Black Desert Online Armor Sets - Green, Blue & Boss Gear

It amazes me that there doesn’t exist an article on the internet, with a simple table list of all the armor sets in BDO. Sure, bddatabase.net is great, but if you actually want to compare a few sets or pieces, you’re going to need a hundred clicks, and a few different windows.

My aim with this article, is to create an easy reference to all the armor sets in Black Desert Online, so that new players and veterans alike, can come back to check on some stats, vision their gear, or learn the core differences between each chest, helmet, glove or shoe.

You can check a similar guide for accessories here. If you are new to the game, make sure to also check out our enhancing guide for BDO, since it covers everything you need to know about taking your gear to the next level!

Green Gear

Green Gear is the first “grade” of gear in the game, which is easily acquirable (on the marketplace or monster drops) even from your first few hours on the game.

There are many different sets, so we have sorted them from “worst to best” below.

If you are looking for a quick solution, you can’t go wrong with the Grunil set.

Fortuna Armor Set

The following sets, have identical stats, and only their weight / set-effects change:

• Fortuna
• Grunil
• Hercules’ Might
• Heve
• Rocaba

Many new players may mistake Fortuna for a good set due to the extra luck & movement speed – and to be honest it does help when you are new – but in essence but are very easy-to-get stats in other ways (magic crystals or passive buffs for example).

	Fortuna Set	Luck Armor of Fortuna	Luck Helmet of Fortuna	Luck Gloves of Fortuna	Luck Shoes of Fortuna
Item Effect	2-Set Effect Luck +2 3-Set Effect Movement Speed +3	–	–	–	–
Weight	26.60LT	9.80LT	7.35LT	4.55LT	4.90LT
Crystals	8	2	2	2	2
	0
DP	11	6	3	1	1
Evasion	28	12	8	4	4
DR	4	3	1	0	0
	PRI
DP	177	55	50	36	36
Evasion	316	84	80	76	76
DR	106	36	32	19	19
	DUO
DP	197	60	55	41	41
Evasion	348	92	88	84	84
DR	122	40	36	23	23
	TRI
DP	229	68	63	49	49
Evasion	380	100	96	92	92
DR	150	47	43	30	30
	TET
DP	249	73	68	54	54
Evasion	412	108	104	100	100
DR	166	51	47	34	34
	PEN
DP	269	78	73	59	59
Evasion	444	116	112	108	108
DR	182	55	51	38	38

Grunil Armor Set

Most experienced players tend to choose Grunil as their green gear, since the extra AP & HP seem like the most reasonable buffs to go after when you want to level up & progress the map fast.

	Grunil Set	Grunil Armor	Grunil Helmet	Grunil Gloves	Grunil Shoes
Item Effect	2-Set Effect All AP +5 3-Set Effect Max HP +150 4-Set Effect All AP +2	–	–	–	–
Weight	85.50LT	28.00LT	21.50LT	17.00LT	19.00LT
Crystals	8	2	2	2	2
	0
DP	11	6	3	1	1
Evasion	28	12	8	4	4
DR	4	3	1	0	0
	PRI
DP	177	55	50	36	36
Evasion	316	84	80	76	76
DR	106	36	32	19	19
	DUO
DP	197	60	55	41	41
Evasion	348	92	88	84	84
DR	122	40	36	23	23
	TRI
DP	229	68	63	49	49
Evasion	380	100	96	92	92
DR	150	47	43	30	30
	TET
DP	249	73	68	54	54
Evasion	412	108	104	100	100
DR	166	51	47	34	34
	PEN
DP	269	78	73	59	59
Evasion	444	116	112	88	88
DR	182	55	51	38	38

Hercules’ Might Armor Set

Hercules is a good choice only if you are going for max possible weight limit on your character, since it gives you +200LT, while weighing very little.

