Scale Barding Armor is a Blacksmith technology. Cavalry +1 melee/+1 pierce armor.
- Building: Blacksmith
- Age: Feudal Age
- Cost: 150 food
- Research time: 45 seconds
- Available to: 50 of 56 civilizations. Missing for: Aztecs, Incas, Mapuche, Mayans, Muisca, Tupi.
The Feudal Age cavalry armour. Common in scout openings, since each point of armour adds up over many fights.
Figures from the game data for Update 185872 (September 2026), at the time of publishing.