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Armour and shields

Body armour, helms, gloves, legs, boots and shields, with their base stats.

Heavier armour takes more off every hit and adds health, but often slows your stamina. Stats are base (Common) values.

Body

ItemBase statsValue
Tattered GambesonQuilted cloth, mostly holes.
+10 max health · −4% damage taken 12 g
Pilgrim's RobeLight as a prayer. About as protective.
+6 max health · −2% damage taken · +12% stamina regen 16 g
Leather JerkinBoiled leather. Smells of it.
+18 max health · −7% damage taken 26 g
Ghoulhide VestGrey, supple and faintly warm. Don't think about it.
+16 max health · −6% damage taken · +12 max stamina 34 g
Ashen VestmentsA priest's robes, singed at the hem. The prayers stitched in still work, mostly.
+10 max health · −3% damage taken · +15% stamina regen · +4% damage 40 g
Wolfpelt MantleThe pack leader. The pack did not take it well.
+20 max health · −7% damage taken · +10 max stamina 44 g
Chain HauberkHeavy rings. Slows your breath.
+28 max health · −12% damage taken · −10% stamina regen 48 g
BrigandineSteel plates riveted under red cloth.
+24 max health · −11% damage taken 58 g
Shadow CloakWoven from the dark under the trees. It moves with you.
+14 max health · −6% damage taken · +20% stamina regen 62 g
Ossuary CuirassRibs over ribs. Whoever wore these first has no further use for them.
+26 max health · −10% damage taken · +6 poise 64 g
Scale HauberkBronze scales sewn on like a serpent's skin. It whispers when you move.
+32 max health · −13% damage taken · −8% stamina regen 66 g
Grave-Templar's TabardMail under a blood-red surcoat. The order swore to guard the dead. Some still do.
+30 max health · −12% damage taken · +4 poise 70 g
Knight's PlateTaken from a knight who no longer needed breath.
+38 max health · −17% damage taken · −15% stamina regen 80 g
Ember CuirassForged in a fire that never went out.
+32 max health · −14% damage taken · +3 health per kill 96 g
Dread PlateBlack steel, every edge sharpened. Built to be feared, then to be hit.
+44 max health · −19% damage taken · −18% stamina regen 110 g
Warden's MantleGrave-cloth over bone plates.
+40 max health · −15% damage taken 150 g
ItemBase statsValue
Ragged HoodKeeps the rain off. Not much else.
+4 max health · −1.5% damage taken · +4% stamina regen 8 g
Leather CapBoiled hide, stitched tight around the skull.
+6 max health · −2.5% damage taken 14 g
Plague Doctor's MaskThe beak is stuffed with herbs. Nothing down here smells of death any more.
+6 max health · −2% damage taken · +1.5 health per kill 28 g
Iron HelmDented in three places. Each dent is a story it survived.
+10 max health · −3.5% damage taken 30 g
Hexweaver's HatTaken from the Hex Matriarch's coven. The brim keeps the curses off.
+4 max health · −1% damage taken · +8% stamina regen · +3% damage 34 g
Hollow MaskA skull worn as a face. Its eyes light when yours do.
+6 max health · −2.5% damage taken · +4% damage 36 g
Horned HelmThe horns are real. So was the beast.
+12 max health · −4% damage taken · +5 poise 40 g
Crown of KnucklesA circlet of finger bones. It holds your head high.
+6 max health · −2% damage taken · +8 poise 42 g
Black BarbuteBlackened so it never catches the moon. A T of darkness for a face.
+13 max health · −4.5% damage taken · +6 max stamina 48 g
Great HelmA bucket of steel with a slit to see death coming.
+14 max health · −5% damage taken · −5% stamina regen 54 g
Hounskull BascinetA dog-faced visor. You breathe through the snout and see through slits.
+16 max health · −5.5% damage taken · −5% stamina regen 58 g
Warden's VisageThe Warden's face, or what it wore over one.
+18 max health · −6% damage taken · +8 poise 140 g

Hands

ItemBase statsValue
Cloth WrapsWound tight around the knuckles.
+2 max health · −1% damage taken · +4% poise damage 8 g
Leather GlovesSupple, worn to the shape of someone else's hands.
+4 max health · −1.5% damage taken · +4% stamina regen 16 g
Studded BracersIron studs on boiled leather. Fingers free for the work.
+5 max health · −1.8% damage taken · +2% damage 24 g
Iron GauntletsEvery punch is a hammer blow.
+6 max health · −2.5% damage taken · +6% poise damage 32 g
Ghoul-Claw GauntletsA ghoul's hands, cured and hollowed. The claws were never trimmed.
+6% damage · +4% poise damage 44 g
Ember GripsWarm inside, always. Even in the crypt.
+5% damage · +2 health per kill 46 g
Knight's GauntletsArticulated steel. The fingers still curl around a hilt that isn't there.
+8 max health · −3% damage taken · +8% poise damage 50 g

Legs

ItemBase statsValue
Wool TrousersPatched at both knees. Patched at the patches.
+4 max health · −1.5% damage taken · +4% stamina regen 8 g
Leather LeggingsStiff for a week, then like a second skin.
+8 max health · −3% damage taken 18 g
Fur-Lined LeggingsWrapped in wolf from the knee down. The cold never reaches you.
+8 max health · −2.5% damage taken · +8 max stamina 26 g
Bone GreavesShin bones lashed over shin bones. A kneecap for a knee guard.
+10 max health · −3.5% damage taken · +4 poise 34 g
Chain ChaussesRings from hip to ankle. They chime when you run.
+12 max health · −4.5% damage taken · −4% stamina regen 36 g
Shadow BreechesYou don't hear your own footsteps any more.
+8 max health · −2.5% damage taken · +10 max stamina 38 g
Plated TassetsLames of steel hung from the belt over every soft thing you own.
+14 max health · −5% damage taken 46 g
Plate GreavesYour knees are safe. Your lungs, less so.
+16 max health · −5.5% damage taken · −6% stamina regen 52 g

Feet

ItemBase statsValue
Foot WrapsLight, quiet, and never quite dry.
+2 max health · −1% damage taken · +5% stamina regen 6 g
Leather BootsGood soles. The best thing a walker can own.
+5 max health · −2% damage taken · +6 max stamina 14 g
Fur-Trimmed BootsThick soles, a wolf's ruff at the top. Built for long cold nights.
+6 max health · −2% damage taken · +8 max stamina 22 g
Iron SabatonsEvery step a small, final verdict.
+8 max health · −3.5% damage taken · −4% stamina regen 34 g
Wanderer's BootsThey have walked further than you ever will. They'd like to keep going.
+10% stamina regen · +10 max stamina 40 g
Dread SabatonsBlack steel, spiked at the toe, spurred at the heel. Every step a threat.
+10 max health · −4% damage taken · −4% stamina regen 48 g

Shields

Held in the off hand. Block takes part of a blocked hit.

ItemBase statsValue
Wooden BucklerA plank of oak with a grip. It turns a blade, once or twice.
25% blocked 10 g
Hide RoundshieldRawhide stretched over a wicker frame.
30% blocked · +4 max health 20 g
Iron-Bound RoundshieldBanded with iron, studded at the boss. It's been bitten.
38% blocked · −2% damage taken 34 g
Heater ShieldA knight's shield, its heraldry scraped away.
45% blocked · −3% damage taken 48 g
Tower ShieldA door you carry. Heavy enough to be one.
55% blocked · −5% damage taken · −8% stamina regen 64 g
Warden's BulwarkBone plates riveted to grave-iron. It has never let anything through.
55% blocked · −5% damage taken · +10 poise 150 g