List of All Clothes and Armor: Defense and Materials

Palworld splits your defensive loadout across three slots — a body armor, a head piece, and a shield — and there are far more options than the tech tree shows you at once. This is the full list: all 31 craftable body armors with defense and materials, all 70 head pieces from Ancient Helm down to the Cloth Hat, the shield ladder, and where the Cloth every mid-game set demands actually comes from.

How Armor Slots Work

You wear one body armor, one head piece, and one shield at a time, and their defense values simply stack. Body armor is where almost all of your protection lives — Cold-Resistant Ancient Armor alone is 840 defense, while the best helmet in the game is 500. Body armor is also the only slot that carries a meaningful HP bonus (up to 2,400) and the temperature resistance that keeps you alive in the volcano and the snowfields, so upgrading your chest piece is always the bigger power spike. Shields are a separate pool entirely: they soak damage before your HP is touched and recharge on their own, which is why a good shield feels stronger than its number suggests.

Slot	Base pieces	Total entries	Best in slot
Body armor	31	145	Cold-Resistant Ancient Armor — 840 def
Head gear	70	202	Ancient Helm — 500 def
Shield	7	8	Ancient Shield — 2,200 shield

The gap between "base pieces" and "total entries" is refinement. Almost every craftable armor has up to four upgraded rarity tiers unlocked by legendary schematics, and each tier is its own item — that is how 31 body armors become 145 entries. A fully refined set is roughly 30% stronger than its base craft, so hunting the best legendary schematics is worth as much as climbing a whole tech tier.

List of All Body Armor

This is every body armor in the game, in the order you can unlock it. Three jumps matter more than the rest: Metal Armor at Tech 23 is the first piece that stops trash mobs from mattering, Plasteel Armor at 51 nearly doubles Pal Metal's defense and hands you a 1,300 HP bonus, and Ancient Armor at 68 is the endgame plateau with 25,000 durability, so it effectively never wears out. Weight is worth watching early — the cloth outfits weigh 4 and Pelt Armor weighs 10, but every metal set from Tech 23 onward sits at 30 to 40, which eats a real chunk of your carry capacity.

