DuraMax Armor

Lore: As technology progressed from 2077 into the year 2125 and humanity traveled the stars further, new elements and ores were discovered. Duron ore was discovered to be a durable ore in its own right, but even more so when combined with others to make alloys. Duron alloy combinations allowed for creation of DuraMax armoring to become new armoring standard in 2125.

Notes: I created DuraMax Armor because I wasn't satisfied with current durability for heavy armor and light armor. DuraMax armor should provide roughly 10 times the durability of heavy armor. Although this is my first upload here, I have created several mods before for Space Engineers. Mainly they have been convenience type items. Full era mod was eventually created after this item. Due to a request for more info on stats, I have included a specs section below that should outline the major differences between this armor and the vanilla types.

Specs: DuraMax Plates require 2 Duron to produce in addition to the iron and nickel required by their vanilla counterparts. DuraMax Plates weigh 21 kilos compared to the vanilla steelplates that weigh 20 kilos.
DuraMax Grids require 5 Duron to produce in addition to nickel and iron required by vanilla counterparts. DuraMax Grids weigh 7 kilos compared to vanilla metal grids that weigh 6 kilos. Small Duron requirement is meant to be a balancing factor in addition to a play on "new alloy combinations" mentioned in lore section. additional kilo of weight per component meant as balancing factor. Once welded together armor should provide roughly 10 times the durability of vanilla heavy armor.

Light armor offers 7 times the protection of light armor with slightly reduced weight.

Medium armor offers 7 times the protection of heavy armor.

Heaviest armor offers 11 times protection of heavy vanilla armor

DuraMax armor values balanced around my 2125 Era mod with weapons dealing 15%-25% additional damage vs vanilla variants. Heaviest DuraMax armor can withstand 7 hits from 2125 variant railgun. Heaviest DuraMax can withstand 8 shots from vanilla railgun. For comparison it only takes 1 shot from either railgun type to break a vanilla heavy armor block. Heaviest small grid DuraMax armor can withstand 2 shots from a small grid vanilla railgun or 2 shots from a 2125 railgun.

Duron ore is found in asteroids currently and requires the Era Refinery in order to refine the Duron. 

If folks have questions or concerns please feel free to let me know. If folks can't reach me here, my steam name is the same as it is here.

Current release notes:

8-3-2026 notes in notes area