Magazine Limb Armor
| Magazine Limb Armor | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Protective Gear |
| Slot | Right Calf |
| Covers | Right Shin |
| Can't Wear With |
|
| Weight | 0.6 |
| Insulation | 35% |
| Wind Resistance | 30% |
| Bite Defense | 80% |
| Scratch Defense | 90% |
| Run Speed | -10% |
| Discomfort | 10% |
| Condition | 1 |
| Wear Chance | 1 in 1 |
| Can Tear | Yes |
| Research | Make Magazine Limb Armor |
| Crafting Skill | None |
| Crafting | See How to Craft |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.GreaveMagazine_Rightand 5 more, see Variations |
Magazine Limb Armor is a homemade guard made from a magazine taped around an arm or a leg. It is protective gear for the shins, thighs or forearms. One piece covers one part of one limb.
Its main strength is that it is cheap and quick to make. A single magazine and two rolls of Duct Tape give one piece. Its main cost is that it is fragile. It wears out after a single hit, and a full soaking destroys it.
The same piece can be strapped to either shin, either thigh or either forearm. The game moves it between these spots with an inventory option. Most survivors craft it, and it also turns up in survivor safehouses. The Tailor is the best occupation for protective gear. It starts with the most Tailoring skill.
Wearing
On the limb it covers, the guard stops about four in five bites and nine in ten scratches. It also adds a little warmth and keeps some wind off that spot.
On a shin or a thigh, it slows running by a tenth. On a forearm, it slows attacks a little instead. It is slightly uncomfortable to wear.
Wooden Shin Armor gives the same bite and scratch cover with the same running cost, but it weighs more and survives several hits. Tire Shin Armor matches the cover too, but it is far heavier and slows running twice as much. Scrap Metal Shin Armor stops fewer bites but adds some bullet cover. The magazine guard is the lightest of them by a wide margin.
On the right shin, it takes the place of a right knee pad or a right shin pad.
Tailoring
The Make Magazine Limb Armor recipe takes one magazine of any kind and two rolls of Duct Tape. Any character can make it, anywhere. Research Craft on Magazine Body Armor or on a limb piece teaches the recipe.
The guard can get holes like cloth, but its short life means it is usually replaced rather than mended.
The Research Craft option in the inventory menu studies the Magazine Limb Armor and teaches the recipes below.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Make Magazine Limb Armor | Magazine Limb Armor | 
|
/additem Base.GreaveMagazine_Right
|
How to Craft Magazine Limb Armor
Each recipe that makes the Magazine Limb Armor is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Make Magazine Limb Armor
The Make Magazine Limb Armor recipe makes the Magazine Limb Armor. It needs no skill level.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magazine | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.Magazine
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| Duct Tape | 
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2x | No | /additem Base.DuctTape
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Variations
The Magazine Limb Armor comes in 6 versions. Most of their stats match, and the extra columns show the ones that differ.
| Name | Image | Look | Slot | Covers | Can't Wear With | Run Speed | Combat Speed | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magazine Limb Armor |
|
Greave, Right | Right Calf | Right Shin |
|
-10% | - | /additem Base.GreaveMagazine_Right
|
| Magazine Limb Armor |
|
Greave, Left | Left Calf | Left Shin |
|
-10% | - | /additem Base.GreaveMagazine_Left
|
| Magazine Limb Armor |
|
Vambrace, Right | Right Forearm | Right Forearm | Right Wrist | - | -5% | /additem Base.VambraceMagazine_Right
|
| Magazine Limb Armor |
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Vambrace, Left | Left Forearm | Left Forearm | Left Wrist | - | -3% | /additem Base.VambraceMagazine_Left
|
| Magazine Limb Armor |
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Thigh, R | Right Thigh | Right Thigh | - | -10% | - | /additem Base.ThighMagazine_R
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| Magazine Limb Armor |
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Thigh, L | Left Thigh | Left Thigh | - | -10% | - | /additem Base.ThighMagazine_L
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Locations
Magazine Limb Armor is a rare find, and only in survivor safehouses. Dressers and wardrobes there give the best odds, at about one check in twenty. Cardboard boxes, crates and small boxes in the same safehouses hold it less often. Mid-game safehouses are the poorest place to look.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Survivor safehouse | Dresser | 5.6% |
| Survivor safehouse | Wardrobe | 5.6% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Dresser | 4.8% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Wardrobe | 4.8% |
| Survivor safehouse | Cardboard box | 3.4% |
| Survivor safehouse | Crate | 3.4% |
| Survivor safehouse | Small box | 3.4% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Dresser | 2% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Wardrobe | 2% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Cardboard box | 1.9% |
Notes
- The in-game tooltip warns that the armour is destroyed if it gets completely wet.
- One hit uses the guard up, so a spare set in the bag keeps the cover going.
- Six pieces cover both shins, both thighs and both forearms.
- The paper burns well as fire fuel and tinder.
- Cheap materials make it a good stopgap before stronger armour is found or made.
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