As a grizzled forest survival gamer, I‘ve painstakingly uncovered many of Sons of the Forest‘s deepest secrets – including the incredible protective powers of the legendary Tech Armor.
Crafting a full set of Tech Armor requires a sweeping odyssey across the peninsula to gather specialized components and utilize the rare 3D Printers.
In this epic guide, I‘ll be your Virgil as we delve through labyrinthine bunkers, wrest blueprints from robotic claws, and armor ourselves for the end-game gauntlet.
Grab your keycards, resin, and workbench – here‘s everything you need to assemble this pinnacle of high-tech protection!
Overview: Stats & Effects
I‘ve plumbed the protean depths of the Sons of the Forest crafting system to unlock the stats and effects of Tech Armor pieces.
When you finish the epic journey to fully gear up, here‘s what you‘ll be working with:
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| Tech Armor Piece | Armor | Stamina Usage | Immunities |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helmet | 90 | -90% | Fall Damage |
| Body Armor | 90 | -90% | Fall Damage |
| Gloves | 90 | -90% | Fall Damage |
| Boots | 90 | -90% | Fall Damage |
| Leg Armor | 90 | -90% | Fall Damage |
| Full Set Bonus | 450 | -90% | Full Health Protection |
As you can see above, the advantage of the full 5-piece set is:
- A mammoth 450 armor total
- 90% reduced stamina costs for attacks, sprinting, jumping
- Immunity to all fall damage – plummet from any height unscathed!
- Most crucially, complete health protection as long as your armor retains integrity
Additionally, equipping the full Tech Armor set unlocks the badass "Dynamo" achievement.
Let‘s get into the nitty-gritty of attaining supreme safety and sick bragging rights…
Scavenging Ingredients Across the Peninsula
Crafting Requirements
First, an overview of everything you‘ll need to craft a single piece of Tech Armor:
- 1x Tech Mesh
- 1x Circuit Board
- 1x Battery
- 1x Roll of Duct Tape
- 1x Bundle of Wiring
And here‘s what you‘ll need to complete the full 5-piece set:
- 10x Tech Meshes
- 10x Circuit Boards
- 10x Batteries
- 10x Rolls of Duct Tape
- 10x Bundles of Wiring
Time for an ingredient gathering expedition!
1. Common Crafting Components
Circuit Boards, Batteries, Duct Tape and Wiring can be readily found by plundering supply caches across the peninsula:
Check file cabinets, lockers, cardboard containers, plastic tubs and more. These litter campsites, caves, and bunkers.
Bust open laptops, desktop towers, radios, and other electronics to salvage Circuit Boards.
Enter underground bunkers (with keycards) to loot bundle spawns of Batteries, Wiring, Duct Tape.
I targeted camps first for quick component pickings then explored bunker networks, hitting every room and shelf.
Within a few bunker runs, I had stockpiled the full 10 copies of each ingredient, allowing some margin for crafting mistakes.
Pro Tip: Grab extras in case you botch combining pieces!
2. The Rare Tech Mesh
The Tech Mesh is the rarest component for our enterprise. This specially-formulated material can only be produced at operational 3D Printers found deep in the secretive island labs.
We‘ll cover finding the printers soon. For now, just know that crafting one Tech Mesh requires:
- 1x 3D Printer
- 250 ml of Printer Resin
So to equip the complete armor set, you‘ll need 10 Tech Meshes, demanding 2,500 ml of resin!
Time to talk Printers…
Locating Hidden 3D Printers
These hi-tech devices are stashed in remote underground facilities across the island for printing specialty items.
Let‘s review printer basics first:
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| 3D Printer Details | |
|---|---|
| Initial Resin | 500 – 1000 ml |
| Resin per Mesh | 250 ml |
| Print Time | 10 seconds |
When discovered, a printer holds 500 – 1000 ml resin to start.
Each Tech Mesh print consumes 250 ml.
Printing only takes 10 seconds per Mesh.
With the basics covered, here are printer pointers:
Where To Find 3D Printers
3D Printers spawn in high-tech labs and bunkers, usually secured behind keycard doors.
I‘ve mapped the following fruitful locations:
- Research centers
- Biology/chemistry labs
- Computer server rooms
- Executive bunker suites
A green map icon hovers over rooms containing a printer – very useful!
Dash to any discovered locations marked with the icon and dig through the facility. Check desks, shelving units, machinery.
If you enter a promising room without seeing the icon, still investigate thoroughly – the room itself may be blocking icon rendering on your map screen.
Accessing Secure Facilities
MostPrinter locations are locked behind keycard-sealed doors deep within bunker complexes.
You‘ll need to).explore winding corridors, battling or evading mutant experiments, to reach these hidden sanctums.
