Armor Modifications

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Armor Modifications are upgrades added to armors via the armor modification table. Reading the armor modification table page first is recommended.

All armor modifications are listed and categorized by their slot below.

Helmet

Charm Of Protection

Charm of ProtectionYou feel blessed.
Diverts meteors away from the player.
Meteors no longer destroy blocks.
Halves broadcaster damage.
Applicable To:
Helmets
Chestplates
Slot:
Helmet

Crafting Table
Meteorite Fragment
Meteorite Fragment
Diamond
Meteorite Fragment
Meteorite Fragment
Charm of Protection

Meteor Charm

Meteor CharmYou feel blessed.
Disables meteorite spawning.
Negates broadcaster damage.
Applicable To:
Helmets
Chestplates
Slot:
Helmet


Crafting Table
Meteorite Fragment
Meteorite Fragment
Volcanic Gem
Meteorite Fragment
Meteorite Fragment
Meteor Charm

Night Vision Goggles

Night Vision GogglesGrants you night vision
(requires full electric set)
Applicable To:
Helmets
Slot:
Helmet

Crafting Table
Rubber BarLatex Bar
Rubber BarLatex Bar
White Stained Glass
Integrated Circuit Board
White Stained Glass
Night Vision Goggles

Ace of Spades

Ace of SpadesTop of the line!
Guns now have a 33% chance to not consume ammo.

Applicable To:
Helmets
Chestplates
Slot:
Helmet

This armor mod can be found in red rooms.

Queen of Spades

Ace of SpadesPower!
Adds a 33% chance to tank damage with no cap.

Applicable To:
Helmets
Chestplates
Slot:
Helmet

This armor mod can be found in red rooms.

Chestplate

Liquidator Medal

Liquidator Medal-10 RAD/s
Applicable To:
Helmets
Chestplates
Slot:
Chestplate

Crafting Table
Gold-198 Nugget
Boron Ingot
Gold-198 Nugget
Boron Ingot
RBMK Fuel Chunk
Boron Ingot
Gold-198 Nugget
Boron Ingot
Gold-198 Nugget
Liquidator Medal

Cloud in a Bottle

Cloud in a BottleGrants horizontal dashes.

Applicable To:
Chestplates
Slot:
Chestplate

Acquisition

Dropped as loot after killing the Mask Man.

Back-Mounted Tesla Coil

Back-Mounted_Tesla CoilZaps nearby entities
(requires full electric set)
Applicable To:
Chestplates
Slot:
Chestplate


Crafting Table
Duct Tape
Gold Wire
Duct Tape
Gold Wire
Tesla Coil
Gold Wire
Duct Tape
Gold Wire
Duct Tape
Back-Mounted Tesla Coil

Jetpacks

The Jetpacks are armor attachments that can also be worn directly instead of a chestplate. They have four tiers: The standard jetpack, the Builder's Jetpack, the Vectored Jetpack, and the Boostpack. the three of which use kerosene as fuel and the final tier using bf rocket fuel. The winged lunar chestplate also has a built-in jetpack, one with the ability to glide. In terms of speed, each jetpack tier is a direct upgrade from the last. However, in terms of precision or fuel consumption, this can be debatable.

Jetpacks Jetpack Builder's Vectored Boostpack Winged lunar
Velocity (m/1t) 0.4 0.4/0.2 0.866 1.242 0.615
Fuel consumption (t/1mb) 5 5/10 3 1 0
Fuel type Kerosene Kerosene Kerosene BF rocket fuel None

Crafting

The Jetpacks are made in a crafting table with the following recipes:

Crafting Table
Tooltip Recipe
JetpackRegular jetpack for simple upwards momentum.

Kerosene: 0mB / 12000mB

Applicable To:
Chestplates
Slot:
Chestplate
Can be worn on its own!

Aluminium Plate
Integrated Circuit Board
Aluminium Plate
Steel Tank
Leather
Steel Tank
Small Thruster
Small Thruster
Jetpack
Builder's JetpackRegular jetpack that will automatically hover mid-air.

Sneaking will stop hover mode.
Hover mode will consume less fuel and increase air-mobility.
Kerosene: 0mB / 12000mB

Applicable To:
Chestplates
Slot:
Chestplate
Can be worn on its own!

