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Shadow Militiaman Helm
Weighs 3 and provides 4 poise. The regular four-piece outfit weighs 16.9 and gives 28 poise; weapons and talismans add their own weight.
Weight3Equip load
Poise4Helps resist staggering
Physical negation2.5%Physical damage reduction
Protection & resistance
Damage negation
Higher values reduce more damage of that type.
- Physical
- 2.5%
- Strike
- 3.1%
- Slash
- 2.8%
- Pierce
- 2.8%
- Magic
- 3.6%
- Fire
- 3.8%
- Lightning
- 3.8%
- Holy
- 3.1%
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
- 4
- ImmunityPoison and scarlet rot
- 33
- RobustnessBlood loss and frostbite
- 14
- FocusSleep and madness
- 18
- VitalityDeath blight
- 18
Compare head armor
The ten same-slot pieces closest in weight to Shadow Militiaman 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Shadow Militiaman HelmThis piece | 3 | 4 | 2.5% | 3.1% | 2.8% | 2.8% |
 Nomadic Merchant's Chapeau | 3 | 4 | 2.8% | 3.1% | 2.5% | 2.3% |
 Nox Monk Hood | 3 | 4 | 2.8% | 3.1% | 2.8% | 2.5% |
 Aristocrat Hat | 3 | 4 | 3.1% | 3.1% | 2.8% | 3.1% |
 Skeletal Mask | 3 | 4 | 2.5% | 2.8% | 3.1% | 3.1% |
 Hierodas Glintstone Crown | 3 | 4 | 2.3% | 2.3% | 2.8% | 2.3% |
 Black Hood | 3 | 4 | 2.8% | 3.1% | 3.1% | 3.1% |
 Bandit Mask | 3 | 4 | 2.8% | 3.1% | 3.1% | 3.1% |
 Omensmirk Mask | 3 | 6 | 3.1% | 2.8% | 2.5% | 2.5% |
 Helm of Night | 3 | 4 | 2.5% | 2.5% | 2.8% | 2.8% |
 Igon's Helm (Altered) | 3 | 5 | 2.8% | 3.1% | 2.8% | 2.8% |
About this armor
Weighs 3 and provides 4 poise. The regular four-piece outfit weighs 16.9 and gives 28 poise; weapons and talismans add their own weight.
Its base drop chance is 1.5% per eligible enemy at 100 Discovery. Higher Discovery improves the chance; repeated kills can still give duplicates or no armor.
Farm the small Shadow Militiamen wearing this dark outfit. Their Vulgar Militia weapons and any other loot are separate drops.
In-game description
Helm as dark as shadow, worn by vulgar militiamen.
Freshly-singed battlegrounds effusing with the stench of the dead. Forbidden lands that will be excised from the memory of history. What better place than the realms of shadow then, for such an army?
Where to find
Burning boats above Main Gate Plaza
Shadow Keep
Starting Site of Grace: Main Gate Plaza
- Enter the Realm of Shadow after defeating Starscourge Radahn and Mohg, Lord of Blood, by touching the withered arm in Mohg's arena.
- From Highroad Cross in Scadu Altus, follow the main road north to Shadow Keep's southern gate. Ride the entrance lift and activate Shadow Keep Main Gate grace.
- Defeat Golden Hippopotamus in the plaza. This is the front-door route; the flooded Church District provides a different way into the keep.
- From Main Gate Plaza, leave through the west-northwest doorway, pass through the armory and climb the stairs. Continue up the wooden steps to the dining hall, where two Black Knights guard the route.
- Leave the dining hall through its southeastern exit to the upper rampart. Follow the rampart past the burning boats and watch for the small Shadow Militiamen hiding beside them.
- Defeat the short Shadow Militiamen around the burning boats and check their drops. Their dark hoods and small bodies distinguish them from the tall Fire Knight near the storehouse lift.
- Open the nearby shortcut door back down to Main Gate Plaza from this upper side. For later runs, start at the plaza and use the opened shortcut to reach the boats directly.
- Rest at Main Gate Plaza and repeat. The storehouse lift and Messmer fight are farther ahead and are not needed to farm this outfit.
Notes
- Weighs 3 and provides 4 poise. The regular four-piece outfit weighs 16.9 and gives 28 poise; weapons and talismans add their own weight.
- Its base drop chance is 1.5% per eligible enemy at 100 Discovery. Higher Discovery improves the chance; repeated kills can still give duplicates or no armor.
- Farm the small Shadow Militiamen wearing this dark outfit. Their Vulgar Militia weapons and any other loot are separate drops.
- The outfit does not increase stealth, Rune earnings or the damage of the militiamen's weapons. It supplies its listed protection, poise and resistances.
- No piece has a tailoring variant. Ordinary Vulgar Militia armor is a different outfit from the lands outside the Realm of Shadow.
