How To Upgrade Yiga Armor? Complete Guide

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is an adventurous game available only on the Nintendo Switch system.

Furthermore, this game provides a new story where Link, the hero of Hyrule and Zelda, the Princess of Hyrule, try to stop Calamity Ganon from destroying Hyrule.

The game’s Armor set is significant in providing durability and a shield that benefits players.

Let’s profoundly elaborate on what Yiga Armor is and the steps to upgrade it.

What Is Yiga Armor?

Yiga Armor is essential while playing the Tears of the Kingdom because it increases the stealth of the Link, the Hero of Hyrule.

This Armor set encompasses unique materials that conceal the sound of Link’s footsteps.

Moreover, by putting on the Yiga Armor, enemies can’t listen and trace the Link’s footsteps which helps bypass enemies without being detected.

The Yiga Mask is a headpiece upgraded at a Great Fairy Fountain to provide a +15 stealth boost and can be worn with any other Armor. 

Similarly, the Yiga Tights is the leg piece upgraded in a cave west of the Great Hyrule Forest at the southern base of Mount Drena, which slightly boosts your attack power.

While the Yiga Armor is a chest piece, you can achieve it only after completing the Presenting: The Travel Medallion quest. 

How To Get Yiga Armor?

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom consists of various Armor such as Evil Spirit Armor, Frostbite Armor, Yiga Armor, and 27 more, each with its own specification.

Furthermore, Yiga Armor contains three different parts, Yiga mask: The Head Piece, Yiga Armor: The Chest Piece and Yiga Tights: The Leg Piece; each is accessed differently in different locations. 

Steps To Get Yiga Armor: The Chest Piece

The player finds the Yiga Armor: The Chest Piece inside a Yiga Clan hideout in Akkala Highlands.

Follow the steps below to get Yiga Armor: The Chest Piece.

Step 1: Navigate to East Akkala Plains Chasm at the coordinates (3986, 2155, 0021) using the Ulri Mountain Skyview Tower.

Step 2: Next, head toward the Northeast. The Akinatanis Lightroot, located northwest of your landing point, aids you in dispelling the map.

Step 3: After you activate Lightroot, follow the route to the Northeast until you find another Lightroot.

Step 4: Move ahead; you will spot a site with gloom and a Zonai device post. Continue checking the gloom resistance, or use a paraglider for a safe landing leading to Ui-ihcoj Lightroot.

Step 5: Activate Ui-ihcoj Lightroot; you’ll see a monolith, the location of an Armor piece. A huge lake bounds Monolith, and getting there is delicate.

Step 6: Take a right and climb till you get to the place to use your paraglider and land safely.

Step 7: Once you get under the monolith, use ascend, which leads you toward the Yiga Clan hideout.

Step 8: You must fight with two enemies and bypassing them is easy. After you finish the fight, get inside the hideout and briefly chat with Konba.

Finally, Yiga Armor is yours, which grants you a stealth boost with one defense.

Steps To Get Yiga Armor: The Leg Piece

The Yiga Tights: The Leg Piece is in Yiga Clan Maritta Branch.

It is a cave in Aldor Foothills at the coordinates (-0643, 2032, 0157), Southeast of the Snowfield Stable at the Tabantha Tundra and west of the Great Hyrule Forest.

Moreover, you can use Lindor’s Brow Skyview Tower or Thyphlo Ruins Skyview Tower to get closer to the tower.

Follow the steps below to obtain Yiga Tights: The Leg Piece.

Step 1: When you enter the cave, you must fight with two clan members. The fight is not so harsh as you have achieved the chest piece.

Step 2: You need to defeat those clan members and use ascend. You will see a secret room where you need to rescue a tailor.

Step 3: A table with equipment is in the middle of the cave. The enemies were previously standing next to it. So, carefully look at the entrance and focus on the ceiling.

Step 4: There is a hole aiming at an attic of sorts. Similarly, the ground also has some stones with markings indicating the location. You need to get to the tailor using ascend around the hole.

After these steps, you need to have a brief chat. Hence the Yiga Tights belong to you with one defense granting stealth up to link.

Steps To Get Yiga Armor: The Head Piece

The Yiga Armor: The Head Piece is found in an unidentified Yiga Clan Shack at the coordinates (-0800, -2255, 0087) Northwest of Lake Hylia in the Faron region.

Follow the steps below to get Yiga Mask: The Head piece.

Step 1: To get to the shack, use the Hyrule Field Skyview Tower or Popla Foothills Skyview Tower.

The shack is south of the Temple of Time Ruins, nearer to the Great Plateau. If you have crossed paths with the Great Plateau South Chasm, the shack is Northeast of its location.

Step 2: The hideout seems hidden but isn’t hidden; two spiked fences protect it. You can use the plateaus around to bypass the fences using the paraglider or a quick jump.

Step 3: You can see the opening of entrances bounding the second fence. Use any of the fences and try avoiding spikes.

Step 4: Now, knock on the shack’s door. However, you shouldn’t cooperate with the door until you heal or switch the Armor. 

Step 5: Again, you will see two Yiga Clan members; defeat them and move inside the shack once ready.

Hence, you will see the third and last tailor and briefly chat with them. Finally, get Yiga Mask with one defense granting stealth to Link.

Yiga Armor Upgrade Requirements

The Link can upgrade and improve his Yiga Armor once the Great Fairies return in Tears of the Kingdom.

However, you must crack one of the Great Fairies to upgrade your Armor in Tears of the Kingdom.

Moreover, it would be best if you spoke to her so that she can enable you to upgrade your Yiga Armor.

The Bottom Line

The Yiga Clan Armor is beneficial and provides a set bonus for players seeking to enhance their stealth and survivability.

However, it is also essential to remark that the Armor does not provide any guard against elementary attacks.

Additionally, you must weigh the benefits and drawbacks before deciding whether or not to use it.