Armor in Dark Souls 3 provides the player with protection against various types of damage, resistance to Status Effects, and an increase in Poise. Players can mix and match different armor pieces for both functional and cosmetic purposes, allowing for a personalized look while maintaining effective defenses. Unlike previous installments in the series, armor in Dark Souls 3 cannot be upgraded, meaning its stats are fixed once obtained. For detailed information on individual pieces, refer to the HelmsChest ArmorGauntlets, and Leggings pages.

  • For players interested in creating stylish and unique character appearances, check out the Fashion Souls. This page showcases various cosmetic builds that emphasize aesthetics over stats, allowing you to mix and match armor pieces to achieve your desired look in Dark Souls 3.
  • You can use this Equipment & Spell Checklist to keep track of the items and spells you've acquired throughout your journey in Dark Souls 3. This checklist helps ensure you don't miss any equipment or spells, making it easier to complete your collection and optimize your build.

 

Armor

 




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    • Anonymous

      Undead legion helm
      Black hand armor
      Undead legion Gauntlets
      Assassin legs

      That was my peak Fashion Souls back in 2016-2017. Such good times

      • Anonymous

        Undead legion helm
        Winged knight armor
        Wolf knight leggins

        You may not like it, but this is what peak fashion looks like

        • Anonymous

          Shira's crown , Shira's armor , desert pyromancer gloves and desert pyromancer skirt would look really gorgeous on a female character

          • Anonymous

            Wolf knight helm, gundyr armor (chestpiece), grave warden wrap and smough leggings is the best combination for a realistic knight look

            • Anonymous

              lothric knight helm, knight chestpiece, silver knight gauntlets and lothric leggings is the best combination for a realistic knight look

              • Anonymous

                lothric knight helm, knight chestpiece, silver knight gauntlets and lothric leggings is the best combination for a realistic knight look

                • Anonymous

                  I remember seeing a helmet that looks a lot like Havel's, especially the visor, but is made of metal. I saw it in a randomizer so I don't know its name, but I really like the look. Does anyone know the name?

                  • who let the fugliest dude model for these pics? I know you're the ashy one, but for fashion souls please wash your face and equip the untrue dark ring. the cosmetic sliders are there for a reason, bro

                    • Anonymous

                      Coming back to Dark Souls 3 from Elden Ring I just realized how good it is when armor parts blend so well between different sets. In ER I'm struggling to find a fitting armor combination for some of my characters, in DS3 I have so many good combinations that I don't know which one I like more and switch between them a lot.

                      • Billed Mask
                        Morne Armour
                        Black Knight Gauntlets
                        Black Knight Leggings

                        Great defence to weight ratio and ~32 poise. Kinda edgy but you look like a boss so who cares.

                        • Anonymous

                          Chain hood
                          Ruin chest
                          Smough's Gauntlets
                          Lorian's legs

                          Solid defense, easy on weight, decent poise.

                          Peak fashion souls.

                          • Anonymous

                            white preacher head, antiquated plain garb, lapp's gauntlets, desert pyromancer skirt
                            best early game fashion souls
                            thank me later

                            • Anonymous

                              Undead legion helm,slave knight armor,lorians gauntlets,eastern pants,dual katana type weapons and lot of vitality for equip load for a dex build

                              • Anonymous

                                My female character set:
                                hood guardian of the paintings
                                fire witch armor
                                fire witch gloves
                                apron guardians of the paintings
                                priest's knight's scythe weapon
                                yorskha bell catalyst
                                Try it :)

                                • Anonymous

                                  Once I get going and I can get the alva set I'm going to try and make my character look like matthew shezmen from the 2nd dark souls 3 parody.

                                  • Anonymous

                                    All i can say is
                                    Fire link helm
                                    Drake blood armour
                                    Gundyr leggings
                                    Gundyr gauntlets
                                    And pair that **** with a yhorm or a dragon slayer great axe and a shield of want on you're back, and you would look like a majestic knight

                                    • Anonymous

                                      Black Guard:
                                      Ringed Knight hood
                                      Mirrah chain chest and gauntlets
                                      Slave leggings

                                      Raven Magus:
                                      Sage’s big hat
                                      Court sorcerer robe
                                      Leather gauntlets
                                      Old sorcerer leggings

