This guide will show you what Ginji’s Guard 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
Ginji’s Guard Armor is obtainable by all players in Ghost of Yotei and features a hakama, light plate armor, straw cape, and wide, tall helmet with a little bit of plumage on the top.
It has normal upgrade tiers, but there’s no visible change to its appearance as you upgrade it, so tier I looks identical to tier IV. It comes in gunmetal gray, black/silver, and black/purple.
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Armor Effects
Ginji’s Guard Armor improves your effectiveness with the Tanegashima (rifle) and helps you survive against gunfire, including allowing you to deflect bullets by blocking. Upgrading the armor strengthens these effects.
This Armor is super valuable when facing off against the Dragon and is helpful for dealing with Yotei Six camps along Oshima Coast if you don’t want to be stealthy, but that’s about it.
Tier I
- Increase Tanegashima reload speed by a minor amount.
- Blocking deflects incoming bullets.
- Incoming projectiles inflict less damage by a major amount.
Tier II
- Increase Tanegashima reload speed by a moderate amount.
- Blocking deflects incoming bullets.
- Incoming projectiles inflict less damage by a major amount.
Tier III
- Increase Tanegashima reload speed by a moderate amount.
- Blocking deflects incoming bullets and grants a minor amount of Spirit.
- Incoming projectiles inflict less damage by a major amount.
Tier IV
- Increase Tanegashima reload speed by a moderate amount.
- Blocking deflects incoming bullets and grants a minor amount of Spirit.
- Incoming projectiles inflict less damage by a massive amount.
It’s worth noting that Ginji’s Guard Armor does not interact with the Tanzutsu (flintlock pistol) at all. If you want to buff that, you’re better off using the Nine Tail Armor.
How to get Ginji’s Guard Armor
You claim Ginji’s Guard Armor as payment for your services at the end of the quest “Pride Before Tea” in Oshima Coast. It’s basically just a wrapper mission around a normal hideout at Joyo Tea House.
It’s worth noting that you can only get the armor as part of the quest, but you’ll get transported there after speaking with Ginji.
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.