Tech Lv	Armor	Defense	HP Bonus	Resists	Materials
4	Cloth Outfit	15	70	Cold 1	Cloth x2 · Fiber x7
9	Tropical Outfit	25	70	Heat 2	Cloth x3 · Flame Organ x2
9	Tundra Outfit	25	70	Cold 2	Cloth x3 · Ice Organ x2
12	Pelt Armor	35	140	Cold 1	Leather x10 · Ingot x10 · Fiber x20
16	Heat Resistant Pelt Armor	45	140	Heat 2 · Fire +1	Leather x15 · Flame Organ x4 · Ingot x10
18	Cold Resistant Pelt Armor	45	140	Cold 2 · Ice +1	Leather x15 · Ice Organ x4 · Ingot x10
23	Metal Armor	70	250	Cold 1 · Heat 1	Ingot x30 · Leather x10 · Cloth x5
25	Heat Resistant Metal Armor	105	250	Heat 2 · Cold 1 · Fire +1	Ingot x40 · Leather x13 · Cloth x8 · Flame Organ x8
27	Cold Resistant Metal Armor	105	250	Cold 2 · Heat 1 · Ice +1	Ingot x40 · Leather x13 · Cloth x8 · Ice Organ x8
32 (Ancient)	V1 Armor	51	806	Cold 1 · Heat 1 · lifesteal	Ingot x30 · High Quality Pal Oil x15
37	Refined Metal Armor	150	500	Cold 1 · Heat 1	Refined Ingot x30 · Leather x15 · High Quality Cloth x1
40	Heat Resistant Refined Metal Armor	180	500	Heat 2 · Cold 1 · Fire +1	Refined Ingot x40 · Leather x20 · High Quality Cloth x2 · Flame Organ x12
41	Cold Resistant Refined Metal Armor	180	500	Cold 2 · Heat 1 · Ice +1	Refined Ingot x40 · Leather x20 · High Quality Cloth x2 · Cryogenic Coolant x4
46	Pal Metal Armor	220	750	Cold 1 · Heat 1	Pal Metal Ingot x20 · Leather x20 · High Quality Cloth x2
48	Heat Resistant Pal Metal Armor	250	750	Heat 2 · Cold 1 · Fire +1	Pal Metal Ingot x30 · Leather x30 · High Quality Cloth x3 · Flame Organ x16
50	Cold Resistant Pal Metal Armor	250	750	Cold 2 · Heat 1 · Ice +1	Pal Metal Ingot x30 · Leather x30 · High Quality Cloth x3 · Cryogenic Coolant x5
51	Plasteel Armor	385	1,300	Cold 1 · Heat 1	Plasteel x30 · Pal Metal Ingot x30 · High Quality Cloth x5
53	Heat Resistant Plasteel Armor	400	1,300	Heat 2 · Cold 1 · Fire +1	Plasteel x30 · Pal Metal Ingot x30 · High Quality Cloth x5 · Flame Organ x20
54	Cold Resistant Plasteel Armor	400	1,300	Cold 2 · Heat 1 · Ice +1	Plasteel x30 · Pal Metal Ingot x30 · High Quality Cloth x5 · Cryogenic Coolant x10
55	Lightweight Plasteel Armor	400	1,300	Cold 1 · Heat 1 · carry weight	Plasteel x30 · Pal Metal Ingot x30 · High Quality Cloth x5 · Corrosive Solvent x8
56 (Ancient)	V2 Armor	600	215	Cold 2 · Heat 2	Plasteel x40 · Pal Metal Ingot x40 · High Quality Cloth x20
59	Hexolite Armor	580	1,750	Cold 2 · Heat 2	Hexolite x50 · Plasteel x20 · High Quality Cloth x10
63	Heat Resistant Hexolite Armor	600	1,750	Heat 3 · Cold 2 · Fire +1	Hexolite x50 · Plasteel x20 · High Quality Cloth x10 · Thermal Core x2
64	Cold Resistant Hexolite Armor	600	1,750	Cold 3 · Heat 2 · Ice +1	Hexolite x50 · Plasteel x20 · High Quality Cloth x10 · Cryogenic Coolant x10
65	Lightweight Hexolite Armor	600	1,750	Cold 2 · Heat 2 · carry weight	Hexolite x100 · Plasteel x20 · High Quality Cloth x10 · Corrosive Solvent x10
68	Ancient Armor	800	2,400	Cold 2 · Heat 2	Soralite Ingot x30 · AI Core x3
75	Heat-Resistant Ancient Armor	840	2,400	Heat 3 · Cold 2 · Fire +1	Paloxite Ingot x30 · AI Core x5 · Thermal Core x6
77	Cold-Resistant Ancient Armor	840	2,400	Cold 3 · Heat 2 · Ice +1	Paloxite Ingot x30 · AI Core x5 · Cryogenic Coolant x50
79	Lightweight Ancient Armor	840	2,400	Cold 2 · Heat 2 · carry weight	Paloxite Ingot x30 · AI Core x7 · Corrosive Solvent x50
No tech point	Hallowed Plate Mail	200	650	Cold 1 · Heat 1	Hallowed Bar x20
No tech point	Depresso Armor	50	100	Cold 1 · Heat 1	High Quality Cloth x15 · Venom Gland x75

Heat, Cold, and Lightweight Variants

From Metal Armor onward, every tier splits into a plain version and specialised versions that cost a few extra tech points. They are never a downgrade — the heat and cold variants are strictly better than the plain craft, adding 30 to 40 defense on top of the resistance bump, so skip the base version entirely if you can afford the specialist. The tell is which temperature they give up: Heat Resistant Plasteel Armor drops to Cold 1 to reach Heat 2, and the cold version mirrors it. Lightweight variants appear from Tech 55 and trade the elemental resist for a carry-weight boost, which pairs well with the best Pals for carrying more items on hauling runs.

Armor You Can't Buy With Tech Points

Four sets sit outside the normal tech tree. Hallowed Plate Mail costs only Hallowed Bar and lands at 200 defense, which makes it a strong shortcut if you reach that content before Tech 46. Depresso Armor is a novelty at 50 defense but it is cheap and looks the part. The two Octavia sets spend Ancient technology points instead of regular ones: V1 Armor is only 51 defense but carries a lifesteal effect and an unusually large 806 HP bonus, while V2 Armor hits 600 defense at Tech 56 — better raw protection than Hexolite Armor three levels earlier, at the cost of a tiny 215 HP bonus.

List of All Helmets

Helmets are the small half of your defense but they are cheap and there is no reason to run bare-headed. Ancient Helm is the clear best at 500 defense plus 1,200 bonus HP, and it is the only head piece that grants elemental resistance to both Normal and Dragon damage. Below it, Hexolite Helmet at 350 is the practical target for most of the late game, and the four Hallowed head pieces are interesting for a different reason — each one buffs a different damage type rather than stacking raw defense, so pick the one that matches how you fight.

