Hoslow's Armor (Altered)

Garish silver armor decorated with red embellishments.

Passed down through the Hoslow family.

When Juno Hoslow received an invitation to the Volcano Manor, he discreetly refused.

"I have already walked many a road drenched in blood, yet never would I consider myself a champion."

Juno Hoslow's sign near Shack of the Lofty, then tailoring at a grace

Mountaintops of the Giants

Starting Site of Grace: Shack of the Lofty

Before you go

• Complete the first two Manor contracts and obtain the Red Letter.
• Reach the Mountaintops of the Giants.
• Obtain the regular chest and ordinary Tailoring Tools.

1. At Volcano Manor in Mt. Gelmir, speak to Tanith beside the armored knight and agree to join. Take the Drawing-Room Key and open the drawing room down the corridor. Collect the Letter from Volcano Manor from its table.
2. Read the letter to mark Old Knight Istvan on the map. In Limgrave, start at Warmaster's Shack east of Stormhill Shack and head north toward the colosseum. Find the red invasion sign below the approach to its entrance.
3. Use the red sign and defeat Old Knight Istvan in his world. This is the contract target, rather than a roaming knight. Winning gives all four regular Scaled armor pieces directly.
4. Return to Tanith and report the completed request for Magma Shot. Her spell reward is separate from the armor, and reporting the kill makes the next letter available.
5. Collect the second Letter from Volcano Manor from the drawing-room table. It names Rileigh the Idle in the Altus valley south of the Shaded Castle.
6. From Bridge of Iniquity, cross east and go south to the spiritspring. Use Torrent to descend safely in the spring, then continue southwest to the second spiritspring and descend again to the valley floor.
7. Head north through the valley to the red sign at the letter's map marker. Defeat Rileigh for Crepus's Vial and 20 Black-Key Bolts. Return to Tanith for Serpentbone Blade before continuing the manor quests.
8. Collect the Red Letter from the drawing-room table. It marks Juno Hoslow, Knight of Blood, near Shack of the Lofty in the Mountaintops of the Giants.
9. For the normal Mountaintops route, defeat Morgott in Leyndell, receive the Rold Medallion from Melina and follow the eastern capital exit through Forbidden Lands to the Grand Lift of Rold. Hoist the ordinary Rold Medallion, rather than the Haligtree secret medallion.
10. Follow the Mountaintops route past Zamor Ruins and the long narrow bridge to Ancient Snow Valley Ruins. From that grace, head northeast to the frozen stream, then turn west toward Shack of the Lofty.
11. Find Juno's red sign just northeast of the shack, near the letter's map marker. Use it and defeat him for Hoslow's Helm, Armor, Gauntlets, Greaves and Hoslow's Petal Whip. His paired whips build blood loss, so avoid standing in their reach through a long combination.
12. Return to Tanith for the separate Taker's Cameo reward. Finish the manor's other NPC assignments before Rykard even if Juno's Red Letter is already available.
13. For ordinary tailoring, defeat the two Demi-Human Chiefs in Coastal Cave on western Limgrave's beach to obtain the Tailoring Tools.
14. At a grace, choose Alter garments and change the chest for 500 runes, or use Boc's available tailoring service for free. This changes the piece you own and can be reversed.

Notes

• Weighs 10.8 and provides 21 poise. It has no hidden attribute, weapon or spell bonus.
• Juno awards the four regular pieces and a whip. Diallos's Mask is a different headpiece; it does not replace Juno's horned helm in this reward.
• The altered chest removes the cape and lowers weight, defenses and resistances. The full outfit with this chest weighs 27.5 and provides 47 poise, compared with 28.5 and 48 with the regular chest.
• Can be changed back through ordinary tailoring for 500 runes at a grace, or free through Boc. There is no special effect to lose by changing versions.
• The armor itself does not inflict blood loss or boost whip damage. Juno's bleeding attacks come from his weapons.
• The Red Letter contract can remain available after Rykard, so defeating him does not automatically make Juno's outfit unobtainable. Other manor assignments have their own earlier cutoffs.