Armors with Special Effects
Here is a list of armors that have special effects that aren't readily noted in their item description. You can also find the effects on the individual armor pages, but this list is for easy access.
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| Armor Name | Armor Ability | Additional Notes |
| Archdrake Helm | INT +1 | |
| Black Hollow Mage Hood | INT +1 | |
| Black Hood | INT +2, FTH +2 Improves Casting Speed |
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| Black Witch Domino Mask | Increases magic damage by 3% Reduces maximum HP by 15% |
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| Black Witch Hat | Spell Slot +1 | |
| Cale's Helm | DEX +2, END +1 |
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| Chaos Hood | INT +3 Improves Casting Speed |
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| Crown of the Ivory King | Grants slow HP regeneration – 40 HP/minute Prevents hollowing after obtaining Vendrick's Blessing |
DLC item (Crown of the Ivory King) |
| Crown of the Old Iron King | Restores 20% of spell uses every 2 minutes Prevents hollowing after obtaining Vendrick's Blessing |
DLC item (Crown of the Old Iron King) |
| Crown of the Sunken King | +1 END, STR, DEX, FTH, and INT -1 VGR and VIT Prevents hollowing after obtaining Vendrick's Blessing |
DLC item (Crown of the Sunken King) |
| Dark Mask | INT +1, FTH +1 | |
| Desert Sorceress Hood | INT +3 | |
| Dragon Sage Hood | INT +1, FTH +1 | |
| Durgo's Hat | Bow range increased by 20% | |
| Helm of Aurous | Equipment Load increased | Invisible |
| Hexer's Hood | INT +1, FTH +1 Adds additional Spell Casts |
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| Hollow Skin | Completely negates the curse Status Effect Grants the effect of the Guidance miracle |
DLC item (Crown of the Old Iron King) |
| Insolent Helm | FTH +2 | |
| Jester's Cap | Item Discovery Bonus | |
| King's Crown | INT +3, FTH +3 Prevents hollowing after obtaining Vendrick's Blessing |
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| Leydia Black Hood | INT +1, FTH +1 | |
| Mad Warrior Mask | ADP +2 | |
| Minotaur Helm | Prevents headshot damage | DLC item (Crown of the Old Iron King) |
| Moon Butterfly Hat | INT +1 Poisons nearby foes (and NPC's) |
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| Moon Hat | INT +2 | |
| Nahr Alma Hood | Increases Souls acquired by 2.5% | |
| Northwarder Hood | Increases spell duration by 5% | DLC item (Crown of the Ivory King) |
| Old Bell Helm | Prevents headshot damage Boosts spells casted with chimes(~1%) |
DLC item (Crown of the Ivory King) |
| Peasant Hat | FTH +2, INT -1 |
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| Penal Mask | Equipment Load increased | |
| Pharros Mask | Soaks the player in water |
Water increases fire resistance at the cost of lightning resistance DLC item (Crown of the Old Iron King) |
| Priestess Headpiece | FTH +2 | |
| Prisoner's Hood | Item Discovery Bonus | |
| Saint's Hood | FTH +1 Adds additional Spell Casts |
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| Sanctum Priestess Tiara | Blocks the effect of Profound Still |
DLC item (Crown of the Sunken King) |
| Symbol of Avarice | Item Discovery Bonus Increases Souls acquired by 2.5% Drains 2.5 HP per second |
DLC item (Crown of the Ivory King) |
| Traveling Merchant Hat | Item Discovery Bonus | |
| Tseldora Cap | Increases Souls acquired by 2.5% | |
| Velstadt's Helm | END +1,VIT +1 | |
| Vengarl's Helm | Vit +2 | |
| Warlock Mask | INT +2 Increases Souls acquired by 2.5% |
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| White Hollow Mage Hood | INT +1 | |
| White Priest Headpiece | FTH +1 | |
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| Armor Name | Armor Ability | Additional Notes |
| Alonne Captain Set | Additional Fire Resistance | *Unspecified amount |
| Armor of Aurous | Equipment Load increased | Invisible |
| Ironclad Armor | Prevents Back Stabs | |
| Jester's Robe | Prevents Critical Damage | |
| Lion Mage Robe | Improves Casting speed | |
| Lion Warrior Cape | Reduces Falling damage | |
| Moon Butterfly Wings | Creates Poison Aura Improves Jump distance |
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| Nahr Alma Robes | Increases Souls acquired by 10% | |
| Northwarder Robe | Increases spell duration by 2.5% | DLC item (Crown of the Ivory King) |
| Peasant Attire | +2 ADP, -1 INT | |
| Prisoner's Tatters | Item Discovery Bonus | |
