Chain armor
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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 |
| Ingredients | Crafting Recipe |
|---|---|
| 11x Iron chain 1x Body leather jerkin |
| Ingredients | Crafting Recipe |
|---|---|
| 6x Iron chain 1x Leg leather jerkin |
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% |
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.
