Armor improved to work like you'd expect it to!

In other words, armor doesn't instantly break during every fight now.

All durabilities are greatly increased. Damage reductions have been adjusted to keep the armors balanced and not overpowered.

Armors such as Fur and Riot have been rebalanced to more appropriately deal with late game content.
Some armor has been added to scuba gear.

Repair costs have been reduced so that melee combat is no longer a tedious chore of repairs.

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Cloth: 10 armor / 200 durability

Hide: 18 armor / 330 durability

Chitin: 35 armor / 500 durability

Desert Cloth: 40 armor / 450 durability

Flak: 75 armor / 1200 durability

Fur: 60 armor / 1400 durability

Ghillie: 40 armor / 1000 durability

Scuba Mask, Tank, and Flippers: 20 armor / 800 durability

Scuba Leggings: 40 armor / 800 durability

Gas Mask: 50 armor / 1200 durability

Riot: 100 armor / 2100 durability

Tek: 180 armor / 4000 durability

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Repair costs are set to 25% cost of new
(without this mod, repair costs are set at 50%)

The actual damage reduction and durability values were balanced for smooth and normal feeling combat from beginning to end as you progress and fight against higher tier content.

Version 12 Update:

Added support for gas mask, scuba, and ghillie in Swamp Cave
Added support for any missing engrams to Smithy and Fabricator
Added Desert Cloth armor

Cheers!

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Installation:
You can install this in the middle of an existing multiplayer or singleplayer game. The mod has been designed to immediately replace existing armor with the updated versions!

This mod has been redesigned to be compatible with most other mods (except maybe overhaul mods).

If you are using an overhaul mod or want to use other mods that change armor, then I have designed for you another mod that is compatible with all mods and will simply make the armor last longer: Armor Durability Patch https://legacy.curseforge.com/ark-survival-ascended/mods/armor-durability-patch intended to be a more simplified solution, and one that is compatible with almost all other mods.

If you're looking to start a new game and want to try an entirely new Ark survival experience, check out my overhaul mod Jurassic Awakening https://www.curseforge.com/ark-survival-ascended/mods/jurassic-awakening It offers challenging survival, high realism, many unique dinos and dino behavior, many new weapons, armor sets, dynamic loot, dynamic world difficulty scaling. Check it out!

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