Many players will be looking to maximize their armour and items for peak performance. Follow along for a detailed guide explaining how to upgrade armour and items in Elden Ring.<\/p>\n
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Upgrade your armour and items for maximum performance in Elden Ring. (Picture: FromSoftware)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nElden Ring armour is protective gear worn by your character providing various bonus effects and protection, resistances, and status effects. Armour in The Lands Between is divided into these pieces:<\/p>\n
\n- Helms<\/li>\n
- Chest Armor<\/li>\n
- Gauntlets<\/li>\n
- Leg Armor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Equipping an armour set will unlock specific buffs, but players are also free to mix and match their armour pieces to further personalize their gameplay. On a more obvious note, applying armour will also change your character’s appearance, for those who put a higher value on cosmetics.<\/p>\n
Upgrading armour and items in Elden Ring<\/h2>\n
Similar to upgrading weapons in Elden Ring, players can farm materials to upgrade their armour and improve their character’s fighting ability. Bolstering materials like Sacred Tears, Golden Seeds, and more can be valuable to upgrading your equipment, so be sure to keep that in mind when roaming The Lands Between.<\/p>\n
Here’s a list of Elden Ring bolstering items that can be farmed, as well as their respective upgrade effects:<\/p>\n
Sacred Flask materials<\/h3>\n\n- Sacred Tear <\/strong>– Improves Sacred Flask’s potency<\/li>\n
- Golden Seed <\/strong>– Increases Sacred Flask’s amount of uses<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Smithing Shards materials<\/h3>\n\n- Stone Smithing Shard<\/strong> – Upgrades armaments (+1 per use)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Spirit Ash materials<\/h3>\n\n- Grave Glovewort <\/strong>– Upgrades ashes +1<\/li>\n
- Ghost Glovewort<\/strong> – Upgrades renowned ashes +1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Elden Ring armour is protective gear worn by your character providing various bonus effects and protection, resistances, and status effects. Armour in The Lands Between is divided into these pieces:<\/p>\n
- \n
- Helms<\/li>\n
- Chest Armor<\/li>\n
- Gauntlets<\/li>\n
- Leg Armor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Equipping an armour set will unlock specific buffs, but players are also free to mix and match their armour pieces to further personalize their gameplay. On a more obvious note, applying armour will also change your character’s appearance, for those who put a higher value on cosmetics.<\/p>\n
Upgrading armour and items in Elden Ring<\/h2>\n
Similar to upgrading weapons in Elden Ring, players can farm materials to upgrade their armour and improve their character’s fighting ability. Bolstering materials like Sacred Tears, Golden Seeds, and more can be valuable to upgrading your equipment, so be sure to keep that in mind when roaming The Lands Between.<\/p>\n
Here’s a list of Elden Ring bolstering items that can be farmed, as well as their respective upgrade effects:<\/p>\n
Sacred Flask materials<\/h3>\n
- \n
- Sacred Tear <\/strong>– Improves Sacred Flask’s potency<\/li>\n
- Golden Seed <\/strong>– Increases Sacred Flask’s amount of uses<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Smithing Shards materials<\/h3>\n
- \n
- Stone Smithing Shard<\/strong> – Upgrades armaments (+1 per use)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Spirit Ash materials<\/h3>\n
- \n
- Grave Glovewort <\/strong>– Upgrades ashes +1<\/li>\n
- Ghost Glovewort<\/strong> – Upgrades renowned ashes +1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Grave Glovewort <\/strong>– Upgrades ashes +1<\/li>\n
- Golden Seed <\/strong>– Increases Sacred Flask’s amount of uses<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Sacred Tear <\/strong>– Improves Sacred Flask’s potency<\/li>\n