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Briar Helm
HeadBriar Set
Adds 18 physical attack power to a qualifying body contact. This is attack power before the contact's damage calculation and target defenses, so it does not guarantee 18 HP damage. Compatible pieces add their contributions when the actual contact matches their native body-part mask. It does not add this value to ordinary weapon AR, create a hit when the roll misses or make one roll connect a fixed number of times.
Weight5.1Equip load
Poise9Helps resist staggering
Physical negation4.6%Physical damage reduction
Protection & resistance
Damage negation
Higher values reduce more damage of that type.
- Physical
- 4.6%
- Strike
- 4%
- Slash
- 4.8%
- Pierce
- 4.4%
- Magic
- 3.8%
- Fire
- 4.4%
- Lightning
- 3.1%
- Holy
- 3.8%
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
- 9
- ImmunityPoison and scarlet rot
- 15
- RobustnessBlood loss and frostbite
- 31
- FocusSleep and madness
- 10
- VitalityDeath blight
- 10
Compare head armor
The ten same-slot pieces closest in weight to Briar Helm. Lower weight is lighter; higher poise, negation and resistance provide more protection. Negation differences are percentage points.
| Armor | Weight | Poise | Physical | Strike | Slash | Pierce |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Briar HelmThis piece | 5.1 | 9 | 4.6% | 4% | 4.8% | 4.4% |
 Night's Cavalry Helm (Altered) | 5.1 | 8 | 4.8% | 4.4% | 4.8% | 4.4% |
 Twinned Helm | 5.1 | 7 | 4.8% | 4.4% | 5.2% | 4.2% |
 Twinsage Glintstone Crown | 5.1 | 6 | 4.4% | 3.1% | 5.2% | 4.8% |
 Olivinus Glintstone Crown | 5.1 | 6 | 4.4% | 3.1% | 5.2% | 4.8% |
 Lazuli Glintstone Crown | 5.1 | 6 | 4.4% | 3.1% | 5.2% | 4.8% |
 Karolos Glintstone Crown | 5.1 | 6 | 4.4% | 3.1% | 5.2% | 4.8% |
 Witch's Glintstone Crown | 5.1 | 6 | 4.4% | 3.1% | 5.2% | 4.8% |
 Greathood | 5.1 | 5 | 3.8% | 3.6% | 3.8% | 3.6% |
 Gelmir Knight Helm | 5.1 | 8 | 4.8% | 4% | 5% | 4.8% |
 Godrick Knight Helm | 5.1 | 8 | 4.8% | 4.2% | 5% | 4.6% |
About this armor
Weighs 5.1 and provides 9 poise.
Adds a small Physical hit when you roll into an enemy, with 18 attack power before defenses. It also works during Quickstep and Bloodhound's Step. Actual HP damage is usually much smaller than the listed attack power.
One Briar piece is enough to activate its contact attack. Other worn Briar pieces add their own contribution; there is no requirement to wear the complete outfit.
Technical details
Armor effects
- Entry 1:
- attribute: Body Contact Physical Attack Power
- model: additive
- type: positive
- value: 18
Effects
Adds 18 physical attack power to a qualifying body contact. This is attack power before the contact's damage calculation and target defenses, so it does not guarantee 18 HP damage. Compatible pieces add their contributions when the actual contact matches their native body-part mask. It does not add this value to ordinary weapon AR, create a hit when the roll misses or make one roll connect a fixed number of times.
Technical details
Body Contact Physical Attack Power
Adds 18 physical attack power to a qualifying body contact. This is attack power before the contact's damage calculation and target defenses, so it does not guarantee 18 HP damage. Compatible pieces add their contributions when the actual contact matches their native body-part mask. It does not add this value to ordinary weapon AR, create a hit when the roll misses or make one roll connect a fixed number of times.
- attribute: Body Contact Physical Attack Power
- model: additive
- type: positive
- value: 18
In-game description
Battered iron helm from a foreign land.
Worn by Elemer of the Briar.
The winding, rusted iron briars are a mark of the guilty, and typically indicate a sentence of death. They also cause this armor to deal damage when performing dodge rolls.
Elemer murdered numerous instructors and merchants, and was known as the Bell Bearing Hunter.
Where to find
Finger Reader Enia
Roundtable Hold
Starting Site of Grace: Table of Lost Grace
Before you go
- Have 4,000 runes.
- Defeat Elemer of the Briar to unlock this armor at Enia.
- From Erdtree-Gazing Hill in Altus Plateau, ride east down into the valley, then follow it north between the cliffs. Stay on the lower ground rather than climbing toward Mt. Gelmir's campsites.
- Continue through the narrow gap until the Shaded Castle appears in its poison swamp. Use the rocks beside the broken southern wall to climb inside, then follow the wall right to Shaded Castle Ramparts grace.
- Drop into the lower courtyard and head toward the center, keeping out of the poison where you can. At the next open area, climb the ladder on the raised platform to the right, beside a Wraith Caller.
- At the top, turn left toward the opening into the next courtyard. Cross using the roofs and raised stonework where possible, then enter the building opposite for Shaded Castle Inner Gate grace.
- Continue forward and climb the ladder on the left. Deal with the dogs at the top and enter the room on the right, watching for the Page with a crossbow among the other enemies.
- Leave by the far exit and follow the upper walkway across the bridge past the Cleanrot Knight. Continue through the next building and up its stairs to another knight and two dogs.
- Kick down the shortcut ladder on the southern edge of this upper platform. Then enter the tower and ride its lift up.
- Cross the statue-lined walkway and defeat Elemer of the Briar beyond the fog. The Bell Bearing Hunters that appear at shops are separate encounters and do not unlock this armor.
- Return to Enia in the room behind the main table at Roundtable Hold. Choose Receive equipment of champions and buy the armor with runes. Elemer does not give a Remembrance, and Enia does not require one for this purchase.
- Buy Briar Helm for 4,000 runes.
Notes
- Weighs 5.1 and provides 9 poise.
- Adds a small Physical hit when you roll into an enemy, with 18 attack power before defenses. It also works during Quickstep and Bloodhound's Step. Actual HP damage is usually much smaller than the listed attack power.
- One Briar piece is enough to activate its contact attack. Other worn Briar pieces add their own contribution; there is no requirement to wear the complete outfit.
- The contact hit can finish a nearly dead enemy or remove a one-hit protective bubble. It is not a reliable substitute for a weapon attack, and it does not automatically interrupt every enemy.
- The armor has no innate Blood Loss buildup. Its rusted thorns do not turn ordinary weapon attacks into bleed attacks.
- Purchased from Enia after defeating Elemer in the Shaded Castle. Defeating a Bell Bearing Hunter elsewhere does not meet this shop condition.
