Shield

Black Metal Shield

Fashioned from the strongest metal, able to turn even the deadliest blades.

Damage

10 Blunt

Block

parry ×1.5

Weight

Max level

Materials fromSwamp· in the developers' Plains boss test kit

Item IDShieldBlackmetalSpawnspawn ShieldBlackmetal 1 3

Recipe

Crafted at

Forgelevel 3

Beyond level 3 at the Forge of Potential: 1× Black Metal Protection Idol per attempt.

Upgrades by level

Level	Damage	Block	Durability	Station lvl	Materials
1	10 Blunt	78	200	3	10× Finewood 8× Black Metal 5× Chain
2	10 Blunt	84	250	4	10× Finewood 4× Black Metal 2× Chain
3	10 Blunt	90	300	5	20× Finewood 8× Black Metal 4× Chain

Upgrade cost per level = materials per level × (level − 1), and × 4 at level 4 (Piece.Requirement.GetAmount in the game code). Station level = recipe level + level − 1.

Total cost

Craft it and upgrade to level 3:

One Black Metal Shield, broken down to what you gather (bars smelted from ore, with the coal the smelter burns):

Stats

Skill: Blocking
Knockback: 50
Backstab bonus: ×4
Block armor: 78 (+6 per level)
Parry bonus: ×1.5
Block force: 50
Movement speed: -5%
Tool tier: 4
Durability: 200 (+50 per level)
Weight: 5

Compared with similar shields

Item	Block	Max level	Parry ×	Weight
Shield of Roots	48	60	×1.5	4
Iron Tower Shield	52	64	×0	4
Serpent Scale Shield	60	72	×0	5
Silver Shield	60	72	×1.5	5
Carapace Buckler	78	90	×2.5	5
Black Metal Shield	78	90	×1.5	5
Nord Buckler	88	100	×2.5	4
Carapace Shield	96	108	×1.5	5
Black Metal Tower Shield	104	116	×0	5