Equipment

Full bronze armor: materials at every quality level

THE SHORT ANSWER

A quality-1 bronze armor set costs 15 bronze and 6 deer hide. Crafting and upgrading all three pieces to quality 4 costs 69 bronze and 6 deer hide, excluding forge improvements.

Three pieces, the same material schedule

The helmet, plate cuirass and plate leggings each cost 5 bronze and 2 deer hide to craft. Each then takes another 3, 6 and 9 bronze for quality levels 2, 3 and 4. Deer hide is used for initial crafting, not for these upgrades.

Full set targetTotal bronze from newTotal deer hideCopper / tin from zero
Quality 115630 / 15
Quality 224648 / 24
Quality 342684 / 42
Quality 4696138 / 69

A mixed-quality set needs a mixed plan

If your helmet is quality 3 but your chest and legs are quality 1, a full-set total is not the right shopping list. To bring all three to quality 4, the helmet needs 9 bronze and each other piece needs 18 bronze. The remaining total is 45 bronze.

Add the pieces separately and enter their current quality. Finished bronze already in storage then reduces the amount you still need to forge.

Decide whether you need all three pieces

Bronze armor does not have a set bonus. The chest and leggings each carry a movement-speed penalty; the helmet does not. That leaves room for a mixed outfit instead of treating the whole set as compulsory.

A level-4 set also needs access to the appropriate forge level. The planner reports the required forge level but does not add improvement structures, their placement, or your other building expenses.

Make the numbers your own.

Set your gear, subtract your inventory and save a plan.

Open planner

Sources & scope

Reference checked September 27, 2026. Original explanations based on the sources above; not an in-game test of every configuration. Editorial standards · Report a correction

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