Sons of the Forest armor

Best armor — ranked

By protection and convenience. The Golden Armor tops it for never degrading; Solafite is the strongest you can craft.

All armor types & recipes

• Golden Armor (Ancient Armor)

  SFoundNever degrades

  Strong, all-slot damage reduction that never wears out.

  A bunker by the south-east lake in the snowy mountains — needs the Maintenance keycard.

  Never degrades and is required to unlock an ending — the most convenient armor in the game.

• Solafite Armor (upgraded bone)

  SCraft

  The highest-protection craftable armor in the game.

  Recipe

  • A full set of Bone Armor
  • 12× Solafite
  • Solafite Upgrader

  An end-game upgrade of Bone Armor — you need the pickaxe to mine Solafite first.

• Bone Armor

  ACraft

  Strong, well ahead of the early crafted sets.

  Recipe

  • 4× Bone
  • 1× Duct Tape
  • 1× Rope

  Easy to farm — a few dead cannibals give all the bones you need; the go-to mid-game armor.

• Tech Armor

  ACraft

  Decent damage reduction across the board.

  Recipe

  • 10× Tech Mesh
  • 10× Wire
  • 10× Circuit Board
  • 10× Battery
  • 10× Duct Tape
  • 250ml Resin

  Expensive — the parts come from bunkers, so it's a mid/late-game craft.

• Creepy Armor

  BCraft

  Good raw protection for how early you can get it.

  Recipe

  • 1× Combat Knife
  • 1× Mutant Skin (peeled from a dead mutant)

  Cuts your stealth — enemies notice you sooner while you wear it.

• Hide Armor

  BCraft

  Moderate — a clear step up from leaf.

  Recipe

  • 2× Animal Hide
  • 1× Cloth

  Keeps you warm, so it doubles as cold protection in the snowy north.

• Leaf Armor

  CCraft

  Minimal — the weakest armor in the game.

  Recipe

  • 10× Leaf
  • 1× Cloth

  The first armor you can make; replace it as soon as you can craft anything else.

The Golden Armor sits behind the Maintenance keycard — see all key-item locations (keycards, the pickaxe for Solafite, and more), scout them on the interactive map, or gear up first with the best weapons.