	Hercules’ Might Set	Armor of Hercules’ Might	Helmet of Hercules’ Might	Gloves of Hercules’ Might	Shoes of Hercules’ Might
Item Effect	2-Set Effect Weight Limit +150LT 3-Set Effect Weight Limit +50LT	–	–	–	–
Weight	26.60LT	9.80LT	7.35LT	4.55LT	4.90LT
Crystals	8	2	2	2	2
	0
DP	11	6	3	1	1
Evasion	28	12	8	4	4
DR	4	3	1	0	0
	PRI
DP	177	55	50	36	36
Evasion	316	84	80	76	76
DR	106	36	32	19	19
	DUO
DP	197	60	55	41	41
Evasion	348	92	88	84	84
DR	122	40	36	23	23
	TRI
DP	229	68	63	49	49
Evasion	380	100	96	92	92
DR	150	47	43	30	30
	TET
DP	249	73	68	54	54
Evasion	412	108	104	100	100
DR	166	51	47	34	34
	PEN
DP	269	78	73	59	59
Evasion	444	116	112	108	108
DR	182	55	51	38	38

Heve Armor Set

Heve is a nice Grunil alternative, if you feel you need more HP than AP, which is rarely the case. Keep in mind though, that the extra HP, along with the 1/4 weight of the Grunil set, it will make you last way longer while grinding.

	Heve Set	Strength Armor of Heve	Strength Helmet of Heve	Strength Gloves of Heve	Strength Shoes of Heve
Item Effect	2-Set Effect Max HP +250 3-Set Effect Max HP +50	–	–	–	–
Weight	26.60LT	9.80LT	7.35LT	4.55LT	4.90LT
Crystals	8	2	2	2	2
	0
DP	11	6	3	1	1
Evasion	28	12	8	4	4
DR	4	3	1	0	0
	PRI
DP	177	55	50	36	36
Evasion	316	84	80	76	76
DR	106	36	34	19	19
	DUO
DP	197	60	55	41	41
Evasion	348	92	88	84	84
DR	122	40	36	23	23
	TRI
DP	229	68	63	49	49
Evasion	380	100	96	92	92
DR	150	47	43	30	30
	TET
DP	249	73	68	54	54
Evasion	412	108	104	100	100
DR	166	51	47	34	34
	PEN
DP	269	78	73	59	59
Evasion	444	116	112	108	108
DR	182	55	51	38	38

Rocaba Armor Set

Rocaba is a bit all around, aiming to help the fragile classes. Nothing special to note here.

	Rocaba Set	Rocaba Armor	Rocaba Helmet	Rocaba Gloves	Rocaba Shoes
Item Effect	2-Set Effect All Evasion +5 3-Set Effect Max HP +75 Max MP(EP)/WP/SP +75 4-Set Effect All Evasion +2	–	–	–	–
Weight	63.50LT	23.00LT	15.00LT	12.00LT	13.50LT
Crystals	8	2	2	2	2
	0
DP	11	6	3	1	1
Evasion	28	12	8	4	4
DR	4	3	1	0	0
	PRI
DP	177	55	50	36	36
Evasion	316	84	80	76	76
DR	106	36	34	19	19
	DUO
DP	197	60	55	41	41
Evasion	348	92	88	84	84
DR	122	40	36	23	23
	TRI
DP	229	68	63	49	49
Evasion	380	100	96	92	92
DR	150	47	43	30	30
	TET
DP	249	73	68	54	54
Evasion	412	108	104	100	100
DR	166	51	47	34	34
	PEN
DP	269	78	73	59	59
Evasion	444	116	112	108	108
DR	182	55	51	38	38

Talis Armor Set

Talis is a “step-ahead” from the previous sets stats-wise, and introduces different item effects per item.
However, the effects are quite weak for justifying using it. What might be interesting in some cases, is getting +3 movement, +1 critical and Jump Up, by combining the boots with the gloves, and leaving you the option to activate one more 2-set effect from another set.

