Elden Ring: 6 Great Armor Pieces For The Early Game

Elden Ring is a difficult game, so the Tarnished need to have some protection. What are the best armor pieces for the early game?

There are hundreds of different armour sets, weapons, and skills available to players in Elden Ring. These are often catered towards different play styles and have unique stats that can help bolster a player’s attacking or defensive capabilities. These armour pieces can be found around the Lands Between as drops from a mob or in chests.

The early game is often the most difficult stage in FromSoft titles, as players have to learn the mechanics and deal with challenging mobs without having any decent armour or weapons. There are specific armour pieces that Elden Ring players should aim to get as quickly as possible for an easier early game, and they will also benefit from reading these beginner tips to help get them started in this difficult gaming experience.

Vulgar Militia

The Vulgar Militia set can be reached quite early in the game by the Third Church of Marika. While certainly not the best armour set in Elden Ring, this set prioritizes Immunity bonuses, which can be really helpful for avoiding poison damages against Elden Ring’s most annoying enemies.

Players should look to get this set if they are aiming to explore the world before going through the story. There are plenty of better armour sets around that the Vulgar Militia set should be replaced with when possible.

Lionel’s Armor

Lionel’s Armor can be found near the Site of Grace in the Lower Capital Church in Leyndell. The chest piece will be on a bed. It has a Robustness of 99, which can be really helpful for new players when first starting out. Players can get here straight away, but keep in mind that there will be a lot of different trash mobs around on their journey to the location unless the player uses Elden Ring mods to make the experience easier.

The Lionel Armor set has some pretty decent starter defences to physical damage, particularly against Slash and Pierce damage. Like with most early armour sets, the player should look to replace this set with a better one as soon as possible.

Godrick Knight

The Godrick Knight set is one of the best armour pieces to get in the early parts of Elden Ring and can be picked up relatively easily from the start. In Limgrave, the player will come across Gatefront, which is a tunnel to go through with a group of Godrick soldiers and a huge giant that drops down. Be aware when tackling this Godrick soldier party, as playing Elden Ring like Dark Souls isn’t always the way to go.

Behind that is a campsite (Gatefront Ruins) made up of lots of Godrick soldiers and knights. If the player kills them, they will eventually get the armour pieces for the Godrick Knight set. The armour set gives a whopping 135 Robustness as well as decent damage negation stats and is worth it for any early-game player.

Banished Knight

The Banished Knight armour set is obtained from killing the same Banished Knight repeatedly in Stormveil Castle. While a bit weightier than the other ideal early-game armour sets, this set has 39.3 Physical Damage Negation and has an extended buff against Magic damage.

The Banished Knight is not particularly difficult to defeat and if the player is struggling they will likely need to get a better armour set by the time they’re at Stormveil Castle. Added to all of its impressive stats, the Banished Knight set looks pretty good too. Stormveil Castle hides many secrets and treasures including some awesome side quests.

Royal Remains

The Royal Remains set boasts some impressive stats and can be obtained after completing a short quest in the Village of the Albinaurics. Players can access this village by skipping Stormveil Castle entirely, which is something players may not know about Elden Ring. This set buffs HP, replenishing it slowly giving the player added sustained capabilities during a fight which helps players who like to solo boss fights and dungeons.

The set also has an aesthetically pleasing design with a skull-like helm that helps strike fear into the hearts of the trash mobs found in the Lands Between. It is very lightweight (25.3 weight) and grants impressive Damage Negation and Resistance.

Carian Knight

The Carian Knight set is the best early armour in Elden Ring players can obtain during their Elden Ring journey. It can be found in the Raya Lucaria Academy dungeon which doesn’t have any boss battles, making it suited to early-game players who are struggling with difficulty. However, players shouldn’t get too confident with the lack of a boss battle. It is common for Elden Ring players to make beginner mistakes in this way, but it can easily lead to death.

Its 23.5 weight means that players will still be able to dodge and roll in fights without being impeded and it has some decent Damage Negation and Resistance stats that help to level the playing field while traversing the Lands Between.

Elden Ring is available on Playstation 4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Playstation 5, and Microsoft Windows.

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