Discover the best early-game armor in Wild Hearts
Looking for the best armor in Wild Hearts?Wild Heartsis a newMonster Hunter-like, which means there are plenty of big beasties to fight. Of course, big monsters mean it’s a big challenge, so you’ll need the best armor if you want to stay alive.
Wild Hearts' armor system can be a little confusing in the early stages, as the bombardment of new systems and tutorials gets a bit overwhelming. Fortunately, we’re here to help you suit up with the best gear in those early stages.
In this guide, we’ll break down the best armor in Wild Hearts that you should use early on. This doesn’t include the best endgame armor for now, but these armor sets should keep you alive for some of the toughest Giant Kemono in the early game, such as Kingtusk and Spineglider.
Best armor in Wild Hearts
The best armor in Wild Hearts to use early on is the upgraded Young Samurai armor set. You can craft the Young Samurai armor set after defeating Kingtusk, but you’ll need to reach Minato before you can upgrade it.
To upgrade armor, simply head to the Forge and into the Armor Crafting section. Then, cycle through the tabs at the top of the screen to find Human-Path and Kemono-Path upgrades.
The Young Samurai armor set doesn’t offer distinct bonuses to those who follow either the Human or Kemono Paths. With that in mind, we found that mixing the two upgrade paths together offers the highest Defense and maximum health in the early game.
You can see the stats offered by this mixed Young Samurai set below:
Below, you can find each armor piece we used and how to craft them.
Young Samurai Helmet (Human-Path):
Young Samurai Body Armor (Human-Path):
Young Samurai Gauntlets:
Young Samurai Haidate (Kemono-Path):
Young Samurai Sune-ate (Human-Path):
Those wanting to purely follow the Human Path should craft and upgrade the Basara armor set.
It offers unique skills to those who reach the Pure Human Affinity level, allowing you to cure status effects with Healing Water. It will also grant you the ability to heal when using Hunter’s Arm on a Giant Kemono weak point.
While these skills are the biggest benefit to using the Basara Human-Path armor, the set also offers high stats. While they don’t rival the upgraded Young Samurai set, you should still find that the Basara Human-Path set offers excellent chances of survival in tough early-game fights.
You can see the Basara Human-Path armor set stats below:
Below, you can find each armor piece we used in this set and how to craft them.
Basara Helm (Human-Path):
Basara Body Armor (Human-Path):
Basara Gauntlets:
Basara Field Hakama (Human-Path):
Basara Sune-ate:
That wraps up our guide on the best armor sets to use early on in Wild Hearts. If you’re struggling with the early bosses, take a look at our guides onhow to defeat the Ragetailandhow to defeat the Sapscourge in Wild Hearts. To change up your method of attack, check out our guide onhow to unlock new weapons in Wild Hearts.
