Equipment (Dark Souls II)

Equipment consists of all the various objects found throughout Dark Souls II. It can include weapons, armor, consumable items, and more, for the Bearer of the Curse to use. Equipment can be bought from merchants, dropped from enemies, gifted from characters, or found as loot on corpses or in chests. Equipment can be sold to Lonesome Gavlan for various soul amounts.

Ammunition
Ammunition includes arrows and bolts which are used as projectiles to fire from bows and crossbows. They are consumed with every shot, and two of each kind of ammunition can be equipped.

Armor
Armor is a form of equipment that provides defense. It can be equipped on the head, chest, hands, legs in order to reduce damage intake from any sources of damage. Most armor can be upgraded to improve effectiveness.

Items
Items are any objects that can be placed on the bottom menu to be consumed in some way, typically to restore something or to stop some kind of effect. They can heal the player, cure curse, allow the player to gain souls, and more. They can also be covenant items, which will allow the player to rank up in different covenants when offered to the leader or shrine.

Key Items
Key Items refer to any items that will unlock something, be it a door, NPC dialogue, or help towards completing a quest. The Dull Ember, for example, will allow the player to access Steady Hand McDuff as a blacksmith when given to him.

Magic
Magic includes Sorcery, Pyromancy, Miracles, and Hexes. They are casted with different casting tools and can only be cast after being attuned at a bonfire.

Rings
Rings are items that the player wears on his or her fingers which will grant special abilities, or help with certain stats. The player can wear four different rings at once, and different upgrade levels of rings are available.

Shields
Shields are items that, similar to armor, defend the player from damage. These items are able to block whole percentages of damage, and can prove very useful against aggressive enemies. All shields possess a certain amount of stability, which determines how much stamina is lost when a source of damage comes into contact with the shield.

Upgrade Materials
These items are the things used to upgrade different types of equipment. All standard weapons and armor are upgraded with Titanite Shards, Large Titanite Shards, Titanite Chunks, and Titante Slabs. Unique weapons and armor are upgraded solely with Twinkling Titanite. Boss weapons are upgraded with Petrified Dragon Bones.

Weapons
Weapons will be one of the main sources of damage for most players. These items come in all different shapes and sizes, ranging from Daggers to Great Hammers. All weapons can be parried, leaving the player open for a riposte, which is one of the most damaging forms of critical attack. Weapons can also be infused with different elements and status effects, typically lowering the damage scaling but increasing the effectiveness of that element or status effect.