	Talis Set	Talis Armor	Talis Helmet	Talis Gloves	Talis Shoes
Item Effect	2-Set Effect Movement Speed +1 Jump Up 3-Set Effect Movement Speed +2	MP(EP)/WP/SP Recovery +5	Grapple Resistance +15%	Critical Hit +1	Movement Speed +2
Weight	33.95LT	11.55LT	8.40LT	6.65LT	7.35LT
Crystals	4	1	1	1	1
	0
DP	11	6	3	1	1
Evasion	24	12	8	4	0
DR	15	7	3	2	3
	PRI
DP	177	55	50	36	36
Evasion	312	84	80	76	72
DR	117	40	34	21	22
	DUO
DP	197	60	55	41	41
Evasion	344	92	88	84	80
DR	133	44	38	25	26
	TRI
DP	229	68	63	49	49
Evasion	376	100	96	92	88
DR	161	51	45	32	33
	TET
DP	249	73	68	54	54
Evasion	408	108	104	100	96
DR	177	55	49	36	37
	PEN
DP	269	78	73	59	59
Evasion	440	116	112	108	104
DR	195	59	53	40	43

Agerian Armor Set

Agerian follows Talis’ philosophy, but this time offering quite strong item effects, that can make your life, and capping your Battle Stats easier.

Very combat-friendly and lightweight, Agerian is a strong set, that can help level & grind efficiently.

	Agerian Set	Agerian Armor	Agerian Helmet	Agerian Gloves	Agerian Shoes
Item Effect	2-Set Effect Max HP +100 3-Set Effect Attack Speed +2 Casting Speed +2	Max HP +50	Stun / Stiffness / Freezing Resistance +15%	Attack Speed +1 Casting Speed +1	Movement Speed +1
Weight	49.35LT	16.10LT	12.60LT	9.80LT	10.85LT
Crystals	4	1	1	1	1
	0
DP	15	7	4	2	2
Evasion	44	16	12	8	8
DR	13	6	3	2	2
	PRI
DP	181	56	51	37	37
Evasion	332	88	84	80	80
DR	115	39	34	21	21
	DUO
DP	201	61	56	42	42
Evasion	364	96	92	88	88
DR	131	43	38	25	25
	TRI
DP	233	69	64	50	50
Evasion	396	104	100	96	96
DR	159	50	45	32	32
	TET
DP	253	74	69	55	55
Evasion	428	112	108	104	104
DR	176	55	49	36	36
	PEN
DP	273	79	74	60	60
Evasion	470	130	116	112	112
DR	191	58	53	40	40

Steel Taritas Armor Set

The following sets have identical sets, apart from weight, and the fact Zereth Shoes are the same with gloves, in contrast with the Taritas & Steel Taritas ones:

• Steel Taritas
• Taritas
• Zereth

Steel Taritas is completely identical to Taritas, only lighter and more durable. This makes it more expensive, as it can be used for building faster enhancement failstacks than its other green counterparts.

	Steel Taritas Set	Steel Taritas Armor	Steel Taritas Helmet	Steel Taritas Gloves	Steel Taritas Shoes
Item Effect	2-Set Effect MP(EP)/WP/SP +100 3-Set Effect All Accuracy +20	Max HP +20 Max MP(EP)/WP/SP +20	Knockback / Floating Resistance +15%	Accuracy +8	All Evasion Up
Weight	38.95LT	12.74LT	9.80LT	7.84LT	8.57LT
Crystals	4	1	1	1	1
	0
DP	20	8	5	3	4
Evasion	64	20	16	12	16
DR	10	3	3	2	2
	PRI
DP	186	57	52	38	39
Evasion	352	92	88	84	88
DR	115	39	34	21	21
	DUO
DP	206	62	57	43	44
Evasion	384	100	96	92	96
DR	131	43	38	25	25
	TRI
DP	238	70	65	51	52
Evasion	416	108	104	100	104
DR	159	50	45	32	32
	TET
DP	258	75	70	56	57
Evasion	448	116	112	108	112
DR	175	54	49	36	36
	PEN
DP	278	80	75	61	62
Evasion	480	124	120	116	120
DR	191	58	53	40	40

Taritas Armor Set

Taritas focuses more on mobile / fragiles classes, by giving appropriate buffs to regen, accuracy & evasion.

