Netch 
Leather (Dragonborn) is the Dunmer answer to Skyrim’s cowhide, cured from the floating, jellyfish-like netch of Solstheim. It is used in 21 forge recipes: the Bonemold sets, including Bonemold Armor, the Guard and Pauldron variants and the Improved Bonemold pieces, need the Steel Smithing perk, while light and heavy Chitin Armor requires Elven Smithing. It is worth 10 gold and weighs 2, the same as ordinary leather, and a cuirass typically needs 2 pieces while helmets, boots and shields need 1.
How to get it
Netch Leather is strictly a merchant item. Only four traders carry it: Glover Mallory, the blacksmith in Raven Rock, plus Fethis Alor, Garyn Ienth and Halbarn Iron-Fur, all on Solstheim. Each of them only keeps a small amount in stock, which refreshes over time, so if you plan a full Bonemold or Chitin set, buy whatever they have every time you pass through.
You cannot tan it from ordinary Skyrim hides at a tanning rack, and the game places no loose pieces in the world, so a shopping trip around Solstheim is the only way. Bring some gold and plenty of patience.
Used to craft
Netch Leather appears in 21 recipes in the game files.
Armor
- Bonemold Armor – Bonemold Guard Armor (2), Bonemold Armor (2), Improved Bonemold Shield (1), Improved Bonemold Helmet (1), Improved Bonemold Gauntlets (1), Improved Bonemold Armor (2), Improved Bonemold Boots (1), Bonemold Shield (1), Bonemold Helmet (1), Bonemold Gauntlets (1), Bonemold Pauldron Armor (2), Bonemold Boots (1)
- Chitin Armor – Chitin Heavy Gauntlets (1), Chitin Heavy Armor (2), Chitin Heavy Boots (1), Chitin Helmet (1), Chitin Shield (1), Chitin Heavy Helmet (1), Chitin Bracers (1), Chitin Armor (2), Chitin Boots (1)
The number in brackets is how many Netch Leather each recipe needs. Bold labels are the Smithing perk the recipe requires.
Good to know
- Check every Netch Leather seller on each visit – stock is small and Bonemold sets eat it quickly.
Data from the Skyrim game files (Skyrim.esm and the official add-ons): value, weight, ore veins, recipes and merchant lists. ID 0401CD7C is the item’s form ID for the console.
