This guide will show you what Dragonfly 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
Dragonfly Armor is obtainable by all players in Ghost of Yotei and features medium weight samurai armor with a giant dragonfly glued to the helmet.
The preview images show the Tier I, Tier II and Tier IV. Click or tap on the images to enlarge them.
Daijiro’s Gift
Dajiro’s Gift is the default dye and combines a bright red base with gold details and white accents.
Forgotten Rust
Forgotten Rust uses a black base and combines it with various yellow metals and a primrose cape.
Victory’s Shine
Victory’s Shine mixes white and gold with black accents.
A Breeze in Battle
A Breeze in Battle combines black and green with yellow accents. You can get it from the Green Dye House also in Tokachi Range.
It makes me think Atsu was actually a member of the Dai Li in Ba Sing Se before returning to Ezo…
Armor Effects
Dragonfly Armor improves your proficiency with bows by enabling an empowered shot that recovers some of your Concentration meter, and increasing the reload speed. Upgrading your armor strengthens these effects.
Tier I
- Fully drawing your bow creates a brief timed glint. Firing an arrow during the glint empowers your shot, moderately increasing its damage and range.
- Firing an empowered Arrow grants a minor amount of Concentration.
- Increase Arrow reload speed by a moderate amount.
Tier II
- Fully drawing your bow creates a brief timed glint. Firing an arrow during the glint empowers your shot, majorly increasing its damage and range.
- Firing an empowered Arrow grants a minor amount of Concentration.
- Increase Arrow reload speed by a moderate amount.
Tier III
- Fully drawing your bow creates a brief timed glint. Firing an arrow during the glint empowers your shot, majorly increasing its damage and range.
- Firing an empowered Arrow grants a moderate amount of Concentration.
- Increase Arrow reload speed by a moderate amount.
Tier IV
- Fully drawing your bow creates a brief timed glint. Firing an arrow during the glint empowers your shot, majorly increasing its damage and range.
- Firing an empowered Arrow grants a moderate amount of Concentration.
- Increase Arrow reload speed by a major amount.
How to get Dragonfly Armor
You receive the Dragonfly Armor for completing the quest “The Dragonfly Armor”; shocker, I know. The quest starts at Cairn Forks along Nupur River in Tokachi Range.
The questgiver, Daijiro, tells you to meet him at Hiranui’s Rest Inn and he’ll give you the armor.
After you meet him, he wants to play Zeni Hajiki first. It seems like you’re always just about to get the armor, but he keeps stringing you along.
Then he gets captured by Saito’s men and you gotta go rescue him. Some will try to fend you off while Daijiro gets dragged away, so defeat them, talk to the last one standing, then go to their camp.
Once you rescue him, meet him back at Hiranui’s Rest Inn and he’ll give you the armor.
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.