| Tseldora Robe | Increases Souls acquired by 5% | |
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| Armor Name | Armor Ability | Additional Notes |
| Agdayne's Cuffs | FTH +1 | |
| Engraved Gauntlets | Chance for Normal attack to become Critical | 5% chance Critical hits deal 50% more damage. |
| Gauntlets of Aurous | Equipment Load increased | Invisible |
| Jester's Gloves | Increases Souls acquired by 10% | |
| Lion Mage Cuffs | Improves Casting speed | |
| Moon Butterfly Cuffs | Creates Poison Aura | |
| Northwarder Manchettes | Increases spell duration by 12.5% | DLC item (Crown of the Ivory King) |
| Peasant Long Gloves | +2 ADP, -1 INT | |
| Penal Handcuffs | Improves Pyromancy Damage by 7.5% | |
| Shadow Gauntlets | Increases Bleed Damage of melee attacks | |
| Tseldora Manchettes | Increases Souls acquired by 10% | |
| Sanctum Soldier Gauntlets | Increases Poison Damage of melee attacks | DLC item (Crown of the Sunken King) |
| Legs | ||
| Armor Name | Armor Ability | Additional Notes |
| Flower Skirt | +2 VGR, +1 END | DLC item (Crown of the Sunken King) |
| Flying Feline Boots | Reduces Falling Damage | |
| Jester's Tights | Reduces Falling Damage | |
| Leggings of Aurous | Equipment Load increased | Invisible |
| Lion Mage Skirt | Improves Casting speed | |
| Lion Warrior Skirt | Reduces Falling Damage | |
| Moon Butterfly Skirt | Creates Poison Aura Improves Jump distance |
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| Northwarder Trousers | Increases spell duration by 2.5% |
DLC item (Crown of the Ivory King) |
| Peasant Trousers | +2 ADP, -1 INT |
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| Tseldora Trousers | Increases Souls acquired by 5% | |
| Sanctum Knight Leggings | Reduces Falling Damage and Removes footstep sounds | DLC item (Crown of the Sunken King) |
AnonymousThis is one of the absolute best things DS2 did. So many items with secondary effects, potential build diversity is absolutely second to none in this game. DS3 brought back some of this, but not nearly to the extent DS2 did. This game has plenty of problems, but it has its real shining moments too.
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Peasant set is the way to go, not to mention the incredible fashion bonus
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The farmer's hat increases Faith by 2 and decreases intelligence by 1.
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Hey if anyone wanted to know, i did some testing and it seems if you dont meet a armors requirement/s. its defensive power is droped by around 14-16%. I tested this with both the warlock mask while not meeting the intelligence requirement. And a sanctum priestess tiara +5 while not meeting its intelligence requirement but also meeting its faith requirement.
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Also, the Charred Loyce, Loyce, and Ivory King’s sets are missing, all same ability: steal 10 HP from opposite gender. Also, can someone confirm if the Jester’s set also increases enemy aggro distance? Seems very noticeable.
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Peasant’s set is missing, each piece of Leg, Arm and Chest gives -1 Int but gives +2 Adp.
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Why is cale's helm missing from this list? It gives +2 Dex and +1 endurance. Pretty nice stuff
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An armor piece to increse DEX, some increases ADP and several that increases VIT, END, INT, FTH and even one that increases VGR, but nothing to increase STR? RIP fun SL1 runs... 15 STR (without constant use of a limited item I don't remember the name of) isn't quite what I had hoped for, but oh well.
Added in the Mad Warrior Mask effects for those not aware. Also why TF wasn't this set in DS3? I guess we could ask that about poise and completele lack of competitive weapon choices... Sigh...
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do u need the actual stats to equip the armor for it to apply the effect?
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The northwarder Set adds varying degrees of spell duration boost.
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The peasants hat adds +2FTH -1INT and the peasants attire adds +2 ADP
Work Hook adds a whopping 5 dexterity!!
and reduces ADP by 3
you can use the bandits knife without leveling
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