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Gigasteel shield

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ArmourShields★Infinite

A strengthened steel shield that can dampen fire and ice damage.

The essentials

  • Simplest: make it in the Krak Pot, Steel shield ×1 + Iron ore ×2 + Hephaestus' flame ×1.
  • To gather: 4 ingredients, 2 Krak Pot uses (crafting tree in the details).
  • Sells for 1,800 G.
  • Defence +16: 28th of 44 shields; top: Soul sucker (+40).

“Simplest”, in this order: buy it (cheapest), pick it up, from a monster (best rate), make it, then the other sources.

Defence +16Block Chance 2%

Vocations that can equip it: Warrior, Priest, Mage, Minstrel, Armamentalist, Paladin, Sage, Luminary

Resistances: fire, ice -9% damage

Style: Chic 13 · Aloof 12 · Vanity 10 · Naive 10 · Casual 9 · Allure 5

Alchemy Read in the code

  • Recipe in the book “An Encyclopaedia of Gigasteel Armour” (Mirage Mahal – Palace Lv 1-2)

To gather for 1 Gigasteel shield

4 ingredients · 2 Krak Pot uses

Crafting tree

made in the Krak Pot · to find. Tap an ingredient to switch: the list follows.

  • Gigasteel shield
      • Iron shield
      • Iron ore
      • Royal soil
    • Iron ore×2

Tree idea: Antoine. Thank you!

Best defence in the category, by vocation

Under the hood

Internal item number: 21095; record no. 1162 of prm/itemdt (file order); selling price in its record (u16 at +0x1A): 1800; stars: +0x09 bits 1-3.

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