Armor

Armor on Sanctuary is pre-aos with heavy customization.

Bonus HP's by AR

• You receive a hit point bonus equal to your base armor rating (AR) X 2. Base AR is the AR given by the type of armor (plate, chain, leather, etc) unmodified by resource (ore, leather) type or buffs. Example: The hit point bonus for iron plate chest is the same as valorite plate chest.

Meditation

• The ability to mediate in armor is based on your total armor rating modified by the type of armor you are wearing. Leather is best, studded is usable with high INT and mediation. Most characters can't effectively meditate in metal armor. Read More ..

Armor effects how much extra mana you get.

The more metal armor you wear the less mana bonus you will get. At full plate your mana should be equal to your int. Mixing and matching other types of metal armor should give you some mana bonus, all the way up to double in leather or non armor.

Hiding/Stealth

• You can not stealth with a total AR over 26.
• AR also increases the stealth difficulty check.
• Armor has no effect, whatsoever, on hiding.

Dex Modifier by Item

Armor Type	Head	Gorget	Glove	Arm	Leg	Chest
Plate	-1	-1	-2	-2	-6	-8
Chain	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	-3	-5
Ring	n/a	n/a	-1	-1	-1	-2

Ore Types

Ore effects the AR of metal armor; plate, chain, and ring

Resource	AR Mod
Iron	0
Dull Copper	2
Shadow Iron	4
Brown Stone	4
Copper	6
Cottage Gold	6
Bronze	8
Iron Lilac	8
Gold	10
Agapite	12
Sylvan	12
Verite	14
Silver	14
Valorite	16

Leather Types

Resource	AR Mod
Regular	0
Spined	10
Horned	13
Barbed & Rugged	16