Iron Tower Shield
| Iron Tower Shield | |
|---|---|
 | |
| A tall shield of strong iron. | |
| Type | Shield |
| Damage |
- |
| Stamina | - |
| Block |
|
| Weight | 4 |
| Durability | 200 |
| Crafting Station | Forge |
| Station Level | 2 |
| Crafting Materials | |
| Biome | Swamp |
| Spawn ID | spawn ShieldIronTower
|
The Iron Tower Shield is not about parrying. It is a slab of Swamp iron wide enough to stand behind while the blows simply land, and it has 52 block armour.
How to Craft
Craft it at a level 2 forge from:
- 15x Finewood: Chopped from birch and oak trees with a Bronze Axe or better.
- 10x Iron: Smelted from Scrap Iron in a Smelter.
| Name | Image | Biome | Crafting Station | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finewood | 
|
Meadows | - | spawn FineWood
|
| Iron | 
|
Swamp | Smelter | spawn Iron
|
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) | 52 | 200 | |
| 2 | Forge (Level 3) | 58 | 250 | |
| 3 | Forge (Level 4) | 64 | 300 | |
| 4 | Forge (Level 5) | - | - |
Properties
With 52 armour and 100 block force, it gives the most solid block in the iron tier. It is the shield to take into a Sunken Crypt, where something is always swinging at you from behind.
A tower shield cannot parry. It slows your movement by 10% while drawn and raises the cost of a dodge roll by the same 10%, and in exchange it blocks harder than anything else in its tier. What you give up is the parry, which staggers the attacker so it takes double damage.
The Serpent Scale Shield is the better buy if you can get it. It has more block power, costs less iron, carries a smaller movement penalty and adds pierce resistance on top. All it asks is that you hunt a Serpent.
Notes
- You pick the design and colour with the style button at the crafting bench, and you cannot change them once the shield is made.
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*stats displayed are item's base values. See upgrades under each item for item stats per level.
