Armor/DS

Armor is any in-game Item that mitigates damage and protects the character from harm. It works by absorbing a portion of incoming damage in place of the character's Health. Note that an armor's Durability is decreased every time it blocks damage.

Chest armor

Item	Name	Durability	Physical Damage Absorption	Sanity	Movement Speed	Notes
	Grass Suit	225 (157.5 )	60%			Take 17 more damage from Werebeaver.
	Log Suit	450 (315 )	80%			Take 17 more damage from Werebeaver.
	Night Armor	750 (525 )	95%	-10/min		Decreases Sanity by 10% of total damage (Damage absorbed by the armor + damage let through the armor).
	Marble Suit	1050 (735 )	95%		-30%
	Snurtle Shell Armor	1050 (735 )	60%			Players can hide inside the armor. It absorbs 100% damage while hiding inside. Snurtle Shell Armor has a 75% chance to drop from Snurtles.
	Thulecite Suit	1800 (1260 )	90%	+3.3/min
	Scalemail	1350 (945 )	70%	+3.3/min		When worn, it provides immunity to fire damage, ignites enemies attacking the player.
	Seashell Suit	750	75%			Protects the player from poisoning through physical contact.
	Limestone Suit	825	70%	+2.0/min	-10%
	Obsidian Armor	1350	70%			When worn, it provides immunity to fire damage, ignites enemies attacking the player.
	Cactus Armor	450	80%			Deals 17 damage to attackers. Elephant Cacti ignore the player.
	Bone Armor	16 uses	100% (every 5 seconds)			Nightmare Fuel can be used to refuel 25% of its durability.
	Tin Suit	1200	80%		-20%	Has the possibility of spawning in a Bandit Stash.
	Mant Suit	450	80%			Makes Mants neutral to the player if worn with a Mant Mask.
	Weevole Mantle	900	60%			It doesn't contribute a speed reduction during the Humid Season however it does not prevent the helmet slot to the player
	Vortex Cloak	450	100% (from non-shadows)			Adds 8 inventory slots. Drains Sanity equal to 30% of damage absorbed by each hit. Nightmare Fuel can be used to restore 5% of its durability, at the cost of 5 Sanity.
	Bramble Husk	375 (262.5 )	65%			Prevents damage from Brambles, Bramble Blooms and Bramble Traps. Deals 22.5 damage to every mob around wearer when hit. Only available to the Hamlet character Wormwood.

Head armor

Item	Name	Durability	Physical Damage Absorption	Water Resistance	Notes
	Cookie Cutter Cap	525	70%	35%	If given to Pig or Bunnyman it provides them a damage absorption effect
	Bee Queen Crown	945	70%	20%	Converts insanity auras into sanity auras. Triggers the Bow Emote on the nearby players.
	Bone Helm	945	70%	20%	Induces insanity effects. Prevents Shadow Creatures from attacking.
	Football Helmet	450 (315 )	80%	20%	If given to Pig or Bunnyman it provides them a damage absorption effect
	Mant Mask	450	80%		Makes Mants neutral to the player when worn with a Mant Suit.
	Beekeeper Hat	750 (1050 )	80%	20%	Only absorbs damage taken from Bees, Killer Bees, Grumble Bees and Bee Queen, ineffective against everything else.
	Battle Helm	750 (525 )	80%	20%	Only available to the Reign of Giants character Wigfrid.
	Fancy Helmet	1200	80%	20%	Reduces movement speed by 20%. Has the possibility of spawning in a Bandit Stash.
	Horned Helmet	600	85%	35%	Protects against Poison from physical contact.
	Shelmet	750 (525 )	90%	20%	Has a 10% chance to drop from Slurtles.
	Thulecite Crown	1200 (840 )	90%		Has a 33% chance to activate a force field which absorbs 100% of damage and prevents the player from getting stunned; While the force field is active 5% of the damage that would have been dealt is instead reduced from Sanity.

Calculations

When the character is wearing both chest armor and head armor, the total received damage would be distributed as follows (armor absorption does not stack in DST):

1. Initial damage is absorbed by the primary armor.
2. Leftover damage is absorbed by the secondary armor.
3. Unabsorbed damage is then subtracted from the character's .

It is difficult to tell without getting hit first or using a mod which item is designated as primary or secondary armor. Re-equipping them or reloading the game can change this order. The damage subtracted from the character's is the same despite the order.

Example: Attack damage of a Spider Queen (80) to a character equipped with a (primary armor) and a (secondary armor) will be distributed as follows:

• 80 × 0.6 = 48 damage is absorbed by the
• (80 − 48) × 0.8 = 25.6 damage is absorbed by the
• 80 − 48 − 25.6 = 6.4 damage is subtracted from the character's

Calculation can be simplified to: 80 × (1 − 0.6) × (1 − 0.8) = 6.4

In a generic form:

( n(10000 - 100a - b(100-a)) ) / 10000 = damage taken

where n = Attack damage,

a = percentage absorbed by primary armor,

b = percentage absorbed by secondary armor

Primary & secondary armor

The game itself does not distinguish any sort of pre-defined priorities of armor, instead takes them on the fly. While it might be hard to keep track of what armor receives the most damage, it is manageable.

Primary armor, i.e. the armor that absorbs the most damage, is always the last equipped. In order to save one's helmet, they would equip the helmet first, then the suit. If a suit is hot switched (replaced right away) it keeps its position. However, if there is any moment in which the helmet slot is empty (occurs when a helmet breaks, even if the player has a replacement in their inventory), the helmet assumes the primary slot and the suit has to be re-equipped.

It has been reported that reloading the game could change the positions. If not sure what armor is primary, just unequip the suit and equip it again, and the suit will become the primary.

Keep in mind that even the most beaten up log/grass suit still retains its original fuel value, therefore does not have to be used up. Instead of heading into the battle with an armor with low durability, risking the helmet assuming primary slot mid-fight, try equipping the shiny new suit and leaving the old one for when the night comes.

• It is unconfirmed if this holds true in Shipwrecked. Current Belief is that primary armor is always the helmet, even if one re-equips their chest armor while wearing both.

Don't Starve Together

In Don't Starve Together, armor only has 70% of the durability as it does in Don't Starve. Armor also does not stack; only the highest damage absorption value is used. Damage is split among all of the worn armors, weighed by their absorption value. Worn armor takes damage equal to the total damage absorbed by all armor, multiplied by the ratio of the armor's absorption over the total absorption.

Examples:

• A player wears a grass suit and a football helmet. When they take damage, 80% (The highest damage absorption value) of the damage will be absorbed by their armor. The total absorption of the armor worn is 60 + 80 = 140, so the grass suit receives 60/140 of the damage absorbed, and the football helmet receives 80/140. When the player takes damage, they take 20% to their health, 34.3% (80% * 60/140) to the grass suit and the remaining 45.7% to the football helmet.

• If the player was wearing a log suit and a football helmet, then 80% of damage will be absorbed, like before, but the damage will be divided evenly among the two armor pieces, since they have equal absorption values.