Insulator
Integrated Circuit Board
Insulator
High-Speed Steel Ingot
Jetpack
High-Speed Steel Ingot
Insulator
Insulator
Builder's Jetpack


Vectored JetpackHigh-mobility jetpack.

Higher fuel consumption.
Kerosene: 0mB / 16000mB

Applicable To:
Chestplates
Slot:
Chestplate
Can be worn on its own!

Steel Tank
Military Grade Circuit Board
Steel Tank
Motor
Builder's Jetpack
Motor
High-Speed Steel Bolt
High-Speed Steel Bolt
Vectored Jetpack
BoostpackHigh-powered vectorized jetpack.

Highly increased fuel consumption.
BF Rocket Fuel: 0mB / 32000mB

Applicable To:
Chestplates
Slot:
Chestplate
Can be worn on its own!

Saturnite Plate
Military Grade Circuit Board
Saturnite Plate
Desh Ingot
Vectored Jetpack
Desh Ingot
Saturnite Plate
Cast Copper Plate
Saturnite Plate
Boostpack

Trivia

  • The Jetpack Reserve Fuel Tank works only for the first three jetpacks, as the Boostpack uses BF rocket fuel instead of kerosene.

Servos

This group includes two servos, and the ballistic gauntlet. The two servos can either enhance movement, or increase mining speed and damage, depending on which armor piece they are equipped on. It is possible to craft two servos to aquire both enhancements.

The ballistic gauntlet is different from the other two servos, in that it can fire any standard 12 gauge shotgun shell if an entity is punched, with 15 base damage. The shells are pulled from anywhere in the inventory, with no cooldown or reload time, which makes this mod great in a pinch, when there isn't enough time to switch to a real weapon.

Ballistic Gauntlet

Ballistic Gauntlet"I've had worse"
Punches fire 12 gauge shells

Applicable To:
Chestplates
Slot:
Servos

Crafting Table
Copper Wire
Steel Plate
Copper Wire
Starmetal Ring
Steel Plate
Starmetal Ring
Steel Plate
Ballistic Gauntlet

Servo Set

Servo SetChestplate: Haste I / Damage +50%
Leggings: Speed +25% / Jump II

Applicable To:
Chestplates
Leggings
Slot:
Servos

Crafting Table
Motor
Steel Bolt
Motor
Iron Plate
Steel Bolt
Iron Plate
Motor
Steel Bolt
Motor
Servo Set

Desh Servo Set

Desh Servo SetChestplate: Haste III / Damage +150%
Leggings: Speed +50% / Jump III

Applicable To:
Chestplates
Leggings
Slot:
Servos

Crafting Table
Desh Motor
High-Speed Steel Bolt
Desh Motor
Desh Compound Plate
Servo Set
Desh Compound Plate
Desh Motor
High-Speed Steel Bolt
Desh Motor
Desh Servo Set

Boots

Rubber Pads

Rubber Pads-50% fall damage

Applicable To:
Boots
Slot:
Boots

Crafting Table
Rubber BarLatex Bar
Rubber BarLatex Bar
Iron Plate
Duct Tape
Iron Plate
Rubber BarLatex Bar
Rubber BarLatex Bar
Rubber Pads

Slime Pads

Slime Pads-75% fall damage

Applicable To:
Boots
Slot:
Boots

Crafting Table
Slimeball
Rubber Pads
Slimeball
Duct Tape
Slimeball
Duct Tape
Slimeball
Rubber Pads
Slimeball
Slime Pads

Static Pads

Static Pads-25% fall damage
Passively charges electric armor when walking

Applicable To:
Boots
Slot:
Boots

The rate at which these pads charge equipped power armor doesn't actually depend on the walking speed of the player, it is equal to the passive energy drain of the armor, divided by 2, or if the power armor has no passive drain, then it will equal the power consumption per 1 damage taken, divided by 40.


This means that, for any armor with a passive energy drain, these pads will never out-charge the armor's energy drain, and will only - at most - double the effective battery life.

Crafting Table
Industrial Grade Copper
Duct Tape
Industrial Grade Copper
Rubber BarLatex Bar
Slime Pads
Rubber BarLatex Bar
Industrial Grade Copper
Duct Tape
Industrial Grade Copper
Static Pads


Battery

These are mods that multiply the charge capacity of a power armor piece by a multiplier that scales with battery tier, currently hidden ingame.

