Armoring Leveling Guide for New World Aeternum

Armoring in New World: Aeternum is a vital and rewarding trade skill that allows players to craft a wide range of protective gear for all weight classes (light, medium, and heavy). These crafted items significantly enhances the survivability of players, and will be extremely important for all builds, regardless if it's related to PvE or PvP.

In this guide, we'll cover the best items to craft in order to level your armoring quickly and efficiently, an overview of some of the most useful items you can craft with armoring, how you can maximize the gear score of crafted weapons with armoring, and more.

Armoring is a fairly flexible crafting skill to level, depending on what materials you prefer farming or what is most cost-effective on your server.

Below is a list of recommended items to craft at certain level ranges in order to be most cost-effective with your armoring leveling strategy. To learn more about the specific ingredients for each craft, click on the item and you'll be able to see all additional details.

Please note: Some of these items will not be easy to sell. In some cases, it makes the most sense to craft these in bulk, then mass salvage them in order to regain some resources. Keep this in mind as you utilize the strategies below.

• Levels 0-50 — As you start out your armoring leveling adventure, it is best to produce a handful of Linen Dresses, where you will only need to use a combination of Linen, Coarse Leather, and Iron Ingots. You could also craft Linen Shirts if you want, as they provide the same amount of experience, and require the exact same amount and type of resources. It's best practice to salvage these after crafting them to regain some additional materials to continue crafting with. You will need to craft approximately 25 of these to reach level 50.
• Levels 50-100 — For the next 50 levels, you're going to want to start crafting Sateen Gloves. These are generally pretty easy to craft, as all you need is a large quantity of Sateen, Coarse Leather, and Iron Ingots. It's best practice to salvage these after crafting them to regain some additional materials to continue crafting with. You will need to craft approximately 288 of these to reach level 100.
• Levels 100-110 — To be most effective in leveling, it's best to focus on only crafting Silk Gloves for the next 10 levels (in order to unlock the ability to craft the next best item for leveling). It's best practice to salvage these after crafting them to regain some additional materials to continue crafting with. You will need to craft approximately 44 of these to reach level 110.
• Levels 110-150 — Now that you're level 110, you've unlocked the ability craft "Shipyard" armor. You will now want to focus on crafting your choice of Shipyard Watch Gloves or Shipyard Watch Shoes. These require the typical ingredients, other than a new one that will require a new way to gather mass quantites of - and that's Jade Collar. Jade Collars can be dropped from mobs in the Dynasty Shipyard Expedition, or purchased directly from the Trading Post. You will need to craft approximately 172 of these to reach level 150.
• Levels 150-160 — Next up, you will want to start crafting some Infused Leather Gloves. The materials to craft these are pretty straight forward, as it's the typical mix of Infused Leather, Linen, and Iron Ingots. It's best practice to salvage these after crafting them to regain some additional materials to continue crafting with. You will need to craft approximately 77 of these to reach level 160.
• Levels 160-205 — This next portion is a bit boring, yet effective. You will want to mass-produce either Guardian Plate Gauntlets or Guardian Spearmarshall Boots. Similarly to the portion of leveling that required Jade Collars, this one will require a resource that's similar to that, known as Spectral Dust, which can be found by mobs within the Lazarus Instrumentality Expedition, or purchased directly from the Trading Post. You will need to craft approximately 344 of these to reach level 205.
• Levels 205-250 — You're almost there! This is the last stretch, which requires you to craft your choice of Spinweave Gloves or Dark Leather Gloves, depending on whether or not Spinweave Cloth or Dark Leather is more expensive on your server. Depending on how healthy your server is, you may actually find some success in posting these crafted gloves on the Trading Post for a small profit. If you find yourself crafting a handful of these with bad perks, consider salvaging them to regain some crafting materials to support your armor leveling adventure even further. You will need to craft approximately 394 of these to reach level 250.
• Levels 250+ — You made it! You're now max level in the armoring trade skill. The fun doesn't stop here though - you can continue crafting armor and certain consumables to gain "Apptitude Levels", which grants you with unique rewards, such as the Package of Specialized Armoring Materials. At this point, you can start focusing on crafting items that are most sought-after to generate more gold. More info on some of these items can be found below.

