Shield

Carapace Shield

The almost unbreakable carapace of your enemies makes an excellent shield.

Damage

10 Blunt

Block

parry ×1.5

Weight

Max level

Materials fromMistlands· in the developers' Mistlands warrior test kit

Item IDShieldCarapaceSpawnspawn ShieldCarapace 1 3

Recipe

Crafted at

Black Forgelevel 1

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

Upgrades by level

Level	Damage	Block	Durability	Station lvl	Materials
1	10 Blunt	96	250	1	20× Carapace 3× Scale Hide 10× Refined Eitr
2	10 Blunt	102	300	2	10× Carapace 3× Scale Hide 3× Refined Eitr
3	10 Blunt	108	350	3	20× Carapace 6× Scale Hide 6× Refined Eitr

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 Carapace 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: 96 (+6 per level)
Parry bonus: ×1.5
Block force: 60
Movement speed: -5%
Tool tier: 5
Durability: 250 (+50 per level)
Weight: 5

Compared with similar shields

Item	Block	Max level	Parry ×	Weight
Serpent Scale Shield	60	72	×0	5
Silver Shield	60	72	×1.5	5
Black Metal Shield	78	90	×1.5	5
Carapace Buckler	78	90	×2.5	5
Nord Buckler	88	100	×2.5	4
Carapace Shield	96	108	×1.5	5
Black Metal Tower Shield	104	116	×0	5
Flametal Shield	114	126	×1.5	5
Nord Shield	132	144	×1.5	5