Crafted metal armor appearances got a facelift with GU38, so if you are a returning player, and things look a bit different than you remembered, don't be surprised.

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As always, many thanks go out to Kaisha Triol of Permafrost for providing us with these lovely images.

Fact sheets have been created for all plate armor sets that include stat and recipe information as well as larger versions of the below images. (Click on an image below to access the related fact sheet

Tier 1 Common/Rare	Tin Vanguard (common)	Bronze Vanguard (rare)
Tier 2 Common/Rare	Iron Vanguard (common)	Blackened Iron Vanguard (rare)
Tier 3 Common	Carbonite Vanguard	Carbonite Plate	Carbonite Devout
Tier 3 Rare	Steel Vanguard	Steel Plate	Steel Devout
Tier 4 Common	Feyiron Vanguard	Feyiron Plate	Feyiron Devout
Tier 4 Rare	Feysteel Vanguard	Feysteel Plate	Feysteel Devout
Tier 5 Common	Fulginate Vanguard	Fulginate Plate	Fulginate Devout
Tier 5 Rare	Ebon Vanguard	Ebon Plate	Ebon Devout
Tier 6 Common	Indium Vanguard	Indium Plate	Indium Devout
Tier 6 Rare	Cobalt Vanguard	Cobalt Plate	Cobalt Devout
Tier 7 Common	Adamantine Vanguard	Adamantine Plate	Adamantine Devout
Tier 7 Rare	Xegonite Vanguard	Xegonite Plate	Xegonite Devout

Tier 8

Tier 8 adds another plate set to the mix in the form of Righteous armor.

Ferrite Plate (Common)	Ferrite Vanguard (Common)
Ferrite Devout (Common)	Ferrite Righteous (Common)
Incarnadine Plate (Rare)	Incarnadine Vanguard (Rare)
Incarnadine Devout (Rare)	Incarnadine Righteous (Rare)

GU43 saw the addition of a level 77 plate armor set, with recipes available to armorers with the appropriate Bathezid's Watch faction (30K for the entire set). All pieces other than the breastplate require an incarnadine cluster. The breastplate requires a chromatic essence.

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