Protector Armor
Protector Armor is the heavy armour of the Deep North. Its three pieces give 132 armour at quality 1, rising to 144 at quality 3, the most of any set in the game. None of the pieces slow you down, and the breastplate keeps off the freezing cold.
Each piece is cast at a level 4 black forge from bloodgold, moose hide and its mould, and the breastplate and trousers also need leather straps. The cast is then hardened in a frost foundry with five liquid frost. Taking all three pieces to quality 3 costs 195 bloodgold, 47 moose hide and 26 leather straps.
The moulds are the slow part. All three drop only from krigen that fight with two axes. The drop rate is three in a hundred from a plain krigen, six from a one-star and twelve from a two-star. Dual-axe krigen spawn on the floors of Mörkhalla, and the malicious ice at the centre of a jotun invasion adds them to its waves.
As in the Mountains, all weather in the Deep North counts as freezing, day and night. Outdoors and away from a fire you are Freezing: health stops regenerating, stamina and eitr regenerate 60% slower, and you take a point of damage every second. Near a fire or under a roof you are only Cold. Any frost resistance stops both, and in this set the breastplate carries it. Past quality 3, the Forge of Potential takes the breastplate and trousers further with a bloodgold protection idol. You find the idols in the chests of Mörkhalla, abandoned villages, northern graveyards and shipwrecks.
Side by side at quality 1, before any upgrade, the Deep North sets compare like this. Protector gives 132 armour for 11 weight and Vanguard gives 102 armour for 11 weight. Caller gives 66 armour for 11 weight, with -4% movement.
How to Craft
The full set is finished in a frost foundry, five Liquid Frost per piece, from:
- 1x Cast: Helmet of the Protector: poured at a level 4 black forge from bloodgold, moose hide and its mould.
- 15x Liquid Frost: frozen down from ice in a frigid kiln.
- 1x Cast: Breastplate of the Protector: poured at a level 4 black forge from bloodgold, moose hide, leather straps and its mould.
- 1x Cast: Trousers of the Protector: poured at a level 4 black forge from bloodgold, moose hide, leather straps and its mould.
| Name | Image | Biome | Crafting Station | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cast: Helmet of the Protector | 
|
Deep North | Black Forge | spawn ArmorGoldHeavyHelmetUncooked
|
| Liquid Frost | 
|
Deep North | Frigid Kiln | spawn FrozenFuel
|
| Cast: Breastplate of the Protector | 
|
Deep North | Black Forge | spawn ArmorGoldHeavyChestUncooked
|
| Cast: Trousers of the Protector | 
|
Deep North | Black Forge | spawn ArmorGoldHeavyLegsUncooked
|
When to Use It
This is end game armour. To progress through the Deep North you need Fader dead.
Pieces
| Piece | Image | Quality 1 | Quality 2 | Quality 3 | Weight | Movement | Effect | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helmet of the Protector | 
|
44 | 46 | 48 | 1 | - | - | spawn HelmetDNHeavy
|
| Breastplate of the Protector |
|
44 | 46 | 48 | 5 | - | Resistant VS Frost | spawn ArmorDeepNorthHeavyChest
|
| Trousers of the Protector | 
|
44 | 46 | 48 | 5 | - | - | spawn ArmorDeepNorthHeavylegs
|
| Protector Armor |
|
132 | 138 | 144 | 11 | - | - | - |
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