Padded Armor

Padded Armor is a crafted battle-class armor set. As battle armor it provides equal kinetic and energy protection plus bonus resistance to energy and poison damage-over-time effects — a generalist profile that explains its popularity among players who want one set for most content.

How to acquire

Crafted by armorsmiths from Metal, Scaley Hide, Synthetic Cloth, Reinforced Fiber Panels, and Battle Armor Cores. The full set covers nine slots: boots, chestplate, gloves, helmet, leggings, and matched left/right biceps and bracers. The chestplate and helmet require three- and two-identical Battle Armor Cores respectively, while limb pieces require single cores or none.

Why it matters

Padded is the default “first real armor set” for most players. Its balanced resistances make it usable in nearly any PvE content, and because it is widely craftable rather than gated by quests or dungeons, supply is dependable on every server.

Mitigation profile

Damage type	Resist %
Kinetic	35
Energy	25
Blast	25
Heat	15
Cold	15
Acid	10
Electric	10

Padded’s profile is the entry-tier baseline — passable kinetic and energy coverage with minimal elemental defense. It serves as the quality-of-life jump from no armor at all, then the player typically graduates to Composite Armor (assault) or Ubese Armor (recon) once they can afford the upgrade. Values are the canonical NGE light-tier crafted profile per SWG Fandom + SWGEmu wiki.