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Wild Hearts: Best Early Game Armor Sets

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Picking the best weapons, items, stat modifiers, spells, and well, armor sets in a video game, specially in RPGs is quite a chore. I mean, things get overly complicated when you need to use an Excel table in order to explain why a certain item is useful in a very specific situation that only happens once every blood moon. Thankfully, things aren’t as cryptic when you just clicked start and selected your difficulty settings. Having said that, here are the best early game armor sets in Wild Hearts. Don’t worry, you won’t see numbers today.

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Best Early Game Armor Sets in Wild Hearts

Like said above, getting to choose the correct equipment early in the game will impact on how well you fight, how much you resist, and how many times you die. Well, you will have several options for armor sets across the lands. And when I say so, is because you will find all these wild materials that, once put to work, will create some early protection you will certainly need. It will become the ground base for the armor you will be able to use in spectacular fashion during the late game. For the time being, here are the best early game armor sets in Wild Hearts.

Fresh Fern Armor Set

The Fresh Fer armor set is one of the first sets you will be able to craft, and it is a considerable upgrade from your starting gear. As you can see below, you don’t require many materials to craft it, and you will be able to find all of them around the Giant Tree Trunk Camp. You will need to defeat a Ragetail and create a forge for Natsume to be able to craft this armor set.

Armor PiecesMaterials
Fresh Fern HeadgearAncient Lumber x2
Fresh Fern GauntletsAncient Lumber x2
Lizard Bloom x1
Fresh Fern Body ArmorAncient Lumber x2
Small Kemono Skin x1
Fresh Fern KusazuriSmall Crystal Ore x1
Fresh Fern Sune-ateSmall Scale x1

Basara Human-Path Armor Set

If you wish to follow the Human-Path, then this is the armor you will want to choose. This set allows you to cure all your status effects with the use of Healing Water. You will also heal when using the Hunter’s Arm on Giant Kemono’s weak points. During the early game, this is one of the best armors you can pick due to its healing capabilities as well as its stats, that are quite competent in general.

Armor PieceMaterials
Basara Helm (Human-Path)Basara Teardrops x1
Kingtusk Bristle x3
Small Crystal Ore x4
200 Gold
Basara GauntletsKingtusk Ivory x1
Kingtusk Horn x1
100 Gold
Basara Body ArmorBasara Teardrops x1
Kingtusk Ivory x3
Kingtusk Horn x5
200 Gold
Basara Field HakamaBasara Teardrops x1
Kingtusk Thorn x2
Kingtusk Tail x3
200 Gold
Basara Sune-ateKingtusk Thorn x1
100 Gold

Young Samurai Armor Set

This armor unlocks after creating a forge for Natsume. You will have a great amount of Nature resistance, a max health increase and a good evade distance boost. This is one of the most popular choices in the game, as you will be able to find all the necessary resources while naturally playing through the story, so go ahead and collect the Sapscourge and Ragetail parts.

ArmorMaterials
Young Samurai HelmetSapscourge Horn x1
Sapscourge Leafbeard x1
Small Scale x3
50 Gold
Young Samurai GauntletsRagetail Fang x1
50 Gold
Young Samurai Body ArmorRagetail Pelt x1
Sapscourge Tail x1
Sapscourge Leaf Beard x2
Ancient Lumber x2
50 Gold
Young Samurai HaidateSapscourge Horn x1
Sapscourge Tail x1
50 Gold
Young Samurai Sune-ateRagetail Fang x1
Ragetail Claw x1
Small Crystal Ore x2
50 Gold

Roaming Bard Armor Set

The Roaming Bard armor set is available for you to craft once you get to Natsukodachi Isle. It has a quite decent solid elemental resistance along with a great basic defense stat that even surpasses the one that the Young Samurai armor sports. You will survive quite a decent amount of foes and hazards thanks to its abilities, so, if you get the chance, craft it. And you will, since it only requires some parts from a Dreadclaws and Spinegliders.

Armor PiecesMaterials
Roaming Bard MenguDreadclaw Corona x2
Dreadclaw Talon x3
Ancient Lumber x5
170 Gold
Roaming Bard TekkoSpineglider Horn x2
Blue Stone x2
Coral Fragment x5
170 Gold
Roaming Bard UwagiSpineglider Claw x2
Spineglider Dripstone x1
Dreadclaw Sickle Feather x3
170 Gold
Small Roaming Bard HakamaDreadclaw Skin x2
Small Kemono Carpace x2
Bluestone x2
170 Gold
Roaming Bard Sune-ateSpineglider Hide x2
Coral Fragment x5
170 Gold

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And that’s all the best early game armor sets in Wild Hearts. Be sure to pick one of the above sets, and you will be good to face the early Kemonos you will meet in Azuma. Don’t worry, you will get better sets as you progress into the game, but someone has to start somewhere. Good luck!


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A musician with a heart of a gamer, Alejandro's life has always been accompanied by adventures on Nintendo platformers, countless hours of fantasy RPGs and several third-party FPSs. Currently, he is studying Game Design and Development, preparing for a long career in the video game industry.