How to Upgrade Armor

Obtain the required materials and Rupees to upgrade your armor at the Great Fairy in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (TotK). Read on to learn how to upgrade armor, the benefits of upgrading armor, and more!

How to Upgrade Armor

1. Unlock the Great Fairy Fountains in Hyrule

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In order to upgrade armor, you need to unlock the Great Fairies all over Hyrule. There are a total of 4 Great Fairies and each of them require completing a certain side adventure to unlock them.

Required Side Adventures to Unlock the Great Fairy Fountains

You can unlock all Great Fairy Fountains when you completing the side adventures in the table above.

To unlock Great Fairy Mija, Kaysa, and Cotera, you need to start the Potential Princess Sightings side adventure, talk to Penn in various Stables, and then complete the corresponding Serenade side adventure.

Unlocking Great Fairies increases the upgrade tier for all upgradable armor pieces. This means that you can enhance the armor at least 4 times once you have found all the Great Fairies in Hyrule.

How to Unlock Great Fairy Fountains

2. Gather the Required Materials

Once you have unlocked a Great Fairy, collect the required materials in order to upgrade your armor. Different materials are needed to upgrade the armor you want.

In addition, enhancing armor requires Rupees, so make sure to farm for Rupees first.

How to Get Rupees Fast

3. Upgrade Armor Using Materials and Rupees

You can enhance armor once you have given the required materials and Rupees to the Great Fairy. If you have unlocked one Great Fairy, you can only upgrade the armor at one level. However, if you unlocked all four Great Fairies, you can strengthen the armor to four upgrade levels.

Set Bonus activates at Level 2 and Higher

An armor set's set bonus activates once you have upgraded all armor pieces to at least Level 2 or higher. Note that if one armor piece in the set has not been upgraded to that level, the set bonus will not activate.

Examples of Set Bonuses from Two Armor Sets

Armor Set	Armor Effect	Level 2 Set Bonus
Barbarian Helm Barbarian Armor Barbarian Leg Wraps	Attack Up	Charge Atk. Stamina Up
Stealth Mask Stealth Chest Guard Stealth Tights	Stealth Up	Night Speed Up

Armor Set List and All Set Bonuses

Best Equipment to Upgrade

Barbarian Set and Fierce Deity Set are Recommended

The best equipment to enhance are the Barbarian Set and the Fierce Deity Set. Both of these armor sets provide Attack Up which increases your attack damage towards enemies.

Best Armor Sets and How to Get Them

How to Get Barbarian Set

Armor	Stats	Location
Barbarian Helm	Base Defense: 3 Effect: Attack Up Set Bonus: Charge Atk. Stamina Up	Chest Inside Robred Dropoff Cave, East Necluda
Barbarian Armor	Base Defense: 3 Effect: Attack Up Set Bonus: Charge Atk. Stamina Up	Chest inside Crenel Hills Cave.
Barbarian Leg Wraps	Base Defense: 3 Effect: Attack Up Set Bonus: Charge Atk. Stamina Up	Burn the ice and then open the chest inside Walnot Mountain Cave, East Necluda

How to Get the Barbarian Set

How to Get Fierce Deity Set

Armor	Stats	Location
Fierce Deity Mask	Base Defense: 3 Effect: Attack Up Set Bonus: Charge Atk. Stamina Up	Inside Skull Lake Cave
Fierce Deity Armor	Base Defense: 3 Effect: Attack Up Set Bonus: Charge Atk. Stamina Up	Inside Akkala Citadel Ruins
Fierce Deity Boots	Base Defense: 3 Effect: Attack Up Set Bonus: Charge Atk. Stamina Up	Inside Ancient Tree Stump Cave

How to Get the Fierce Deity Set

Upgrade Armor Sets for Exploration

It is also recommended to enhance armor that you can use for exploration. The armor sets below allow you to access areas that may have unbearable cold and heat.

Armor Set	Effect and Explanation
Snowquill Set	Effect: Provides Cold Resistance Set Bonus: Unfreezable ・Required to explore cold areas
Climbing Set	Effect: Climb Speed Up Set Bonus: Climbing Jump Stamina Up ・Faster movement speed when climbing
Desert Voe Set	Effect: Heat Resistance Set Bonus: Shock Damage Resist ・Required to explore desert areas ・ Cannot be used when exploring lava areas
Flamebreaker Set	Effect: Flame Guard Set Bonus: Fireproof ・Required for exploring Death Mountain and underground areas with lava
Stealth Set	Effect: Stealth Up Set Bonus: Night Speed Up ・Faster movement speed at night ・Makes it easier to tame wild horses ・Easier to perform sneakstrikes on enemies
Glide Set	Effect: Skydive Mobility Up Set Bonus: Impact Proof ・Makes movement in the air much easier ・Set effect nullifies all fall damage

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