N7 Armor is Commander Shepard's default armor set in Mass Effect 2 and Mass Effect 3. This armor is designed to augment tech, biotic and weapons damage as well as provide additional health and shield strength. However, the N7 Armor is also designed to be modular and can be customized with a variety of chestpieces, gauntlets, pauldrons, helmets and leg pieces can be swapped in or out.

Mass Effect 2 Edit

N7 Armor
Effects:	Increases power damage by 3% Increases weapon damage by 3% Increases health by 3% (8% with helmet) Increases shield strength by 3%
Starting Health:	206
Starting Shields:	258
Availability:	Prologue: Awakening

In Mass Effect 2, the N7 Armor is the first armor set made available to the player. It is obtained in the mission Prologue: Awakening, where the N7 Armor worn by Commander Shepard during Prologue: Save Joker and before Prologue: Awakening is the heavy model of Mass Effect. The armor has undergone some minor aesthetic changes, most notably a new helmet, a new right arm with a supplementary shoulder on the right clavicle, and a grainy aspect compared to the smooth aspect of the previous game. Although the armor is modular, until the player obtains additional armor parts, it can only be customized cosmetically rather than functionally.

Customization Edit

Main article: Armor Customization

The N7 Armor can be customized by swapping out pieces of the set for pieces purchased from merchants, or made available as downloadable content, in the armor locker aboard the Normandy SR-2.

Head Edit

Name	Image	Description	Effects
N7 Helmet		Dual layer of fabric armor and kinetic padding within a lightweight ablative ceramic shell. Comes standard with a suite of communication, navigation, and battlefield awareness software.	Increases health by 5%
N7 Breather Helmet		Dual layer of fabric armor and kinetic padding within a lightweight ablative ceramic shell. Comes standard with a suite of communication, navigation, and battlefield awareness software. Comes hardsealed to protect wearer from hazardous environmental conditions.	Increases health by 5%

Chest Edit

Name	Image	Description	Effects
N7 Chestplate		Interlocking plates of thick, ablative ceramic plates. Designed to be light, effective, and easily repaired.	Increases power damage by 3%

Shoulders Edit

Name	Image	Description	Effects
N7 Shoulder Guards		Curved shell of ablative ceramic over kinetic padding.	Increases weapon damage by 3%

Arms Edit

Name	Image	Description	Effects
N7 Gauntlets		A combination of fabric armor with kinetic padding and plates of ablative ceramic for protection.	Increases health by 3%

Legs Edit

Name	Image	Description	Effects
N7 Greaves		Dual layer of fabric armor and kinetic padding beneath thick plates of ablative ceramic and lined with additional kinetic barriers.	Increases shield strength by 3%

Mass Effect 3 Edit

N7 Armor
Effects:	Increases health by 40% (50% with helmet)
Availability:	Priority: Mars

In Mass Effect 3, the N7 Armor is again the first armor set made available to the player. It is obtained in the mission Priority: Mars. Once more, the new N7 Armor has undergone some minor aesthetic changes, most notably: angled shoulder pieces, a new belt, a new right bracer. Many armor pieces have also regained their metallic or matte finish seen in Mass Effect, compared to the mostly carbon fiber finish of Mass Effect 2. Like its Mass Effect 2 counterpart, the armor is still customizable and possesses different attributes, with all N7 pieces giving a health bonus.

Customization Edit

Main article: Armor Customization (Mass Effect 3)

The N7 Armor can be customized by swapping out pieces of the set for pieces purchased from merchants, found in the battlefield, or made available as downloadable content, in the armor locker aboard the Normandy SR-2.

Head Edit

Name	Image	Description	Effects
N7 Helmet		Dual layer of fabric armor and kinetic padding within a lightweight ablative ceramic shell. Comes standard with a suite of communication, navigation, and battlefield awareness software.	Increases health by 10%
N7 Breather Helmet		Dual layer of fabric armor and kinetic padding within a lightweight ablative ceramic shell. Comes standard with a suite of communication, navigation, and battlefield awareness software. Comes hardsealed to protect wearer from hazardous environmental conditions.	Increases health by 10%

Chest Edit

Name	Image	Description	Effects
N7 Chestplate		Interlocking plates of thick, ablative ceramic plates. Designed to be light, effective, and easily repaired.	Increases health by 10%

Shoulders Edit

Name	Image	Description	Effects
N7 Shoulder Guards		Curved shell of ablative ceramic over kinetic padding.	Increases health by 10%

Arms Edit

Name	Image	Description	Effects
N7 Gauntlets		A combination of fabric armor with kinetic padding and plates of ablative ceramic for protection.	Increases health by 10%

Legs Edit

Name	Image	Description	Effects
N7 Greaves		Dual layer of fabric armor and kinetic padding beneath thick plates of ablative ceramic and lined with additional kinetic barriers.	Increases health by 10%

Trivia Edit

• The Mass Effect 2 and 3 incarnations of Shepard's N7 armor are available as Avatar Outfits in the Xbox Marketplace for US $3.99.
• Playing the Mass Effect 3 demo will unlock a suit of N7 Armor for use in Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning.
• N7 Armor can be purchased as a bonus costume for characters Noel and Serah in Final Fantasy XIII-2. They cost $3 on Playstation Network per character.
• N7 Armor is also available to be unlocked in Dead Space 3. The only requirement to unlock the armor is to have a save file in both games.

	Mass Effect 2 Armor
	Armor Customization • Armor Upgrades
	N7 Armor • Blood Dragon Armor • Cerberus Assault Armor • Collector Armor Inferno Armor • Terminus Assault Armor • Kestrel Armor

	Mass Effect 3 Armor
	Armor Customization
	N7 Armor • Blood Dragon Armor • Cerberus Ajax Armor • Cerberus Armor • Cerberus Nightmare Armor Cerberus Shade Armor • Cerberus Spirit Armor • Collector Armor • Inferno Armor • N7 Defender Armor Reckoner Knight Armor • Terminus Assault Armor