	Taritas Set	Taritas Armor	Taritas Helmet	Taritas Gloves	Taritas Shoes
Item Effect	2-Set Effect MP(EP)/WP/SP +100 3-Set Effect All Accuracy +20	Max HP +20 Max MP(EP)/WP/SP +20	Knockback / Floating Resistance +15%	Accuracy +8	All Evasion Up
Weight	55.65LT	18.20LT	14.00LT	11.20LT	12.25LT
Crystals	4	1	1	1	1
	0
DP	20	8	5	3	4
Evasion	64	20	16	12	16
DR	10	3	3	2	2
	PRI
DP	186	57	52	38	39
Evasion	352	92	88	84	88
DR	115	39	34	21	21
	DUO
DP	206	62	57	43	44
Evasion	384	100	96	92	96
DR	131	43	38	25	25
	TRI
DP	238	70	65	51	52
Evasion	416	108	104	100	104
DR	159	50	45	32	32
	TET
DP	258	75	70	56	57
Evasion	448	116	112	108	112
DR	175	54	49	36	36
	PEN
DP	278	80	75	61	62
Evasion	480	124	120	116	120
DR	191	58	53	40	40

Zereth Armor Set

Closing the green gear chapter, we have Zereth Armor, an option similar to Taritas, this time focusing more on faster grinding.

	Zereth Set	Zereth Armor	Zereth Helmet	Zereth Gloves	Zereth Shoes
Item Effect	2-Set Effect Max Stamina +200 3-Set Effect Extra Damage to All Species +5	HP Recovery +5 Weight Limit +50	Knockdown / Bound Resistance +15%	Extra Damage to All Species +2	Max Stamina +200
Weight	59.85LT	19.60LT	15.05LT	11.90LT	13.30LT
Crystals	4	1	1	1	1
	0
DP	19	8	5	3	3
Evasion	60	20	16	12	12
DR	10	3	3	2	2
	PRI
DP	185	57	52	38	38
Evasion	348	92	88	84	84
DR	115	39	34	21	21
	DUO
DP	205	62	57	43	43
Evasion	380	100	96	92	92
DR	131	43	38	25	25
	TRI
DP	237	70	65	51	51
Evasion	412	108	104	100	100
DR	159	50	45	32	32
	TET
DP	257	75	70	56	56
Evasion	444	116	112	108	108
DR	175	54	49	36	36
	PEN
DP	277	80	75	61	61
Evasion	476	124	120	116	116
DR	191	58	53	40	40

Blue Gear

There is only two sets of blue armor in BDO, Lemoria and Akum armor.

Many may argue they are a “noob trap“, just like the Liverto (Blue) Weapons, since it’s better to save straight for boss-gear.

While this is not untrue, you “can’t go wrong” with having them, especially if you are careful with enhancement and durability.

The Skill XP +10% buff on Lemoria is very nice, and having a full set can go a long way with raising your alts as well. Akum is like a “pumped up” Grunil, so less worth it to spend on it.

Both sets ARE a way more expensive option than green gear, and they will set you back on your boss-gear acquirement, make no mistake about that, and judge for yourself.

Akum Armor Set

	Akum Set	Akum Armor	Akum Helmet	Akum Gloves	Akum Shoes
Item Effect	2-Set Effect All Evasion +5 3-Set Effect Max HP +150 All Damage Reduction +5 4-Set Effect All AP +7	Max HP +50 Max MP(EP)/WP/SP +50	Max HP +50	All Accuracy Up	All Evasion Up
Weight	63.50LT	23.00LT	15.00LT	12.00LT	13.50LT
Crystals	8	2	2	2	2
	0
DP	11	5	3	1	2
Evasion	30	15	6	3	6
DR	2	1	1	0	0
Accuracy	5	0	0	5	0
	PRI
DP	198	64	51	36	47
Evasion	329	121	59	59	90
DR	101	33	32	18	18
Accuracy	21	0	0	21	0
	DUO
DP	216	68	55	41	52
Evasion	359	129	65	67	98
DR	111	35	34	21	21
Accuracy	24	0	0	24	0
	TRI
DP	246	75	62	49	60
Evasion	389	137	71	75	106
DR	133	40	39	27	27
Accuracy	27	0	0	27	0
	TET
DP	264	79	66	54	65
Evasion	419	145	77	83	114
DR	143	42	41	30	30
Accuracy	30	0	0	30	0
	PEN
DP	282	83	70	59	70
Evasion	449	153	83	91	122
DR	153	44	43	33	33
Accuracy	33	0	0	33	0

