Rise of Kingdoms – Equipment Guide

Ever since their introduction, Equipment has proved to be essential in battles. 

When crafting equipment, always take into account the time it takes to build a piece of equipment and the stats that you get from it. It’s important that you get all the essential equipment for all 5 five of your available marches first. Then and only then start working towards the premium Legendary/Epic equipment. At the same time, you craft a piece of Legendary equipment, you can craft multiple lower-tier pieces of equipment, which in most cases provide you better stats than the one Legendary equipment that you crafted.

Overview of The Equipment System

Unlocked at: City Hall Lv.16

Blacksmith Building allows you can forge/ dismantle equipment and craft/upgrade or dismantle materials that are used to forge equipment.

Materials

• The Blacksmith allows you to produce 10 Materials every 3 hours.
• You can have up to 5 Materials in the Production Queue. These materials once crafted need to be claimed manually.
• There are currently 4 different Material types: Ebony, Iron Ore, Leather, and Animal Bone.
• Materials have five quality: Normal, Advanced, Elite, Epic, and Legendary.
• Four materials of the same quality and type can be combined to produce one material of higher quality. One higher quality material can be dismantled to produce 4 lower-quality materials of the same type.

Blueprints & Forging

• 30 blueprint fragments can be combined to make one complete blueprint.
• If you have the necessary materials, you can combine them with the blueprint to forge a piece of equipment.
• Blueprints are consumed on use, so dismantling a piece of equipment won’t refund you the Blueprint used.
• When forging equipment, there’s a chance to apply a buff to a talent of your choice. This buff will provide a 30% boost to the equipment’s attributes when a commander with the selected talent uses the equipment.
• Dismantling equipment will refund you the Materials used to forge that equipment, however, in case of Legendary equipment, only 50% of the materials used are refunded to you.

We saw the Equipment system go through a major revamp in Update 1.0.37: “Geared Up” and the introduction of new items. In this guide, we’ll go through the updated Equipment System and look into all the available equipment for each troop type.

What’s Changed

Before we dive into the new equipment, let’s take a look at what changes were introduced.

Materials: Instead of 7 Materials, we now have 4 Materials. Lilith also adjusted the number of Materials required to forge certain Equipment.

Ebony

Iron Ore

Leather

Animal Bone

Equipment:  Certain Equipment got significant buffs which makes them viable again and this opens up opportunities for more equipment combinations. I am excluding Siege only equipment and Siege stats as they provide no value whatsoever.

Weapons

Equipment	Previous Attributes	Current Attributes
Sharp Longsword	Cavalry Defense +5%	No Changes
Vanguard Halberd	Cavalry Defense +5% Cavalry Health +4%	No Changes
Staff of the Lost	Cavalry Defense +3% Infantry Defense +5% Archer Defense +5%	Cavalry Defense +3% Infantry Defense +5% Archer Defense +8%
Gatekeepers Shield	Cavalry Health +5% Infantry Health +5% Experience Gain +3%	Cavalry Health +5% Infantry Health +8% Experience Gain +3%
Blessed Blade	Infantry Health +4% Archer Attack +4% Damage to Barbarian +3%	Infantry Health +6% Archer Attack +4% Damage to Barbarian +3%
Scepter of the Forest Guardian	Cavalry Attack +6%	No Changes
Heart of the Saint	Cavalry Defense +8% Infantry Health +4% Archer Health +6%	Cavalry Defense +13% Infantry Health +4% Archer Health +6%
Golden Age	Cavalry Attack +4% Infantry Defense +6% Archer Defense+8%	Cavalry Attack +4% Infantry Defense +6% Archer Defense+13%
Trial of the Lost Kingdom	Cavalry Defense +10% Infantry Health +5% Archer Attack +5%	Cavalry Defense +15% Infantry Health +5% Archer Attack +5%

