#% increased defences¶

Prefix · must be armour and chest armour

Property	Value
Rolls on	must be armour and chest armour
Source	Rolls on loot and from essences of its element
Families	defence
Group	`defences` — An item can have only one property of the same group.

Tiers¶

Tier	Item level	Value	Weight	Share
T5	Mistlands+ (130+)	(8–11)% increased defences	180	75.0%
T4	Ashlands+ (181+)	(11–15)% increased defences	60	25.0%
T3	Deep North+ (246+)	(15–19)% increased defences	0	0.0%
T2	Deep North+ (320+)	(19–24)% increased defences	0	0.0%
T1	Deep North+ (420+)	(24–29)% increased defences	0	0.0%
T0	Meadows+ (1+)	(29–34)% increased defences	0	0.0%

T3, T2 and T1 never roll: not on drops, not from runes. Only corruption, the Glyph of Tempering and the Glyph of the Last Heat raise a property into them; the glyphs only at the item level shown.

Values by slot¶

Most properties roll bigger or smaller numbers depending on the item: the ranges below are what each slot gets.

Tier	Regular	Chest armour	Leg armour
T5	(8–11)	(12–16.5)	(5.5–7.5)
T4	(11–15)	(16.5–22.5)	(7.5–10.5)
T3	(15–19)	(22.5–28.5)	(10.5–13.5)
T2	(19–24)	(28.5–36)	(13.5–17)
T1	(24–29)	(36–43.5)	(17–20.5)
T0	(29–34)	(43.5–51)	(20.5–24)

Patch history¶

Patch	Change
Patch 6.0.6	T0 → T3 (item level 1 → 246–∞, weight 0): (17 → 15–21 → 19)% increased defences T2 (item level 320–∞, weight 0): (19–24)% increased defences T1 (item level 420–∞, weight 0): (24–29)% increased defences T0 (item level 1–∞, weight 0): (29–34)% increased defences
Patch 6.0.5 (New)	T5 (item level 130–∞, weight 180): (8–11)% increased defences T4 (item level 181–∞, weight 60): (11–15)% increased defences T0 (item level 1–∞, weight 0): (17–21)% increased defences

Game data

{
  "id": "armour.defences",
  "place": "prefix",
  "target": "character",
  "families": [
    "defence"
  ],
  "group": "defences",
  "allowAll": [
    "armour",
    "slot.chest"
  ],
  "allowAny": [],
  "denyAny": [],
  "weight": 250.0,
  "generation": true,
  "tiers": [
    {
      "id": "T5",
      "min": 8.0,
      "max": 11.0,
      "step": 0.5,
      "minLevel": 130,
      "maxLevel": null,
      "weight": 180.0
    },
    {
      "id": "T4",
      "min": 11.0,
      "max": 15.0,
      "step": 0.5,
      "minLevel": 181,
      "maxLevel": null,
      "weight": 60.0
    },
    {
      "id": "T3",
      "min": 15.0,
      "max": 19.0,
      "step": 0.5,
      "minLevel": 246,
      "maxLevel": null,
      "weight": 0.0
    },
    {
      "id": "T2",
      "min": 19.0,
      "max": 24.0,
      "step": 0.5,
      "minLevel": 320,
      "maxLevel": null,
      "weight": 0.0
    },
    {
      "id": "T1",
      "min": 24.0,
      "max": 29.0,
      "step": 0.5,
      "minLevel": 420,
      "maxLevel": null,
      "weight": 0.0
    },
    {
      "id": "T0",
      "min": 29.0,
      "max": 34.0,
      "step": 0.5,
      "minLevel": 0,
      "maxLevel": null,
      "weight": 0.0
    }
  ]
}

Data from Path of Valheiman 6.0.6, extracted 2026-11-09.