Best Armor Sets

Discover the best armor sets in Conan Exiles, comparing light, medium, and heavy armor for combat, durability, speed, and environmental resistance. Optimize your build!

In Conan Exiles, armor is categorized into Light, Medium, and Heavy, each offering distinct advantages and disadvantages. The choice of armor significantly impacts combat effectiveness, movement speed, stamina regeneration, durability, weight, and resistance to environmental hazards like heat and cold.

Armor Values

Heavy armor offers the highest armor values, making players more resilient to direct hits, which is beneficial in PvE against numerous enemies or powerful bosses. However, it significantly slows movement and evasion in PvP. Medium armor provides a balance, but its effectiveness in excelling at either armor or maneuverability is debatable.

Speed and Evasion (Dodge-Rolls)

Light armor excels in PvP due to its enhancement of movement speed and quicker, more frequent dodge-rolls with faster recovery. These attributes are crucial for survival and offensive capabilities in player-versus-player combat where speed and stamina are paramount.

Armor Durability, Weight, and Carry Capacity

Heavy armor generally boasts higher durability, meaning it lasts longer before needing repairs and can withstand more hits. A good heavy armor set can range from 1,000 to 1,600 durability, while light armor typically falls between 480-720, or up to 600-900 at its best. Heavy armor also contributes more to encumbrance, limiting the number of items a player can carry. Encumbrance is visualized by a bar in the inventory screen: Green (0-49%), Yellow (50-74%), Orange (75-89%), and Red (90-100%). Staying within the Green threshold maximizes speed, dodge effectiveness, and minimizes stamina usage, which is also advantageous for resource gathering in PvE. While light or medium armor can be used with skilled dodging even in dangerous situations, the stats on heavy armor can still be highly valuable.

Temperature Resistance

Heavy armor generally offers the most resistance to extreme heat and cold. However, this varies by individual pieces and sets, requiring players to check specific resistances. Consumables like potions, elixirs, and food can also be used to mitigate environmental effects.

Best Light Armor for Agility and Strength Builds

Light armor is favored for its maneuverability, efficient stamina regeneration, and quicker dodge-roll recovery, making it ideal for PvP. It also offers more freedom for sprinting, climbing, and carrying more items due to reduced encumbrance, making it viable in PvE for confident players.

Black Corsair Set - Agility

The Black Corsair light armor set is highly recommended for its agility bonuses. The recipe is easily obtained by reading a pirate note at Buccaneer Bay. This set provides a significant +30% bonus to agility weapon damage.