Head Gear	Defense	HP Bonus	Tech Lv	Materials
Ancient Helm	500	1,200	68	Soralite Ingot x20 · AI Core x2
Hexolite Helmet	350	800	60	Hexolite x40 · Plasteel x15
Moon Lord Mask	350	800	—	Hallowed Bar x1
Eye of Cthulhu Mask	350	800	—	Hallowed Bar x1
Plasteel Helmet	260	600	51	Plasteel x20 · Pal Metal Ingot x25
Pal Metal Helm	150	350	46	Pal Metal Ingot x20 · Paldium Fragment x20
Hallowed Mask	140	320	—	Hallowed Bar x20 · boosts melee
Hallowed Headgear	140	320	—	Hallowed Bar x20 · boosts magic
Hallowed Helmet	140	320	—	Hallowed Bar x20 · boosts ranged
Hallowed Hood	140	320	—	Hallowed Bar x20 · boosts summons
Lightz Helmet	125	300	—	Not craftable
Refined Metal Helm	100	250	37	Refined Ingot x20 · Paldium Fragment x15
Depresso Helmet	70	250	—	High Quality Cloth x5 · Venom Gland x25
Metal Helm	50	100	23	Ingot x20 · Paldium Fragment x10

All Hats and Cosmetic Head Gear

The other 56 head pieces are cosmetics with a small perk attached, and that perk is usually a +1 resistance to one element. They are worth wearing when you know what you are fighting: a Dark-resist hat like Witch Hat shaves damage in the night-time zones, and Graduation Cap is the odd one out with a work speed bonus instead, which makes it a decent base-building hat. The crowns at 30 defense are the strongest of the bunch, and Explorer Cap is the only cosmetic that gives real heat resistance for early desert trips. Most of the Pal-themed caps cost a single Cloth or a handful of that Pal's own drop.

Hat	Defense	HP Bonus	Perk
Crown of Salvation	30	80	Thunder +1
Horns of Supremacy	30	80	Aqua +1
Witch's Crown	30	80	Dragon +1
Xenolord's head	30	80	Ice +1
Dandilord Hat	30	80	Dark +1
Golden Crown	30	80	Ice +1
Monarch's Crown	30	80	Dragon +1
Helmet	30	80	Thunder +1
Graduation Cap	30	80	Work speed +1
Explorer Cap	25	70	Heat 1
Silk Hat	25	70	Fire +1
Soft Hat	25	70	Earth +1
Tricorne	25	70	Aqua +1
Bowler Hat	20	60	Normal +1
Long-Eared Headband	20	60	Leaf +1
Witch Hat	20	60	Dark +1
Tocotoco Cap	20	60	Normal +1
Grinning Tocotoco Cap	20	60	Normal +1
Gumoss Cap	20	60	Leaf +1
Penking Cap	20	60	Ice +1
Katress Cap	20	60	Dark +1
Lyleen Accessory	20	60	Leaf +1
Sibelyx Hat	20	60	Ice +1
Leezpunk Hood	20	60	Dark +1
Killamari Cap	20	60	Dark +1
Cawgnito Hat	20	60	Dark +1
Ribbuny Headband	20	60	Normal +1
Lamball Helm	20	60	Normal +1
Dumud Helm	20	60	Earth +1
Swee Cap	20	60	Ice +1
Dazzi Hat	20	60	Thunder +1
Cattiva Hat	20	60	Normal +1
Herbil Headband	20	60	Leaf +1
Kingpaca Headband	20	60	Normal +1
Gloopie Hat	20	60	Aqua +1
Jelliette Hat	20	60	Aqua +1
Turtacle Cap	20	60	Aqua +1
Croajiro Cap	20	60	Aqua +1
Chikipi Cap	20	60	Normal +1
Shroomer Hat	20	60	Leaf +1
Ghangler Accessory	20	60	Aqua +1
Icelyn Hat	20	60	Ice +1
Splatterina Hat	20	60	Dark +1
Tarantriss Hat	20	60	Dark +1
Auri Hat	20	60	Cosmetic
Zenara Hat	20	60	Cosmetic
Zoe Hat	20	60	Cosmetic
Axel Hat	20	60	Cosmetic
Bjorn Hat	20	60	Cosmetic
Lily Hat	20	60	Cosmetic
Marcus Hat	20	60	Cosmetic
Victor Hat	20	60	Cosmetic
Saya Hat	20	60	Cosmetic
Feathered Hair Band	15	60	Carry weight +1
Farming Hat	10	30	Heat 1
Cloth Hat	5	30	Cosmetic

