Half Plate

A Half Plate is a safe and sturdy armor that also allows freedom of movement.

In Castlevania: Curse of Darkness, it is created by adding Carbon Steel to a Brigandine, raising its Defense from 16 to 24 and surpassing the defense of Chain Mail (+20). The Half Plate can be used to create several other items. Combining it with another Eastern Armor creates a Barbarian Armor, which raises its defense by 4 and adds a Constitution boost of +5. Adding Chain Mail and White Steel instead creates Banded Armor, which raises its defense by 6, but has no CON boost. It can also be evolved as a joke to Alucart Mail by adding Midas Gold, which is worthless and only offers +1 Defense.