Key insights
- For resource reasons, stick with one main armor set in 7DTD.
- Some sets specialize in efficient resource gathering.
- Each armor set offers unique bonuses and equipment upgrades.
There are many armor sets in 7 Days To Die, giving you many options for how you want to deal with the zombie apocalypse. In addition to belonging to one of three main weight classes that grant different armor values, each piece of armor also grants a special bonus ability. Each armor set also has a unique bonus if you only equip parts of that set.
Although they all have their optimal use cases, the fact is that resources are time consuming and sometimes difficult to obtain. Therefore, it is better to choose one main outfit and stick to it. If you want to know which duds are the best in the wasteland, here are the best armor sets in 7 Days To Die.
10 Collect outfits
Lumberjack, scavenger, farmer, miner
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Light (Lumberjack) |
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Medium (Farmer, Scavenger) |
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Heavy (miner) |
An important exception to the idea of sticking with one outfit are the outfits made specifically for resource gathering. These armor sets are great for collecting the associated resources, but offer only small combat bonuses.
Generally, they give a combination of stats that allow you to harvest longer, conserve your harvesting equipment, harvest faster, give you more inventory, and increase your yield. Aside from the Scavenger set, to get the most out of this type of gear, simply keep the entire set in a crate near the appropriate resources, switch into it when it's time to harvest, and switch again back when you're done.
9 Assassin
If you're looking to incorporate a little Assassin's Creed into your survival crafting experience, there's nothing better than the Assassin outfit. This armor set makes stealth more effective and sneak attacks deadlier. As a medium armor set, this outfit has decent armor.
Combined with the gloves' increase in attack speed with agility weapons (knives, bows and handguns), this set is no problem even in loud fights. Atypical for medium armor, this set produces no additional noise and in fact the boots have a negative noise modifier.
8 Sporty
Rule number one: cardio. Sometimes it's not the strongest or toughest who survives the zombiecalypse, but rather the one who can hold out the longest. This spirit is embodied by the Athletic set, which offers bonuses to health and stamina, the latter of which allows you to fight (or run) for longer.
The boots also provide a nice bonus to sprint speed, allowing you to cover more miles with your extra stamina. The hat offers a nice cost reduction for food, drinks and medicine. The first two last much longer as the complete set saves on food and water consumption while regenerating health and stamina.
7 Enforcer
This set gives you the look of Agent 47, although in it you don't so much stage Rube Golberg-ian zombie deaths as shoot them with high-powered pistols. The Enforcer set has an interesting array of buffs that are generally useful, if not entirely coherent, allowing you to trade better, use fuel more efficiently, and sprint faster.
The outfit increases your resistance to injuries such as broken limbs, concussions and bleeding cuts. Although useful in an emergency, you shouldn't test it too much as it is a light armor set. The full set bonus is nice, giving the .44 Magnum and the Desert Vulture – the latter being the most powerful pistol in the game – great damage and reload speed.
6 ranger
This outfit is the epitome of mid, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. Since it is medium armor, it offers good, but not fantastic, protection. The gloves increase the damage of revolvers and lever-action rifles, which are mid-tier weapons, while the full set increases their reload speed. His other buffs give the outfit a jack-of-all-trades feel; Increase your health, stamina and trading ability.
Good but not great, this set will allow you to easily survive the zombie wastelands. However, it's not middle-of-the-road in one important way: it's the best-looking fit overall. It has a feel somewhere between Apocalypse Cowboy and Fallout 4's Minutemen, transforming you into a fashionable frontier justice dispenser.
5 Bikers
This armor set fulfills the fantasy of the hard-fighting, badass biker. If you want to immerse yourself in close-quarters combat while maintaining a certain level of mobility, no set is better than this one.
In addition to being medium armor, this set also increases your survivability by giving you increased health and increased resistance to stun, an ailment that can be fatal if it hits you at the wrong moment. The rest of the outfit increases your melee abilities by increasing your melee damage and reducing the stamina consumption of weapon swings.
The Complete Set Bonus further increases your armor and reduces fuel consumption on minibikes and motorcycles, allowing you to keep your pig on the road even longer.
4 command
The Commando set gives you a nice mix of survivability and offensive power, with the gloves alone being worth it for their impressive reinforcement for all ranged weapons. The rest of the set focuses on keeping you alive and moving fast enough to gain distance from the brain eaters so you can shoot again.
You gain stun resistance and faster recovery from critical injuries, as well as an increase in your sprint speed. The full set allows for faster item recovery, allowing you to easily recover on the go and ensuring that as long as you don't get cornered (and have health items), you'll make it out alive.
3 Raiders
The Raider Set transforms you into a block of deadly, head-trauma-inducing metal, stumbling around in heavy armor as you swing your weapon, turning the undead into death. Like other heavy armor, this set gives you a lot of armor, which mitigates a lot of damage. The gloves also give you a nice bonus to melee weapon damage.
The helmet is also notable because the legendary version makes you completely immune to stuns, ensuring you can continue swinging for as long as your health and stamina last. The outfit will help you recover from injuries faster, while the full set will reduce your chance of getting them.
2 preacher
In this outfit you'll be ready to kick ass for the Lord. This is perhaps the best weight to value ratio in the entire game. As light armor, this set inflicts no penalty on movement or stealth, but in addition to the modest armor rating that light armor provides, the outfit piece reduces a percentage of the damage you take from zombies.
This set also includes the best gloves in the entire game, bar none. This is arguably the best piece of armor in the entire game, as the full level 6 version increases your overall damage by 60 percent. This is for all Damage, not limited to a specific weapon class like other sets. The set bonus is also pretty nice, especially early on, as it gives you resistance to injury and a reduced risk of infection, making you completely immune at legendary quality.
1 Nerd
It hurts to say it, but the Nerd Gear is the best set when it comes to character development and one of the better ones when it comes to surviving the zombie apocalypse.
The bonus XP gain from the headgear is nice, but far more impressive is the outfit, which offers the chance to gain additional skill levels through magazines, a powerful growth ability unmatched by any other outfit in the game. His other abilities are very useful, providing a safer fall, stronger turrets, and the entire set slows equipment degradation.
Then why should you avoid this set? Quite simply, the outfit is hideous. It's a mix of apocalypse anti-chic and '80s nerd that's as ugly as the fit is useful. It's the epitome of a hot outfit. So if you don't mind looking like the biggest idiot in the wasteland, then maybe these idiots might be worth it.
