Dragon's Dogma 2 Best Armor For Each Vocation & Class

In this Dragon’s Dogma 2 Best Armor Guide, we’ll be talking about the best armor for each vocation in Dragon’s Dogma 2. It is a tricky topic to discuss, so you’ll have to do a lot of research, comparison, and judgment calls on which armor would be best in your situation. This article will serve as a guideline for when you would want to spend gold on armor, instead of finding better armor immediately after buying one. We’ll be discussing which armor to get, how to get it, and all the information you’ll need to know about which armor is suitable for you in Dragon’s Dogma 2.

Dragon’s Dogma 2 Best Armor

Armor in Dragon’s Dogma 2 is a type of equipment which provides defensive properties and protects the Arisen and their pawns against enemy attacks. Each vocation will have different pieces of armor to equip, so it will be unique to your chosen vocation. Each armor piece will specialize in which type of damage it will protect you from, and it can also give certain debilitation and elemental resistances. You can obtain armor in many ways, such as looting chests, getting it as a quest reward, buying it from NPCs, and obtaining it from monster drops.

In this article, the progression for armor will be divided into sections. There will be repeated armor slots, so it will be up to your preference in which armor you should be getting depending on which part of the game you are in currently.

Best Armor For a Fighter in DD2

Pick Up This Armor Immediately

Howling Hood (Head armor)

Howling Hood can be obtained by looting a chest inside the basement of a house in Marshland Settlement. This provides you with 22 defense, 20 magick defense, 10 strike resistance, and 15 knockdown resistance.

Allesian Oxide Hood (Head armor)

Allesian Oxide Hood can be obtained by looting a chest inside a locked shack next to Derelict Mine, although it will be guarded by bandits. This provides you with 28 defense, 10 slash resistance, and 12 knockdown resistance.

Plate Armor (Body armor)

You can obtain the Plate Armor from a chest near the entrance of Headwater Cavern, which is north of Vernworth. This armor provides 47 defense, 18 magick defense, and 21 knockdown resistance.

Miner’s Hosen (Leg armor)

When you grab the Plate Armor, there will also be a chest nearby the entrance of Headwater Cavern which will contain the Miner’s Hosen, a leg armor. Miner’s Hosen provides you with 24 defense, 20 magick defense, 1 slash resistance, and 5 knockdown resistance.

Buy This Armor When You Have Money

Winged Sallet (Head armor)

Winged Sallet can be purchased at Celeste’s Smithy in Checkpoint Rest Town for 13,800G. This provides you with 42 defense, 21 magick defense, and 27 knockdown resistance.

Dominion Armor (Body armor)

Dominion Armor can be purchased at Celeste’s Smithy in Checkpoint Rest Town for 20,800G. This provides you with 108 defense, 45 magick defense, and 40 knockdown resistance.

Meloirean Plate (Body armor)

Meloirean Plate can be purchased at Celeste’s Smithy in Checkpoint Rest Town for 20,300G. This provides you with 115 defense, 43 magick defense, 3 slash resistance, 3 strike resistance, and 36 knockdown resistance.

Raptor Claws (Leg armor)

Raptor Claws can be purchased at Celeste’s Smithy in Checkpoint Rest Town for 16,500G. This provides you with 74 defense, 26 magick defense, and 24 knockdown resistance.

Buy This Armor in Battahl

Gryphic Helm (Head armor)

Gryphic Helm can be purchased at Bodas’s Armory in Bakbattahl for 24,800G. This provides you with 63 defense, 30 magick defense, and 21 knockdown resistance.

Valiant Armor (Body armor)

Valiant Armor can be purchased at Bodas’s Armory for 32,000G. This provides you with 134 defense, 40 magick defense, and 42 knockdown resistance.

Brutal Cuisses (Leg armor)

Brutal Cuisses can be purchased at Bodas’s Armory for 32,800G. This provides you with 106 defense, 38 magick defense, 2 slash resistance, 2 strike resistance, and 27 knockdown resistance.

