Assassin's Creed Shadows: All Legendary Armor Sets and Where to Find Them

Tools Master Mask (Head)

Location: Inside the Legendary Treasure Chest in Amagasaki Castle (Izumi Settsu - Amagasaki)

Perks:

• Shuriken no longer break on hard impact

Shuriken can be surprisingly powerful tools to have at your disposal. When used in conjunction with your primary weapons, they're great for dealing extra damage in a fight, or hitting opponents from midrange. Having them not break, meaning that they can be collected and reused, is a nice bonus for versatile players.

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Tools Master Gear (Body)

Location: Inside the Legendary Treasure Chest in Katano Castle (Izumi Settsu - Katano)

Perks:

• Throw a Kunai at the closest enemy after an Assassination

This perk's a bit hit and miss. On one hand, dealing immediate damage or outright killing a second or even third enemy upon assassinating someone can make Naoe's job much easier. But on the other, your kunai won't always kill the other enemy, leading to undesirable situations where your stealth is broken and you're forced to fight.

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Mamushi Snake Hood (Head)

Location: Inside the Legendary Treasure Chest at Omizo Castle (Omi - Ado River Valley)

Perks:

• +33% less Cooldown on Ally Abilities

33% less cooldown is a lot less cooldown — and ally abilities are strong tools to have around. This perk's usefulness obviously depends on how often you call upon your allies, but do you really find yourself using them often enough to a point where you notice how long the base cooldown is?

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Mamushi Snake Robes (Body)

Location: Inside the Legendary Treasure Chest at Nagahama Castle (Omi - Nagahama)

Perks:

• Dead bodies release a poison cloud when investigated

This is an especially devious perk that can enhance Naoe's castle-clearing capabilities. It requires clever play, however, and sometimes it's just much faster to simply assassinate anyone who approaches a dead enemy. Fun, but not necessarily efficient.

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Peasant Hat (Head)

Location: Inside the Legendary Treasure Chest in Takatsuki Castle (Izumi Settsu - Takatsuki)

Perks:

• 100% of an Adrenaline Chunk upon entering combat

Getting a quick and easy Adrenaline Chunk is always nice, but this perk assumes that you're using up all of Naoe's Adrenaline to begin with. Potentially helpful if you're spending it on abilities like Heighten Senses to remain stealthy, but Adrenaline is easily gained in combat anyway.

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Peasant Clothes (Body)

Location: Inside the Legendary Treasure Chest in Osaka Castle (Izumi Settsu - Osaka)

Perks:

• Attacks have 3% chance to remove 1 Health Segments on hit

A 3% chance to trigger might not seem like much, but this perk activates more often than you think, especially if you're using a fast weapon like a Katana or Tanto. Remember, this is a 3% chance on every single hit, and the result is the enemy losing either a meaty chunk of health or their entire bar. Fantastic for aggressive players.

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Yurei-Walker Hood (Head)

Location: Inside the Legendary Treasure Chest at Yamazaki Castle (Yamashiro - Yamazaki)

Perks:

• +2 Health Segments removed on Assassinations in shadows

This is an okay headpiece if you're trying to stay stealthy with Naoe, but the fact that additional assassination damage only triggers when you're hidden in shadow really limits the perk's overall usefulness. If there was a way to manually change the time of day to night, then there would be more weight to this one — but as it is, there are simply better perks to consider.

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Yurei-Walker Robes (Body)

Location: Inside the Legendary Treasure Chest at Shoryuji Castle (Yamashiro - Shoryuji)

Perks:

• Enemies are less efficient at detecting sound

This perk's usefulness will be heavily dependent on your selected difficulty level. On the harder difficulties, enemies are better at hearing and investigating sounds while you're stealthing around, and so you'll be able to get away with some fumbles if you've got this armor equipped. Still, if you're being stealthy, you're probably trying not to cause a scene anyway, and as such, there are simply better perks to be found elsewhere.

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Swift Shinobi Hood (Head)

Location: Inside the Legendary Treasure Chest at Kunimiyama Fort (Iga - Mibuno Vake)

Perks:

• Slow down time when detected

Not a bad choice of headgear if you're a stealthy player, as the time-slowing perk can provide a brief window of time to slip away from the enemy's sight. That said, it won't get you out of danger completely — foes who have spotted you will still investigate the area even if you return to being undetected. There are simply better perks to be found elsewhere.