Power Armor Battery Pack

Power Armor Battery PackApplicable To:
All
Slot:
Battery

Multiplies charge capacity by 1.25x.

Crafting Table
Steel Plate
Dense Minecraft Grade Copper Wire
Steel Plate
Steel Plate
Gold Capacitor
Steel Plate
Steel Plate
Dense Minecraft Grade Copper Wire
Steel Plate
Power Armor Battery Pack

Power Armor Battery Pack Mk2

Power Armor Battery Pack Mk2Applicable To:
All
Slot:
Battery

Multiplies charge capacity by 1.5x.

Crafting Table
Polymer BarBakelite Bar
Dense Minecraft Grade Copper Wire
Polymer BarBakelite Bar
Polymer BarBakelite Bar
Niobium Capacitor
Polymer BarBakelite Bar
Polymer BarBakelite Bar
Dense Minecraft Grade Copper Wire
Polymer BarBakelite Bar
Power Armor Battery Pack Mk2

Power Armor Battery Pack Mk3

Power Armor Battery Pack Mk2Applicable To:
All
Slot:
Battery

Multiplies charge capacity by 2x.

Crafting Table
Gold Plate
Dense Minecraft Grade Copper Wire
Gold Plate
Gold Plate
Tantalum Capacitor
Gold Plate
Gold Plate
Dense Minecraft Grade Copper Wire
Gold Plate
Power Armor Battery Pack Mk3

Claddings

Lead Paint

Lead Paint+0.025 rad-resistance

Applicable To:
All
Slot:
Cladding

Crafting Table
Lead Nugget
Lead Nugget
Lead Nugget
Lead Nugget
Clay
Glass Bottle
Lead Paint
This recipe is shapeless; the inputs may be placed in any arrangement in the crafting grid.

Rubber Cladding

Rubber Cladding+0.005 rad-resistance

Applicable To:
All
Slot:
Cladding

Crafting Table
Rubber BarLatex Bar
Coal Powder
Rubber BarLatex Bar
Coal Powder
Duct Tape
Coal Powder
Rubber BarLatex Bar
Coal Powder
Rubber BarLatex Bar
Rubber Cladding

Lead Cladding


Lead Cladding+0.1 rad-resistance

Applicable To:
All
Slot:
Cladding

Crafting Table
Duct Tape
Lead Plate
Duct Tape
Lead Plate
Rubber Cladding
Lead Plate
Duct Tape
Lead Plate
Duct Tape
Lead Cladding

Desh Cladding

Desh Cladding+0.2 rad-resistance

Applicable To:
All
Slot:
Cladding


Crafting Table
Duct Tape
Desh Compound Plate
Duct Tape
Desh Compound Plate
Lead Cladding
Desh Compound Plate
Duct Tape
Desh Compound Plate
Duct Tape
Desh Cladding

Ghiorsium Cladding

Ghiorsium Cladding+0.5 rad-resistance

Applicable To:
All
Slot:
Cladding


Crafting Table
Duct Tape
Ghiorsium-336 Ingot
Duct Tape
Ghiorsium-336 Ingot
Desh Cladding
Ghiorsium-336 Ingot
Duct Tape
Ghiorsium-336 Ingot
Duct Tape
Ghiorsium Cladding

Iron Cladding

Iron Cladding+0.5 knockback resistance

Applicable To:
All
Slot:
Cladding


Crafting Table
Iron Plate
Iron Plate
Iron Plate
Insulator
Duct Tape
Insulator
Iron Plate
Iron Plate
Iron Plate
Iron Cladding

Obsidian Skin

Obsidian SkinMakes dropped armor indestructible

Applicable To:
All
Slot:
Cladding

While this cladding does protect against fire, explosions, and even cacti, dropped armor still despawns if left on the ground for 5 minutes.

Crafting Table
Obsidian
Obsidian
Obsidian
Steel Plate
Duct Tape
Steel Plate
Obsidian
Obsidian
Obsidian
Obsidian Skin

Insert

Inserts applied to a chestplate to protect against various types of damage.

Note that the HP of an insert is reduced by exactly 1 every time damage is taken, meaning the HP depletes faster when taking many instances of damage, not necessarily when taking high amounts of damage. For example, shooting an entire tank's worth of a flamethrower at a player with an insert equipped will drain much more of that insert's HP than detonating a nuclear bomb next to them.

