Hide armor

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Trophy Armor (Bear)
Armor	Bear hide

Bear hide armor is a type of armor made of ropes, bones and hide from any species of bear , and that can be made as early as the stone age.

Creation

Sun bear hide armor

This armor requires pelt (oiled hides) rather than leather (tanned hides). A full set requires 2 bear hides, including 1 head. Large hides cannot be used; they must be huge, specifically from bears.

1. Oil the raw hide(s), and/or salted hides.
   1. Let the oiled hides cure .
   2. Optional: Remove the head, with a knife in the crafting grid.
2. Combine rope , bones , and pelt in the crafting grid, placed as shown in the Handbook's pages for hide body armor / leg armor / helmet.

The black bear pelts in the recipes below can be replaced with the pelt of any bear desired.

Ingredients	Crafting Recipe
1x Knife 1x Black bear pelt with head

Bear hide helmet

The crafting recipe does not accept pelt with the bear head still attached; remove the head first.

Ingredients	Crafting Recipe
1x Coil of rope 1x Black bear head 2x Bones

Bear hide body armor

The crafting recipe accepts cured pelt whether or not the bear head is still attached.

Ingredients	Crafting Recipe
8x Bones 4x Coils of rope 1x Black bear pelt OR 1x Black bear pelt with head	2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

Bear hide leg armor

The crafting recipe accepts cured pelt whether or not the bear head is still attached.

Ingredients	Crafting Recipe
4x Bones 3x Coils of rope 1x Black bear pelt OR 1x Black bear pelt with head	2 2 2 2

Usage

Repairing

Hide armor has both an armor durability and clothing condition. The clothing condition deteriorates with walking can be repaired the same way as clothing.

Durability damage on hide armor is permanent and cannot be repaired as of v1.21.5.

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Order repair from a blacksmith

Armor may be repaired by the blacksmith at Nadiya Village . 200 durability will be repaired for a cost of 10 rusty gears . (This is not affected by the lack of a repair recipe present as of v1.21.5)

Protection

When worn, bear hide armor provides you with minimum penalties that depend on the species of bear it is made of:

Species	Healing Rate	Hunger Rate	Range Accuracy	Range Charge Time	Movement Speed
Polar	-4%	+2%	-2%	+3%	-3%
Brown	-4%	+2%	-2%	+3%	-3%
Black	-4%	+2%	-2%	+3%	-2%
Sun Bear	-4%	+2%	-2%	+3%	-2%
Panda	-4%	+2%	-2%	+3%	-2%

But in return it will provide you with protection that also depend on the species of bear it is made of:

Species	Protection Tier	Durability	Percent Protection	Flat Damage Reduction (hp)
Polar	1	400	55%	0.5
Brown	1	300	55%	0.5
Black	1	200	55%	0.5
Sun Bear	1	120	45%	0.4
Panda	1	120	45%	0.4

Warmth

Like clothing , each piece of hide armor provides additional warmth. Each armor slot provides the same amount of warmth for that armor type.

Species	Warmth (°C)
Polar bear	1.5
Black bear	1
Brown bear	1
Panda bear	0.5
Sun bear	0.5

Storage

All armor can be placed on armor stands and in chests/vessels.

History

• Bear hide armor was teased 7 Apr 2025 in the devlog channel of the Discord server: "Soon™️ you'll be able to have your revenge."
  

• It was added in version 1.21.0-pre.1 - Story Chapter 2 Redux: "A new craftable trophy armor with average stats."

Notes

The recipes for body armor and leg armor require huge pelts. Those can only be obtained from bears. It's unclear whether non-species-specific huge pelts will be removed from the game.

Gallery

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  Release picture of new bear hide trophy armor
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  Teaser picture of new bear hide trophy armor

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  Sun bear hide helmet
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  Sun bear hide body armor
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  Sun bear hide leg armor

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  Black bear hide helmet
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  Black bear hide body armor
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  Black bear hide leg armor

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  Brown bear hide helmet
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  Brown bear hide body armor
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  Brown bear hide leg armor

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  Panda hide helmet
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  Panda hide body armor
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  Panda hide leg armor

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  Polar bear hide helmet
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  Polar bear hide body armor
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  Polar bear hide leg armor