How to get the Mercenary Attire Armor in Ghost of Yotei: Overview and Stats

This guide will show you what Mercenary Attire looks like, what buffs it provides, and how to get it in Ghost of Yotei!

Cosmetic Appearance Tiers and Dyes

Mercenary Attire is obtainable by all players in Ghost of Yotei and features a simple men’s hakama (a neat bit of visual storytelling), plain black bandana mask, and tattered straw hat, making you look like a run-of-the-mill NPC.

Rather than adding more elements and detail with each upgrade, Mercenary Attire offers a whole lot more dye options for the main armor.

The Old Straw Hat and Mercenary’s Mask don’t dye, but there are a slew of alternative helmets and masks that don’t belong to an armor set and also don’t dye. I’ve opted to take images with matching helmets and/or masks for each dye instead of using the default headgear.

The name of the dye captioned in bold with the helmet and/or mask listed below. Click or tap on the images to enlarge them.

*The Sly Bandit dye is an Easter Egg, referencing Sucker Punch’s former work on the Sly Cooper trilogy from the PS2 era. The Tanuki’s Mischief Sword Kit uses the same colors and makes it look like Atsu has a raccoon tail. Similarly, the Sly Thief Mask recolors the fox mask to look like a raccoon.

Armor Effects

Mercenary Attire improves the availability of Sake, buffs its Spirit recovery effect, and makes weapon throw better. It can be upgraded to strengthen these effects.

Tier I

• Thrown Melee weapons deal increased damage by a minor amount and grant a minor amount of Spirit.
• Assassinating an enemy has a moderate chance of dropping Sake.
• Drinking Sake grants a minor amount of additional Spirit.

Tier II

• Thrown Melee weapons deal increased damage by a moderate amount and grant a moderate amount of Spirit.
• Assassinating an enemy has a moderate chance of dropping Sake.
• Drinking Sake grants a minor amount of additional Spirit.

Tier III

• Thrown Melee weapons deal increased damage by a moderate amount and grant a moderate amount of Spirit.
• Assassinating an enemy has a guaranteed chance of dropping Sake.
• Drinking Sake grants a minor amount of additional Spirit.

Tier IV

• Thrown Melee weapons deal increased damage by a moderate amount and grant a moderate amount of Spirit.
• Assassinating an enemy has a guaranteed chance of dropping Sake.
• Drinking Sake grants a major amount of additional Spirit.

The set is okay when you get it, but the Mercenary Attire armor gets outclassed by late game armors like Crimson Kimono and Nine Tails.

How to get Mercenary Attire

You receive Mercenary Attire from a certain Lord Kitamori during “Belly of the Beast”. a Revenge quest in Ishikari Plain.

Additional dyes are unlocked for purchase as you progress through the main story.

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 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.