Helms

Equipment	Previous Attributes	Current Attributes
Iron Helm	Infantry Attack +3%	No Changes
Helm of Fear	Cavalry Attack +2% Infantry Defense +2% Damage to Barbarian +3%	Cavalry Attack +4% Infantry Defense +2% Damage to Barbarian +3%
Helm of the Phoenix	Infantry Health +2% Archer Defense +2% Damage to Barbarian +3%	Infantry Health +2% Archer Defense +4% Damage to Barbarian +3%
Expedition War Helm	Cavalry Defense +4% Infantry Defense +2% Experience Gain +3%	Cavalry Defense +6% Infantry Defense +2% Experience Gain +3%
Mask of the Forest Guardian	Infantry Attack +4%	No Changes
Abyssal Visage	Cavalry Attack +4% Infantry Attack +3% Archer Attack +3%	Cavalry Attack +8% Infantry Attack +3% Archer Attack +3%
Revival Helm	Infantry Defense +5% Archer Defense +5%	Infantry Defense +5% Archer Defense +7.5%

Chest

Equipment	Previous Attributes	Current Attributes
Chain Mail	Archer Attack +3%	No Changes
Milanese Plate	Cavalry Defense +3% Archer Attack +2%	Cavalry Defense +4% Archer Attack +2%
Infantry Breastplate	Cavalry Health +2% Infantry Defense +2% Damage to Barbarian +3%	Cavalry Health +2% Infantry Defense +4% Damage to Barbarian +3%
Commanders Heavy Armor	Infantry Attack +3% Archer Health +3% Experience Gain +3%	Infantry Attack +3% Archer Health +6% Experience Gain +3%
Dark Lord Blessing	Cavalry Defense +5% Archer Attack +5%	Cavalry Defense +8% Archer Attack +5%
Robe of the Forest Guardian	Archer Attack +4%	No Changes
Revival Plate	Cavalry Defense +5% Archer Attack +5%	Cavalry Defense +5% Archer Attack +7.5%
Quinn’s Soul	Infantry Attack +4% Archer Health +4% Damage to Barbarian +5%	Infantry Attack +8% Archer Health +4% Damage to Barbarian +5%
The Milky Way	Cavalry Health +6% Archer Health +6% Experience Gain +5%	Cavalry Health +6% Archer Health +12% Experience Gain +5%
Shadow Legion Retribution	Cavalry Attack +5% Infantry Attack +5% Archer Attack +5%	Cavalry Attack +12% Infantry Attack +5% Archer Attack +5%

Gloves

Equipment	Previous Attributes	Current Attributes
Cloth Gloves	Infantry Defense +2%	No Changes
Leather Gloves	Infantry Defense +1% Archer Health +2%	Infantry Defense +1% Archer Health +2.5%
Saint’s Song	Cavalry Attack +2% Archer Attack +1% Experience Gain +3%	Cavalry Attack +2% Archer Attack +4% Experience Gain +3%
Windswept Bracers	Cavalry Health +2% Infantry Health +1% March Speed +3%	Cavalry Health +2.5% Infantry Health +2.5% March Speed +3%
Seth’s Brutality	Infantry Defense +2% Archer Defense +2%	Infantry Defense +5.5% Archer Defense +2% Damage to Barbarian +5%
Iset’s Sufferance	Cavalry Attack +3% Cavalry Health +3%	No Changes
Revival Gauntlets	Calvary Attack +3% Infantry Attack +3%	Calvary Attack +3% Infantry Attack +3% Archer Attack +4.5%
Ian’s Choice	Archer Attack +8% Experience Gain +5%	No Changes
Sacred Grips	Infantry Defense +5% Archer Attack +5%	Infantry Defense +8% Archer Attack +5%

Legs

Equipment	Previous Attributes	Current Attributes
Coarse Breeches	Cavalry Attack +3%	No Changes
Ranger Trousers	Infantry Attack +2% Archer Defense +2% Damage to Barbarian +3%	Infantry Attack +4% Archer Defense +2% Damage to Barbarian +3%
Vanguard Greaves	Cavalry Attack +4% Cavalry Health +1%	No Changes
Greaves of the Exile	Infantry Defense +3% Archer Defense +3% Experience Gain +3%	Infantry Defense +3% Archer Defense +6% Experience Gain +3%
Karuak’s Humility	Cavalry Attack +5% Infantry Health +5%	Cavalry Attack +5% Infantry Health +8%
Gladiator	Cavalry Health +4% Archer Defense +4% Damage to Barbarian +5%	Cavalry Health +8% Archer Defense +4% Damage to Barbarian +5%
Ash of the dawn	Cavalry Health +5% Infantry Health +5% Experience Gain +5%	Cavalry Health +12% Infantry Health +5% Experience Gain +5%
Eternal Night	Cavalry Defense +5% Infantry Defense +5% Archer Defense +5%	Cavalry Defense +5% Infantry Defense +12% Archer Defense +5%

