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Clothing Defense

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Insight Bath Messengers

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Nameless Bone Ash Hunter (Saw Spear & Hunter Pistol)

Original Japanese Item Index

The Paleblood Hunt

Basic Information

Image	Name
	Bone Ash Armor	110	80	100	40	40	140	140	33	29	41	25
Chest		Physical Defense				Elemental Defense			Resistance			Beasthood

Bone Ash Armor ❘ 骨炭の鎧	Attire

In-Game Description Armor made of bone ash, worn by the oldest keepers. The keepers, who mind the slumbering great Ones, gained eternal life, preserved in ashen form in a ceremony of flame that cremated body and soul. Now, their frail armor is white and sinewy, a window into an arcane lost art. Note 1: The same in-game description in US & UK versions. ✓ Note 2: Original Japanese text on Original Japanese Item Index page. ✓ Overview Each piece of attire contributes to your overall defense and changes your character's appearance. While different pieces of attire do have different effects, the changes are typically not drastic enough to override aesthetic considerations. Information on the highest defense combination of attire can be found on the Highest Defense Armor Sets page. Bone Ash Armor has the highest Fire defense of all chest pieces alongside Charred Hunter Garb. This garb is part of the Bone Ash Set. Availability Sold by: Insight Bath Messengers [Hunter's Dream] Clothing Defense Clothing Defense is a percentage reduction after Physical DEF is applied. "Every 10 points of defense is 1% damage reduction." Each type is specific and separate in this category. The entry for "Physical" (read as, Physical damage that's not specifically Thrust or Blunt) doesn't apply to Thrust or Blunt damage, as they each have their own separate numbers. Separate items of clothing stack multiplicatively, rather than additively like you might expect. Hat, chest, arms, legs of 50, 100, 40, 40 respectively for example, would yield 212, or 1000 * (1 - (.95 * .9 * .96 * .96)), rather than 230. Caryll Runes that affect damage resistance stack on top of your Clothing Defense. Note that the "Physical" defense rune increases Physical, Thrust, Blunt, and Blood. "Arcane" only affects Arcane, but not Bolt and Fire, which each have their own rune. These also stack multiplicatively on top of clothing (and each-other). A 5% rune would be like adding a clothing item with 50 defense in that category. In the example above, you'd go from 212 to 251 with a +5% rune. More information can be found in damage reduction page. Hidden Equip Load Despite hidden "Equip Load" being removed for stamina regeneration with patch 1.04 (more information on the Weight System page). It does affect the fall damage. Equip Load gets higher by equipping pieces of attire and right and left-hand weapons; furthermore, in the case of the weapons, even unequipped ones in your quick menu count. The higher the hidden "Equip Load," the more damage your character will take from the fall damage. Interestingly enough, pieces of attire from The Old Hunters DLC have no weight penalty; therefore, it is as if you would fall naked (more information on the Fall Damage page). Notes Available for purchase after defeating Keeper of the Old Lords. In New Game Plus, attire that you have unlocked in your first playthrough will be available for purchase again, despite respective characters being alive in new playthrough or if you have already bought it. Visual glitch was discovered where you can temporarily glitch cape from your Bone Ash Armor if you use Yahar'gul teleport or portal traps in Chalice Dungeons. You need to equip any weapon your hunter puts on their back (Kirkhammer, Ludwig's Holy Blade, Burial Blade & Whirligig Saw) and enter the teleport. It is purely visual glitch only useful for you to see how the garb looks without the cape.

Merchants

Shop	Buy (Day)	(Evening)	(Night)	(Red Moon)	(NG+)	Sell	Requirement
Bath Messengers [Hunter's Dream]	-	-	-	-	-	15000	None
Insight Bath Messengers [Hunter's Dream]	4	4	4	4	4	-	Keeper of the Old Lords
Chalice Bath Messengers [Chalice Dungeons Common]	-	-	-	-	-	-	None
Patches, the Spider [Chalice Dungeons Rare]	-	-	-	-	-	-	None

Key
Physical Defense	Elemental Defense	Resistance	Beasthood
The physical stats for the Armor are W / X / Y / Z: W is Physical defense, has two special subtypes: blunt and thrust. Each physical attack is either normal physical, blunt, or thrust. X is Blunt defense Y is Thrust defense Z is Blood defense: The Blood attribute dictates how resilient the Armor is to Blood Damage	The elemental stats for the Armor are X / Y / Z: X is Arcane defense: The Arcane attribute dictates how resilient the Armor is to Arcane Damage Y is Fire defense: The Fire attribute dictates how resilient the Armor is to Fire Damage Z is Bolt defense: The Bold attribute dictates how resilient the Armor is to Bolt Damage	The resistance stats for the Armor are X / Y / Z: X is Slow Poison resistance to slow poisoning. The higher this attribute, the more resistant you are. Y is Rapid Poison resistance to rapid poisoning. The higher this attribute, the more resistant you are. Z is Frenzy resistance to the lure of frenzy. The higher this attribute, the more resistant you are.	The higher this attribute, the closer you are to beasthood when temporary transformed. Grants a serious increase in ATK power, at the cost of a similarly serious decrease in defense. Points in beasthood thresholds: 1-24: Phys ATK UP x1,2/DEF DOWN x0,8 25-49: Phys ATK UP x1,3/DEF DOWN x0,7 50-99: Phys ATK UP x1,4/DEF DOWN x0,6 100-199: Phys ATK UP x1,5/DEF DOWN x0,5 200-299: Phys ATK UP x1,6/DEF DOWN x0,4 300+: Phys ATK UP x1,7/DEF DOWN x0,2