Armour in Nioh 2 are protective equipment that can be found or crafted and equipped to unique slots. Nioh 2 Armor is divided into 5 categories: Head Armour, Torso Armour, Arm Guards, Leg Guards and Foot Guards. Each piece of equipment has a level, weight, durability and multiplier assigned to it, apart from additional status effects that the equipment can apply. Armor is color coded by their rarity: Common, Uncommon, Rare, Exotic, Divine and Ethereal. The rarer the item, the more beneficial status effects it will possess.
- In order to make use of the special attributes of a piece of armor, you need to reach certain stats requirement (like 8 in Constitution - and 8 in Skill). Forging armor pieces will reduce those stat requirements by half.
- Equipping a piece of armour without having reached these stat requirements, also results in a reduction in the Defense value of the armour piece.
- Heavier armour adds higher values of Toughness, which determines your resistance to guard breaks, and the amount of Ki damage you take.
- See Set Bonuses for unique properties of special armor.
Armour Sets in Nioh 2
Armour Sets
Head Armour
Torso Armour
Arm Guards
Leg Guards
Foot Guards
Light Armours
Light Armour is denoted by this symbol 
. Light Armour keeps your encumbrance low, allowing for faster Ki regeneration and overall mobility, at the expense of defense. Onmyo, Ninjutsu and Dexterity or Skill focused users will prefer light armour.
Alphabetical List
- Ancient Armor
- Archer Armor
- Blessed Sleeve Armor
- Ferryman Armor
- Firestarter Armor
- Flying Kato's Armor
- Fuma Ninja Armor
- Genmei Onmyo Armor
- Golden Gourd Armor
- High Priest Armor (male)
- Horse Guard Armor
- Iga Jonin Armor
- Irregular Armour
- Justice Ministry Armor
- Kawanami Clan Armor
- Kobo Daishi Armor
- Legendary Strategist's Armor
- Master Swordsman Armor
- Mataza Armor
- Merchant Armor
- Onmyo Hunting Armor
- Pit Viper Armor
- Red Demon Armor
- Saika Clan Armor
- Samurai Noble Armor
- Scout Armour
- Shinobi Armour
- Shinto Priest Armour (male)
- Shrine Maiden's Armour (female)
- Sohaya Garb Armor
- Thief Armour
- Tosa Governor's Armor
- Tsuchigumo Armor
- Wandering Shrine Maiden Armor (female)
- Yamabushi Armor
- Yatagarasu Armor
- Yoshitsune Armor
Ferryman Armor
Medium Armors
Medium Armor is denoted by this symbol 
. Medium Armor balances weight and defense, becoming the preferred type for those who think they might get hit more often. Spear and Sword users can benefit from this balance.
Alphabetical List
- Brave Demon Hunter Armor
- Brawler Armor
- Conqueror Armor
- Demon Slayer Armor
- Diehard Armor
- Dreaming Demon Armor
- Eccentric Armor
- Exorcist Armor
- First Samurai Armor
- Footsoldier Armor
- Gallant Armor
- Great Hachiryo Armor
- Hyuga Director's Armor
- Imakomei Armor
- Imperial Monk Armor
- Irregular Armor
- Kingo Armor
- Kohoku Armor
- Kohoku Master Armor
- Lone Wolf Armor
- Mikawa Armor
- Moonprayer Armor
- Mounted Archer Armor
- Nanban Armor
- Night Raider Armor
- One-Eyed Dragon's Armor
- Onmyo Warrior Armor
- Platemail Armor
- Ronin Armor
- Samurai General Armor
- Sanada's Crimson Armor
- Sohaya Armor
- Suzuka Armor
- Swallowtail Armor
- Tiger of Higo Armor
- Veteran's Armor
- Vice Minister Armor
- Warrior of The West Armor
- Youngblood Armor
Heavy Armors
Heavy Armor is denoted by this symbol 
. Heavy Armor provides the best defense in the game, at the expense of mobility and ki regeneration. Two-handed weapon users will want the extra protection, and will spend points in Stamina and Strength to offset.
Alphabetical List
- Arrowsbane Armor
- Benkei Armor
- Blessed Sleeve Armor
- Child of the Sun Armor
- Courtier Armor
- Demon Horde Armor
- Four Great Commanders Armor
- Genryu Armor
- Governor's Armor
- Greater Good Armor
- Heirloom Armor
- Kintaro Armor
- Legendary Shogun Armor
- Malefactor Armor
- Master Archer Armor
- Master Swordsman Armor
- Million Demon Armor
- Mino Veteran Armor
- Mountain Ridge Armor
- Obsidian Armor
- Oni Shibata Armor
- Principal Governor Armor
- Raging Bull Armor
- Rogue Armor
- Scion of Tamura Armor
- Sincere Buddha Armor
- Tactician Armor
- Tatenashi Armor
- The Exceptional One Armor
- Tigerskin Armor
- Warlord Armor
- Warrior of the East Armor
- Yoriki Armor
- Yoshiie's Birthright Armor
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I Will Waiting Images One-Eyed Dragon's Armor,Tatenashi Armor,Warrior of The West Armor.
