Shield

Flametal Tower Shield

The best defence is a great defence.

Damage

10 True

Block

140

parry ×0

Weight

Max level

Materials fromAshlands· in the developers' Ashlands warrior test kit

Item IDShieldFlametalTowerSpawnspawn ShieldFlametalTower 1 3

Recipe

Crafted at

Black Forgelevel 3

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

Upgrades by level

Level	Damage	Block	Durability	Station lvl	Materials
1	10 True	140	300	3	15× Ashwood 10× Flametal 5× Asksvin Hide
2	10 True	146	350	4	10× Ashwood 4× Flametal 2× Asksvin Hide
3	10 True	152	400	5	20× Ashwood 8× Flametal 4× Asksvin Hide

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

Stats

Skill: Blocking
Knockback: 50
Backstab bonus: ×1
Block armor: 140 (+6 per level)
Parry bonus: ×0
Block force: 150
Movement speed: -10%
Tool tier: 4
Durability: 300 (+50 per level)
Weight: 5

Compared with similar shields

Item	Block	Max level	Parry ×	Weight
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
Flametal Tower Shield	140	152	×0	5
Nord Greatshield	158	170	×0	5