Lemoria Armor Set

	Lemoria Set	Lemoria Armor	Lemoria Helmet	Lemoria Gloves	Lemoria Shoes
Item Effect	2-Set Effect Movement Speed +1 Critical Hit +1 3-Set Effect Skill EXP +10% 4-Set Effect Attack Speed +2 Casting Speed +2	Max MP(EP)/WP/SP +100	Max HP +100	All Accuracy Up	All Evasion Up
Weight	52.00LT	20.00LT	13.00LT	9.00LT	10.00LT
Crystals	4	1	1	1	1
	0
DP	12	5	3	1	3
Evasion	32	16	6	4	6
DR	23	11	6	5	1
Accuracy	12	0	0	12	0
	PRI
DP	207	65	53	36	53
Evasion	362	124	61	72	105
DR	129	45	40	24	20
Accuracy	30	0	0	30	0
	DUO
DP	227	70	58	41	58
Evasion	390	132	67	80	111
DR	145	49	44	28	24
Accuracy	32	0	0	32	0
	TRI
DP	259	78	66	49	66
Evasion	418	140	73	88	117
DR	179	57	52	38	32
Accuracy	34	0	0	34	0
	TET
DP	279	83	71	54	71
Evasion	446	148	79	96	123
DR	205	64	59	43	39
Accuracy	36	0	0	36	0
	PEN
DP	299	88	76	59	76
Evasion	474	156	85	104	129
DR	241	73	68	52	48
Accuracy	38	0	0	38	0

Boss Gear Armor

This is the dream. This is the gear you want to have, and it won’t be easy, or cheap to acquire it. 

It’s named “Boss-Gear” because it only (well, not only) drops from bosses, and the drops are quite rare, making these items hard to find on the marketplace, and quite expensive to pre-order, or a time-waste to “snipe” them from the market.

For the same reason, it’s quite difficult and expensive to repair its max durability (when it falls from failed enhancements), so most people use Memory Fragments (along with Artisan’s Memories) to restore it. These items are also hard to acquire, so you better save them up until you can spend them on your boss gear.

All the Boss Gear items count as if they are from the same set, so you can mix & match the ones you want, while getting their set effects:

Boss Gear Chest – Dim Tree Spirit’s Armor / Red Nose’s Armor

While there’s only a “small” difference between the two chests, most people will sell their soul for Dim Tree and its extra HP.

And I mean that literally, since the preorders for a 0 level Dim Tree reach as much as 600 million silver (most boss-gear items go for roughly 100 million, and 150-200 preorder).

It’s not a rare occurrence as well, to find many Red Nose’s chests available on the marketplace for market price, since players really seem to be skeptical about them, and rather pay 5-6 times the price for Max HP, instead of HP Recovery.

And I don’t blame them, since the Red Nose’s Armor’s HP Recovery is significantly low, at 8HP / 10 seconds. Oh will we ever learn what the devs are thinking…

	Dim Tree Spirit’s Armor	Red Nose’s Armor
Item Effect	Max HP +200 Max MP(EP)/WP/SP +100	HP Recovery Up Max MP(EP)/WP/SP +100
Weight	21.00LT	21.00LT
Crystals	2	2
	0
DP	6	6
Evasion	20	20
DR	11	11
	PRI
DP	66	66
Evasion	128	128
DR	45	45
	DUO
DP	71	71
Evasion	136	136
DR	49	49
	TRI
DP	79	79
Evasion	144	144
DR	57	57
	TET
DP	84	84
Evasion	152	152
DR	64	64
	PEN
DP	89	89
Evasion	160	160
DR	73	73

Boss Gear Helmet – Griffon’s Helmet / Giath’s Helmet

Not much to say here, Griffon’s Helmet has an obvious advantage, though the gap between the two helmets isn’t that big.