Mark III Life Extender

Mark III Life Extender+25.0 shield

Applicable To:
Chestplates
Slot:
Insert


Crafting Table
Dense Gold Wire
Welded Steel Plate
Dense Gold Wire
Bakelite BarPolymer Bar
Australium Ingot
Bakelite BarPolymer Bar
Welded Steel Plate
Bakelite BarPolymer Bar
Welded Steel Plate
Mark III Life Extender

Kevlar Insert

Kevlar Insert-10% projectile damage
1500/1500HP

Applicable To:
Chestplates
Slot:
Insert


Crafting Table
Kevlar Sheet
Rubber BarLatex Bar
Kevlar Sheet
Rubber BarLatex Bar
Duct Tape
Rubber BarLatex Bar
Kevlar Sheet
Rubber BarLatex Bar
Kevlar Sheet
Kevlar Insert

SAPI Insert

SAPI Insert-15% projectile damage
1750/1750HP

Applicable To:
Chestplates
Slot:
Insert


Crafting Table
Bakelite BarPolymer Bar
Kevlar Insert
Bakelite BarPolymer Bar
Duct Tape
Bakelite BarPolymer Bar
Duct Tape
Bakelite BarPolymer Bar
Kevlar Insert
Bakelite BarPolymer Bar
SAPI Insert

ESAPI Insert

ESAPI Insert-5% damage
-20% projectile damage
2000/2000HP

Applicable To:
Chestplates
Slot:
Insert


Crafting Table
Bakelite BarPolymer Bar
SAPI Insert
Bakelite BarPolymer Bar
Duct Tape
Weapon Steel Plate
Duct Tape
Bakelite BarPolymer Bar
SAPI Insert
Bakelite BarPolymer Bar
ESAPI Insert

XSAPI Insert

XSAPI Insert-10% damage
-25% projectile damage
2500/25u00HP

Applicable To:
Chestplates
Slot:
Insert


Crafting Table
Asbestos Sheet
ESAPI Insert
Asbestos Sheet
Duct Tape
Saturnite Plate
Duct Tape
Asbestos Sheet
ESAPI Insert
Asbestos Sheet
XSAPI Insert

Heavy Steel Insert

Heavy Steel Insert-5% damage
-25% projectile damage
-5% speed
1000/1000HP

Applicable To:
Chestplates
Slot:
Insert


Crafting Table
Duct Tape
Iron Plate
Duct Tape
Iron Plate
Block of Steel
Iron Plate
Duct Tape
Iron Plate
Duct Tape
Heavy Steel Insert

DU Insert

DU Insert-10% damage
-15% projectile damage
-50% explosion damage
-10% speed
1500/1500HP

Applicable To:
Chestplates
Slot:
Insert

Crafting Table
Duct Tape
Iron Plate
Duct Tape
Iron Plate
Block of Uranium-238
Iron Plate
Duct Tape
Iron Plate
Duct Tape
DU Insert

Polonium Insert

Polonium Insert-10% damage
-5% explosion damage
-10% speed
+100RAD/s
500/500HP

Applicable To:
Chestplates
Slot:
Insert

The reason this insert has comparatively worse stats than the DU Insert, while also being very radioactive, is because it's a joke.

Crafting Table
Duct Tape
Iron Plate
Duct Tape
Iron Plate
Block of Polonium-210
Iron Plate
Duct Tape
Iron Plate
Duct Tape
Polonium Insert

Ghiorsium Insert

Ghiorsium Insert-20% damage
-25% projectile damage
-65% explosion damage
-10% speed
2000/2000HP

Applicable To:
Chestplates
Slot:
Insert


Crafting Table
Duct Tape
Ghiorsium-336 Ingot
Duct Tape
Ghiorsium-336 Ingot
Uranium-238 Ingot
Ghiorsium-336 Ingot
Duct Tape
Ghiorsium-336 Ingot
Duct Tape
Ghiorsium Insert

CMB Insert

CMB InsertCorrosive atmosphere protection -30% damage
-10% projectile damage
-60% explosion damage
9999/9999HP

Applicable To:
Chestplates
Slot:
Insert

This specific insert is exclusive to the space fork of the mod, used to survive the hazardous atmosphere of Eve.

