Better gear will help you survive

Gear in Forspokenis an important part of your time in Athia.

Having the right Gear equipped can help make your time battling foes that bit easier.

Upgrading gear inForspokenis also important.

Forspoken, Frey is wearing a hooded cloak in the room above the Shady Tree tavern in Cipal

How to equip Cloaks

To equip a Cloak, head to your ‘Gear’ menu.

When you are on the screen shown above, grab the ‘Cloak’ option.

Different Necklaces have different stats and boosts, so it’s worth collecting a few.

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This is the same menu you use to equip Cloaks.

When you are on your ‘Gear’ screen, choose the ‘Necklace’ option on the right.

Hover over each Necklace to see its stats appear on the left of the screen.

Forspoken, overall Gear menu

Nails are a piece of gear that can enhance Frey’s abilities.

A description of the design and what it does will appear on the right.

Note:Nails cannot be upgraded.

Forspoken, Gear Menu for Cloaks

Meanwhile, understandingfast travelandclearing Monumentswill also help you in Fray’s journey across Athia.

The easiest way to find a Crafting Bench is to visit aPilgrims Refuge.

When you’re at a Crafting Bench or Camp, you will see two options.

Forspoken, Gear Menu for Necklaces

select ‘Upgrade’ to start the process of upgrading your gear.

This can be for gear that’s currently equipped and gear that is stored away.

Select which item you want to upgrade, a Cloak or a Necklace.

Forspoken, overall Nails menu

You’ll be able to choose this once you hit an upgrade slot.

Once you’ve chosen your upgrade, follow the prompted command to apply it to that slot.

Then, you should see the stats for that piece of gear alter in line with the upgrade.

Forspoken, Nail menu for the left hand with Blue Flash nails

Gear upgrade limitations

There are a limited amount of upgrade slots for each piece of gear.

The more you explore, the more gear you will find.

Enjoy hunting around Athia for more!

Forspoken, Blue Flash Nails

Forspoken, Crafting Menu

Forspoken, the upgrade menu for a Hooded Cloak