Plate Barding Armor is a Blacksmith technology. Cavalry +1 melee/+2 pierce armor.
- Building: Blacksmith
- Age: Imperial Age
- Cost: 350 food, 200 gold
- Research time: 75 seconds
- Available to: 36 of 56 civilizations (20 do not have it).
The Imperial Age cavalry armour upgrade, with extra pierce armour against archers and towers.
Figures from the game data for Update 185872 (September 2026), at the time of publishing.