Enemies

Ranged, slash, blunt, pierce resistances give a bonus 50 armor rating per rank toward the specific type of attack.
1. For example, if an enemy has ranged resist rank 3, it has a bonus 150 armor rating added only calculated when being struck with a bolt or arrow.
Daggers cause piercing damage. Maces, warhammers, and staves cause blunt damage. Bows and crossbows cause ranged damage. Most other damage is slash. Some however, like unarmed, are typeless.
Several enemies have resistances against certain weapon types, such as dragons. These resistances cannot be reduced and stack multiplicatively with armor rating.
Some enemies have armor penetration. For enemies that can wield normal weapons, this amount can also be affected by what perks they have.
Enemy variants are listed in bold. Generally they are more powerful types of these enemies that have all the traits above, plus the extra ones listed.

Armored husky
1. 360 armor rating
2. Slash resist 2, ranged resist 1
Ash guardian
1. 100 armor rating
2. 99% fire, 100% poison, 50% magic resistance
3. Heals 100 per second if on fire
4. Immune to sneak attacks, paralysis, minor knockdowns
Ash Hopper
1. Immunity to paralysis
2. 50% poison, 25% fire resist
3. 300 armor rating
4. Ranged resist 1
Ash spawn
1. Immune to sneak attacks
2. 99% fire, 100% poison, 50% shock resistance and 30% weakness to frost
3. Heals 100 per second if on fire
4. 50% damage from blunt weapons, 62.5% from silver-lined blunt weapons, 75% from silver blunt weapons.
5. 20% damage from piercing weapons, 60% from silver-lined piercing, 100% from silver piercing.
6. 10% damage from ranged weapons using normal ammo, 55% from silver-lined ammo, 100% from silver ammo.
7. 100% damage from slash weapons, 125% from silver-lined slash, 150% from silver slash.
Bear/Cave Bear
1. Minor knockdown immunity
2. 120 armor rating
3. Ranged resist 4, pierce resist 4, blunt resist 4
4. 25% armor penetration
5. Bear (Snow)
  - 50% frost resist
Chaurus
1. Can spit poison that does 0.6 damage for 60 seconds. Not resisted by poison resist, but over 90% poison resistance grants immunity
2. 830 armor rating
3. Ranged resist 4, slash resist 5
4. 75% poison resistance
5. Chaurus (frozen)
  - Can spit poison that does 1 damage for 120 seconds. Not resisted by poison resist, but over 90% poison resistance grants immunity
    - Negated by healing potions
Chaurus Hunter
1. Immunity to paralysis
2. 250 armor rating
3. 75% poison resistance
4. Can spit poison that does 0.8 damage for 120 seconds. Not resisted by poison resist, but over 90% poison resistance grants immunity
  - Negated by healing potions
Deathhound
1. Immunity to sneak attacks
2. 150% damage from silver weapons, or 125% damage from silver-lined weapons
Dragon Priest
1. Immune to paralysis, sneak attacks, wabbajack
2. 500 armor rating
3. 100% poison, 90% frost, 65% shock, 50% fire resistances
4. 20 healing per second. Sun, fire, and turn undead effects lower to 5 healing per second.
5. Casts mage armor rank 4 upon awakening
6. Reduced damage taken while in their rising animation
7. 50% damage from blunt weapons, 93.75% from silver-lined blunt weapons, 150% from silver blunt weapons.
8. 20% damage from piercing weapons, 75% from silver-lined piercing, 150% from silver piercing.
9. 10% damage from ranged weapons using normal ammo, 55% from silver-lined ammo, 100% from silver ammo.
10. 75% damage from slash weapons, 109.375% from silver-lined slash, 150% from silver slash.
11. Solstheim Dragon priests (Ahzidal, Dukaan, Zahkriisos, Vahlok)
  - Immune to paralysis, sneak attacks, unrelenting force
  - 100% poison, 90% frost, 85% shock, 50% fire resistance.
  - 40 healing per second. Sun, fire, and turn undead effects lower to 10 healing per second.
  - 10% resistance to all spells except for Sun spells.
Dragon
1. 38% magic resistance
2. Heal 1 per second
3. 60% resist poison
4. Has fear cloak so lower level enemies flee
5. Immune to paralysis
6. 800 armor rating
7. Pierce resist 2, slash resist 3, ranged resist 4
8. 85% damage from blunt and ranged weapons.
9. 70% damage from slash and pierce weapons.
10. 30% armor penetration
Draugr
