Armor

Types of protection

Availability

None of the armor items are guaranteed in the raws to be available for production, but each body part will have some item for each body part (for certain layers, most importantly the armor layer^[Verify]).

Material requirements

The number of regular metal bars needed to make a piece of metal armor is equal to the material size divided by 3, rounded down with a minimum of one. The number of adamantine wafers or stacks of adamantine cloth required to create armor is equal to the material size.

Headgear

Clothing Type	Graphic (Preview)	Graphic (Portrait)	Graphic (Icon)	Armor Level	Material Size	Materials	Size	Permit	Layer	Coverage %	Bars to make	Bars returned on melting	Melting efficiency %
Face Veilƒ					2	C,L	10	100	Under	50%	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mask§ƒ					2	C,L,B,S,M	20	10	Under	50%	N/A	N/A	N/A
Headscarfƒ					2	C,L	10	100	Over	50%	N/A	N/A	N/A
Head Veilƒ					2	C,L	10	100	Over	50%	N/A	N/A	N/A
Turbanƒ					2	C,L	20	100	Over	50%	N/A	N/A	N/A
Cap§				+[Verify]	1	C,L,M	10	15	Over	50%	1	0.3	30%
Helm§				1+	2	L,B,S,M	30	20	Armor	100%	1	0.6	60%
Hood					2	C,L	10	100	Cover	100%	N/A	N/A	N/A

Upper body

Clothing Type	Graphic (Preview)	Graphic (Portrait)	Graphic (Icon)	Armor Level	Material Size	Materials	Size	Permit	Layer	Coverage %	UBSTEP	LBSTEP	Bars to make	Bars returned on melting	Melting efficiency
Tunic					3	C,L	10	50	Under	100%	0	1	N/A	N/A	N/A
Shirt					3	C,L	10	50	Under	100%	MAX	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
Dress					5	C,L	10	50	Under	100%	MAX	MAX	N/A	N/A	N/A
Vest					2	C,L	10	50	Over	50%	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
Toga≈					5	C,L	30	100	Over	100%	1	1	N/A	N/A	N/A
Coat					5	C,L	20	50	Over	100%	MAX	1	N/A	N/A	N/A
Robe					6	C,L	20	100	Over	100%	MAX	MAX	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mail Shirt				2	6	M	15	50	Over	100%	1	1	2	1.8	90%
Leather Armor§				1	6	L	20	50	Armor	100%	1	1	N/A	N/A	N/A
Breastplate§				3	9	M	20	50	Armor	100%	0	0	3	2.7	90%
Capeƒ					3	C,L	10	300	Cover	50%	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
Cloak					5	C,L	15	150	Cover	100%	MAX	1	N/A	N/A	N/A
Backpack					3	C,L	0	>300	Over	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Quiver					3	C,L	0	>300	Over	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Flask					5	L,M	N/A	N/A	Unique	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Quivers and backpacks are also worn on the upper body, counting towards layer permit size. Flasks are attached to the upper body armor or the garment worn over it (but not cover-layer items, such as cloaks).

Hands

Clothing Type	Graphic (Preview)	Graphic (Icon)	Armor Level	Material Size	Materials	Size	Permit	Layer	Coverage %	UPSTEP	Bars to make (per pair)	Bars returned on melting (per pair)	Melting Efficiency %
Gloves				1	C,L	10	10	Under	100%		N/A	N/A	N/A
Gauntlets§			2	2	B,S,M	20	15	Armor	100%	1	1	1.2	120%
Mittens				1	C,L	15	20	Cover	150%		N/A	N/A	N/A

Each crafting job produces a pair of gloves, gauntlets, or mittens -- one right-handed and one left-handed. The items from a single job may have different quality levels.

Lower body

Clothing Type	Graphic (Preview)	Graphic (Icon)	Armor Level	Material Size	Materials	Size	Permit	Layer	Coverage %	LBSTEP	Bars to make	Bars returned on melting	Melting efficiency %
Thongsƒ				1	C,L	10	30	Under	25%	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
Loincloths				1	C,L	10	30	Under	50%	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
Braies≈				3	C,L	10	30	Under	100%	1	N/A	N/A	N/A
Trousers				4	C,L	15	30	Over	100%	MAX	N/A	N/A	N/A
Skirts (Short)ƒ				2	C,L	10	100	Over	100%	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
Skirtsƒ				2	C,L	10	100	Over	100%	1	N/A	N/A	N/A
Skirts (Long)ƒ				2	C,L	10	100	Over	100%	MAX	N/A	N/A	N/A
Leggings§			1+	5	L,B,S,M	15	30	Armor	100%	MAX	1	1.5	150%
Greaves§			3	6	B,M	15	30	Armor	100%	MAX	2	1.8	90%

Footwear

Clothing Type	Graphic (Preview)	Graphic (Icon)	Armor Level	Material Size	Materials	Size	Permit	Layer	Coverage %	UPSTEP	Bars to make (per pair)	Bars returned on melting (per pair)	Melting efficiency %
Socks				1	C	10	15	Under	100%		N/A	N/A	N/A
Chaussesƒ				3	C,L	10	15	Under	100%	MAX	N/A	N/A	N/A
Sandalsƒ				1	C,L	25	15	Over	100%		N/A	N/A	N/A
Shoes				1	C,L	20	15	Over	100%		N/A	N/A	N/A
Low Boots			1+	1	L,M	25	15	Over	100%		1	0.6	60%
High Boots			1+	2	L,M	25	15	Over	100%	1	1	1.2	120%

Each crafting job produces one pair of footwear. Unlike gloves, footwear items are interchangeable (they are not right- or left-footed). The two items from a single crafting job may have different quality levels.

Shield

Clothing Type	Graphic (Preview)	Graphic (Icon)	Blockchance	Armor Level	Material Size	Materials	Size	Permit	Layer	Coverage %	UPSTEP	Bars to make	Bars returned on melting	Melting efficiency
Buckler			10	1	2	L,M,W	NA	NA	NA		1	1	0.6	60%
Shield			20	2	4	L,M,W	NA	NA	NA		2	1	1.2	120%

Note: Striking with a shield trains both misc object user and armor user skills. Additionally, shield material and quality only matter for bashing attacks and do not affect blocking. Skills rolls are 1d(blockchance) + 2d(skill*15), so skill matters more than blockchance even at novice skill. Also note that shields have increased mass when made for/by larger creatures.

Armor levels 1-3 were referred to as 'leather', 'chain', or 'plate' in earlier versions.

+ The armor level is increased by one if made from metal.

^§ A shaped item, max one shaped item per body slot (e.g. a breastplate cannot be worn with leather armor, but it can be worn with a mail shirt, while greaves and leggings cannot be combined).

^ƒ This "foreign" article can never be crafted by dwarves (except for artifacts) but may be purchased in trade, although, not every article without this can always be crafted (see [ARMOR]).

^≈ Uncommon for dwarven civilizations, thus not available more often.

• In theory, the only metal armor pieces which are not "shaped" are Mail Shirt, Flask, Low Boots and High Boots; in practice, the only true shapeless metal armor is Mail Shirt, because Flask can't deflect hits, while Low and High boots have such low permit that it's impossible anyway to put a second pair of boots on top of the first.