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{{flavour|A well-made golden hauberk that covers all of its wearer's body parts. It includes a chainmail coif, chausses and maille gauntlets.}}
 
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[[File:Lear's_hauberk.png]] '''''the +27 Lear's hauberk'''''
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[[File:Lear's_hauberk.png]] '''''the +18 Lear's hauberk'''''
  
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+27 [[chain mail]]
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+18 [[chain mail]]
  
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Fills your body, head, hands, and feet armour slots
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Fills your body, head, gloves, and feet armour slots
  
 
==Desirability==
 
==Desirability==
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'''Lear's hauberk''' is an extremely unusual piece of equipment, filling four equipment slots in exchange for a massive amount of [[AC]]. To wear it, you must be able to wear chain mail, [[hat]]s, [[boots]], and [[gloves]], meaning players that cannot wear one or more of those items due to size ([[ogre]]s, [[troll]]s, [[spriggan]]s), species ([[tengu]], [[formicid]], [[draconian]]), or mutations ([[horns]] or [[antennae]] 3, [[claws]] 3, [[hooves]] or [[talons]] 3) cannot wear Lear's hauberk. [[Merfolk]] ''can'' wear the hauberk, but the entire thing will merge into you in water, so you should search for something different to wear unless you know you'll be fighting on land in the forseeable future.
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'''Lear's hauberk'''<ref>{{source ref|0.30.1|art-data.txt|897}}</ref> is an unusual piece of equipment, a heavily enchanted [[chain mail]] that fills 4 equipment slots. To wear it, you must be able to wear chain mail, [[hat]]s, [[boots]], and [[gloves]]. Therefore, many species ([[Troll]]s, [[Ogre]]s, [[Spriggan]]s, [[Armataur]]s, [[Djinn]], [[Formicid]]s, [[Naga]]s, and [[Tengu]]) are unable to wear it, [[Merfolk]] will meld it when in/above [[water]]. and certain level 3 [[mutation]]s will block it.
  
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Lear's hauberk is by no means an ideal piece of armour; the [[chain mail]] base armour is cumbersome, and losing that many equipment slots will rule out many useful intrinsics and resistances that you could get by wearing enchanted or artefact equipment. Also, while its AC bonus may look impressive, the loss of any AC from the helmet, boots, and gloves slots offsets a significant chunk of this (assuming +2 versions of each of these items, the hauberk is effectively reduced to +18, or even less once you've got some [[Armour skill]] training under your belt). That being said, a character who finds it early on, possibly before finding magical equipment to fill the extra slots with anyway, can suddenly find himself absurdly well-protected against the threats of the early game, and if you can find all the resistances you need from your weapon, [[jewellery]], [[cloak]], and [[shields|shield]] slots, it can serve all the way through to [[the Realm of Zot]].
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In practice, Lear's hauberk is less spectacular than it seems. If you already have a +2 [[helmet]], [[gloves]], and [[boots]], Lear's hauberk is equivalent to a +9 chain mail. However, a +9 chain mail is still a decent choice for melee brutes, and the hauberk has a few other advantages:
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*You'll often find it before getting any sort of headgear/gloves/boots. Getting a +18 chain mail is a ''massive'' boost to defense, especially in the early game.
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*Lear's hauberk saves [[scrolls of enchant armour]], which can be used on a [[shield]] or other pieces of equipment. A +9 [[plate armour]] might give more AC than the hauberk, but having a +9 chain mail and +8 [[tower shield]] is much better for defense.
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The main downside is that the hauberk takes up 3 extra equipment slots; wearing it means losing any [[ego]]s or [[artefact]] properties from the head, hand, and foot slots. As you find good equipment in those slots, you may value the resistances or other intrinsics over a plain, +9 chain mail. So you'll often want to switch to a different body armour eventually (depending on what you find, of course).
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This artefact is more likely to spawn in the early game, where it is more likely to be useful.
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
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Lear's hauberk was added in [[0.13]], replacing [[Lear's chain mail]].
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*Prior to [[0.28]], Lear's hauberk was +[[27]], and its generation was not favored for the early-game.
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*Lear's hauberk was added in [[0.13]], replacing [[Lear's chain mail]].
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==References==
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Latest revision as of 14:29, 6 February 2024

Version 0.30: This article may not be up to date for the latest stable release of Crawl.
A well-made golden hauberk that covers all of its wearer's body parts. It includes a chainmail coif, chausses and maille gauntlets.

Lear's hauberk.png the +18 Lear's hauberk

+18 chain mail

Fills your body, head, gloves, and feet armour slots

Desirability

Lear's hauberk[1] is an unusual piece of equipment, a heavily enchanted chain mail that fills 4 equipment slots. To wear it, you must be able to wear chain mail, hats, boots, and gloves. Therefore, many species (Trolls, Ogres, Spriggans, Armataurs, Djinn, Formicids, Nagas, and Tengu) are unable to wear it, Merfolk will meld it when in/above water. and certain level 3 mutations will block it.

In practice, Lear's hauberk is less spectacular than it seems. If you already have a +2 helmet, gloves, and boots, Lear's hauberk is equivalent to a +9 chain mail. However, a +9 chain mail is still a decent choice for melee brutes, and the hauberk has a few other advantages:

  • You'll often find it before getting any sort of headgear/gloves/boots. Getting a +18 chain mail is a massive boost to defense, especially in the early game.
  • Lear's hauberk saves scrolls of enchant armour, which can be used on a shield or other pieces of equipment. A +9 plate armour might give more AC than the hauberk, but having a +9 chain mail and +8 tower shield is much better for defense.

The main downside is that the hauberk takes up 3 extra equipment slots; wearing it means losing any egos or artefact properties from the head, hand, and foot slots. As you find good equipment in those slots, you may value the resistances or other intrinsics over a plain, +9 chain mail. So you'll often want to switch to a different body armour eventually (depending on what you find, of course).

This artefact is more likely to spawn in the early game, where it is more likely to be useful.

History

  • Prior to 0.28, Lear's hauberk was +27, and its generation was not favored for the early-game.
  • Lear's hauberk was added in 0.13, replacing Lear's chain mail.

References

  1. ↑ art-data.txt:897 (0.30.1)
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