Chain armor

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Suit of iron chain armor

A full set of chain armor requires smithing 40 ingots on an anvil.

Creation

The easiest way to make chain is to automate a helve hammer to turn 2 ingots into a plate, then place a hot plate on an anvil to remove the voxels required by the chain smithing recipe.

• the anvil must be made of a metal no lower than one "tier" below the tier of the ingot
• the hammer for smithing may be of any metal
• if making plates from copper, bronze, silver, or gold: a crucible and ingot molds are needed
• if making plates from iron or meteoric iron, a bloomery and bloomery chimney are needed
• if making plates from steel, a refractory furnace and stone coffin are needed
• all metal-working requires tongs, a firestarter or torch, and fuel suitable for the working temperature of the target metal
• in addition to metal chain, 14 leather is required to craft chain body armor, and 8 leather is required to craft chain leg armor
• optional: a helve hammer may be made of bronze or higher tier

Ingredients	Crafting Recipe
3x Iron chain	Chain head armor (Iron)

Ingredients	Crafting Recipe
11x Iron chain 1x Body leather jerkin	Chain body armor (Iron)

Ingredients	Crafting Recipe
6x Iron chain 1x Leg leather jerkin	Chain leg armor (Iron)

Armor Tiers and Durability

Different types of armors offer different protection values and durability. Additionally, they may hinder your movements speed and add to your hunger gain. While an alternative to Brigandine armor in terms of stats, with only based on the type of metal it is used.

Chain Armor Debuffs

Type	Downside
Chain Armor	Healing rate: -10% Hunger rate: +7% Ranged accuracy: -3% Ranged charge time: +6% Movement Speed: -3%

Chain Armor Protection

Material	Flat Damage Reduction	Durability	Percent Protection	Protection Tier
Copper	1.1	600	80%	1
Gold	1.2	500	82%	1
Silver	1.2	700	82%	2
Bismuth Bronze	1.2	650	81%	2
Tin Bronze	1.2	700	82%	2
Black Bronze	1.25	750	83%	2
Iron	1.3	800	84%	3
Meteoric Iron	1.35	900	84%	3
Steel	1.4	2000	86%	4

Usage

While chain armor is inherently useful for combat protection, it's also an ingredient in other armor types: add 2 leather and 12 scales to make scale armor or 16 plates to make plate armor.

Notes

• Steel ingots and meteoric iron ingots require an iron anvil; iron ingots require a bronze anvil or higher; bronze ingots can be worked on a copper anvil. Attempting to place an ingot on an anvil of a lower tier than required results in an error message instead of smithing menu.