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Armors & Outfits
Masterstroke adds many custom armors to the game, most of which are gated behind smithing perks, crafting manuals, or both. Some of them cannot be crafted, and must be found within the world. While you're meant to discover these yourself through gameplay, I've dug through the modlist and cataloged the means to find these armors below.
For much more information on the armors themselves, please look up them in the modlist and find their respective modpages pages.
This is non-comprehensive. If there's any information that's not up to date, or doesn't apply to the modlist please let us know.
Vanilla Armors
"Vanilla" refers to content that is present within an unmodified version of Skyrim. For Masterstroke we use the following mods to expand on the vanilla armors.
- NordWarUA's Vanilla Armor Replacers SSE
- We use the Standalone Patch so the vanilla forms of the armors still exist, but are still modified by aMidianBorn Book of Silence SE
- New Legion


The Amazing World of Bikini Armors (or TAWOBA for short)
These are bikinified versions of the standard Skyrim armors. You can use the "Keep It Breezy" spells (found in the MCM) to transform the vanilla armor you're wearing, or find the Mythic Armor Books to craft the individual pieces. For these, you still need the various smithing perks associated with the metal type. There's a handy picture guide showing the book locations here:

The crafted variants of these armors are highly modular, occupying more slots that Skyrim had in the base game. For each slot, there can be up to 3 variants, and they can be mixed and matched for ultimate customization; they can even go well with other armor types as well!
For the Alteration Mage Robes perks, a lot of the accessory-type pieces as well as the gloves and boots can be equipped without disrupting the benefits of the perks. As a general rule of thumb, if the slot type doesn't say "Body" or "Cloak," the armor will work just fine.




