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Pikeman's Boots is the Rare feet piece of the Pikeman's Armor set in Windrose. It is crafted at the Armor and Clothing Workshop after unlocking the Plans: Pikeman's Boots recipe.

Overview

• Rarity: Rare

• Slot: Feet

• Set: Pikeman's Armor

• Item Level: Base ilvl 1; scales to ilvl 11 through tier upgrades

In-Game Description

"Infantry armor of the Spanish tercio. Favored by buccaneers of the archipelago for its ideal balance of protection and mobility, essential for hunting the local beasts."

Defense

Like all Rare and Uncommon armor, Pikeman's Boots has three crafting tiers that set its base Defense. Each tier can be upgraded several more levels at the Upgrading Station using the same recipe materials.

Crafting

Requires the craft plan Plans: Pikeman's Boots to be unlocked first. The plan is unlocked through progression with the Smugglers of Port Royal faction at higher Reputation Ranks beyond the torso and legs plans that open at Rank 2.

Each tier unlocks a new workshop attachment: the Shoemaker's Bench at ilvl 6 and the Material Rack at ilvl 11. Both attach to the Armor and Clothing Workshop and require its Bonfire coverage to function.

Set Bonuses

Pikeman's Boots counts toward the Pikeman's Armor 5-piece set. Set bonuses apply globally once the stated number of pieces are equipped at the same time.

Set Pieces

The Boots are the feet slot of the five-piece Pikeman's Armor set, an Ingot-based set. Reaching the 4-piece bonus means wearing the Boots alongside four of the sibling pieces below. Every piece is forged from the same metal line (Copper Ingot, then Foothills Iron Ingot, then Mire Metal Ingot), so one smelting chain supplies the whole set.

Set Comparison

Pikeman is the tank-leaning Ingot set built around survivability and two-handed weapons. The table below compares all six rare sets so you can pick a pairing; the Boots count as one piece toward whichever set bonuses you target.

Build Notes

• The 2-piece +160 maximum Health bonus pairs naturally with high-Vitality frontline builds, stacking flat HP on top of the 13 HP each Vitality point already grants.

• The 4-piece +15% two-handed Damage bonus rewards Strength Halberd and Agility Greatsword builds. One-handed users gain nothing from it, so they should look at Flibustier's Attire instead.

• Boots and Pikeman's Gloves sit at the bottom of the set's material cost, which makes them a sensible first two crafts when you start the set.

Flavor Text

"All enemies should be taken seriously. Even if it's a dodo."

Notes

• Boots are one of the two ilvl-scaling feet slots (along with the other sets' boots) and share material costs with the Gloves tier.

• Counts as one piece toward the Pikeman's Armor 2-piece and 4-piece bonuses: pairing it with a second piece from the same set is usually the minimum to get value out of the plan.

See Also

• Pikeman's Armor: full set overview, build notes, and mixing tips

• Armor and Equipment: Windrose armor system, slots, and rarity tiers

• Armor and Clothing Workshop: crafting station for every armor piece

• Smugglers of Port Royal: faction that sells the set plans

• Upgrade System: how armor scales beyond its crafted item level

Game Data

Properties

Crafted By

Crafted at: Armor and Clothing Workshop

Disassembles Into