Hives Expanded Standalone Armor + Blueprints
DOES NOT REQUIRE HIVES EXPANDED
Adds all the beautiful armor from Hives Expanded, without all the other things that mod adds (no praetorians, world state changes, etc). Makes all of it craftable, distributes it to some of the western/southern hive NPC’s, and rebalanced the armor to be more in line with vanilla.
Adds some moderate buffs to some of the hive factions (soldier’s have squad leaders that are better equipped, stronger Royal Guard, etc).
A handful of armor pieces can be found as artifacts for people who don’t want to base build/craft.
Buy hiver notebooks from the Western Hive and their caravans to build your own hiver armors. This research unlocks all the standard hiver armor.
Western/Southern variants have blueprints with their respective factions, with their own looks and slightly altered stats (Not a straight upgrade, just different. Western = More defensive focus, Southern = More aggressive focus). The standard Hive Armor research is also required.
Western Hive blueprints found occasionally for sale in their shops.
Souther Hive blueprints drop in their Armoury.
Black Carapace variants are a bit stronger than all the rest, so their blueprints are very rarely sold at the best armor/blueprint vendors across the world.
Recomend using alongside "Head Protection for Hive Soldiers and Skeletons", as I included head armor for some west/south soldier NPC’s, but it isn’t necessary (they just wont equip it).
NOTE: I’d recommend avoiding using Hive Soldier Armor on the same character as a helmet, as the soldier armor includes a helmet without using the head slot. I can’t make it disable the head slot, so if you add a helmet it’ll look weird and be overpowered.
I personally use alongside "Hive Soldiers Expanded", but it isn’t required.
Fogmen use all their armor/weapons from the original mod without changes. I didn’t add crafting for these, but I might eventually.
