Chitin

Chitin is a versatile crafting material.

Obtaining
Manticores and scorpions may drop up to 2 pieces of chitin upon death. This can be increased with the Looting enchantment.

There are four types of chitin:
 * Chitin (or dirt chitin): Dropped by dirt scorpions and green manticores.
 * Cave chitin: Dropped by cave scorpions and dark manticores.
 * Frost chitin: Dropped by frost scorpions and snow manticores.
 * Nether chitin: Dropped by nether scorpions and fire manticores.

Usage
Chitin is used to craft the four scorpion armor sets. If you gather enough chitin of the same kind to create a full set of armor, it will give you a special effect when worn. It takes 24 pieces of chitin to make a set of scorpion armor of the same type.

History
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v4.2.0
- Scorpions drop either sting or chitin. The sting is a short lived weapon with special properties, causing poison, slow, confusion or fire on the targets.

The stings can be used to craft swords that last longer and hit stronger. With chitin, armor can be forged. A full set of armor confers a special ability.
 * }