                                      Pontiff Rebel:
                                      Dancer helm
                                      Fire Witch chest and gauntlets
                                      Painting Guardian leggings

                                      Blake Knight:
                                      Black Knight helm and leggings
                                      Drakeblood chest
                                      Gundyr gauntlets

                                      Silver Knightess:
                                      Alva helm
                                      Dancer chest and gauntlets
                                      Sunless leggings

                                      Blood Rouge:
                                      Sunset helm and leggings
                                      Slave chest and gauntlets

                                      Swash Buckler:
                                      Blackhand hat
                                      Vilheim chest and gauntlets
                                      Leonhard leggings

                                      Sunlight Champion:
                                      Dragonscale crown
                                      Sunset chest
                                      Ruin gauntlets and leggings

                                      • A good combination for fashion: fallen knight helm,
                                        Slave knight armor,
                                        Shadow gauntlets,
                                        Shadow leggings,
                                        I don't know what the name should be but I'll think about it

                                        • Anonymous

                                          it's funny how we have the 3 armor sets from the most memorable Ds1 bosses (Ornstein, Smough, and Artorias) and for Ds2 we have the Ruin sentinels armor set lol

                                          • Anonymous

                                            Dark Souls 1, 2 and 3 have so many beautiful sets of armour compared to how ugly most armour pieces in Elden Ring are

                                            • Anonymous

                                              DS3 was the first souls game I approached.
                                              Because all of the hype about Elden Ring, I wanted to check if I can cope with the game play before buying.

                                              I loved DS3.
                                              It had opened my eyes to what I have missed all the years.

                                              But instead of going for Elden Ring, I now went straight for DS1, becaue I wanted to know about all the hidden lore and references in DS3.

                                              It was a good decision.
                                              I love DS1 even better ... or rather in its own way :)

                                              And know I value the armor sets in DS3 even more, as I came to know all the NPCs from DS1.


                                              Great games!
                                              I have a lot of fun and enterainment with them!

                                              • Anonymous

                                                fallen knight helm, Vilhelm chestpiece, slave knight gauntlets, fire keeper skirt. I am so proud of this fashion for my character and just wanted to share it

                                                • Anonymous

                                                  okay who's got a mandalorian armor to spill? i wanna do a Din Djarin build with the Lothric spear and Black blade for the Darksaber, Arbalest for his rifle and Lothric crossbow for his blaster. so who has the armor to match the weapons?

                                                  • Anonymous

                                                    okay anybody got a Mandalorian build they wanna spill? i was thinking possibly some crossbow for a gun and lothric sword (or any straight sword) for the main weapon. if we're going for Din then Lothric spear and a crossbow, black blade for the katana. just looking for armor advice thanks :)

                                                    • Anonymous

                                                      hey you! want to know how to look cool and edgy and also have good stats with only 30 vit? well first you need the prisoners chain and the ring of favor +3! got all that? then here is the armor:
                                                      helm: firelink helm
                                                      chest armor: mornes armor
                                                      gauntlets: black knight gaunlets
                                                      leggings: ring knight legging OR iron dragonslayers leggings

                                                      NOW U LOOK EPIX

                                                      • Anonymous

                                                        imagine being a trash casul and wearing any of these armors! unlike you I strap the epicly powerful PKCS to me self all over my body! It blocks all attacks and makes my attack damage triple when wielding my PKCS, plus i have actual POISE which none of you havel monsters have. Git Gud and strap PKCS to your body, you will becoem really epic!

                                                        • Anonymous

                                                          It's funny how people say how DS3 is desaturated even though all of Miyazaki's games weren't based around that. Literally every game is based around a rotting fading world besides Sekiro. If you don't like the style, either quit complaining or don't play the game. This IS dark souls FYI. Go play WoW.

                                                          • Anonymous

                                                            only thing i dont like is that theres no mask of the father or GIANTS GIANTS GIANTS. other than that most armor sets are pretty cool.

                                                            • Anonymous

                                                              I actually think the dinginess and dirtiness of the armor looks much better in context than out of context, like the armor sets look fine in the games world but when you're just looking at screenshots it tends to look meh.

                                                              • Anonymous

                                                                Man people LOVE complaining about the armor and weapons of this game.

                                                                I remember Demon's Souls with it's like 10 armors and weapons. I remember Sekiro with zero armor.
                                                                You guys are right the whole games trash because of it's armor. Pfft.
                                                                I still play Demon's Souls and I don't have a PS5. People are spoiled as hell.

