Armour

Armour is equipment worn to protect against damage, at the cost of attack speed and mobility. Different types of armor are effective against different attack types.

Comparison

Armour type	Base protection	Speed on cobble (km/h)	Percent of unarmored speed	Casting/Archery Buff	Weight (kg)
Unarmoured	None	17.30	100%	+30%	0.00
Cloth with jacket	Very low	17.28	96.75%	+30%	1.80
Leather	Low	15.40	89.02%	+30%	3.20
Studded leather	Moderate	14.77	85.38%	+0%	4.90
Chain	Moderate	13.90	80.35%	-15%	8.20
Plate with great helm	High	10.90	63.01%	-30%	20.5
Drake hide (no cap)	High	15.60	90.17%	-30%	3.20
Dragon scale (no helm)	Very High	16.32	94.33%	-30%	5.8

Cloth armour set tested at 80ql. No speed bonus gained from rare or supreme.

For spellcasting/archery buff. Defaults to the heaviest type of armor that is worn. Leather with a chain gauntlet will default to chain. Plate with a plate helm.

Protection

Armour protects by increasing glance rates and reducing damage taken from hits. The damage taken can be calculated by multiplying the damage that would be taken with no armour with a multiplier. The multiplier is given by the following equation; multiplier = (modifier * ql * ql) / 200000 - (modifier * ql) / 1000 + 0.95, where ql is the armour quality (if the quality is below 2, it is counted as 2) and the modifier is given for the armour types below:

Cloth	7
Leather	8
Studded Leather	9
Chain	10
Drake Hide / Steel Plate	13
Dragon Scale / Adamantine Plate	14
Glimmersteel Plate / Seryll Plate	15

Note: Rolf stated rare armour pieces give 9-14% damage reduction bonus.

See also Category:Armour

External Tools

• Web-based damage reduction calculator by Warlander

• Web-based damage reduction calculator by Armynator