Skyrim:Orcish

Orichalcum Ingot

An Orichalcum Ore Vein

Orcish weapons and armor are made using the mineral Orichalcum with techniques developed by the Orcs. The armor is of medium-high-quality, but the weapons are relatively low-quality.

Overview

	Name	ID
	Orichalcum Ore	0005acdd	1	20
	Orichalcum Ingot	0005ad99	1	45

• 3 Orichalcum Ores are obtained by mining Orichalcum Ore Veins. Cannot be purchased.
• 1 Orichalcum Ingot is obtained by smelting 2 Orichalcum Ores. Can be purchased at all levels.
• Orcish Smithing requires 50 Smithing skill.
• Orcish Armor is level 25 Heavy Armor, made from Orichalcum Ingots, Iron Ingots, and Leather Strips.
• Orcish weapons are level 6 weapons, made from Orichalcum Ingots, Iron Ingots, and Leather Strips.

Mineral Sources

In addition to the following guaranteed sources, the best random locations are:

• Orichalcum ingots may be sold by blacksmiths and general goods merchants at all levels.
• Orichalcum ore may be randomly found in Falmer loot starting at level 3.

There are a total of 78 veins, 16 ores, and 12 ingots available in the game. Only locations containing multiple veins, ores, or ingots are included in the following list. The Orichalcum Veins category contains a more complete list of places containing single veins and all exterior ore veins are shown on the Skyrim map.

Region	Location	Veins	Ores	Ingots	Details
Falkreath Hold	Bilegulch Mine	9	6
The Reach	Dushnikh Yal Mine	7	6	2
The Reach	Mor Khazgur Mine	7	1	5
The Rift	Giant's Grove	4
Winterhold	Blackreach	3
Hjaalmarch	Skyborn Altar	3			(map)
The Rift	Fallowstone Cave	2
Hjaalmarch	Chillwind Depths	2
The Pale	High Gate Ruins	2
SolstheimDB	Haknir's Shoal	2
The Pale	Nightgate Inn	2			(map)
Whiterun Hold	Guldun Rock	2			(map)
The Rift	Largashbur	1	2
Winterhold	Saarthal			2

Orcish Smithing

Orcish Smithing is the second perk in the heavy armor branch of the Smithing skill's perk tree. Unlocking it requires a Smithing skill of 50, and the Dwarven Smithing perk must have already been unlocked. Orcish Smithing allows both Orcish armor and Orcish weapons to be crafted.

The Orcish Smithing perk also causes tempering of Orcish weapons and armor to be twice as effective. This perk applies to both unenchanted Orcish gear and enchanted gear (generic armor, generic weapons, or custom), as long as the Arcane Blacksmith perk has been unlocked. Tempering of Shagrol's Warhammer and The Longhammer is also improved by Orcish Smithing.

Orcish Armor

Orcish armor is a variety of heavy armor that is better than Dwarven and Steel Plate, but inferior to Ebony. It appears in leveled lists starting at level 25 (enchanted varieties at level 26). All items can be tempered using 1 Orichalcum Ingot, and having the Orcish Smithing perk doubles the quality improvement.

The Fearsome Fists Creation adds the Brawler's orcish gauntlets, a new gauntlet variant. The base pair can be crafted and differ only in appearance, while a pair with a 14 point Fortify Unarmed enchantment can be bought from vendors and found in random loot.

A male Nord wearing orcish armor

	Name (ID)				Raw Materials			Delta		Ratio
					Orichalcum	Iron	Strips
	Orcish Armor (00013957)	35	1000	40	4	1	3	29.7	804	6.60	5.10
	Orcish Boots (00013956)	7	200	15	3	1	2	2.8	52	1.67	1.35
	Orcish Gauntlets (00013958)	7	200	15	2	1	2	3.8	97	2.19	1.94
	Brawler's Orcish GauntletsCC (FExxx857)	7	200	15	2	1	2	3.8	97	2.19	1.94
	Orcish Helmet (00013959)	8	500	20	2	1	2	4.8	397	2.50	4.85
	Orcish Shield (00013946)	14	500	30	3	1	1	9.9	355	3.41	3.45
Totals (with shield):		71	2400	120	14	5	10
Totals (without shield):		57	1900	90	11	4	9

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  A female Imperial wearing orcish armor

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  Brawler's orcish gauntlets^CC

Orcish Plate Armor^CC

Orcish Plate is a heavy armor variant added by the Alternative Armors - Orcish Plate creation.

Every piece has a higher value, and a slightly higher armor rating than their regular counterpart, except for the helmet, which retains the armor rating of the regular version (possibly due to an oversight). It also lacks a shield variant. Its total armor rating is a bit lower than ebony armor.

A female Imperial wearing orcish plate armor

	Name (ID)				Raw Materials			Delta		Ratio
					Orichalcum	Iron	Strips
	Orcish Plate Armor (FExxx801)	35	1100	41	4	1	3	29.7	904	6.60	5.61
	Orcish Plate Boots (FExxx800)	7	225	16	3	1	2	2.8	77	1.67	1.52
	Orcish Plate Gauntlets (FExxx802)	7	225	16	2	1	2	3.8	122	2.19	2.18
	Orcish Plate Helmet (FExxx803)	8	550	20	2	1	2	4.8	447	2.50	5.34
Totals (with regular shield):		71	2600	123	14	5	10
Totals:		57	2100	93	11	4	9

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  A male Nord wearing orcish plate armor

Orcish Scaled Armor^CC

Orcish Scaled is a light armor variant added by the Alternative Armors - Orcish Scaled creation.