Buy This Armor in Volcanic Island Camp

Fiendish Armet (Head armor)

Fiendish Armet can be purchased at Volcanic Island Armory in Volcanic Island Camp for 34,600G. This provides you with 80 defense, 34 magick defense, 2 slash resistance, 2 strike resistance, and 24 knockdown resistance.

Thrasher’s Surcoat (Body armor)

Trasher’s Surcoat can be purchased at Volcanic Island Armory for 54,200G. This provides you with 176 defense, 70 magick defense, and 57 knockdown resistance.

Vigilant Greaves (Leg armor)

Vigilant Greaves can be purchased at Volcanic Island Armory for 35,800G. This provides you with 116 defense, 42 magick defense, 2 slash resistance, and 36 knockdown resistance.

Best Armor for an Archer in DD2

Pick Up This Armor Immediately

Howling Hood (Head armor)

Chain Mail (Body armor)

Chain Mail can be obtained by looting a chest on top of a wall, which is located northwest of Nameless Village. This provides you with 24 defense, 10 magick defense, and 9 knockdown resistance.

Ranger’s Tights (Leg armor)

Ranger’s Tights can be obtained near where you looted Chain Mail, so the chest is located northwest of Nameless Village. This provides you with 45 defense, 30 magick defense, and 8 knockdown resistance.

Buy This Armor When You Have Money

Sage’s Hood (Head armor)

Sage’s Hood can be purchased at Celeste’s Smithy in Checkpoint Rest Town for 14,500G. This provides you with 41 defense, 45 magick defense, 2 strike resistance, and 13 knockdown resistance.

Wildeagle Padded Armor (Body armor)

Wildeagle Padded Armor can be purchased at Celeste’s Smithy for 20,800G. This provides you with 92 defense, 63 magic defense, and 26 knockdown resistance.

Graceful Tunic (Body armor)

Graceful Tunic can be purchased at Grisha’s Armory in Sacred Arbor for 21,900G. This provides you with 93 defense, 70 magick defense, and 26 knockdown resistance.

Evergreen Greaves (Leg armor)

Evergreen Greaves can be purchased at Grisha’s Armory for 37,500G. This provides you with 94 defense, 94 magic defense, and 21 knockdown resistance. This is the fourth or fifth best leg armor in the game, so make sure to buy this.

Buy This Armor in Battahl

Griffin-Feather Hood (Head armor)

Griffin-Feather Hood can be purchased at Bodas’s Armory in Bakbattahl for 23,800G. This provides you with 60 defense, 30 magick defense, and 18 knockdown resistance.

Twilight Star (Head armor)

Twilight Star can be claimed by turning in 50 Seeker’s Token at any Vocation Guild. This provides you with 60 defense, 60 magick defense, and 8 knockdown resistance.

Majestic Armor (Body armor)

Majestic Armor can be purchased at Bodas’s Armory for 35,000G. This provides you with 133 defense, 86 magick defense, and 36 knockdown resistance.

Buy This Armor in Volcanic Island Camp & Excavation Site

Confidant’s Hood (Head armor)

Confidant’s Hood can be purchased at Volcanic Island Armory for 33,500G. This provides you with 88 defense, 73 magick defense, and 18 knockdown resistance. Only do this if you don’t have Twilight Star.

Elegant Petticoat (Body armor)

Elegant Petticoat can be purchased from Zachary in Excavation Site for 43,050G. This provides you with 160 defense, 160 magick defense, and 23 knockdown resistance.

Thief

Pick Up This Armor Immediately

Gazer’s Hood (Head armor)

Gazer’s Hood can be obtained by looting a chest at the 2nd floor of the Strange Corridor, located east of Checkpoint Rest Town. This provides you with 30 defense, 30 magick defense, and 13 knockdown resistance.

Chain Mail (Body armor)

Chain Mail can be obtained by looting a chest on top of a wall, which is located northwest of Nameless Village. This provides you with 24 defense, 10 magick defense, and 9 knockdown resistance.

Over-Knee Boots (Leg armor)

Over-Knee Boots can be obtained by looting a chest inside Ancestral Chamber, east of Sacred Arbor. This provides you with 52 defense, 30 magick defense, and 3 knockdown resistance.

