Enhanced Griffin Gauntlets

Enhanced Griffin Gauntlets are the upgraded hand armor of the Griffin School gear, the second of the base game’s four levels (basic, enhanced, superior and mastercrafted). They are medium armor built for a Sign-focused build, and their headline bonus is +6% Sign intensity.

The next step is the superior version, which needs these as a component, and the line ends with the Grandmaster Griffin Gauntlets in Blood and Wine. Compared with the basic Griffin Gauntlets the armor rating goes from 27 to 41. The rest of the enhanced set: armor, trousers, boots.

Stats & effects

+6% Sign intensity
+2% Resistance to piercing damage
+3% Resistance to slashing damage
+2% Resistance to damage from monsters
+6% Resistance to elemental damage

Dismantle result

1-4 × Leather scraps
1 × Meteorite ore
1-2 × Leather straps
1 × Thread
1-2 × Cotton

Crafting materials

1 × Griffin gauntlets
4 × Leather scraps
1 × Meteorite ore
2 × Leather straps
2 × Thread
4 × Powdered monster tissue

How to obtain

Craft

Crafted by a journeyman armorer once you have the enhanced Griffin gauntlets diagram. The recipe consumes the basic Griffin Gauntlets, so craft them first. Requires character level 18.

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Diagram location

In a cave by a cemetery south of Frischlow in Velen. Clear the rocks at the entrance with Aard; wraiths and a noonwraith guard the chest inside.

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