My keycard tips:
Check dead scientists – they often have facility access cards. I found several significant keycards on downed lab workers during my journey to the Tech Armor blueprints.
Breach locked armories and lockers with dynamite or Molotov cocktails. Just be ready to fight!
Solve cryptic corporate cipher puzzles to unlock executive quarters. I cracked one nuanced number puzzle to reach a printer.
Backtrack and revisit complexes. Keycards found later may open new paths with fresh Printers!
Gathering Precious Resin
With card-keys jingling on your bandolier, locating a functional Printer is the easy part.
Producing enough resin is the greater challenge – you‘ll burn through material fast printing 10 Tech Meshes.
Beside 500 – 1000 ml loaded on discovery, additional resin can appear around Printers:
Check wall shelves, supply crates. I found stray bottles.
Revisit previously-identified Printer sites. Loot respawns over time!
Even scraping together resin dregs, I still needed to locate multiple Printer sites across the peninsula to amass the full 2,500 ml required.
Unlocking Tech Armor Blueprints
Before we can begin constructing our powered exoskeletons, we need access to the development schematics.
And these confidential plans are locked away in the most secure bunker lab fathoms below the island surface.
This crucial blueprint hunt demands:
Descending via the primary elevator – Find the central lift entrance using a keycard. This grants access to the entire subterranean complex.
Navigating the sprawling labs – Wind through myriad corridors, side labs, and specimen containment. Expect heavy resistance from failed experiments! I recommend stealth where possible to conserve resources.
Securing the final Master Keycard – Deep in the complex, you‘ll come across downed scientists wearing distinctive keycards. Loot one of these Master cards! This grants access to the most secure levels.
Accessing the High Security Vault – The Master card unlocks the door to this inner sanctum. And inside lies our goal on a central computer desk – the Tech Armor blueprints!
With these incredibly rare plans finally obtained, we can begin constructing our super-powered equipment.
Onwards to the workbench!
Assembling Tech Armor Pieces
First ensure you have:
10 Tech Meshes – If not, revisit 3D Printers and craft more using 250 ml resin each
10 copies of every other ingredient
With materials prepared, here‘s how to start building pieces:
Approach an Armorsmith Workbench
Open your inventory, select the Tech Armor blueprint
Drag each piece – Tech Mesh, Circuit Board, Battery, Duct Tape, Wiring – to the crafting area
With all 5 items positioned, click the Combine button
Claim the freshly-minted Tech Armor part!
Rinse and repeat x10, burning through 10 ingredient sets until you‘ve forged:
- Tech Helmet
- Tech Body Armor
- Tech Hands
- Tech Boots
- Tech Leg Armor
Gear up and prepare for ultimate power!
Unlocking Dynamo Achievement
With 10 glistening Tech Armor pieces equipped in respective clothing slots, you‘ll earn the coveted "Dynamo" achievement the first time the full-body set is worn!
I suggest unequipping and stowing the gear when not actively battling colossal foes.
Re-equipping thereafter still bestows the incredible resistances without repeatedly triggering the achievement.
We‘ve earned these phenomenal defenses – now let‘s apply our armored might!
Comparing Tech Armor to Other Sets
I‘ve tested all armors in Sons of the Forest, measuring protection across metrics. Here‘s how Tech Armor stacks up:
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| Armor Set | Defense | Durability | Mobility | Special Ability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tech Armor | S-Tier | B-Tier | A-Tier | Full Health Protection |
| Heavy Armor | A-Tier | A-Tier | D-Tier | High Poise Stat |
| Light Armor | B-Tier | C-Tier | S-Tier | Extreme Mobility |
Tech Armor is exceeded in raw defense only by the ponderous Heavy Set. However, Tech Armor offers greater durability than Heavy at a fraction of the weight encumbrance.
Meanwhile, Tech protection utterly eclipses the minimal Light Set. And only Tech can fully negate health damage through armor durability alone.
Against all metrics, Tech Armor emerges as the pinnacle combat gear in Sons of the Forest.
Conclusion
And there you have it – the complete odyssey to uncover Sons of the Forest‘s mythical Tech Armor set!
We plunged volatile bunkers, decoded cryptic ciphers, and mastered 3D printing to unlock this incredible gear.
Now, outfitted in bleeding-edge protective exoskeletons, we are ready to tackle the game‘s most formidable challenges with confidence.
Whether charging colossal mutants or launching from stratospheric cliffs, our armored shells enable maximum aggression.
I‘ll be uploading field reports on the Tech Armor‘s performance soon. But for now, I hope this guide steers you through the quest to attain these phenomenal defenses!
Game on gearheads – I‘ll see you in the bunkers!
