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Armor is fairly simplistic in Final Fantasy VII Remake - they boost Defense and Magic Defense to varying degrees, and tend to come in four flavors: high Defense/low Magic Defense, high Magic Defense/low Defense, balanced, and low Defense and Magic Defense but with the boon of extra materia sockets. The more materia sockets a piece of armor has, the more materia you can equip, and often it’s a worthy trade-off. Most pieces of armor can be purchased from various merchants or vending machines, with the better stuff naturally only appearing later in the game. The exceptions to this include Bronze Bangles, which are equipped by Cloud and Barret at the start of the game, and the Chain Bangle, which you’ll find in a chest in Chapter 17.

Armor	DEF	MDEF	Sockets
Bronze Bangle	10	10	–
Iron Bangle	16	16
Star Bracelet	3	3
Leather Bracer	26	6
Mesmeric Armlet	6	26
Titanium Bangle	25	25
Caliginous Bracelet	5	5
Studded Bracer	40	10
Mythril Armlet	10	40
Gothic Bangle	33	33
Magician’s Braclet	7	7
Heavy-Duty Bracer	53	13
Sorcerer’s Armlet	13	53
Cog Bangle	39	39
Geometric Bracelet	8	8
Supreme Bracer	62	16
Rune Armlet	16	62
Chain Bangle	50	50
Force Braclet	9	9