Armour bonuses and selling

Newly crafted Superior and Masterwork armour rolls bonuses with a preference for its armour type. These are relative selection weights, not guaranteed bonuses or final percentage chances. Unlisted attributes and resistances have weight 1.

Type	Attribute selection weights	Resistance selection weights	Other preferences
Leather	Agility and Speed 3×; Luck 1.5×; Strength and Endurance 0.5×	Poison 2×; Frost 1.5×	More carrying-capacity and attribute lines; fewer Armour lines
Chain	Endurance 2×; Agility and Willpower 1.5×	Magic 2×; Fire and Frost 1.5×; Shock 0.5×	Resistance lines have 2× selection weight
Plate	Strength and Endurance 3×; Agility and Speed 0.4×	Fire 2×; Frost 1.5×; Shock 0.5×; Magic 0.75×	Armour lines have 3× selection weight; carrying-capacity lines 2×

Every type can still roll the other bonuses, and the type adds no skill-specific weighting. These preferences apply to new crafts; existing crafted pieces retain their original rolls. Imbue and Reforge use the item's allowed bonuses without these armour-type preferences. See Affixes and curses for bonus effects.

Selling Daedric equipment

Price context	Equipment	Price rule
NPC sale	Daedric weapons, plate and shields	Half the normal equipment sale value
NPC sale	Socketed gems	Full sale value retained
Shop purchase	Daedric weapons, plate and shields	Buying prices unchanged
Player Market listing	Daedric weapons, plate and shields	Listing value not halved by this reduction
Hired trader	Daedric weapons, plate and shields	Patron value not halved by this reduction

Check the offer before spending rare crafting materials to sell to an NPC.

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