Choosing the best light armor in the game can be quite overwhelming. Here are the Top 10 Best Light Armors for your consideration.
1. Ancient Shrouded Armor
It is an ultimate armor with an extremely high armor rating. The set is like a combination of Scaled Armor, Glass Armor, and Dragonscale Armor but way better. When all pieces are worn, the armor rating will further increase by 25. It can be acquired by joining the quest “Locate the Assassin of Old.”
2. Nightingale Armor
It is a symbolic armor to the Nightingales, a secret inner circle dedicated to the Daedric Prince Nocturnal. This can be acquired in “Trinity Restored,” a quest wherein the Dragonborn must join the Nightingales. Since the armor is already leveled, its enchantments and value will be subjected to the character’s level and skill.
3. Dragonscale Armor
It is an armor made of dragon scales and grants protection against poison. Each piece can be found or looted around level 50. In forging the armor, you will first need to acquire the Dragon Armor perk, which requires a smithing skill of at least 100. Compared to Glass Armor, the Dragonscale Armor is heavier and has a much higher armor rating.
4. Deathbrand Armor
It is an armor worn by the legendary Haknir Death-Brand. This Stalhrim light armor set’s unique pieces can only be acquired in the quest “Deathbrand.” This armor can rank higher than Daedric armor, given that the whole set is worn. It can increase your stamina by 15, carrying capacity by 10, while causing 10% more damage to enemies. It can also grant you water-breathing when the helm is worn.
5. Guild Master’s Armor
It is an upgraded version of the Thieves Guild Armor. The armor itself has an additional 50 points carrying capacity. Other pieces include boots, gloves, and hood. The boots render a pickpocket success of 35%. Its gloves can make lockpicking easier by 35%. The hood will increase your skill of persuasion by 20%. You will see this armor in Riften worn by Brynjolf, Delvin Mallory, and Vex but without the hood.
6. Ancient Falmer Armor
It is a unique armor with bat patterns, Celtic knots, and an ancient Falmer crown that completes its feature. The armor can only be acquired from the quest “Touching the Sky.” There, you can loot the armor from Arch-Curate Vyrthur after killing him in battle. To double its armor rating, forge its pieces with a refined moonstone at a workbench.
7. Armor of The Old Gods
It is a special set of Forsworn armor that can be acquired as a reward from Kaie, the Forsworn leader. You can earn it after helping Madanach in the quest quest “No One Escapes Cidhna Mine.” Just like the Stormcloak Officer Armor, you also need to improve your smithing skill to over 100 before you can forge it.
8. Chitin Armor
It is a set of armor that is usually found in Solstheim. There are two variations of this armor, namely, Morag Tong Armor and Chitin Heavy Armor. The armor resembles the giant western fiery chiton, a mollusk with eight armored plates common in the north Pacific Ocean.
9. Stormcloak Officer Armor
It is a set of light armor that Stormcloak captains usually wear. There are a few ways for you to acquire this armor. First, by taking part in the “The Battle for Fort Snowhawk.” After completing the quest, Ulfric Stormcloak will reward you if you chose to join the rebellion. Another is if you fight for the Imperial Legion in the “Battle for Whiterun.” There, you may plunder the armor from the corpses of dead Stormcloak generals. You may also acquire this armor in other quests, like “Battle for Windhelm,” “Hail Sithis!,” and “Siege on the Dragon Cult.” Since it is the armor of Stormcloak Officers, expect it to have a higher armor rating. To forge it, you need to improve your smithing skill to over 100.
10. Elven Armor
It is a set of light armor that Thalmor soldiers usually wear. There are two variations of this armor: the Elven Armor and the Elven Light Armor. The first variant consists of armor, boots, gauntlets, helmet, and shields. You can start finding these pieces at random once you hit level 12. The pieces of the second variant will start dropping at level 13. If you want a stronger Elven Armor, you may purchase a cuirass called Elven Gilded Armor. It looks the same as the Elven Armor but with a higher armor rating. When you reach the level of 30, the armor has to be forged using either refined moonstone, quicksilver ingot, leather strips, or iron ingot.
