Plate armor
Plate armor
Overlapping solid plates of armor covering the entire body from neck to feet.
Base Stats
Apparel
- Insulation Factor - Cold
- 1.0×
- Insulation Factor - Heat
- 0.0×
- Armor Factor - Sharp
- 0.73
- Armor Factor - Blunt
- 0.73
- Armor Factor - Heat
- 0.73
- Coverage
- Torso, Neck, Left Shoulder, Left Arm, Right Shoulder, Right Arm, Left Leg, Right Leg
- Layer
- Middle, Outer
Creation
- Crafted At
/ 
- Required Research
- Plate armor
- Skill Required
- Crafting 7
- Work To Make
- 38,000 ticks (10.56 mins)
- Stuff Tags
- Metallic, Woody
- Resources to make
170
- thingCategories
- ApparelArmor
- thingSetMakerTags
- RewardStandardLowFreq, RewardStandardQualitySuper
- defaultOutfitTags
- Soldier
- tags
- MedievalMilitary
Plate armor is a type of apparel (armor) that functions as low-tech full body armor. It can be crafted out of various materials.
It has a heavy move speed penalty of -0.8 c/s when worn. As such, it may be wise to leave it in a stockpile until entering combat.
Acquisition
Plate armor can be crafted at a Fueled smithy or Electric smithy once the Plate armor research project has been completed. They require 170 Stuff (Metallic/Woody, 1700 for SMVs), 38,000 ticks (10.56 mins) of work, and a Crafting skill of 7.
It can also be found on the following raider kinds:
| Raider Kind | Chance | Average Quality | Health |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archer chief | 100% | Normal | 100% |
| Berserker chief | 100% | Normal | 100% |
Champion  |
100% | Normal | 70-100% |
Analysis
Compared to other forms of armor, plate is tied with the much more protective cataphract armor for most severe movement penalty, at -0.8c/s. Plate also tends to be cheaper to make in terms of materials, but has less base durability. This can be mitigated by making it with more durable materials, such as plasteel. Note that Legendary Steel Plate armor is equivalent to Normal Cataphract armor at 1/3 of the market value, while Legendary Plasteel Plate armor is equivalent to Excellent Cataphract while costing 40 less plasteel to produce. With a Production Specialist
and a Genie
(or anyone with the Great Crafting gene) these can be acquired at the beginning of the game.
A set of Steel plate armor (
170) is cheaper than a full set of flak armor, including vest, jacket and pants ( 190 + 
110 + 
3). It has much lower sharp protection than a flak vest, but covers the arms and legs. It doesn't last as long as flak, having only 290 hp compared to flak's 600 hp. Its movement penalty is heavier at -0.8c/s compared to -0.36/s for the whole flak set.
A set of Plasteel plate armor is slightly cheaper than a set of marine armor, but is inferior against all damage types, especially sharp damage. One advantage of the Plasteel plate armor is that, having 810 hp, it lasts much longer than the marine armor, which only has 340 hp. Its movement penalty is heavier at -0.8c/s compared to -0.4/s for marine armor.
Material table
| Material | Sharp | Blunt | Heat | Item HP | Insulation - Cold | Insulation - Heat | Market Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wooden Plate armor | 39.42% | 39.42% | 29.2% | 188.5 | -8 °C (-14.4 °F) | +0 °C (0 °F) | 300 
|
| Bioferrite Plate armor | 80.3% | 36.5% | 36.5% | 580 | -2.5 °C (-4.5 °F) | +0 °C (0 °F) | 470
|
| Golden Plate armor | 52.56% | 26.28% | 26.28% | 174 | -3 °C (-5.4 °F) | +0 °C (0 °F) | 17125
|
| Plasteel Plate armor | 83.22% | 40.15% | 47.45% | 812 | -3 °C (-5.4 °F) | +0 °C (0 °F) | 1830
|
| Silver Plate armor | 52.56% | 26.28% | 26.28% | 203 | -3 °C (-5.4 °F) | +0 °C (0 °F) | 1835
|
| Steel Plate armor | 65.7% | 32.85% | 43.8% | 290 | -3 °C (-5.4 °F) | +0 °C (0 °F) | 460
|
| Uranium Plate armor | 78.84% | 39.42% | 47.45% | 725 | -3 °C (-5.4 °F) | +0 °C (0 °F) | 1280
|
Assuming Normal quality, for the effect of other qualities, see Quality.
Protection Charts
| Sharp Armor | Blunt Armor |
|---|---|
| Sharp Armor | Blunt Armor |
|---|---|
Trivia
Every set of plate armor found on an Imperial Champion will be white.
Version history
- Torso | Clothing
- Button-down shirt • T-shirt (Kid ) • Tribalwear (Kid )
- Corset • Eltex shirt • Eltex vest • Formal vest • Formal shirt
- Slave collar
- Sash • Kid romper
- Armor
- Flak vest
- Legs | Clothing
- Pants (Kid )
- Armor
- Flak pants
- Shell | Clothing
- Duster • Jacket • Parka (Kid ) • Robe
- Cape • Eltex robe • Prestige robe
- Burka • Slave body strap
- Heavy bandolier
- Lab coat
- Armor
- Flak jacket • Marine armor (Prestige , Grenadier ) • Plate armor • Recon armor (Prestige , Locust , Mechlord ) • Cataphract armor (Prestige , Phoenix )
- Head | Clothing
- Bowler hat • Cowboy hat • Hood • Psychic foil helmet • Tuque • Tribal headdress • Veil • War mask
- Beret • Coronet • Crown • Eltex helmet • Eltex skullcap • Ladies hat • Stellic crown • Top hat
- Authority cap • Blindfold • Broadwrap • Flophat • Headwrap • Shadecone • Slicecap • Tailcap • Torture crown • Visage mask
- Airwire headset • Array headset • Gas mask • Face mask
- Ceremonial hood • Ritual mask
- Armor
- Flak helmet • Marine helmet (Prestige/Samurai helmet ) • Recon helmet (Prestige , Mechlord ) • Simple helmet (Kid ) • Cataphract helmet (Prestige ) • Gunlink • Integrator headset • Mechcommander helmet