How to unlock padded armor in Valheim?
You will unlock padded armor when you discovered iron and linen thread. Iron armor is the seventh-tier armor in Valheim. To craft padded armor you need to smelt Iron, then you can craft and upgrade the armor set in the forge. You also need a workbench to craft and upgrade the linen cape. There is a debuff with the padded armor set because it is heavy, padded greaves and padded cuirass give each -5% moment speed and a full padded armor set will give you -10% moment speed.
Padded armor will give you the best protection in the game, but you have to remember that you are slow so I will recommend a shield and a good one-hand weapon when you fight against enemies.
You can craft linen thread from flax and then use the spinning wheel. Flax are dropped by Fuling Village in the Plains biome.
A COMPLETE PADDED ARMOR SET WILL BE:
Padded greaves – padded cuirass – padded helmet – linen cape
They all have the same durability, armor and forge level. Padded greaves and padded cuirass have the same crafting cost. The linen cape is a little different from the rest in crafting cost.
Crafting Padded greaves and padded cuirass:
| Quality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Durability | 1000 | 1200 | 1400 | 1600 |
| Armor | 26 | 28 | 30 | 32 |
| Crafting Cost: | 10 Iron 20 Linen thread | 3 Iron | 6 Iron | 9 Iron |
| Forge lvl | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Crafting Padded helmet:
| Crafting Cost: | 10 Iron 15 Linen thread | 5 Iron | 10 Iron | 15 Iron |
| Forge lvl | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Crafting Linen cape:
| Durability | 1500 | 1550 | 1600 | 1650 |
| Armor | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Crafting Cost: | 20 linen thread 1 silver | 4 linen thread | 8 linen thread | 12 linen thread |
| Workbench lvl | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
