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Chest Armor

Bronze Plate Cuirass

The chest is the heaviest slot, and it pays for it. Every heavy breastplate costs 5% of your movement speed, and paired with heavy legs that is a tenth of your walking speed gone.

Protection

Pros

Cons

  • Every heavy chest piece costs 5% movement speed, and the matching greaves cost another 5%. That is the whole 10% a heavy set is known for.
  • It is the heaviest armour you carry: 15.0 for an Iron Scale Mail against 3.0 for the helmet of the same set.
  • The Root Harnesk buys its pierce resistance with a 1.5x fire weakness, a bad trade in any biome that burns.
  • Many of them are Hildir's dresses and tunics, with 1 armour, no upgrade ladder and no effect.

Builds

Go heavy if you block, light if you dodge and robes if you cast. The 5% movement penalty is the price of the top armour figure, and it stacks with the greaves for a full 10%. A light chest piece gives that back and hands you a set bonus instead.

The Fenris Coat is the exception that proves the rule: +3% movement instead of -5%, frost resistance and a set bonus, for 6 less armour than the Wolf Hide Chestpiece from the same biome.

Chest pieces come from Hildir, the Workbench, the Forge, the Black forge, the Frost Foundry and the Galdr table.

Best Chest Armor

Build Chest Piece Image Key Figure
Most armour Breastplate of the Protector Breastplate of the Protector 44 armour at quality 1
Longest lasting Carapace Breastplate Carapace Breastplate 1800 durability at quality 4
Lightest to carry Breastplate of Ask Breastplate of Ask 5 weight
Most armour without a forge Fenris Coat Fenris Coat 10 armour at a Workbench

Notes

  • Movement penalties from the chest and leg pieces add together, so a full heavy set is at -10% before you even draw a shield.
  • Armour reduces physical, fire, frost and lightning damage. It does nothing at all against Poison and spirit.
  • Every craftable piece gains +2 armour per upgrade level, except Rag Armor.
  • Upgrading an equipped piece unequips it.


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All Chest Armor


*stats displayed are item's base values. See upgrades under each item for item stats per level.