Depending on the server you're on, there are certain items that hold a large value. Below is a list of items that we recommend you consider implementing within your leveling strategy in order to potentially "break-even" as you craft, as they tend to be easily sold to other players within the Trading Post. Again - this is dependent on server. The list below showcases some of the most sought-after items that you can craft utilizing your armoring trade skill.

• Mythril Armor — When you're max level in the armoring trade skill, you'll have the ability to craft max gearscore items, which are the most sought-after armor in the game. Depending on how "lucky" you get when crafting, you will have a chance at rolling great perks on high gear score armor, making them extremely valuable. It is highly recommened to post these within the "Trade" chat in-game, and comparing it to other items that may currently be posted on the Trading Post to gain a better idea of the approximate value of your crafted items.
• Bags — One of the most important aspects of this game for every player is their inventory space. If you don't have high inventory, it could get very annoying very quickly when you're out on an adventure and encumbered due to the fact of not having enough inventory space. With this in mind, there is a HUGE value for bags in this game, which you'll be able to craft with the armoring trade skill. When crafting bags, be sure to use the Sliver of Adderstone crafting mod to lock-in the Extra Pockets. which makes your crafted bags hold more weight (the most sought-after perks for bags). Crafting bags are a great way to make gold in New World: Aeternum, especially for young server.
• Armor Matrix — At level 270 armoring, you will be able to craft Powerful Oakflesh Balm, which is a sought-after end-game consumable that will increase the absorption of physical damage types by 35% for 20 seconds, making it useful (especially for Tanks). By crafting these in bulk, you'll be able to quickly sell them in the Trading Post for a proft.
• Armor Matrix — At level 250 armoring, you will be able to craft a Armor Matrix. This matrix is used when altering the final perk for named armor, or even artifact armor, making it an extremely helpful perk for players trying to max-out their builds.

There are multiple ways to boost the gear score of your armoring crafts. These bonuses can either increase the minimum and/or maximum gear score of your crafts. Below is a list of what you can do to improve the gear score of your crafts.

Crafting Bonuses	Minimum Gear Score Increase	Maximum Gear Score Increase
Skill Level	0	+25
Crafting Materials	+45	+45
Crafting Food	+15	+15
Gear Perks	+15	+15
Trophies	+15	0
Town Project Board	+5	0
Faction Owning the Mourningdale Fort	0	+5

Armoring has a unique set of gear that can be equipped to increase the gear score of your crafts by +2 per item; these are the Armorer Gloves, Hat, Pants, Shirt, and Shoes. You can also acquire an earring with a crafting-related perk that grants +5 gear score increase while crafting. These are not specific and can come on any earring. You can generally find these as drops or on the Trading Post, however some pieces can be much rarer than others and therefore more costly.

Armor	Drop Source
Armorer Hat	Package of Specialized Armoring Materials
Armorer Shirt	Package of Specialized Armoring Materials
Armorer Gloves	Package of Specialized Armoring Materials
Armorer Pants	Package of Specialized Armoring Materials
Armorer Shoes	Package of Specialized Armoring Materials
Armorer Hat	Leviathan of the Deep - Shattered Mountain
Armorer Shirt	The Siren's Fist - Reekwater
Armorer Gloves	The Siren's Guide - Reekwater
Armorer Pants	The Siren's Gun - Reekwater
Armorer Shoes	Abiogenesis - Edengrove

Trophies can be placed in each of your three houses that grant a +3/4/5 (Minor/Basic/Major) minimum gear score increase for all of your crafts related to that trade skill.

In order to craft any Basic or Major trophy, it will require a special crafting ingredient that can be obtained from Supply Stockpiles.

Item	Trophy
Armorer's Journal	Basic
Precision Armoring Tools	Major

Spicy Cabbage Soup will increase the minimum and maximum gear score of your Armoring crafts by +15. It lasts 40 minutes, so try to have all of your materials prepared before consuming it.

Each settlement will have different town projects working at any given time, you can check what bonus perks are active by going to the to territory planning board in any settlement. As a note, you must own a house in the settlement to receive the town project bonus.

Most crafts will enable you to use materials that are higher than what's necessary to craft them, allowing you to increase their gear score. When you are aiming to craft those high gear score items to either use or sell, you will always want to use the highest materials possible.

Your crafting skill also increases the gear score of items you can craft by up to +25 at maximum crafting level. Long story short, the higher your armoring trade skill level is, the better the outcome!