Armor bonus

From Doom Wiki

An armor bonus (or spiritual armor according to the manuals) is a powerup that appears as a bronze-gray helmet with a green glow emanating from within. Picking one up increases the player's armor percentage by one percent up to a maximum of 200 percent (or, in versions of Doom prior to 1.2, a much larger value).

Green armor and blue megaarmor provide different levels of protection (one third and one half of damage, respectively, are absorbed per hit); armor bonuses do not change the type of protection currently in effect. If a player that has no armor picks up one or more armor bonuses, they grant one third protection, as the standard armor.

This item is counted in the items percentage displayed at the end of each level.

Armor bonus data
Thing type	2015 (decimal), 7DF (hex)
Appears in	Shareware Doom Registered Doom Ultimate Doom Doom II/Final Doom
Radius	20
Sprite	BON2
Class	Artifact Pickup

[edit] Appearance statistics

The IWADs contain the following numbers of armor bonuses per skill level:

Game	1-2	3	4-5
Doom	385	385	395
The Ultimate Doom	432	436	446
Doom II: Hell on Earth	404	410	407
TNT: Evilution	308	298	302
The Plutonia Experiment	93	93	93

[edit] Trivia

• In a beta of Doom, Skullchests served as a armor bonus - when the player picked them up, his armor went up 1%.
• In Doom RPG, the armor bonus is called an armor shard. It increases the player's armor rating by 4 units.

[edit] See also

Items from Doom and Doom II
Health	Health bonus • Stimpack • Medikit • Supercharge
Armor	Armor bonus • Armor • Megaarmor
Powerups	Backpack • Berserk • Computer area map • Invulnerability • Light amplification visor • Megasphere • Partial invisibility • Radiation shielding suit
Keys	Keycard • Skull key
Weapons	Fist • Chainsaw • Pistol • Shotgun • Super shotgun • Chaingun • Rocket launcher • Plasma gun • BFG9000
Ammo	Clip • 4 shotgun shells • Rocket • Energy cell • Box of bullets • Box of shells • Box of rockets • Energy cell pack