RESTRICTION: LEVEL 30 Required to Wield this armor as of Feb 2002, LEVEL 50+ for Shard Enhanced Shadow Armor

UPDATED ON 15 JUNE WITH SHARD ENHANCEMENTS TO SHADOW ARMOR

Introduction

  The Shadow Hunter armor is a no-drop armor created by the master armor smiths of Dereth.  They are made from a combination of items dropped by Shadows and Fragments, which you will need to kill vast numbers of to get all the items you need.  The armors have the following characteristics:

Armor Type	Buffable	Givable	Drop On Death
Neo Shadow Armor	Yes	Yes	No
Post-Patch Armor (With Atlan Stone)	No	No	No
Post-Patch Armor (Without Atlan Stone)	Yes	Yes	No
Shard-Enabled Shadow Armor	Yes	Yes	No

Step 0: Preparation

  As you kill shadows and fragments, you will get some interesting stuff, but the drop rate is very poor (anywhere from 1 in 10 to 1 in 100 or so.)  The items you are looking for are as follows:

Monster	Item Dropped
Shadow Children & Small Shadow Children	Dark Speck
Shadows and Shadow Lieutenants	Dark Sliver
Panumbris and Umbri Shadows	Dark Shard
Broken Fragments	Cracked Shard
Fragments	Tiny Shard
Dual Fragments & Nexus Fragments	Small Shard

Step 1: Combining the items

1. Decide which armor you want (see Armor charts at the bottom of this page)

2. Combine the Specks/Slivers/Tinies/Smalls until you have the item you want (see chart below)

3. Repeat steps 1-2 to get a second gem to make the top half

Combine two of these...		...To get this
	Dark Speck		Dark Sliver (2 Specks)
	Dark Sliver		Dark Shard (4 Specks)
	Dark Shard		Shadow Fragment (8 Specks)
	Cracked Shard		Tiny Shard (2 Cracked)
	Tiny Shard		Small Shard (4 Cracked)
	Small Shard		Crystal Fragment (8 Cracked)
Then combine these...		...To get this
	Dark Shard and Small Shard		Glimmering Gem (4 Specks & 4 Cracked) (2 gems required to make Lesser Armor)
	2 Glimmering Gems or Shadow Fragment & Crystal Fragment		Sparkling Gem (8 Specks & 8 Cracked) (2 gems required to make Medium Armor)
	2 Sparkling Gems		Scintillating Gem (16 Specks & 16 Cracked) (2 gems required to make Greater Armor)

 

Step 2: Getting the Armor

  Now that you have combined the items and have two gems (glimmering, sparkling, or scintillating), you need to go to the lifestones at one of the below towns to have the armor-smith make your armor. 

Vendor Locations and Names

Notes: 

1. If you take your first gem to one smith and get the bottom half of of the armor, then take the 2nd gem to a different smith, you will get the bottom half of that armor, not a top half.  So if you are looking to combine armors, you are going to need THREE gems of whichever class of armor you want. 

2. If you take three gems of the same quality to the same armor-smith, the third gem will not get you ANYTHING. One one class of armor of each type allowed per person, sorry.  UPDATE: This has changed as well, there is no longer a limit to the number of armor you can get.

Step 3:  Enhancing the armor's statistics

  UPDATE: Now that pre-patch armor is back, you have the ability to get it, or the post-patch armor.  It is shown in a separate table as Neo-Shadow Armor.  To switch between Neo and Post-Patch, go talk to the same person in the table listed above, and they will swap them out for you.

  UPDATE: As of April 2003, Now you can enhance your Shadow Hunter Armor even more!  You will need to be using UNDYED Greater Neo Shadow Armor.  Go hunt Crystal Shards (near Teth is a great place) until you find one.  Refer to the table at the very bottom for descriptions of what each do to your armor, besides giving it an extra 50 AL!  Be warned though, once a shard is placed within the armor it cannot be removed, and there is a LEVEL 50+ wield Requirement! One shard per piece of armor, so you can have 2 shards in Amuli, 3 in Koijia, and 4 in Celdon.

  Once you have the armor, you will need to go find the four major Atlan stones (see appropriate quests on the Pilgrim's Respite Armor page.)  These stones will enhance the armor's protection by 20 points and make some changes to the elemental protections of the armor.  It will at that point however, be non-buffable, and non-givable.  To remove a stone from the armor, you will need the Atlan Tool.

Amuli Shadow Armor
	Base Armor	Acid Stone	Fire Stone	Frost Stone	Lightning Stone
Coat	Value: 2610      Burden: 1500
Leggings	Value: 3040      Burden: 2100
Stone Changes	Avg. Slashing Avg. Piecing & Bludgeoning Poor protection vs. elements	Unparalleled vs. Acid No Protection vs. Lightning Above Avg. Fire and Cold	Unparalleled vs. Fire No Protection vs. Cold Above Avg. Acid & Lightning	Unparalleled vs. Cold No Protection vs. Fire Above Avg. Acid & Lightning	Unparalleled vs. Lightning No Protection vs. Acid Above Avg. Fire and Cold
Greater Shadow Amuli Stats
Armor Level	150	170	170	170	170
(Medium) Shadow Amuli Stats
Armor Level	120	140	140	140	140
Lesser Shadow Amuli Stats
Armor Level	90	110	110	110	110

Greater Koujia Shadow Armor
	Base Armor	Acid Stone	Fire Stone	Frost Stone	Lightning Stone
BP	Value: 2320     Burden: 1300
Sleeves	Value: 1620     Burden: 0825
Leggings	Value: 3240     Burden: 2200
Stone Changes	Above Avg. Slashing Avg. Piecing & Bludgeoning Poor protection vs. elements	Unparalleled vs. Acid No Protection vs. Lightning Above Avg. Fire and Cold	Unparalleled vs. Fire No Protection vs. Cold Above Avg. Acid & Lightning	Unparalleled vs. Cold No Protection vs. Fire Above Avg. Acid & Lightning	Unparalleled vs. Lightning No Protection vs. Acid Above Avg. Fire and Cold
Greater Shadow Koujia Stats
Armor Level	155	175	175	175	175
(Medium) Shadow Koujia Stats
Armor Level	125	145	145	145	145
Lesser Shadow Koujia Stats
Armor Level	95	115	115	115	115

Shard Enhanced Greater Neo Shadow Armor
		Amuli	Koujia	Celdon
Brilliant		Major Armor (+15% to Armor)
Solid		Major Slashing Ward (+15% Slashing Protection)
Hardened		Major Piercing Ward (+15% Piercing Protection)
Plated		Major Bludgeoning Ward (+15% Bludgeoning Protection)
Chilled		Major Frost Ward (+15% Cold Protection)
Seared		Major Flame Ward (+15% Fire Protection)
Charged		Major Storm Ward (+15% Lightning Protection)
Scored		Major Acid Ward (+15% Acid Protection)
Protections		Slashing: Avg. Piercing: Avg. Bludgeoning: Avg. Cold: Avg. Fire: Avg. Lightning: Below Avg. Acid: Avg.	Slashing: Above Avg. Piercing: Avg. Bludgeoning: Avg. Cold: Avg. Fire: Avg. Lightning: Below Avg. Acid: Avg.	Slashing: Above Avg. Piercing: Avg. Bludgeoning: Avg. Cold: Avg. Fire: Avg. Lightning: Below Avg. Acid: Avg.
Armor Level		240	245	260
Restrictions		YOU MUST BE AT LEAST LEVEL 50 TO WIELD THIS ITEM