Buy This Armor When You Have Money

Falconian Beak (Head armor)

Falconian Beak can be purchased at Celeste’s Smithy for 14,400G. This provides you with 44 defense, 18 magic defense, and 14 knockdown resistance.

Rampart Breaker (Body armor)

Rampart Breaker can be purchased from Nameless Apothecary in Nameless Village for 22,500G. This provides you with 97 defense, 70 magick defense, and 25 knockdown resistance.

Nightfall Greaves (Leg armor)

Nightfall Greaves can be purchased at Grisha’s Armory for 15,800G. This provides you with 70 defense, 34 magick defense, and 8 knockdown resistance, which is a decent amount.

Get This Armor in the Battahl Region

Dapper Chausses (Leg armor)

Dapper Chausses can be obtained by looting a chest in Roadside Hollow, south of Checkpoint Rest Town. This provides you with 83 defense, 55 magick defense, 10 slash & strike resistance, and 14 knockdown resistance.

Twilight Star (Head armor)

Twilight Star can be claimed by turning in 50 Seeker’s Token at any Vocation Guild. This provides you with 60 defense, 60 magick defense, and 8 knockdown resistance.

Midnight Turban (Head armor)

Midnight Turban can be purchased at Bodas’s Armory for 26,000G. This provides you with 60 defense, 46 magick defense, -2 slash & strike resistance, and 9 knockdown resistance.

Immaculate Blaze (Body armor)

Immaculate Blaze can be found Found inside a chest on 1F of Digger’s Ruins [Map Link]. This provides you with 158 defense, 99 magick defense, and 32 knockdown resistance. You don’t need to buy this, saving you money.

Buy This Armor in Volcanic Island Camp & Excavation Site

Confidant’s Hood (Head armor)

Confidant’s Hood can be purchased at Volcanic Island Armory for 33,500G. This provides you with 88 defense, 73 magick defense, and 18 knockdown resistance.

Elegant Petticoat (Body armor)

Elegant Petticoat can be purchased from Zachary in Excavation Site for 43,050G. This provides you with 160 defense, 160 magick defense, and 23 knockdown resistance.

Arena Breeches (Leg armor)

Arena Breeches can be purchased at Volcanic Island Armory for 33,100G. This provides you with 103 defense, 63 magick defense, and 18 knockdown resistance.

Mage

Pick Up This Armor Immediately

Serpentine Circlet (Head armor)

Serpentine Circlet can be obtained by looting a chest in the underground cave in Harve Village. This provides you with 11 defense, 26 magick defense, 2 slash and strike resistance, and 6 knockdown resistance.

Eminent Coat (Body armor)

Eminent Coat can be obtained by looting a chest at the very end of the Ancestral Chamber cave. This provides you with 70 defense, 80 magick defense, and 24 knockdown resistance.

Savant’s Boots (Leg armor)

Savants Boots can be obtained by looting a chest at the top of the Vernworth Pawn Guild tower. This provides you with 24 defense, 32 magick defense, and 8 knockdown resistance.

Buy This Armor When You Have Money & Do Quest

Ruminant Circlet (Head armor)

Ruminant Circlet can be purchased at Grisha’s Armory for 9,900G. This provides you with 30 to both defense and magick defense, and 12 knockdown resistance.

Nightfall Greaves (Leg armor)

Nightfall Greaves can be purchased at Grisha’s Armory for 15,800G. This provides you with 70 defense, 34 magick defense, and 8 knockdown resistance.

Ares Morpho Robe (Body Armor)

You can get this from doing the quest The Sorcerer’s Appraisel in Checkpoint Rest Town. This provides you 114 defense, 162 magick defense, and 14 knockdown resistance. This costs you no money and you can use this until you reach endgame.

Get This Armor in the Battahl Region

Twilight Star (Head Armor)

Twilight Star can be claimed by turning in 50 Seeker’s Token at any Vocation Guild. This provides you with 60 defense, 60 magick defense, and 8 knockdown resistance. This will be the best-in-slot head armor for mages until you reach the endgame.

