Updated 17 Sep 2026
Uniques/Armor/Tortoiseshell Patience

Tortoiseshell Patience is a piece of Demon Unique armor with no boss attached: any drop at Threat 21 or higher can turn out to be it, and at that Threat 0.6% of what falls comes up Unique. It is built on Exalted Tortoiseshell Mail — step 6 of the Tortoiseshell Mail line, item level 80 and up.

It always rolls the same numbers: +96 Armor, +28 Ward, +120 Armor, +40 Ward, +218 Armor, +54% Healing Received and +491 Maximum Health.

On top of that it carries Tortoiseshell Patience — +30 Healing Received; +15% Armor.

It is Adventure Mode loot.

“It outlived three owners by waiting.”

Item text

as it reads in game
+96 Armorbase
+28 Wardbase
+120 Armor
+40 Ward
+218 ArmorT10 · 218–302
+54% Healing ReceivedT10 · 54–62
+491 Maximum HealthT10 · 491–696
Tortoiseshell Patience — +30 Healing Received; +15% Armor.

The numbers it locks in

the same on every copy
AffixTierValueNormal range
Armor suffixT10+218218–302
Healing Received suffixT10+54%54–62
Maximum Health suffixT10+491491–696

The part the stats don't show

what makes it worth hunting
Tortoiseshell Patience
+30 Healing Received; +15% Armor.
2 effects: stat, stat

Plays with

what to build around it

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