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Exceptional Gambeson is a padded armor in Avowed. It is a tier 3 generic padded armor, being a tier above a Fine Gambeson, and below a Superb Gambeson.

Details

Exceptional Gambeson
Light Armor (Padded Armor)
Exceptional Quality, +0/3
8%
Damage Reduction
30
Additional Damage Reduction
-15
Maximum Stamina
-20
Maximum Essence
5
Stability

Gambesons of ostentatious design are often donned by royal wizards or chanters, and padded with all manner of exotic materials. Spider silk can snag arrows and the feathers of Rauataian war birds can be tightly packed to defend against hard impacts.

Acquisition

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Upgrades

Note: Non-unique items may only be upgraded to a maximum quality of Superb +3/3.

Upgrading an armor's quality increases its Additional Damage Reduction at every level. Upgrades are applied as a multiplier to the base stats, meaning all armor types share the same proportional stat growth, even though the absolute increases vary.

The following upgrades may be applied to this item at the workbench in party camp. Values have been rounded to the nearest whole number away from zero. The smaller number is the change relative to the initial value. Lower upgrades are provided for comparison.

QualityRankStatsMaterials
ADRArmor MaterialHerbCurrency
Common
2 (-28)---
5 (-25)Pelt (×4)Paradisan Ladder (×2)-
8 (-22)Pelt (×16)Paradisan Ladder (×4)-
11 (-19)Pelt (×28)Paradisan Ladder (×6)-
Fine
14 (-16)Pelt (×44)Paradisan Ladder (×8)1,200
18 (-12)Tanned Hide (×4)Hylea's Talon (×2)-
22 (-8)Tanned Hide (×16)Hylea's Talon (×4)-
26 (-4)Tanned Hide (×28)Hylea's Talon (×6)-
Exceptional
30Tanned Hide (×44)Hylea's Talon (×8)3,150
34 (+4)Stelgaer Leather (×4)Admeth's Wyrt (×2)-
38 (+8)Stelgaer Leather (×16)Admeth's Wyrt (×4)-
42 (+12)Stelgaer Leather (×28)Admeth's Wyrt (×6)-
Superb
46 (+16)Stelgaer Leather (×44)Admeth's Wyrt (×8)10,800
52 (+22)Balarok Skin (×4)Cave Coral (×2)-
58 (+28)Balarok Skin (×16)Cave Coral (×4)-
64 (+34)Balarok Skin (×28)Cave Coral (×6)-
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