebony helm and armor too. Still looking for more.

i had the 'dragonscale armour of the peerless knight' from a chest drop yesterday. that was a good day...especially since i didnt bother investing in any smithing perks. im level 54 now, was 52-53 yesterday. also had a plain dragonscale shield drop at level 50ish.

Do you have the lockpicking perk that increases the chance of finding magical items?

I have found Dragonscale at around 30/40....it was in a chest near a word wall, IIRC.

I got a suit of Daedric Armor from General Tuilous for capturing fort Kastav. Was level 35 at the time.

nope, didnt put any perks in lockpicking either. just lucky i guess!!

I found a dragonscale shield laying on the ground outside. Can't remember where I was, but it was outside of a building of sorts. Other than that, I've found neither Dragon on Daedric items. But I don't really play my high level character lately.


This is a spoiler. You could just say a quest or something, don't give us directions and a map.

So far I have found only one piece of Daedric anything and it was a nifty 2 handed axe. That was a while ago so I'm not sure where it was. I think it was quest related though. Perhaps to do with Red Eagle? Can't remember.

As for Deadric armor, it's pretty rare even for a master smith since you can only make daedric armor if you have daedric hearts and those are fairly rare too. (I'm a level 40 thief overall, 100 in smithing). I did just complete the night to remember and that's ..a good one to complete. I don't want to give anything away.

I found 2 Daedric bows, 1 enchanted, and another with none enchantment (in the giant's camp near whiterun, expert chest), 1 Daedric gauntlets, 1 Daedric Battleaxe and 1 Daedric Helmet in some other locations that i don't remember, maybe i'm kinda lucky.

Hearts arent so rare at all. The fence at the mages college Enthir, always has two for sale.

Dragonscale(Light) armor of the Peerless Knight (Fortify Heavy Armor)"?

no. it increases light armour by 25 points.

according to uesp, its named incorrectly: http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Fortify_Light_Armor

I've picked up so much ebony armour that it's now one of my prime sources of ready cash.

However, at level 60 I have only come across one piece of Daedric armour, and that was an enchanted helmet (far too valuable to be able to sell, actually, no one would have that much coin), and no dragon armour. Now, when I found the daedric piece, I had taken the perks in smithing to make dragon armour myself, but after seeing what it looked like and running around in it for a few days I went back to a previous save and spent the perks elsewhere...whether those perks had anything to do with scoring that daedric drop I don't know, but if so, then it's a frustrating game process, because if you can make and enchant the stuff, why do you need random drops being tied to it?

I found dragonscale guantlets in a chest at lv 45 I think.

Anyone else?

Definitely a Forsworn boss chest. And not fixed, random, as I had several quests take me to the same fort, chest respawned and loot was different every time.

Anyone else able to confirm if they've had daedric and/or dragonscale armor drop?

Not sure what you mean by "drop", but I've found dragonscale boots in a chest, and I've found daedric arrows on some enemies. Haven't found any other daedric items yet at level 45 or so, and my current character (just finished the MQ, about to retire) probably would have let the things lie where they fell; he doesn't care for dealing with daedra in any fashion.