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Armor is important to keep your character out of danger as your opponents gets tougher. It's effective if you have a full set of armor like helmet, body, gloves and boots, but it will add to the weight of the character.

Save up a lot of gold to get the most powerful armor for each act so you can survive until the end of the game.

For Adrianna, there's also a special body armor which doesn't take up as much weight. Until you upgrade the strength, you're better off with the special body armor.

Items with "+" values are not listed here.

Contents 1 Padded 2 Leather 3 Studded Leather 4 Scale 5 Elven Scale 6 Chain 7 Full Plate 8 Shields

[edit] Padded

Name	Armor	Base cost	Weight
Padded Armor	6	??	12.0
Padded Boots	1	??	2.0
Padded Gloves	1	??	1.0
Padded Helmet	1	??	1.0

[edit] Leather

Name	Armor	Base cost	Weight
Leather Armor	9	??	15.0
Leather Boots	2	??	2.0
Leather Gloves	2	??	1.0
Leather Helmet	2	??	1.0

[edit] Studded Leather

Name	Armor	Base cost	Weight
Studded Leather Armor	12	??	17.0
Studded Leather Boots	3	??	3.5
Studded Leather Gloves	3	??	2.0
Studded Leather Helmet	3	??	2.0

[edit] Scale

Name	Armor	Base cost	Weight
Scale mail	21	5,000	30.0
Scale Boots	5	1,450	3.0
Scale Gloves	5	1,350	2.0
Scale Helmet	5	1,450	3.0

[edit] Elven Scale

Name	Armor	Base cost	Weight
Elven Scale mail	21	??	15.0

[edit] Chain

Name	Armor	Base cost	Weight
Chainmail	24	10,000	40.0
Chain Boots	7	3,000	4.0
Chain Gloves	7	3,450	2.0
Chain Helmet	7	3,000	4.0

[edit] Full Plate

Name	Armor	Base cost	Weight	Base sell value
Full Plate mail	??	??	??	??
Full Plate Boots	??	??	??	??
Full Plate Gloves	12	3,450	2.0	1,664
Full Plate Helmet	??	??	??	??

[edit] Shields

Name	Armor	Base cost	Weight	Base sell value
Wooden Shield	??	??	??	??
Iron Shield	4	??	15	??