Skyrim:Madness Ore

Madness Ore

Madness Ingot

Madness Ore is a flexible, brown metal that's marbled with glowing gold veins, and occurs naturally in the Shivering Isles. It is added to the game by the Saints & Seducers Creation. It is used to create high quality weapons and armor. Madness Ore itself is very rare, but can be found occasionally in dungeon boss chests, and in the inventory of Khajiit caravan traders after receiving Ri'saad's note on his new wares.

Overview

	Name	ID
	Madness Ore	(xx000BC9)	1	110
	Madness Ingot	(xx000BC8)	1	150

Madness Smithing

The secret to smithing Madness equipment is learned by reading Evethra's Journal, obtained from a miscellaneous quest which is granted upon reading the Note on Amber and Madness Ore. Crafting the weapons and armor also requires learning Ebony Smithing, the third perk in the "heavy armor" branch of the smithing skill's perk tree. Being able to craft Madness equipment essentially requires a minimum Smithing skill of 80 to unlock Ebony Smithing, and Ebony Smithing's prerequisite perks must also be unlocked.

All Madness items can be tempered using 1 Madness ingot.

Madness Armor

A male Nord wearing Madness Armor

Madness armor is a type of heavy armor. The armor and shield have the highest base armor rating for their respective slots in the game.

	Name (ID)				Raw Materials			Delta		Ratio
					Madness	Ebony	Strips
	Madness Armor (xx000BBE)	52	4100	52	5	2	3	44.7	3041	7.12	3.87
	Madness Boots (xx000BBF)	11	850	19	3	1	2	6.8	244	2.62	1.40
	Madness Gauntlets (xx000BBD)	8	850	19	2	1	2	4.8	394	2.50	1.86
	Madness Helmet (xx000BBC)	17	1900	24	3	1	2	12.8	1294	4.05	3.14
	Madness Shield (xx000BC5)	16	1800	38	4	2	1	9.9	897	2.62	1.99
Totals (with shield):		104	9500	152	17	7	10
Totals (without shield):		88	7700	114	13	5	9

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  A female Imperial wearing Madness Armor

Madness Weapons

Madness Weapons

Madness weapons are better than dragonbone weapons, but are slightly heavier.

Name	ID				Crit.	Speed	Reach	Raw Materials				Delta		Ratio
								Madness	Ebony	Strips	Firewood
Madness Dagger	(xx000BE6)	7	800	13	5	1.3	0.7	1	1	1	0	4.9	497	3.33	2.64
Madness Sword	(xx000BE9)	20	1525	16	7	1	1	2	1	1	0	16.9	-203	6.45	0.55
Madness War Axe	(xx000BEA)	22	1900	17	7	0.9	1	2	1	2	0	18.8	1444	6.88	4.17
Madness Mace	(xx000BE8)	23	2200	18	8	0.8	1	3	1	1	0	18.9	1597	5.61	3.65
Madness Greatsword	(xx000BE7)	28	3100	26	12	0.7	1.3	5	1	3	0	21.7	2191	4.44	3.41
Madness Battleaxe	(xx000BE4)	31	3300	27	12	0.7	1.3	5	1	2	0	24.8	2394	5.00	3.64
Madness Warhammer	(xx000BEB)	34	4600	29	13	0.6	1.3	5	1	3	0	27.7	3691	5.40	5.06
Madness Bow	(xx000BE5)	21	3050	21	9	0.5	1	3	1	0	0	17	2450	5.25	5.08
Madness Arrow	(xx000BED)	0.1	9	26	N/A			1	0	0	1	-3.6	61	0.40	1.39

†Recipe creates 24 Madness Arrows for the raw materials values.

Notes

• See the Lore article for more information.

Bugs

• Madness Gauntlets do not benefit from the Fists of Steel perk.
  • The Official Skyrim Special Edition Patch, version 1.6.318, fixes this bug.