1. 85% frost, 100% poison, 50% shock resistance. 50% fire weakness
2. Immune to sneak attacks
3. Blunt resist 2, pierce resist 2, ranged resist 3
4. 325/400/430 armor rating
5. 50% damage from blunt weapons, 75% from silver-lined blunt weapons, 100% from silver blunt weapons.
6. 20% damage from piercing weapons, 60% from silver-lined piercing, 100% from silver piercing.
7. 10% damage from ranged weapons using normal ammo, 55% from silver-lined ammo, 100% from silver ammo.
8. 100% damage from slash weapons, 125% from silver-lined slash, 150% from silver slash.
Dremora
1. Minor knockdown immunity, immune to unrelenting force
2. 85% fire and 50% magic resistance
3. 75% armor penetration with melee, 50% with bows
Dwarven Ballista
1. Immune to sneak attacks, paralysis
2. 80% fire, 100% poison, 35% shock resistance
3. 1200 armor rating
4. Resist pierce 3, slash resist 5, ranged resist 5
5. 25% armor penetration
Dwarven Centurion
1. 80% fire, 100% poison, 35% shock resistance
2. Immune to sneak attacks, paralysis, minor knockdowns, wabbajack
3. Blunt resist 2, pierce resist 2, slash resist 3, ranged resist 4
4. 1200 armor rating
5. 75% damage from blunt weapons.
6. 66% damage from ranged weapons.
7. 40% damage from slash weapons.
8. 25% damage from pierce weapons.
9. 75% armor penetration
Forgemaster
1. 75% magic, 100% poison, 100% fire, 25% shock, 80% frost resistances.
2. Immune to sneak attacks, paralysis, minor knockdowns, wabbajack
3. Cloak that does 30 fire damage per second
4. Has same physical defenses as normal Centurions.
Dwarven Sphere
1. 80% fire, 100% poison, 35% shock resistance
2. Immune to sneak attacks, paralysis
3. Blunt resist 1, pierce resist 2, slash resist 3, ranged resist 3
4. 25% armor penetration
5. Enchanted sphere
  - 700 armor rating
  - 75% damage from blunt weapons.
  - 66% damage from ranged weapons.
  - 40% damage from slash weapons.
  - 25% damage from pierce weapons.
  - Ranged resist 5, slash resist 5, pierce resist 3
  - Regenerates 25 health per second, lowered to 3 per second for a short period after taking shock damage.
Dwarven Spider
1. 80% fire, 100% poison, 35% shock resistance
2. Immune to sneak attacks, paralysis
3. 450 armor rating
4. Blunt resist 1, pierce resist 2, ranged resist 3, slash resist 3
Falmer
1. Blind
2. 75% poison resistance, 20% fire weakness
Fire wyrm
1. 100% fire, 100% poison resist, 25% weakness to frost
2. Immune to paralysis
Flame Atronach
1. Immune to sneak attacks, paralysis, minor knockdowns
2. 100% poison and fire resistance. 50% weakness to frost
3. Cloak that does 10 fire damage for 3 seconds.
4. 480 armor rating
5. 33% damage from all weapon damage types.
Frost Atronach
1. Immune to sneak attacks, paralysis, minor knockdowns
2. 100% poison and frost resistance. 33% weakness to fire.
3. Cloak that does 10 frost damage for 1 second
4. 600 armor rating
5. Resist slash 4, resist ranged 5, resist pierce 5
6. 75% damage from pierce weapons.
7. 50% damage from ranged and slash weapons.
8. 25% armor penetration
Frost giant
1. Immune to sneak attacks and minor knockdown
2. 25% magic, 60% poison resistance
3. 700 armor rating
4. Blunt resist 2, pierce resist 2, ranged resist 4
Frostbite Spider (medium)
1. Magical spit not resisted by poison resistance that does 0.4 health and 0.8 stamina damage for 15 seconds. Immune to affect at 90 poison resist.
2. 60% resist poison, 25% weakness to fire
3. 360 armor rating
4. Ranged resist 1
Frostbite Spider (large)
1. Magical spit not resisted by poison resistance that does 0.8 health and 1.6 stamina damage for 30 seconds. Immune to affect above 75 poison resist.
2. 60% resist poison, 25% weakness to fire
3. Minor knockdown immunity
4. 480 armor rating
5. Ranged resist 1
6. 25% armor penetration
Frostbite Spider (giant)
1. Magical spit not resisted by poison resistance that does 2 health and 4 stamina damage for 75 seconds.
2. 60% resist poison, 25% weakness to fire
3. Minor knockdown immunity
4. 600 armor rating
5. Ranged resist 1
6. 50% armor penetration
Gargoyle
1. Immunity to paralysis and minor knockdowns
2. 150% poison and 65% magic resistance
3. 720 armor rating
4. Slash resist 4, ranged resist 4, pierce resist 3

