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11 Conquistador Set is the defensive tank set in Windrose's six-set rotation. It emphasizes damage mitigation at 2-piece and uninterruptible combat at 4-piece, making it the go-to choice for players who prefer to stand and trade hits rather than dodge-weave.
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33 Set Bonuses
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55 2-piece: +15% damage mitigation. All incoming damage is reduced by a flat 15%.4-piece: Bulwark effect. The first few hits you take do not interrupt your actions, letting you commit to heavy attacks or long reloads without getting flinched out of them.
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77 PiecesBonus2-piece+15% damage mitigation. All incoming damage is reduced by a flat 15%.4-pieceBulwark. The first few hits you take do not interrupt your actions, letting you commit to heavy attacks and long reloads without being flinched.
88 Conquistador is a five-slot set with bonuses at 2 and 4 pieces, so the fifth slot is always free to splash a second set's 2-piece bonus.
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1010 Pieces
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1212 Like all rare sets, Conquistador consists of five slots: Helmet, Cuirass, Pants, Gloves, and Boots. Equipping any 2 activates the 2-piece bonus; equipping any 4 activates the 4-piece bonus. The fifth slot is free for a second set's 2-piece bonus.
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1414 PieceSlotDefense at ilvl 1 / 6 / 11Conquistador's HelmetHead100 / 200 / 300 DEFConquistador's CuirassChest100 / 200 / 300 DEFConquistador's PantsLegs100 / 200 / 300 DEFConquistador's GlovesHands100 / 200 / 300 DEFConquistador's BootsFeet100 / 200 / 300 DEF
1515 Pieces are obtained two ways. The Conquistador's Cuirass and Conquistador's Pants are craftable once you learn their plans from the Smugglers of Port Royal, which open up around Reputation Rank 2 to Rank 3. The Conquistador's Helmet, Conquistador's Gloves, and Conquistador's Boots drop from chests scattered across the islands rather than from a craftable plan, so the head, hand, and foot slots are the pieces most players hunt for. All five pieces share the same defense curve: 100 DEF at item level 1, 200 DEF at item level 6, and 300 DEF at the item level 11 top tier. See the Conquistador's Armor page for the full per-piece breakdown.
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1717 Because the 2-piece bonus only needs two slots, a common opening is to craft the cuirass and pants (the two reliably craftable pieces) and run them with two pieces of the Pikeman Set until the chest-only Conquistador pieces turn up.
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1919 Upgrade Materials
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2121 Conquistador pieces upgrade with a combination of Ingots, Fabric, and (from ilvl 6 onward) Smithing Flux:
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2323 Lower tiers: Copper Ingot plus Coarse Fabric.Mid tiers: Foothills Iron Ingot plus Linen Fabric and Smithing Flux starting at ilvl 6.Late tiers: Mire Metal Ingot plus Tarred Fabric and Smithing Flux at ilvl 11.
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2525 The Ingot-based upgrade path overlaps with the Pikeman Set and all tool crafting, so players leveling either tank set already have the material throughput.
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2727 When to Use
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2929 Early to mid game 2-piece Conquistador + 2-piece Pikeman is the workhorse combo for tanking through the Coastal Jungle and into the Foothills.Bosses with long combos the Bulwark effect at 4-piece is especially valuable against bosses like Thomas Richards where interruption can cost a full damage window.Melee committed builds: Halberd and Greatsword players who commit to heavy attacks benefit from Bulwark's armor-poise effect.Full 4-piece Conquistador trades the flexible fifth-slot splash for permanent Bulwark uptime, which suits slow, commitment-heavy Greatsword and Halberd play against bosses with long, unbroken combos.
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3131 Synergies
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3333 Vitality allocation for even more Max HP.Seafood Platter Epic dish for +20 Vitality = +260 Max HP.Stout Frame talent for up to +240 Max HP.
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3535 See Also
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3737 Armor SetsPikeman SetTracker SetConquistador's Armor per-piece stats, recipes, and drop sourcesArmor and Equipment the wider armor system, slots, and rarity tiersFaction Reputation how Smuggler ranks unlock the craftable piecesEquipment loadout overview for armor, weapons, and accessories
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3939 Visual Identity
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4141 Conquistador pieces wear a heavy-plate silhouette from the first tier forward. The helmet is a closed-face morion style with a front-to-back comb, the cuirass is a smooth breastplate with squared pauldrons, and the gloves and boots are articulated steel. As the upgrade tier climbs from Copper Ingot through Foothills Iron to Mire Metal, the set picks up ornate colonial military engravings along the cuirass edges and pauldrons, which doubles as a quick visual read of how far the wearer has progressed. The overall silhouette is Old World military rather than pirate, and it sets the tank identity apart from the leather and cloth profiles used by the other sets.