Buy This Armor in Volcanic Island Camp & Excavation Site

Solar Ascension (Head armor)

Solar Ascension can be purchased in Volcanic Island Armory for 26,000G. This provides you with 55 defense, 85 magick defense, and 9 knockdown resistance. This is recommended if you still haven’t gotten Twilight Star.

Braided Boots (Leg armor)

Braided Boots can be purchased from Zachary at the Excavation Site for 16,800G. This provides you with 85 defense, 75 magick defense, 4 to slash and strike resistance, and 12 knockdown resistance.

Sorcerer

Pick Up This Armor Immediately

Serpentine Circlet (Head armor)

Magician’s Coat (Body armor)

Magician’s Coat can be purchased at Bjorn’s Armory in Vernworth for 4,520G. This provides you with 35 defense, 40 magick defense, and 5 knockdown resistance.

Savant’s Boots (Leg armor)

Savants Boots can be obtained by looting a chest at the top of the Vernworth Pawn Guild tower. This provides you with 24 defense, 32 magick defense, and 8 knockdown resistance.

Over-Knee Boots (Leg armor)

Over-Knee Boots can be obtained by looting a chest inside Ancestral Chamber, east of Sacred Arbor. This provides you with 52 defense, 30 magick defense, and 3 knockdown resistance.

Buy This Armor When You Have Money & Do Quest

Leafshade Hood (Head armor)

Leafshade Hood can be purchased at Grisha’s Armory for 12,600G. This provides you with 32 defense, 41 magick defense, and 6 knockdown resistance.

Ares Morpho Robe (Body armor)

Nightfall Greaves (Leg armor)

Nightfall Greaves can be purchased at Grisha’s Armory for 15,800G. This provides you with 70 defense, 34 magick defense, and 8 knockdown resistance. These legs will hold you until Excavation Site, so be sure to buy them.

Get This Armor in the Battahl Region

Visage of Ja’Nuwa (Head armor)

Visage of Ja’Nuwa can be obtained by defeating Ja’Nuwa in the Tomb of Ja’Nuwa. This provides you with 55 defense, 90 magick defense, and 18 knockdown resistance. This will be your final upgrade until you get to the endgame, unless you get Twilight Star.

Twilight Star (Head armor)

Twilight Star can be claimed by turning in 50 Seeker’s Token at any Vocation Guild. This provides you with 60 defense, 60 magick defense, and 8 knockdown resistance. This is the best in slot for Sorcerer until endgame, so get it if you can.

Buy This Armor in Excavation Site

Braided Boots (Leg armor)

Braided Boots can be purchased from Zachary at the Excavation Site for 16,800G. This provides you with 85 defense, 75 magick defense, 4 to slash and strike resistance, and 12 knockdown resistance.

Warrior

Pick Up This Armor Immediately

Meloirean Cyclops Veil (Head armor)

Meloirean Cyclops Veil can be obtained as a drop from Armored Cyclops in Ancient Battleground. This provides you with 41 defense, 16 magick defense, and 15 knockdown resistance.

Howling Hood (Head armor)

Plate Armor (Body armor)

You can obtain the Plate Armor from a chest near the entrance of Headwater Cavern, which is north of Vernworth. This armor provides 47 defense, 18 magick defense, and 21 knockdown resistance.

Bandit Greaves (Leg armor)

Bandit Greaves can be obtained by looting a chest in Headwater Cavern. This provides you with 40 defense, 5 magick defense, and 12 knockdown resistance. These are really strong and cost you no money, so be sure to get them.

Buy This Armor When You Have Money

Meloirean Plate (Body armor)

Meloirean Plate can be purchased at Celeste’s Smithy for 20,300G. This provides you with 115 defense, 43 magick defense, 3 slash resistance, 3 strike resistance, and 36 knockdown resistance.

Dauntless Greaves (Leg armor)

Dauntless Greaves can be purchased at Celeste’s Smithy for 16,800G. This provides you with 80 defense, 28 magick defense, 2 strike resistance, and 27 knockdown resistance. You can skip these if you want to save money for Brutal Cuisses in Volcanic Island.

