Crystal plate armour

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Version 0.31: This article is up to date for the latest stable release of Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup.
Name Crystal plate armour
Size to wear Small, Medium
Armour Class 14
Encumbrance rating 23
Maximum Enchantment +14
Grants nothing
Time to Wear 5


An incredibly heavy but extremely effective suit of crystalline armour.

Crystal plate armour is one of the heaviest body armours available, tied with gold dragon scales. It has the highest base AC in the game, but also severe encumbrance penalties. It is very rare.

Strategy

For a strong melee brute, crystal plate is a strong endgame armour. Many characters will prefer gold dragon scales' resistances, but GDS is similarly rare until you find golden dragons to slay. For other characters, the encumbrance is too high - even extended characters will have trouble casting in it.

But, by the time you usually find crystal plate, you might've found a great artefact armour, or a highly enchanted set of a 'lesser' armour (plate armour, etc.). These tend to outperform a plain +0 crystal plate armour. Ending the game with a regular plate armour is perfectly reasonable.

History

  • Prior to 0.14, the crystal plate armour's encumbrance rating was 24.
  • Prior to 0.10, crystal plate armour was known as crystal plate mail.
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Magical Crystal plate2.png
Artifact Crystal plate3.png
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