The best armor in God of War Ragnarök you can only get in the late game. However early game armor is still good for damage, defense, and health for a good while.
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00:00Armour builds are a much bigger part of Ragnarok than they were in the previous game,
00:03with players choosing armour depending on what they want the God of War to be capable of.
00:07Your playstyle here really is going to be best suited by different types of armour,
00:12so there isn't going to be one catch-all armour for everyone.
00:15Depending on what you like to do and how you like to fight,
00:18you'll end up finding an armour set or various pieces that work best for you.
00:22However, to give you a good idea of what's available and things that you might like,
00:25here is a selection of armour sets for players to choose from,
00:28with options for the early game, the mid game and the late game,
00:31things like best for aggro and defence, and a best armour set overall.
00:36Something else that you need to know is that armour comes in many forms,
00:39and a single set usually has a very particular function and synergy.
00:42For example, in the Lunder set, the chest piece grants poison effects to Kratos,
00:46while the wrist and waist pieces increase damage done to poisoned enemies.
00:50Consequently, there is rarely any advantage to mixing up different bits of armour from different sets,
00:55as they are unlikely to pair as well together as armour specifically from the same set.
01:00So, keep the armour together if you can.
01:02So, for the best God of War Ragnarok armour that you can get,
01:05the Steinborn armour set is fantastic,
01:07but it's from the late game and final sequences of God of War Ragnarok.
01:11There's nothing better that we could find in this incredibly resilient armour set.
01:14It's a resilient build that actually grants more defence than the UI bar can even show,
01:19as well as granting lifesteal and stunning shockwaves when Kratos takes damage.
01:24Which won't matter much, because your defence is so high.
01:27So, not only will even the toughest bosses do piddling damage when they hit you,
01:32Kratos auto-retaliates and even gets health back from hitting them.
01:35So, how do you get this amazing armour?
01:37Well, once you have the Draupniss spear, head to the Lake of the Nine of Midgard,
01:41and at its southern edge behind some breakable ice,
01:43you'll find the Mystical Heirloom,
01:45which can be used to weaken four trolls frozen as statues.
01:48The slumber stones they drop can be turned at any blacksmiths into this tanky armour.
01:52If you're having trouble finding them, check out the video in the description below
01:56that we've linked, and is a full guide to getting this amazing armour set.
02:00The best mid-game armour is Lunder's armour set.
02:03Lunder's armour is pretty great for a few reasons.
02:06First of all, you can get it pretty early on,
02:08but, more importantly, it's a solid option for a multitude of reasons.
02:12The chest piece has a high chance to inflict poison on unarmed attacks, parries and blocks,
02:16doing bonus damage and weakening enemies' attacks,
02:18while the other two pieces increase all damage done to poisoned enemies.
02:22Plus, the whole set nicely boosts strength and luck, among a few others.
02:25This'll even carry you comfortably into the late game if you're willing to upgrade it.
02:29Now, how to get Lunder's armour set.
02:31To get Lunder's armour set, it's a reward for the Lunder's Lost Armour Labour,
02:35in which three damaged pieces of the armour are found around the river delta.
02:39This opens up after fighting the Nidhogg boss fight in Vanaheim.
02:42Just go back to the smith's shop in Freyja's camp to get it,
02:45then search the areas marked here to find them as artefacts.
02:49Once you have them, head back to Lunder to get them all fixed up.
02:52So, what's the best early-game armour?
02:54It's basically the first optional set you can get.
02:57The Dwarven Nieder Velir set is designed to prove the value of doing side quests and favours,
03:02and it does that nicely.
03:04A vitality and defence boosting set,
03:06the armour chest piece grants health for stun-grabbing enemies,
03:09while the wrists and trousers reduce the rate at which stun-bars drain,
03:12making it much easier to enact these health-restoring finisher moves.
03:16So, how to get this early armour set.
03:18This early-game armour becomes accessible,
03:20after Mimir will have some dialogue prompting the start of the In Service of Asgard favour,
03:25which has you clear three mining rigs of enemies,
03:28and then destroy the rigs themselves, marked on the map here.
03:31Take the ore that each rig drops back to the Huldra brothers,
03:33and they can forge it into some shiny new armour for you,
03:36which should help you loads in the early game.
03:39So, what's the best offensive armour if you like doing high damage?
03:42Well, the Guiding Light armour, aside from boosting strength,
03:45it also puts luck-focused boosters on your attacks.
03:49All attacks you do have a moderate chance to boost strength, runic, or luck,
03:52as well as having a chance to do critical hit explosions on every attack you make.
03:56With fast-hitting combos like the Blades of Chaos,
03:58you'll be getting these buffs and bursts constantly.
04:01So, how do you get this offensive armour?
04:03Well, unsurprisingly, it's part of the Guiding Light favour in the Lake of the Nine,
04:07where you find runes and messages left behind by Tyr on his destroyed statue.
04:12While not an official reward, right next to each message, which you can find on this map,
04:16is a buried treasure with one of the three armour pieces in,
04:19glinting gold to make sure you don't miss them.
04:22So, all you have to do once you've got this favour is go and pick them up, which is great.
04:26So, if you want an armour set that's a bit more defensive,
04:28then the Raven Tyr's armour is great.
04:31It's a reward for advancing through the Eyes of Odin questline.
04:34The Raven Tyr's armour provides a very high defence,
04:37as well as a small chance to heal you on every hit you land,
04:39as well as increasing the potency of all healing you get.
04:42If you pair it up with the Leviathan Axe's grip of the Fallen Alchemist,
04:46which has a high chance to restore health with every Serpent Snare attack,
04:49this turns into a great armour.
04:51In order to get this health-boosting armour,
04:53you only need to find 18 of Odin's ravens.
04:55Go to Niflheim, look under the Raven Tree,
04:58and you should be able to pop open some chests to get the armour sets.
05:00If you need help finding any of the ravens,
05:02we have a full video which lists all of the ones that you need to get throughout the whole game.
05:07Go and check out our YouTube channel to find that ravens video,
05:10which should help to get you at least the 18 that you need for this armour.