Boots

Equipment	Previous Attributes	Current Attributes
Sturdy Boots	Archer Defense +2%	No Changes
Boots of Reverence	Infantry Attack +2% Archer Defense +1%	Infantry Attack +2.5% Archer Defense +1%
Edged Boots	Cavalry Attack +1% Archer Attack +1% Damage to Barbarians +3%	Cavalry Attack +1% Archer Attack +2.5% Damage to Barbarians +3%
Windswept Boots	Cavalry Health +2% Infantry Defense +1% March Speed +3%	Cavalry Health +2.5% Infantry Defense +2.5% March Speed +3%
Shio’s Return	Infantry Defense +5% Archer Health +5%	Infantry Defense +8% Archer Health +5%
Cloud Racers	Cavalry Attack +2% Archer Health +2%	Cavalry Attack +5.5% Archer Health +2%

What’s New

That was my initial reaction to “What’s New”. These are the new equipment that were introduced as part of the latest update. In the table below, you can find the new equipment and other relevant information. Once again, I am excluding Siege only Equipment from this list. 

New Equipment in Rise of Kingdoms

Equipment	Rarity	Slot	Attributes	Set (if any)
Dragon’s Breath Bow	Legendary	Weapon	Archer Defense +20% Infantry Health +5% Cavalry Health +5%	Dragon’s Breath
Shield of Eternal Empire	Legendary	Weapon	Infantry Attack +20% Cavalry Attack +5% Archer Attack +5%	Eternal Empire
Rifle of the Hellish Wasteland	Legendary	Weapon	Cavalry Attack +20% Infantry Health +5% Archer Attack +5%	Hellish Wasteland
Sakura Fubuki	Epic	Weapon	Infantry Attack +13% Cavalry Health +6% Archer Attack +4%	–
Blazing Axe	Elite	Weapon	Cavalry Attack +8% Archer Attack +5% Infantry Attack +3%	–
War Helm of the Hellish Wasteland	Legendary	Helm	Cavalry Defense +11% Infantry Attack +4% Archer Defense +3%	Hellish Wasteland
Gold Helm of the Eternal Empire	Legendary	Helm	Infantry Defense +11% Archer Health +4% Cavalry Health +3%	Eternal Empire
Dragon’s Breath Helm	Legendary	Helm	Archer Attack +11% Cavalry Attack +3% Infantry Defense +4%	Dragon’s Breath
Witch’s Lineage	Epic	Helm	Infantry Attack +8% Cavalry Attack +3% Archer Defense +3%	–
Windswept War Helm	Elite	Helm	Infantry Attack +4.5% Cavalry Attack +4.5% March Speed +3%	Windswept
Heavy Armor of the Hellish Wasteland	Legendary	Chest	Cavalry Health +11% Infantry Attack +5%	Hellish Wasteland
Plate of Eternal Empire	Legendary	Chest	Infantry Attack +11% Archer Defense +5%	Eternal Empire
Dragon’s Breath Plate	Legendary	Chest	Archer Health +11% Cavalry Defense +5%	Dragon’s Breath
Hope Cloak	Legendary	Chest	Infantry Defense +12% Cavalry Defense +5% Archer Defense +5%	–
Windswept Breastplate	Elite	Chest	Infantry Defense +4.5% Cavalry Defense +4.5% March Speed +3%	Windswept
Armband of the Hellish Wasteland	Legendary	Gloves	Cavalry Defense +7.5% Archer Health +3%	Hellish Wasteland
Vambrace of the Eternal Empire	Legendary	Gloves	Infantry Defense +7.5% Cavalry Attack +3%	Eternal Empire
Dragon’s Breath Vambraces	Legendary	Gloves	Archer Attack +7.5% Infantry Attack +3%	Dragon’s Breath
