Nord Greatshield
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Nord Greatshield is a tower shield with no bench recipe of its own: 
Cast: Nord Greatshield is poured at a level 4 Black Forge from 20 
Bloodgold, 20 
Timberwood and one 
Mould: Nord Greatshield, then hardened into the finished shield at a Frost Foundry, which burns 
Liquid Frost for 50 seconds to do it. It blocks for 158, the highest block power of any shield, bashes for 10 and costs 10% movement speed, double the penalty of the 
Nord Shield. Tower shields do not parry, so the block value is the whole of what it offers, and its backstab bonus drops to 1 against the round shield's 4. It upgrades to quality 3 at 10 bloodgold and 10 timberwood for the first upgrade and double that for the second, reaching 400 durability.
No bench makes this outright. The station recipe below only upgrades it; the piece itself is cast from a mould and hardened at a Frost Foundry.
50 seconds burning Liquid Frost turns the cast into the finished Nord Greatshield. Upgrades then happen at the Black Forge, level 5 and up.
Listed at the Black Forge for upgrades only; the base amounts are what the cast above already cost. Per-level costs are in the table below.
Past quality 3, the Forge of Potential will take it one level further for 1 Bloodgold Protection Idol plus 40 Bloodgold and 40 Timberwood. No other station asks for the idol.
| Material | Quality 2 | Quality 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloodgold | 10 | 20 | 50 |
| Mould: Nord Greatshield | 1 | ||
| Timberwood | 10 | 20 | 50 |
| Station level | Black Forge 5 | Black Forge 6 |
Each quality level adds 6 block and 50 durability. Quality 2 costs the per-level amount and quality 3 twice that.
With devcommands enabled, this drops Nord Greatshield at your feet. The ID is case sensitive; the last number is the amount.
Item ID: ShieldGoldTower · see the spawn command or all console commands and IDs