Skyrim:Stalhrim

A stalhrim deposit

A depleted stalhrim deposit

Stalhrim is an ancient Nordic enchanted ice that can be used as a crafting material. Once you have obtained the Ebony Smithing perk and completed the quest A New Source of Stalhrim, you can craft stalhrim armor and weapons. All items, except arrows, can be tempered with a sample of stalhrim. Stalhrim heavy armor is equal in quality to dragonplate armor, but lighter. Stalhrim light armor exceeds the quality of glass armor, but is weaker than dragonscale armor (with the exception of the shield). Stalhrim weapons do the same amount of damage as ebony weapons, and weigh less. Resist frost and frost damage enchantments are 25% stronger when placed on stalhrim items. Chaos damage enchantments are also 25% stronger, due to its frost damage effect. Lastly, Stalhrim weapons have higher stagger values (by 0.1) than weapons made of other materials, except daggers, bows, and arrows. In relative terms, this means Stalhrim swords and greatswords receive the greatest benefit within their respective weapon categories, as they start out with the least stagger.

Overview

	Name	ID
	Stalhrim	xx02b06b	1	200

• 3 samples of stalhrim are obtained by mining stalhrim deposits, which take twice as long to mine as other ore veins (six "swings" per sample instead of three). Like ore veins, there is a 10% chance these will be accompanied by a random, level-dependent gem. Once exhausted, most deposits will uncover a dead draugr, from which you can loot gold and other valuables.
• Stalhrim can only be mined with an ancient Nordic pickaxe.
• Stalhrim doesn't need to be smelted, and is used in the state from which it is mined.
• Stalhrim heavy armor is made from stalhrim samples, quicksilver ingots, and leather strips.
• Stalhrim light armor is made from stalhrim samples, steel ingots, and leather strips.
• Stalhrim weapons are made from stalhrim samples and leather strips.

All stalhrim armor and weapons can be found in leveled lists starting at level 35. Stalhrim will respawn with the rest of their location after a certain period of time.

Mineral Sources

There are no random locations for Stalhrim. However:

• Baldor Iron-Shaper sells up to four pieces at a 75% chance each.

There are a total of 19 deposits located on Solstheim:

Location	Deposits	Details
Stalhrim Source	10	Found in a hollow at the site.
Gyldenhul Barrow	2	The deposits are located in the entrance chamber and one must be mined to proceed further into the barrow.
Kolbjorn Barrow	2	First one right before the entrance of the chambers to Ahzidal's fight, second one in the chamber with the rising staircase, after Ahzidal's and Black Book's chambers.
Northeast of Northshore Landing off the coast, on an unnamed island (map)	2	Two sarcophagi containing one deposit each, half submerged in ice.
Benkongerike	1	Mined from a sarcophagus in the bottom west corner of the room before the word wall room. Magelight or Candlelight greatly aid in finding it as the sarcophagus is in a very dark area.
Bloodskal Barrow	1	Found in a hidden room behind the waterfall in Raven Rock Mine.
Raven Rock Mine	1	Found in a room at the bottom of the mine shaft.

Armor

Stalhrim Light Armor

A male Nord wearing Stalhrim light armor

	Name (ID)				Raw Materials			Delta		Ratio
					Stalhrim	Steel	Strips
	Stalhrim Light Armor (xx01cda2)	7	925	39	5	1	3	0.7	-104	1.11	0.90
	Stalhrim Light Boots (xx01cd7e)	2	215	11.5	3	1	2	-2.2	-411	0.48	0.34
	Stalhrim Light Bracers (xx01cda5)	2	215	11.5	2	1	2	-1.2	-211	0.63	0.50
	Stalhrim Light Helmet (xx01cda3)	2	465	16.5	3	1	2	-2.2	-161	0.48	0.74
	Stalhrim Shield (xx026237)	10	600	29.5	4	1	1	4.9	-223	1.96	0.73
Totals (with shield):		23	2420	108	17	5	10
Totals (without shield):		13	1820	78.5	13	4	9