Navar’s Control	Legendary	Gloves	Cavalry Health +8%	–
Calvin’s Hand	Elite	Gloves	Infantry Attack +4% Infantry Health +1% Archer Attack +1%	–
Bronze Bracers	Advanced	Gloves	Cavalry Defense +2.5% Infantry Health +1% Damage to Barb +3%	–
Tassets of the Hellish Wasteland	Legendary	Legs	Cavalry Attack +11% Infantry Defense +5%	Hellish Wasteland
Greaves of the Eternal Empire	Legendary	Legs	Infantry Attack +11% Archer Defense +5%	Eternal Empire
Dragon’s Breath Tassets	Legendary	Legs	Archer Attack +11% Cavalry Attack +5%	Dragon’s Breath
Cape of the War God	Legendary	Legs	Archer Attack +12% Cavalry Attack +5% Infantry Attack +5%	–
Revival Greaves	Epic	Legs	Archer Defense +7.5% Cavalry Attack +5%	Revival
Fanatic’s Tassets	Epic	Legs	Archer Defense +8% Cavalry Defense +5%	–
Sentry Breeches	Elite	Legs	Infantry Attack +6% Archer Attack +3% Cavalry Defense +1%	–
Boots of the Hellish Wasteland	Legendary	Boots	Cavalry Health +7.5% Archer Attack +3%	Hellish Wasteland
Sturdy Boots of the Eternal Empire	Legendary	Boots	Infantry Defense +7.5% Cavalry Defense +3%	Eternal Empire
Dragon’s Breath Boots	Legendary	Boots	Archer Defense +7.5% Infantry Defense +3%	Dragon’s Breath
Mountain Crushers	Legendary	Boots	Cavalry Attack +8% Archer Attack +5%	–
Commander’s Boots	Legendary	Boots	Archer Attack +8% Experience Gain +5%	–
Frost Treads	Epic	Boots	Infantry Defense +5.5% Damage to Barb +5%	–
Flame Treads	Epic	Boots	Archer Health +5.5% Cavalry Attack +3%	–
The Scarlet Hounds	Elite	Boots	Infantry Health +4% Experience Gain +3%	–
Ring of Doom	Legendary	Accessories	Normal Attacks have 10% chance to increase damage by 50% for 2 secs. Can trigger once every 5 secs.	–
Greatest Glory	Legendary	Accessories	Normal Attack +5%	–
Horn of Fury	Legendary	Accessories	Normal attacks have 30% chance to restore 50 Rage	–
Vengeance	Legendary	Accessories	Counterattack +8%	–
Crimson Ring	Epic	Accessories	Experience Gain +15%	–
Call of the Loyal	Elite	Accessories	March Speed +5%	–

Sets

Equipment Chest

You can now obtain Equipment Blueprint Fragments and Materials from the Equipment Chest in Tavern. They require keys to open which can be obtained from certain Events and from the Blacksmith Quests.

VIP Shop

Material Choice Chests and Blueprint Fragment Chests can now be purchased from the VIP Shop.

Recommended Equipment

Before we explore the best available equipment, let me just say that if you’re a Free to Play or Low Spender, stick with Epic equipment, do not go for Legendary equipment. Not only they are insanely expensive but you don’t get full materials refund when you dismantle them. Right now, the best Legendary equipment are the Legendary Sets for each troop type but we all know that the OP Level 50 Equipment are lurking in the shadows, waiting for the right time to be released. So, don’t bother, let the big guys enjoy those stats.

