Shield (PG3D)

Armor is also a pick-up that can be found in Multiplayer or Singleplayer. It adds an armor point, the equivalent of a Heart. These were taken out of the game and replaced as shields because of issues with Mojang.

Obtaining
Armor is the rarest pick-up. You can find only steel armor in Maps, but you can buy full Steel Armor (10 coins),  full Golden Armor (15 coins) and full Diamond Armor (20 coins) in the Shop. It commonly appears more on the ground in Survival.

Use
Armor can be used to increase you maximum life up to 9. Therefore allowing you to survive shots or explosives that could damage you normally wouldn't be able to withstand. Purchasable armor can prove useful in later waves, assuming one scores points often enough to make up for the cost of said armor.

Trivia
- Purchased armor has a different icon, being the color of the image in the shop (ex. Crystal appears blue), though this has no effect on gameplay.

- On iOS, the armor appears as a shield.