Get This Armor in the Battahl Region

Ravager-Lord’s Helmet (Head armor)

Ravager-Lord’s Helmet can be looted inside a chest in Sandsear Cave. This provides you with 63 defense, 40 magick defense, and 21 knockdown resistance.

Final Roar (Body armor)

Final Roar can be obtained by looting a chest guarded by bandits, which is located northwest of Tomb of Ja’Nuwa. This provides you with 130 defense, 52 magick defense, 5 slash and strike resistance, nd 24 knockdown resistance.

Indomitable Armor (Body armor)

Indomitable Armor can be obtained by looting a chest inside Drabnir’s Grotto. This provides you with 128 defense, 62 magick defense, 5 strike resistance, and 48 knockdown resistance.

Brutal Cuisses (Leg armor)

Brutal Cuisses can be purchased at Bodas’s Armory for 32,800G. This provides you with 106 defense, 38 magick defense, 2 slash resistance, 2 strike resistance, and 27 knockdown resistance.

Buy This Armor in Volcanic Island Camp

Persecutor’s Horn (Head armor)

Persecutor’s Horn can be purchased at Volcanic Island Armory for 33,500G. This provides you with 76 defense, 50 magick defense, and 28 knockdown resistance.

Fiendish Armet (Head armor)

Fiendish Armet can be purchased at Volcanic Island Armory for 34,600G. This provides you with 80 defense, 34 magick defense, 2 slash resistance, 2 strike resistance, and 24 knockdown resistance.

Thrasher’s Surcoat (Body armor)

Thrasher’s Surcoat can be purchased at Volcanic Island Armory for 54,200G. This provides you with 176 defense, 70 magick defense, and 57 knockdown resistance.

Beastren Pride (Body armor)

Beastren Pride can be purchased at Volcanic Island Armory for 53,400G. This provides you with 180 defense, 65 magick defense, and 42 knockdown resistance.

Mystic Spearhand

Pick Up This Armor Immediately

Serpentine Circlet (Head armor)

Plate Armor (Body armor)

You can obtain the Plate Armor from a chest near the entrance of Headwater Cavern, which is north of Vernworth. This armor provides 47 defense, 18 magick defense, and 21 knockdown resistance.

Over-Knee Boots (Leg armor)

Over-Knee Boots can be obtained by looting a chest inside Ancestral Chamber, east of Sacred Arbor. This provides you with 52 defense, 30 magick defense, and 3 knockdown resistance.

Buy This Armor When You Have Money

Dawn Hood (Head armor)

Dawn Hood can be purchased at Celeste’s Smithy for 13,800G. This provides you with 42 defense, 38 magick defense, and 19 knockdown resistance.

Dominion Armor (Body armor)

Dominion Armor can be purchased at Celeste’s Smithy for 20,800G. This provides you with 108 defense, 45 magick defense, and 40 knockdown resistance. This is really good if you played Fighter early on, since you can use it on Fighter and Mystic Spearhand.

Get This Armor in the Battahl Region

Twilight Star (Head armor)

Twilight Star can be claimed by turning in 50 Seeker’s Token at any Vocation Guild. This provides you with 60 defense, 60 magick defense, and 8 knockdown resistance.

Creedbound Armor (Body armor)

Creedbound Armour can be purchased at Bodas’s Armory for 32,400G. This provides you with 123 defense, 80 magick defense, 5 slash resistance, and 36 knockdown resistance.

Dapper Chausses (Leg armor)

Buy This Armor in Volcanic Island Camp & Excavation Site

Confidant’s Hood (Head armor)

Confidant’s Hood can be purchased at Volcanic Island Armory for 33,500G. This provides you with 88 defense, 73 magick defense, and 18 knockdown resistance.

Elegant Petticoat (Body armor)

Elegant Petticoat can be purchased from Zachary in Excavation Site for 43,050G. This provides you with 160 defense, 160 magick defense, and 23 knockdown resistance.