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Ok... did they max the weight and minimize the height in the character creator? Cuz all the males here look like dwarves!
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Oh for f*cks sake, is this page still not updated to completion!? ITS BEEN ALMOST 3 WEEKS ALREADY AND IT STILL HASN’T GOTTEN ALL BASE GAME ARMOR SETS ON HERE!!!!!!!! What in the absolute f*ck is going on that causes the editors of this site to just abandon this game’s wikis? Unfair as all hell.
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Is this page not updated? I don't see the Master Spear set here..
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Guess what? That mask from the reveal trailer thats also part of the Night Raider helmet, is now a standalone piece of armor. You don’t even need to get a blueprint for it. You can just craft it if you want. But boy I know you’re not gonna, instead your gonna refashion your helmet to look like this thing. Its a cool looking thing, so that they added this to the game is pretty neat.
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When Will Male And Female Armors Tatenashi Armor,Million Demon Armor,First Samurai Armor,One-Eyed Dragon's Armor,Swallowtail Armor.
Im Waiting.
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Iv seen a character with a armor with a white torso and a black leg armor it looks like what the main character as on when you look at the move in the weapon tree
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This game has no kimonos for the characters It’s weird especially for the setting of the game why is that the female characters have almost no options
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What a shame that the Knight armor isn't in the second game
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The process of adding all armor sets sure is going slooooooooooo o o o o o o o o o o w........
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Flying Kato's Armor,Male and Female. Legendary Strategist's Armor,Male and Female. Warrior of The West Armor,Male and Female. Youngblood Armor,Male and Female. Trident Vajra Sword Armor,Male and Female. Tatenashi Armor,Male and Female.
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Tatenashi Armor,Flying Kato's Armor,Warrior of The West Armor,Swallowtail Armor,One-Eyed Dragon's Armor,First Samurai Armor. Male and Female
I saw a female character in tori gate with a purple armor set that had cut outs on the shoulders and thighs. I CANT FIND INFO ON IT ANYWHERE? Where do i find it? What is it called?
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The "Child of the Sun" Set DOES exist, but it drops from the very late game Bosses, specifically Hideyoshi who also has a chance of Dropping the Smithing Schematics.
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Alright I’m just gonna ask it outright but does ANYONE have the Armor of the Rising Sun? Or just one piece of the set? I just really need to know once and for all if its even in the game or not
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Does anyone know what boss drops the armor of the rising son
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Does anyone know if it's possible to get the training robes from the dojo training missions? Not the master swordsman's, just the basic hakama and white top.
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The Iga Jonin set ( Hanzo Hattori wears ) & the other Genmi Onmyo Set ( The Onmyo Master wears ) are obtained from 2 Dojo Missions called "The Nine Symbols" level 114 & "The One in the Shadows" level 100 recommendation ( Note : you might have to do them twice for the Full Set i believe ) i just defeated Lady Osakabe at level 119 can someone tell me if The Exceptional One Armor set is also in Nioh 2 or not ? Because i haven't seen it yet otherwise i want it for my Build , cheers and also you forgot to mention Li's Red Demon Armor which is i believe instead of Sanada Crest armor cuz that was in Nioh 1 not 2... while all the Ethereal gear hasn't made it yet . Its on the next DLC's to come
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Is the armor of the rising sun in nioh 2 too or only in the first game ?
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This Game Nioh 2 Got Tatenashi Armor Im Waiting This Heavy Armor Tatenashi
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Does anyone know if the frontline armor from nioh 1 is in nioh 2
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Does anyone know if it is possible to obtain the demon horde armor set without the preorder edition???
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Im Waiting For Male and Female Conqueror Armor Male and Female Tactician Armor
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Does anyone know if it is possible to get kasha’s armor set
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does anyone know what set the armour on the noh 2 mc at opening scene?
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Can someone tell me where to farm or get the smithing text for Genmei Onmyo Mage set?
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Hello, does anyone knows how to unlock the ethereal items in Nioh 2 please ?
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Male Armors: Light Armors Onmyo Hunting Armor Sohaya Garb Armor Firestarter Armor Horse Guard Armor Saika Clan Armor Yatagarasu Armor Pit Viper Armor
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Iga Jonin armor set is obtained from Honzo in the dojo. I obtained it on Dream of the Strong with 92 luck from tea cup placement and armor stats.
Full light armor provides around 7% physical damage reduction, full medium around 15% and full heavy around 25%. Additionally, heavy armor reduces stagger and ki damage from getting hit.
Is it worth the stamina investment over something like constitution? Well, yes. The extra 10% damage reduction is going to be worth way more than the extra HP, given how much damage enemies deal.
HOWEVER, tonfas scale with constitution and are one of the best blocking weapons in the game. Even with high toughness, axe/odachi will have waaay worse block than tonfa.
Constitution + Tonfa + Medium armor with some heavy mixed in to get 200 toughness is probably the way to go if you want tanky.
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