Dragonplate in random loot : V

» Sun Jun 03, 2012 11:46 pm

First of all, forgive me if this is a duplicate. I'm new to the forums (though I've been lurking for a while now), and I haven't seen a thread discussing this. Anyways, I was doing a tour of Skyrim's towers. I decided to check out Widow's Watch, as it is one of my favorites. I killed the witch there and went to loot the chest at the top of the tower. I'm talking about the Expert-level one behind some boards. After picking the lock, I was surprised to find Dragonplate armor. I was under the belief that Dragonplate was only craftable. Is this a glitch, or is there a small chance for it to spawn? I'll post pictures when I can.

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 1:02 am

i lockpicked a small chest that was locked on novice and got a daedric dagger. i was only level 28 too.

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 10:05 am

It's possible, just very rare. One of my characters found a pair of dragonscale boots in Shriekwind Bastion, north of Falkreath. I believe she was around level 55 when that happened.

» Sun Jun 03, 2012 10:40 pm

You do find occasional dragonplate loot. I assume it's meant to be ancient.

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 12:21 am

Awesome. I'll keep an eye out. Thanks for the quick response.

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 5:39 am

It's very rare, and only at really high levels. Probably 50+

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 2:05 am

My first Dragon armor loot was around 42ish.

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 6:06 am

Huh, that's never happened to me before...

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 3:58 am

I was handed a daedric sword as the reward for a quest...next quest, same person, I was given an iron shield.

» Sun Jun 03, 2012 10:05 pm

I was handed a daedric sword as the reward for a quest...next quest, same person, I was given an iron shield.

The randomizer must have been really bad.

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 12:41 am

The randomizer must have been really bad.

So was my language when I got the dinner plate...

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 2:05 am

Does it help if you have the 'chance of better loot' perk?

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 8:43 am

The perk says you have a 50% chance of getting better loot, I believe. But I haven't really noticed much, still find iron crap, and leather. Even at level 81. Really the only thing I ever find useful is Daedric Arrows, and found one of the dragon helms before. Not sure which one. Otherwise, I usually have to craft anything I want.

» Sun Jun 03, 2012 9:10 pm

Found Dragonplate Helm and boots in loot and Deadric helmet and armour in some chests.
Never found good loot like that in my first playthrough though, usually only got Ebony items at best.

» Sun Jun 03, 2012 6:12 pm

Do you have to have the dragon smithing perk to find the armour randomly or can you find them without that perk? (same for daedric). And just how rare is it? I wanna know if its worth getting the smithing perks or spending them on something else. I think it would be fun to dungeon delve for ages to find these rare armours, give me something to do.

Also do cleared dungeons respawn?

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 5:16 am

No you can find them without the smithing perks. No one but the developers know how rare of a chance, but I am pretty sure it's a rare chance. Especially the armors. Cleared Dungeons do respawn, I'm not sure how often. But it does happen. Sometimes I go in them and there is nothing there, but sometimes there is.

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 8:17 am

Sooner or later u'l eventually find all the peices, I'v found a full set of dragonplate armor just by roaming around, sum of it was even enchhanted like dragonplate gauntlets of major archery and armor of major health.

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 6:59 am

They are not as rare as Daedric armour. So there is yet hope.

» Sun Jun 03, 2012 6:40 pm

I found an unenchanted dragonplate armour at some insignificant bandit camp... just right after I crafted one for my follower and run out of dragon scales for crafting other dragonplate parts. So for me it was more of a WTF moment rather than a pleasant surprise. I was also unnder impression that dragon items can only be crafted and never found as a random loot. Also, that fact kind of made all the smithing perks somewhat less worthy. Then again, that's the only dragon part I've come accross so far.

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 4:55 am

the lockpicking perk increases chance of "special treasure" by 50%

so if there is a 10% chance of special treasure in a chest, it's instead 15%

This does add up significantly over time though... more random magic items = greater chance you'll find something you want

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 2:41 am

I found a dragonplate shield at level 33

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 6:02 am

It is incredibly rare. In my 300 hours I have found one piece as random loot, but it is possible to find it at least.

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 1:46 am

I have found a couple of shields and a plate helmet so far, I think you just need to keep on farming dungeons that have Bandits/Draugr ruins ect.

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 3:52 am

Awesome! So I don't have to waste perks on smithing in order to get daedric and dragon armour

I was just worried about running out of dungeons to clear lol.

» Sun Jun 03, 2012 10:41 pm

I only found one piece of Dragonscale armour in a shipwreck off the coast of Skyrim. I already had full glass at the time and was one perk away from getting the ability the craft my own. Think I also found a Dragonplate shield sometime after that but can't remember where.