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

Overview

• Rarity: Rare

• Slot: Legs

• 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 Pants 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.

Defense is the only combat stat carried by armor in this game; pieces do not add raw attribute points, so the Upgrading Station is where most of a piece's protection comes from. Each crafted tier of Pikeman's Pants can be reinforced several extra levels with the same recipe materials, and the Upgrade System lets a lower tier be pushed close to the next tier before you commit the rarer ingredients for the higher recipe.

Crafting

Requires the craft plan Plans: Pikeman's Pants to be unlocked first. The Plans: Pikeman's Pants is sold by the Smugglers of Port Royal Provisioner at Reputation Rank 2 for 200 Piastres; the Provisioner is reached by building reputation with Smugglers of Port Royal.

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 Pants 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.

Both bonuses are global buffs that switch on the moment the required number of Pikeman's Armor pieces are worn together, regardless of which slots they fill. The 2-piece health bonus adds a flat 160 to maximum HP, valuable for any front-line build, and the 4-piece two-handed damage boost makes the full set a natural fit for Strength and Agility users swinging a Club, Halberd, or Greatsword.

Set Pieces

The five pieces of the Pikeman's Armor set, one per equipment slot, are listed below. Set bonuses count any mix of these pieces, so partial builds are common.

Flavor Text

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

Notes

• Together with the Pikeman's Cuirass, the Pants plan is one of the two main pieces sold directly by the Smugglers of Port Royal Provisioner at Reputation Rank 2.

• 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.

• As an Ingots set, the legs piece moves from Copper Ingot at tier 1 up to Foothills Iron Ingot and finally Mire Metal Ingot, so progressing the set is tied to mining and smelting access in the Foothills and Cursed Swamps.

• Each upgrade tier also needs Smithing Flux, a reagent shared across every ingot-based armor recipe, so stockpiling it ahead of time speeds up the whole set.

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

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Crafted at: Armor and Clothing Workshop

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