Armor (Dark Souls)

Armor is a type of equipment Dark Souls. Armor provides protection against both physical (regular, strike, slash, thrust) damage and elemental (magic, fire, lightning) damage, it increases resistance against negative status effects and it can increase poise (stagger resistance).

There are four types of armor; head armor, chest armor, hands armor and legs armor. Most armor comes in complete sets but there are some unique pieces of armor that are not part of a set.

Like weapons, most armor can be upgraded. Armor can be upgraded to +10 (+5 for those that require Twinkling Titanite); armor cannot be upgraded down other upgrade paths.

Armor sets are set up into three categories, based on their total weight:
 * Light Armor Sets (0 - 19.9)
 * Medium Armor Sets (20 - 39.9)
 * Heavy Armor Sets (40+)

Starting Sets

 * Bandit Set
 * Cleric (Class) Set
 * Hunter Set
 * Knight Set
 * Pyromancer Set
 * Sorcerer Set
 * Thief Set
 * Wanderer Set
 * Warrior Set

Light Sets

 * Antiquated Set
 * Big Hat Logan's Set
 * Black Set
 * Black Sorcerer Set
 * Chain Set
 * Crimson Set
 * Dingy Set
 * Gold-Hemmed Black Set
 * Great Lord Set
 * Hollow Soldier Set
 * Hollow Thief's Set
 * Hollow Warrior Set
 * Maiden Set
 * Moonlight Set
 * Painting Guardian Set
 * Shadow Set
 * Witch Set
 * Xanthous Set

Medium Sets

 * Adventurer's Set
 * Balder Set
 * Black Knight Set
 * Brass Set
 * Catarina Set
 * Channelers Set
 * Cleric Set
 * Crystalline Set
 * Dark Set
 * Eastern Set
 * Elite Knight Set
 * Favor Set
 * Iron Set
 * Ornstein's Set
 * Paladin Set
 * Silver Knight Set
 * Steel Set
 * Thorns Set

Heavy Sets

 * Black Iron Set
 * Giant Set
 * Golem Set
 * Havel's Set
 * Smough's Set
 * Stone Set

Unique Armor

 * Fang Boar Helm
 * Gargoyle Helm
 * Mask of the Child
 * Mask of the Father
 * Mask of the Mother
 * Royal Helm
 * Sack
 * Sunlight Maggot
 * Symbol of Avarice