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Armor plates are a type of equipment that adds defense to your character and can have different effects, being the item that is most responsible for your protection indicator they are a key equipment at any location and level of the game.

The armor plate's protection indicator depends on the character's blocking skill and the level and quality of the armor plate.

Armor Plate Effects Recycling results
Basic Plate None
  • 6-10 Simple components
Armor Plate T-1 +HP
Armor Plate T-2 +Energy
Armor Plate T-3 +RGE
  • 6-10 Simple components
Armor Plate T-4 +MLE
  • 6-10 Simple components
Armor Plate T-5 +25% resistance to electric damage
  • 6-9 Electric elements
Armor Plate T-6 +25% resistance to acid damage
  • 6-10 Acid elements
Armor Plate T-7 +25% resistance to fire damage
  • 6-10 Fire elements
Armor Plate T-8 +HP, +Energy
  • 6-11 Simple components
Necro Plate 10% chance to summon allied skeletons upon receiving damage
  • 6-10 Necro crystals
Shadow Plate 10% chance to cast "Invisibility" for 2-3 turns upon receiving damage
  • 6-10 Plasma elements
Aegis Plate 10% chance to cast "Protection" for 2-3 turns when receiving damage
  • 6-10 Simple components
Omega Plate 10% chance to cast "Invincibility" for 1-2 turns when receiving damage
  • 6-10 Simple components

How to find them[]

  • Regular/Basic armor plates and the T-1, T-2, T-3, T-4 and T-8 can be found chests and in vending machines.
  • Necro, Omega and Shadow armor Plates can be found in Ancient Ruins.
  • T-5, T-6, T-7 and "Aegis" armor plates have an increased chance to be found in normal, acid and lava caves, respectively.

Notes[]

  • There is a very high chance to receive a Health crystal or Blood crystal when recycling a T-1 armor plate, There is also a very high chance to get an Energy crystal when recycling the T-2 armor plate.
  • Omega armor plates used to be more common when they were added. But soon the developer released a patch that, among other things, increased their rarity.

Version history[]

  • 0.95.2.0 - Improved characteristics of Omega armor plate: now invulnerability when received is applied not for 1-2 turns, but for 2-3. The description of this item was updated in 0.95.2.2.
  • 0.95.1.6 - The Aegis armor plate has been added to the game.
  • 0.95.1.5 - Omega armor plate has been added to the game.
  • 0.94.9.97 - Shadow armor plate has been added to the game.
  • 0.94.9.91 - Necro armor plate has been added to the game.
  • 0.94.9.83 - Mixed armor plate (T-8) has been added to the game
  • 0.94.9.61 - T-5, T-6 and T-7 armor plates have been added to the game.
  • 0.94.9.6 - T-1, T-2, T-3 and T-4 armor plates have been added to the game.
  • 0.94.9.42 - The equipment window now displays armor bonuses and penalties received from various sources.
  • 0.86 (first public version) - Regular armor plates were present in the game initially.
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