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Ancient Armor

Ancient Armor

Body Armor

Type
Body Armor
Defense
218–233
Required strength
100
Superior defense (+5–15%)
228–267
Durability
60
Max sockets
4
Item level (qlvl)
40

Normal, exceptional and elite

NormalAncient ArmorExceptionalOrnate PlateEliteSacred Armor
Defense218–233417–450487–600
Required strength100170232
Required dexterity———
Required level—2566
Durability606060
Max sockets444
Item level (qlvl)406485

The Horadric Cube upgrades unique, set and rare armor one tier, keeping their stats (the requirements become the new tier's). White, socketed and magic items can't be upgraded.

Normal → Exceptional

Exceptional → Elite

All armor upgrade recipes on the Cube Recipes page

Best places to find

The Cow KingSuper unique · The Secret Cow Level1 in 107per kill
MephistoBoss · Durance of Hate Level 31 in 169per kill
DiabloBoss · The Chaos Sanctuary1 in 178per kill
GriswoldSuper unique · Tristram1 in 178per kill
The SmithSuper unique · Barracks1 in 178per kill

Hell, /players 1, no Magic Find. Every source, with your players, Magic Find and Terror Zones, in the Drop Calculator.

Runewords for Ancient Armor

Runewords that fit this base type, up to its 4 sockets. A runeword needs exactly as many sockets as it has runes.

Uniques and sets on Ancient Armor