
To craft the gilded armour you must also have Quicksilver Ingots. The base material for all Elven armour is Refined Moonstone which is also used to improve existing weapons and armour. Elven Armour requires the Elven Smithing perk in the smithing skill tree.Steel ingots are created by smelting Iron Ore with Corundum Ore in a smelter. Steel Armour requires Steel Ingots in addition to Iron Ingots and Leather Strips, In addition you will need to have invested in the base perk of the smithing skill tree.Iron ore in your inventory can be refined at a smelter (such as the one at the Whiterun blacksmith) to be transformed into Iron Ingots. Iron ore can be mined from ore veins scattered throughout the rocky landscape of Skyrim through use of a pickaxe. Iron Ore is required to create Iron Ingots. Iron Armour is created by using the previously mentioned leather strips in combination with Iron Ingots at the blacksmiths' forges.Leather is needed to smith or improve leather armour while leather strips are needed to create all types of armour. By using the tanning rack at most blacksmith workstations, you can turn pelts into leather, or turn leather into leather strips. Leather Armour is created by using the pelts of animals that you have killed.The tasks he gives appear under " Miscellaneous" in your Quest log. To begin improving the Smithing skill, talk to Alvor in Riverwood. The Smithing skill is used to create weapons and armour using metals and other materials available in the land of Skyrim, or to improve existing weapons and armour.
