Best equipment for Survival

Ranked by the sum of the stats that matter for a survival build: Armor Increase, Increased Max Health, Dodge Chance, Life On Hit, Magic Barrier. Top 60 of 261 items that grant at least one of them.

Item	Slot	Level	Armor Increase	Increased Max Health	Dodge Chance	Life On Hit	Magic Barrier
Shadow Breast Armor	Chest	19	36	67	—	—	—
Plate Breast Armor	Chest	19	36	58	—	—	—
Shadow Pants Armor	Legs	19	31	56	6	—	—
Plate Pants Armor	Legs	19	31	60	—	—	—
Void Fused Breast Armor	Chest	18	29	60	—	—	—
Alien Tech Breast Armor	Chest	16	34	54	—	—	—
Inventor Pants Armor	Legs	17	28	52	8	—	—
Lava Breast Armor	Chest	16	36	52	—	—	—
Sulfur Breast Armor	Chest	18	31	57	—	—	—
Core Commander Breast Armor	Chest	17	30	56	—	—	—
Hydra Bone Breast Armor	Chest	17	26	59	—	—	—
Ninja Breast Armor	Chest	17	19	58	8	—	—
Sulfur Pants	Other	18	31	54	—	—	—
Void Fused Pants Armor	Legs	18	27	58	—	—	—
Crystal Breast Armor	Chest	16	26	52	—	6	—
Desert Guardian Breast Armor	Chest	18	28	56	—	—	—
Desert Guardian Pants Armor	Legs	18	29	55	—	—	—
Crystal Pants	Other	16	27	51	—	5	—
Inventor Breast Armor	Chest	17	27	56	—	—	—
Scholar Breast	Other	13	—	46	—	—	36
Sorcerer Helm	Head	13	—	46	—	—	36
Hydra Bone Pants	Other	17	25	56	—	—	—
Radiation Breast Armor	Chest	16	25	56	—	—	—
Lava Pants	Other	16	33	47	—	—	—
Scarab Breast Armor	Chest	15	28	52	—	—	—
Grim Breast Armor	Chest	16	—	54	—	—	24
Alien Tech Pants	Other	16	28	49	—	—	—
Godsent Breast Armor	Chest	16	27	50	—	—	—
Sorcerer Breast Armor	Chest	13	—	40	—	—	36
Plate Helm	Head	19	26	48	—	—	—
Sorcerer Pants Armor	Legs	13	—	39	—	—	35
Core Commander Pants	Other	17	24	49	—	—	—
Ninja Pants	Other	17	17	49	7	—	—
Assassin Breast Armor	Chest	14	18	49	5	—	—
Radiation Pants	Other	16	26	44	—	—	—
Godsent Pants	Other	16	23	46	—	—	—
Galaxite Breast Armor	Chest	14	26	42	—	—	—
Grim Pants	Other	16	—	47	—	—	20
Shadow Helm	Head	19	25	42	—	—	—
Ninja Helm	Head	17	17	42	7	—	—
Alien Tech Helm	Head	16	25	40	—	—	—
Core Commander Helm	Head	17	21	44	—	—	—
Desert Guardian Helm	Head	18	22	43	—	—	—
Scarab Pants	Other	15	23	42	—	—	—
Ancient Gemstone Breast Armor	Chest	16	12	52	—	—	—
Sulfur Helm	Head	18	22	42	—	—	—
Dreamer Breast Armor	Chest	12	23	40	—	—	—
Galaxite Pants	Other	14	20	43	—	—	—
Inventor Helm	Head	17	20	43	—	—	—
Void Fused Helm	Head	18	23	40	—	—	—
Arcane Monk Helm	Head	17	—	57	5	—	—
Arcane Monk Breast Armor	Chest	17	—	55	6	—	—
Lava Helm	Head	16	25	36	—	—	—
Octopus Breast Armor	Chest	13	20	41	—	—	—
Pandorium Breast Armor	Chest	17	—	51	10	—	—
Radiation Helm	Head	16	21	40	—	—	—
Crystal Helm	Head	16	20	36	—	4	—
Miner Helm	Head	16	20	40	—	—	—
Atlantian Worm Helm	Head	17	20	39	—	—	—
Octarine Breast Armor	Chest	12	22	37	—	—	—

How this ranking is made, so you can disagree with it

Every value in the table is read from the game files. The ordering is ours: a plain sum of the listed stats, unweighted. That is a deliberate choice rather than a hidden formula — the stats are not in the same units, so any weighting would be an opinion dressed as maths. Sort by the single column you actually care about and the table answers a sharper question than the ranking does.