Name Image Armor Weight Movement Durability Effects Crafting Materials Crafting Station Spawn ID
Beaded Dress Blue Beaded Dress Blue 1 10 - 1000 - Bought from Hildir for 550 Coins - spawn ArmorDress6
Beaded Dress Brown Beaded Dress Brown 1 10 - 1000 - Bought from Hildir for 550 Coins - spawn ArmorDress3
Beaded Dress Yellow Beaded Dress Yellow 1 10 - 1000 - Bought from Hildir for 550 Coins - spawn ArmorDress9
Beaded Tunic Blue Beaded Tunic Blue 1 10 - 1000 - Bought from Hildir for 550 Coins - spawn ArmorTunic3
Beaded Tunic Red Beaded Tunic Red 1 10 - 1000 - Bought from Hildir for 550 Coins - spawn ArmorTunic6
Beaded Tunic Yellow Beaded Tunic Yellow 1 10 - 1000 - Bought from Hildir for 550 Coins - spawn ArmorTunic9
Breastplate of Ask Breastplate of Ask 28 5 - 1000 Ask's Endurance (full set) Black forge spawn ArmorAshlandsMediumChest
Breastplate of the Protector Breastplate of the Protector 44 5 - 1000 Resistant VS Frost Frost Foundry spawn ArmorDeepNorthHeavyChest
Bronze Plate Cuirass Bronze Plate Cuirass 8 10 -5% 1000 - Forge spawn ArmorBronzeChest
Cape Tunic Blue Cape Tunic Blue 1 10 - 1000 - Bought from Hildir for 450 Coins - spawn ArmorTunic2
Cape Tunic Red Cape Tunic Red 1 10 - 1000 - Bought from Hildir for 450 Coins - spawn ArmorTunic5
Cape Tunic Yellow Cape Tunic Yellow 1 10 - 1000 - Bought from Hildir for 450 Coins - spawn ArmorTunic8
Carapace Breastplate Carapace Breastplate 32 10 -5% 1200 - Black forge spawn ArmorCarapaceChest
Chestpiece of the Vanguard Chestpiece of the Vanguard 34 5 - 1000 - Frost Foundry spawn ArmorDeepNorthMediumChest
Eitr-weave Robe Eitr-weave Robe 16 5 -2% 1000 +40% Eitr regen Galdr table spawn ArmorMageChest
Fenris Coat Fenris Coat 10 10 +3% 1000 Fenris Set bonus:
+15 Fists
Resistant(0.5x) VS Frost 		Workbench spawn ArmorFenringChest
Flametal Breastplate Flametal Breastplate 38 10 -5% 1000 +20% Heat Resistance -5% Movement speed Black forge spawn ArmorFlametalChest
Harvest Dress Harvest Dress 1 10 - 1000 - Bought from Hildir for 550 Coins - spawn ArmorHarvester2
Harvest Tunic Harvest Tunic 1 10 - 1000 - Bought from Hildir for 550 Coins - spawn ArmorHarvester1
Iron Scale Mail Iron Scale Mail 14 15 -5% 1000 - Forge spawn ArmorIronChest
Leather Tunic Leather Tunic 2 5 - 400 - Workbench spawn ArmorLeatherChest
Lox Fur Jacket Lox Fur Jacket 16 5 - 500 - Workbench spawn ArmorLoxChest
Padded Cuirass Padded Cuirass 26 10 -5% 1000 - Forge spawn ArmorPaddedCuirass
Patterns of the Bear Patterns of the Bear 7 5 - 1000 Berserk: +30% Health regen
+15% Stamina regen
Slightly weak (+25%) vs Blunt, Slash and Pierce
+10% Slash and Chop 		Workbench spawn ArmorBerserkerChest
Rag Tunic Rag Tunic 1 2 - 200 - Workbench spawn ArmorRagsChest
Robes of Embla Robes of Embla 19 5 -2% 1000 +50% Eitr regen Galdr table spawn ArmorMageLegs_Ashlands
Robes of the Caller Robes of the Caller 22 5 -2% 1000 +60% eitr regeneration
Resistant VS Frost 		Frost Foundry spawn ArmorDeepNorthMageChest
Root Harnesk Root Harnesk 8 10 -2% 800 Resistant(0.5x) VS Pierce
Weak(1.5x) VS Fire
Root Set bonus:
+15 Bows 		Workbench spawn ArmorRootChest
Shawl Dress Blue Shawl Dress Blue 1 10 - 1000 - Bought from Hildir for 450 Coins - spawn ArmorDress5
Shawl Dress Brown Shawl Dress Brown 1 10 - 1000 - Bought from Hildir for 450 Coins - spawn ArmorDress2
Shawl Dress Yellow Shawl Dress Yellow 1 10 - 1000 - Bought from Hildir for 450 Coins - spawn ArmorDress8
Simple Dress Blue Simple Dress Blue 1 10 - 1000 - Bought from Hildir for 350 Coins - spawn ArmorDress4
Simple Dress Brown Simple Dress Brown 1 10 - 1000 - Bought from Hildir for 350 Coins - spawn ArmorDress1
Simple Dress Natural Simple Dress Natural 1 10 - 1000 - Bought from Hildir for 250 Coins - spawn ArmorDress10
Simple Dress Yellow Simple Dress Yellow 1 10 - 1000 - Bought from Hildir for 350 Coins - spawn ArmorDress7
Simple Tunic Blue Simple Tunic Blue 1 10 - 1000 - Bought from Hildir for 350 Coins - spawn ArmorTunic1
Simple Tunic Natural Simple Tunic Natural 1 10 - 1000 - Bought from Hildir for 250 Coins - spawn ArmorTunic10
Simple Tunic Red Simple Tunic Red 1 10 - 1000 - Bought from Hildir for 350 Coins - spawn ArmorTunic4
Simple Tunic Yellow Simple Tunic Yellow 1 10 - 1000 - Bought from Hildir for 350 Coins - spawn ArmorTunic7
Troll Leather Tunic Troll Leather Tunic 6 5 - 500 Troll Set bonus:
+15 Sneaking 		Workbench spawn ArmorTrollLeatherChest
Vilebone Cage Vilebone Cage 18 5 - 1000 Vilebone Wrath: +20% Health regen
+40% Stamina regen
Slightly weak (+25%) vs Blunt, Slash and Pierce
+20% Blunt
+20% Pierce 		Forge spawn ArmorBerserkerUndeadChest
Wolf Hide Chestpiece Wolf Hide Chestpiece 20 15 -5% 1000 Resistant(0.5x) VS Frost Forge spawn ArmorWolfChest

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