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Swift Shinobi Robes (Body)

Location: Inside a Legendary Treasure Chest in Hijiyama Fort (Iga - Hijiyama)

Perks:

• +2 Health Segments removed on Air Assassinate

This perk dramatically increases Naoe's overall damage with air assassinations. If you're the type of player who prefers stealth and getting the drop on your enemies, you can't go wrong. The only potential problem comes with doing enough damage to begin with, rendering this perk a bit pointless depending on the foes that you're killing.

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Legendary Onna-musha Headband (Head)

Location: Inside the Legendary Treasure Chest at Koriyama Castle (Yamato - Koriyama)

Perks:

• Vault over enemies while sprinting

This is an armor piece with so much potential, depending on how much room you've got to actually move around in a fight. Being able to vault at will grants you all sorts of opportunities, from making enemies vulnerable to staggering them, to letting you do huge backstab damage. If you have the right abilities and passive perks unlocked through Naoe's skill trees, this headband is always a consideration.

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Legendary Onna-musha Kosode (Body)

Location: Inside the Legendary Treasure Chest at Uda Matsuyama Castle (Yamato - Uda Matsuyama)

Perks:

• Knock down enemies by sliding into them

A deadly perk if you've got the space to pull of full-sprint slides — so it's hard to make use of indoors or in tightly-packed castle grounds. Knocking down enemies leaves them completely defenceless and open to huge damage ground attacks — so this is an effective armor piece for players who like to dash everywhere (and again, have sufficient room to do so).

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Last Dance of the Onryo Mask (Head)

Location: Inside a Legendary Treasure Chest in Yaobikuni Cave (Wakasa - Onyu Pass)

Perks:

• Restore 5% Health on next hit after using Abilities

A decent armor piece if you're looking to improve Naoe's survivability. 5% health restoration isn't much, but it can help you keep your bar topped up across longer fights — and these tend to be battles where you're building Adrenaline at a steady pace, too.

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Last Dance of the Onryo Robe (Body)

Location: Inside a Legendary Treasure Chest at the Grave of the Three Emperors (Wakasa - Shattered Coast)

Perks:

• Avoid death and gain immunity for 8 seconds one time

Having a second life up your sleeve can be a, er, lifesaver when in tricky situations with Naoe, given her general lack of health and defence. It's hard to fault this simple perk.

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Cerulean Guise Hood (Head)

Location: A reward in the Animus Project, The Legacy (Level 9)

Perks:

• Undetectable when dodging out of a stalking zone

When you're spotted trying to be stealthy and you hide away from your enemies, they'll enter a 'stalking' mode and search the surrounding area for Naoe. This perk lets you dodge out of bushes or from behind cover without being seen, effectively giving you a second chance before you're discovered.

We suppose it's a decent option for stealthy playstyles, but it's just such a situational perk. When you're discovered, you could always just hide somewhere new.

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Noh Masterstroke Mask (Head)

Location: Inside a Legendary Treasure Chest at the Viewpoint in Kii - Kinokawa Valley

Perks:

• +20% of an Adrenaline Chunk on Affliction Buildup

Naoe's capable of gaining some serious Adrenaline with this perk, but you'll obviously need to be using a weapon that causes an affliction. And yes, this is Affinition Buildup specifically — not when the affliction triggers, but every time the little affliction gauge goes up. Granted, it's only 20% of an Adrenaline Chunk — meaning you need five buildups to gain an entire chunk, but you'll be taking regular Adrenaline gain into account on top of that. A neat piece of equipment for those who like to spam Naoe's abilities.

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Noh Masterstroke Costume (Body)

Location: Inside a Legendary Treasure Chest at the unmarked Iimori Cave in Kii - Sazae Oni Shores

Perks:

• Increases Tool Bleed Buildup
• Spread Affliction Buildup on afflicted enemy kill

Not a bad perk to have up your sleeve when Naoe's up against groups of enemies. If you've got a weapon that's already causing decent Affliction Buildup, you can get a lot of milage out of this armor piece — although it is obviously quite situational.

