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In ''[[ARK: Survival Evolved]]'' you can wear different sets ofu '''Armor''' by equipping it in your [[Inventory]].
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In ''[[ARK: Survival Evolved]]'' you can wear different sets of '''Armor''' by equipping it in your [[Inventory]].
   
 
So far, there are 11 tiers of armor in the game. These armor sets can either be crafted, or found in supply drops.
 
So far, there are 11 tiers of armor in the game. These armor sets can either be crafted, or found in supply drops.

Revision as of 10:54, 27 August 2020

In ARK: Survival Evolved you can wear different sets of Armor by equipping it in your Inventory.

So far, there are 11 tiers of armor in the game. These armor sets can either be crafted, or found in supply drops.

Full Set Overview

Armor Type Unlock Level Armor rating Cold protection Heat protection Weight Durability (Ø) Found in Beacon Ingredients
Cloth Gear 3 50 40 60 3 25 White Beacon 145 × Fiber Fiber, 10 × Hide Hide
Hide Gear 15 100 85 -25 10.5 45 Green Beacon 82 × Hide Hide, 33 × Fiber Fiber
Fur Gear 23 200 249 -105 34 125 Deep Sea Loot Crate 320 × Pelt, Hair, or Wool Pelt, Hair, or Wool, 53 × Metal Ingot Metal Ingot, 40 × Hide Hide, 18 × Fiber Fiber
Desert Cloth Gear1 28 200 31 130 16 45 Green beacon (only on Scorched Earth) 77 × Hide Hide, 33 × Fiber Fiber, 48 × Silk Silk, 10 × Crystal Crystal, 3 × Silica Pearls Silica Pearls
Ghillie Gear 33 192 24 155 24 60 Deep Sea Loot Crate 26 × Organic Polymer Organic Polymer, 40 × Hide Hide, 18 × Fiber Fiber
Chitin Gear 37 250 43 -35 22 50 Blue Beacon, Deep Sea Loot Crate 82 × Chitin Chitin, 40 × Hide Hide, 18 × Fiber Fiber
Flak Gear 56 500 60 -25 30 120 Yellow Beacon, Deep Sea Loot Crate 53 × Metal Ingot Metal Ingot, 40 × Hide Hide, 18 × Fiber Fiber
Hazard Suit 2 68 325 50 300 23 85.5 Unknown Beacon, Deep Sea Loot Crate 155 × Hide Hide, 235 × Fiber Fiber, 85 × Blue Gem Blue Gem, 72 × Polymer Polymer, 166 × Crystal Crystal, 125 × Congealed Gas Ball Congealed Gas Ball
SCUBA Gear3 81 5 70 (270) -15 23 185 Deep Sea Loot Crate 87 × Hide Hide, 23 × Fiber Fiber, 12 × Chitin or Keratin Chitin or Keratin, 16 × Metal Ingot Metal Ingot, 6 × Cementing Paste Cementing Paste, 7 × Silica Pearls Silica Pearls, 43 × Polymer Polymer, 10 × Crystal Crystal
Riot Gear 98 575 60 -16.8 42 120 Deep Sea Loot Crate 245 × Polymer Polymer, 138 × Silica Pearls Silica Pearls, 40 × Hide Hide, 18 × Fiber Fiber, 35 × Crystal Crystal
TEK Armor After beating all bosses 820 255 208 23 120 No 600 × Polymer Polymer, 2250 × Metal Ingot Metal Ingot, 600 × Crystal Crystal, 100 × Element Element, 275 × Black Pearl Black Pearl

1The Desert Cloth Armor is part of the Scorched Earth-DLC.

2The Hazard Suit is part of the Aberration-DLC.

3The SCUBA Gear is a unique type of Armor as it only consists of 4 parts (no hand-slot item), with each part granting a special ability.

Cloth Gear

Cloth Shirt
  • Provides 10 armor points per piece (50 total).
  • Drops from level 3 white beam loot crates.
  • Grants low insulation from heat.
  • Breaks very easily from strong attacks and offers little damage reduction.
  • Offers insulation and defense to low-level players.

Hide Gear

Hide Shirt
  • Provides 20 armor points per piece (100 total).
  • Drops from level 15 green beam loot crates.
  • Grants insulation from the cold and passable damage reduction.

Fur Gear

Fur Chestpiece
  • Provides 40 armor points per piece (200 total).
  • Transporting goods can be difficult when wearing/carrying this armor due to how much it weighs in comparison to other sets.
  • Provides the highest insulation from the cold, but significantly lowers heat resistance.
  • Provides no cold insulation while in water, making it useless when diving.

