Armor Rating Enchantment SE
⚪ Last updated 2023⚠️ Install Order · 5 steps
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 3.9% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #64 of 68 Magic - Spells & Enchantments mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Name: Armor Rating Enchantment
Version: 1. 2
Date: 5/5/2023
Category: Magic - Spells & Enchantments
Author(s): Chuckg
Description
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This mod adds an enchantment effect called "Protection" that increases the base armor rating of the article of clothing or armor its applied to.
The vanilla Black Mage Robes and Blue Mage Robes have been changed to a 100-pt Protection enchantment, so finding and disenchanting one of these will give you the effect. Since the vanilla robes themselves have been changed, the altered robes should show up everywhere in loot lists that they showed up before. Anise, at "Anise's Cabin" across the river from the Guardian Stones, is a guaranteed drop of Blue Mage Robes and there's an enchanting station right in her basement for you to use.
Alternately, you can open up the console and type "player.additem C5D11 1" to give yourself a set of enchanted Black Mage Robes.
Although the robes in-game have a strength of 100, the base enchantment strength for purposes of enchanting the object yourself has been reduced to 50.
A bug was discovered that prevented the enchantment from being used; the enchantment slot keywords have been reset to allow the Protection enchantment to be enchanted to any apparel slot.
This enchantment should be very useful to enchant your robes with if you're going pure mage, but don't want to be recasting an Alteration buff every 60 seconds. If you've fully maxed-out your Enchanting with all the relevant perks and using a Grand Soul Gem, it should produce a value of +125 armor rating at skill 100.
Manual Install (if not using NMM or MO)
1. Extract the files to a temporary location.
2. Copy "armorratingenchantment.esp" to (install folder)\Skyrim\Data\
3. Start Skyrim Launcher, click 'Data Files', place a checkmark beside "armorratingenchantment.esp".
1. Start Skyrim Launcher, click Data Files, uncheck "armorratingenchantment.esp".
2. Delete "armorratingenchantment.esp" from your Data folder.
Incompatibility
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This mod is incompatible with anything that alters the enchantment on the enchanted Blue Mage Robes or Black Mage Robes.
1. 0 -- 08/31/2014 - Initial release.
1. 0a -- 09/01/2014 - Optional 50 point robe version.
1. 1 -- Base enchantment strength reduced to 50 while robes still remain at 100; bug that prevented enchantment from being used on apparel slots fixed.
1. 2 - Updated to Form 44 (SE)
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Adds a 'Protection' enchantment that boosts base armor rating on any apparel slot. Found on modified vanilla Mage Robes or via console. Ideal for pure mages wanting passive armor without recasting Alteration buffs. 312 endorsements, last updated May 2023.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Solid community backing with 312 endorsements and nearly 8k downloads.
- Perfect for pure mages who want passive armor without recasting Alteration buffs every minute.
- Easy to get early game – Anise's Cabin is right across from the Guardian Stones, and her basement has an enchanting table.
⚠️ Cons
- Only affects base armor rating, not total armor – so it won't stack with other armor perks or effects the same way.
- The enchantment strength is halved for self-enchanting (50 base), so you'll need max Enchanting perks to get the full +125.
- Since it modifies vanilla robes, it could conflict with other mods that alter those same items or their enchantments.
For Skyrim mages who are tired of recasting Oakflesh or Ebonyflesh every 60 seconds and want a permanent armor boost on their robes. Also great for players who like to disenchant unique items for new effects. Skip if you prefer gameplay overhauls – this is a straightforward quality-of-life enchantment mod.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Head to Anise's Cabin early – it's just across the river from the Guardian Stones, and the Blue Mage Robes are a guaranteed drop.
- Disenchant the robes to learn the Protection effect, then use the enchanting table in Anise's basement to apply it to your gear right away.
- If you're not using a mod manager, just drop the ESP into your Skyrim Data folder and make sure it's checked in your load order.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- Chuckg
- Version
- 1.2
- Downloads
- 7,937
- Endorsements
- 312
- Category
- Magic - Spells & Enchantments
- Created
- 11/2/2016
- Updated
- 5/5/2023
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