Forgotten Armory: Varangian Style is a Vintage Story mod by AladarCZ and svanax. Forgotten Armory: Varangian Style adds late-game Varangian-inspired iron and steel armor with modular decorations, multiple helmets, chestplates and legplates.
Why this mod is worth installing
This mod suits players who want historically inspired heavy armor with several silhouettes and visual customization options. It is especially useful for late-game warriors building a distinctive Varangian kit.
What Forgotten Armory: Varangian Style adds
The mod introduces two armor families. Guard is the lighter option, with masked and open helmets, a chestplate and leg protection; Captain is heavier and expands the choice with Captain, Myrmidon and Veteran chestplates plus matching legplates.
Armor is discovered through schematics found in ruins or offered by the Treasure Trader. Scrolls must be decoded at the appropriate Forgotten Armory workstation before the recipes become available.
Pieces can be made in several metals and customized with covers, trims, rivets, cloth and animal-themed decorations. These additions are applied to the base armor through the shared Forgotten Armory systems, so one item can take on different appearances.
The equipment is deliberately costly and aimed at established characters with access to advanced materials and workstations. Its modular construction makes it suitable for both practical protection and carefully themed character designs.
Guard Set
The lighter Guard armor set is shown as a complete Varangian outfit.
Captain Set
The Guard line is the lighter Varangian set, with masked and unmasked helmets, one chestplate and one legplate using the modular Forgotten Armory decoration system. The heavier Captain line adds masked and unmasked helmets, Captain legplates, and Captain, Myrmidon and Veteran chestplates.
Guard
A closer view of the Guard armor design and its Varangian details.
Guard
Another presentation of the Guard armor variant.
Guard
The Guard set is shown from another angle for comparison.
Where to download Forgotten Armory: Varangian Style
The official Vintage Story Mod DB page is the right place to get the current release through the in-game mod manager.
Download the Forgotten Armory: Varangian Style mod on mods.vintagestory.at