Leather Forearm Armor
| Leather Forearm Armor | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Protective Gear |
| Slot | Right Forearm |
| Covers | Right Forearm |
| Can't Wear With | Right Wrist |
| Weight | 0.5 |
| Insulation | 35% |
| Wind Resistance | 30% |
| Bite Defense | 100% |
| Scratch Defense | 100% |
| Combat Speed | -2% |
| Discomfort | 5% |
| Can Tear | Yes |
| Research |
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| Crafting Skill | Tailoring: 2 |
| Crafting | See How to Craft |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.Vambrace_Leather_Right/additem Base.Vambrace_Leather_Left
|
| Crafting XP | 13 XP (Tailoring) |
Leather Forearm Armor is a hardened leather guard strapped around one forearm. It is handmade protective gear. One piece covers one forearm, and a second piece covers the other arm.
Its strength is complete protection for the forearm at a very low cost in speed and comfort. It is made with the Sew Leather Vambrace recipe at Tailoring 2. Found ones are rare and turn up only in survivor safehouses. The Tailor is the best occupation for protective gear. It starts with the most Tailoring skill.
Wearing
Each piece stops every bite and every scratch on its forearm. It also keeps a little warmth in and blocks some wind on that arm.
It slows attacks by about 2 percent on the right arm and slightly less on the left. It adds only a little discomfort. Full Metal Forearm Armor gives the same full protection at the same small cost. Metal Forearm Armor stops a little less, about four bites in five. Wooden, Tire and Bone Forearm Armor also stop everything but slow attacks more and are far less comfortable.
A piece goes on the right forearm by default. The LeftForearm inventory option moves it to the other arm, and RightForearm moves it back. It takes the wrist slot on the same arm, so a watch or bracelet has to go on the other wrist.
Tailoring
The armour can get holes. The Sew Leather Vambrace recipe needs Tailoring 2. It takes one small crude tanned leather, one Leather Strips and one use of heavy thread. A pair of scissors or a sharp knife, a sewing needle and an awl are kept afterwards.
Research Craft on a piece teaches Sew Leather Vambrace and Sew Leather Gaiter. The Spike Soft Armor recipe adds nails to it at Tailoring 5 and Maintenance 1, turning it into Spiked Leather Forearm Armor.
The Research Craft option in the inventory menu studies the Leather Forearm Armor and teaches the recipes below.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sew Leather Vambrace | Leather Forearm Armor | 
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/additem Base.Vambrace_Leather_Right
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| Sew Leather Gaiter | Gaiter | 
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/additem Base.Gaiter_Left
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How to Craft Leather Forearm Armor
Each recipe that makes the Leather Forearm Armor is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Sew Leather Vambrace
The Sew Leather Vambrace recipe makes the Leather Forearm Armor. It needs Tailoring level 2. The recipe has to be learned first.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scissors | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.Scissors
|
| Needle | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.Needle
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| Awl | 
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1x | Yes | /additem Base.Awl
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| Small Leather (Crude) | 
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1x | No | /additem Base.Leather_Crude_Small_Tan
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| Sinew Thread | 
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1x | No | /additem Base.Thread_Sinew
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| Leather Strips | 
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1x | No | /additem Base.LeatherStrips
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Used in Crafting
These recipes take the Leather Forearm Armor as an ingredient or a part.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Skill | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spike Soft Armor | Spiked Leather Forearm Armor | 
|
- | Tailoring: 5, Maintenance: 1 | /additem Base.Vambrace_LeatherSpike_Right
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Variations
The Leather Forearm Armor comes in 2 versions. Most of their stats match, and the extra columns show the ones that differ.
| Name | Image | Look | Slot | Covers | Can't Wear With | Combat Speed | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leather Forearm Armor |
|
Right | Right Forearm | Right Forearm | Right Wrist | -2% | /additem Base.Vambrace_Leather_Right
|
| Leather Forearm Armor |
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Left | Left Forearm | Left Forearm | Left Wrist | -1% | /additem Base.Vambrace_Leather_Left
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Locations
Leather Forearm Armor appears only in survivor safehouses from the mid game on. Dressers and wardrobes there hold one very rarely, and boxes and crates even more rarely. Sewing a pair is by far the surest way to get it.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Dresser | 0.6% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Wardrobe | 0.6% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Dresser | 0.5% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Wardrobe | 0.5% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Cardboard box | 0.2% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Crate | 0.2% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Small box | 0.2% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Cardboard box | 0.2% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Crate | 0.2% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Small box | 0.2% |
Notes
- Two pieces are needed to cover both forearms.
- It is one of the cheapest full-protection armour pieces, needing only a small piece of leather.
- Researching a found piece also teaches the Sew Leather Gaiter recipe.
- The spiked version slows attacks about five times as much and is less comfortable.
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