Iron Buckler
| Iron Buckler | |
|---|---|
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| Its lightness and curved center makes it excellent for deflecting attacks. | |
| Type | Shield |
| Damage |
- |
| Stamina | - |
| Block |
|
| Weight | 4 |
| Durability | 200 |
| Crafting Station | Forge |
| Station Level | 2 |
| Crafting Materials |
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| Biome | Swamp |
| Spawn ID | spawn ShieldIronBuckler
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Iron Buckler is made from iron and the bark of ancient trees, both from the Swamp, and it is a small shield meant for timing a parry rather than soaking a blow. It has 28 block armour, or 70 when you parry with its 2.5x bonus.
How to Craft
Craft it at a level 2 forge from:
- 10x Iron: Smelted from Scrap Iron in a Smelter.
- 4x Ancient Bark: Chopped from ancient trees in the Swamp.
| Name | Image | Biome | Crafting Station | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron | 
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Swamp | Smelter | spawn Iron
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| Ancient Bark | 
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Swamp | - | spawn ElderBark
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When to Use It
This is early game gear. Iron comes from Sunken Crypts in the Swamp, so it opens up once The Elder is down.
Upgrades
You can upgrade it 3 times after crafting, and each level needs the station built one step higher than the last. Every other figure on this page is for quality 1, so this table shows where your own copy sits:
| Quality | Crafting Station | Block armor | Durability | Resources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Forge (Level 2) | 28 | 200 |
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| 2 | Forge (Level 3) | 34 | 250 |
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| 3 | Forge (Level 4) | 40 | 300 |
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| 4 | Forge (Level 5) | - | - |
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Properties
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, while a block costs up to 10. A buckler out-parries a tower shield of the same tier even when that tower shield is simply blocking.
That works out to 28 armour, or 70 on a parry, which beats the Iron Tower Shield's 52 blocking on a shield that costs 5% movement instead of 10%.
It is the Swamp answer. Draugr telegraph their attacks slowly and hit hard, which is exactly what a parry build wants.
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.