Armor

IronChestPlateItemStatsPA9 — A piece of Iron armor

Armor is a type of equipment intended to protect a pony from losing Health. It is available in several pieces and a variety of forms, and can sometimes be seen being worn by NPCs.

Obtaining[]

Some merchant ponies (Bluebell, Buttercup, Free Trade, Sales Pitch (iron armor only), and Silky Roads) will sell pieces of armor. Armor can also be traded between players.

Dragons will occasionally drop a piece of brass armor when defeated.

Lieutenant Snipe will give a Brass Helmet as a reward for completing the quest he gives.

Use[]

Armor must be worn to provide any defensive effects. This requires a piece of armor to be placed in the appropriate equipment slot of a pony's inventory. Once worn, the player's statistics will be modified by the armor.

Armor reduces incoming physical damage by a percentage, based on the Armor stat. This is calculated by the formula

Percentage reduction = Armor / (Armor + 165)

Different equipment slots can be filled at the same time with armor pieces made from different materials; they do not have to match to be effective.

Parts[]

A full set of armor consists of five pieces:

Helmet (occupies the Hat slot)
Back Plate (occupies the SaddleBag slot)
Chest Plate (occupies the Shirt slot)
Front Legs (occupies the FrontShoes slot)
Back Legs (occupies the BackShoes slot)

Types[]

Pieces of armor can be made of various materials, identifiable by their color.

Purchased and Drops[]

These armor sets can be bought by various Merchants around Equestria with the exception of the Sunlight and Moonlight Armors. Those can only be obtained as drops from max level monsters.

Set	Level	Attack	Armor	Dodge	Health	Magic Resist	Value (bits)
Fyre Flye armor	1	0	5	0	0	23	200
Brass armor	1	14	15	0	200	4	350
Nickel armor	10	35	59	10	0	15	2100
Pearlescent armor	14	20	49	0	0	49	15100
Gold armor	20	70	109	0	0	26	69000
Sunlight armor	30	94	198	0	0	63	Drop Only
Moonlight armor	30	82	198	0	0	63	Drop Only

Crafted[]

Obtainable through the Artisan Talent. Base values will change upon the quality of the armor crafted. In addition, all items armor have a chance to be created in some improved version with increased statistics: Crafted (+5%), Masterful (+10%) and Perfected (+15%).

In addition, crafted armor can have Harmonies added, one in the front and rear legs, two in the chest and back plates, and three in the helmet (Iridescent can have one extra Harmony added per piece).

Set	Level	Attack	Armor	Magic Resist
Copper armor	1	0	18	0
Bronze armor	4	13	30	0
Iron armor	8	29	53	0
Steel armor	12	41	85	0
Iridescent armor	14	0	0	5
Alicium armor	17	68	117	18
Elementium armor	19	76	102	72
Titanium armor	21	86	146	0
Harmonious armor	24	114	172	135
Phoenix Armor	27	82	205	105

Developer[]

Developer armor can only be added into a player's inventory by developers. They can neither be bought nor crafted.

	Set	Level	Health	Regen	Armor	Magic Resist	Value (bits)
	Moonlight Flame armor	50	3664	402	385	270	21850

Trivia[]

Horse armor is termed "barding". It was most common in the Middle Ages to prevent knights from having their mounts killed which made the heavily armored knights easier to defeat.