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Hidden Servant Kosode (Body)

Location: Inside the Legendary Treasure Chest at Kameyama Castle (Tamba - Kameyama)

Perks:

• +25% Adrenaline Gain in Restricted Zones

This is a solid perk, all things considered. More Adrenaline Gain is never a bad thing, and an extra 25% racks up very quickly on many of Naoe's faster attacks with Katanas or Tantos. The only downside, of course, is that you need to be in enemy territory for it to trigger — but are you really getting into that many fights outside of enemy camps, castles, etc.? An armor piece that's well worth considering.

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Ship Captain's Mask (Head)

Location: Inside the Legendary Treasure Chest at Azuchi Castle (Omi - Azuchi)

Perks:

• Reflect projectiles towards enemies on Parry

Despite the perk's icon, this mask does not let you parry bullets from firearms, which will still break Yasuke's block on impact. It only works with arrows, then, but that's not so bad given how many archers you'll need to deal with throughout the game. Reflecting arrows back towards enemies can help you deal with multiple foes, and the projectiles do decent damage.

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Ship Captain's Gear (Body)

Location: Inside the Legendary Treasure Chest at Sakamoto Castle (Omi - Sakamoto)

Perks:

• 50% chance to negate projectiles

Not a bad perk to have around if you're up against a swarm of archers and gunners, but it's a 50% coin toss anyway. Situational and you'll never really notice the improvement to Yasuke's survivability.

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Protector's Helmet (Head)

Location: Inside the Legendary Treasure Chest at Hanazono Castle (Yamashiro - Genbu Highlands)

Perks:

• Deal 50% damage to the attacker on Parry

Throwing an instant 50% damage back to your aggressor with a parry lets Yasuke take chunks out of elites' health bars and kill many lesser enemies outright. A very powerful perk if you've got your parry timing down.

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Protector's Armor (Body)

Location: Inside the Legendary Treasure Chest at Nijo Palace (Yamashiro - Kyoto)

Perks:

• Can Parry Unblockable attacks

Being able to parry unblockable attacks is absolutely huge. It means that Yasuke never really has to move from his position, dealing with anything the enemy throws his way. Of course, you still need to get the timing right, but this perk effectively rebalances combat massively in your favour.

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Samurai Daimyo Helmet of Legend (Head)

Location: Inside the Legendary Treasure Chest at Nagusano Falls (Harima - Mount Kasagata), but is guarded by a powerful assassination target

Perks:

• Trigger Samurai Stand on death, once per combat

Samurai Stand can be an incredibly powerful ability, and getting it for free when you die can help you turn the tide in tougher fights. Obviously you don't want to be dying anyway, but this perk is really nice to have up your sleeve when things get dicey — especially if you're playing on harder difficulties, where enemy damage is greatly enhanced.

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Samurai Daimyo Armor of Legend (Body)

Location: Inside the Legendary Treasure Chest at Kanki Castle (Harima - Kanki Burned Fields)

Perks:

• +75% damage but limit Health to 25%

A full +75% boost damage is absurd — it's enough to turn Yasuke into an absolute wrecking ball. However, you really pay the price by sacrificing most of Yasuke's health bar. Having just 25% health — regardless of your total — makes Yasuke a glass cannon. Still, if you want to maximise your damage output and you're really good at the game's combat, this is the armor for you.

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Defense Master Headwrap (Head)

Location: Inside the Legendary Treasure Chest at Miki Castle (Harima - Miki)

Perks:

• Slow down time after a successful Dodge

The Defense Master Headwrap's unique perk is incredibly useful; it activates on dodges against regular attacks — not just unblockable ones. The time dilation doesn't last long, but it's still lengthy enough to reposition Yasuke, and, depending on the direction of your dodge, you might even be able to get an extra attack in.

This armor is very hard to overlook if you're adept at dodging — but there is a slight drawback in that the time slow isn't very well telegraphed by the game (there are no visual cues or anything). As such, you can find yourself in situations where the slow motion actually gets in the way of your own actions.

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Defense Master Clothing (Body)

Location: Inside the Legendary Treasure Chest at Himeji Castle (Harima - Himeji)

Perks:

• Restore 10% Health on next hit after a Parry

If you've got your parry timing down, this perk makes Yasuke virtually invincible. 10% of your total health may not seem like a whole lot, but it adds up very quickly across a full fight, whether it's against groups of enemies or singular elites. Without doubt one of the best armor pieces in the game; you may never have to use a ration again.