In terms of armor rating, it's only slightly worse than dragonscale armor, but it weighs considerably more, just 1 point shy of the heavy dwarven mail^CC light armor. It also lacks a shield.

• At a Blacksmith Forge, Orcish Scaled items do not appear under the Orcish category, but rather under Misc.
  • The Official Skyrim Special Edition Patch, version 1.6.1130.0, fixes this bug.

A male Nord wearing orcish scaled armor

	Name (ID)				Raw Materials			Delta		Ratio
					Orichalcum	Iron	Strips
	Orcish Scaled Armor (FExxx801)	14	500	36	4	1	3	4.7	304	1.51	2.55
	Orcish Scaled Boots (FExxx800)	4	150	13	3	1	2	-0.3	2	0.93	1.01
	Orcish Scaled Gauntlets (FExxx802)	4	100	13	2	1	2	-1.3	-3	0.61	0.97
	Orcish Scaled Helmet (FExxx803)	6	200	18	2	1	2	2.7	97	1.82	1.94
Totals:		28	950	80	11	4	9

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  A female Imperial wearing orcish scaled armor

Orcish Weapons

Orcish weapons are relatively low-quality weapons, better than only Iron and Steel in quality. Notably, the weapons are lower quality than Dwarven weapons, even though Dwarven Smithing is a prerequisite for Orcish Smithing. They are lighter than Dwarven weapons, though. The weapons appear in leveled lists starting at level 6 (enchanted varieties at level 7) with the exception of the Orcish Battleaxe which has been left out of the standard leveled lists, making it harder to find in random loot. All items except ammunition can be tempered using 1 Orichalcum Ingot, and having the Orcish Smithing perk doubles the quality improvement. Arrows can only be smithed if the Dawnguard add-on has been installed. Bolts are only available with the Rare Curios creation installed. Crossbows are only available with the Expanded Crossbow Pack creation installed.

	Name (ID)				Crit.	Speed	Reach	Raw Materials				Delta		Ratio
								Orichalcum	Iron	Strips	Other
	Orcish Dagger (0001398e)	3	30	6	3	1.3	0.7	1	1	1		0.9	-25	1.43	0.55
	Orcish Sword (00013991)	11	75	9	4	1	1	2	1	1		7.9	-25	3.55	0.75
	Orcish War Axe (0001398b)	13	90	10	5	1	1	2	1	2		9.8	-13	4.06	0.87
	Orcish Mace (00013990)	15	105	11	5	0.8	1	3	1	1		10.9	-40	3.66	0.72
	Orcish Greatsword (0001398f)	18	75	18	9	0.7	1.3	4	2	3		11.7	-128	2.86	0.37
	Orcish Battleaxe (0001398c)	25	165	19	9	0.7	1.3	4	1	2		19.8	-28	4.81	0.85
	Orcish Warhammer (00013992)	26	180	21	10	0.6	1.3	4	1	3		20.7	-16	4.91	0.92
	Orcish Bow (0001398d)	9	150	10	5	0.81	1	2	1	0		6	53	3.00	1.55
	Orcish Arrow (000139bb)	0	3	12	N/A			1	0	0	1 Firewood Makes 24 arrowsDG	-6	22	0.00	1.44
	Orcish BoltCC (FExxx841)	0	3	12	N/A			1	0	0	1 Firewood Makes 10 bolts	(?)	(?)	(?)	(?)
	Orcish CrossbowCC (FExxx80D)	15	500	22	9	1	1	3	0	0	3 Firewood	(?)	(?)	(?)	(?)
	Enhanced Orcish CrossbowCC (FExxx819)	15	700	22	9	1	1	1	0	0	1 Orcish Crossbow	(?)	(?)	(?)	(?)

†Orcish War Axes have a speed of 1 instead of 0.9. This bug also applies to all generic enchanted Orcish War Axes.

• The Unofficial Skyrim Patch, version 1.1, fixes this bug.

‡The gold value of the Orcish Greatsword is half of what it should be (75 instead of 150). Enchanted variations use the proper base gold value of 150.

• The Unofficial Skyrim Patch, version 1.3.1, fixes this bug.

††This item can only be crafted by siding with the Dawnguard.

¥The Enhanced Crossbow has an additional property: Attacks with this crossbow ignore 50% of armor.

Notes

• Orichalcum (ore or ingot) is one of four items needed at the Atronach Forge to create a Staff of the Storm Atronach.
• Orichalcum Ore can be sold to Gharol or Shuftharz for the quest Mine Ore.
• One special, quest-specific Orichalcum Ingot is part of the quest Hunt and Gather. It has no uses -- it cannot be used in place of a standard ingot.
• Ore veins (all types) sometimes do not respawn normally. See Mining (Bugs) and elsewhere on that article and its talk page.