This guide will show you what Taro’s Armor looks like, what buffs it provides, and how to get it in Ghost of Yotei!
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Cosmetic Appearance Tiers and Dyes
Taro’s Armor is obtainable by all players in Ghost of Yotei and can be upgraded to feature a straw cape (mino) and fur waist cape. The folded hat (torioigasa) you get with tier IV is the same type worn by the Shiekah tribe in The Legend of Zelda.
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One More Day
One More Day is the default color scheme for Taro’s Armor. While it leans hard into various blue hues and shades, it is the most multicolored option since the cape and fur remain brown.
Flowers in the Sun
Flowers in the Sun combines reds, oranges, and browns, resulting in a warmer color scheme than the one offered by Tenacious Spirit.
Scavenging the Dead
Scavenging the Dead is the all white color scheme, obtainable from the White Dye House in the northwestern part of Yotei Grasslands.
Tenacious Spirit
Tenacious Spirit employs a golden ginko color scheme to match the tree Atsu was impaled to.
Armor Effects
Taro’s Armor improves your survivability by increasing your max HP, reducing the damage you take from Fire and Cold sources, and increasing your Spirit gains if you’ve eaten a meal recently. Upgrading strengthens these effects.
Tier I
- All Spirit gains increased by a minor amount when graced with a cooking bonus.
- Maximum Health increased by a minor amount.
- Fire and Cold damage reduced by a moderate amount.
Tier II
- All Spirit gains increased by a moderate amount when graced with cooking bonus.
- Maximum Health increased by a minor amount.
- Fire and Cold damage reduced by a moderate amount.
Tier III
- All Spirit gains increased by a moderate amount when graced with a cooking bonus.
- Maximum Health increased by a moderate amount.
- Fire and Cold damage reduced by a moderate amount.
Tier IV
- All Spirit gains increased by a moderate amount when graced with a cooking bonus.
- Maximum Health increased by a moderate amount.
- Fire and Cold damage reduced by a major amount.
How to get Taro’s Armor
You can obtain Taro’s Armor from Taro the Scavenger. You should run into him early in the game and will see him picking over the bodies after you’ve cleared out some Saito-occupied territory. He also has a more permanent store at Dead Man’s Tree in Tokachi Range.
How Outfits work in Ghost of Yotei
In Ghost of Yotei, you can equip a helmet, a mask, armor, shamisen, and saddle as your outfit. Typically, only armor affects your performance in combat.
The other pieces are are purely for fashion, with a few exceptions. The rest of your combat performance is determined by your equipped charms, which have no effect on appearance.
Armor usually offers three different buffs in combat. Most sets can be upgraded three times (tier I to tier IV) by employing the services of an Armorer, like Ginji. Upgrading armor costs coin and resources, and doing so improves the strength of the perks it provides.
Upgrades also add more details and elements to the armor, including a adding a mask or helmet at tier III, and can choose which upgrade tier you want Atsu to wear independently of the effects.
For example, if you have Taro’s Armor upgraded to tier IV, you can benefit from tier IV while still make it look like Atsu is wearing the tier II version.
Most outfit pieces are dyeable, allowing you to change their color scheme. Dyes are always tied to a specific outfit piece, so you can’t just dye anything you want. Armors usually come with a helmet and/or mask, and they can use the same dyes.
If a piece isn’t directly affiliated with an armor, it may not be possible to dye it to match. Many different vendors sell dyes and you can exchange them for flowers you pick throughout Ezo. They often sell a mask that matches the dye so you can get something to match the dye you just bought.
You can also change how your weapons look using [Weapon Type] Kits, which are equipped to your weapons like dyes but alter their apperance to a similar extent to how outfits alter Atsu’s appearance.
Ghost of Yotei does not have a transmog system, so Atsu’s appearance will match her combat capabilities. The only things you can change are the worn upgrade tier of the armor, eqiupped hat and/or mask, and their color schemes via dyes.