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  A female Imperial wearing Stalhrim light armor

Stalhrim Heavy Armor

A female Imperial wearing Stalhrim heavy armor

	Name (ID)				Raw Materials			Delta		Ratio
					Stalhrim	Quicksilver	Strips
	Stalhrim Armor (xx01cd9f)	38	2200	46	6	1	3	30.7	931	5.21	1.73
	Stalhrim Boots (xx01cd9e)	7	450	17	4	1	2	1.8	-416	1.35	0.52
	Stalhrim Gauntlets (xx01cda0)	7	450	17	3	1	2	0.8	-216	1.15	0.68
	Stalhrim Helmet (xx01cda1)	7	1135	22	4	1	2	1.8	269	1.35	1.31
Totals:		59	4235	102	17	4	9

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  A male Nord wearing Stalhrim heavy armor

Stalhrim Fur Armor^CC

The Alternative Armors - Stalhrim Fur creation adds another variant of heavy Stalhrim armor based on the style of Blades. It can be crafted after the completion of Ancient Ice^CC (as well as A New Source of Stalhrim), and is identical to the regular heavy variant apart from each piece having an additional 2 points of armor rating. This makes the set slightly stronger than daedric armor, while being considerably lighter.

A male Nord wearing Stalhrim fur armor

	Name (ID)				Raw Materials			Delta		Ratio
					Stalhrim	Quicksilver	Strips
	Stalhrim Fur Armor (FExxx801)	38	2200	48	6	1	3	30.7	931	5.21	1.73
	Stalhrim Fur Boots (FExxx800)	7	450	19	4	1	2	1.8	-416	1.35	0.52
	Stalhrim Fur Gauntlets (FExxx802)	7	450	19	3	1	2	0.8	-216	1.15	0.68
	Stalhrim Fur Helmet (FExxx803)	7	1135	24	4	1	2	1.8	269	1.35	1.31
Totals:		59	4235	110	17	4	9

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  A female Imperial wearing Stalhrim fur armor

Stalhrim Weapons

Stalhrim Crossbows are only available with the Expanded Crossbow Pack creation installed.

	Name (ID)				Crit.	Speed	Reach	Stagger	Raw Materials			Delta		Ratio
									Stalhrim	Strips	Other
	Stalhrim Dagger (xx01cdb5)	4.5	395	10	5	1.3	0.7	0	1	1		3.4	192	4.10	1.95
	Stalhrim Sword (xx01cdb8)	14	985	13	7	1	1	0.85	2	1		11.9	582	6.67	2.44
	Stalhrim War Axe (xx01cdb9)	16	1180	15	8	0.9	1	0.9	2	2		13.8	774	7.27	2.91
	Stalhrim Mace (xx01cdb7)	18	1375	16	8	0.8	1	1.1	3	1		14.9	772	5.81	2.28
	Stalhrim Greatsword (xx01cdb6)	21	1970	23	11	0.7	1.3	1.2	5	3		15.7	961	3.96	1.95
	Stalhrim Battleaxe (xx01cdb4)	25	2150	24	12	0.7	1.3	1.25	5	2		19.8	1144	4.81	2.14
	Stalhrim Warhammer (xx01cdba)	29	2850	26	13	0.6	1.3	1.35	5	3		23.7	1841	5.47	2.82
	Stalhrim Bow (xx026231)	15	1800	17	9	0.5625	1	0	3	-		15	1200	5.00	3.00
	Stalhrim Arrow (xx026239)	0	7	20	N/A	3600	N/A		1	-	1 Firewood Makes 24 arrowsDG	-6	-37	0.00	0.82
	Stalhrim CrossbowCC (FExxx80F)	18	1100	27	9	1	1	0.75	2	-	3 Firewood	(?)	(?)	(?)	(?)
	Enhanced Stalhrim CrossbowCC (FExxx81B)	18	1300	27	9	1	1	0.75	1	-	1 Stalhrim Crossbow	(?)	(?)	(?)	(?)

