Armor Sets

Every piece of body armor in Cabal belongs to one of three lines, and the line decides which battle styles can wear it. A full set is four pieces: suit, gloves, helm and boots. The older community wiki says each line was made in 12 material grades, and later episodes kept adding new top grades.

Each line climbs through the same ladder of materials, though a few steps have a different name in each line. Below is the classic order from the community wiki (from the first set up to Drei Frame); its navigation boxes also list a later Archridium set for all three lines.

In the 2021 Holy Keldrasil update the item windows started showing a rank from G1 to G14 for weapons and armor, grouped as Low, Medium, High, Highest and Ultimate. In that list Bluestin is the first Medium step, Osmium starts High, Mithril/Lycanus, Archridium and Palladium are Highest, and Demonite is the only Ultimate rank (G14).

Armor gets stronger with Upgrade Cores. Each successful upgrade raises the stats, but it also raises the stat requirements to wear the piece. Slotted armor has higher requirements too, and the number of slots does not change this: a 3-slot piece asks for the same stats as a 1-slot piece. Empty slots are filled with options through option granting.

Which core you need depends on the armor grade. According to the community wiki, Upgrade Core (Low) covers Aramid and lower, Medium covers Bluestin to Shadowtitanium, High covers Osmium, Teragrace and SIGMetal, Highest covers Forcium, Drei Frame, Archridium and Palladium, and Ultimate covers Demonite. The odds of each step are explained in Upgrade System.

The official Dragonium update review (October 2023) added Dragonium as a new Ultimate-grade equipment set. Its weapons, armor and epaulets need level 185. The pieces got new names: the Armor type is Plate, Gauntlet, Greaves and Visor; the Battle type is Coat, Glove, Boots and Headgear; the Martial type is Suit, Hands, Shoes and Headpiece.

The same update made Demonite armor tougher: Defense Rate went from 175 to 213 on the Armor type, from 234 to 298 on the Battle type and from 351 to 448 on the Martial type. Dungeon boxes in Automata Lab were also changed to give Dragonium armor and epaulets instead of Demonite ones.

Dragonium also brought four epaulets that go with the armor: Guardian, Laws, Fighter and Sage. See Accessories for what epaulets do.