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TABLE 5.2
Maximum Armor Protection Values
Having said that, not all the armor components made from one material provide the same
damage protection. The chest plate always provides the highest protection, followed by
leggings,thehelmetand,lastly,boots.Theactualratiosdiffersomewhatbetweenmaterials
but, generally speaking, a chest plate is 3 to 3.5 times as effective as boots. This is also the
recommended order for building armor.
Thecraftingrecipesforthedifferentarmorpiecesarequitesimple.I'llshowthoseforiron,
and you can just substitute whatever materials you have on hand. The same material must
be used for each piece, but as mentioned earlier, you don't need to wear a full suit with
every piece crafted from the same type of material. For example, if you have been able to
collect a lot of leather but only a handful of pieces of iron, consider using the leather for
a chest plate and the iron for a helmet because this will give you the maximum damage
protection from the available resources:
Chest plate
—8 units of material
Leggings
—7 units of material
