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'''Body Chest armor''' refers specifically to the armor worn over a character's torso in Diablo III. The term "[[Armor]]" is often used for this item slot, but it's also a generic term for all of the various types of worn equipment in the game, including [[belts]], [[Hands|gloves]], [[Feet|boots]], [[pauldrons (item type)|pauldrons]] (shoulder armor), etcand more.
Chest armor can be found, bought , or crafted by the [[Blacksmith]] , and comes with a wide variety of affixes and have item [[affix]]es that determine their magical propertiesvalues. Chest armor can be of various qualitiesArmor generally provides substantial defense, including magicand most players seek stats such as +vitality, rare, components of item sets, or legendary and can be found with up to three +[[socketmainstat]]s in them, and 1-3 sockets when selecting chest armor.
Chest armor can be crafted by the There are numerous [[Blacksmith]] [[Artisanitem sets]] that include a piece of chest armor and he can also place sockets in them which you can stick [[gem]]s into to add more propertiesthese are among the most popular items for this item slot, both for their individual stats as well as for the set bonuses they generate when equipped with other items from the same set.
{{Clear|left}}* There are no attribute requirements (such as [[strength]] or [[dexterity]]) to equip items in Diablo II3. Clvl and class restrictions seem to be the only requirements, which means all All characters can use all types of items, with only providing they meet the stats level requirement, and other modifiers constraining their choicethe item isn't class-specific.* [[Cloaks]] are a type of chest armor that can only be worn by [[Demon Hunters]].
* Armor in Diablo III is fitted into [[gear sets]]; suits of equipment of the same item level that create a complimentary look when all worn at once.
** There are 18 such gear sets in the game, which seems to mean that there are 18 types of each item of armor. Chest armor at least, as the central piece of each set.
* All armor in the game looks unique for each class. The same boots or gloves or helm on each class will look unique to that class; no piece of [[Barbarian]] armor is identical to, for instance, a piece of [[Witch Doctor]] or [[Demon Hunter]] armor.==Chest Armor Catalogue==
* There are no [[exceptional]] or [[elite]] armor or weapon item types in Diablo III. These were found in Diablo II, where the same equipment graphic was reused for a 2nd and 3rd quality level, which resulted in high level characters wearing a type of leather armor with much higher defense than heavy plate mail.** In Diablo III the 18 types of [[gear set]] mark a progression throughout the entire game, with the highest levels (by item level and quality) only found late in Hell difficulty.** This means that high level characters will likely have some uniformity of appearance, at least in terms of all wearing (or aspiring to wear) what looks to be "heavy" armor. ==Chest Armor Listing== The table below details displays all of the Chest Armor in the current Beta game files. The data below comes straight from the game files, and will update automatically when patches change existing stats or introduce new items.
<item type="list">Chest Armor</item>
==Armor Looks==
A few of the Armor comes in numerous different styles in Diablo 3, with 18 levels for basic armor looks, plus dozens of Armor unique looks found in Diablo III can be seen belowfor legendary and set items.
* See the [[Gear Sets]] page for numerous full armor outfits.
* See [http://diablo.incgamers.com/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=509 the character art gallery] for additional gear set screenshots, as well as dozens of pieces of concept art, a few of which are seen below.
