The Serpent scale shield is the fourth tower shield. It has the same block armor compared to silver shield but provides pierce resistance when blocking and not being able to parry enemy attacks. It requires less iron to craft compared to iron tower shield while also having more block power, less movement speed reduction and dodge roll cost increase.
The cost to max is 40 fine wood, 10 iron and 20 serpent scales.
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Block armor is equivalent to a silver tier shield, while only requiring iron to craft.
Tower shields are generally weaker than round shields because of parrying. However, the serpent scale shield provides a more reliable way to block high amounts of damage if crafted when iron becomes available.
The pierce resistance stacks with other resistance sources, such as pierce resistance obtained by wearing root harnesk. This makes the Serpent scale shield very useful even in later biomes.
