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11 Overview

55 Lightning Bolt Plate Armor is a High Quality Plate Armor body armor piece in Crimson Desert. Plate armor crafted in the likeness of a massive Titan's chest. Thick metal plates, layered like fortress walls, are held together by rugged leather straps. Faint currents of lightning pulse through the gaps in sync with the wearer's breath, while a low resonance that vibrates the air completes the wearer's sense of intimidation. Increases the wearer's Lightning Resistance.

77 Stats

99 StatValueGradeHigh QualityArmor TypePlate ArmorSlotBodyDefense10Price5,537 Silver

1010 Refinement

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1212 At Refinement Level 0, this item provides the following stats:

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1515 Higher refinement levels increase these stats further. Visit a Blacksmith to refine this equipment.

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1717 How to Obtain

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1919 The Lightning Bolt Plate Armor cannot be bought, crafted, or looted from a chest. It is a guaranteed reward for defeating the optional boss Titan, the God of Thunder, at the summit of Windsong Peaks in the northeast of Pailune. The same fight also drops the Reckoning Spear, so the trip up the mountain pays out twice.

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2121 Reaching Titan is not a short walk. The armor sits behind a long reputation grind through several Pailune factions, followed by a multi-step puzzle inside Scorched Mountain. Expect the full chain to take a couple of play sessions even if the Pailune side content is already in progress.

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2323 Quest Chain

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2525 The road to Titan begins once Pailune has been reclaimed during the Chapter 7 Main Quest Homecoming. From that point forward, faction quests across the region start opening up, and the Stjar Clan questline is gated behind completing the other Pailune tribes first.

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2727 StepQuest / StageWhat You Do1HomecomingChapter 7 Main Quest that reclaims Pailune and opens the region's faction content.2Pailune Militia questlineWork through the Militia's faction quests to raise Pailune standing.3Skoghorn Tribe questlineComplete Skoghorn faction quests alongside the Militia.4Longleaf Tribe questlineFinish Longleaf content. Clearing these three tribes is the gate that opens Stjar Clan.5Stjar Clan questlineTake up the Stjar questline, which picks up from Skallcove and eventually points you toward Windsong Peaks.6Where Lightning StrikesThe Stjar Clan quest that sends you up Scorched Mountain to investigate the ancient lightning device.7Master of ThunderRepair and align the broken lightning device so that lightning loops through every rod.8Fallen GodStand on the central platform to be transported to the Titan boss arena and fight the God of Thunder.

2828 Scorched Mountain Puzzle

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3030 The puzzle takes place high in Scorched Mountain in the northeast of Pailune. Five lightning rods sit in a triangle shape around a central platform. Some rods are already humming with power; others need to be started, repaired, or rotated so the chain flows cleanly around the ring.

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3232 StepAction1Find the five lightning rods arranged in a triangle pattern around the central platform. Two or three of them are already active and sparking.2Start the inactive rod by turning its handwheel until it sparks, then pressing the button on the pedestal to switch it on.3Repair the two broken rods. Use Nature's Grasp to pick up each detached rod and set it back on its pedestal.4Rotate each rod so that the lightning jumps clockwise from one rod to the next, tracing the triangle around the central platform.5Step onto the central platform once every rod is firing into the chain. You are transported to the Titan arena and the quest advances to Fallen God.

3333 There is no turning back once you step on the platform, so stock up on food, potions, and repair items before climbing the rods. The fight begins as soon as you arrive.

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3535 Titan Fight Summary

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3737 The Titan fight has three phases. The first two are manageable if you dodge his slow wind-up attacks and stay out of the blue lightning pools he leaves behind. The final phase, the Gigantified Titan, scales him up dramatically and is where most players lose their first attempt.

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3939 A reliable tactic during the final phase is to wait for Titan to slam his fist into the ground, then pile melee damage into the fist while it is stuck. The window is short but repeatable, and it avoids chasing his feet while he walks around the arena.

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4141 Defeating Titan completes Fallen God and drops both the Reckoning Spear and the Lightning Bolt Plate Armor. The armor goes straight into your inventory, so there is no chest to loot.

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43-Upgrading into Kuku Lightning-Resistant Armor

43+Upgrading Into Kuku Lightning-Resistant Armor

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4545 The base Lightning Bolt Plate Armor is an un-refinable chest piece with no Abyss Gear slots. Its main long-term use is as a crafting component for the Kuku Lightning-Resistant Armor, which keeps the same stone-gladiator silhouette but is refinable and carries Abyss Gear slots.

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4747 RequirementHow to Get ItLightning Bolt Plate ArmorDropped by Titan as covered above.BlueprintCleansing the Sanctum of Expiation during the Witch of Strength questline, northwest of Demeniss.Enhanced Kuku PotCrafted after unlocking the Enhanced Kuku Pot recipe from the Sanctum of Absolution during the Witch of Wisdom questline.Core of PenitenceSolve the Blinding Flash light puzzle on the reactor at the Sanctum of Penitence after cleansing it, then seal the ejected core into your Kuku Pot.Abyss CellsAbyss Cells harvested from abyssal nodes or farmed through the Howling Hill Camp Abyssal Seed garden.Abyss Worm DropA random component dropped by Abyss Worm enemies scattered around the world.

4848 Once every material is in hand, visit Grimnir at the Kilnden Workshop south of Hernand to craft the Kuku Lightning-Resistant Armor. After the upgrade, treat the base Lightning Bolt Plate Armor as a collector trophy, since the Kuku version outperforms it in every slot that matters for endgame play.

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5050 Tips

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5252 Clear the Pailune Militia, Skoghorn Tribe, and Longleaf Tribe questlines before chasing Stjar Clan content; the Stjar chain will not appear until those are essentially wrapped.Unlock Nature's Grasp before heading to Scorched Mountain. Without it, the two detached rods cannot be repaired and the puzzle stalls.If the lightning stops flowing after rotating a rod, step back and re-check the rotation of every rod in the loop. The chain has to travel clockwise all the way around the triangle, not just between two pairs.Bring ranged options for the Gigantified Titan phase so you can poke the boss while repositioning between fist slams.Secure the Sanctum of Penitence core and the Sanctum of Expiation blueprint on the same trip. Both upgrades feed into the Kuku Lightning-Resistant Armor, so doing them back to back avoids a second lap around the map.Skip refinement on the base piece. Every extra material is better saved for the Kuku upgrade, which actually accepts refinement and Abyss Gears.

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5454 See Also

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5656 Plate Armor - All plate armor piecesArmor - Overview of all armor typesRefinement System - How to upgrade equipmentEquipment - Full equipment guide

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