Skimpy Mage Robes
These robes replace the standard robes in the Skimpy Bodyslide option in MO2. See List Customization for more information. They can be obtained outside of the Skimpy Bodyslide only by using the console. Type in help "bikini robe" into the console without the brackets for the item IDs.
"Unobtainable" Outfits
Like the Skimpy Mage Robes, these outfits can currently only be obtained outside of the only by using the console. Utilize the help command in the console without the to locate the item IDs.
Skimpy Variants of Outfits
If you enable the Skimpy Bodyslides, all of the armors and outfits found in Vanilla Skyrim will be replaced by skimpy variants. Unlike the mage robes, these cannot be spawned in through the console, you MUST have the Skimpy Bodyslide option to use these.
Female Skimpy Bodyslides: Remodeled Armor SE - CBBE 3BA
Male Skimpy Bodyslides: Kreiste's Skimpy Outfits for HIMBO
Craftable Armor Sets
This is in no particular order. Most of these recipes are done at a blacksmith crafting site, but some (like the milkmaid outfit) are done through a tanning rack. Some of these are also available in the world, I've listed these locations later in the article.
Perkless crafting
These do not require any perks to craft, and are available to create straight away.
- Colovian Armor
- Nibenean Armor
- Stormcloak Warmaiden
- Ov Assassin Armor
- CloudBird's Layered Gowns
- DrSlump's Milk Maid Outfit
Intrigue Armor
- Requires Steel Smithing perk
Imperial Tribune Armor
- Requires Steel Smithing perk
Legendary Alpha Shields
- Requires Steel Smithing perk
Wolf Carved Armor
- Requires Steel Smithing perk
Daring Demon Hunter Armor
- Heavy Armor requires Ebony smithing perk
- Light Armor variant requires Steel smithing perk
Dwemer Researcher Armor
- Requires the Dwarven Armor Smithing perk
Studded Elven Armor
- Requires Elven Smithing perk
Kozakowy's Falka Armor
- Requires Elven Smithing perk
Fem-Tsun Armor
- Requires Advanced Armor Smithing perk as well as access to the Sky Forge
Knight of Thorns
- Requires Dragon and Advanced Armor perk. A set can be found at the Serphent Stone Isle, East of Winterhold College (in a locked coffin.)
Snow White Armor
- Requires Advanced Smithing perk
ELLE Bifrost
- Requires Daedric Smithing perk
Daedric Chainmail
- The "Huntress" piece requires the Deadric Smithing perk, everything else is available without perks.
Dark Elf Blader
- Certain parts of the armor can be crafted without perks
- Light armor requires the Dragon Smithing perk
- Heavy Armor requires the Daedric Smithing perk
TERA Armor
- Spread out across the various Smithing perks
- "Eternal" armor sets require you to learn every Smithing perk
- "Succubus Armor" require the Daedric Smithing perk
aMidian Variants
Morrowind Equipment Crafting
- Go to Solstheim through the Dragonborn DLC quest. Using console commands to get to Solstheim does not unlock the crafting recipes.
Daedric Variant Crafting
- Once you get a Daedric Artifact that has a variant, check back to the location where the quest was assigned. Returning to the Sacellum of Boethiah or the Falkreath Jail after the quests are complete will reveal an Atronach Forge Note in Daedric. Taking the Daedric artifact in question (the Ebony Mail or the Savior's Hide) to the Atronach Forge allows you to modify them using the Forge's Power.
- The Ebony Mail requires any Ebony Mail variant, a Gold, Silver, or Ebony ingot, and a Black Soul Gem.
- The Savior's Hide requires any Savior's Hide variant and any Bear Pelt variant.
- Neither the notes nor the Sigil Stone are required for the recipes to work.
Thalmor Equipment Crafting: Do one of these
- Complete the Civil War for the Stormcloaks.
- Complete Missing In Action.
- Complete Diplomatic Immunity.
Crafting Manual Locations(from West to East)
Haafinger
- DX Ursine Imperial Armor | Solitude - Castle Dour
Hjaalmarch
- DX Gwelda Vampire | Morthal - Fallion's House
- DX Witcher Armor | Morthal - Moorside Inn
Falkreath Hold
- DX Merta Assassin | Falkreath - Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary
Whiterun Hold
- DX Emfy Cleric | Whiterun - Temple of Kynareth
- DX Sotteta Necromancer | Riverwood - Anise's Cabin Cellar
The Pale
- Practical Pirate | Northwest of Dawnstar - Brinehammer
- Nordic Wanderer | South of Nightgate Inn - Wanderer's Monument
Winterhold
- DX Ursine Barbarian Armor | Winterhold - Birna's Oddments
- DX Merta Black Rose | College of Winterhold - Hall of Attainment
- Nether Mage | College of Winterhold - The Midden
- Knight Of Thorns | North-East of College - The Serpent Stone
Eastmarch
- DX Ursine Stormcloak Armor | Windhelm - Palace of the Kings
- DX Necromancer Robes | Windhelm - Hall of the Dead (the Skulls are the books)
- Nordic Wanderer | Wanderer's Monument, South of Nightgate Inn (Starts quest)
The Rift
- DX Morenn | Ivarsted - Alchemist Shed
- DX Tembtra Thief | Riften - Thieves Guild headquarters
- DX Gwelda Dawnguard | Riften - The Scorched Hammer
- DX Celes Nightingale | East of Ivarstead - Sarethi Farm
Solstheim
- DX Cassandra Apocrypha | Raven Rock Mine - At the end of the Black Book:"The Winds of Change" dungeon
Non-Craftable Armor Locations
- Dragonbone Barbarian Female Light - South-East of Markarth, East of Hag Rock redoubt
- Dragonbone Barbarian Female Heavy - North-West of Riften, North of Redwater Den
- Dragonbone Barbarian Male | South-West of Dawnstar
- Contractor - Lake Ilinalta, The Lady Stone
- Altmer Armor - Lake Ilinalta, The Lady Stone
- Champion of Azura - Shrine of Azura, Near Winterhold
- Kozakowy's 1700 Lady Sarah Churchill Gown - Solitude, Raidiant Raiment, in a chest near the cellar
- Viridian Knight Armor - A quest, given by the courier at level 20 will reward you with this set.
- Kozakowy's Falka Armor | Sinderion's Field Laboratory (in a chest by the door)