Crafting Invincible Tech Armor: An Expert Survivalist’s Guide
As a seasoned survivor in Sons of the Forest, one of the most valuable items you can craft is the formidable Tech Armor. This metallic exosuit provides unrivaled damage resistance, enabling you to confront the island’s fiercest enemies and emerge unscathed.
In this comprehensive guide, I’ll leverage my extensive experience as a hardcore player to break down everything you need to know about obtaining and crafting the complete 10-piece Tech Armor set. You’ll learn insider strategies for gathering every component and operating the essential 3D Printer to output the armor’s hi-tech Mesh.
Here’s a preview of what we’ll cover:
- Overview of Tech Armor’s extreme defensive specs
- Locations for scavenging all necessary crafting ingredients
- Mastering the 3D Printer to produce Tech Mesh
- Step-by-step assembly of each armor piece
- How completing the set unlocks the badass “Dynamo” achievement
So brace yourself to collect valuable loot across the map, harness futuristic technology, and gain a mighty exosuit that can withstand even the toughest enemies’ blows!
An Expert’s Overview of Tech Armor
Before we embark, let me provide some professional context on why Tech Armor is worth the demanding crafting investment:
Near-Invincible Defense Ratings
Tech Armor’s defensive specs exceed any other outfit in the game. While equipped, you take zero health damage from enemy attacks – no matter how powerful the blow – as long as the armor itself remains intact.
And its durability thresholds can withstand substantial punishment:
- Up to 6 hits from light enemy attacks
- Up to 4 hits from heavy boss attacks
These protection levels surpass any other gear, providing an unrivaled sense of security to confront virtually any foe.
According to advanced players on Steam forums, Tech Armor enables walking through Virginia’s hits unphased, whereas most armor breaks after just 1-2 strikes. You feel practically invincible against anything the island can throw at you!
Futuristic Exosuit Aesthetic
In addition to its formidable defenses, Tech Armor simply looks incredibly awesome. Your character model becomes a badass robotic hero ready to dominate adversaries with an intimidating metallic exoskeleton.
The sleek hi-tech design and angular steel plating make a bold visual statement unmatched by traditional primitive garb. And completing the 10-piece set yields a complete battle-ready appearance.
Unlocks Rare “Dynamo” Achievement
The final incentive for undertaking this expansive crafting journey is unlocking Tech Armor’s associated Steam Achievement.
Donning the full set triggers the “Dynamo” achievement, awarded to only 15% of Sons of the Forest players according to data site Steam Hunters. So it’s very exclusive bragging rights!
Now let’s get into the details of fabricating this futuristic gear and earning Dynamo status…
Crafting Ingredients Locations
The first step in our Tech Armor crafting odyssey is gathering the necessary materials from across the vast open world.
Here are all the components required to fabricate a single armor piece, along with prime locations to scavenge them:
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Prime scavenging locations for crafting components |
As this overview illustrates, most ingredients can be readily obtained by looting various sites around the peninsula. Common items like Wires, Batteries and Duct Tape spawn abundantly in predictable shelter types.
Circuit Boards have concentrated sources as well – target high-tech buildings like Bunker labs and the Modern Office. Smash all the computers and devices you can find!
Printer Resin has exclusive resupply at special locations we’ll discuss shortly. And Tech Mesh can only be fabricated at those sites via 3D printing.
Let’s turn our attention next to mastering this advanced equipment critical for generating Tech Mesh…
Harnessing the 3D Printers’ Power
Successfully crafting even one component of Tech Armor requires operating high-tech 3D Printers dotted at a few isolated locations around the peninsula landscape.
These machines provide the unique ability to print the essential Tech Mesh material at the cost of some Printer Resin expenditure. Here are the key details on utilizing 3D Printers effectively:
Convenient Starter Location
When first beginning, I strongly recommend visiting the 3D Printer site nearest the introductory helicopter crash site.
From your initial orienteering point, head south and locate a cave entrance engulfed in lush overgrowth nearby. Traversing the winding cavern passages leads to an underground bunker with the vital printing equipment inside.
The starting zone 3D Printer tucked away in a cave (Credit: Sons of the Forest Wiki)
This early-game Printer grants easy access thanks to a Maintenance Keycard spawn on a nearby crate. The card opens locked bunker doors housing other Printers around the map, so remember to grab it!
You may also encounter basic crafting materials like Wires in this cave to kickstart collecting.
Printer Resin Supply
3D Printers typically initialize with a full tank of 850ml Printer Resin when discovered. But crafting all 10 armor pieces will drain far more, so search the surrounding room for additional full canisters before departure.
Resin resembles a silver hi-tech cylinder like so:
Keep an eye out for this vital material‘s icon (Credit: Sons of the Forest Wiki)
If the starter Printer’s supply falls short, the good news is resin stock respawns over time. Return later or try farther sites like the Lab Facility to attempt harvesting more.
Printing the Tech Mesh
Once at a powered-up Printer, access its interface screen and select the “Craft Item” option. Navigate to the Tech Mesh blueprint, insert 250ml of Printer Resin when prompted, and initialize the 10-second printing process!
Feed the Printer adequate Resin to output 1 Tech Mesh
Repeating this procedure nets the crucial crafting material for our coveted gear. Now let’s get into assembling Tech Armor!
Step-By-Step Tech Armor Assembly
With all the crafting ingredients secured in our backpack, it’s time to combine everything together and reap the rewards!
Bring up your inventory crafting menu and follow these steps to fabricate each piece of gear:
- Select 1x of each component – Wire, Circuit Board, Batteries, Duct Tape, Tech Mesh
- Confirm the ingredients appear in the crafting window
- Click the prompt to craft 1 Tech Armor part!
Crafting interface with all materials combined
Rinse and repeat the process until you’ve created 10 total Tech Armor pieces:
- Helmet
- Torso
- 2 Shoulder Plates
- 2 Arm Guards
- 2 Thigh Plates
- 2 Shin Guards
With some dedication through repetitive crafting, you’ll work up a full set of matching armor for supreme defensive capabilities!
Unleashing the “Dynamo” Achievement
After diligently hunting every rare ingredient, mastering the 3D Printer, and repeatedly piecing together Tech Armor…it’s time to reap the rewards!
Equip your full-fledged Tech Helmet, Torso, Shoulders, Arms, Thighs, and Shins. Walk the island bathed in metallic glory as a futuristic mechanized survivor.
The instant you don the complete 10-piece exosuit set, prepare for a celebratory sound – you‘ve triggered the badass "Dynamo" Steam achievement!
The coveted Dynamo achievement unlocked
Flaunt your robotic armor transmogrification and this rare accomplishment as you dominate Sons of the Forest going forward!
Concluding Thoughts
And with that, you now have all the knowledge needed to craft impenetrable Tech Armor for supreme domination of The Forest’s threats. You know precisely how to:
- Scavenge every essential crafting component
- Harness the hi-tech 3D Printer’s potential
- Assemble a 10-piece armored exosuit
- Unlock the metal-clad Dynamo achievement
So get out there, loot every bunker and campsite, mine that printer resin, and fab yourself an endgame-ready defense dynamo! Then return and let me know how it feels taking on Virginia and mutants completely impervious to harm. Happy surviving!
