Armor is not an item you find just lying around in Gothic 1 Remake, but you can unlock it by joining a camp. A few pieces can also be purchased from vendors, but they don’t have the best stats.
The armor you unlock by joining a camp is fine, but if you want something that gives you amazing protection and looks epic too, we have just the thing. Here is everything you need to know about getting armor in Gothic 1 Remake, and how to find the best armor in the game early on.
How To Get Armor
Armor in Gothic 1 Remake can be unlocked by joining a camp, after which you gain the camp’s armor. These armor pieces have the same stats.
- Old Camp: Shadow Armor
- New Camp: Bandit Dress
- Swamp Camp: Novice Robes
There are also a few pieces you can buy from NPCs around the camps:
- Fisk sells the Digger Light Trousers for 313 ore nuggets in Old Camp
- Alberto in Old Mine sells buffed Digger Light Trousers for 324 ore nuggets
- Swiney gives you the Digger Dress for free at the Free Mine. This gives 10 Edge Resist, 10 Blunt Resist, and 5 Fire Resist.
Rings also offer protection akin to armor, such as the Ring of Iron Skin: 10 Edge Resist, 10 Blunt Resist. This ring can be found in the wolf cave, north-west of the map near a waterfall. Head west of the New Camp and continue along the coast until you get to some huts surrounded by wolves and a cave nearby. The ring is in the cave near a corpse.
How To Unlock Ancient Ore Armor
There is an armor set you can unlock early, after completing Chapter One, and start Chapter Two in style and with some of the highest protection in the game.
The Ancient Ore Armor stats are:
- Edge Resist 90
- Blunt Resist 90
- Point Resist 15
- Fire Resist 15
- Wind Resist 15
- Ice Resist 15
- Energy Resist 15
To get this armor easily for free, you can try a few different methods. It is possible, if you have the strength and weaponry, to take out Gomez’s bodyguards, then defeat Gomez himself and steal his key. This key will let you enter his room upstairs (the first room on the left) and unlock his chest. Inside the chest are the armor and many other items.
No one will care if you knockout Gomez, and it will have no effect on your ability to wander the camp like usual.
You can also pickpocket Gomez if you have the skills, and take his key that way, to save any further bloodshed. Only attempt this if you have a decent level of pickpocket skill.
Finally, it is also possible to sleep until almost midnight and follow Gomez’s mistress into the room, very close behind, so the door cannot shut in your face. For some reason, Gomez cannot attack you here, so he is easy to take down. Steal his key and open the chest. Or you can lockpick the chest if you don’t want to wait for Gomez to enter the room.
Gothic 1 Remake: How To Get A Map
A map can show you the lay of the land in Gothic 1 Remake
