Armor points are denoted by the 1 symbol.
Recorded on the survivor record sheet. Determined by armor gear in the survivor's gear grid, as well as other effects and events (such as armor set bonuses and abilities). When a survivor takes damage each armor point negates one point of damage to the hit location. Armor points decrease by 1 for each damage they negate.
Example: A survivor wearing the Cloth gear takes 2 damage from the White Lion at the waist hit location. The survivor removes 1 armor point (granted by Cloth) from their survivor record sheet, and then suffers a light injury level from the non-negated damage.
When a survivor reduces their armor points it is still considered taking damage. [1]