Ghosts
1. 33% damage from non-silver and non-daedric weapons, or 66% damage from silver-lined weapons
Giant
1. 60% poison, 25% magic resistance
2. Minor knockdown immunity
3. Blunt resist 2, pierce resist 2, ranged resist 4,
4. 240 armor rating
Giant slaughterfish
1. 120 armor rating
2. Ranged resist 2, pierce resist 2, blunt resist 2
3. 75% armor penetration
Hagraven
1. Detection cloak
Horker
1. Minor knockdown immunity
2. 50% frost resist
Horse
1. Heals 0.3 health per second
2. Immunity to paralysis
Ice Wraith
1. 100% frost and poison resistance, 25% fire weakness
2. Immunity to paralysis and sneak attacks
3. Is a “ghost”
Keeper
1. 80% frost, 100% poison, 75% shock resistance. 15% weakness to fire.
2. 25 healing per second, negated by fire.
3. 30% armor penetration
Lurker
1. Immunity to minor knockdow, unrelenting force
2. 35% magic, 70% fire, 100% poison resistance and 45% weakness to frost
3. Heals 35 per second, or only 5 if affected by frost
4. 500 armor rating
5. Blunt resist 4, pierce resist 2, ranged resist 4
6. 75% armor penetration
Magic anomaly
1. Immunity to paralysis and sneak attacks
Mammoth
1. 60% poison, 30% magic, 33% frost resistance
2. Immune to paralysis
3. 360 armor rating
4. Blunt resist 3, pierce resist 3, ranged resist 3
5. 50% armor penetration
Mudcrab
1. 125 armor rating
2. Mudcrab (medium)
  - 485 armor rating
  - Resist ranged 2, resist slash 2
3. Mudcrab (large)
  - 605 armor rating
  - Resist ranged 3, resist slash 3
4. Mudcrab (giant)
  - 725 armor rating
  - Resist ranged 3, resist slash 3
  - 25% armor penetration
5. Mudcrab (gigantic)
  - 965 armor rating
  - Resist ranged 5, resist slash 5, resist pierce 2
  - 50% armor penetration
Netch
1. Immunity to paralysis
2. 80% poison, 85% shock resistance
3. 450 armor rating
4. Blunt resist 3, resist pierce 3, ranged resist 3,
5. Netch (calf)
  - 350 armor rating
  - Blunt resist 2, pierce resist 2, ranged resist 2
Riekling
1. 35% frost resist
2. 300 armor rating
3. Ranged resist 1
4. 25% armor penetration
5. Riekling (mounted)
  - Immune to paralysis
Saber cat
1. Blunt resist 2, pierce resist 2, ranged resist 2
2. 120 armor rating
3. Saber cat (snow)
  - 50% frost resist
Seeker
1. Immunity to minor knockdow, unrelenting force, and paralysis
2. 50% magic, 80% poison resistance and 35% weakness to frost
3. 60 healing per second, or 15 if affected by frost
4. 350 armor rating
5. Blunt resist 4, range resist 4, pierce resist 5
Skeleton
1. 80% frost, 100% poison, 50% shock resistance, 25% weakness to fire
2. Immunity to sneak attacks and paralysis
3. 50% damage from slash weapons, 75% from silver-lined slash weapons, 100% from silver slash weapons.
4. 20% damage from piercing weapons, 60% from silver-lined piercing, 100% from silver piercing.
5. 10% damage from ranged weapons using normal ammo, 55% from silver-lined ammo, 100% from silver ammo.
6. 100% damage from blunt weapons, 125% from silver-lined blunt, 150% from silver blunt.

