Spartan Shields Material Tiers

Shields are made across a wide range of materials. Higher tiers give more durability and better blocking, and the mod also supports metals added by other mods so your shields can match a modded playthrough.

Vanilla-based tiers (low to high):

• Wood - the Crude Wooden Shield, the starting point and the base for nearly every other shield.
• Stone - a cheap early upgrade over wood.
• Copper - an early-mid tier metal shield.
• Iron - a reliable mid-game shield with solid durability.
• Gold - a decorative gilded tier; some gold-based shields carry special effects.
• Diamond - a high-tier shield with strong durability and blocking.
• Netherite - the strengthened top tier of the vanilla-material shields.
• Obsidian - the Bulky Obsidian Shield, with enormous durability and blocking power, at the cost of slowing you down while it is equipped.

Modded-material tiers: if you play with tech or magic mods, the mod adds shields for common modded metals and alloys such as bronze, steel, silver, lead, and other materials, so your shield can match those tiers too. Modded shields only appear when the mods that add their materials are installed.