Shield

Serpent Scale Shield

A sturdy shield of overlapping scales.

Damage

10 Blunt

Block

parry ×0

Weight

Max level

Materials fromMeadows· in the developers' Plains test kit

Item IDShieldSerpentscaleSpawnspawn ShieldSerpentscale 1 3

Recipe

Crafted at

Forgelevel 3

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

Upgrades by level

Level	Damage	Block	Durability	Station lvl	Materials
1	10 Blunt	60	250	3	10× Finewood 4× Iron 8× Serpent Scale
2	10 Blunt	66	300	4	10× Finewood 2× Iron 4× Serpent Scale
3	10 Blunt	72	350	5	20× Finewood 4× Iron 8× Serpent Scale

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 Serpent Scale 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: 60 (+6 per level)
Parry bonus: ×0
Block force: 100
Movement speed: -10%
Tool tier: 3
Durability: 250 (+50 per level)
Weight: 5

Resistances

Resistant to Pierce

Compared with similar shields

Item	Block	Max level	Parry ×	Weight
Bone Tower Shield	32	44	×0	4
Banded Shield	42	54	×1.5	5
Shield of Roots	48	60	×1.5	4
Iron Tower Shield	52	64	×0	4
Silver Shield	60	72	×1.5	5
Serpent Scale Shield	60	72	×0	5
Black Metal Shield	78	90	×1.5	5
Carapace Buckler	78	90	×2.5	5
Nord Buckler	88	100	×2.5	4