Cobalt body armour

What it does

• Goes in the body slot.
• Power 17 (high quality: 25). On a weapon it raises your accuracy and max hit. On any other piece it raises your evasion and cuts the damage you take.
• Durability 2: it can survive 2 defeats. Gear only wears down when you are defeated. A damaged piece breaks if you unequip it.
• A high-quality piece gives 1.5 times each bonus, rounded down.

Made by

• Forge cobalt body armour — Smithing level 61

Used to make

• Pack a cobalt kit — uses 1 per action (Outfitting)

Reinforce

Reinforce it from +1 to +10 in the Bank, where it is made. Each level adds 5% of its power and chance to hit, so at +10 its power is 21.3. From +4 each level also uses Padding.

Everything from +0 to +10: 200,970 coins, 55 Cobalt bar and 29 Padding.

At +10 one can be evolved into Black cobalt body armour, for 870 coins, 1 Cobalt core and 5 Padding.

Used to evolve

Used up when evolving into Black cobalt body armour.

Story

Cobalt plates fixed between layers of leather. It moves like a coat and stops like a wall.