Skeleton (Dawnguard DLC)
1. Various normal skeletons found during the Dawnguard DLC questlines are marked as Draugr, and will inherit the abilities of Draugr listed in its section
2. 360 armor rating
3. Ranged resist 3
Slighted
1. Invisible, only appears briefly while attacking or taking damage.
2. Minor knockdown immunity, immune to unrelenting force
3. 85% fire and 50% magic resistance
4. Extra 25% armor penetration with melee weapons.
Spectral Draugr
1. Immune to sneak attacks, paralysis
2. Is a “ghost”
3. 100% poison and frost resistance. 33% weakness to magic
Spirits
1. 66% damage from non-silver and non-daedric weapons, or 83% damage from silver-lined weapons
Spriggan
1. 33% weakness to fire
2. 360 armor rating
3. 40 healing per second
  - Fire damage negates healing entirely, poisons reduce healing by 50%
4. Immunity to sneak attacks
5. Spriggan (matron and earth mother)
  - 75% magic resistance
  - 50 healing per second
    - Fire damage negates healing entirely, poisons reduce healing by 50%
Spriggan (burnt)
1. 99% fire, 100% disease resistance.
2. Heals 100 per second if on fire
3. Heals 60 per second, negated by frost damage, or halved by any poison
4. Immunity to sneak attacks
5. 360 armor rating
Storm atronach
1. Immune to sneak attacks, paralysis, minor knockdowns
2. 100% shock, 100% poison, 50% magic resistance
3. Cloak does 15 shock damage per second
4. 720 armor rating
5. 50% damage from ranged, pierce, and slash.
Troll
1. 25% frost resistance, and 50% weakness to fire
2. 30 healing per second, negated by fire damage
3. Immunity to minor knockdowns
4. 240 armor rating
5. Blunt resist 2, pierce resist 2, ranged resist 4
6. Troll (snow)
  - 33% frost resistance, and 50% weakness to fire
  - 40 healing per second, negated by fire damage
Troll (armored)
1. 25% frost resistance, and 50% weakness to fire
2. 30 healing per second, negated by fire damage
3. Immunity to minor knockdowns
4. 600 armor rating
5. Blunt resist 1, pierce resist 1, ranged resist 5
Vampire
1. 150% damage from silver weapons, or 125% damage from silver-lined weapons
2. 33% damage from ranged weapons using normal ammo, 66% from silver-lined ammo, 100% from silver ammo.
3. 125% damage from dawnguard weapons.
Werebear
1. 100% disease, 75% frost resistance
2. Heals 2 per second
3. Immunity to paralysis and minor knockdowns
4. 150% damage from silver weapons, or 125% damage from silver-lined weapons
Werewolf
1. Immunity to paralysis and minor knockdowns
2. 100% disease resistance and 100% weakness to poisons
3. 150% damage from silver weapons, or 125% damage from silver-lined weapons
Wispmother
1. Immunity to paralysis and sneak attacks
2. Increases speed by 200% when at low magicka
Wrathman
1. 85% frost, 100% poison, 50% shock resistance. 50% fire weakness
2. Immune to sneak attacks, minor knockdowns and paralysis
3. 600 armor rating
4. Resist ranged 3

Enemies that attack with "unarmed" attacks, meaning without a weapon that the player would be able to use, and are not humanoid do piercing, blunt, or slashing damage. The only time this matters is if your armor specifically gives you a bonus resistance to that type of damage. Enemies like dwarven centurions do unarmed damage, despite them having a "weapon." Enemies like giants only do "blunt" damage through this system when they attack with their hand, not their club (although the club DOES do blunt damage also, but it's a proper weapon and therefore not what this section covers). The damage type done by enemies is below.

Blunt

Piercing

Slashing

Ash guardian
Ash hopper
Atronach (all variants)
Deer
Dwarven centurion
Giants (all variants)
Goat
Lurker
Mammoth
Netch

Chaurus
Chaurus hunter
Deathhound
Dog
Dragon
Dwarven spider
Horker
Ice wraith
Mudcrab
Sabercat
Skeever
Slaughterfish
Spider (all variants)
Wolf

Bear
Dwarven sphere
Gargoyle
Hagraven
Spriggan
Troll
Vampire lord
Werebear
Werewolf

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Enemies

Armored husky

Ash guardian

Ash Hopper

Ash spawn

Bear/Cave Bear

Chaurus

Chaurus Hunter

Deathhound

Dragon Priest

Dragon

Draugr

Dremora

Dwarven Ballista

Dwarven Centurion

Forgemaster

Dwarven Sphere

Dwarven Spider

Falmer

Fire wyrm

Flame Atronach

Frost Atronach

Frost giant

Frostbite Spider (medium)

Frostbite Spider (large)

Frostbite Spider (giant)

Gargoyle

Ghosts

Giant

Giant slaughterfish

Hagraven

Horker

Horse

Ice Wraith

Keeper

Lurker

Magic anomaly

Mammoth

Mudcrab

Netch

Riekling

Saber cat

Seeker

Skeleton

Skeleton (Dawnguard DLC)

Slighted

Spectral Draugr

Spirits

Spriggan

Spriggan (burnt)

Storm atronach

Troll

Troll (armored)

Vampire

Werebear

Werewolf

Wispmother

Wrathman

Blunt

Piercing

Slashing