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The Brigandine is a Body Armor in Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.
Description[]
A Brigandine adds 9 DEF, 2 CON, 2 MND, and 5 Strike resistance.
Far more useful for the long term than wearing this armor as a set of defensive stat boosts for the early game is the course of submitting it for Abigail's third quest, which comes across as her first "challenging" quest after two that require only one Tunic and one Ring, respectively. This rewards you with a set of three Pizzas, which lets you permanently add its +3 CON bonus before heading into the Garden and Cathedral zones, have a Pizza handy for Susie's second quest, and ultimately spare you the hassle of preparing your own Pizza.
Furthermore, Abigail's fourth quest will open up, which only requires submitting a far-easier-to-craft Bat Wings and rewards you with a set of three Chocolate Cakes - another food you will not have to craft yourself much later down the line. Eating a Chocolate Cake adds a very useful +2 LCK bonus when first consumed. Therefore, it is highly recommended that you use this early Brigandine trick to have both the Pizza and Chocolate Cake's respective CON and LCK bonuses added to Miriam's passive repertoire before entering the Cathedral for the first time.
Availability[]
Officially, this can only be first crafted as of the lower, earlier portion of the Dian Cécht Cathedral because the Simian enemy is first encountered there, which can drop the two Monster Fur materials required (but at a rather rare 3% rate). The other material, 1 Bronze, is very easy to find. Brigandine will only appear in Dominique's supply post for 1,600G once crafted for the first time.
It is far easier to get a Brigandine as a quest reward from Lindsay at an earlier point in the game. After her tutorial quest to slay five Mortes, several early quests open up, which includes one that tasks Miriam with slaying two Sabnocks lurking in the Entrance. Heading over there to quickly clear this quest allows you to get this armor before even entering the Garden of Silence.