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5 lut 2024 · In this armour tier list I explore what are the best armours and armoured chest rig setups for players across armour classes along with a basic overview of the system and a Tarkov armour material chart to tailor your armour choice to preferences, budget and account progression.
Elvira Khabibullina, known by her alias "Therapist", is a trader in Escape from Tarkov. Head of the Trauma Care Department of the Tarkov Central City Hospital.
Armor vests are worn to reduce damage from gunfire. Most models can be fitted with different armor plates. They are often complemented with Helmets. To learn more about the effectiveness of body armor check the Ballistics page.
Armor Materials works as a plain simple durability modifier (actually damage modifier) meaning that the durability the game shows us means absolutely nothing as long as we don't know the modifier. On the following spreadsheet you can see all available body armors and armored chest rigs with their actual durability.
Body armor repair kits share their spawn locations with Weapon repair kits. Factory. On top of the green military crates, stacked next to the center staircase. On top of the boiler that is located near the "Gate 3" extraction. Customs. On a pallet near the tank at "RUAF Roadblock" extraction.
The best destructibility stat is found on aramid with 0.25 - but since only irrelevant soft armors are made from aramid, the actual best material (2nd) is the ultra poly with 0.45. The worst are glass and ceramic with 0.8. the second worst is steel at 0.7.
Each material have that destructibility number, you can see it as how much armor wears when it's hit: the lower the better. A simple math is to divide the max durability of the armor by the destructibility of it's material.
