Not finding many weapons / armour pieces?

[Gvaedyn]

I've explored a fair chunk of the map, but I generally find basic items and not a lot in the way of weapons / armour. In terms of story I've only done the first demi-god, but I still expected to find decent loot in the extra caves etc.

[Geist]

A lot of enemies drop their gear. And some merchants sell sets.

[815|Shouldabeen]

I think you must be missing a lot. I had to start storing my weapons in the storage chest because it was too much to keep them in my inventory. When you're exploring areas make sure to watch out for carriges. Many times they have chests in the back and those chests almost always contain weapons. Also many weapons are given from killing world/dungeon bosses.

[Dollmaker]

Originally posted by Gvaedyn:

I've explored a fair chunk of the map, but I generally find basic items and not a lot in the way of weapons / armour. In terms of story I've only done the first demi-god, but I still expected to find decent loot in the extra caves etc.

You can get some weapons from the Nightriders, i got a Flail from one of them and its pretty good, its a Dex weapon though surprisingly.

Also you can get both a Greatsword and a Flail in the enemy camp near the start of the game, the one in front of the gate, they are in the two black carriages, inside chests

[Gigantoad]

I feel the same. Finding lots of stuff but armor especially seems to be really rare. I'm like level 40 now and still only have two pieces of armor that are just slightly better than the Vagabond starting armor. My build only has 7 arcane still so maybe that decreases drop chances a least for random loot.

[Drahknon]

The carts being pulled by two giants have chests you can loot. Some of them have weapons.

[Romeolea]

Originally posted by Gvaedyn:

I've explored a fair chunk of the map, but I generally find basic items and not a lot in the way of weapons / armour. In terms of story I've only done the first demi-god, but I still expected to find decent loot in the extra caves etc.

like one of the other posters stated. The enemies drop what they use and wear. Not sure how deep this goes, but for instance that first knight camp with 2 carriages, I got: Flail, 1/2h swords/ halberd, med and greater shield, a full armor set etc. It took me a while though, but as far as I know whatever I see an enemy use I assume if I farm it enough I'll get the armor/weapon they use.

[Gvaedyn]

Originally posted by 815|Shouldabeen:

I think you must be missing a lot. I had to start storing my weapons in the storage chest because it was too much to keep them in my inventory. When you're exploring areas make sure to watch out for carriges. Many times they have chests in the back and those chests almost always contain weapons. Also many weapons are given from killing world/dungeon bosses.

Whilst I have explored later areas, I've done most of my exploring in Limgrave, which includes finding a "secret location" (trying to be vague here), going to several castles etc. I've easily beaten more than twenty bosses.

Yet I don't seem to get many weapon / armor drops. I'm literally using my starting gear, still.

[Angry Canadian]

some world bosses only spawn at night, and they usually drop gear. otherwise you've gotta grind mobs for there armor

[dustin1280]

Admittedly, the open world aspect of this game, means finding build specific gear becomes a lot more rare...

You get a reward for pretty much every bit of exploring you do, however that reward may not apply to the build you are looking to make.

This isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it does appear to take much longer to "gear up" in this game than classic souls games.

The whole gear scarcity aspect is also because there is no random gear in this game. Every single piece of equipment is hand placed and hand selected.

If gear were randomized like Nioh for instance, it would be a lot easier to "gear up."

I definitely prefer unique gear as opposed to randomized gear though, so no complaints from me on this aspect.

[815|Shouldabeen]

Originally posted by Gvaedyn:

Originally posted by 815|Shouldabeen:

I think you must be missing a lot. I had to start storing my weapons in the storage chest because it was too much to keep them in my inventory. When you're exploring areas make sure to watch out for carriges. Many times they have chests in the back and those chests almost always contain weapons. Also many weapons are given from killing world/dungeon bosses.

Whilst I have explored later areas, I've done most of my exploring in Limgrave, which includes finding a "secret location" (trying to be vague here), going to several castles etc. I've easily beaten more than twenty bosses.

Yet I don't seem to get many weapon / armor drops. I'm literally using my starting gear, still.

I mean, if you're really struggling, you can always pull up the wiki and look for a weapon that you might like. And then find it's location. I feel like weapons are kind of just everywhere, whether it be from boss drops, chest items or even regular enemy drops. Maybe I've been a little lucky on the enemy drop side, but even still, I believe that I have probably 30+ unique weapons just in my storage (not even including what's in my inventory) and most of them are not random enemy weapons. Also 0 of them are weapons from trading in boss souls. (minior spoiler)

edit, I'd add a screenshot, but I play on PS5 and transferring it is more of a pain than it's worth.

[Kyren]

Originally posted by Drahknon:

The carts being pulled by two giants have chests you can loot. Some of them have weapons.

hey ik its been 2 years but i found one of these carts and had no clue what it was but now i read ur post i looted it for a greataxe, thanks!!