EQ:Secrets of Faydwer Armor Guide
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GROUP ARMOR
Tier 2
Drops from various named mobs in Bloodmoon Keep, Fortress Mechanotus, Gyrospire Beza, Hills of Shade, and The Mechamatic Guardian.
- Chain Classes: Alloy-Linked Armor
- Leather Classes: Scratched Hide Armor
- Plate Classes: Warped Steel Armor
- Silk Classes: Glossy Silk Armor
Tier 3
Produced by combining Tier 2 Armor Piece + Steam Core inside a Steam Core Embedder. (Take out any augmentations before doing a combine.)
A Steam Core Embedder can be purchased from Automated Vending Unit in Dragonscale Hills (located next to the Fortress Mechanotus cannon) if you have at least indifferent faction with Ak'Anon Strike Force V.
Steam Cores drop from various named mobs in Gyrospire Zeka, Meldrath's Majestic Mansion, S.H.I.P. Workshop, and The Steam Factory.
A Steam Core unusable by your class can be converted by combining an unusable Steam Core and the appropriate Core Gear Kit inside a Steam Core Re-gearing Kit (also purchased from Automated Vending Unit II).
- Bards: Armor of the Dream
- Beastlords: Commanding Hide Armor
- Berserkers: Intense Alloy Armor
- Clerics: Dedicated Steel Armor
- Druids: Druadic Hide Armor
- Enchanters: Dreamer's Silk Armor
- Magicians: Commanding Silk Armor
- Monks: Purified Hide Armor
- Necromancers: Necrotic Silk Armor
- Paladins: Purified Steel Armor
- Rangers: Druadic Linked Armor
- Rogues: Martial Alloy Armor
- Shadowknights: Necrotic Steel Armor
- Shamans: Dedicated Alloy Armor
- Warriors: Martial Steel Armor
- Wizards: Intense Silk Armor
Tier 4 (Air)
Produced by combining Tier 3 Armor Piece + Air Essence inside an Elemental Essence Grafter. (Take out any augmentations before doing a combine.)
Air Essences drop from Elder mobs in the air wing of Crystallos, Lair of the Awakened.
Elemental Essence Grafter can be purchased from Aring, Jashy, Tonas, or Vesiss once you have at least amiable faction with Crusaders of Veeshan.
- Bards: Cloudsteel Armor of the Dream
- Beastlords: Commanding Stormhide Armor
- Berserkers: Intense Stormlinked Armor
- Clerics: Dedicated Cloudsteel Armor
- Druids: Druadic Stormhide Armor
- Enchanters: Dreamer's Windsilk Armor
- Magicians: Commanding Windsilk Armor
- Monks: Purified Stormhide Armor
- Necromancers: Necrotic Windsilk Armor
- Paladins: Purified Cloudsteel Armor
- Rangers: Druadic Stormlinked Armor
- Rogues: Martial Stormlinked Armor
- Shadowknights: Necrotic Cloudsteel Armor
- Shamans: Dedicated Stormlinked Armor
- Warriors: Martial Cloudsteel Armor
- Wizards: Intense Windsilk Armor
Tier 4 (Earth)
Produced by combining Tier 3 Armor Piece + Earth Essence inside an Elemental Essence Grafter. (Take out any augmentations before doing a combine.)
Earth Essences drop from Elder mobs in the earth wing of Crystallos, Lair of the Awakened.
Elemental Essence Grafter can be purchased from Aring, Jashy, Tonas, or Vesiss once you have at least amiable faction with Crusaders of Veeshan.
- Bards: Terrasteel Armor of the Dream
- Beastlords: Commanding Tremorhide Armor
- Berserkers: Intense Tremorchain Armor
- Clerics: Dedicated Terrasteel Armor
- Druids: Druadic Tremorhide Armor
- Enchanters: Dreamer's Terrasilk Armor
- Magicians: Commanding Terrasilk Armor
- Monks: Purified Tremorhide Armor
- Necromancers: Necrotic Terrasilk Armor
- Paladins: Purified Terrasteel Armor
- Rangers: Druadic Tremorchain Armor
- Rogues: Martial Tremorchain Armor
- Shadowknights: Necrotic Terrasteel Armor
- Shamans: Dedicated Tremorchain Armor
- Warriors: Martial Terrasteel Armor
- Wizards: Intense Terrasilk Armor
Tier 4 (Fire)
Produced by combining Tier 3 Armor Piece + Fire Essence inside an Elemental Essence Grafter. (Take out any augmentations before doing a combine.)