Arc Welder
CMB Insert

Duration: 30.0s
Consumption: 1.0MHE/s
Total: 30.0MHE

Uranium-238 Ingot
CMB Steel Plate
Neon Gas
1,000mB
CMB Insert

Explosive Reactive Armor Insert

Explosive Reactive Armor Insert-50% damage
-75% explosion damage
25/25HP

Applicable To:
Chestplates
Slot:
Insert

This insert is unique compared to the other inserts, in that it provides extremely high resistances against all damage and especially explosive damage, at a relatively early stage in the game (the moment the player crafts an acidizer), but it comes with the downside of having very little durability, requiring constant replacement if the player engages in combat or takes fall damage frequently.

It also triggers a tiny, aesthetic explosion every time damage is taken, which doesnt deal any damage or knockback to the wearer or any other entities.

Crafting Table
Duct Tape
Iron Plate
Duct Tape
Iron Plate
Bar of Semtex
Iron Plate
Duct Tape
Iron Plate
Duct Tape
Explosive Reactive Armor Insert

Yharonite Insert

Yharonite Insert-99% damage
9999/9999HP

Applicable To:
Chestplates
Slot:
Insert

In NTM: Space, the Yharonite Insert protects against the corrosive atmosphere of Eve, just like the CMB Insert.

Crafting Table
Yharonite Billet
DU Insert
Yharonite Billet
DU Insert
Yharonite Billet
DU Insert
Yharonite Billet
DU Insert
Yharonite Billet
Yharonite Insert

Special

Neutrino Lens

Neutrino LensApplicable To:
Helmets
Slot:
Special

Crafting Table
Polymer BarBakelite Bar
Starmetal Ingot
Polymer BarBakelite Bar
Starmetal Ingot
Versatile Circuit Board
Starmetal Ingot
Polymer BarBakelite Bar
Starmetal Ingot
Polymer BarBakelite Bar
Neutrino Lens

Usage

An example of the UI

Neutrino lens is capable of detecting valuable blocks that would otherwise be hidden from the player sight or from a distance. Like an X-Ray, it will highlight special blocks as a block shaped marker at their location through blocks.

The HUD key has to be activated for it to work.

The lens also needs it's frequencie to be linked with a depth-resource scanning module satellite.

It is able to detect the following blocks:

Some of these blocks only have a certain chance to be rendered, that being coltan ore, oil, bedrock oil, australium ore, and schist. This helps prevent them from filling too much of the screen, but also means you might miss a few if their concentration is too low.

Neutrino Lens can help the player detect meteor dungeons, as these will display a large amount of crates.

Lodestone

LodestoneAttracts nearby items Item attraction range: 5

Applicable To:
All
Slot:
Special

This item has a small chance to be added to a player inventory whenever they pull smelted iron from any furnace.

Horseshoe Magnet

Horseshoe MagnetAttracts nearby items Item attraction range: 8

Applicable To:
All
Slot:
Special

Crafting Table
Lodestone
Lodestone
Iron Ingot
Iron Ingot
Iron Ingot
Lodestone
Iron Ingot
Horseshoe Magnet

Industrial Magnet

Industrial MagnetAttracts nearby items Item attraction range: 12

Applicable To:
All
Slot:
Special

Crafting Table
Steel Ingot
Horseshoe Magnet
Steel Ingot
Dense Superconducting Coil
Steel Ingot
Horseshoe Magnet
Steel Ingot
Industrial Magnet

Gas Sensor

Gas SensorBeeps near hazardous gases
Works in the inventory or when applied to armor

Applicable To:
All
Slot:
Special

Because the Gas Sensor works in the inventory, it would be more efficient to not equip it as an armor mod, to make room for other more useful mods that fit in the "Special" slot.

Crafting Table
Gold Plate
Vacuum Tube
Iron Plate
Gas Sensor


Golden Wire Cutter

Golden Wire CutterDefuses nearby creepers

Applicable To:
All
Slot:
Special

When a creeper approaches a player with this armor mod equipped, it will take 1 damage, drop a safety fuse, and lose the ability to explode.

Crafting Table
Gunpowder
Gold Plate
Gunpowder
Gold Plate
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Gold Plate
Gunpowder
Gold Plate
Gunpowder
Golden Wire Cutter