The Helfryn Leather Armor set is one of the better-hidden rewards in Crimson Desert, tucked away across multiple secret rooms in Demeniss City. Every single piece requires you to find a trick wall, break through a boarded entrance, or climb a vine-covered tower, and the city guards will attack you on sight if you arrive before completing Chapter 8. That hostile environment is what makes this set such a headache to collect early. Here is exactly where each piece is and how to reach it.
What is in the Helfryn Leather Armor set?
The full set consists of five pieces, all located within Demeniss City:
- Helfryn Leather Armor (chest piece)
- Helfryn Leather Gloves
- Helfryn Leather Cloak
- Helfryn Leather Boots
- Black Sun (shield)
As documented across multiple sources covering this set, each piece sits behind a hidden door, a trick wall, or a breakable barrier. None of them are marked on the map, so knowing exactly where to look saves a lot of aimless climbing.
How to get the Helfryn Leather Boots
Head to the main castle on the south side of the city capital and go outside to face the main entrance gate. Along the right side of the gate wall, you will spot a small opening blocked by wooden boards. Hit the boards with your weapon to break them apart.
Push through the hole and follow the short tunnel to a chest at the end. Inside you will find the Helfryn Leather Boots along with a Palmer Pill. The boots sit at Refinement Level 3, with 15 Attack, 4 Defense, Critical Rate Level 2, and Lightning Resistance 1. Their two Abyss Gear slots come pre-loaded with a 10 percent Silver acquisition bonus and Fire Resistance Level 1.
How to get the Helfryn Leather Armor (chest piece)
Make your way to the southeast side of the city and find the cluster of connected white stone towers. The taller structure is the bell tower, identifiable by the soldiers and citizens gathered at its front.
Go around to the left side of the bell tower and climb partway up until you reach a small stone ledge with several short columns. Look for the spot where those columns form a rough rectangle shape. Press Kliff against that section of wall and push it inward to reveal a hidden chamber. The chest inside holds the Helfryn Leather Armor chest piece, which comes in at Refinement Level 3 with 9 Defense, Lightning Resistance 1, and 3 Abyss Gear slots already filled with health regen, swim speed, and damage reduction orbs.
Crimson Desert Guide: How to Get Helfryn Leather Armor Set
How to get the Helfryn Leather Gloves
From the bell tower, head north to the interior wall and find the guard tower covered in vines along one side. Climb up the southern, vine-covered face. Just below the roofline, on the left side of the vine section, there is a trick wall that rotates rather than swings.
This is where the technique matters. According to Sportskeeda's coverage of this set, you need to use Axiom Force to stick yourself to the wall, then follow up with Force Palm. The wall will rotate and carry you into the hidden room behind it. If you skip the Axiom Force step and just hit Force Palm, you will get flung off the wall instead of going through it.
The Helfryn Leather Gloves inside are Refinement Level 3, with 16 Attack, 4 Defense, Lightning Resistance 1, and Critical Rate 1. Their two Abyss Gear slots give a 10 percent chance to find an extra item when pickpocketing and a climb speed multiplier.
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Skipping the Axiom Force wall-stick before using Force Palm will throw Kliff off the tower instead of rotating the trick wall. Both sources confirm this sequence is required: stick to the wall first, then strike.
How to get the Helfryn Leather Cloak
The cloak is the most straightforward piece once you have the gloves. Stay at the vine-covered tower and look at the building directly to the left of where you performed the Force Palm. It is a U-shaped structure with a brown roof. On the second floor, just above a stone arch, there is a window you can open and climb through.
Get into the attic and check the back right corner for the chest. The Helfryn Leather Cloak offers 3 Defense and 5 Ice Resistance, which according to TheGamer makes it the go-to piece for exploring the Pailune region later in the game.
How to get the Black Sun shield
The Black Sun shield sits near the Abyss Nexus, beneath the long bridge that connects the city streets to the main castle on the southern side. Drop down into the water and swim under the archway farthest from the castle itself. Face the castle from that position and use Left Trigger to plant your knife into the wall.
From there, perform a Force Push to flip the trick wall and enter the small room behind it. The chest inside contains the Black Sun shield, which is Refinement Level 4 with 7 Defense, Movement Speed Level 2, and two Abyss Gear slots pre-loaded with Damage Reduction 1 and Guard Stamina Cost reduction cores.
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The Black Sun is the only Refinement Level 4 item in the set, making it the most polished piece out of the box. Its Movement Speed Level 2 buff also stacks well with the climb speed bonus from the gloves.
Is it worth getting the Helfryn set early?
The honest answer is: it depends on your patience with hostile guards. The set is absolutely collectible before Chapter 8, but the gloves and Black Sun shield both require Force Palm, and some of those encounters with guards will interrupt your attempts. Early entry into Demeniss City means being attacked on sight, which complicates reaching certain spots.
If you push through anyway, the boots and chest piece are the most combat-relevant early pickups given their Attack and Defense values. The cloak's Ice Resistance becomes more useful as the story progresses toward colder regions, so it is not a priority grab unless you are going for completion.
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