Archer Equipment

Slot >	Weapon	Helm	Chest	Gloves	Legs	Boots
Equipment
Archer Stats	Defense +8%	Defense +4%	Health +6%	Attack +4%	Defense +6%	Attack +2.5%

Total Defense: 18%
Total Health: 6%
Total Attack: 6.5%

This is one of the best starter equipment build out there and the reason behind that is the high amount of defensive stats that you can get from it from a minimal amount of materials. I’ll admit that Defense isn’t the best stat that you can get for Archers but, the high defense will allow you to stay longer in fights, this isn’t that helpful if you’re using a DPS commander like Yi Seong-Gye, Kusonoki or Edward as you want more damage to go with them but if you’re using a utility commander like say, El Cid (even at 5-1-1-1) or Hermann, this build will allow you to debuff your enemies for a longer period of time, allowing your Alliance mates or your other better marches to deal significant damage to the enemy before your march goes down. Another reason for using this build is that the blueprints for these equipment as abundant, meaning you can continue to reroll till u get the Archer Talent buff for 30% extra stats. Eventually, you will want to transition to the build below.

Equipment
Archer Stats	Defense+13%	Defense +7.5%	Attack +7.5%	Attack +4.5%	Defense +7.5%	Health 5.5%

Total Defense: 28%
Total Health: 5.5%
Total Attack: 12%

Revival Set Bonus:

• Troop Attack +3%
• Troop Defense +3%

Since Lilith introduced multiple ways to obtain Revival Set, it won’t be hard to get your hands on one of these unlike before. On top of all that, materials are easy to get now, so there is no reason not to build it when you’re transitioning into the late game. Remember to dismantle your previous set of equipment to get the materials back and use them on this set of equipment.

Cavalry

Equipment
Cavalry Stats	Defense +5% Health +4%	Attack +4.5% Speed +3%	Defense +4.5% Speed +3%	Health +2.5% Speed +3%	Attack +4% Health +1%	Health 2.5% Speed +3%

Total Defense: 9.5%
Total Health: 9%
Total Attack: 8.5%
Total March Speed: 12%

Set Bonus:
Attack: 4%
March Speed: 4%

This build not only provides the best stats for Cavalry early on but it also adds a good amount of march speed. This set is suitable for PvP early on but it also transitions into an equally good build for PvE in the late game, like long-distance fort rallies for example. Once you have enough materials for the next tier of equipment, dismantle these and forge the ones below.

Equipment
Cavalry Stats	Defense +13%	Attack +8%	Defense +8%	Attack +3% Health +3%	Health +8%	Attack +5.5%

Total Defense: 21%
Total Health: 11%
Total Attack: 16.5%

Infantry

Equipment
Infantry Stats	Health +8%	Attack +4.5% Speed +3%	Defense +4.5% Speed +3%	Attack +4% Health +1%	Attack +6%	Health +4%

Total Defense: 4.5%
Total Health: 13%
Total Attack: 14.5%
Total March Speed: 6%

Set Bonus:
Attack: 2%

Not a big fan of this build but the lack of alternatives makes it the only usable starter build for Infantry. This would be a perfect build if it traded attack for more defense but it is what it is.

Equipment
Infantry Stats	Attack +13%	Attack +8%	Attack +8%	Defense +5.5%	Health +8%	Defense +5.5%

Total Defense: 11%
Total Health: 8%
Total Attack: 29%

The same problem as before and the trend continues to the Legendary set as well. The only benefit of having more attack than defense and health is that Cavalry can’t ignore Infantry in the open field.

This is a bonus, Legendary Infantry set “Eternal Empire” for Garrison is inferior compared to the regular non-set Legendary but you still want to mix and match to get the most out of it.

Equipment
Infantry Stats	Attack +20%	Defense +11%	Defense +12%	Defense +8%	Defense +12%	Defense +8%

Total Defense: 51%
Total Attack: 20%
Set Bonus:
– Troop Defense: +3%

The best part about choosing this build is that these equipment provide more stats for the other troop type than the Eternal Empire set. So, if you were to use Yi Sun-Shin or Theodora with Mixed Troops to defend then this will give you better value than the Empire set.

Conclusion

It’s too early to tell how these changes will impact the game. If you’re worried about big players running after you with maxed Legendary, then don’t be. It’ll take a while even for them to fully max them out.

This is a rather long post, and if you made it this far then I hope that it was helpful to you. That’s it for this guide. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment or hit me up on Reddit.