Desert Cloth Gear

Desert Cloth Shirt (Scorched Earth)
  • Provides 40 armor points per piece (200 total).
  • Offers moderate physical protection, low cold insulation, and excellent heat insulation.

Ghillie Gear

Ghillie Chestpiece
  • Provides 32 armor points per piece (160 total).
  • Functions as a camouflage suit, as it reduces enemy sight range by 50%.
  • Provides excellent insulation from heat and moderate insulation from the cold.

Chitin Gear

Chitin Chestpiece
  • Provides 50 armor points per piece (250 total).
  • Drops from level 25 blue beam loot crates.
  • Provides poor insulation from climatic conditions and offers adequate damage reduction.
  • Reduces heat insulation and provides minimal cold insulation.

Flak Gear

Flak Chestpiece
  • Provides 100 armor points per piece (500 total).
  • Drops from level 45 yellow beam loot crates.
  • Provides poor insulation from climatic conditions and offers superior damage reduction.
  • Reduces heat insulation and provides little cold insulation.

Hazard Suit

Hazard Suit Shirt (Aberration)
  • Provides 65 armor per piece (325 total).
  • Provides immunity to radiation.
  • Must have all pieces equipped for proper radiation immunity.
  • Reduces heat insulation and provides minimal cold insulation.

SCUBA Gear

SCUBA Tank
  • Provides 0 armor points per piece, except for the SCUBA Leggings, which provide 5 armor points (5 total).
  • Although it provides minimal defense, this armor set is very useful for exploring locations where you can not easily access clean air. It grants the wearer oxygen, stamina, clear underwater vision, and drastically increased swimming speed.
  • Usually useless when worn on land due to slowing its wearer and obstructing vision.
  • This armor set only consists of 4 parts, as there are no SCUBA Gloves.
  • Reduces the amount of damage taken from poisonous air in the Swamp Cave.

Riot Gear

Riot Chestpiece
  • Provides 115 armor points per piece (575 total).
  • It provides poor defense against climatic conditions and a very good defense against players and dinos.
  • It reduces the amount of Torpor taken, which makes it harder to knock the wearer out.

TEK Gear

TEK Chestpiece
  • Provides 180 armor points per piece (820 total).
  • Provides modest insulation from the cold and offers extraordinary damage reduction.
  • Each part of this armor set grants different special abilities. When the full set is equipped, it provides night vision, a jet pack, a heavy hitting punch, fall .
  • Provides +200 insulation against climatic conditions when charged with element
  • As the ultimate armor of Ark, a player must obtain all necessary Tekgrams from Bosses before being able to wear this armor.

Armor's protection from damage

Calculation
  • The damage modifier granted by Armor is calculated as follows, which can also be expressed as damage reduction:
  damage modifier = 100 / (100 + armor)
  damage taken = damage * damage modifier
  damage reduction = (1 - damage modifier) * 100
  • For example, 70 armor has a damage modifier of 0.588 which equates to 41.2% damage reduction. This formula is subject to diminishing returns.
    Diminishing return on damage reduction

    This graph demonstrates the diminishing returns of damage reduction from armor.

Test Case
  • With 0 armor and being hit by a grenade, resulting in 375 damage.[1]
  damage modifier = 100 / (100 + 0)
  damage modifier = 1
  damage taken = 375 * 1
  damage taken = 375
  • With 551.5 armor and being hit by a grenade, resulting in 57.6 damage.
  damage modifier = 100 / (100 + 551.5)
  damage modifier = 0.153
  damage taken = 375 * 0.153
  damage taken = 57.6
Cheat sheet

The following table is based on the default/primitive armor value of the game's 11 armor sets.

Armor Type Pieces in set Armor rating Damage Reduced By
Cloth Armor 5 50 33.33%
Hide Armor 5 100 50.00%
Fur Armor 5 200 66.67%
Desert Cloth Armor 5 200 66.67%
Ghillie Armor 5 160 61.54%
Chitin Armor 5 250 71.43%
Flak Armor 5 500 83.33%
Hazard Suit 5 325 76.5%
SCUBA Armor 4 5 4.76%
Riot Armor 5 575 85.18%
Tek Armor 5 820 89.13%
Durability

Against most creatures, for every ~16 damage mitigated by armor, each piece of equipped armor loses a point of durability.

Each piece of Tek Armor has 300 durability and can mitigate 300 * 16 = 4800 damage before breaking. With a 90% damage reduction, a survivor can take 4800 / 0.9 = ~5333 of unmitigated damage before their Tek Armor breaks.

Tamed Dino Clothing

With the exception of Tek Helmet, most of the head pieces can be worn by specific tamed dinos.

References