List of All Shields

Shields sit in their own slot and absorb damage before it reaches your health bar, then refill after a few seconds out of combat. The ladder is steep — Hyper Shield at Tech 43 is roughly four times the Mega Shield, and Ancient Shield finishes the run at 2,200 absorbed damage with 22,000 durability. Durability is the number people miss: Ultra Shield and everything above it sit at 20,000 or higher, while Giga Shield burns out at 2,250, so mid-game shields need replacing constantly. Note that every shield weighs exactly 5, so upgrading costs you nothing in carry space.

Tech Lv	Shield	Shield HP	Durability	Materials
4	Common Shield	100	1,000	Paldium Fragment x10 · Wood x20 · Stone x20 · Fiber x10
16	Mega Shield	260	1,500	Ancient Civilization Parts x5 · Paldium Fragment x30 · Ingot x10
29	Giga Shield	540	2,250	Ancient Civilization Parts x10 · Paldium Fragment x50 · Ingot x20
43	Hyper Shield	1,045	3,500	Ancient Civilization Parts x20 · Paldium Fragment x100 · Ingot x30
—	Ultra Shield	1,520	20,000	Ancient Civilization Parts x30 · Paldium Fragment x150 · Plasteel x50 · Bio Battery x10 · Ancient Civilization Core x30
60	Advanced Shield	1,800	21,000	Ancient Civilization Parts x50 · Paldium Fragment x200 · Hexolite x50 · Thermal Core x5 · Ancient Civilization Core x30
71	Ancient Shield	2,200	22,000	Ancient Civilization Parts x50 · Paldium Fragment x250 · Soralite Ingot x30 · AI Core x5 · Ancient Civilization Core x30

How to Get Cloth and High Quality Cloth

Cloth is the quiet bottleneck of the whole armor list. Every body armor from Metal Armor at Tech 23 through Lightweight Hexolite Armor at Tech 65 needs either Cloth or High Quality Cloth — only the Ancient sets skip it. You weave Cloth from two Wool at a Primitive Workbench, and High Quality Cloth from ten Wool plus one Leather, so in practice the real task is a steady Wool supply rather than the cloth itself. A Caravan Shop will also sell you Cloth outright for 480 Gold if you would rather spend money than time.

Some Pals drop finished Cloth directly, which skips the weaving step entirely. Azurobe and Gildra are the best of these — guaranteed drops of up to three per kill — and Felbat is the most convenient one to farm at night.

Pal	Drops	Rate	Amount
Gildra	Cloth	100%	2 - 3
Azurobe	Cloth	100%	1 - 3
Azurobe Cryst	Cloth	100%	1 - 3
Felbat	Cloth	100%	1 - 2
Bakemi	Cloth	100%	1 - 2
Croajiro	Cloth	25%	1 - 2
Croajiro Noct	Cloth	25%	1 - 2
Selyne	High Quality Cloth	100%	1 - 2
Sibelyx	High Quality Cloth	100%	1
Sibelyx Primo	High Quality Cloth	100%	1

Wool Sources for Bulk Crafting

For anything past a single set, farm Wool instead of hunting Cloth drops. Kingpaca and Kingpaca Cryst give a flat 5 Wool per kill, the highest in the game, and Sweepa is close behind at 3 to 5. The better play long-term is a ranch: park a Melpaca or Lamball on one and it produces Wool on a loop with no combat at all, which turns High Quality Cloth from a chore into background income. You can find Melpaca spawn locations on the interactive map.

Pal	Wool per kill
Kingpaca	5
Kingpaca Cryst	5
Sweepa	3 - 5
Melpaca	2 - 5
Snugloo	2
Lamball	1 - 3
Cremis	1 - 2
Swee	1
Woolipop Terra	1

The short version: your body armor carries the defense, your helmet is a cheap 10-20% top-up, and your shield is a separate health bar you should never let fall behind. Get to Plasteel Armor at Tech 51 as fast as you can, keep a Wool ranch running so High Quality Cloth is never the thing blocking a craft, and swap in the heat or cold variant for whichever biome you are heading into.

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