Armor
Armor is an item type in Starbound. Their main function is to provide protection and passive bonuses to multiple stats, such as health, defense, energy and attack power. Health is the primary stat for melee armor while Energy is favored for firearms and raw Attack Power is favourable to staff and wand users. Assuming the armor is the same tier, all armor has the same defense stat, suggesting defense is used purely to offset the increased creature damage on more dangerous planets. Armor sets have 3 slots: head, chest and legs, with an optional back piece.
Armor is equipped by dragging it from storage in the Inventory screen to the appropriate slot. Each slot has its own cosmetic option that lets the player receive the stat bonuses from one armor and visually wear another. Armor in cosmetic slots is visible but do not boost stats or give special effects.
Available sources of armor are crafting, trading and looting. Armor is not procedurally generated.
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Clothing
Main article: Clothing
Clothing is a type of cosmetic armor. All new characters start with clothing. Clothing can also be crafted at a Spinning Wheel using woven fabric, cotton wool and leather.
Cosmetic Armor
Main article: Cosmetic Armor
Many armor pieces provide little to no stat bonuses and are designed mainly for cosmetic use.
Cosmetic armor also includes costume hats, capes, and groupings of similarly named items in cosmetic sets.
Defense
Each point of defense reduce the damage taken (by most damage sources) by 1%. This means that the best set of armor ingame reduces damage from most damage sources by 4/5 (80%). Note that some damage types (e.g., fall damage) ignore defense, and therefore armor cannot protect against them.
Racial Armor
Each race has a three-piece set, made out of headgear, chestpiece, and pants, for all 6 tiers, or 10 armor sets. Based on the character's race, they will initially unlock race-specific armor patterns.
Racial Armor Sets | ||||||||||||
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Accelerator | Manipulator | Separator | ||||||||||
Species | Tier 1 | Tier 2 | Tier 3 | Tier 4 | Tier 5 | Tier 6 | Tier 5 | Tier 6 | Tier 5 | Tier 6 | ||
Apex | Defector | Rebel | Insurgent | Revolutionary | Rogue | Infiltrator | Spy | Usurper | Assassin | Frontliner | ||
Avian | Hatchling | Sparrow | Quail | Owl | Peacock | Macaw | Flamingo | Raven | Phoenix | Toucan | ||
Floran | Sprout | Bonesmith | Nomad | Hunter | Wiseman | Sentinel | Cannibal | Shaman | Gatherer | Synthesizer | ||
Glitch | Knave | Soldier | Knight | Dark Knight | Crusader | Legionnaire | Lancer | Templar | Paladin | Doom Lord | ||
Human | Scouter | Scavenger | Pioneer | Outrider | Vanguard | Seeker | Trailblazer | Wanderer | Adventurer | Universalist | ||
Hylotl | Puddle | Pond | River | Lake | Sea | Euphotic | Reef | Aphotic | Ocean | Disphotic | ||
Novakid | Deputy | Bandit | Outlaw | Sheriff | Bandito | Gambler | Bonesaw | Clockwork | Varmint | Wrangler | ||
Early Tier Armor
Early tiered armor is made using an anvil, followed by a forge and replicator. Each tier provides incrementally better stats.
High Tier Armor
Accelerator Armor
The Accelerator's Table is used to craft ranged combat armor with increased energy generation. It's specialized for firearms. Whilst it can also help staff and wand users, these weapons quickly restore energy after the initial tech casting so the benefit is reduced. Additionally, the energy bonus is enough to allow some melee weapons to use their special secondary attack more than once before triggering an energy wipeout and cooldown. Certain techs that use Energy, such as Sprint, can be used for longer with this armor type. The materials needed for these sets is Refined Aegisalt and Solarium Star.
Manipulator Armor
The Manipulator's Table is used to craft offensive combat armor with a high attack power bonus. Naturally, boosting raw damage benefits all weapon types, but staves and wands benefit the most and this armor is designed with them in mind. Firearms are more powerful but short-lived with this armor type and melee users will be more vulnerable than they are used to and forced to play offensively. If you prefer to use a wide variety of weapon types this armor type is the best choice. The materials required for these sets is Refined Ferozium and Solarium Star.
