Armor

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This article is about the equipment. For other uses, see Armor (disambiguation).

Armor is equipment that is worn to mitigate damage dealt by foes, provide attribute bonuses and change a character's appearance. There are six pieces of armor which can be worn: headgear, shoulderwear, coats, gloves, leggings and boots.

Each profession has an armor level they can wear:

Scholar professions wear light armor.
Adventurer professions wear medium armor.
Soldier professions wear heavy armor.

Armor items provide a defense modifier and can also modify attributes. Armor statistics and bonuses can be changed during customization, so the benefits offered to the character aren't necessarily determined by appearance.

Players also have the option to wear clothing and are able to wear almost anything worn by NPCs. For example, a merchant's garb or blacksmith's aprons can be worn by the player, as well as armor sets of various groups such as the Seraph or Wardens.^[1]

[edit] Acquisition

[edit] Armor

Armor can be acquired in several different ways:

Purchased from an armorsmith.
Crafted through the disciplines of the armorsmith, leatherworker, and tailor.
As a loot drop from a monster.
As a reward from the Hall of Monuments.
As a PvP reward from a glory vendor.

[edit] Rare armor

Exchanging tokens with a Dungeon Vendor. Tokens are a reward for completing a dungeon's explorable mode.

Armor is restricted by level and can only be worn once that level requirement is met.

Each race has several armor sets which are restricted to that race. Other armors are designed to be worn by all races.^[2]

[edit] Customization

[edit] Color

Newly acquired armor will appear in its natural colors; metal portions are steel-toned, leather portions look calf-skin brown and cloth areas are beige. These sections can be dyed from these default colors. Players are able to alter the hue for up to three parts of each piece, although items in sets can accept up to four colors.

[edit] Upgrade components

All armor pieces come with a special slot where an upgrade component can be applied. These components grant additional bonuses to the armor, granting an advantage to characters in combat. Each upgrade component has six levels of bonuses. For example, for each Superior Rune of the Warrior a character has equipped, he gains one extra bonus from the Superior Rune of the Warrior bonus list. If the Rune is added to each of the six armor pieces, all of the bonuses that the upgrade provides will be unlocked.

[edit] Transmutation

The appearance of one armor piece can be joined with the statistics of another by using a transmutation stone.

see also: Transmutation

[edit] Repair

Guild Wars 2 will have an armor repair system. Every time a character is defeated (after being downed and failing to rally) one piece of armor gets damaged. Once all armor pieces are damaged, they will break, and the character will have to repair or replace it. ^[3]