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.
OverviewEdit
Madness SmithingEdit
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 ArmorEdit
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.
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Raw Materials | Delta | Ratio | |||||
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 Madness |
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Madness Armor (xx000BBE) |
52 | 4100 | 52 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 44.7 | 3041 | 7.12 | 3.87 |
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Madness Boots (xx000BBF) |
11 | 850 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6.8 | 244 | 2.62 | 1.40 |
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Madness Gauntlets (xx000BBD) |
8 | 850 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4.8 | 394 | 2.50 | 1.86 |
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Madness Helmet (xx000BBC) |
17 | 1900 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12.8 | 1294 | 4.05 | 3.14 |
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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 WeaponsEdit
Madness weapons are better than dragonbone weapons, but are slightly heavier.
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Speed | Reach | Raw Materials | Delta | Ratio | |||||
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| 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 | ||
NotesEdit
- See the Lore article for more information.
BugsEdit
- Madness Gauntlets do not benefit from the Fists of Steel perk.
- The Official Skyrim Special Edition Patch, version 1.6.318, fixes this bug.