Wood Shield

Wood Shield

A simple wooden shield.
Type	Shield
Damage	-
Stamina	-
Block	6 block armour 20 block force
Weight	4
Durability	200
Crafting Station	Workbench
Station Level	1
Crafting Materials	10x Wood 4x Resin 4x Leather scraps
Biome	Meadows
Spawn ID	`spawn ShieldWood`

Wood, Resin and a few Leather Scraps from Meadows boars make the Wood Shield. This is where blocking begins for most Vikings, long before there is any metal to hide behind. It has 6 block armour.

How to Craft

You craft it at a level 1 Workbench from:

10x Wood: chopped from any tree.
4x Resin: dropped by Greydwarves and Greylings, and by felled trees.
4x Leather Scraps: dropped by Boars and Bats, and dug out of Muddy Scrap Piles.

Name	Biome	Crafting Station	Spawn ID
Wood	All biomes	-	`spawn Wood`
Resin	Meadows	-	`spawn Resin`
Leather Scraps	Meadows	-	`spawn LeatherScraps`

When to Use It

This is opening-hours gear. Everything it takes comes from the Meadows, so it suits a character who has just stood up.

Upgrades

You can upgrade it 2 times after crafting, and each level needs the station built one step higher than the last. Figures quoted elsewhere are for quality 1, so this is the ladder your own copy sits somewhere on:

Quality	Crafting Station	Block armor	Durability	Workbench level	Resources
1	Workbench (Level 1)	6	200	1	10x Wood 4x Resin 4x Leather scraps
2	Workbench (Level 2)	12	250	2	5x Wood 2x Resin 2x Leather scraps
3	Workbench (Level 3)	18	300	3	10x Wood 4x Resin 4x Leather scraps

Properties

Its 6 block armour is enough for a while. This is the first shield in the game, made from wood at a Workbench. Against a Greyling or a Neck, it is the difference between a fight and a death.

It is the middle option, and the one that parries. It has less raw block armour than the tower shield of its tier, but a round shield can parry, and a parry staggers the attacker into double damage for as long as the stagger lasts. The Wood Tower Shield has 4 more armour and 80 more block force, but it cannot parry.