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Armor anim

The standard armor (known as security armor in the manuals) is an item that appears in the Doom games as a bright green military vest, similar to the one worn by the player sprite. When collected, it increases the player's armor percentage to 100. It cannot be collected if the player already has at least 100 percent armor. When an armor is obtained, the game displays the message: "Picked up the armor.", an unusual format compared to the rest of the non-weapon pickups.

The armor will absorb one-third (⅓) of all damage received, rounded down, until it is fully depleted.

This item is not counted in the items percentage displayed at the end of each level.

Armor data
Thing type 2018 (decimal), 7E2 (hex)
Appears in Shareware Doom
Registered Doom
Ultimate Doom
Doom II/Final Doom
Radius 20
Sprite ARM1
Class Item
Pickup

Appearance statistics[]

The IWADs contain the following numbers of armors per skill level:

Game 1-2 3 4-5
Doom 40 39 38
The Ultimate Doom 46 45 43
Doom II: Hell on Earth 27 27 28
TNT: Evilution 44 46 47
The Plutonia Experiment 18 18 17

Doom RPG[]

In Doom RPG, the armor is called a flak jacket. It increases the player's armor rating by 25 units.

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