Blackguard's Armor

Acquisition[]

The full set is in a display case in the basement of Glover Mallory's House. The basement can only be entered after completing the quest "Paid in Full" for Glover Mallory.

Once completed, Glover will grant a key to his basement and any items in it can be taken without incident. The set respawns, along with most of the rest of the items in the basement, after a certain amount of time.

Enchantment[]

The enchantments on this armor set are essentially identical to those found on the Thieves Guild or Guild Master's Armor Set, but the boots, gloves and hood are 5% more powerful than the latter.

Smithing[]

All pieces can be upgraded at a workbench with piece of leather and the Arcane Blacksmith perk, however they do not benefit from any Smithing perks.

This means this armor cannot be improved past flawless quality without boosting the Smithing skill over 100. This can be achieved by wearing enchanted items and/or using blacksmithing potions to fortify Smithing.

Attributes by piece[]

Piece				Enchantment	ID
Blackguard's Armor	33	7	2079	Carrying Capacity increased by 50.	xx02ad33
Blackguard's Boots	13	2	836	Pickpocket success is 40% better.	xx02ad34
Blackguard's Gloves	8	2	778	Lockpicking is 40% easier.	xx02ad32
Blackguard's Hood	18	2	1745	Prices are 25% better.	xx02ad31
Total	72	13	5438	–	–

Trivia[]

• This set is both stronger in enchantment and may be acquired earlier than the Thieves Guild or Guild Master's Armor. However, its base armor rating is lower than the Guild Master's Armor.
• The Blackguard's Armor is the piece of armor worn by the Gray Fox, whose bust is located in Riftweald Manor, and occasionally seen on a loading screen.

Bugs[]

•  PC   360   PS3   NX   The Blackguard's Hood has the same missing mesh problem on vampires as the Thieves Guild Hood does.

Appearances[]

• The Elder Scrolls V: Dragonborn