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Elegant Samurai Outfit (Body)

Location: Inside the Legendary Treasure Chest in the Megalithic Vault (Yamato - Koriyama)

Perks:

• +20% Posture Damage per Adrenaline Chunk filled

Having four full Adrenaline Chunks means this armor gives you a massive 80% damage boost when using Yasuke's already powerful posture attacks — making this a hard outfit to fault regardless of your playstyle. The only downside is that you should really be spending Adrenaline when you've got it in order to maintain aggression — and subsequently, doing so diminishes the perk's usefulness.

Still, even if you just keep a healthy two or three chunks filled, you're getting a sizeable bonus.

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Master Archer Headband (Head)

Location: Inside the Legendary Treasure Chest at Kanegasaki Castle (Wakasa - Sotomo Gate)

Perks:

• Slow down time on Headshots every 8 seconds

As long as you've got enough ammo, this perk can allow a skilled archer to take out whole groups of enemies before they get to you. Granted, 8 seconds can be quite a long time in the heat of battle, but the slow effect lets you fire off at least two or three more arrows before it runs out. Or, if you prefer Teppos, this should give you enough time to reload with no interruptions. Hard to ignore if you're a fan of ranged weaponry.

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Master Archer Outfit (Body)

Location: Inside the Legendary Treasure Chest at Tsuruga Castle (Wakasa - Sotomo Gate)

Perks:

• +200% damage with Ranged Weapons while out of combat

This perk basically transforms Yasuke into a sniper. Although Bows and Teppos don't have that much range (at least, compared to modern firearms), wearing this armor means you're almost guaranteed to eliminate your target with a projectile before combat with additional enemies ensues. Solid for players who want to start encounters with a bang — but the perk obviously goes to waste when you're already in the heat of battle.

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Kasa of the Legendary Ronin (Head)

Location: Inside the Legendary Treasure Chest at Fukuchiyama Castle (Tamba - Fukuchiyama)

Perks:

• +2 Health Segment removed on Brutal Assassinations

Yasuke just isn't about stealth, so this armor piece does feel like a bit of a waste. Brutal Assassinations are already very powerful once you've unlocked the the associated skill tree nodes, and so the only foes who'll actually be able to withstand a surprise attack are elites and bosses. But are you really getting to a point where you can try to pull a Brutal Assassination against these enemies? As Yasuke?

This hat might help you in very specific situations, but that's about it.

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Helmet of the Legendary Samurai (Head)

Location: Inside the Legendary Treasure Chest at Tsuchibashi Fort (Kii - Wakanoura Bay)

Perks:

• Heal increase Critical Chance by 15% for 5 seconds

From what we understand, this perk activates on any kind of health restoration — including the slight heals that Yasuke can get upon killing an enemy (via his Samurai skill tree). With that in mind, this is a really nice piece of armor; critical hits are one of the best ways to maximise your overall damage output, especially when fighting against elite opponents. You can even pop rations just for the increased Critical Chance, if you like.

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Armor of the Legendary Samurai (Body)

Location: Inside the Legendary Treasure Chest at Akagi Fort (Kii - Iseji Trails)

Perks:

• Heal over time after 10 seconds, but -50% from rations

This an intriguing perk that takes some explaining. For starters, the health regeneration only kicks in if Yasuke takes no additional damage within those 10 seconds — so you've got to play well in order to get anything out of this armor. What's more, the regeneration effect is quite slow once it kicks in (but it can restore your entire health bar if you don't get hit during that time).

With these points in mind, this isn't an especially effective way to heal your injuries unless you're very confident in your ability to manage dangerous combat scenarios. In which case, this perk can keep Yasuke ticking across very lengthy battles, or in big castle raids where you might be running low on healing items. Plus, rations will still heal a good amount of health later in the game, even with the 50% taken off.

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Extravagant Kabukimono Headgear (Head)

Location: Inside a Legendary Treasure Chest near the Narutaki Falls Kata activity (Tamba - The Silver Lands)

Perks:

• Automatically perform a Weakpoint attack on a successful Parry

A pretty poor perk unless you're somehow struggling to perform your own Weakpoint attacks. This one would be a lot better if it activated after blue attack parries as well, but it only triggers on parries that make your opponent vulnerable anyway. The bottom line here is that you can almost always deal more damage through manual quick attacks after a successful parry, followed by a manual Weakpoint attack.

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