Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree's best armor sets

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Jump to:Ascetic setHorned Warrior setGravebird setRellana setPelt of Ralva/Iron Rivet setLady Leda’s setGaius’s setDane’s setDeath Knight setFire Knight setsSwordhand of Darkness setThiollier’s setAlso dumb new helmets

Trying on all of the newShadow of the Erdtree armor setsis one of the great joys of the new Elden Ring expansion. There’s nothing more exciting for the Fashion Souls faithful than getting a rare helmet drop from a cool-looking enemy or finding some random-ass giant pot you can shove on your head for the next 50 hours.

There are lots of new armor sets to try out, and many of them come with unique effects, such as buffing the new spell types that the expansion introduces. Here I’ll walk you through my favouriteShadow of the Erdtreearmor sets and where to get them—plus an array of new fabulously dumb helmets that your character can find down at the bottom.

Ascetic set

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Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree best armor - Ascetic set

The helmet in this set buffs dex slightly, but reduces the healing effect from your flask of tears. Sadly, this armor set is also a random drop, so you’ll have to whack on your Silver Scarab and farm them if you want the helm.

Horned Warrior set

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Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree best armor - Horned Warrior set

Leda quest: Track the Erdtree main questAnsbach quest: Help the former servant of MohgHornsent quest: Complete the quest for vengeanceThiollier quest: Pay homage to the saint of sleepingFreyja quest: Where to find Redmane Freyja

Leda questAnsbach questHornsent questThiollier questFreyja quest

Gravebird set

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Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree best armor - Gravebird set

This is my favourite armor set from the Shadow of the Erdtree expansion, but it’ll take you a little while to gather it from Gravebird-infested areas throughout the map. There are also two different chest pieces. Here’s where to get each piece:

Rellana set

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Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree best armor - Rellana set

If you’re planning on playing as a sorcerer or a spellblade in the Shadow of the Erdtree expansion, then this Carian armor will likely be of interest. It doesn’t boost sorceries, but you could also swap out that helm for a glintstone crown of your choosing. You can purchase this set from Finger Reader Enia in the Roundtable Hold once you defeat the Rellana, Twin Moon Knight boss in Castle Ensis.

Pelt of Ralva/Iron Rivet set

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Lady Leda’s set

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Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree best armor - Leda’s set

You won’t get this set until quite late in the game throughLeda’s quest, but besides looking amazing, it’s uniquely focused around an evasive playstyle. Her chest piece enhances attacks following dodge rolls, backsteps, and dash attacks. If you’ve also been pursuing the Leda quest, you can acquire talismans such as the Lacerating Crossed-Tree and the Retaliatory Crossed-Tree, which stack alongside this effect for lots of evasive damage.

Gaius’s set

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Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree best armor - Gaius’s set

Dane’s set

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Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree best armor - Dane’s set

You’d have thought Dryleaf Dane’s set would boost Dryleaf Arts hand-to-hand skills, but it’s just a plain old monk’s outfit. Still, he does have an extremely good hat. You can either wait till towards the end of the game to get this set, or you can find it below a waterfall upriver a little way from the Recluses' River Downstream site of grace in lower Scadu Altus. You can access this area via the Shadow Keep. You’ll also have tochallenge Dryleaf Danein order to get his very good hat.

Death Knight set

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Elden Ring character wearing gold and black armor standing in front of a stone archway.

Despite the repeated encounters with Death Knights in Shadow of the Erdtree’s Catacombs, you won’t find their armor unless you thoroughly search the Darklight Catacombs on the eastern side of the map.

To find it you need to:

Fire Knight sets

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Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree best armor - Fire Knight set

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Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree best armor - Captain Kood

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Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree best armor - Sage Salzo

One of the most unique sets in the expansion is undoubtedly the Fire Knight, since you can customise it with three extra helmets that drop from each of the leaders of the Fire Knights:

There’s also the generic Fire Knight Helm that slightly buffs HP, stamina, and max equip load. Unfortunately, all of the regular pieces are random drops, so you’ll need to fight lots of Fire Knights inside the Shadow Keep to get them.

Swordhand of Darkness set

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Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree best armor - Swordhand of the Night set

If you’ve been to the cathedral in east Scadu Altus, you’ll probably recognise this armor set as belonging to Swordhand of the Night Jolan. Strangely enough, this armor isn’t at all related to her andCount Ymir’s quest. Instead, you’ll find it in Bonny Gaol in east Scadu Altus, accessible through the Moorth Ruins. After you jump on the pot lift descending to the final boss, jump back on it to rise to an even higher platform and find this armor on a corpse.

Thiollier’s set

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Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree best armor - Thiollier’s set

Also dumb new helmets

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Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree best armor - Divine Beast Head

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There are a few standalone helmets in the expansion, but the best are:

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Ascetic set#

Horned Warrior set#

Gravebird set#

Rellana set#

Pelt of Ralva/Iron Rivet set#

Lady Leda’s set#

Gaius’s set#

Dane’s set#

Death Knight set#

Fire Knight sets#

Swordhand of Darkness set#

Thiollier’s set#

Also dumb new helmets#

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Ascetic set

Horned Warrior set

Gravebird set

Rellana set

Pelt of Ralva/Iron Rivet set

Lady Leda’s set

Gaius’s set

Dane’s set

Death Knight set

Fire Knight sets

Swordhand of Darkness set

Thiollier’s set

Also dumb new helmets

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