Armor of Solitude

BodySolitude Set

Weighs 24 and provides 45 poise. Include the weight of your weapons and talismans when checking your equip load.

Weight24Equip load

Poise45Helps resist staggering

Physical negation18.7%Physical damage reduction

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Protection & resistance

Damage negation

Higher values reduce more damage of that type.

0 to 25% scale

Physical: 18.7%

Strike: 17.7%

Slash: 18.3%

Pierce: 17.5%

Magic: 13.3%

Fire: 14.5%

Lightning: 13.5%

Holy: 13.8%

These values are for this piece. Your total also depends on your other armor and active effects.

Poise & status resistance

Higher resistance lets more buildup accumulate before a status triggers.

PoiseHelps resist staggering: 45
ImmunityPoison and scarlet rot: 60
RobustnessBlood loss and frostbite: 63
FocusSleep and madness: 99
VitalityDeath blight: 50

Compare body armor

The ten same-slot pieces closest in weight to Armor of Solitude. Lower weight is lighter; higher poise, negation and resistance provide more protection. Negation differences are percentage points.

Body armor compared with Armor of Solitude
Armor	Weight	Poise	Physical	Strike	Slash	Pierce
Armor of SolitudeThis piece	24	45	18.7%	17.7%	18.3%	17.5%
Fire Prelate Armor (Altered)	23.6	43	18.7%	16.3%	17.5%	17.5%
Fire Prelate Armor	24.7	45	19.2%	17%	18.3%	18.3%
Armor of Solitude (Altered)	23.2	43	18.3%	17%	17.5%	16.8%
Omen Armor	23.1	43	18.3%	15%	18.7%	18.7%
Verdigris Armor	25.9	47	20.4%	17.7%	19.7%	18.7%
Bull-Goat Armor	26.5	47	20.4%	20.2%	18.3%	18.3%
Lionel's Armor	21.2	40	17.5%	16.3%	19.2%	19.7%
Lionel's Armor (Altered)	20.2	38	17.1%	15.9%	18.8%	19.3%
Gaius's Armor	20.1	38	16.8%	15.7%	19.7%	19.2%
Tree Sentinel Armor	18.9	39	18.7%	15%	18.7%	17.5%

About this armor

Weighs 24 and provides 45 poise. Include the weight of your weapons and talismans when checking your equip load.

Can be tailored into Armor of Solitude (Altered). That version weighs 23.2 and provides 43 poise.

The Blackgaol Knight awards all four regular pieces together with Greatsword of Solitude. The armor is a fixed victory reward, rather than a random drop you need to farm piece by piece.

In-game description

Steel chest armor of the Knights of the Solitary Gaol.

Part of a heavy armor set that covers the whole body in overlapping plates of steel, and bedecked with a black cloak.

The nameless mausoleums of the realm of shadow are said to hold the spirits of warriors who lost their names, or their hearts.

Where to find

Western Nameless Mausoleum

Gravesite Plain

Starting Site of Grace: Gravesite Plain

Before you go

To enter the Realm of Shadow, defeat Starscourge Radahn and Mohg, Lord of Blood, then touch the withered arm in Mohg's arena at Mohgwyn Palace.

From the first Gravesite Plain grace, ride northwest to the small stone mausoleum built against the cliff. Descend its stairs and enter the boss room.
Defeat the Blackgaol Knight to receive his greatsword and all four unaltered Solitude pieces.

Notes

Weighs 24 and provides 45 poise. Include the weight of your weapons and talismans when checking your equip load.
Can be tailored into Armor of Solitude (Altered). That version weighs 23.2 and provides 43 poise.
The Blackgaol Knight awards all four regular pieces together with Greatsword of Solitude. The armor is a fixed victory reward, rather than a random drop you need to farm piece by piece.
Spirit Ashes cannot be summoned in this mausoleum fight. You can leave and gather more Scadutree Fragments before returning if the first visit is too difficult.
Tailoring the chest saves 0.8 weight and lowers its poise by two. The outfit with that chest weighs 56.3 and has 94 poise; the gauntlets, greaves and helm have no matching alteration.
This piece has no passive attribute or attack bonus and cannot be reinforced with Smithing Stones. You can mix it with other armor without losing a hidden matching-set bonus.