How to make Padded Armor in Valheim

If you want to make the best armor in Valheim, you will need to make a full set of padded armor; here's how and everything you will need.

How to craft Padded Armor in Valheim

To make padded armor, you will need the following resources, along with both a level two forge and an artisan table unlocked and built.

• Iron 
• Linen Threads

Once you got the resources listed above, you will be able to padded armor inside a level two forge with the following resources listed below.

How to make a Padded Cuirass in Valheim

Here is everything you will need to make a padded cuirass; once crafted, it will provide you with 26 armor and even more upon being upgraded. 

• 10 Iron
• 20 Linen Threads; to get linen, you are going to need to make a spinning wheel and get flax from fuling villages in the plains biome.

How to make Padded Greaves in Valheim

Here is everything you will need to make padded greaves; once crafted, it will provide you with 26 armor and even more upon being upgraded. 

• 10 Iron
• 20 Lien Threads

How to make Padded Helmet in Valheim

Here is everything you will need to make a padded helmet; once crafted, it will provide you with 26 armor and even more upon being upgraded. 

• 10 Iron
• 15 Lien Threads

Once crafted, a full set of padded armor will provide you a total armor level of 79. That said, you can also boost the armor level of your padded armor set by upgrading all three pieces inside a forge; here's everything you will need by armor piece and level.

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How to upgrade Padded Cuirass to level two

• Three Iron
• Level Three Forge

How to upgrade Padded Cuirass to level three

• Six Iron
• Level Four Forge

How to upgrade Padded Cuirass to level four

• Nine Iron
• Level Five Forge

How to upgrade Padded Helmet to level two

• Five Iron
• Level Two Forge

How to upgrade Padded Helmet to level three

• 10 Iron
• Level Three Forge

How to upgrade Padded Helmet to level four

• 15 Iron
• Level four Forge

How to upgrade Padded Greaves to level two

• Three Iron
• Level Three Forge

How to upgrade Padded Greaves to level three

• Six Iron
• Level Four Forge

How to upgrade Padded Greaves to level four

• Nine Iron
• Level Five Forge

When fully upgraded, your padded armor set will then provide a total armor defense of 96; not bad if you ask me, now you can show those deathsquitos who's boss! 

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