Head armor is an essential category of equipment in Assassin’s Creed Shadows, consisting of various headgear and helmets tailored to different playstyles. Whether prioritizing stealth or combat resilience, players can choose from hoods, masks, headbands, and helmets to optimize their character’s effectiveness.
Headgear vs. Helmets – Key Differences
- Naoe Headgear: Focuses on stealth, mobility, and assassination efficiency. These pieces reduce enemy detection, increase critical hit chance, and enhance Adrenaline gain.
- Yasuke’s Helmets: Designed for combat endurance and defense, providing damage resistance, counterattack boosts, and adrenaline regeneration.
All pieces follow the gear rarity system, allowing for upgrades and engravings to further customize perks and abilities.
Customization & Upgrades
Head armor can be upgraded at the Forge in the Hideout to enhance its stats and effectiveness.
- Engravings: Customize perks to improve stealth, critical damage, or adrenaline efficiency for Naoe, or to enhance damage resistance, counterattacks, and Adrenaline regeneration for Yasuke.
- Transmog System: Allows players to change the appearance of head armor while keeping its stats, offering full visual customization.
Playstyle Synergy
Players can mix and match different armor pieces to suit their preferred approach to combat:
- Stealth-Oriented (Naoe): Reduces detection speed, boosts assassination damage, and improves movement speed while crouched.
- Agility & Tool Users (Naoe): Enhances movement speed, tool damage, and affliction buildup with Kunai, Smoke Bombs, or Shurikens.
- Tanky & Defensive (Yasuke): Maximizes damage resistance, health, and posture defense for prolonged battles.
- Adrenaline & Offense (Yasuke): Increases adrenaline gain, counterattack efficiency, and critical hit chance in aggressive combat.
All Head Armor in Assassins Creed Shadows
Quick Search of All Armor and Accessories in Assassins Creed Shadows
| name | rarity | type | character | how to get | perk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apprentice Assassin Hood | Epic | Headgear | Naoe | Found in the Tomb of the Ancients | +1 Health Segment removed on Assassinations |
| Cerulean Guise Hood | Legendary | Headgear | Naoe | Reach Rank 9 on The Legacy Project | Undetectable when dodging out of a stalking zone |
| Cerulean Guise Mask | Legendary | Helmet | Yasuke | Reach Rank 9 on the Awakening Project | +50% chance to loot rations from dead bodies |
| Defense Master Headwrap | Legendary | Helmet | Yasuke | Stored within Miki Castle in Harima | Slow down time after a successful Dodge |
| Destroyer Samurai Helmet | Legendary | Helmet | Yasuke | Assassinate Kimura Kei of the Templars | +10% damage per 10% Health missing |
| Elegant Samurai Hat | Legendary | Helmet | Yasuke | Found in a Legendary Chest at Yama Camp in Yamato | Reduce damage taken by 5% per enemy in conflict |
| Extravagant Kabukimono Headgear | Legendary | Helmet | Yasuke | Found in a Legendary Chest at Narutaki Falls in Tamba | Automatically perform a Weakpoint attack on a successful Parry |
| Helmet of the Legendary Samurai | Legendary | Helmet | Yasuke | Stored within Tsuchibashi Fort in Kii | Heal increases Critical Chance by 15% for 5 seconds |
| Hibiki's Hood | Epic | Headgear | Naoe | Complete the Path of Silence in Tamba | |
| Hidden Servant Hat | Legendary | Headgear | Naoe | Stored within Takeda Castle in Tamba | Double Adrenaline Gain on Assassinations |
| Hori Hidemasa's Helmet | Epic | Helmet | Yasuke | Complete The Betrayers | |
| Kasa of the Legendary Ronin | Legendary | Helmet | Yasuke | Stored within Fukuchiyama Castle in Tamba | +2 Health Segments removed on Brutal Assassination |
| Last Dance of the Onryo Mask | Legendary | Headgear | Naoe | Found in a Legendary Chest at Yaobikuni Cave in Wakasa | Restore 5% Health on next hit after using Abilities |
| Legendary Onna-musha Headband | Legendary | Headgear | Naoe | Stored within Koriyama Castle in Yamato | Vault over enemies while sprinting |
| Mamushi Snake Hood | Legendary | Headgear | Naoe | Stored within Omizo Castle in Omi | +33% less Cooldown on Ally Abilities |
| Master Archer Headband | Legendary | Helmet | Yasuke | Stored within Kanegasaki Castle in Wakasa | Slow down time on Headshots every 8 seconds |
| Master Assassin Hood | Legendary | Headgear | Naoe | Complete Out of the Shadows | Ground Attacks now remove 2 Health Segments on hit |
| Noh Masterstroke Mask | Legendary | Headgear | Naoe | Found in a Legendary Chest at Mount Koya in Kii | +20% of an Adrenaline Chunk on Affliction Buildup |
| Peasant Hat | Legendary | Headgear | Naoe | Stored within Takatsuki Castle in Settsu | +100% of an Adrenaline Chunk upon entering combat |
| Protector's Helmet | Legendary | Helmet | Yasuke | Stored within Hanazono Castle in Yamashiro | Deal 50% damage to the attacker on Parry |
| Samurai Daimyo Helmet of Legend | Legendary | Helmet | Yasuke | Found in a Legendary Chest at Nagusano Falls in Harima | Trigger Samurai Stand on death, once per combat |
| Ship Captain's Mask | Legendary | Helmet | Yasuke | Stored within Azuchi Castle in Omi | Reflect projectiles towards enemies on Parry |
| Sumire's Hood | Epic | Headgear | Naoe | Complete the Path of Secrets in Yamato | |
| Swift Shinobi Hood | Legendary | Headgear | Naoe | Stored within Kunimiyama Fort in Iga | Slow down time when detected |
| Tamakichi's Hood | Epic | Headgear | Naoe | Comple the Path of Valor in Settsu | |
| Tools Master Mask | Legendary | Headgear | Naoe | Stored within Amagasaki Castle in Settsu | Shuriken no longer break on hard impact. |
| Yu-no-shin's Hood | Epic | Headgear | Naoe | Complete the Path of the Chosen | |
| Yurei-Walker Hood | Legendary | Headgear | Naoe | Stored within Yamazaki Castle in Yamashiro | +2 Health Segments removed on Assassinations in shadows |
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