Ablative Carapace

“	The latest iteration of the Umbra's organic defenses further increases the ability to replenish itself by feeding off damage done to enemies.	”
	— In-Game Description

Stats[ | ]

Ablative Carapace	I	II	III	IV (Elemental)
SPECIFICATIONS
Mass	2,100 t	2,850 t	5,500 t	7,000 t
Ablative Health	4,580	6,230	12,040	12,040
Defense	90%
Ablative Damage Threshold	25	30	35	35
Ablative Recovery	135	155	175	175
Ablative Bonus Recovery	+0	+0	+0	+135
Devour Recovery	10%
Hull XP	7,352 XP	8,445 XP	9,701 XP	11,943 XP
Restricted to	Umbra
Restricted to	Tier 8
BLUEPRINT
Farming Tier	Umbra Onyx Cargo (Faction) Enigma Cargo	Umbra Onyx Cargo (Faction) Enigma Cargo	N/A	N/A
Pieces	8	8	N/A	N/A
Tech Lab Required	XI	XI	N/A	N/A
REUSABLE ITEM
Tech Lab Required	N/A	N/A	XI	XII
CRAFT
Fragments	N/A	N/A	150	N/A
Ablative Carapace	N/A	N/A	N/A	1x Level III
Elements	N/A	N/A	N/A	30
EQUIP
Time	2h 00m	3h 00m	4h 00m	4h 00m
Helium-3	5,400,000	9,000,000	12,600,000	19,200,000
Antimatter	4,200,000	7,200,000	10,200,000	16,200,000

General[ | ]

Ablative Carapace is a enhanced form of Ablative Tungsten Armor that provides increased Ablation. It is restricted to Tier 8 Umbra.

Blight Ablative Carapace provides even more Ablative Recovery when dealing Blight Damage to enemies.

Strategy and Setup[ | ]

Advantages[ | ]

Ablative Carapace is better than its predecessor in almost every way - greater Ablative Health, Ablative Recovery and Devour Recovery - even if Blight weaponry is used.

Moreover, compared to the same level of Ablative Tungsten Armor, Ablative Carapace I-III has superior mass efficiency.

Ablative Carapace has the same XP values as Ablative Tungsten Armor despite being superior to it, allowing your ships to hit lower level player targets.

Disadvantages[ | ]

Blight Ablative Carapace IV has lower health per mass than BL Ablative Tungsten Armor, though its Recovery stats vastly outperform the latter.

Ablative Carapace III and above take up an absurd amount of mass, making them only feasible on highly upgraded ships which have large mass discounts for Ablative Armor.

Trivia[ | ]

The Ablative Carapace is the Tier 8 Ablative Armor defense.

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