Best Elden Ring DLC armor pieces and how to get them - Augustman MY (2024)

More than two years after the original game’s launch, the highly anticipated Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree DLC is finally here. Fans are busy exploring the newly introduced region called Shadow Lands, digging through its secrets and getting defeated by new foes again and again.

New locations and enemies aren’t the only things the new Elden Ring DLC has introduced, though. Fas can unlock various new weapons, talismans, spirit ashes and armor pieces in this expansion. For those wondering how they can go about finding the best Elden Ring DLC armor pieces, we have got your back.

When it comes to creating immersive and rewarding experiences, there’s no match for FromSoftware. They have proven it in various Soulslike titles time and time again.TheElden Ring DLC armor sets re-establish that FromSoftware knows how to reward its fans when they delve deeper into their games.

In a game like Elden Ring or in its expansion, Shadow of the Erdtree, a piece of armor can sometimes make all the difference. It can protect you from poison, shield you from those fire areas of effect (AOE) attacks and even save you from nasty magic attacks that some enemies do.

Depending on how they can help you and, of course, how good they look, here’s our comprehensive list of the best Elden Ring DLC armor pieces. Get them to become more resilient to different kinds of damage or uncover Shadow Lands’ best-hidden secrets.

The best of ‘Elden Ring’ DLC armor sets that you should collect at all costs

1. Needle Knight Leda’s armor

How to get it: Defeat Needle Knight Leda and Allies Boss to get this armor set.

One of the best armors in the whole DLC, this gives players a significant damage negation boost towards magic, fire, lighting, and holy attacks. It is not too heavy and even gives a decent physical damage negation.

While it’s not the perfect armor, it is, no doubt, a jack of all trades. It even increases the damage output following dodge roll and dash attacks by 10%. What else can we ask for?

2. Gaius’s armor set

How to get it: Defeat Commander Gaius.

Are you a fan of one of those tank builds and don’t care much about dodging? Then Gaius’s armor set is tailor-made for you. While it is on the heavier side, it provides significant protection against fire, magic, lightning and holy damage, massive immunity and a robustness boost.

3. Dancer’s set

How to get it: Dropped by the Dancer of Ranah once you defeat her in the Southern Nameless Mausoleum.

You get a whole set of well-designed armor. Besides looking so good, this armor set gives gamers an unusual boost: they will get better damage output from weapons that have a skill with ‘Dance’ in their name. If you have Eleonora’s Pokeblade, which has a skill named Bloodblade Dance, you will be able to inflict increased damage.

4. Rellana’s Moon set

How to get it: Buy it from Enia at Roundtable Hold after defeating the Rellana Twin Moon Knight boss.

Besides giving players an incredibly cool set of swords, Rellana also opens a way for players to unlock a set of armor, too. All you must do is go to Enia in Roundtable Hold and buy it for a combined price of 45,000 runes.

It is worth that price, too, as it has high robustness and a great mix of magic, fire, lightning and holy damage resistance.

5. Rakshasa set

How to get it: Rakshasa drops it when defeated at the Eastern Nameless Mausoleum.

If you want an intimidating-looking armor set that is quite functional too, then this is the one to choose from all of Elden Ring DLC armors. Each piece of the armor set boosts all damage output by 2% and also gives players a high robustness boost.

All in all, it is very good armor for those looking to just increase their offence damage output.

6. Death Knight set

Where to find it: On the corpse of a Death Knight in Darklight Catacombs.

This armor gives players a boost in different damage types. It also offers a sizeable robustness boost, but most importantly, it enhances the skills and incantations of the ancient dragon cult by 2%. While this armor set looks menacing, it is ideal for only some players.

It can come in handy for players focused on Dragon Cult skills. Breathing out the smoke of scarlet rot will be even more menacing with this armor on.

7. Fire Knight armor set

Where to get it: This set is dropped by fire knights in the Shadow Keep.

This armor has decent stats and doesn’t provide any significant boost, besides robustness and some magic, fire, lightning and holy damage negation. However, it gives a decent push to the player’s max health, stamina and equip load.

This is one of the best armor sets in the whole game for tank builds; just wear it and you will see the difference, instantly.

8. Verdigris set

Where to get it: From Moore’s corpse, but its location can vary depending on how you play the game. You can kill the Forager Brood pest and Moore will invade you and drop this set if defeated. Alternatively, if you tell Moore, “Remain sad forever,” this armor can be found on his body near the Church of the Crusade.Additionally, if you tell Moore, “Put it behind you,” you can find this armor on his corpse once you defeat him as part of Leda and Allies Boss.

Getting this armor is worth it, thanks to its high immunity and robustness. Furthermore, it has decent physical, magic, fire, lightning and holy damage resistance. All these things make it the perfect set for your tank build if you have space for armor with 61.6 weight in your inventory.

Just keep exploring and Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree will prove to be a very rewarding RPG for you. All the hard bosses will keep getting easier and you will grow in experience and strength.

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