Arena Breeches (Leg armor)

Arena Breeches can be purchased at Volcanic Island Armory for 33,100G. This provides you with 103 defense, 63 magick defense, and 18 knockdown resistance.

Trickster

Pick Up This Armor Immediately

Uncanny Eyes (Head armor)

Uncanny Eyes can be obtained by looting a chest guarded by bandits inside a temple northeast of Tomb of Ja’Nuwa. This provides you with 72 defense, 105 magick defense, 2 slash and strike resistance, and 13 knockdown resistance.

Enigmatic Robe (Body armor)

Enigmatic Robe can be obtained as a drop from liches in the Tomb of Al’Guttos. This provides you with 90 defense, 124 magick defense, 4 strike resistance, and 18 knockdown resistance.

Dapper Chausses (Leg armor)

Buy This Armor in Volcanic Island Camp

Persecutor’s Horn (Head armor)

Persecutor’s Horn can be purchased at Volcanic Island Armory for 33,500G. This provides you with 76 defense, 50 magick defense, and 28 knockdown resistance.

Ares Morpho Robe (Body armor)

Ares Morpho Robe can be purchased in Volcanic Island Armory for 42,800G. This provides you with 115 defense, 162 magick defense, and 14 knockdown resistance. You might already have this, if you do, no need to re buy it.

Arena Breeches (Leg armor)

Arena Breeches can be purchased at Volcanic Island Armory for 33,100G. This provides you with 103 defense, 63 magick defense, and 18 knockdown resistance.

Magick Archer

Buy This Armor in Volcanic Island Camp & Excavation Site

Confidant’s Hood (Head armor)

Confidant’s Hood can be purchased at Volcanic Island Armory for 33,500G. This provides you with 88 defense, 73 magick defense, and 18 knockdown resistance.

Elegant Petticoat (Body armor)

Elegant Petticoat can be purchased from Zachary in Excavation Site for 43,050G. This provides you with 160 defense, 160 magick defense, and 23 knockdown resistance.

Crimson Hosen (Leg Armor)

Crimson Hosen can be purchased at Volcanic Island Armory for 32,000G. This provides you with 99 defense, 70 magick defense, 2 strike resistance, and 20 knockdown resistance.

Warfarer

Fiendish Armet (Head armor)

Fiendish Armet can be purchased at Volcanic Island Armory for 34,600G. This provides you with 80 defense, 34 magick defense, 2 slash resistance, 2 strike resistance, and 24 knockdown resistance.

Beastren Pride (Body armor)

Beastren Pride can be purchased at Volcanic Island Armory for 53,400G. This provides you with 180 defense, 65 magick defense, and 42 knockdown resistance.

Thrasher’s Surcoat (Body armor)

Trasher’s Surcoat can be purchased at Volcanic Island Armory for 54,200G. This provides you with 176 defense, 70 magick defense, and 57 knockdown resistance.

Vigilant Greaves (Leg armor)

Vigilant Greaves can be purchased at Volcanic Island Armory for 35,800G. This provides you with 116 defense, 42 magick defense, 2 slash resistance, and 36 knockdown resistance.

Best Body Armor

If you’re looking for one of the best body armors for any vocation in the game, it will be the Charming Corset. You can obtain this armor by turning in 150 Seeker’s Token to any vocation guild. It provides you with 300 defense, 280 magick defense, 5 slash resistance, and 60 knockdown resistance. However, it takes up both Legs and Chest Armor slots, so it’s really only better on lower Armor characters like Mages and Sorcerers.

Final Thoughts on Armor

Armor in Dragon’s Dogma 2 is really tricky. This article is mostly about information on which armor would be good for each vocation at different points of the game, but it will be up to you whether or not the difference in each armor’s stat would be worth the upgrade. Your character might need something different from what my character needs. Hopefully, this guide has provided you the information you would need in order to have a more informed decision on which armor you and your pawn should use.

That concludes our Dragon’s Dogma 2 Armor Progression Guide, and we have many others as well for you to check out. You can use the Dragon’s Dogma 2 Wiki as well if you have further questions.