Cultural armor

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Cultural armor refers to the various Rare armor sets that are restricted by race. There are nine sets per race: three tiers each of light, medium, and heavy armor.

Purchasing cultural armor will also progress the player along the Fashion achievement line. Six armor pieces from each tier for each race (90 pieces, 644 Gold coin 90 Silver coin total) will be required to complete the achievement "The Emperor's New Wardrobe".

Acquisition[edit]

Cultural armor is available from cultural armorsmiths in the capital city of the corresponding race. There are three vendors in each city, one for each armor tier. Each tier is available in the three armor weights (light, medium and heavy).

To check what you have already unlocked, see: Cultural armor/Skin unlocks
Race Vendor city Tier 1 sets Tier 2 sets Tier 3 sets
Asura Rata Sum Adept armor (light)
Protean armor (medium)
Galvanic armor (heavy)
Genius armor (light)
Auxiliary Powered armor (medium)
Electroplated armor (heavy)
Savant armor (light)
Prototype armor (medium)
Electromagnetic armor (heavy)
Charr Black Citadel Invoker's armor (light)
Drover armor (medium)
Warband armor (heavy)
Archon armor (light)
Wrangler armor (medium)
Legion armor (heavy)
Magus armor (light)
Trapper armor (medium)
Dreadnought armor (heavy)
Human Divinity's Reach Researcher's armor (light)
Scout's armor (medium)
Commander's armor (heavy)
Aristocrat's armor (light)
Falconer's armor (medium)
Avenger's armor (heavy)
Sorcerer's armor (light)
Assassin's armor (medium)
Protector's armor (heavy)
Norn Hoelbrak Sheepskin armor (light)
Wolfborn armor (medium)
Dolyak armor (heavy)
Havroun armor (light)
Predatory armor (medium)
Eagle armor (heavy)
Lupine armor (light)
Wolf armor (medium)
Stag armor (heavy)
Sylvari The Grove Snapdragon armor (light)
Evergreen armor (medium)
Arborist armor (heavy)
Orchid armor (light)
Nightshade armor (medium)
Warden armor (heavy)
Dryad armor (light)
Firstborn armor (medium)
Oaken armor (heavy)

Costs[edit]

The prices are the same for each race, but vary with the tier.

Tier Level Cost per piece Total Net Cost[1]
Head Shoulders Chest Hands Legs Feet
1 35 40 Silver coin 40 Silver coin 80 Silver coin 34 Silver coin 60 Silver coin 34 Silver coin Gold coin 88 Silver coin Gold coin 52 Silver coin 00 Copper coin
2 60 Gold coin 00 Silver coin Gold coin 00 Silver coin Gold coin 00 Silver coin 80 Silver coin Gold coin 50 Silver coin 80 Silver coin Gold coin 10 Silver coin Gold coin 21 Silver coin 25 Copper coin
3 80 20 Gold coin 00 Silver coin 20 Gold coin 00 Silver coin 30 Gold coin 00 Silver coin 12 Gold coin 00 Silver coin 25 Gold coin 00 Silver coin 12 Gold coin 00 Silver coin 119 Gold coin 00 Silver coin 104 Gold coin 12 Silver coin 50 Copper coin

WvW vendor[edit]

Cultural armor can be bought using a combination of coin and Badges of Honor. The armor is sold by vendors within most of the World versus World maps. Skritt Trader can be found near the initial waypoint in the Eternal Battlegrounds, Desert Borderlands, Alpine Borderlands, and Obsidian Sanctum maps. Another vendor, Shoobaloosh, is found at the Armistice Bastion for players with the Armistice Bastion Pass. Any character can purchase the armor pieces for any race, although they may not be able to equip them. This will give the appearance of the items purchased to the account of said character's wardrobe and credit towards the Fashion achievement. The total price for the Fashion achievement would be 16120Badges of Honor + 322 Gold coin 45 Silver coin.

Tier Level Cost per piece Total Net Cost[2]
Head Shoulders Chest Hands Legs Feet
1 35 10Badges of Honor 20 Silver coin 10Badges of Honor 20 Silver coin 20Badges of Honor 40 Silver coin 8Badges of Honor 17 Silver coin 4 Copper coin 15Badges of Honor 30 Silver coin 8Badges of Honor 17 Silver coin 4 Copper coin 71Badges of Honor 1 Gold coin 44 Silver coin 8 Copper coin 71Badges of Honor 1 Gold coin 8 Silver coin 8 Copper coin
2 60 25Badges of Honor 50 Silver coin 25Badges of Honor 50 Silver coin 50Badges of Honor Gold coin 20Badges of Honor 40 Silver coin 38Badges of Honor 75 Silver coin 4 Copper coin 20Badges of Honor 40 Silver coin 178Badges of Honor 3 Gold coin 55 Silver coin 4 Copper coin 178Badges of Honor 2 Gold coin 66 Silver coin 29 Copper coin
3 80 500Badges of Honor 10 Gold coin 500Badges of Honor 10 Gold coin 750Badges of Honor 15 Gold coin 300Badges of Honor Gold coin 625Badges of Honor 12 Gold coin 50 Silver coin 300Badges of Honor Gold coin 2975Badges of Honor 59 Gold coin 50 Silver coin 0 Copper coin 2975Badges of Honor 44 Gold coin 62 Silver coin 50 Copper coin
  1. ^ Assuming you sell the armor pieces instead of keeping them.
  2. ^ Note that you get back 1/8 of the non-WvW gold cost (i.e. 1/4 of the WvW gold cost), making the WvW armor an even better deal.

Attributes[edit]

Each race has different attribute prefixes available on their armor sets. Tier 1 armor has a dual-attribute prefix, while tiers 2 and 3 have a triple-attribute prefix.

Race Prefix T1 Prefix T2/3
Asura Lingering Condition Damage.png Vitality.png Carrion Condition Damage.png Power.pngVitality.png
Charr Honed Power.png Ferocity.png Berserker Power.png Precision.pngFerocity.png
Human Strong Power.png Precision.png Rampager Precision.png Power.pngCondition Damage.png
Norn Vigorous Power.png Vitality.png Soldier Power.png Toughness.pngVitality.png
Sylvari Ravaging Condition Damage.png Precision.png Rabid Condition Damage.png Precision.pngToughness.png

Related achievements[edit]

Notes[edit]

  • The armor can be sold back for a fraction of its coin price (1/8 for non-WvW vendors & 1/4 for WvW vendors).

Trivia[edit]

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