Giath’s is just a bit weaker on the Damage Reduction side, while providing an item effect which is somewhat weaker as well.

5% to all resistance will let you take far more damage than +100 HP, so definitely try to get your hands on Griffon’s, even though it will be a bit harder / more expensive (preorders sit at 300 mil).

	Griffon’s Helmet	Giath’s Helmet
Item Effect	All Resistance +5%	Max HP +100
Weight	16.00LT	16.00LT
Crystals	2	2
	0
DP	7	7
Evasion	9	9
DR	9	6
	PRI
DP	57	57
Evasion	64	64
DR	43	40
	DUO
DP	62	62
Evasion	70	70
DR	46	44
	TRI
DP	70	70
Evasion	76	76
DR	57	52
	TET
DP	75	75
Evasion	82	82
DR	65	59
	PEN
DP	80	80
Evasion	88	88
DR	74	68

Boss Gear Gloves – Bheg’s Gloves / Leebur’s Gloves

There is no actual choice you have to make here, since Leebur’s Gloves are not yet available in the EU / NA version of the game.

The stats for them have been taken from BD Database [dbdatabase.net], and their validity is unknown (they definitely have some “weird” stats).

Bheg’s are easy to get, and preorders are very close to the market price.

	Bheg’s Gloves	Leebur’s Gloves
Item Effect	All Accuracy Up	All Accuracy Up All Evasion Up
Weight	10.00LT	10.00LT
Crystals	2	2
	0
DP	2	2
Evasion	4	4
DR	6	6
Accuracy	10	10
	PRI
DP	37	37
Evasion	72	80
DR	25	25
Accuracy	42	21
	DUO
DP	42	42
Evasion	80	92
DR	29	28
Accuracy	44	22
	TRI
DP	50	50
Evasion	88	104
DR	37	36
Accuracy	46	23
	TET
DP	55	56
Evasion	96	120
DR	44	41
Accuracy	48	24
	PEN
DP	60	62
Evasion	104	136
DR	53	46
Accuracy	50	25

Boss Gear Shoes – Urugon’s Shoes / Muskan’s Shoes

Last but not least, we have the boss-shoes, where the gap between the items drives a different playstyle.

Muskan’s have a clear Evasion advantage, while Urugon’s are way more beefy. You will have to judge for yourself.

Know though, that Urugon’s are pretty rare, and preorders for a 0 level go as high as 1.2 Billion silver. You have been warned.

	Urugon’s Shoes	Muskan’s Shoes
Item Effect	All Damage Reduction Up Movement Speed +1	All Evasion Up
Weight	11.00LT	11.00LT
Crystals	2	2
	0
DP	6	4
Evasion	6	7
DR	4	1
	PRI
DP	56	54
Evasion	72	89
DR	50	20
	DUO
DP	61	59
Evasion	76	115
DR	56	24
	TRI
DP	69	67
Evasion	80	121
DR	65	32
	TET
DP	74	72
Evasion	84	127
DR	71	39
	PEN
DP	79	77
Evasion	88	133
DR	77	48

Farming Boss-Gear Armor Yourself

As mentioned, the drop rates for boss-gear aren’t great, and most bosses are actually pretty hard to kill, depending of course and on the amount of people trying.

A pretty good tactic if you want to farm boss gear yourself, is to set up an alt in between the markers below:

Boss-Gear Farming

You can see that Dastard Bheg, Dim Tree Spirit, Red Nose & Karanda (Awakening Weapon Boss-Gear) are pretty close with each other, making it easy to log in with your boss-alt, and take part in the fight.

Since the Field Bosses don’t have a set schedule like Karanda or Kzarka, your best bet for accurate boss notifications, is the IHAEU Discord Channel [discord invite link] (International Hunting Association EU), with many dedicated users that call bosses as they come out.

For more information, it’s best to check out our in-depth World Boss guide for BDO.