Armor

There are various items to be found in the world of Dungeon Defenders. The quality of an item generally determines how good the item will be. The higher quality items have lower drop rates than the lower quality items. The armor types grow stronger the further down the table they are (below).

With the introduction of Super Loot, any armor class such as Leather, Mail, Chain, Plate and Pristine has the potential of having better stats than normal thus making all armor as equal to each other.

As with all weapons and armors, currently the maximum upgrade levels an individual armor can have is 400 and the maximum upgradeable stat an item can reach is 600 (with armors reaching 840 with the 40% ultimate armor set bonus). The exception is Ultimate+ and Ultimate++ which can reach 700 and 999 respectively.

Quality

Main article: Quality

The base quality associated with an armor type determines the maximum number it can attain in a given stat. The better the quality, the better the max stats can be. It is possible to have a lower quality item that is better than the next level quality due to overlapping. Quality is the first adjective in an armor's name.

Sometimes, armor may have a secondary damage reduction quality, which increases resistance to one or more element. For details, see the quality article.

Level Requirements
PC
	Leather	Mail	Chain	Plate	Pristine
Cursed	0	0	0	0	0
Torn	0	0	0	0	0
Worn	3	3	3	3	3
Stocky	6	6	6	6	6
Solid	8	8	8	8	8
Sturdy	10	10	10	10	10
Polished	12	12	12	12	12
Shining	14	14	14	14	14
Powerful	20	20	20	20	20
Amazing	27	27	27	27	27
Epic	34	34	34	34	34
Legendary	45	45	45	45	45
Godly	60	60	60	60	60
Mythical	74	74	74	74	74
Transcendent	78	78	78	78	78
Supreme	83	83	83	83	83
Ultimate	90	90	90	90	90
Ultimate93	93	93	93	93	93
Ultimate+	100	100	100	100	100
Ultimate++	100	100	100	100	100
Console and Mobile
	Leather	Mail	Chain	Plate	Pristine
Torn	0	0	0	0	0
Worn	3	3	3	3	3
Stocky	7	7	7	7	7
Solid	9	9	9	10	10
Sturdy	11	12	12	13	13
Polished	14	15	16	16	16
Shining	17	18	20	21	22
Powerful	22	22	24	27	28
Amazing	23	27	30	32	34
Epic	26	31	34	38	40
Legendary	29	35	38	44	50
Godly	32	40	40	50	60

Types

Armor can come in 5 different types, which affect their appearance and armor set bonus. Armor type is the second to last word of an armor's name, while the last is always the slot of the item. Armor type does not affect the armor's stats; Leather armor has the same chance of having good stats or a damage reduction quality as Pristine armor.

Type	Helm	Chest	Gloves	Boots
Leather
Mail
Chain
Plate
Pristine

Resistance

Resistance reduces damage taken from mobs or players in PvP, thus reducing the total damage taken.

Resistance comes in four types:
Reduces all Physical Damage from mobs, including the Ogre and Dark Elf Warrior.
Reduces all Fire Damage from mobs, including the Wyvern, Dark Elf Mage, Kobolds and Ancient Dragon.
Reduces all Lightning Damage from mobs.
Reduces all Poison Damage from mobs including the Ogre's Poison Ball.

A guide is available for more information: Armor Resistance Guide

Names

Please note that armor names are purely cosmetic and have no relation to an item's strength.

Armor Location	Possible Names
Head	Helm, Helmet, Mask, Hood, Cap
Chest	Vest, Shirt, Coat
Hands	Gloves, Gauntlets, Mitts, Bracers, Grips, Handguards
Feet	Boots, Shoes, Cleats, Greaves, Stompers, Sabatons, Savattes

Set Bonuses

(PC, Mobile & Console) When you equip armor of all the same type in every slot, every piece gains a bonus in all stats on the armor. You will know this is in effect when you see a pulsing cyan square around the armor icon's border. Pets and weapons do not gain this bonus. All armor up to Godly item quality gains 25% boost on all stats. (The math for the bonus is 1+ an extra bonus point every 4 levels starting at level 5. So at 1=2, 5=7, 8=10, 9=12, etc.). For set bonuses for armor sets of greater than Godly item quality, refer to the table below.

Armor Set Quality	Set Bonus
Cursed - Godly	25%
Mythical	30%
Transcendent	33%
Supreme	36%
Ultimate	40%

Notes

• In order to receive a set bonus, all four armor pieces have to be Godly and below, or Mythical and above. So mixing any Godly's with Mythical's will not get any set bonus.

• For example, if a hero has a Godly Pristine Helm, Cursed Pristine Chestplate, Worn Pristine Gloves and Godly Pristine Boots equipped, they will gain the set bonus. But if they equip Mythical Pristine Boots, the set bonus is lost.

• When equipping armor pieces of different quality, set bonuses are applied on an individual basis. So if mixing Mythical with Transcendent Armors, the mythical pieces will get 30% and Transcendents will get 33%.

Upgrading Items

First it is worth looking at the strength of the items (i.e. torn, worn, sturdy, etc.) to get a basic idea of how upgrade-able it is, and how long you will probably want to keep it.

Many items can have multiple levels to be upgraded (shown at the bottom of the item picture): this number will state how many times the item can be upgraded. It is also important to note that all of your characters share the lockbox items and money (mana).

Upgrading is not a cheap process, so spend your mana wisely.

Tips (Console)

There are two methods to upgrade items:

Method 1:

1. Enter the Defender's Forge

2. Click on Hero Info or press X

3. Click on an item

4. Press A

5. Hold down the right trigger to invest in it (cost is shown on lower right side), and press A to confirm

Method 2:

1. Enter the Defender's Forge

2. Click on Hero Info or press X

3. Click on an item

4. Press A

5. Check the Pro Mode box

6. Upgrade the desired stat