Armor - Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance

Welcome to our Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance armor section! Here you can find key information on armor modifiers and acquiring armor.

Armor can possess any of the following modifiers, each of which affect its price, weight, or armor class:

Worn: Decreases armor class and reduces price value of item by 1/2.
Elven: Decreases weight by 1/2 and increases price value of item.
Jeweled: Doubles price value of item.
+(x): Adds (x) amount to the armor class of the armor, which can be anywhere from 1-5. Also greatly increases price value of item.

Refer to the following table to determine where each armor type can be acquired:

Location	Possible Armor
Tavern Cellars	Padded
The Sewers	Padded, Leather, or Studded
Crypts of Ilmater	Padded, Leather, or Studded
The Thieves’ Guild	Padded, Leather, Studded, or Scale
Wind’s Walk	Padded, Leather, Studded, or Scale
Mount Burning Eye	Padded, Leather, Studded, or Scale
The Dwarven Mines and Drow Underworld	Padded, Leather, Studded, Scale, or Chain
The Dark Wood and Ice Caves	Padded, Leather, Studded, Scale, or Chain
Sunken Chapel and Adderspine	Padded, Leather, Studded, Scale, or Chain
The Marsh and Chelimber’s Keep	Padded, Leather, Studded, Scale, Chain, Half Plate, or Full Plate
The Rotten Bog and Sunken Temple	Padded, Leather, Studded, Scale, Chain, Half Plate, or Full Plate
The Onyx Tower	Padded, Leather, Studded, Scale, Chain, Half Plate, or Full Plate
The Gauntlet	Padded, Leather, Studded, or Scale

In addition to random drops, you can also purchase armor from the following three shopkeepers:

Bartley: (Act I) Padded, Leather, Studded, and Scale
Branoch: (Act II) Padded, Leather, Studded, Scale, and Chain
Sleyvas: (Act III) Scale, Chain, Half Plate, and Full Plate

Note: All three shopkeepers sell just about any type of armor if you’re playing in Extreme difficulty mode.