Leather Armor
  • Leather Armor
    • Item Level: 3
  • Defense: 14 to 17
  • Durablity: 24 of 24
  • Required Strength: 15
  • Socketed (0 to 2)

A superior Leather Armor can spawn with +5% to +15% Enhanced Defense and/or Increase Maximum Durability 10% to 15%.

Leather Armor Appearances

Leather Armor appearance

Unique and Set Leather Armors

How to upgrade a Leather Armor

Transmute a Low Quality Leather Armor, an El RuneEl Rune, and any Chipped AmethystChipped Gem to create a Normal Quality Leather Armor.

Leather ArmorEl RuneChipped Amethyst
horadric cube interface

How to add sockets to a Leather Armor

You can add sockets to a Leather Armor by giving the item to Larzuk as a quest reward. Larzuk will always add 2 sockets (if the iLevel is high enough), the maximum. You can also add sockets with the following horadric cube recipe. This recipes will not work for low or superior quality items.

Transmute a Leather Armor, a Tal RuneTal Rune, a Thul RuneThul Rune, and a Perfect TopazPerfect Topaz to create a socketed Leather Armor.

Leather ArmorTal RuneThul RunePerfect Topaz
horadric cube interface

This recipes will add between 1 and 2 sockets to the item. The game will roll a 6 sided dice, if it rolls higher than 2, the maximum amount of sockets is chosen.

Amount of sockets for a Leather Armor
RollSocketsOdds
11 socket 1 in 6 (16.67%)
22 socket (max)5 in 6 (83.33%)
32 socket (max)5 in 6 (83.33%)
42 socket (max)5 in 6 (83.33%)
52 socket (max)5 in 6 (83.33%)
62 socket (max)5 in 6 (83.33%)

The maximum amount of sockets an item can roll with depends on the iLevel of the item. The iLevel is equal to the monster level (mLevel) the item dropped from, the mLevel is equal to the area level (aLevel). Champions will have an mLevel of aLevel+2, Uniques and their minions aLevel+3, and Super Uniques will have a predefined mLevel.

possible sockets for a Leather Armor
iLvl 0-25iLvl 26-40iLvl 41 and up
222

Vendors that sell Leather Armors

VendorMin StockMax StockMax Magic Level
Charsi1 Normal / 1 Magic1 Normal / 1 Magic10
Gheed/ 1 Normal / 1 Magic1
Elzix1 Normal / 1 Magic1 Normal / 1 Magic1

Runewords you can make in a Leather Armor

Runeword
Sockets
BasesRunes
Level
Stats
Stealth
(original)
2 SocketsArmor17
+25% Faster Run/Walk+25% Faster Cast Rate+25% Faster Hit Recovery+6 to DexterityRegenerate Mana 15% (Eth Rune)+15 Maximum StaminaPoison Resist +30% (Tal Rune)Magic Damage Reduced by 3
Smoke
(original)
2 SocketsArmor37
+20% Faster Hit Recovery+75% Enhanced Defense+280 Defense vs. Missile (Nef Rune)+10 to Energy (Lum Rune)All Resistances +50-1 to Light RadiusLevel 6 Weaken (18/18 Charges)
Prudence
(1.10)
2 SocketsArmor49
+25% Faster Hit Recovery+140 to 170% Enhanced DefenseAll Resistances +25 to 35Damage Reduced by 3Magic Damage Reduced by 17 (Mal Rune)+2 to Mana after each Kill (Tir Rune)+1 to Light RadiusRepairs 1 durability in 25 seconds

Compared to other Armors

Table of base stats
NameMinacMaxacSpeedReqstrDurabilityLevelMax Sockets
Quilted Armor8110122012
Leather Armor14170152432
Hard Leather Armor21240202852
Studded Leather 32350273282
Ring Mail454853626113
Scale Mail5760104436132
Chain Mail727554845152
Breast Plate656803050183
Splint Mail909555130202
Plate Mail108116106560242
Field Plate10110555548282
Gothic Plate12813557055324
Full Plate Mail150161108070374
Ancient Armor218233510060404
Light Plate9010704160353

Prefixes that can spawn on Armors

All prefixes
NamePropertyAffix LevelLevel ReqItem TypesRarityGroupColor
Godly+101 to 200% Enhanced Defense4538Any ArmorMagic only101
Godly+101 to 200% Enhanced Defense5043Any ArmorMagic and Rare101
Holy+81 to 100% Enhanced Defense3627Any ArmorMagic and Rare101

Suffixes that can spawn on Armors

All suffixes
NamePropertyAffix LevelLevel ReqItem TypesRarityGroupColor
of AnimaDamage Reduced by 8 to 155143ArmorAny ShieldCircletMagic only1
of LifeDamage Reduced by 4 to 74133ArmorAny ShieldCircletMagic and Rare1
of AbsorptionDamage Reduced by 33224ArmorAny ShieldCircletMagic and Rare1