¥The Enhanced Crossbow has an additional property: Attacks with this crossbow ignore 50% of armor.

^1This issue has been addressed by the Unofficial Skyrim Patch; it changes the speed to 0.75.

^2The speed of a bow does not work like the speed of a melee weapon; see the Archery article for details.

^3While bows have a reach value, it is not used for anything - see the Archery article for details on determining the range of an arrow shot from a bow, and bash distance is independent of the weapon wielded.

^4While arrows have a speed value, this determines how quickly they travel, not the time between shots.

Achievements

One achievement is unlocked when you craft an item from stalhrim:

• Stalhrim Crafter (20 points/Silver)

Notes

• Stalhrim heavy equipment offers the most armor points per unit weight (102 armor, 59 weight, 1.73 armor per weight) of any forgeable heavy armor, and with only a 5% loss in overall defense compared to the best heavy armor, Daedric (108 armor, 81 weight, 1.33 armor per weight). Wolf Armor offers the most armor points per unit weight (72 armor, 32 weight, 2.25 apw), but with a significant loss of armor points compared to Stalhrim (29% less armor than Stalhrim, 33% less armor than Daedric); it is, however, the lightest heavy armor suit. Once you reach the armor cap better armor no longer helps you, so weight becomes the only meaningful factor; contrarily, the Conditioning perk and the Steed Stone make weight meaningless, so only armor matters. If you have both, your choice of heavy armor becomes purely aesthetic.
• If Deor Woodcutter or Fanari Strong-Voice are killed prior to completing A New Source of Stalhrim, you will never be able to learn to forge stalhrim yourself.
• If you attempt to mine a Stalhrim deposit with only a regular pickaxe in your inventory, a "You need an Ancient Nordic Pickaxe to use this." message will appear on the top left of the screen.
• If you choose to mine Stalhrim manually, you can use the Elemental Fury shout to mine the deposits faster. Don't use an enchanted Ancient Nordic Pickaxe, though, or the shout's speed bonus won't work.
• Stalhrim items are frequently for sale from Solstheim vendors and always benefit from the Ebony Smithing perk when tempered, regardless of quest status.
• Stalhrim has no heavy shield; only the light variety exists. However, the weight class of a shield does not affect the game in any way.
• 10 pieces of stalhrim are needed for the Halbarn Favor Quest.
• "Stál hrím" is Icelandic for "steel frost".
• Unlike in Bloodmoon, stalhrim in Skyrim cannot be used as an alchemy ingredient.
• Stalhrim weapons have higher stagger values (by 0.1) than weapons made of other materials, except daggers, bows, and arrows.
• When multiple effects are enchanted onto a Stalhrim weapon(via the Extra Effect perk), if one of the effects is Frost or Chaos Damage, any other Destruction effect will also be increased in effectiveness, even if it is not itself Frost-related. For example, a 32 point Drain Magicka effect will be boosted to 40 points when paired with any sort of frost damage effect, even a single point. This effect does not occur with armor.
• By default, stalhrim's 25% bonus on frost-related enchanting has no effect until you visit Raven Rock. If you acquire a stalhrim item before then, frost-related effects will not have the bonus, even after visiting Raven Rock.
• Despite being somewhat lore inaccurate, Stalhrim weapons cannot be obtained from high-level Draugr, who wield Ebony weapons instead of Stalhrim, which is most likely an oversight.

Bugs

• Although the Stalhrim deposits eventually replenish, there is a chance that you may not be able to mine them again, and can only search the Draugr underneath. ^?
  • Save, exit to the title screen, and reload. You should be able to mine the deposits again.
  • Equip your Ancient Nordic Pickaxe and swing at the deposits manually.
  • Fast travel to anywhere on Solstheim, then reload. The deposits should be mineable once again.