Fire Essences drop from Elder mobs in the fire wing of Crystallos, Lair of the Awakened.
Elemental Essence Grafter can be purchased from Aring, Jashy, Tonas, or Vesiss once you have at least amiable faction with Crusaders of Veeshan.
- Bards: Flamesteel Armor of the Dream
- Beastlords: Commanding Flamehide Armor
- Berserkers: Intense Flamelinked Armor
- Clerics: Dedicated Flamesteel Armor
- Druids: Druadic Flamehide Armor
- Enchanters: Dreamer's Firesilk Armor
- Magicians: Commanding Firesilk Armor
- Monks: Purified Flamehide Armor
- Necromancers: Necrotic Firesilk Armor
- Paladins: Purified Flamedsteel Armor
- Rangers: Druadic Flamelinked Armor
- Rogues: Martial Flamelinked Armor
- Shadowknights: Necrotic Flamesteel Armor
- Shamans: Dedicated Flamelinked Armor
- Warriors: Martial Flamesteel Armor
- Wizards: Intense Firesilk Armor
Tier 4 (Ice)
Produced by combining Tier 3 Armor Piece + Ice Essence inside an Elemental Essence Grafter. (Take out any augmentations before doing a combine.)
Ice Essences drop from Elder mobs in the ice wing of Crystallos, Lair of the Awakened.
Elemental Essence Grafter can be purchased from Aring, Jashy, Tonas, or Vesiss once you have at least amiable faction with Crusaders of Veeshan.
- Bards: Chillsteel Armor of the Dream
- Beastlords: Commanding Chillhide Armor
- Berserkers: Intense Frostlinked Armor
- Clerics: Dedicated Chillsteel Armor
- Druids: Druadic Chillhide Armor
- Enchanters: Dreamer's Frostsilk Armor
- Magicians: Commanding Frostsilk Armor
- Monks: Purified Chillhide Armor
- Necromancers: Necrotic Frostsilk Armor
- Paladins: Purified Chillsteel Armor
- Rangers: Druadic Frostlinked Armor
- Rogues: Martial Frostlinked Armor
- Shadowknights: Necrotic Chillsteel Armor
- Shamans: Dedicated Frostlinked Armor
- Warriors: Martial Chillsteel Armor
- Wizards: Intense Frostsilk Armor
Tier 4 (Prismatic)
Produced by combining Tier 3 Armor Piece + Prismatic Essence inside an Elemental Essence Grafter. (Take out any augmentations before doing a combine.)
A Prismatic Essence is made by combining the four elemental essences (Air + Earth + Fire + Ice) in an Elemental Essence Amalgamator
The Amalgamator can be purchased from Aring, Jashy, Tonas, or Vesiss once you have at least amiable faction with Crusaders of Veeshan.
- Bards: Chromasteel Armor of the Dream
- Beastlords: Commanding Chromahide Armor
- Berserkers: Intense Chromalinked Armor
- Clerics: Dedicated Chromasteel Armor
- Druids: Druadic Chromahide Armor
- Enchanters: Dreamer's Kaleidosilk Armor
- Magicians: Commanding Kaleidosilk Armor
- Monks: Purified Chromahide Armor
- Necromancers: Necrotic Kaleidosilk Armor
- Paladins: Purified Chromasteel Armor
- Rangers: Druadic Chromalinked Armor
- Rogues: Martial Chromalinked Armor
- Shadowknights: Necrotic Chromasteel Armor
- Shamans: Dedicated Chromalinked Armor
- Warriors: Martial Chromasteel Armor
- Wizards: Intense Kaleidosilk Armor
RAID ARMOR
Tier 2
Steel Armor drops from Wirlem, Scorn, and Octa the Collector; as well as the first two Bloodmoon raids: The Fanged Moon and Crazok's Throne.
- Chain: Steel-Welded Ringmail Armor
- Leather: Steel-Studded Leather Armor
- Plate: Steel-Welded Plate Armor
- Silk: Steel-Threaded Satin Armor
Tier 3
Ancient Armor drops from the Big Bynn's Return and Deepscar's Den raids; as well as the three Steam Factory expedition events: Mining Behemoth, Power Station, and Spindlecrank.
