Iron
Armour which forms a rigid continuous covering and is made of iron. Iron armours are relatively rare. Its use is generally restricted helms, and small plates for spot protection. Iron armours offer good to excellent defense against all strikes.
Iron is a type of non-organic metallic material. Iron objects such as most weapons and strongest armour are derived primarily from this material. Iron is the most widely used metal in human history.
Iron is considered a valuable material and having mythical origins, and is used as ritual component or sacrifice for certain spells.
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Availability
Iron does not exist as raw material in the game, and thus cannot be processed. Iron items must be bartered for by trading or looted from hostile NPCs. Iron items, especially weapons and armour, can most commonly be found available for trade in settlements of wealthy cultures like those of Driikiläiset or Reemiläiset, or found carried by foreign traders and Njerpez warriors.
Iron as metal is often also used for mail and lamellar armours.
Interlocking metal rings, usually half an inch or less in diameter. Mail may be butted, coiled or rivetted, these considerations are reflected by armour quality. While mail is a superb defence against edged weapons, and reasonable against the point, it does little to reduce force of a blow, and may be driven into its wearer's flesh. Because of this, leather or wool garments are usually worn underneath.
Lamellar is eastern armour type used by Njerpezit. Lamellar armours are made of square or rectangular iron plates tightly fastened to each other with leather straps passed through openings along the edges of the plates. Lamellar technique is used mainly to create cuirass and hauberk type armors, but it's also suitable for some spot protection pieces like shin guards and forearm guards. Lamellar armour offers better protection than mail, especially in case of blunt attacks.
Uses
Iron is the most powerful and durable type of general material available to peoples of Unreal World. When used as material for armour, its heavy weight necessitates using it mostly for critical spot protection only, such as for helmets, coudes and kneecops. Mail armour are also made from iron, but with more elaborate and expensive technique than simply working the metal into useful shape. Lamellar armour often consists of sewn-together iron plates, but can also be made from other, less durable, heavy and expensive materials.
Iron armour is almost always paired with under layer consisting of linen, wool, nettle or fur clothing, since it doesn't provide warmth value of its own and additional lightweight clothing helps reduce impact of blows on skin and body.
Most metallic weapons and many tools used by people are or can be made from iron.
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Knives
Knives with iron or steel blades and a wooden or antler grip.
Axes
Axes with iron or steel blades and wooden hafts.
Spears
Spears with iron or steel blades and wooden shafts.
Swords
All of the available swords are made from iron or steel.