Set Name | Race | Helm | Chest | Legs | Tier | ||||
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Spy's Set | Apex | 300 | 75 | 50 | 50 | Spy's Hood | Spy's Jacket | Spy's Trousers | Tier05 |
Flamingo Set | Avian | 300 | 75 | 50 | 50 | Flamingo Headdress | Flamingo Chainmail | Flamingo Skirt | Tier05 |
Cannibal's Set | Floran | 300 | 75 | 50 | 50 | Cannibal's Mask | Cannibal's Chestguard | Cannibal's Trousers | Tier05 |
Lancer's Set | Glitch | 300 | 75 | 50 | 50 | Lancer's Helm | Lancer's Breastplate | Lancer's Greaves | Tier05 |
Trailblazer's Set | Human | 300 | 75 | 50 | 50 | Trailblazer's Helm | Trailblazer's Chestpiece | Trailblazer's Greaves | Tier05 |
Bonesaw's Set | Novakid | 300 | 75 | 50 | 50 | Bonesaw's Hat | Bonesaw's Coat | Bonesaw's Slacks | Tier05 |
Usurper's Set | Apex | 360 | 80 | 60 | 60 | Usurper's Hood | Usurper's Coat | Usurper's Trousers | Tier06 |
Raven's Set | Avian | 360 | 80 | 60 | 60 | Raven's Beak | Raven's Breast | Raven's Claws | Tier06 |
Templar's Set | Glitch | 360 | 80 | 60 | 60 | Templar's Helm | Templar's Breastplate | Templar's Greaves | Tier06 |
Wanderer's Set | Human | 360 | 80 | 60 | 60 | Wanderer's Helmet | Wanderer's Chestguard | Wanderer's Trousers | Tier06 |
Clockwork Set | Novakid | 360 | 80 | 60 | 60 | Clockwork Hat | Clockwork Jacket | Clockwork Trousers | Tier06 |
Separator Armor
The Separator's Table is used to craft survival focused armor with an improved health bonus. This offsets the higher damage received when using melee weapons. Firearms, staves and wands remain effective with this armor but receive no specific advantages, allowing melee weapons to edge ahead in performance. The materials required for these sets is Refined Violium and Solarium Star.
Non-Racial Protective Armor
A variety of protective armor can also be found or bought, most is sold by merchants. This armor mirrors stats of tiered racial armor, but has alternative appearances. Due to wiki template bugs, the table does not show all non-racial protective armor sets like the Explorer's Set, a tier 4 two-piece set, and the Mysterious Set, a tier 6 set.
Set Name | Helm | Chest | Legs | Tier | ||||
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Mercenary's Set | 50 | 25 | 10 | 10 | Mercenary's Helm | Mercenary's Breastplate | Mercenary's Greaves | Tier01 |
Combat Medic Set | 100 | 45 | 20 | 20 | Combat Medic Helmet | Combat Medic Chest | Combat Medic Trousers | Tier02 |
Silver Set | 100 | 45 | 20 | 20 | Silver Helmet | Silver Chestpiece | Silver Greaves | Tier02 |
Tracker's Set | 100 | 45 | 20 | 20 | Tracker's Helm | Tracker's Chestguard | Tracker's Trousers | Tier02 |
Gold Set | 150 | 60 | 30 | 30 | Gold Helmet | Gold Chestpiece | Gold Greaves | Tier03 |
Voyager's Set | 150 | 60 | 39 | 30 | Voyager's Helm | Voyager's Chestguard | Voyager's Trousers | Tier03 |
Pathfinder's Set | 200 | 70 | 52 | 40 | Pathfinder's Helm | Pathfinder's Chestpiece | Pathfinder's Trousers | Tier04 |
Camo Set | 250 | 75 | 50 | 50 | Camo Helmet | Camo Jacket | Camo Trousers | Tier05 |
Perfect Set | 300 | 80 | 60 | 60 | Perfect Helm | Perfect Breastplate | Perfect Trousers | Tier06 |