Black Knife Armor (Altered)

Armor used by the Black Knife Assassins.

Crafted with scale armor that makes no sound.

The assassins that carried out the deeds of the Night of the Black Knives were all women, and rumored to be Numen who had close ties with Marika herself.

Arch beneath Ordina's northern stairs, then tailoring at a grace

Consecrated Snowfield

Starting Site of Grace: Ordina, Liturgical Town

Before you go

• Both halves of Haligtree Secret Medallion
• Black Knife Armor
• Tailoring Tools
• 500 runes for ordinary tailoring

1. Obtain both Haligtree Secret Medallion halves before taking this route. The right half comes from Albus in the Village of the Albinaurics beneath southern Liurnia's western plateau; roll into the pot on the uphill path past the perfumer and speak to him.
2. The left half is at Castle Sol in the northern Mountaintops. Defeat Commander Niall, then use the exit behind his arena and the tower lift to collect it beside the seated spirit. The half is a separate pickup after the fight.
3. Return to the Grand Lift of Rold. At its medallion platform, switch the displayed action to Hoist secret medallion before confirming. The ordinary Rold action returns you to the Mountaintops instead.
4. Enter Hidden Path to the Haligtree. Follow the main stairs through the passage, keeping left at the entrance and watching for Vulgar Militia and the large Land Octopus on the stairs.
5. Continue to the grace near the far exit and emerge into Consecrated Snowfield. The invisible-floor side route is unnecessary for reaching the armor.
6. Ride north through the snowfield, using the road and its guiding lights while visibility is poor. Continue past Inner Consecrated Snowfield and cross the frozen river toward the ruined town farther north.
7. Activate Ordina, Liturgical Town grace on the southwestern approach. Remain in the ordinary town rather than interacting with its evergaol.
8. Go around the town at ground level to the long staircase on its northern side, the one climbing toward the sealed sending gate.
9. Look beneath the stairs for the stone arch facing back toward the town. Loot the corpse inside for Black Knife Hood, Armor, Gauntlets and Greaves together.
10. Lighting Ordina's four candles, fighting its invisible assassins and reaching the Haligtree are not required for this corpse pickup.
11. Obtain the ordinary Tailoring Tools from the two Demi-Human Chiefs in Coastal Cave on Limgrave's western beach if you have not already done so.
12. At a grace, choose Alter garments and pay 500 runes to change Black Knife Armor into Black Knife Armor (Altered). The same menu can reverse the change; it uses your existing piece rather than creating a second copy.

Notes

• Weighs 9 and provides 19 poise. The regular chest weighs 9.2 with the same poise, so this alteration saves only 0.2 weight.
• This version has no movement-silencing effect. Removing the veil through tailoring removes that property, despite the quiet-armor wording in its separate description.
• The hood, gloves and greaves do not restore the missing effect. Tailor the chest back into regular Black Knife Armor if you want its silence.
• Tailoring also changes protection and resistance values. It is not an upgrade that makes every statistic better.
• The four regular pieces are a fixed corpse pickup outside the evergaol. Killing Ordina's assassins is not the way to farm replacements.
• Armor cannot be reinforced with Smithing Stones or fitted with Ashes of War.