                                                                • Anonymous

                                                                  That "so many time has passed" excuse for the awful status of most armors kind of falls flat when you get some sets in perfect condition, and some of them aren't even special. Nameless knight set, elite knight set, catarina set, havel set, dragonslayer set, brass set, etc... Are in the exact condition as i remember from dark souls 1.

                                                                  They could have been more logical excuses like "hey, enemies here are more beast like cuz bloodborne copy paste and strike is common now, go for light armor". Idk, anything believable within the continuity. And even then there should be SOME difference between being naked or wearing rock plate armor, but whatever difference there is doesn't matter for how little it is.

                                                                  • Anonymous

                                                                    guys i require help, im making a DEUS VULT build, i know cathedral knight helm but what else? i need some Knights Templar esque armor weapons. thoughts?

                                                                    • Anonymous

                                                                      Other than the Alva, Artorias, Faraam, Black Iron and Fallen Knight sets most of these on here look pretty damn meh.

                                                                      • Anonymous

                                                                        40/91 armor sets in this game are recycled from older souls games. That's almost 50%. That sums up DS3 as a whole, an unoriginal game too obsessed with "paying homage" and "referencing" the older souls games to be it's own unique experience.


                                                                        Even worse, the armor sets that are actually unique all look like dogsh*t because they're all torn to shreds or worn out. The only armor in the entire game that looks clean and new is probably Herald Set and Solaire's Iron set.

                                                                        • Anonymous

                                                                          Why is that they did not put many knightly looking armors? they just put armor that looks like socks and t shirts piled up on you am i right?

                                                                          • Anonymous

                                                                            The comment below me is disliked by blind miyazaki fanboys who can't get over a day without following the stupid trend of "hate ds2 cuz miyazaki wasn't there".

                                                                            • Anonymous

                                                                              This shows all of the armor sets what about armor that doesn't belong in a set I need a list that just shows all the armor pieces in order

                                                                              • Anonymous

                                                                                I don't get what they refer to with "fashion souls" when almost every cloth is as tattered as master's attire

                                                                                • Anonymous

                                                                                  While I'm fine with the hyperarmor system in this game, they definitely should have given heavier armor much higher absorption so they could actually be functional. If the Smough set had near 50% absorption in physical, it would actually be useful for something other than fashion.

                                                                                  • Anonymous

                                                                                    You are only permitted to wear any type of apparel, be it armor or clothing, in both Dark Souls and real life if you exclusively use the Broken Straight Sword!

                                                                                    • Anonymous

                                                                                      Most of the armor is so grey and blandish looking in this game. I miss the vibrancy from the first two games :/

                                                                                      • Anonymous

                                                                                        idk why i'm doing this but my top 5 armors based on fashion (my opinion).
                                                                                        1. Iron Dragonslayer set
                                                                                        2. Outrider Knight Set
                                                                                        3. Dragonslayer's set (Ornstein's Set)
                                                                                        4. DrakeBlood set
                                                                                        5. Lothric Knight set
                                                                                        Honorable Mention: Ruin set

                                                                                        • Anonymous

                                                                                          Ds3 easily has the least amount of interesting armor sets for fashion souls. Not saying what they DO have is bad (black hand set with alva helmets is killer for royal knights or spellblades) but most of what it has is usually from the big boys, the bosses, and a scarce collection from elite enemies in the game, lothric and cathedral knights or the jailers for example. I miss some of the more bog standard stuff that still looked cool like ds2's royal soldier set maughlin sells you. Missed opportunities I say... ifnonly half the enemies weren't wearing a ****ing torn up dirty bed sheet.

                                                                                          • Anonymous

                                                                                            How Useful Is Armor?
                                                                                            Like Is It Critical That I Use A High Damage Absorption Armor Or Can I Just Use My Fashion?

                                                                                            • Anonymous

                                                                                              I love dark souls remastered because of all of its vibrant colors, cool ideas and awesome areas. That’s something you can’t get in dark souls 3. Every color is a mix of gray and everything is so bleak and boring. I don’t know if it’s just me but I know that the world is ending and all but why is everything so rotten and desgusting. All the armor hyped armor from dark souls remastered are all degraded and their defense is trifling.

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