Large Decorative Dwemer Strut is the fancy version of a Dwarven support beam: same chunky metal, extra ornament. It weighs 15 and is worth only 10 gold, which makes it the least valuable piece of Dwemer scrap, but at a smelter it becomes a 
Dwarven Metal Ingot just like the rest. Those ingots feed Dwarven Armor and Dwarven weapons with the Dwarven Smithing perk.
How to get it
It is found lying around Dwemer ruins. The Nchuand-Zel ruins under Markarth have 9 in the Quarters and 3 in the Armory, and the Dwemer Museum in Calcelmo’s tower has 3. Mzulft is the other big source, with 7 in the Boilery, 6 in the main ruin and 5 in the Aedrome.
Alftand has 4 in its ruined tower and 3 in the Animonculory. On Solstheim (Dragonborn), the Dwemer ruin Kagrumez has 6, and Reachwind Eyrie has 3. Falmer sometimes carry one as well. Given the weight, smelt it as soon as possible, or leave it behind if your pockets are already full of lighter scrap that turns into the same ingot.
Smelting and tanning
- 1 Large Decorative Dwemer Strut → 2 Dwarven Metal Ingot at the smelter
Used to craft
Large Decorative Dwemer Strut appears in 1 recipe in the game files.
Weapons and other items
- smelter: Dwarven Metal Ingot (1)
The number in brackets is how many Large Decorative Dwemer Strut each recipe needs. Bold labels are the Smithing perk the recipe requires.
Good to know
- At 15 weight for 10 gold it is the worst Dwemer scrap to sell raw, but it smelts like any other.
Data from the Skyrim game files (Skyrim.esm and the official add-ons): value, weight, ore veins, recipes and merchant lists. ID 000C8878 is the item’s form ID for the console.
