Armorer

## The Armorer

"I work on all kinds of armor."

The **Armorer** is a vendor found throughout the more established settlements of Tsushima. She will help improve the player's armor sets, upgrading their particular bonuses.

## Description

The Armorer is one of the basic vendors, found at strongholds and established points of refuge. In exchange for Supplies, she will offer her services in mending your armor sets into better shape, improving their bonuses. As the player progresses through the game, they will encounter new armor pieces that they can bring to the Armorer to upgrade.

Most armor sets will have a new visual when levelled up to two (2), some even attaining a third new look at three (3). As a result of this, the player will receive new Headgears and Masks, retaining the set's old Headgear or Mask as their own armor piece. Thus far, no armor set has a new look when leveled up past the third level.

The Armorer is recognizable for the blue hakama and a white kimono top lined with red patterns, together with a green apron and red ropes holding back her sleeves. Her hair is covered by a decorated white cloth too. While located indoors when possible, when located outside, the Armorer will have a few wooden crates next to her, a full set of samurai armor and a kimono set behind her, and an assortment of armor pieces laid around her that she is likely working on. She will be hammering down a piece of metal until approached by the player.

## **Vendor**

The player can bring most armor sets to the Armorer to upgrade them, with a few exceptions. New Game+ grants all armor sets an additional upgrade level, including armor sets that didn't have upgrades before.

The only exceptions to all of this is the Broken Armor set, which is meant to be a set that has no inherent bonuses, and the Deadly Rival's Attire and Archery Master's Attire sets as these were just added with New Game+.

### Upgrade Cost

The Upgrade cost for all armor sets is listed below. Most base game armor sets have a preset cost.

For the level 5 level upgrade available in New Game+, two sets will have reduced costs: the Ghost Armor and Traveler's Attire. While the Ghost Armor only costs 5 less Leather, the Traveler's Attire will cost almost the same as its level 4 upgrade, costing only an additional 50 Supplies.

For armor sets that are only upgradable in New Game+, their cost follows their own cost, listed below. The only exception is the Mongol Commander's Armor set, where its level 2 upgrade is the same as the base game armor sets' level 5 upgrade cost.

* Most armor sets:

 5

* Hero of Tsushima Armor

* Fundoshi

### Base Game Upgrades

The following is a list of armor sets that can be upgraded in the base game. Their bonuses is listed too, with what is upgraded per level marked with the superscript number of when that bonus is upgraded. Specifics of these bonuses and a clearer chart of when they are upgraded are listed on the set's respective page:

* Samurai Clan Armor
	+ Reduce damage taken 2
	+ Increase to health 3 5
	+ Taking damage grants Resolve 4 5
* Tadayori's Armor
	+ Increase nocking and reload speed 2 5
	+ Increase Concentration duration 3 5
	+ Headshots restore part of the Concentration meter 4
* Ronin Attire
	+ Reduce enemy detection speed 2 5
	+ Increase melee damage 3 5
	+ Reduce enemy detection speed when leaving Pampas Grass 4
* Gosaku's Armor
	+ Increase to health 2 5
	+ Increase Stagger damage 3 5
	+ Restore health on killing a Staggered enemy 4
* Sakai Clan Armor
	+ Increase melee damage 2 5
	+ Increase to health 3 5
	+ Increase Standoff streak. Winning a Standoff has a chance to terrify nearby enemies. 4
* Kensei Armor
	+ Increase Resolve gains 2 5
	+ Increase Ghost Weapon damage 3 5
	+ Hitting enemies with a Ghost Weapon debuffs them to deal less damage and take more damage 4
* Ghost Armor
	+ Reduce enemy detection speed 2 5
	+ Reduce number of kills needed to enter Ghost Stance 3
	+ Kills have a chance to terrify nearby enemies 4 5
* Traveler's Attire
	+ Track Artifacts with the Guiding Wind
	+ Increase to the clearing of Fog of War by traveling 2 3 5
	+ Controller vibrates when within a distance of an Artifact 4

### New Game+ Upgrades

The following is a list of armor sets that cannot be upgraded in the base game, but receives one upgrade level in New Game+. Their bonuses is listed too, with what is upgraded with the one level marked with an asterisk. Specifics of these bonuses are listed on the set's respective page:

* Hero of Tsushima Armor
	+ **I**ncrease to health\*
	+ Reduce damage taken\*
* Mongol Commander's Armor
	+ Increase to health\*
	+ Reduce damage taken\*
	+ Disguised from Mongol enemies, reducing Mongol detection speed
* Fundoshi
	+ Running and Sprinting become silent
	+ Reduce enemy detection speed\*

## **Locations**

### **Izuhara**

* Azamo Bay
* Golden Temple
* Komatsu Forge

### **Toyotama**

* Akashima Village
* Yarikawa Stronghold

### **Iki**

* Katayama Market
* Fune's Refuge

## Quotes

* First Meeting with the Vendor:
	+ TBA
* Approaching the Vendor:
	+ TBA
* Talking to the Vendor:
	+ TBA
* When unable to buy a select item due to lack of resources:
	+ TBA
* Leaving the Vendor:
	+ TBA