- Chain: Ancient Scaled Armor
- Leather: Ancient Husk Armor
- Plate: Ancient Hardened Armor
- Silk: Ancient Velvet Armor
Tier 4 (MMM)
There are three ways of producing this armor.
- Combine Tier 2 (Steel) Armor Piece + Gyro Core inside a Gyro Core Embedder.
- Combine Tier 3 (Ancient) Armor Piece + Gyro Core inside a Gyro Core Embedder.
- Combine Un-Cored Template + Gyro Core inside a Gyro Core Embedder.
(Take out any augmentations before doing a combine.)
The Gyro Core Embedder and Un-Cored Templates may be purchased from Automated Vending Unit in Dragonscale Hills (located next to the Fortress Mechanotus cannon) if you have at least indifferent faction with Ak'Anon Strike Force V.
A Gyro Core unusable by your class can be converted by combining an unusable Gyro Core and the appropriate Core Gear Kit inside a Gyro Core Re-gearing Kit (also purchased from Automated Vending Unit II).
Gyro Cores drop from the Soulbleeder raid (wrist) and Ralkor's Crystals raid (wrist); as well as the six Meldrath's Majestic Mansion expedition events: Breakneck (feet), Krond (arms), Battle Room (hands), Brinda Sprockets (head), Bargangle Tinkerson (legs), and Meldrath the Malignant (chest).
- Bards: Dauntless Minstrel's Hardened Armor
- Beastlords: Merciless Beastkin's Husk Armor
- Berserkers: Frenzied Savage's Scaled Armor
- Clerics: Benevolent Lifegiver's Hardened Armor
- Druids: Rootbound Auspex's Husk Armor
- Enchanters: Shrouded Manipulator's Velvet Armor
- Magicians: Shimmering Cabalist's Velvet Armor
- Monks: Husk Armor of the Wheeling Fist
- Necromancers: Putrid Corrupter's Velvet Armor
- Paladins: Righteous Crusader's Hardened Armor
- Rangers: Relentless Hunter's Scaled Armor
- Rogues: Vengeful Cutthroat's Scaled Armor
- Shadowknights: Depraved Vanquisher's Hardened Armor
- Shamans: Prophetic Seer's Scaled Armor
- Warriors: Raging Bloodletter's Hardened Armor
- Wizards: Arcane Incinerator's Velvet Armor
Tier 5 (Crystallos)
Combine Tier 4 Armor Piece + Prismaridescent Essence inside Prismaridescent Essence Grafter.
Prismaridescent Essences drop from the 10 Crystallos Raid Expedition events: Halls of Fire (wrist; head), Keepers of Stone (wrist; feet), Ice Constructs (wrist; hands), Aerius Windfury (wrist; arms), Tjudawos (hands), Kildrukaun (feet), Zeixshi`Kar (head), Vyskudra (arms), Brood Mother Visziaj (legs), and Kerafyrm the Awakened (chest).
The Prismaridescent Essence Grafter can be purchased from Aring, Jashy, Tonas, or Vesiss once you have at least (ally?) faction with Crusaders of Veeshan.
- Bards: Prismatic Skaldsong Armor
- Beastlords: Prismatic Savage-Caller's Armor
- Berserkers: Prismatic Enrager's Armor
- Clerics: Prismatic War-Bishop's Armor
- Druids: Prismatic Growth-Walker's Armor
- Enchanters: Prismatic Spellbinder's Armor
- Magicians: Prismatic Arch-Elementalist's Armor
- Monks: Prismatic Armor of the Ninth Circle
- Necromancers: Prismatic Deathwalker's Armor
- Paladins: Prismatic Gallant-Lord's Armor
- Rangers: Prismatic Bow-Captain's Armor
- Rogues: Prismatic Blackguard's Armor
- Shadowknights: Prismatic Soulslayer's Armor
- Shamans: Prismatic High Seer's Armor
- Warriors: Prismatic Decimator's Armor
- Wizards: Prismatic Armor of the Burning Wind
Why no "Tier 1"?
The only "Tier 1" zone in Secrets of Faydwer is Dragonscale Hills. There is no armor to be found in the zone. The first armor becomes attainable in Tier 2 zones, thus we begin with "Tier 2".