Carapace Buckler
| Carapace Buckler | |
|---|---|
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| The skull of a seeker is solid but not heavy, which makes it perfect for a small and agile shield. | |
| Type | Shield |
| Damage |
- |
| Stamina | - |
| Block |
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| Weight | 5 |
| Durability | 200 |
| Crafting Station | Black forge |
| Station Level | 1 |
| Crafting Materials |
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| Biome | Mistlands |
| Spawn ID | spawn ShieldCarapaceBuckler
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The Carapace Buckler is small on purpose: Seeker shell and Refined Eitr shaped into a parrying shield rather than a wall, for players who would rather stagger a Mistlands charge than stand behind it. It has 78 block armour, which becomes 195 on a parry thanks to its 2.5x bonus.
How to Craft
It is made at a level 1 Black Forge from:
- 16x Carapace, dropped by Seekers and Seeker Soldiers in the Mistlands.
- 3x Scale Hide, dropped by Hares in the Mistlands.
- 10x Refined Eitr, refined from Sap and Soft Tissue at an Eitr Refinery.
| Name | Image | Biome | Crafting Station | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carapace | 
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Mistlands | - | spawn Carapace
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| Scale Hide | 
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Mistlands | - | spawn ScaleHide
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| Refined Eitr | 
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Mistlands | Eitr Refinery | spawn Eitr
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When to Use It
It is a mid-game shield. It needs Mistlands materials and a Black Forge, so it comes after Yagluth and the sea crossing beyond him. The Ashlands and the Deep North still lie past this one.
Upgrades
It can be upgraded 3 times after crafting, and each level needs the station one level higher than the last. The other figures on this page are for quality 1, so this table shows the full upgrade path your own copy is on:
| Quality | Crafting Station | Block armor | Durability | Resources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Black forge (Level 1) | 78 | 200 |
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| 2 | Black forge (Level 2) | 84 | 250 |
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| 3 | Black forge (Level 3) | 90 | 300 |
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| 4 | Black forge (Level 4) | - | - |
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Properties
It has the highest parry block armour of any shield in the game. Its 78 becomes 195 on a parry at 2.5x, which is more than the Flametal Tower Shield blocks for, even with a whole biome's advantage.
The 2.5x parry bonus is the whole point. It multiplies the shield's block armour on a successful parry, and a parry costs no stamina at all, where a block costs up to 10. A parrying buckler beats a tower shield of the same tier even when that tower shield is simply blocking.
It needs a level 1 Black Forge, so it is available as soon as the station is. That makes it the first serious Mistlands defence, and a reason to learn the parry window properly.
Notes
- Blocking costs up to 10 stamina, depending on how much damage gets past the shield. The block breaks if the damage that gets through fills your stagger bar, which holds 40% of your maximum health, or if you run out of stamina.
- Block force is how hard a block pushes a melee attacker back. It ranges from half strength to full strength, depending on how much of the shield's block armor the hit used up.
- Some weapons have their own parry bonus: 4x on Knives and 6x on the Flesh Rippers. That beats every shield, but it only multiplies the weapon's own small block armor.
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*stats displayed are item's base values. See upgrades under each item for item stats per level.