ashleyams Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 (edited) Hi- I've got a problem with Smithing Perks. I'm level 50 in smithing, about 20 in the game, and I've used a lot of perks in the tree, including the magical weapons perk. But if I try to upgrade a weapon or armor that I should be able to enhance, it won't let me and says I don't have the perk. Any idea why this would happen? Or at least does someone know if there's a console code I can use to force them to unlock? I'm not really sure what to do or what might be causing this. Any help would be appreciated. I've got a few armor mods installed like aMidian stuff... Also, no clue if this is related or anything, but in the game there are random arrows that look like they're from a mod, a couple different sets with weird names, but they only do like 8pts damage, so why the heck would you use them. I'm guessing something is messed up there too. -Thanks. Edited August 22, 2013 by ashleyams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juvenall Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 I know this topic is more than a month old, but I ran into this as well. The solution takes a bit of reading, but thankfully, it's not the result of a bug, but a poorly worded error message. When it says "you lack the skill to enhance magical items", what its actually trying to tell you is that while you may have SkyRe's "Arcane Artisan" perk, what you still need the base perk for that material type. For example, if you have some Steel Plate armor with an enchant, you need BOTH the "Arcane Artisan" perk and the "Nordic Design" perk to be able to enhance the armor at a workbench. This is the situation I ran into confusing the "Principles of Smithing" perk that offers Steel weapons and armor with Steel Plate, that doesn't come until you take "Nordic Designs". To confirm this, you can use the following console command to max out your Smithing skill, and drop in points until you're able to enhance the armor/weapon. If, after running it, you still can't enhance it, then you may have found an actual bug. advskill smithing 400000 Again, I know this is an old post, but I wanted to add to this in case it helps someone else and, honestly, for when I forget everything I just said and run into this again on my next play through. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nahnke Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 Doesnt work this way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darklustre Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 It doesn't work for me either and the OP already said he had the magical weapons perk. I do as well and I can't upgrade Savior's Hide, even though I can do all the other enchanted items. The problem with the 8 arrows very likely comes from Hunterborn, where you can use Scrimshaw to make arrows. Even if it comes from Immersive Weapons, or another mod, the fix for this was to put Hunterborn lower than Skyre and its components. It was making my Perfect Bone Arrows only worth 8 until I did it and then they became 20-21 (?) like they should be. Hopefully this helps someone else having problems. It's frustrating when no one ever bothers to respond with anything helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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